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Advertisements

Walker & Sons Shoe Store

Nelson Hann New & Second-Hand Tractors

Guy H. Dollman Burra Motor Co., Dominion Kerosene Refrigerators

C.J. Pearce & Son Furniture

Fred. M. Pearce Builder, & Contractor, Timber & Hardware, Aberdeen

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Advertisements

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers

___________ Burra Talkies

Butler Burra Hotel

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeon, Pearce’s Buildings, Kooringa

Austin & Co. Butchers

Having taken over Aberg & Son from 18 December 1939

Having taken over Jeffery & Byrne from 2 January 1940

A.P. Rogers Grocer, Kooringa

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

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Advertisements

Bence’s Ltd [Drapers etc.]

Sara & Co. General Grocers etc. Aberdeen & Kooringa

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Advertisements

Tiver Tiver’s Garage

Smith Kooringa Hotel

T.H. Thomas Agent for Studebaker & Fiat, Kooringa

W.G. Terry Tailor, Kooringa

Lomman’s Car, House & Sign Painters, Interior Decorators, Kooringa

61, 1, 2 Jan. 1940, Page 1

The Buffalo Lodge gave a Christmas Tree & Festival on 20 December at the Institute. T.H. Woollacott, as Mayor, opened the proceedings. Guests were welcomed by Past Primo C.S. Preiss and received by the Sitting Primo, Bro. E.T. Baulderstone.

The mayor spoke of the true meaning of Christmas and hoped the present conflict would be wiped away by Christmas 1940. He also praised the patriotic efforts of the Buffalo Lodge here and in England. Mr Allen Lomman was Father Christmas and distributed gifts to children present, after which came ice creams and supper.

Red Cross has sent away three parcels of goods in the last three months.

Burra High School break-up on 19 December is reported. It was held in the school’s large assembly room. A concert preceded the presentation of prizes by Dr Steele.

Head Master’s Report:

Attendance in 1939 equalled the best year of 1938. He spoke of the importance of that ‘American term” Consumer Education”’. In the year great effort had been put into adapting the assembly room to the school’s needs with equipping the stage and its lighting and cataloguing of library books. There has been new equipment in Domestic Arts and a new typewriter. The annual inter-school sports at Riverton was a happy occasion with some good individual results, though the school finished third. Charlie Hopkins, Ken Fuller & Ellen Byles did well. The Premier, Hon. T. Playford opened the alterations to the Burra School on 25 August. He extended thanks to the School Council and the Parents and Friends Assoc. and the Old Scholars assoc.

The prize list is printed on page 4.

Dux of the school was Bethel Smith.

Top of Intermediate (General) was Valerie Phillips

Top of Intermediate (Commercial) was Ken Phillips

Intermediate Certificates (1938) went to Robert Goble, Donald White, June Armstrong, Jessie Morrison & Bethel Smith and were completed by Dorothy McConnon & Glen Kakoschke.

Leaving Certificate to Patricia Aughey, who topped the state in Bookkeeping, and certificates were completed by Milton Rice and Tom Ford.

Dr Steele said a former student, Miss Mavis Riggs, would leave for overseas as a nurse with the 2nd AIF.

The concert then continued, ending with the play The Stolen Prince.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 January.

Robert Taylor & Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody.

Frank Morgan & Florence Rice in Beg, Borrow or Steal.

Christmas trade was reported to be good in Burra. Cars were parked three deep in Market Square on Christmas Eve. The St Mary’s Choir sang carols from 9 p.m. and also visited Burra North.

Leighton School Break-up was held on 21 December.

Dux was Aileen Canny (643 marks)

Second was Veronica Lynch (639), while certificates also went to Roma Field (637) & John McMahon (632). There was a presentation to Mr L. Klaffer, the teacher, who is leaving.

Golden Wedding. Mr & Mrs W.J. Edwards of Broken Hill celebrated the 50th anniversary of their wedding on 26 December 1939.

Mr Edwards arrived in Broken Hill in 1887 and his wife in 1888. They married in Adelaide 16 December 1889. They lived in Adelaide for seven years before moving to Burra and for 9 years he worked for Drew & Crewes before moving to Broken Hill in 1905, where Mr Edwards has a tailoring business. He has been prominent in the Show Soc. and in poultry and dog circles. Their children present were Mrs H.A.H. Nankivell (Merrylands), Mrs C. Peady (Newcastle), Mrs L. Hylton (Wonthaggi), Mrs W.A. Dawes (Northmead), Mr Roy Edwards (Adelaide), Mr Don Edwards (Adelaide) and also Messrs Tom, Horace & Keith and several grandchildren.

Tennis. Kooringa Tennis Club Christmas Tournament.

Men’s Singles championship A.J. Hill

Men’s Doubles Championship A.J. Hill & M.H. Tiver

Women’s Singles Championship Miss Murphy

Mixed Doubles Championship M. Tiver & Miss Murphy

Women’s Handicap Doubles Miss Murray & Miss J. Britten-Jones

Women’s Handicap Singles Miss S. Murray

Mixed Handicap Doubles M. Tiver & Miss Murphy

Men’s Handicap Doubles A.L. & L.G. Collins*

• Corrected 9 Jan. to J. Hill & M.W. Bednall

Men’s Handicap Singles J. Hill

Obituary. Doreen (Tiny) Allen, aged 22, died on 23 December 1939 at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs Harold Allen. [Born Doreen Amelia Mary Allen 8 March 1917 Aberdeen.]

Burra Primary School. Break-up Party, 21 December 1939.

About 50 members of the Welfare Club attended to give the party for about 170 scholars, who for once had enough to eat to make them stop talking.

The Dux was June Culpin.

Qualifying Certificates to:

June Culpin Phyllis Schwier

Sylvia Powell Margaret Player

Beth Pearce Gwen James

Pauline Gordon Audrey Bown

June Bourman May Aberg

Shirley Aldred Joan Kemble

Ray Jennison Alex Wilks

Robert Seaford Jeffery Nankivell

John Kellaway Leon Jones

Ronald James Thomas Broad

Darle Baker Robert Aughey

Robert Angel Murray Finch

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Marriage. Saturday 23 December 1939 at Kooringa Methodist Church.

Ronald Sampson, younger son of Mr & Mrs W. Clem Sampson married Miss Madge Aughey, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs A.C. Aughey, all of Kooringa.

Leighton Hall Christmas Tree. The 31st annual Christmas tree given by Mr & Mrs I.J. Warnes took place on 21 December last for pupils of Leighton & Ayers Schools. Mrs Warnes was presented with a gift from the scholars. After Father Christmas’s visit the hall was cleared for dancing.

Booborowie School Prizes were distributed on the night of the school Christmas tree.

Qualifying Certificates went to:

Stan Beinke Ross Collins

Maisie Pearce Vonnie Callary

Pearl Goodridge Flora Gill

Eileen Williams

Copperhouse School held its Christmas tree on 19 December, when a concert was followed by a visit from Father Christmas and the distribution of prizes.

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Marriage. At the Kooringa Methodist Church on 2 January,

Gladys J. Bass, 2nd daughter of Mrs E. Bass & the late W. Bass of Kooringa, married

Stanley Timms jun., eldest son of Mr & Mrs Stanley Timms of Kooringa.

Qualifying Certificate Exhibitions have been won by:

Leighton School Aileen Canny (643)

Veronica Lynch (639)

John McMahon (632)

Booborowie North School Heather Catt [Next issue listed as scoring 650]

Copperhouse School Glen Finch (647)

Hanson School Nicholas J. Canny (647)

Correspondence School Doreen Collins of Mt Bryan (666)

I.J. Warnes writes to deny ever having reflected on teachers as reported in the Record of 25 July 1939 and he did not at any time intend to make any reflection on the capability or conscientiousness of teachers in the Burra District.

Burra Rifle Club reports it has enough ammunition to complete the season with care.

Redruth Young People’s Christian Endeavour Christmas Party was held at the Memorial Hall, Redruth, on 13 December.

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Advt. Talkies, 13 January.

Loretta Young & Joel McCrea in Three Blind Mice.

Herbert Marshall & Barbara Stanwyck in Always Goodbye.

Rev. Donald Redding, who has been appointed a chaplain to the 2nd AIF, was farewelled from Clare recently. Among several presentations was one from Burra RSL Branch.

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Mt Bryan East School break-up and Christmas tree was held on 22 December. A concert was followed by prize giving. Qualifying Certificates went to: Verna Dare, Georgie Dare & Jean Hughes.

Father Christmas then arrived, followed by supper.

Weather. Rain fell last Friday. Farmers reaping wheat did not welcome it, but householders and pastoralists were pleased, although not much of it extended to the east. Burra received 79 points while falls to the east were mostly between 25 & 40 points.

Pte Len Wahlert of Kooringa, who leaves with the 2nd AIF, was given a farewell at the Institute on 30 December at the interval in the pictures. He is the only son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Wahlert of Kooringa. He was also given a send-off by the Buffalo Lodge on Christmas Night.

Obituary. Mrs Jane Barker, widow of the late William Pitt Barker, died in Adelaide last Saturday after a long illness. She was born in Kooringa in 1855, the daughter of Mr & Mrs William Young, nee Drew. He home was in Kangaroo St. (Later the home of Hon. J. Lewis & now of Mrs Clark.) She has lived for some years in Adelaide. Both Mr & Mrs Barker were benefactors of St Mary’s Church. Two daughters and one son survive: Miss Muriel Barker & Mrs Whitlock-Jones (both of Adelaide) and John R. Barker of Baldina. [Born Jane Young 10 September 1855 Adelaide: Died 6 January 1940 north Adelaide.]

Obituary. Mr Joseph Davey of Croydon died on Saturday, aged 83. He was the oldest surviving brother of Arthur Davey of Kooringa. He was born in Burra, the 3rd son of the late Mr & Mrs William Davey and married Louisa Rawlings of Kooringa, who survives. During his residence in Kooringa he was keenly interested in choir work and was choirmaster of the Bible Christian Church and later the Methodist Church. On going to Adelaide he became a member of Maughan Church Choir, which he was until his death. There is a family of five daughters and two sons. One daughter, Beatrice, predeceased her father. [Born 30 August 1856 Kooringa: died 6 January 1940 Croydon Park.]

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Burra Rifle Club, 13 January, best scores were by W. Crickett, L. Allen & J.E. Harris.

Burra High School. Intermediate: candidates getting 4 required subjects or more.

Bethel Smith (5), Robert Goble (4), Donald White (3), Glen Kakoschke (2), Patty Aughey sat 1 and passed 1 as did Clive Turner.

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Advt. Talkies, 20 January.

Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney in Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry.

Madge Evans & Lewis Stone in The 13th Chair.

Miss Norah Fitzgerald, dressmaking at Kooringa for some time, has taken up nursing and leaves this week for Gawler before taking up her duties at the Maitland Hospital.

Bowling Club. At Eudunda on Saturday: Eudunda 75 defeated Burra 71.

Burra Croquet Club. At Eudunda on Saturday Eudunda 50 defeated Burra 49.

Obituary. We neglected to say in Mrs W.P. Barker’s obituary last week, that she donated the funds, along with Sir John Melrose, for the Maternity Wing at Burra Hospital.

Burra Institute. The AGM was postponed on Wednesday 10 January when only 8 of the 245 members turned up. In the absence of a quorum the meeting was deferred. The Institute is heavily in debt and there is insufficient money to effect urgent repairs.

Militia. Sunday’s parade was a good effort. Full issues of uniforms and equipment have been made now. Buttons and badges are to be blackened.

Sam Gaskell was given a farewell at Willalo on the 9 January, prior to leaving for the city.

Accident. Maxine Connors fell from a car on the way to Broughton for the holidays and sustained concussion. During term she stays with her grandmother Mrs W. Kellock to attend Burra Primary School.

Mr Robert Fuss of Aberdeen fell on 8 January and broke his left arm.

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Cricket. On Saturday a game began at Mt Bryan: Mt Bryan 102 & Burra 0 for 67.

And at Leighton: Leighton 171 defeated Kooringa 141.

The Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Appeal raised £12-19-0.

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Raymond Burke, Champion Lightweight Boxer, Songster & Promoter.

After 22 years in the ring now lives in Burra.

He was born in Antigua in 1876 and arrived in Melbourne, aged 20, in 1896, as a boy baritone in

The Georgia Minstrel & Cakewalk Theatrical Co. He was supposedly on his way to England to enter college and complete his education. Someone gave him a hiding one day and then the ex-Champion Light Weight Boxer of Australia, Mick O’Walsh (who died in Adelaide c. 1935) taught him how to box.

After two lessons he had his first fight in the ring against Paddy Hay in Melbourne in 1899. Burke won. He won 3 of 4 more fights in Melbourne before going to WA, where he drew with ‘Couta’ Miller in a 20 round fight in 1900. Next he won £300 in defeating ‘Swansea’ Tom before returning to SA, where he beat Harry Marshall in 2 rounds at Port Pirie, and Paddy Hogan in 4. Other fights followed before he went to Broken Hill to meet their champion, Arthur Kelly. This fight was supposed to be rigged so that Burke got 60% of the gate when he ‘died’ in the 10th. In the event he fought on to a 25 round draw. He then beat Alan Williams, an Australian half-caste in 11 rounds and again in Port Pirie on points after 20 rounds. He became Light Weight Champion of SA. Most of his fights were in the old Cyclorama Theatre, later West’s and now the Metro Theatre in Hindley St. He then had trouble keeping his weight down to the then limit of 9 stone 6 lb. He was about 30.

He became a race horse owner and bookmaker in Victoria and fought only when it pleased him. In 1908 at Stawell he knocked out Billy Marr in the 2nd round. He considers his greatest fight to have been at Stawell on Easter Monday in 1910, against Bob Greenshields, the Light weight Champion of Australia. It was arranged as a 20 round contest. At the end of 20 rounds it was a draw and the official referee ordered an extra 3 round, and then an extra 2, but the match still ended in a draw and the £380 purse was split evenly.

After that fights grew infrequent and he became a promoter. He had a few Welter Weight bouts, but he was really too light. His final fight was when he was 40 at this weight and he suffered a TKO in the 6th round at the hands of Fred Seagar. During this he was knocked on his prominent Adam’s apple. Burke swears he thinks he swallowed it and afterwards could never sing so well. In 20 odd years in the ring he was never knocked off his feet.

Today he works in Burra dry cleaning suits and costumes and says ‘times are a bit tough’.

Salvation Army. The change of officers took place this month. Capt. Gibbons & Capt. Rosser were ordered to Moonta Mines. Both ladies had been popular here. While in Adelaide en route Capt. Gibbons had to have an operation for appendicitis. Their places have been taken by Capt. R.S. Thomson and his wife, who were welcomed to the Hall on 11 January. Rev. V. Secombe attended with Mr Jackson, who is filling the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. J.A. Andrews at Redruth.

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Advt. Talkies, 27 January.

Loretta young & Richard Greene in Kentucky.

Stuart Erwin & Pauline Moore in Passport Husbands.

29 January.

Edward G. Robinson & Francis Lederer in Confessions of a Nazi Spy.

Glenda Farrell & Barton McLane in Torchy Runs for Mayor.

Burra seaside Picnic Assoc. met on 17 January and the retiring committee was re-elected. It was resolved to go to Semaphore on 3rd Saturday in February if possible for SAR.

Booborowie has acquired streetlights. Messrs A. & L. Pearce installed a plant capable of lighting virtually all the town.

Mr Klaffer, Leighton schoolteacher, was farewelled at Leighton hall on 6 January after 4 years there. His successor will be Mr Glyn Rowe. Mr Klaffer goes to Adelaide.

Swimming Pool. The Under-Treasurer has asked how much progress has been made on the Burra Swimming Pool. The Mayor says apparently if the Council wants to retain the Government money loaned to them it will have to proceed with the pool. If the pool were built the Council would receive £334 from the Government when it was finished. The Tanunda pool cost £700 and was operating at a profit. The Mayor suggested the Committee hand over its funds to Council and with their help he would build the equal of the Tanunda pool. Council could raise 100 yds3 of screening at little cost. It would be impossible for the Committee to raise the £2,000 for the plans they had in hand. Cr Reed moved the Committee be asked to hand over the money collected to enable the Council to build a pool. Cr Villis 2nd. Carried.

Cr Robinson moved that Under-Treasurer be advised Council was taking over and ask for an extension of time. Cr Samuel asked if there were plans in hand for a £750 pool. The Mayor produced a set of plans already passed by a competent architect.

Obituary. J.E. Greenwood died on 20 January at Stirling Hospital after a long illness, aged 64. For many years he conducted a plumbing and tinsmith business in Chapel St. He married Miss E.J. (Tot) Harris, youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Ambroze [sic] Harris of Kooringa. After retiring in Burra for several years the family went to Aldgate to live. He had suffered heart trouble for some years and is survived by a widow, one son, John, and one daughter, Millicent. Mrs R. Nutt of Hallett is a sister. [John Ernest Greenwood born 1875 (Victoria?): died 20 January 1940 Stirling West.]

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Burr-Redruth Methodist Circuit, Quarterly meeting.

The late J.A. Andrews was remembered with a silence.

Rev. Secombe of Kooringa is helping to run the circuit.

1⁄2 column of routine matters are reported.

Messrs R. McWaters & R. Fairchild have planted 200 trees along the Burra Creek near the Bon Accord Hotel and have watered them through summer, carting water from Elder, Smith & Co.’s saleyards. Council has now granted 200 ft of piping to assist.

Cricket. Conclusion of match on Saturday. Burra 214 defeated Mt Bryan East 102 & 48.

Burra Town Council, 15 January.

Swimming Pool business as noted from page 2.

Council protests the high wages of the AWU award.

G. Kuchenmeister asked to lop the pines near his house, which prevented wind reaching his windmill. Water is not laid on and he relies on the wind for water for his stock, garden etc.

Crs Reed & Samuel pointed out that topping the pines would kill them. Crs for East Ward will investigate with power to act.

Crs Jeffery & Villis were given 3 months leave as they were to be in camp with the Militia.

Agreement with the Institute Committee to be signed.

Cr Reed moved Coder St be cleaned. Carried. [No such place. Could it be Crowan St?]

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Redruth Court, Tuesday.

W.J. Smith, licensee of the Kooringa Hotel charged with unlawful supply of liquor on 22 November 1939 when Eric Smith, his son, supplied John Webber Seeley. Fined £5 + 12/6 costs. Seeley fined £5 + 10/- costs.

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Advt. Talkies 3 February.

Robert Taylor & Margaret Sullavan in Three Comrades.

Sharon Lynne & Stanley Fields in Way Out West.

Mrs Woodgate, late of Terowie, celebrated her 90th birthday on 24 January. She was born at Copperhouse in 1850, maiden name Dunneman. She lived for many years at Terowie, but of late with her daughter, Mrs Walker of Prospect. There are four sons, two of whom, Brassey & Ashley Woodgate, live at Booborowie.

Aileen Canny aged 13 has won the RSL Bursary with 643 marks, from 117 entrants from all over SA. It provides three years free tuition at any approved school in SA. She attended Gum Creek School till 1939 when she went to Leighton. She has been dux of her class every year except for Grade II. She rode a horse 61⁄2 miles exch day to school and is a keen and expert horsewoman.

Burra Light Horse went into camp last Saturday, comprising: Capt. H.S.T. Warnes, Lieut. G.H. Dow, Sgt R.J. Jeffery, Cpl N. Villis and Troopers C. Herbert, R. Bourman, Graham Dow jun., M. de N. Lucas, Bob Lee, Ron Lee & Stan Timms.

Cricket. Match began on Saturday: Burra 242 v. South Booborowie.

Weather. Wednesday last was hot, sticky and dusty with a gale blowing. Heavy rain broke out at 3.30 p.m. Thursday when 54 points fell. The harvest was almost over, and little damage resulted. To the east a real old-time dust storm rages and rainfalls were lower: mostly 15-30 points, though Woolgangi managed 42.

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Burra Swimming Pool Committee met on 25 January to consider a letter from the Town Council. After collecting for some time the services of an Adelaide architect were obtained and plans for a pool, wading pool, dressing sheds etc. were obtained. Tenders ranged from £1,686-6-6 to £2,722. After a query from the Under-Secretary a few months ago a conference was held with Council and it was agreed that costs ruled out a concrete pool and wading pool. The Mayor indicated he had plans for a stone swimming pool and evidently this was the plan put before Council last meeting. Before making a decision, after long discussion, the Committee decided to wait and see if the Government would grant a 12-month extension of time to enable further funds to be collected. If this is refused they resolved to hand the present funds to Council for the construction of a pool under the supervision of a competent architect or certified engineer.

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Red Cross Circle has another large parcel ready to despatch. (Socks, mittens, scarves, pyjamas, pullovers, etc.)

Tubercular Soldiers’ Soc. Calls for more assistance, as from 1 June 1939 the Soldiers’ Distress Fund ceased payments to TB ex-soldiers, which added £400 to the calls on their funds. 55 men and dependants used Angorichina Hostel in 1939. A matchfolder sale day will be held in city & suburbs on 1 March & as arranged in country areas.

Burra Institute AGM 30 January. Vice-President F.L. Worth in the chair. Books in the library rose from 5,097 to 5,518 during the year. The decision of the Council not to renew its grant of 1d in the £ on the rate is regretted. About £40 of the Council’s grant in 1939 went to pulling down the old fence and repairing the wall in front of the Institute. Election: President, F.L. Worth; Vice-President, R.J. Bowles; Treasurer, A.B. Riggs; Hon. Sec., W. Richards.

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday 13th stage of Burra Record Trophy. Best four shots: A.G. Heinrich, H.H. Byles, J.E. Pearce & F. Oram.

Burra North Court, 31 January.

George Gallagher of Pualco Station was charged with dangerous driving. Mr Williams of Leighton was travelling north crossing the intersection at the Royal Exchange Hotel when the defendant overtook him and tried to turn left into the road leading to the station. Gallagher’s car struck William’s car, then hit the sign on the northern side of Morehead St, ran onto the footpath under the verandah of Harvey’s shop, then back onto the road and continued towards the station. The court imposed the minimum fine of £10 + 10/- costs and also a fine of £1 + 10/- costs for failing to stop.

Tennis. Burra Tennis Assoc. 27 January.

‘A’ Aberdeen 11-92 defeated Ironmine 7-79

‘B’ Ironmine II 9-79 drew with Aberdeen 9-79

Trench Comforts Fund sends second parcel of socks etc. away. Parcel of handkerchiefs presented by Mrs Fuss was sold for 27/6. [A report of the FFCF meeting of 4 June suggests the handkerchiefs more likely came from Miss D. (Doris) Fuss]

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Advt. Talkies 10 February:

Barbara Stanwyck & John Boles in Stella Dallas.

Robert young & Florence Rice in The Longest Night.

Advt. Burra Seaside Picnic will run on 24 February. Train starts at Whyte Yarcowie and picks up to Manoora. Fares from Burra, Hanson or Farrell’s Flat 7/6 return and children over 4 and under 14 are 1⁄2 price.

Mr & Mrs W.H. Quinn are visiting Burra from Tusmore. Mr Quinn, who is 77, and was born in Burra, says he can remember watching a blackfellow’s corroboree in Market Square in his very young days. [Since he must be remembering an event of c. 1867 at the earliest this is surprising as there are no other references to Aborigines in the town in such numbers as this implies, after the 1850s as far as I can recall. Worth further investigation.]

Bowling Club. At Kadina on 28 January: Kadina 78 defeated Burra 75.

Burra Police Court, Monday.

John Matthews was charged with attempting to drive a car while under the influence of alcohol. Fined £20 + 17/6 costs and licence suspended for 3 months.

H.J. Wilson completed 25 years as an employee of the Town Council on 3 February. He became overseer in 1925 on the retirement of John Rosewall. In his capacity as a Council employee he has attended nearly 1,000 funerals in Burra.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for fortnight ending 27 January.

Farnden’s Hill: removed all gear and ladders from Leane’s adit to Farnden’s Hill. Started sinking new shaft on E side of hill, to 9’. Also started crosscut west from Riggs’ open cut.

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Marriage. At St Joseph’s on 31 January.

Patrick D. Ryan, eldest son of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Aberdeen, married

Miss Audrey Margaret Bevan, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Edwin Bevan of Wirrabara, late of Kooringa.

Burra High School. Intermediate Results, 1939. (Number of subjects passed)

Joan Edington 6 with 1 credit Colin Humphrys 6 + English Q

Valerie Phillips 5 John Bednall 4 (illness prevented sitting more)

Joan Bourman 5 + English Q Ellen Byles 4 + English Q

Ken Fuller 4 Claire Sara 3

Gilbert Schutz 3 Donald Watson 3

Harry Cains 4 Deane Andrews 3

Patty Aughey (already has Leaving Cert.) 3 Allan Anderson 3

Laurie Weston 3 Roderick McDonald 3

Dorothy Helling 2 Kingsley Prior 2

Avis Bruce 2 Zadelle Hunt 2

Mark Lee 1 Arnold Liebeknecht 1

Cecil Quinn 1

Old scholars who got certificates elsewhere were:

Reg. Dow, Len Bence, Dudley Armstrong & David Genders.

Cricket. Saturday, games completed: Burra 242 defeated South Booborowie 164.

At Nuriootpa on the public holiday Burra 138 defeated Nuriootpa 112.

RSL AGM on Saturday 3 February. 28 members attended – not too good from 90 financial!

A successful year, which included social gatherings at the club and at the home of Mr & Mrs C.S. Hawker. D. Keynes reported on his work as Pensions Officer and his annual collections for various Digger organisations. Treasurer, T. Fuller reported a healthy financial position. President Stanley Hawker reported 90 financial members and an increase in £40 in finances. The Anzac Sports were a success with a profit of £70-13-0, of which c. £35 was from the sports themselves. The mock wedding had netted £17-3-2. Social events were successful, including a garden party at Belcunda. Anzac Day was well attended and so was Armistice Day. Congratulations were extended to Rev. Don. Redding on appointment as Chaplain to 2nd AIF. Also congratulations to the enlistees Len Wahlert, Tom Halls, Len Halls, Albert Sampson, A. Cox, R. Swindon, George Fowlestone, Alfred Tippett & Miss M. Riggs. Congratulations also to Aileen Canny on winning the RSL Bursary. Elected: resident, S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, D. Keynes & S.C. Genders; Treasurer, T. Fuller; & Secretary, H.E. Fuss.

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Burra Town Council, 5 February.

The Premier’s Dept. writes that Civil Defence Committees were to be reorganised and in future there would be one under the DC and one under the Town Council. G. Powell, District Council Clerk, would therefore resign his position on the present committee and reorganisation of it would follow.

Resolved to hold a joint meeting of the Council and the present committee.

Further discussion of the signing of the agreement with the AWU was followed by a decision to sign.

Cr Reed moved the gate and fence across the road near the late Mrs Short’s property be removed. Carried, though the Mayor could see no reason for it: the fence and gate had been in place 40 years without apparent harm.

The part of the road leading to the Oddfellows Lodge to be tarred.

Local Board of Health.

Ice block manufacturers to be charged the minimum 2/6 licence to manufacture ice.

Cr Terry moved the Central Board of Health be informed that the local Board considered wire doors and screens on food shops in the town to be unnecessary. Cr Reed 2nd. Carried.

Burra North Police Court, 6 February.

E.A. Fuller fined 10/- + 10/- fees for assaulting R.H.K. Drew, an SAR porter.

Tennis. Burra Assoc. ‘A’ Willalo 10-81 defeated Ironmine 8-85

Booborowie forfeited to Mt Bryan

‘B’ Booborowie 13-84 defeated Mt Bryan 5-62

Aberdeen 11-97 defeated Ironmine I 7-74

Ironmine II 11 defeated Willalo 7

Burra Town Council

Burra Swimming Pool

The Town Council received a letter from the Under-Treasurer granting an extension of time re the swimming pool of three months. No further extension is possible, but permission has been granted to spend the £400 loan on other public works.

A letter from the Swimming Pool Committee refusing to hand over their funds of £150 except under certain conditions.

The Mayor said that with £550 in hand and the support of the Seaside Committee he felt a pool equal to Tanunda’s could be built. If the Swimming Pool Committee handed over their £150 it would go ahead according to the plans submitted when the £400 was borrowed.

The Pool Committee had three choices:

Build with the cash in hand

Return the money that had been donated

Give the £150 to the Council with which to build the pool

Cr Robinson said the Council had given 12 months for the Committee to raise money and three years had passed.

The Mayor said he had no intention of building a stone pool as mentioned by the Pool Committee.

The £2,000 proposal of the Pool Committee was without electricity for lighting and without water brought to the pool. It was impossible.

A letter from the Pool Committee was received and a reply sent saying that if the money was not handed over the Council would have to consider spending the £400 loan on other public works.

Koonoona Employees have formed a committee to help the fighting forces.

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Advt. Talkies 17 February.

Charles Bickford & Nan Grey in Typhoon.

Helen Broderick & Alan Marshall in The Road to Reno.

Advt. Back to Willalo Celebrations 24 February. In aid of Red Cross funds.

W. Satchell of World’s End brought in an excellent sample of lucerne from a 4-acre paddock grown since the rains of 24 January last. This when cut will be the third crop from the block since October 1939.

Cricket. Mt Bryan 99 & Burra 2 for 161.

Burra Rifle Club. H.H. Byles will be away from the district for some months and so has resigned as handicapper. F.T. Marston appointed handicapper and R.G. Bernhardt appointed secretary.

Burra High School re-opened on Tuesday. So far students along the Booborowie Mail Run are unable to use it to attend, although similar arrangements are in place at Renmark, Birdwood, Mt Barker, Clare, Victor Harbor and Balaklava.

The Swimming Pool Committee has decided to hand over its money to the Council.

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Red Cross Circle calls for a good attendance next meeting to arrange for a badge and button day. Sara & Co. are taking their parcels to the station and T.P. Halls, with two sons in the 2nd AIF, is conveying parcels from the station free of charge.

Tennis. Kooringa Lawn Tennis Club played at Clare on Saturday.

Clare beat the men’s ‘A’ team 6 rubbers to 2.

Advt. Walter Finch has started an up-to-date butchering business in the premises known as The Farmers’ Union. Most modern chilling plant and smallgoods machinery. Stan Timms, late of Jeffery & Byrne makes Burra’s best smallgoods.

61, 8, 20 Feb. 1940, Page 1

Tennis. Burra Assoc. ‘A’ Aberdeen 13-101 defeated Ironmine 5-75

Mt Bryan 15-106 defeated Booborowie 3-51

Hallett 13-99 defeated Willalo 5-63

‘B’ Hallett 11 defeated Booborowie 7

Aberdeen 18-114 defeated Willalo 0-45

Ironmine II 11-93 defeated Ironmine I 7-19

Burra Rifle Club. 14th stage of the Record Trophy. Best shots were: A.C. Aughey, Jock Pexton,

F. Baulderstone, W. Woodman & P.W. Hogan.

Authorities have granted 50 rounds of ammunition per efficient member.

Cricket. Concluded game: Burra 221 defeated Mt Bryan 99 & 114.

Advt. Jennison’s Tyre Service has a new advertisement with a photograph of the Service Station showing petrol pumps.

61, 8, 20 Feb. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 24 February.

Shirley Temple & Edna May Oliver in Little Miss Broadway.

Jed Prouty & Shirley Deane in Everybody’s Baby.

Advt. Burra Seaside Trip 24 February.

Departs Whyte Yarcowie 5.08 a.m. departs Burra 6.16 a.m. arrives Semaphore 9.59 a.m.

Departs Semaphore 7.30 p.m. arrives Burra 11.38 p.m. arrives Whyte Yarcowie 12.48 a.m.

W. Crickett of the Hydraulic Engineers Dept. will move to Port Lincoln from Burra.

Bowling Club. Burra defeated Kapunda by 20 points.

Burra Police Court.

Roy Joseph Benjamin Bourman fined 10/- + 10/- costs for driving an uninsured vehicle.

Also fined 10/- + 10/- costs for driving an unregistered vehicle.

Robert Sutton Schuyler fined 10/- + 10/- costs for driving without a licence.

Weather. Light patchy rain fell in the week. In a few places it was useful with up to 30 points, but most places received too little to be of value.

61, 8, 20 Feb. 1940, Page 3

Illuminated Address to Sir Henry Ayers.

C.D. Wilkinson has handed us a photographic copy of the address given to Sir Henry Ayers by the people of Burra on 26 September 1894. Of the 28 men who signed it only W.G. Hawkes survives and of them only he and D.J. O’Leary did not wear beards. The wording of the address is printed.

Kooringa Methodist Harvest Thanksgiving was celebrated last Sunday, and was well attended. Offertories amount to almost £30. Morning service was taken by Mr M.A. Jackson of Wesley College, presently filling the vacancy at Redruth. Afternoon service featured Root’s well-known cantata The Rolling Seasons.

61, 9, 27 Feb. 1940, Page 1

Burra Red Cross will seek permission for a button day on 15 March. They also wish to hold a Paddy’s Market and it is hoped Mrs T.B. Ashton might permit the use of her building lately occupied by Bence’s Ltd.

The Burra Bowling and Croquet Club Gymkhana produced £7-3-0 and the winding up of the Burra Indoor Bowls Assoc. resulted in 7/- to Red Cross and 6/7 to Trench Comforts.

Burra Mine.

Engineers, C.E. Gregory & E.A. Richards, visited the mine recently and we understand that a shortage of copper caused them to investigate the possibility of the mine’s restarting. Pumping could now be easily done with modern technology. In 1907 there was a big attempt to float capital, both English and Australian, but a sudden drop from £105 to £61 per ton stopped all work. W.A. Horne, a well-known mining man of the time, was said to have paid £1,000 for an option for 9 months, during which £15,000 was to be expended. Further developments are awaited.

An extract from a diary of 9 April 1846 is printed. It had been printed in the paper of 31 July 1907. It tells of a visit of the Governor Sir George Grey with Mr Thomas and Capt. Finnis. They inspected the surface and underground workings with Capt. Ey. On 10 April 1846 it talks of a survey of 120 acres for the township and the marking of the boundaries of the blocks. On 11 April it reports the departure of Mr Gleeson on a day so dusty that candles had to be lit inside to write by. Wallace finished the first cottage in the town, which was then ready to roof. Mr Kingston finished his survey of Kooringa, having laid out 65 half-acre blocks, 3 blocks of 2/2 acres [sic?] for cottages and 10 acres for Crawford. 131 tons 13 cwt of ore was sent to Adelaide that week.

Burra Rifle Club. Last Saturday members attended the Country Championship at Port Adelaide. Only 7 Burra members shot well and Burra finished well down the list. Waikerie won. Burra scored 1358 and the best 5 shots were: P.W. Hogan, J. Schwier, E.C. Collins, R.G. Bernhardt & A.G. Heinrich.

61, 9, 27 Feb. 1940, Page 2

Advt. McDonald’s Blacksmith’s Shop at Farrell’s Flat is offered for sale by Goldsbrough, Mort at the Burra Market on 1 March.

Advt. There will be a Public Farewell for Sister Mavis Riggs at the Institute on 29 February 1940.

Advt. Talkies, 2 March.

Cecil Kellaway & Joan Deering in Mr Chedworth Steps Out.

Jackie Moran & Marcia Jones in Barefoot Boy.

Advt. Burra Races on 5 March. Free transport from Market Square from 1-2 p.m. for the racecourse. Special train from Adelaide.

Advt. Anzac Sports on Saturday 20 April.

Sister Mavis Riggs is home on leave and will be given a send-off by the RSL & Redruth Methodist Church this evening and a public farewell on Thursday evening in the Lodge Room at the Institute.

The Seaside Trip last Saturday was run in perfect weather. Some went to the city and there was the usual annual Burra Reunion at the Botanic Gardens.

Hugh Wilson, overseer for the Burra Town Council, was quite badly burnt when boiling tar splashed on his arms last week. He is still home, but is making progress.

61, 9, 27 Feb. 1940, Page 3

Cricket. At Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 207 & Burra 0 for 50.

And at the weekend Burra 286 defeated Leighton 57.

Tennis. Kooringa Lawn Tennis Club ‘B’ team defeated Clare ‘B’ at Clare, 5 rubbers to 3.

Obituary. Mrs Bert Sugars died at Burra Hospital last Friday, suddenly. She was Florence, 2nd daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Parks of Bridge St and granddaughter of the late Thomas Parks, pioneer baker of Burra. She spent her whole life in Burra and married Mr Albert Sugars, who survives. She was a regular attendant of the Bible Christian Church and later of Kooringa Methodist. She leaves a daughter, Mrs Stanley Timms of Kooringa, and four grandsons. There are three sisters: Alice, Mrs Seymour; Annie, Mrs Brown; & Edith, Mrs Holwell; all of Port Pirie.

Mr Will Parks of Quondong Station is the surviving brother. [Born Florence Martha Parks 17 March 1876 Kooringa: died 23 February 1940 Kooringa.]

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Gold mining Syndicate for fortnight ending 10 February.

Farnden’s Hill east shaft to 18’. Cross cutting west of Riggs open cut to 9’ with two small leaders showing no values by pan.

Burra Croquet Club. At Burra 22 February, Burra defeated Farrell’s Flat 48 to 39.

Back to Willalo Celebrations on 24 February are reported in just under 11⁄4 columns. Unfortunately after the date was set the SAR changed the Seaside Trip from the 17th to the same day. In the morning there was a back-to-school after which they moved to the recreation ground for lunch and sports. The sports results are printed. A dance in the hall concluded the festivities.

M.A. Radford writes 2⁄3 column letter protesting Paul Cheyne’s continuous arguments in favour of protection and how much better off primary producers are as a result.

61, 9, 27 Feb. 1940, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 February.

Cricket Club given permission to play at Victoria Park on Sundays as long as they finish by 5.30 p.m.

Burra Progress Assoc. enquired if the Council was attending to cleaning up the streets and the cemetery.

[As usual the council took umbrage at someone suggesting that they were not on top of everything.]

The overseer reported that the cemetery had been cleaned up in the last week and little remained to be done.

Town Civil Defence Committee advised of its membership and said the resignation of G. Powell left a vacancy, which Council could fill, giving them 4 members of the 9.

The mayor said he knew little of their activities and never received an invitation to attend, though the list supplied gave him as a member. Also E.J. Davey was not on it as a Council representative and Mr Bednall was not a Councillor, so he did not know where they got their idea of 4 Council representatives.

Cr Robinson moved the Committee be invited to meet with Council. Carried.

J.E. Pearce was given permission to build a house on the site of F. Pledge’s blacksmith shop.

The Town Clerk said a letter from the Swimming Pool Committee agreeing to hand over their funds would arrive by the next meeting.

Tennis. Burra Assoc. ‘A’ Aberdeen 14-105 defeated Mt Bryan 4-67

Ironmine 12-99 defeated Willalo 6-72

‘B’ Ironmine I 13-102 defeated Willalo 5-69

Aberdeen 16-107 defeated Mt Bryan 2-55

Hallett 14-96 defeated Ironmine II 4-80

61, 10, 5 Mar. 1940, Page 1 & 4

Burra Rifle Club, 2 March, 2nd stage of Championship. Best shots were A.G. Heinrich, J. Schwier & T. Pexton.

Sister Mavis Riggs was given a farewell by her Redruth Methodist Church friends and the RSL at the Memorial Hall, Redruth. Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs accompanied their daughter, who leaves soon for overseas with the 2nd AIF. The Mayor, T.H. Woollacott, attended, as did G.S. Hawker, President of the RSL. Speeches are reported from: H.J.B. Jennison, The Mayor, M.J. Morton, F.T. Sara, G.S. Hawker, Mrs Keynes, L. Thomas, Dr Steele and the guest of honour.

Continuing on page 4 there is also a report of the civic farewell at the Institute. On the platform with the guest of honour were Mr A.B. Riggs, Mrs W.H. Sandland (Red Cross), Cr S.H. Robinson, Cr C. Samuel, H.E. Fuss (RSL), & W. Richards (Burra High School). GMH had booked the hall for an educational film, but delayed its start to allow the farewell to go ahead. Speeches by those on the platform and by A.L. Bence are reported.

61, 10, 5 Mar. 1940, Page 1

Tennis. Burra Assoc. ‘A’ Mt Bryan 10-90 defeated Ironmine 8-82

Hallett 14-96 defeated Aberdeen 4-63

‘B’ Ironmine II (?) 12-100 defeated Booborowie 6-69

Aberdeen 12-90 defeated Hallett 6-59

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate report for fortnight to 24 February.

Farnden’s Hill. Windlass & brace moved from East Shaft to Hogan’s Shaft.

Cross-cutting west at 23’ advanced 12’: put in stage & formed a plat.

Cross-cutting west of Riggs Open Cut advanced to 17’. No further leaders met.

61, 10, 5 Mar. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Booborowie St Patrick’s Day Sports on Saturday 30 March.

Advt. St Joseph’s School Concert, Tuesday 19 March.

Advt. Talkies, 9 March.

Alice Faye & Constance Bennett in Tail Spin.

Adolphe Menjou & Arleen Whelan in Thanks for Everything.

Motor Accident. Sunday night returning from Chalk Cliffs, a motor truck descending the grade near Baldina Creek seems to have suffered a locked steering gear and dropped over the bank 20’ into Baldina Creek. The driver was Cyril Moore and the passengers Messrs Stanley Moore, Ron Bowen & Mrs Althorp. Stanley had a gruelling walk in the dark to get help, but while he was gone a passing car brought the injured into the hospital.

Redruth Methodist Church Harvest Thanksgiving last Sunday. Mr M.A. Jackson officiated. The cantata in the afternoon was Ruth.

St Mary’s Church observed Mothering Sunday last weekend.

Red Cross held a bridge evening in aid of Lady Gowrie’s Special Appeal at the Burra Hotel on 28 February. Proceeds were £10. A parcel was sent to Trench Comforts Fund last week.

Burra Croquet Club at Burra last Saturday: Burra 52 defeated Eudunda 20.

61, 10, 5 Mar. 1940, Page 3

Cricket. In the match concluded on Saturday Burra 7 for 327 defeated Hallett 207.

At Clare on the weekend Clare 182 defeated Burra 109.

Bowls. On Saturday at Burra: Burra defeated Eudunda by 31.

R.T. Bowles writes as Hon. Secretary of the Burra Progress Assoc. in response to Council’s umbrage at their recent letter. Their letter to Council is printed and he says they were perfectly within their charter to send the letter, which was dated 21 November 1939 and acknowledged on 21 November 1939. They wrote again on 8 February 1940 as no advice on any action taken had been received. On 22 February they were advised ‘all necessary work mentioned in your letter of 16 November last has received the attention of the Council.’ The Assoc. has 95 financial members and the second letter was prompted by the lack of any reply to the first.

61, 11, 12 Mar. 1940, Page 1

Tennis. Burra Assoc. 2 March.

‘A’ Aberdeen 13-100 defeated Booborowie 5-65

Willalo 12-92 defeated Mt Bryan 6-68

Hallett 13-95 defeated Ironmine 5-72

‘B’ Aberdeen 14-104 defeated Booborowie 4-66

Ironmine I 14-103 defeated Mt Bryan 4-61

Burra Rifle Club, 9 March, 15th stage of Burra Record trophy. Best 3 results: A.C. Ford, E.C. Hopkins & T.R. Pexton.

2nd AIF Farewells. On Friday evening last at the Rotunda a farewell ceremony was held for Pte Malcolm Thompson, son of W.D. Thompson of Redruth and Gunner Ralph Williams of Adelaide, grandson of Mrs and the late D.E. Williams. Ptes A. Cox and R. Swindon, who are home on final leave, also attended. Ralph Williams is the son of Fred Williams, late of Ironmine, who served in the 1st AIF. Speeches are reported by the Mayor, Dr Steele, H.E. Fuss (for RSL) & F.T. Sara (for Burra Progress Assoc.)

61, 11, 12 Mar. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 16 March.

Errol Flynn & Olivia De Haviland in Robin Hood.

Dick Foran & Ellen Clancy in Prairie Thunder.

Advt. Alf Broadway’s New Variety Stars.

Canvas Marquee Theatre. Monday 18 March: Near the Burra Creek.

Red Cross Dance in the Institute last Tuesday was a great success. It was sponsored by the local VSD. £33-7-6 was taken at the door and with other fund raising associated the profit was £50. This has helped the Red Cross Special appeal to reach £101-7-0.

Marriage. 2 March at Kooringa.

Henry Esson Prior, only son of Mrs E.E. prior & the late T.H. Prior of World’s End and

Miss Lorna Nankivell, elder daughter of the late Mr William James Nankivell of WA and the late Mrs H. Shipway of Kooringa.

Aberdeen Croquet Club. On Tuesday 7 March Aberdeen 44 defeated Farrell’s Flat 43.

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Mr ‘Rob’ McBride was given a farewell at Kooringa Hotel last Saturday after living here all his life. He has now bought ‘Willabar’, a pastoral property on the Darling River in NSW.

World’s End Methodist Church Harvest Thanksgiving was held last Sunday with Rev. V.R. Secombe and in the afternoon the Kooringa Choir under G.E. Dane gave Root’s Cantata The Rolling Seasons.

Bowls. At Clare on Saturday: Clare 95 defeated Burra 51.

Burra Racing Club. The meeting on 5 March was the most successful since the club was reformed some years ago. There was a record attendance. There were 73 acceptances from 95 nominations and there were few scratchings. The results are printed.

Cricket. On Saturday at Victoria Park a match commenced in which North Booborowie scored 95 & Burra ended at 4 for 61.

In the city Clyde Kellaway (19), son of Mr & Mrs S. Kellaway of Burra was playing for Ethelton when he scored 225 in 70 minutes, including 23 sixes and 18 fours. His 102 came up in 35 minutes.

61, 11, 12 Mar. 1940, Page 4

Burra Burra Show Inc. AGM

President’s Report.

Regrets the death of D.E. Williams, one of the committee and a great supporter.

The sheep dog trials on 14 & 15 April drew many entries.

All officers were returned unopposed for the coming year.

The annual show in 1940 is scheduled for 28 September, a month earlier than usual.

The 1939 show on 25 October was held on a good day and attendance was good. Entries were well up to previous years. Financially on 1 January 1939 the overdraft was £320-7-5 and by 31 December 1939 it had been reduced to £179-18-1. And with assets of £5,033-4-5 the position is sound.

A large crowd made the annual trip to Sturt Vale and this year’s trip is planned for 8 April when Me Codrington will again be present.

Officers for 1940: Patron Charles Bartholomaeus

President I.J. Warnes

Vice-Presidents A.B. Riggs & S.H. Robinson

Burra Town Council, 4 March.

The Swimming Pool Committee advises of the decision to hand over funds.

H.E. Fuss for the RSL writes in reference to forming a committee to give send-offs to those enlisted in the 2nd AIF.

This matter to be left in the hands of the Mayor.

The Town Clerk reported on the accident on 20 February to H. Wilson, who was scalded by boiling bitumen. A letter of sympathy was sent.

Rates collected to 29 February were £1,746, which left £145 owing.

Seaside Committee to be asked if the £50 promised to the pool project was available and if they would add it to the Corporation Swimming Pool Fund.

After discussion it was resolved that immediate repairs be made to the footbridge leading to Mitchell’s Flat.

61, 12, 19 Mar. 1940, Page 1

Burra Mine.

An attempt is being made to reopen the Burra Mine. We understand an endeavour to float a company with a capital of £175,000 is involved. The original venture in 1845 had a capital of £12,320 and in 30 years produced 234,648 tons of ore yielding 51,622 tons of copper, valued at £4,749,224. It [at one stage] employed 1,000 men and paid £826,585 in dividends. Work ceased due to declining copper prices and the signs of exhaustion of certain rich ore lodes, but it closed before the 300’ level had been reached and its sulphides exploited. There are many stories of riches remaining in the mine. A modern company seems to have the prospects of paying a dividend. The dumps on recent assay show 4% copper ore, which would yield 1% pure copper. The dump alone should pay for the machinery for the whole mine. Modern pumps and mining methods should make it pay. Dredging should work well in Burra.

W.C.L. West writes from Glenelg outlining some of the history of the mine and listing its shafts.

Burra Rifle Club. On 16 March the 16th stage of the Burra Record trophy was fired. The best four results were: D. Field, A.C. Aughey, J.E. Harris & R.G. Bernhardt.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Curlew Mine – a useful ‘button’ from a crushing weighed 5 oz 18 dwt 21 gr. The claim has good prospects.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 9 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Crosscutting west of Hogan’s Shaft to 15’, but now stopped: no values.

Crosscutting east to 25’.

Crosscutting west of Riggs Open Cut to 25’: no leader.

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Advt. Talkies. Good Friday, 22 March.

The Lane Sisters & Gale Page in Four Daughters

Olivia De Havilland & Dick Powell in Hard to Get

Saturday 23 March

Nelson Eddy & Eleanor Powell in Rosalie

Walt Disney’s great feature Academy Award

Monday 25 March

Barry K. Barres & Sophie Stewart in Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Jacky Cooper & Louise Lorimer in Gangster’s Boy

Obituary. Margaret M. Rosewall, wife of Josiah Rosewall and mother of Walter, Bell, Tom, Harry, Alan and the late Mary, died on 14 March at her residence in Paxton Terrace. [Born Margaret Mitchell Walker about 1872, arrived SA 1876: died 14 March 1940 Kooringa.]

Dean Bunney, of Kadina and late of Kooringa Post Office, gained 7 subjects with 1 credit in his Intermediate Certificate. While in Burra he was dux in five grades and on going to Kadina was Dux of the QC and Dux of 1st Year High School.

2nd AIF. Three more Burra boys have enlisted: Ken Gebhardt, Alick Kotz & Laurie Partridge.

Salvation Army Harvest Thanksgiving was on 10 & 11 March. Meetings were well attended despite the hot weather. The Sunday meeting was conducted by the commanding officer, Captain Thomas and his wife.

61, 12, 19 Mar. 1940, Page 3

Cricket. Conclusion of the game. Booborowie North 95 & Burra 282.

Obituary. Mrs Josiah Rosewall died at her home on 14 March. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Walker of Kooringa and was born at Ayr, Scotland in 1872. She migrated with her parents in the Bencleugh in 1876. The family came directly to Burra where her father worked first with Sara & Dunstan and then for the Unicorn Brewery. She was educated at the Burra Model School and in 1896 married Josiah Rosewall, son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Rosewall of Kooringa. They had six children: Walter Rosewall (Terowie), Harry Rosewall (Adelaide), Alan Rosewall (Burra), Mrs E. Harding (Wirrabara), & the late Miss Mary Rosewall who died on 26 August 1939. There are six grandchildren and two sisters: Agnes, Mrs J. Geach (Boulder WA) & Mrs Jean Geach (Adelaide).

[Born Margaret Mitchell Walker 1872: died 14 March 1940 Kooringa.]

61, 14, 26 Mar. 1940, Page 1 [Note: there is no number 13.]

Cricket. Saturday, 16 March. Hallett 164 & 81, Mt Bryan 96 & 1 for 113.

Burra Town Council, 16 March.

M. Bednall of the Burra Civil Defence Committee wrote saying his committee thought the inclusion of all Councillors on it would make it too large and also unstable in membership. It was really a matter for the Central Committee to determine.

The Mayor said he had not inspected the cemetery lately, but believed a certain Association was not satisfied with its appearance.

The Town Clerk said it was now one of the best outside of Adelaide. Street cleaning is continuing.

Cr Robinson said after meeting the Civil Defence Committee it was necessary for the council to forward two names to the Premier’s Office to fill vacancies. Crs Robinson & Samuel were nominated.

Local Board of Health.

Messrs Austin & Co. were permitted to install a boiler and digester in the premises formerly those of Aberg & Son.

61, 14, 26 Mar. 1940, Page 2 [Note: there is no number 13.]

Advt. Talkies, 30 March.

Patrick Knowles & Rochelle Hudson in Storm Over Bengal.

Frieda Inescort & Henry Wilcoxon in Woman Doctor.

Tennis. Burra Association: Semi-Finals.

‘A’ Hallett 15-108 defeated Mt Bryan 3-65

Aberdeen 11-87 defeated Willalo 7-71

‘B’ Hallett 15-100 defeated Booborowie 3-68

Aberdeen 12 defeated Ironmine II 6

Fred Dodrell, a former resident has joined the 2nd AIF. Mr & Mrs T.E. Dodrell went to farewell him.

Obituary. Evan McDonald died recently at Wakefield St Private Hospital in Adelaide. He was born in Burra on 19 December 1869. His parents were then living at Outalpa, where his father was the manager. He was educated at Hallett School and while there his parents took a farm at Cartapo, five miles from Hallett. He then worked on the farm and conducted a butchering business in conjunction with it. In 1913 he married Miss Emma Doyle and continued mixed farming with his brother, John, until they sold the farm in 1930. He was a member of Council for many years till he retired ten years ago to Glenelg. He was on a number of committees and was secretary of the Sports Club for a long period of time and a trustee of the Institute and Recreation Ground. He is survived by a widow and a sister: Mrs Mary Siegert. [Born Evan MacDonald 26 December 1869 Kooringa: died Evan McDonald 5 March 1940 Adelaide, residence Glenelg.]

61, 14, 26 Mar. 1940, Page 3 [Note: there is no number 13.]

Tennis. Burra Assoc. Easter Tournament.

Men’s Championship Singles G. Habich

Men’s Championship Doubles Habich & Jarvis

Women’s Championship Singles Miss Murphy

Mixed Championship Doubles Zimmerman & Miss Maslen

Men’s Handicap Singles ‘A’ Zimmerman

Men’s Handicap Singles ‘B’ Connors

Men’s Handicap Doubles Jarvis & Habich

Women’s Handicap Singles Miss Maslen

Women’s Handicap Doubles Mrs Ganley & Miss Kellock

Mixed Handicap Doubles Zimmerman & Miss Mumme

Invitation Doubles Tennant & Miss Drew

Marriage. At Hawthorn Presbyterian Church on 16 March.

Marjorie McDonald, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Alex F. McDonald of Kingswood, late of Hallett and David Gunn, youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs Gunn of Mt Cooper, West Coast.

61, 14, 26 Mar. 1940, Page 4 [Note: there is no number 13.]

Petrol. Super grade petrol will soon be withdrawn from the market and all petrol will be standard grade.

61, 15, 2 Apr. 1940, Page 1

Len Wahlert, Who went with the first contingent has written two letters from Palestine dated 25 February & 5 March. Extracts are printed. He expected to visit Tel Aviv in the coming week. In the second letter he says it has been raining and camp was a bog hole. He is driving a three-ton truck.

Augie Wahlert, late 1st AIF, now lives in England, having married a French girl. He has two young daughters.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 23 March.

Murray Watson Eberhard, 2nd son of Mrs & the late R. Eberhard of Robertstown and

Chloe M. Quinn, 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs John Quinn of Kooringa.

Tennis. Burra Association Final. ‘A’ Aberdeen 9-87 defeated Hallett 9-82.

Burra Boxing Club. Mr Raymond Burke is teaching the art of boxing each Tuesday and Thursday night at the Scout Hall. A bout has been arranged in a few weeks between local Syd Johnson & Jack Young from the City. [An advt. On page 2 adds the date for the bout: 18 April.]

61, 15, 2 Apr. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 16 April.

Margaret Lockwood & Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes.

Rex Harrison & June Clyde in School for Husbands.

Weather. After a very hot and dry March rain finally fell on 30th and continued on the 31st to total 72 pts. Falls to the east varied from 35 to 103 with most around 50 pts.

Soldiers’ Welfare Committee. A meeting on Thursday evening formed the Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee. This will oversee the organisation of farewells to members of the armed forces departing for overseas.

Cricket. Beginning of the Semi-Final game. Hallett 159, Burra 2 for 84.

Pte Reg. Lee of Sydney, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Will Lee of Burra, has enlisted for overseas service in the 2nd AIF.

61, 15, 2 Apr. 1940, Page 3

Burra Sheep Dog Field Trials. Splendid entries forced a start on Thursday 28 March. The weather was hot and trying. The trials extended through Friday and Saturday.

Local Class won by P.J. Thomas’s Belle.

Maiden Stakes won by W. Carter’s Parksville Beauty.

Puppy Stakes won by W. Carter’s Parksville Lady.

Open Class won by J. Allen’s Gyp.

Final Test, Open Class, won by W. Carter’s York.

Full results and those of associated horse events are printed.

Booborowie, St Patrick’s Day Sports were popular on 30 March. Results are printed.

Obituary. Samuel Craig died 21 March at Stirling West. He was a former resident of Hallett & District and of Kooringa. He was born at Booborowie on 12 May 1866, the son of the late Mr & Mrs James Craig of Booborowie. As a young man he went farming at Peak Vale, but in the severe drought of 1896 he sold out and went to Broken Hill, where he lived till 1908. He then returned to Hallett and in 1911 took up land adjoining his father’s, when Booborowie Station was cut up. He came to Burra to live in 1938 due to ill health. He was a staunch member of the Methodist Church and a strong Rechabite. He married Miss Annie Wilmshurst of Wirrabara in 1893, who survives with one daughter and two sons: Ivy, Mrs A.G. Williamson of Birkenhead, Lance Craig of Fort Garrison, Keswick and Roy Craig of Aldgate. His sister, Miss Janet Craig of Kooringa is 83.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church Harvest thanksgiving was held on 10 March.

Mr Bryan East annual school picnic was held on 14 March in W. Gare & Sons’ north paddock.

61, 16, 9 Apr. 1940, Page 1

Mrs Andrews, widow of the late Rev. Andrews, and her son Mr Deane Andrews, were farewelled from Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday last. Speeches were made in appreciation of her work by Mr A.M. Jackson, who has been in charge of the circuit, Rev. V.R. Secombe, of the Kooringa Circuit, and H. Jennison, as senior steward.

Burra-Redruth Circuit quarterly meeting was held at Hanson on 6 April. Rev. N. Usher has been appointed to the circuit.

Pte Reg. Lee was given a farewell at the Lodge room of the Institute on Wednesday. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Will Lee and joined 15 others from the district who have volunteered for overseas service.

Burra Mine.

Changed circumstances mean that a company can only be floated on the stock exchange, which was not satisfactory. The smelts heap has been processed twice, yielding £30,000 and £20,000. The Town Clerk said several mining men had visited Burra recently and would start operations if they got sufficient capital. It was resolved by the Town council to invite the Premier and the Minister of Mines to visit Burra.

Tennis. Burra Assoc. ‘B’ Final. Hallett 13-98 defeated Aberdeen 5-69.

Burra Town Council, 1 April.

The Under-Treasurer has granted 12 months to spend the money borrowed for the swimming pool.

The Burra Seaside Committee is considering the request to hand over £50 towards the pool.

£1-1-0 was donated to the Children’s hospital.

Council decided to economise on the rapid wearing out of flags by flying them at the Institute and at Burra North only in daylight and not on rough days.

Mr Golding, the architect of the Swimming Pool Committee’s plans, has volunteered to assist voluntarily in the building of the pool.

The Mayor thought they should be able to build it this year.

Council seeks a final financial statement from the pool committee.

Mongolata Golf Fields.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 21 March.

Farnden’s Hill: crosscutting off Hogan’s Shaft west to 20’ and east to 18’, no values by pan.

Stoped out leader at bottom of Riggs open cut: traces only.

61, 16, 9 Apr. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Anzac Sports on 20 April.

Advt. Grand Fancy Dress Football Match on 13 April to aid the Queen of Sports for Anzac Day.

Advt. Biggest and Most Costly Ball Ever Known at Burra Institute: Melbourne £20 Ball

Next Wednesday. Tango Waltz Contest with winner to be taken to Port Pirie for the Ball on 27 April

Winner there to get £20 Cash.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd under instructions from Emily Fairchild, whose property they have sold, will auction her stock and plant. [Details given in over 1⁄2 column.]

Advt. Talkies, 13 April.

John King & Barbara Read in The Road Back.

William Gargan & Joy Hodges in Personal Secretary.

Fighting Forces Comforts Fund met on 2 April.

Dr Steele sent a suggestion the FFCF send a representative to the committee of the Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee on 11 April.

FFCF resolved to give each departing soldier a parcel of socks etc. A sub-group called the Burra RSL Wives Group of FFCF has 36 members and is working steadily at sewing etc.

Copperhouse School Social & Fancy Dress Ball on 6 April was the first of a planned series.

[Personal interest: Mrs Fuss went as a tennis girl.]

W.J. (Bill) Ryan, who has been with C.L. Phillips, dentist, for 10 years, has moved to Eudunda and will be missed here in golf, tennis and chess circles.

61, 16, 9 Apr. 1940, Page 3

Red Cross & FFCF benefited from the Grand Fashion Parade on Friday in the Institute, sponsored by Bence’s Ltd. At the evening session there were breaks of 10 minutes between parades, for dancing and at 11 p.m. a buffet supper. Details take 11⁄2 columns and the balance after all was £26-19-2.

Old Age & Invalid Pensioners Assoc. Secretary, A. Kemble, writes thanking the local ALP and the local MP for getting a railing fixed at the Post Office, to aid the elderly.

Marriage. St Joseph’s on 23 March.

Robert Ellis, 2nd son of Mr & Mrs R. Ellis of Kapunda and

Myra Black, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Brock of Hallett.

61, 17, 16 Apr. 1940, pages 1 & 4

Visit to Sturt Vale

Messrs I.J. Warnes & Sons invited visitors to Sturt Vale to see the shearing and preparation of the wool clip, as they have done for the last eight years. The trip took place on 8 April. Classing is done by the advanced students of the South Australian School of Mines. This year about 50 gentlemen took the trip. Monday was a perfect day for the journey and Mr Warnes and sons Rex and Jim welcomed the visitors at about 10.30 a.m. They inspected the shearing shed briefly, before morning tea. Then they all piled into the cars again for a trip to see the lucerne. On the last two occasions this had been waving green about 3 feet six inches high, but the drought this year presented dry stalks, though still alive and ready to burst into growth, should the rains arrive. Mr Warnes planted the lucerne four years ago and now has some 2,500 acres under lucerne. This year saw no flood for the past fourteen months and 2,500 ewes had been on 1,000 acres of lucerne from October to January. When they were removed the lucerne sticks again shot out again. Mr Warnes also has cattle and pigs on the area. All sheep, cattle and pigs destined for the butchers are topped off with grain feeding for 14 days to render them ready. Electrified wire fencing is employed. A trip was then made to the weir that holds back flood waters and has enabled the growth of thousands of acres of lucerne. Half the visitors got lost on the way back to the homestead, and were delayed about half an hour. Lunch was then served.

Mr Codrington, SA Wool Instructor gave a talk on the appraisement system and other matters relating to wool, which had to be taken into consideration by growers under that system. [Reported at some length.]

The visitors then adjourned to watch the shearing and the classing of the wool. Much interest was taken in the loading of the large semi-trailers, two of which transport the wool, carrying 42 bales each, direct to Port Adelaide. They make the trip down one day and back the next, mostly with heavy back loading. The shed was busy with 20 shearers on the board. Mr Warnes said they employed 42 hands for the shed only, with musterers etc. extra to that number and they expected to shear 40,000 sheep this year. Mr Codrington had been supervising the preparation of the clip at Sturt Vale and Koomooloo for the past 21 years. Afternoon tea was served at 4.30 p.m., after which the visitors returned to their homes.

Burra Mines

A report prepared by Mr C.E. Gregory, Bachelor of Engineering and received by the Burra Progress Association.

The SAMA operations ran from 1845-77 and in that time produced 234,648 tons of ore averaging over 22% copper. The mines closed down at a time when mining equipment and metallurgical treatment methods were much more primitive, transport difficulties were great and labour supply was limited. In these days with modern methods and equipment and with the price of copper pegged at £76 per ton a deposit of 31⁄2% can yield a satisfactory profit if properly developed, equipped and managed. Since 1877, apart from some diamond drilling, no deep exploratory work has been undertaken and the bottom levels of the mine have not been de-watered.

The mine comprises 288 acres freehold, with mining rights over a further 11,450 adjoining acres.

Dumps of low grade oxidised ore on the surface have variously been estimated at anything from 170,000 to 440,000 tons and samples of it have yielded 0.86 to 2.77% copper from tests in 1899 and 1901.

Subject to more reliable testing, I would estimate that if treated by leaching with sulphuric acid they would yield a profit of £150,000.

Two bore holes were put down in 1898-99 under Government supervision.

In 1907 boring operations were carried out by a Kooringa Syndicate led by W.A. Horn of London, holding an option over the property, but nothing of importance was discovered. Boring was difficult in broken ground. The Government Geologist then though that boring was unnecessary and there was sufficient data from old records and the 1898-99 work to justify restarting the mine by continuing operations from Morphett’s Shaft.

The Prospectus of the Burra Copper Co. N.L. 1901 said:

In 291⁄2 years about £4,750,000 worth of copper ore was obtained. Large profits were absorbed in outlay for machinery, plant, buildings etc. and over £800,000 was paid in dividends. The working of the mine was suspended in 1877 for a variety of reasons:

Proper steps to develop it at depth were not taken until visible supplies of oxidised ore started to give out.

The price of copper began to fall.

There was no reserve fund.

No capital was available for the dead work.

Work was suspended just as deep sinking had proved the existence of sulphide ore some 300 feet lower than the deepest point at which oxidised ore had been found. The workings have since been under water. Reports show that no extensive operations had been conducted in any part of the mine below the 300 ft level.

Morphett’s, the new Main Shaft, was sunk to a depth of 600 ft at a point 1,000 ft south of the old workings.

Reports and Statements

Regrettably no records seem to have been kept of face assays of lode exposures in lower levels of Morphett’s Shaft and no records are extant from the bore-hole data to give angle of dip, direction, assays or description of cores.

Captain Sanders’ last report to directors in 1877 was confident of success if the mine were developed at depth.

Captain Hancock in October 1877 reported that with no attempt to prove the mine at depth, the evidence was that the prospects thoroughly warranted development of the property.

Samuel Higgs, manager of the Wallaroo Mines, also considered that the signs favoured exploration and development of the mine at depth.

The Chairman’s report for the period ended 30 September 1877 considered that will copper at an unprecedented low of £68 per ton it was inadvisable to continue operations.

In December 1898 the Government Geologist Mr H.Y.L. Brown reported that he had inspected the cores from the diamond drill and found it entered brecciated lode formation at 780 ft, which at 813 ft contained copper pyrites associated with quartz and calispar continuing several feet in depth. The bore was now at 1004 ft in a brecciated lode formation. The bore proved that the copper bearing lode mentioned in the last reports of previous mine managers as existing at a depth of 600 ft in Morphett’s Shaft and also in Waterhouse’s and Peacock’s Shafts is continuous in strike and that it exists at a depth of 800 ft, which is 200 ft deeper than in Morphett’s Shaft, the deepest sinking in the old mine. This proves the continuance downwards of the copper-bearing ground and I believe enough data has been obtained to warrant the placing of Morphett’s Shaft in working order and for the starting of mining operations from that point. I recommend a second bore on the eastern side as near the open cut as possible to try for the continuation of the rich ore-bearing body worked there, or the lode with which the carbonates deposited were connected, as such lode or lodes must exist.

In the 55th annual report to shareholders in April 1900 it was stated that boring had been discontinued after sulphides were detected at 706 ft and continued to 787 ft. The directors were satisfied that this had proved the existence of copper-bearing country considerably below the deepest point in the old workings.

Captain Hancock’s last report dated 15 October 1900 said works had not been carried to a sufficient extent to prove the existence of payable deposits. No exploratory work had been carried out underneath the open cut. In sinking Morphett’s Shaft, 1,000 ft to the south, sulphide ore of good quality was found in small quantities and the extent of the ground increased at depth. From the various indications Captain Hancock was of the opinion that with sufficient capital and efficient and economic management the mine was a promising speculation and deserving the attention of capitalists.

Mr W. West, the last manager in a report to the press dated 25 September 1901 said that Morphett’s Shaft, named after Sir John Morphett, was put down as a pumping station. They found ore at 70 fathoms [420 ft]. At 510 ft they came on two lodes, Sanders’ and Kingston’s, containing rich sulphide ores from 27 to 40%. At 600 ft the bottom of the shaft was studded with rich purple sulphide ore.

The program of operations:

With the copper price stable in wartime this is a good time to invest in the mine. The mine should be equipped and placed on a sound producing basis with the plant run in and teething problems overcome, ready to reduce costs and increase efficiencies when the pegged price is abandoned and price fluctuations set in. This stage should be reached quickly.

Steps required:

On a subscribed capital of £45,000, recondition Morphett’s Shaft, dewater the workings, erect headframe and winder, and proceed with developments at 510 ft and 600 ft levels. Carry out tests on ore and if they are satisfactory design mill and place order for same.

Call up further capital to purchase mill and other equipment (£80,000). Proceed with stope development and complete shaft equipment. Erect second air compressor and mill. Commence operations, aiming for 200 tons per day within 12 months. Ship concentrates to Pt Kembla and carry out tests for smelting. Design smelter and place orders for necessary equipment.

Call up further capital to provide c. £25,000 for smelters and acid treatment plant. Apply portion of accrued profits for erection of 200 tons per day leaching plant (c. £10,000). Erect smelter and converter plant and commence smelting. Design and order acid plant, then erect and begin operations.

[The article then argues the need for the smelting and leaching operations.]

Estimated capital requirements total £150,000 and given the national importance of the project, it is not expected the Commonwealth would object to raising this sum.

With a copper price of £70 per ton for blister copper and a 90% recovery rate of the copper, then the minimum grade of profitable ore would be 3.2% and reports from previous managers suggest it is possible to maintain production at a grade considerably in excess of this figure.

[A table then indicates that at an ore grade of 3.2% the annual profit could be expected to be £13,200, rising to £161,300 if the ore was at 8%.

There could be further profit from the leaching of the dumps and of the remnants of oxidised ores from the open cut, from the sale of pyritic concentrates, from selling excess sulphuric acid and from the sale of precious metals, which are present in minute quantities.

The article then explains that it would be intended to float a company with a board chosen from the most respected leading citizens of the state and it would be intended to try to raise as much as possible of the capital from citizens of Burra and the district, before opening the opportunities to the general public.

61, 17, 16 Apr. 1940, page 2

Advt. On 30 April Dalgety & Co. will sell Sections 43 & 52 in Hundred of Ayers comprising 512 acres freehold, on instructions from G.C. Peters, trustee in the Assigned Estate of J.F. Madigan of Booborowie.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 April

Peter Lorre & Virginia Field in Mr Moto Takes a Vacation

Jane Withers & Arthur Treacher in Always in Trouble

25 April

Pygmalion

Advt. Boxing at Burra Institute, Thursday 18 April

Syd Johnson of Burra versus Jack Young

Charlie (Red) Mitchell

elect.

10-3 Minute Rounds

Supported by three local preliminary bouts.

Johnny Dillon (SA Ring Idol) will give a 4 round exhibition spar with Red Mitchell.

Burra Rifle Club held a small bore competition in aid of the Trench Comforts Funds. There was a good attendance and as well as the men there were quite a number of women who gave ample proof of their abilities as rattling good shots. The Comfort Funds will benefit to the extent of £4-10-0. [Results are printed.]

61, 17, 16 Apr. 1940, page 3

Burra Golf Club held its AGM on 15 April.

The club champion and committeeman Keith Johnson has been transferred from the district.

Election: President, Dr D. McDonald Steele; Vice-Presidents, Messrs J.R. Barker & S. Genders; Acting Secretary & Treasurer, C. Leslie Phillips, Captain, C.L. Phillips and Vice-Captain, F.J. McMahon.

Baby Competition. This event was sponsored by the Trench Comforts Fund and held at the Parish Hall. There were 30 entrants in four age sections. The proceeds amounted to just over £8.

Bowling Club Matches, 10 April

Burra 75 defeated Clare 64

13 April

Kapunda 97 defeated Burra 80.

Hanson Anniversary Ball was held at the Hanson Memorial Hall on 9 April and was a great success.

Cricket, last Saturday. Semi-Final match. Burra 4 for 175 defeated Hallett 159.

Rev. N. Usher, the newly appointed minister to the Burra-Redruth Circuit has arrived and will begin his duties next Sunday.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 23 March

Thamar Bevan, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C.R. Bevan of Burra North, married

Hartley Longbottom, youngest son of Mr & Mrs F. Longbottom of Burra.

[Details in c. 1⁄4 column.]

61, 17, 16 Apr. 1940, page 4

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for the fortnight ending 6 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Only a place or two found to carry 3 dwts to the ton.

Kellaway’s Shaft – East View Claim – South Drive, 60 ft level, driving on leader has advanced 5 ft to 44 ft. North Drive, 60 ft level, driving on leader advanced 2 ft to 33 ft. In south drive have just cut iron lode, showing traces and looking promising. North drive in very hard country with no values.

61, 18, 23 Apr. 1940, Page 1

Boxing. ‘Red’ Mitchell brought up a group from West Croydon Gymnasium on Thursday. He gave a demonstration of boxing and sparring with his pupils. Allan Harry, from Burra, was one of the pupils brought along. He sparred with SA Fly Weight Champion, J. Thomson. Jack Young defeated local Syd Johnson of Leighton in the first round of a scheduled 12.

A 3-round match was then fought between Ray James of Burra & Wilkinson of Gum Creek. James won on points. Wilkinson and Sellars had fought a draw in a 3-round bout earlier.

Dr Steele spoke on the Art of Self Defence, recommending boxing as a sport for every boy and young man.

8th Annual Anzac Sports & District Fete.

As a result of the efforts of the RSL & FFCF nearly £500 was taken. Much was due to the efforts of the RSL Hon. Sec. Mr H.E. Fuss and his assistant Mr C.V. Preiss and also to those of Mr & Mrs Stanley Hawker. The success of the fete owed much to the work of Mrs Hawker and Mrs Andrew Tennant of the FFCF and the RSL Wives Group. The local CWA entertained Sir Hubert & Lady Hudd at luncheon. (He had been invited to open the day’s activities.) A list of responsible workers and of results is published. The fete is described in considerable detail as well.

[It is not clear whether the £500 is gross or nett.]

61, 18, 23 Apr. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 27 April.

George Brent & Olivia De Havilland in Gold is Where You Find It.

John Litel & Ann Sheridan in Little Miss Thoroughbred.

Henry Brown, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Harry Brown of Gum Creek, has enlisted for overseas service. His father and five brothers saw service in the Great War.

Cricket. Game begun on Saturday at Victoria Park. North Booborowie 181: Burra 0 for 22.

Sir Herbert Hudd’s opening speech at the Anzac Sports & Fete is reported in 1 column.

The Mayor entertained Flying Officer Davey of the RAAF Recruiting Centre last Saturday. He is the Chief Recruiting Officer for SA for the RAAF and his object in visiting was to see committees formed in each town to carry on the RAAF’s recruiting drive. The Mayor announced his willingness to form a strong committee in Burra.

Keith Johnson of the National Bank was farewelled. He is being transferred to Adelaide. He was a strong performer in golf and tennis clubs while here and had played in other sports too. He was currently a cricket enthusiast.

Obituary. Pte Garrard of Merilden, son of Mr & Mrs S. Garrard, died last Friday, aged 22, after contracting infantile paralysis. He leaves a young widow. He was given a military funeral at Mintaro on Saturday. He was well known in Burra. [Alfred John Garrard born 12 November 1917 Farrell’s Flat: died 18 April 1940 Northfield, residence Merildin.]

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Miss Decima Warner won the Queen Competition associated with the Anzac Sports. There were four entrants: Queen of Sports Miss Decima Warner

Queen of Wheat Miss Jean Finch

Queen of Wine Miss Muriel Smith

Queen of Wool Miss Sheila Murray (of Mt Bryan)

The Queen Competition realised £250.

Burra Cycle & Athletic Club will hold its 1st road race for the season on 4 May.

Anzac Memorial Service at Kooringa Methodist Church saw the building filled to capacity. The address was given by Rev. V.R. Secombe.

Red Cross Emergency Transport Co. members are reminded that an examination will be held soon.

Salvation Army Band visited Burra at the weekend. The concert on Saturday drew a big audience to the Army Hall. On Sunday morning the band played in various places in the street and in the afternoon they played at the [Anzac] Commemoration Service. There was a special service in the Army Hall in the evening, but their bugler attended the Kooringa Methodist Memorial Service.

The Annual Anzac Commemoration Service was held on Sunday at the Memorial. A large crowd, including many returned men, assembled. The procession from the RSL rooms was led by the Bowden Salvation Army Band. H. Hill was the standard-bearer and Stanley Hawker as RSL President and Sister Keynes led the men. Then came the Red Cross Emergency Transport Co. under Mrs Andrew Tennant, then the Girl Guides and Brown Owls.

Captain Thomas of the Salvation Army gave the address, assisted by Rev. C. Gray (Anglican) & Rev. N. Usher (Methodist). (Rev. V.R. Secombe was absent with similar duties at Farrell’s Flat.)

61, 18, 23 Apr. 1940, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 15 April.

Council accepted on trust for the Aberdeen Croquet Club, a piece of land adjacent to the club, presently owned by Mrs Gare.

The Burra Swimming Pool Committee has handed over £110-9-5.

The Mayor said Mr R. Fairchild had recently left the town and he was surprised there had been no farewell. Mr Fairchild had done a lot of work for the good of the town. The Mayor had not been notified of the departure. He suggested a minute of appreciation be recorded and Cr Robinson so moved. A letter of appreciation will also be sent to Mr Fairchild.

Cr Samuel asked if a letter had been sent inviting the Premier & the Minister of Mines to visit, as agreed at the last meeting, and if not, why not?

The Mayor said it had not, because he didn’t want too many cooks to spoil the broth. An important announcement on the mine was expected in a few days and a monster public meeting could be held later to help things along.

Cr Samuel thought that if they did not ask for help they would not get it. He did not think the Progress Association or any other body should be taking the lead. He moved the letter be sent.

Cr Robinson understood the letter was to be sent and had since heard there was a good prospect of the mine’s reopening through a company to be formed. He did not know what the Council could tell the Premier and Minister when they arrived, but thought they should push their own barrow.

Cr Reed said if the report was correct a party held a three-month option on the mine so nothing could be done at present.

Cr Samuel said interest had to be stirred up.

Discussion continued and Cr Robinson said it was best to rescind the motion concerning a letter and then call a public meeting to go into the matter and then ask the Premier and Minister later.

Cr Terry wanted to drop the matter till the present option was either exercised or let drop.

The report does not indicate that any decision was reached, or any action taken.

Burra Mine.

A.L. Read, Secretary to the Premier wrote to A.D. McDonald MP giving him references to geological reports on the mine. Nothing is known of copper values as the mine closed before there was a Department of Mines, or a Government Geologist. No official plan of the drill holes put down in 1899 has been preserved. An unofficial report says Morphett’s Shaft pumps had to handle 84,000 gallons of water per hour. The Burra water supply comes from a 300’ Bon Accord shaft and if the Burra Mine is unwatered it seems certain this would be drained at once. Water from Morphett’s could then be used, probably being purified before going to the mains. The quality of the deeper water in the mine is unknown. The Government is aware of the possible problems of draining the mine as far as the town’s water supply is concerned.

Burra Benevolent Soc. A meeting on the 18 April saw a revision of the wood list. The society is currently unable to supply all those it previously did.

61, 19, 30 Apr. 1940, Page 1

Redruth Over 50 Years Ago

This is written by ‘Unohoo’, but the author’s identity has not been established. This is the first in a series and this time comprises the reminiscences of Miss J. Pilz.

She tells mainly of the Primitive Methodist Church in Redruth, which was being used by 1940 as a storeroom by Kakoschke’s. She names many of the adherents of the church. The Sunday school anniversaries were always held on Easter Sunday with the tea meeting on Easter Monday. There were at the time two post offices at the north end of town: one in Redruth run by A. Bartholomaeus and one in Aberdeen run by James Tiver. There were four hotels: The Bon Accord, The [Royal] Exchange, The Court House Hotel and Opie’s. [The latter is wrongly said to be located ‘at the Mine Bridge’.]

She went to a private school near the Court House, run by Miss Goss.

She lists some of the students and says she can just remember the opening of the Burra Public School.

There were several stores:

Mr J. Tiver kept one and A. Bartholomaeus another. Mr Linkson kept one opposite the Methodist Church. Mr Day had one in Aberdeen and Mr Lowe another in Redruth.

The Butchers were Mr Austin and Mr Rabbich and Mr Gebhardt. The bakers were Mr Lowe and Mr Morgan. 80 years ago her father planted almond trees on the property where Willie Lomman now lives and also the beautiful mulberry tree.

Burra Rifle Club. Final stage of the championship on Saturday last. The best three for this stage were R.G. Bernhardt, J.E. Pearce & R. Kellock. The winner of the Championship Trophy was E.C. Collins. A.G. Heinrich and Ron Kellock will have a shoot-off for 2nd and 3rd. The handicap championship comes down to a shoot-off between R. Kellock and J. Schwier. G. Heinrich takes third position.

Obituary. Gottlieb Wilhelm Heinrich died and was buried at Point Pass on 19 April. He was long prominent in public affairs there and a liberal supporter of charitable causes. His untiring efforts had much to do with getting Warren water brought to the district. He was born at Hallett Valley near Tanunda on 2 July 1854 and as a young man was a member of the Bethany Brass Band, Bethany Young Men’s Society and the church Choir. In 1876, with his brother Ernst, he took up land east of World’s End at Baldina and on 5 February 1880 he married Anna Emilie Hetzel. Four year’s later after bad times he was forced to move to World’s End where, closer to the ranges, he lived for 40 years. In 1924 he moved to Point Pass. In 1930 the couple celebrated their golden wedding. Mrs Heinrich died on 26 May 1936 and he died on 17 April 1940, aged 86. He is survived by six sons, four daughters, 26 grandchildren, and a brother at Tanunda. [Died 17 April 1940 Point Pass.]

61, 19, 30 Apr. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will auction the property situated on the corner of Commercial St and Chapel St and known as Parks’ Bakery. It is Pt allotment 1A Kooringa. Under instructions from the executrix in the estate of the late Charles Parks. Also a sale of the Baker’s Plant.

Advt. Monday night Euchre Parties, formerly held in St Joseph’s School will recommence on 6 May at the Excelsior Café – formerly the premises of Bence’s Ltd. [The Excelsior Café had in turn relocated from Parks’ Bakery.]

Talkies. 4 May.

The Dionne Quins, Jean Hersholt & Claire Trevor in Five of a Kind.

Brian Donlevy & Lynn Bari in Sharpshooters.

Notice. Burra Physical Culture Club. A meeting of those interested in forming such a club is called for 2 May at 7.30 p.m. in the Scout Hall. It is to embrace boxing, physical ‘jerks’, gymnastics and wrestling and is aimed at boys over 10 and young men.

Notice. The Proprietor of the Excelsior Café, H.T. Wandke, announces that in future his bakery business etc. will carry on in the premises formerly occupied by Bence’s Ltd, next door to the Savings Bank.

The Light Horsemen, who have been in camp for three months, returned on Thursday afternoon.

The Parks name has been associated with bakery in Burra for over 80 years. Mr Thomas Parks Sen. founded the business, which was taken over by the late Charles Parks, his son. When his health failed his sons took over for some time. For some time now the premises owned by him and subsequently by his executrix have been occupied by Mr H. Wandke, proprietor of the Excelsior Café. As the estate is being wound up, he has had to find new premises and has moved to those lately occupied by Bence’s Ltd, which have been remodelled.

Albert Sampson was home on leave at the weekend.

Mr & Mrs W.J. Sullivan visited Burra yesterday. Six years ago Mr Sullivan had the hairdressing business now run by Mr Ken Murphy.

Weather. Patchy rain associated with thunderstorms has dropped falls of from 20 to 200 points. Many dams out east were filled and creeks ran. Falls, though patchy, were generally heavier in the farming areas. Falls were on 23 April and rain set in again last night and it is raining steadily as we go to press.

Burra Croquet Club. At Clare on Saturday Clare 44 defeated Burra 41.

61, 19, 30 Apr. 1940, Page 3

Cricket. In the premiership game which was continued at Booborowie on Thursday and concluded at Victoria Park on Saturday Burra lost its only game of the season. Burra ended the season with 33 points to north Booborowie 17, but North Booborowie take the premiership. North Booborowie 181 & 152 defeated Burra 202 & 71.

Obituary. James A. Henderson died on Saturday evening at his Queen St residence. He had been down the street and felt ill. He was assisted home by Mr G. Herbert and died soon after the latter left. He was born in January 1870, the elder son of the late Mr & Mrs William Henderson and was educated at Burra Model School before joining his father’s blacksmith and wheelwright business, then occupying the sites now held by SAFU and Mr Glan [sic] Tiver, garage proprietor. When his father retired Mr Henderson followed his trade on Yardea Station for Messrs A.J. & P.A. McBride Ltd, but ill health forced his retirement several years ago. In 1884 he married Miss Margaret Kathleen Kinnane of Walkerville, who survives with 8 surviving children (5 sons and 3 daughters): Will Henderson (Gawler), Roy Henderson (Adelaide), Jack Henderson (Farrell’s Flat), Laurie & Pat Henderson (Burra),* Nell, Mrs J.C. Lloyd (Hamilton SA), Kitty, Mrs H. Osborne (Adelaide), Jean Mrs Dudley Salter (Mannum) and 12 grandchildren. Mrs Alex Harris of Vacleuse [sic] Sydney is a sister, as is Mrs Turley of Broken Hill, and Mr Roy Henderson of Adelaide is a brother.

• A handwritten note above Laurie & Pat says Adelaide + three illegible letters.

[James Andrew Henderson born 15 January 1870 Clare: died 27 April 1940 Burra.]

Obituary. On 26 April Mrs P.L. Killicoat died at her residence at Joslin in Adelaide. She was a daughter of the late J.D. Cave of Burra and married P.L. Killicoat, son of Capt. Isaac Killicoat, and lived for many years at Abberton Park where her large family was born and where P.L. Killicoat was one of Burra’s prominent sheep farmers and residents. [Born Mary Cave 24 September 1854 North Gumeracha: died 26 April 1940 Joslin.]

Obituary. Mrs W. Walmsley (Sarah) who died at Goodwood on 27 April was born at Burra, a daughter of the pioneers the late Mr & Mrs David Josling. [Born Sarah Josling 3 November 1865 Gawler: died 26 April 1940 Goodwood.]

Obituary. John A. Sara died on 25 April at Broken Hill. He was a son of the late William Sara and a relative of Mr J.G. Sara of Burra North. [John Atkinson Sara born 8 May 1874 Redruth: J.A. & J.G. Sara were cousins.]

Obituary. On 28 April Mrs C.J.B. Taplin died at her residence in Westbourne Park. She was Edyth, youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Rabbich and was born at Aberdeen. Her parents came to Burra in the 1840s or 1850s and she lived here till her marriage.

[Born Edith Rabbich 29 January 1870 Kooringa: married and died as Edythe Thirza.]

Bowls. At Clare on Saturday: Burra 97 defeated Clare 91.

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Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 20 April.

East View Claim. South Drive 60’ level, driving advanced to 49’, showing 3 dwt by pan.

North Drive 60’ level advanced to 39’6”. Might stop here and prospect a shaft at 90’ level.

Farnden’s Hill. Riggs Open Cut: continued underhand stoping 13’, traces of gold on 4” leader.

61, 20, 7 May 1940, Page 1

Redruth 60-70 Years Ago.

The second in a series of reminisces by ‘Unohoo’. This time they are the memories of a man born at Redruth on 6 April 1856 and who went to live at Hampton when aged 12 months.*

Went to Mrs East’s School in Hampton in the last house on the left.

[A list of scholars is provided.] They paid 6d a week. At 91⁄2 he left to become a whim boy at the mine, but when it closed in 1866 he returned to school, this time to that of Mr Charles Bennett in Redruth. The old Bible Christian Chapel at Hampton was a well-built stone church. Rev. Allen was the minister. He goes on to talk of the Hampton Bible Christian Sunday School. There were three Hampton quarries. Watkins was the chief one and supplied most of the building stone. Tivers and Rogers were others. They produced good building stone too that Tom Rabbich carted to Kooringa. Most residents in Hampton built their own homes. Rents were low – a three-roomed house cost 2/6 a week. Mrs Rogers had the only store, which supplied all household requirements. There was an almond tree I planted when 10 in my father’s garden. I think it is still living. Mr Lomman now owns the property. He then goes on to talk about the mine closure. [But note that he gives the wrong date for it.]

[* Two births are recorded for the District of the Murray for this date: Hurford Henry Jenkins and William Muller. The latter certainly lived much of his life in the district and seems likely to by ‘Unohoo’.]

William P. Wade, manager of Winnininnie Station, completed 50 years of service with Koonoona Pty Ltd on 4 May. He was born on Koonoona in 1873 and his father worked for them for 30 years. Mr Ward began work as a cowboy on 5 May 1890, first under John C. Sandland for two years and then under W.G. Hawkes for 38. Since then under Glen Hawkes for 10 years. After 25 years at Koonoona he took on the management of Winnininnie on 26 November 1915. His wife (nee Heinrich) began working at Koonoona at 16 for Mrs W.G. Hawkes. Their son Bruce worked there too for 10 years till he became a manager for L.W. Gebhardt. Their second son, Colin, is now in the 2nd AIF, having worked for Koonoona for 7 years and then took property of his own at Lucerndale in the SE. His youngest son, Ken, entered the firm’s employment some 12 years ago and is the overseer at Winnininnie. Mr & Mrs Wade were married at St Mary’s, Kooringa.

Cricket. Burra Cricket Club held its annual dinner at the Kooringa Hotel on Saturday to conclude the 1939-40 season. President T.F. Rice presided.

Best batting average trophy went to Keith Johnson with 424 at an av. 53.

Best bowling was Keith Tamblyn with 21 wickets at av. 8.28 runs, narrowly ahead of Reg. Davey with 31 wickets at an av. 8.77 runs.

The secretary said they could be pleased with the performance given there had been no club in Burra for some years. Ian Stoekel made the only century. (108)

Financially they ended the year £3-11-0 in credit.

Burra Rifle Club. 17th stage of the Burra Record Trophy. Best four were: W.K. Pexton, J. Schwier, R. Kellock & E.C. Hopkins.

Hanson Golf Club opened its season on 27 April.

61, 20, 7 May 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 11 May.

(Names of players concealed) in Four Just Men.

William Bakewell & Lynn Roberts in The Higgins Family.

Obituary. Alfred Phillips, husband of Jane Phillips of Mt Bryan, died at Burra hospital on 30 April, aged 58. Father of Mabel and Olive. [Born 13 July 1881 Baldina.]

Weather. A heavy downpour of rain falling through dust gave a rather dirty 78 points in a short time from 1.30 p.m. on 30 April and 99 points for the week. The rain was fairly local and petered out before reaching Chalk Cliffs. Much of the east endured a dust storm. Mushrooms were sought, but proved to be few.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Curlew Claim last week crushed 5 tons for 7 oz of gold.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 4 May.

Farnden’s Hill: drive in Riggs Open Cut to 24’ with lode av. 6” at 1 oz per ton. Continued underhand stoping 5’ and drove 7’ on leader with values.

East View Claim – Kellaway’s Shaft, 60’ level, driving south to 54’ and north to 37’.

At 90’ level driving on leader to 5’. South drive working in iron vug*, showing a little gold by pan test. North drive stopped.

• Vug = cavity, cave or hollow.

Mr & Mrs Stanley Hawker entertained fete workers at ‘Belcunda’ on Wednesday to thank them for raising so much of the £500 at the Anzac Sports & Fete.

Burra Physical Culture Club was formed on Thursday last and opening night is set for 9 May at 7.30 p.m.

Burra Bowling Club end of season prize giving last Saturday night.

Championship O. Finch from A.A. Davey

Singles Handicap R.J. Grant from A.A. Davey

Consistency R.J. Grant from O. Finch

Pairs J.T. Pascoe & O. H. Ockenden from R.J. Grant & H.W. Tiver

Rink Tourney S.H. Robinson, W.S. Field, A. Bown & A. Coverdale

Mr Henry Pearce came out to SA c. 100 years ago and when this area was opened up he took land at Mt Bryan. His wife was also among early arrivals in the state. Mr & Mrs Pearce had a family of 13, comprising seven sons and six daughters. Two sons predeceased their parents. 11 children survive with an aggregate age of 802 years and an average age of 73. Is this a family record? The only ones living locally are Messrs Fred Pearce (Aberdeen), Walter & Frank Pearce and Mrs Walter Bourman of Kooringa. Mr Louis Pearce, a grandson, still resides on country held by his grandfather.

61, 20, 7 May 1940, Page 3

Burra Golf Club season began last Saturday.

Burra Cycle & Athletic Club held its first road race for the year. Once round the 6-mile track. A. Garrard was fastest in 17 min 30 secs and R. Angel won in 19 min 40 secs with handicap of 5 mins 10 secs.

Burra RSL Wives Group FFCF meets monthly and last Friday 18 were present.

Obituary. Charles Grow died at Burra hospital this morning. He had been born in Kooringa on 25 June 1858 in a dugout on the banks of Burra Creek. He was unmarried and spent all his life in Burra.

[SA Births CD suggests he was born 21 January 1869 at Kooringa, but the claim that he was 81 at death is consistent with the 1858 date. If so then we have identified the wrong parents! Death is registered as 6 May 1940.]

Obituary. Mr Alfred Phillips of ‘Kilto’ Mt Bryan died at Burra Hospital on 30 April after a long illness, aged 58. [Born 13 July 1881 Baldina.]

Kooringa Methodist Girls’ Club held a pasty luncheon on Friday in the premises recently occupied by H.T. Wandke, kindly loaned by the executrix of C. Parks’ estate. They raised £15-6-0.

61, 21, 14 May 1940, Page 1

A Burra High School Social was held on 9 May and was very successful.

Redruth 50 Years Ago

The third in the series by ‘Unohoo’. In this article one of Mr West’s pupils reminisces.

The schoolhouse was of stone with a weatherboard front. It was at the back of the court House and was Government assisted. Boys settled personal accounts with one another after school in a roofless stone building where the croquet court is now.

There were several large holes in the creek 6’ to 8’ deep where water remained for months. At one place they had a boat.

My father built some of the mine buildings and also worked there. Tradesmen used to get 9/- a day and miners 5/- a day with 1/- per week kept back for the doctor. The mine, buildings, land, and all connected with it was sold when the mine closed down, for £2,000.

[Note that this is not true.]

All water for household use was carted and sold at 1/- per hogshead. Enoch Stephens was the chief water carter. A man named Clark also carted water from a well near where A.B. Riggs now lives. Before the railway came there was no road from Sara’s to the station and only a few houses. There were two or three near Sara’s corner and another batch near Austin’s shop. There were a few where Mr Harvey lives and one or two others. The first four hotels were The Bushman’s Club [Rest], The White Hart, Opies’ (Where Bob Fuss now lives), and Broad’s opposite Austin’s butcher shop. [The Aberdeen Hotel: Broad 1879-1880]

The first post office in Redruth was where Mr James lives, opposite the Court House Hotel. Mrs Branch kept it. It burnt down and was never rebuilt. (Over 70 years ago) She then took the Court House Hotel. [Hoad does not list a Mrs Branch at the Court House Hotel.]

There were only three hotels in Kooringa. The present Burra Hospital was kept by Jimmy Lamb [1867-1876]. A man called Banks built the Unicorn Brewery just below the Burra School. The present Burra Hotel was then called the Miners’ Arms. Another, on the same side of the creek, burnt down. It was in Lower Thames St, called the Pig & Whistle. There was a wine store where Sara’s Kooringa shop is now. The new Kooringa Bridge was built about 1877 or 1878 after the old one washed away in a flood. [The new bridge opened for traffic in May 1879 after a flood on 23 March 1877 destroyed the old one.] In this flood a circus was camped along the creek and there was a rush to get the elephants and tents away when the creek came down.

We had a farm at Mt Bryan and in the first year got 27 b per acre, but in the next year got less than half that. (Before superphosphate.) I used to cart to Broken Hill 66 years ago, with five horses and about 1878 was the first to take a loading to Wilcannia by road – using bullocks for that. When I was dam sinking at one time I had 91 bullocks. I worked the NE road and at dam sinking for 32 years.

Football. The season will open on Saturday next. Four teams will compete this year. Spalding is out, but Leighton will field a team, playing at home on the polo ground. [The other teams were Booborowie, Hallett & Kooringa.]

Messrs J.F. Madigan & J.E. Sullivan who are leaving the district were farewelled from Booborowie on 11 May.

Black Springs Patriotic Funds Drive at the hall on 20 April was opened by Dr Guy Makin (who has seen active service in two wars.). Cheques were sent to Distressed Soldiers’ Fund, Red Cross, FFCF & the Navy League.

Hanson Ladies Social Club held its AGM on 7 May. Over some period now they have worked towards getting a supper room built and equipped at the hall and have so far raised £80.

Burra Rifle Club. 18th stage of the Burra Record Trophy was fired on 11 May. Best four were: E.C. Hopkins, J.E. Pearce, A.G. Heinrich & J.E. Harris.

The Cemetery Road is in bad order, but can only be patched up again.

RAAF Recruiting Committee was formed at a meeting called by the Mayor on Friday. The Mayor is Chairman and F.T. Marston is Secretary, with a committee of six.

Burra Town Council. Officers retiring through the effluxion of time are:

Mayor: T.H. Woollacott

North Ward Cr Jeffery

East Ward Cr Samuel

West Ward Cr S.H. Robinson

We understand that Cr Villis will be unable to attend Council and so his seat will also become vacant.

61, 21, 14 May 1940, Page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for the dismantling and removal of two sheds at the back of the Burra Mill, to be done within 14 days of acceptance. W. Thomas & Co. Ltd, Peel St Adelaide.

Advt. Talkies, 18 May.

Tyrone Power & Nancy Kelly in Jessie James.

Jean Rogers & Robert Kellard in Stop, Look & Love.

St Mary’s Social Club will this year meet fortnightly with a social and dance alternating. The Social Club started last Tuesday with a dance in the Parish Hall.

Mr & Mars August Pohlner of Hallett celebrate their golden wedding on 15 May.

Obituary. Mr Alfred Phillips of ‘Kilto’ Mt Bryan died at the Burra Hospital on 30 April, aged 58. He was born at World’s End on 13 July 1881, the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Robert Phillips and was educated at World’s End School and then started farming with his father. Later, he was employed by L.W. Gebhardt of Mokota for 28 years. When his health began to fail he concentrated on grazing and farming on his own property known as ‘Kilto’, when strength permitted. He and his wife and daughters were keen exhibitors at the Burra Show and he was a consistent member of the Mt Bryan Methodist Church. He was in hospital for the last 15 months. He married Miss Jane Parker of Booborowie who survives with two daughters: Mabel, Mrs F. Stotle & Olive, Mrs M. Auhl of Mt Bryan. There are 5 grandchildren and also 4 brothers and 3 sisters: Miss Mary Phillips, Mrs E. Rooke & Mrs F. Neindorf. [Born 13 July 1881 Baldina.]

Burra FFCF, 1 May. Mrs S.C. Genders was appointed President. Mrs E.F. Marston resigned as Secretary. Proceeds of the Anzac Fete had amounted to £169.

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Marriage. At St Dympna’s [sic] Church Booborowie on 16 April.

Mary Flora Murphy, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs J.M. Murphy of Booborowie and

Patrick John Mannion, youngest son of Mr & the late Mrs B. Mannion of Willalo.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church on 11 May.

Kenneth Clifton James, only son of the late Mr & Mrs Cuthbert James and

Erica Lorna Cox, youngest daughter of Mr Herbert Cox and the late Mrs Cox all of Burra North.

61, 22, 21 May 1940, Pages 1

Burra Rifle Club. 19th stage of the Burra Record Trophy, best four results: J. Schwier, R. Bernhardt, Len Allen & W.K. Pexton.

Football. Kooringa 3.6 6.15 8.18 11.23

Leighton 0.0 0.1 1.2 3.3

Rt Rev. Dr A. Nutter Thomas, Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, will visit Burra on Monday & Tuesday next for the last time before his resignation. He was ordained a Deacon in 1893, a Priest in 1894, and elected Bishop of Adelaide in 1905. He was consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 2 February 1906 and enthroned in Adelaide on 4 April 1906. He resigns on 30 September 1940.

R.D. Pascoe’s Collection of sheep photographs was visited by the Premier’s party. They were also shown the more rarely disclosed specimen case, which contains all sorts of material from mines, from gold to pieces of rock from the bowels of the earth.

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Visit of Premier & Minister of Mines re the reopening of the Burra Mine.

The Premier of SA, Hon. Tom Playford, the Minister of Mines, Mr McEwin, the Director of Mines, Dr Keith Ward, and Mr A.D. McDonald MP visited Burra on Wednesday last and met with the Burra Progress Assoc. and the Town Council.

The Mayor took the chair and said he understood the Government would subsidise a sound scheme £ for £. He also asked the Government to use its influence with BHP and the Federal Government. He recounted past production and said Martin & Co. in 1900 had reworked the slagheap and were said to have made £50,000 in five years. Elder & Snow had treated the mine dumps and found they contained iron and copper and boring operations by the Government confirmed old records and he suggested there was sufficient information to justify restarting the mine.

The Town Clerk, E.J. Davey, spoke of the statements about the state of the ore body made when the mine closed and the sulphides unexploited. He had found good ore as a tributer 30 years ago and believed there was a large quantity of ore to be found.

Alf Walker of the Progress Assoc. said one of the biggest problems would be the unwatering of the mine, which would cost about £10,000, since Morphett’s Shaft apparently made about 2,000,000 gallons a day. This water could go to Whyalla, saving Murray water and 60 miles of pipe. As well as the sulphide ores the dumps contained 2% copper, which would pay for work on the mine.

F.T. Sara, President of the Progress Assoc. said Mr Gregory, a mining engineer had formulated a definite plan for re-opening the mine and his association thought it workable. Mr Gregory believed it was a payable mine.

R.T. Bowles, Secretary of the Progress Assoc. asked:

If the Government believed the report published on 16 April to be practical.

If so what government assistance could come from the ‘Assistance to Mining Fund’ and other sources?

Would the SA Government recommend that the Federal Government assist?

Would the Government investigate the possible use of Burra water at Whyalla? Evidence suggested it could supply over 700 million gallons per year from the bottom levels.

He went on to give much more technical detail on the Whyalla water issue.

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Cr Samuel and Mr A.D. McDonald spoke in support.

The Premier said he could not answer the technical issues and would leave them to Dr Ward and the Minister of Mines. The Government was anxious to restart copper mining in Australia, which was short of copper in the present circumstances, but it had to be done by private enterprise. Dr Ward and his Dept. would go into any scheme suggested. The Government was prepared to subsidise a worthwhile scheme £ for £, but Dr Ward and the Dept. would have to consider all proposals put to them. Though copper was now pegged at £76 per ton, the price would fall once the war ended. He did not think the quality of the Burra water was adequate for the Whyalla purposes, but would put it to the Engineer in Chief. He had placed the scheme before a large mining company that was not prepared to take it on at present. He would place it before others.

Mr McEwin said that the old records of the mine were fragmentary and not very informative. Existing plans do not show the workings when the mine ceased and some of the reputed deeper workings were not shown. Little is known of the Burra ores except that most of the wealth was from carbonate ores. Some information by H.R. Hancock 40 years ago is useful, but fragmentary. It is remarkable that no effort seems to have been made to determine the ore bodies below the open cut. Deeper operations were carried out from Morphett’s Shaft, some 1,200 ft from the centre of the open cut, with no evidence of crosscutting from Graves’ only 360 ft from the centre of the open cut. The need to provide electric power for two million gallons a day suggests the construction of an independent power plant. Diamond drilling would probably not obtain satisfactory results in porous limestone country and shafts and crosscutting would be necessary to prove the lodes. Probably Morphett’s Shaft should be limited to unwatering with crosscutting from Graves’.

The lodes need to be tested before further development. If the ore carried sufficient copper there would be no difficulty with funding. The development scheme would have to take into account the costs of equipment, running expenses, including pumping for the whole of its duration. The Government could not be expected to make public statements calculated to induce investment in a speculative venture of this kind. There is considerable uncertainty about the success of the project. A detailed program of operations would be needed before the Government would consider financial assistance. The Government would be sympathetic to any well-considered proposal. Remember that the Government funds in wartime are limited, with many other calls on them.

The visitors had lunch at the Kooringa Hotel prior to the meeting.

61, 22, 21 May 1940, Pages 2

Notice of Municipal Elections

Retiring Municipal Officers:

Mayor: Thomas Henry Woollacott

North Ward Roy Joseph Jeffery

East Ward Cornelius William Samuel

West Ward Stanley Harcourt Robinson

Norman James Villis has also resigned creating an extraordinary election for East Ward at the same time.

Nominations are called by 8 June with elections if needed on 6 July.

Notice of Burra Burra District Council Elections

Retiring Officers:

Farrell’s Flat Ward Harold Carter Atkins

Kooringa Ward Edwin Fisher

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Mongolata Ward Isaac James Warnes

Nominations by 8 June and elections if needed on 6 July.

Notice. The King’s Call for a National Day of Prayer will be answered with a service for all denominations in the Burra Institute, Sunday next at 8 p.m.

Advt. Talkies, 25 May.

Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald in Girl of the Golden West.

Plus short features.

Obituary. Emily Williams, wife of the late Daniel Williams, died at her residence in Bridge St on 15 May, aged 74. Mother of Syd., Fred, Jack, Rose, Ted & the late George k.i.a.

[Born Emily Morgan 15 February 1866 Booborowie.]

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, last Saturday.

Myrtle W. Robinson, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs S.H. Robinson of Kooringa and

Raymond Eric Parham, 2nd son of Mrs and the late Mr Parham of Gawler.

Burra Golf Club. Mr F.L. Worth wins a Stableford Bogey Competition.

Burra Civil Defence Committee convenes a public meeting on 29 May at the Institute to inform of the steps taken to safeguard civilians in the event of invasion.

Obituary. George Pryde of Booborowie died 18 May. [Born 27 July 1878 Gum Creek.]

Nurse J. Woollacott has been successful in mid-wifery and obstetric examinations.

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Burra Burra DC.

Lister Nickles is the occupier of Block 4 at Copperhouse.

Opening and closing of roads:

Opened, a 1-chain road in Hd Hanson being pt section 43 to 47 along the eastern boundary of the Burra to Hallett railway.

Closed, a 1-chain road dividing sections 232, 233, 243, 235, 236, 238, 239 from sections 461 & 240.

Closed, the whole of the 1-chain road dividing sections 243, 246 & 250 from sections 247, 250 from sections 247, 249. [Sic] [This is in an area of very small blocks west of the town of Hanson as shown below. The underlined part of the sentences would seem to be unnecessary and can be ignored.]

Mr A.T. Fairchild & Mrs Emily Fairchild were given a farewell on the eve of their departure for Birdwood. The family had lived in the district for some 40 years and had reared a family of six sons and a daughter. Mr & Mrs Fairchild were presented with a mulga clock.

Burra Cycle & Athletic Club. The 2nd road race for the season was on 18 May. Angel came home 1st in 19 mins 30 secs and Garrard again produced the fastest time of 17 mins 20 secs.

Obituary. Raymond Burke, a well-known figure in the town in the last 12 months or so, died at the Burra Hospital last Sunday, 19 May. He was born in Antigua, West Indies, in 1876 and came to Australia in 1896 on the Jane Spratt, arriving at Pt Melbourne as part of the Georgia Minstrel & Cakewalk Co. He later left the stage for the boxing ring and obtained fame as a lightweight boxer. He once fought for the Australian Championship and fought a draw with the holder. After getting too old and heavy for boxing he bought a dry cleaning plant and resided for some years at Horsham in Victoria. Later he came to Burra and did odd dry-cleaning jobs till recently when his health failed. He was admitted to the Burra Hospital in the middle of April.

[For a much more complete account of his life see 61, 4, 23 Jan. 1940, Page 1.]

[Age on death registration is 66.]

Obituary. Mrs Dan Williams died at her residence in Kooringa on Wednesday after a long illness. Her husband predeceased her in September 1939.

[Born Emily Morgan 15 February 1866 Booborowie.]

Obituary. Mrs C. Fuss, relict of the late Mr Charles Fuss of Aberdeen, has died aged 81. [Born Rhoda Elizabeth Rumball 26 November 1858 Apollo Bay, Victoria: died 19 May 1940 Aberdeen.]

Football. Saturday. Booborowie 6.19 defeated Hallett 3.5.

Mr & Mrs Evans were farewelled from Hallett with a social at the Institute on 11 May. They are going to the city.

61, 22, 21 May 1940, Pages 4

Redruth 50 Years Ago. Fourth in the series of reminiscences.

Memories of James Montgomery who was born at Dry Creek on 4 January 1853.

His father and a shipmate bought a section of land at Dry Creek for 20/- per acre. His schooling is outlined, but it was not at Burra, which he came to first when he was aged 20 in 1873. His father then had land at Mt Bryan. Things here were very quiet after the mine closed and after living in the district for seven years he started carting wheat and wood at Wilmington with a bullock team for 11 years. Calamity Station got its name from a series of accidents that happened there:

Jack Ashby got a broken jaw from the handle of a scoop.

A bullock hunter got his wrist broken

I lost sight of 1 eye when a piece of wood I was chopping flew into it.

I attended the first show in Burra. It was held in the old Smelting Works where the horses and mules were kept. [He then goes on about the use of horses and mules by the E. & A. Copper Co.]

His father was one of the first batch to take copper ore to Pt Adelaide in a bullock dray, taking 21⁄2 to 3 tons per load.

There were several wells in and around Burra. Few people had tanks. Some had square iron tanks and others wooden, zinc-lined cases, or a barrel, but most bought their water, delivered from wells. Water carters came around in a two-wheeled cart with a large barrel. One carter was Field, another Ryan, and another Enoch Stephens. He built Stephens’ Row in Burra.

John Roach built a mill – he had one in Sevenhills, which burnt down, then he came to Burra. His sons kept going for a while after his death.

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Burra Town Council, 20 May.

Cr Jeffery announced he would not stand again for Council.

Cr Robinson also thought he would not stand again.

The Mayor said he would stand aside for anyone prepared to put in more time and energy.

Cr Villis tendered his resignation as he had received an appointment with the Defence Dept.

Other routine matters were attended to.

Burra Rifle Club. 20th stage of the Burra Record Trophy, best four results: J. Newbold, E.C. Collins, R. Bernhardt & T.R. Pexton.

Burra School celebrated Empire Day on Friday. The boisterous weather led to the celebrations being held indoors. There was an Empire Day address from the Minister of Education, the Hon. S. Jeffery, on the radio, and a message was read from Viscount Bledisloe, President of the Empire Day Movement. An address by H.J.B. Jennison, Chairman of the School Committee followed before the children were dismissed for a half-holiday.

Football. Saturday at Hallett: Kooringa 1.5 3.11 5.14 8.17

Hallett 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.7

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 18 May.

Farnden’s Hill: drive off Riggs Open Cut to 36’ with values c. 15 dwt per ton. Drive continuing, timbering back as work progresses. Carted 5 tons to battery.

East View Claim. Kellaway’s Shaft, south drive 60’ level, stoping backs advanced to 54’, stoped iron vug distance of 11’. Showing 3 dwt by pan test

90’ level; rose 5’ to connect with quartzite small leader showing, c. 1⁄2 oz.

Last week at battery 51⁄2 tons yielded 22 oz 3 dwt 12 gr.

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Obituary. George Pryde died on 18 May at his residence near Booborowie. He was born at Gum Ck nearly 62 years ago and resided there before his marriage in 1900 to Caroline Trevilyan, daughter of the late George and Mary Trevilyan of Copperhouse. They lived briefly at Broken Hill, but soon returned to SA and finally purchased a lucerne block on the Booborowie Flats and for the last 28 years carried on dairying and pig-raising. He took a keen interest in all public affairs. He was a foundation member of the Booborowie District Soldiers’ Memorial Institute, a member of the hall committee and a trustee. He was for a period Chairman of the Agricultural Bureau and a Councillor for the Booborowie DC. A widow and a family of one son and two daughters survives: Mrs E.J. Affolter (Booborowie), Mrs A.J. Cousins (Iron Knob) & Mr Hector Pryde (Spalding) [Corrected on 4 June to Bull’s Creek.] There are two sisters: Mrs R. Nourse of Pt Pirie and Mrs J. Doyle of Mt Bryan East.

[Born 27 July 1878 Gum Creek.]

61, 23, 28 May 1940, Pages 2

Advt. Talkies 1 June.

James Cagney & Ann Sheridan in Angels with Dirty Faces.

Dick Foran & Patricia Walthall in Empty Holsters.

Advt. Join Now Burra Hawaiian Club

Learn to play the Hawaiian Steel Guitar

Opening Night, Wednesday 12 June in Institute Lodge Room, 8 p.m.

Tuition 2/6 a week and guitars for 5/- deposit and 1/6 a week.

Jeff Foley Local Instructor will demonstrate and enrol at Wilkinson’s Newsagency 3-4 p.m. and at the Lodge Room 8-9 p.m. Friday 31 May

Listen to Hawaiian Club on 5KA every Sunday Morning at 12.45.

Notice. From 28 May 1940 M.W. Bednall has gone into partnership with Mr Reginald Lance Odlum of Adelaide and the business will be conducted under the style of Bednall & Odlum.

Obituary. George Pryde died at his residence, Booborowie on 18 May, suddenly, aged 61. Husband of Caroline and father of Lila, Mrs E.J. Affolter, Hector (Bull’s Creek), Myra, Mrs A.J. Cousins (Iron Knob). [Born 27 July 1878 Gum Creek.]

Buffalo Lodge Dance on Thursday in aid of the Children’s Hospital was fairly attended. It raised £2-17-6 and a sale of badges raised £4-7-6.

Cliff Brown, son of Mrs Brown of Redruth [Mrs Mary Brown, wife of George Brown] has enlisted with his three sons, Cliff, Ern & Ken. Cliff jun. is in Palestine. The others are in the Light Horse.

Children’s Hospital Badge day raised £7.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Anniversary was one of the best for years. Preacher for the day was Rev. n. Usher.

Miss Amy Sims, who has resided some time at the Bon Accord Hotel, has left for Wilmington.

Mrs W.H. Hardy, who resides with her daughter Mrs Bert Opperman of Burra North, is 79 on 30 May.

61, 23, 28 May 1940, Pages 3

Service of Intercession.

In response to the King’s call for a day of prayer an interdenominational service was held on Sunday 26 May at the Institute. His Worship the Mayor was assisted by Rev. Neil Usher, Rev. V.R. Secombe (Methodists), Major Perry & Capt. Thomas (Salvation Army), Mr A.D. McDonald MP and supported by Crs R.J. Jeffery, S.H. Robinson, R.M. Reed, W.G. Terry and Messrs H.J.B. Jennison & M.J. Morton, with Clem Davey at the piano.

Mt Bryan East Sunday School anniversary on 12 May was held in poor weather and was limited to one service, which was conducted by Rev. C.R. Dadds. There was a good gathering for the public meeting on Monday.

Obituary. Mrs Emily Williams, relict of the late Dan. E. Williams, died at her home on 15 May, aged 74. She was the 2nd daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Morgan, pioneer settlers of Baldina and was born at Booborowie on 10 February 1866 and educated at Baldina. In 1888 she married Daniel Williams, who died 71⁄2 months ago. She lived practically all her married life at Ironmine. She was active in the Leighton Ladies Guild and a member of the Ironmine Methodist Church and after they moved to Burra in 1928, of the Kooringa Methodist Church. She is survived by four sons and one daughter: Rose, Mrs Dixon (Henley Beach), Syd. (Burra), Fred. (Adelaide), Jack & Ted (Burra District). Four sons saw active service in WWI and one, George, was k.i.a.

[Born Emily Morgan 15 February 1866 Booborowie.]

Obituary. Mrs Rhoda Elizabeth Fuss, who passed away at Aberdeen, on May 19th, after a residence of 66 years was born at Apollo Bay, Victoria on November 26th 1858. The family later came to Victor Harbor, S.A., where her father, the late John Rumball, was appointed Superintendent of the Southern Tramways. She was educated at that place at Miss Absolem’s school. At the age of 16 she came to Burra where her father was transferred to the Burra Railway Station as station-master and lived here the rest of her life. In 1881 she married Mr Charles Fuss who was Burra born. Her husband predeceased her some years ago. Mrs Fuss was a Vice-President of the Aberdeen Soldiers’ Aid Society during the Great War to which two of her sons, Ray and Hilary (An Anzac) went. The deceased lady was a devoted member of and attended St Mary’s Church regularly until within two Sundays before her death. She also for many years taught in St Mary’s Sunday School. Her family of four daughters and five sons are all living.* The funeral was conducted on Thursday last. The service was first held in St Mary’s Church from which the cortege left for the Kooringa Cemetery. Four sons and two grandsons acted as bearers; the service was conducted by Rev. C. Gray.

[* One son, Edgar, lived only a few hours.]

Burra High School. On account of leaving the district Mr M.W. Bednall has resigned from the High School Council.

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Football. Saturday. Kooringa 1.6 2.7 5.11 7.16

Booborowie 1.2 3.4 5.6 6.8

Burra Court, 28 May

The court farewelled M.W. Bednall as a resident. Speeches of appreciation for his work on the bench and at the bar were given by Mr F.L. Worth, Sgt Edington and P.L. Rosman on behalf of the justices.

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Civil Defence. The Institute was packed on Wednesday night for a meeting called by Burra Corporation Civil Defence Committee.

The meeting advocated:

National Conscription of manpower and wealth as in Britain.

The formation of a Home Defence Column, using the services of the RSL.

Drastic steps to curd Fifth Column activities.

Mr M.W. Bednall, as Chairman of the Committee opened the meeting and called on the Mayor to preside.

The Mayor gave a patriotic address stressing the critical natures of the struggle. Belgium had surrendered the night before and France was in the balance. He was heart-broken at how few people had turned up to farewell departing soldiers and felt the apathy of Australians was reflected in their Government. He urged involvement of all in the war effort to the last man and the last shilling and urged support for War Savings Certificates.

Mr M.W. Bednall explained the Civil Defence Scheme. The government had asked the committee to prepare a plan to house 2,100 people from the city in the event of evacuation being needed. Evacuees were expected to be expectant mothers, the blind, the infirm, mothers with children under five, and school children. Air Raid Precautions had to be taken with shelters, warnings, lighting restrictions etc.

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There needed to be anti-gas officers, people to look to repairs and to quench fires, to attend to casualties and to maintain communications. All between 16 & 60 could be useful. The committee did not think these things were going to be necessary, but they had to be prepared.

Dr Steele outlined what would be done for the injured in the event of an air raid. First-aid posts would be established at Copperhouse, the Railway Station, The Oddfellows Hall and the Methodist Memorial Hall in Redruth for Burra North. In Burra they would be at the CWA Rooms, the Salvation Army Hall, and The Methodist Sunday School Hall. He called for National Conscription for the total war effort.

S. Hawker, President of the RSL called for universal training for war and much more, in a 1⁄2 column speech. H.J.B. Jennison moved the motions and called for a more enthusiastic support for the war effort. G.H. Dow seconded and supported the motions.

There was then a musical program, which included the singing of:

Land of Hope and Glory The Audience

Song of Australia The Audience

The Veteran’s Song G.H. Dollman & Chorus

Roses of Picardy Dorothy Woollacott

Wings Over the Navy Lindsay Thomas

We’ll See You in Berlin Mrs Max Pearce

There’ll Always Be An England Miss Mavis Gare (Mrs John Reed)

The Old Soldier Monologue by P.L. Rosman

The National Anthem

61, 24, 4 June 1940, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell on 14 June, for F.C.W.P. Williams, trustee in the estate of the late Charles Grow, the property situated at the corner of Ayers St & Bridge St East in Kooringa, comprising 4 acres 2r 20 p being portion of a reserve and pt allotment 309 of 1r 24 p and portion of reserve of 3r. Allotment 530 with house of two rooms and allotment 309 71’6” x 105’.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell on 21 June, on instructions from Mrs Rabbich, allotments 62 to 66 [Aberdeen] 2r 5p and improvements, house of 7 stone rooms, 2 iron rooms, enclosed back, 2 bathrooms, large U.G. room, 3 sheds & garage and 15,000 gallon U.G. tank.

Weather. Frosts are affecting the new growth that came with the rain and growth has been very slow.

Accident. Fay Moore, 2-year old daughter of Mr & Mrs Ken Moore, went missing last Tuesday. M-C Doddrill was informed and a search initiated. After dark she was found at the bottom of a well 33 ft deep. She was miraculously unhurt. The well is situated in George St just over the ford leading east from Thames St and two doors from the Moore’s home. Many of Mitchell Flat homes have wells and Fay said she was chasing a pussy when she fell into a big hole on the property of Mr Beckwith. It took some time to extricate the child and her grandfather, Ted Moore, was finally lowered to her. The bottom of the well was sandy.

Municipal Elections. The Mayor, T.H. Woollacott, has signified his intention to stand again. He has entertained many official visitors and has dipped deep into his own pocket to carry out his duties. He has also, with a band of helpers, ensured that every boy going overseas from Burra has been presented with a suitable gift. Any town that wants to excel in its war efforts must have an energetic and capable Mayor.

Obituary. Mr F.A. Woodgate died at Pt Pirie on 10 May. He was the youngest brother of Brassey & Ashley Woodgate of Booborowie. He was aged 52 and was stationmaster at Pt Pirie. He began work with the railways at Terowie 35 years ago. He was known as ‘Dicky’ and was a frequent visitor to Burra and was a formidable tennis player. He served in WWI in the 6th Battalion. His mother, who is 92, survives. Mrs Woodgate was born at Copperhouse (nee Dunneman).

[Francis Augustus West Dunemann Woodgate born 6 July 1888 Terowie: died 17 May 1940 Pt Pirie.]

Copperhouse School Committee & Welfare Club held a social on 1 June to raise money for the School’s Patriotic Fund.

Herbert Woodgate, eldest son of Mr & Mrs A.C. Woodgate of Booborowie, has joined the RAAF.

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Burra Mine.

The Director of Mines, Dr L.K. Ward, has written to the Burra Progress Assoc. asking for a more detailed proposal concerning the opening of the Burra Mine. He says he needs costs for:

Reconditioning Morphett’s Shaft to 600’

Reconditioning Graves’ Shaft to 300’ and extending it to 510’.

Equipping both with poppet heads and winding apparatus.

Buying and installing duplicate pumping appliances for both shafts and a sinking pump for Graves’.

A specified amount of crosscutting from both.

Connecting with, or installing electric power as needed.

Keeping water pumped out during the development program.

Purchase and installation of compressed air units as required.

He also needs details of the proposed company, of staff and their qualifications and experience and of the nature of the title to the mine. In addition he needs information on the amount of capital subscribed or promised.

Burra Cycle and Athletic Club. This week’s race has been postponed to 8 June.

Annual Booborowie Church of England Ball took place on 29 May. It was a great success and is reported.

Mr George Earle, who was 85 on 26 May, has recently left Willalo to live with his son Roy at Leighton. His wife died recently and he is blind as the result of an accident some years ago. Friends gave him a number of farewell gifts.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate, for fortnight to 1 June.

Farnden’s Hill: drive in Riggs Open Cut to 48’ with av. width of 6” face at 1 oz per ton, but at present showing only a trace.

East View Claim. Kellaway’s Shaft. 60’ level, south drive to 611⁄2’ on av. width 1’ at 3 dwt per ton.

Iron lode more definite 1’ wide c. 3 dwt per ton

90’ level driving on oxide leader to c. 9’ width 1”, 10 dwt per ton

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Anzac Sports Balance Sheet.

Shows the credit in the National Bank at he end of the event as £533-2-2.

Burra Rifle Club. Final Shoot of the season on Saturday.

Joe Bernhardt was sick and so missed the final chance to score.

Best shots on the final day were: R.J. Jeffery, E.C. Collins, A.C. Aughey & A.B. Riggs.

But for the season E.C. Hopkins and F.J. Baulderstone tied on 21 points for the Burra Record Trophy and as neither scored a point in the last shoot a shoot-off will be required next week. E.C. Collins would have joined them if just one of his three inners had been a bull.

Trophy winners:

Highest points over 3, 5 & 600 yds and 3, & double 500 yds F. Baulderstone

Marksman’s Trophy E.C. Collins from F.T. Marston

Club Championship E.C. Collins from Ron Kellock

Handicap Championship J.H. Schwier from A.G. Heinrich

2nd Stage of Championship A.G. Heinrich

3rd Stage of Championship R.G. Bernhardt

Yearly Aggregate C. Edwards

1st Half-Year Trophy E.C. Collins

2nd Half-Year Trophy L. Allen

Highest points in Record Trophy without winning any trophy A.C. Aughey

Burra Town Council, 3 June.

Mr F. Pledge having resigned as Pound Keeper, it was decided that Council employees would keep the pound for the time being.

A letter was received from the Dept. of Mines outlining the information required about the opening of the Burra Mine.

The Town Clerk said the Progress Assoc. was getting such costs from Mr Gregory.

Fire Brigades Board estimates expenditure on the local station at £288 for the coming year.

Letter from the national Tree Planting Committee re planting a tree for each soldier enlisting. To be passed to the Town Tree Planting Committee.

Letter of sympathy to Mr H.J. Wilson, whose sister had been killed in a motor accident.

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Burra North Police Court, 6 June.

John P. McCarthy was charged with using indecent language on 1 June. He pleaded guilty under provocation and was fined £1 + 10/- costs.

Dorothy May Kakoschke was charged with fighting in a public place on 28 May and pleaded guilty. She said she was walking down the hill with her three-year-old child and one in a pram when Gladys McGregor rushed at her with the horse she was riding. Kakoschke had objected to McGregor kissing her boys and McGregor took to hitting her children, even coming into her yard to do so. When she complained McGregor charged her with the horse and then got off and went for her. The children hit were only 3-4 years old. Kakoschke had a doctor’s certificate to prove the injuries received.

Sentence was withheld until the charge against McGregor was heard.

McGregor pleaded not guilty.

Sgt Edington had been called to the defendant’s mother’s house (Mrs O’Brien) and found the defendant on the sofa in a semi-hysterical condition, with a bruise on her temple. Her version of the altercation said she was coming up the hill on her horse when Kakoschke hit her horse on the nose with a stick and had thrown a brick at her. Dr Steele had been called. Edington searched, but could find no sign of a brick that would fit the story.

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[Considerably more detail of the events is printed.]

Mrs O’Brien said her daughter had been beaten with a whip and left unconscious on the road, but the only mark on her appeared to be the bruise allegedly from the brick. Edington then detailed the marks on Mrs Kakoschke and a ripped sleeve. The case was adjourned after the prosecution case.

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Advt. Talkies, Saturday 15 June.

The Ritz Bros, Adolphe Menjou & Helen Jepson in Goldwyn Follies.

John Carroll & Morita in The Wolf Call.

Advt. Wirth Bros New All-Star Circus will arrive by special trains for Monday 24 June to perform in Goldsbrough, Mort’s Paddock near the Railway Station.

Burra Burra DC Elections. The following were all elected unopposed.

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Mongolata Ward Isaac James Warnes

Farrell’s Flat Ward Harold Carter Atkins

Burra town Council Elections. The following were all elected unopposed.

Mayor Thomas H. Woollacott (re-elected)

North Ward J.P.H. Harvey

East Ward

Ordinary Vacancy C.R. Lott

East Ward

Extraordinary Vacancy W.H. March

West Ward C.W. Samuel

Burra Burra Show Inc. meeting at the Eastern Telephone Buildings yesterday decided to cancel the 1940 Show.

The executive committee turned itself into the Burra Burra Show War Committee and will devote all its efforts to supporting the war with the object first of supplying an ambulance or an aeroplane. The society voted a donation of £100 and Messrs I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd donated £250. Other donations at the meeting ranging from £5-5-0 to £25 brought the total to £444-7-0.

Mr Warnes said the turn the war had taken in the past three weeks had forced this decision. If a show were held it would distract the efforts of those most involved in Red Cross and other patriotic efforts, it would involve the use of much petrol. He recommended they turn their efforts to raising money for an ambulance or an aeroplane.

S.H. Robinson moved there be no 1940 Show. H.J.B. Jennison agreed and supported the motion as did Rex Warnes and Mr Gare. The motion was carried.

Mr W. Lloyd moved the Society donate £100, seconded Mr Lockett and carried.

The next meeting of the new committee will be 18 June.

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St Joseph’s Church Annual Dance was held in the Institute on Wednesday last and was a brilliant success. The music was by Dick Trevorrow’s Orchestra from Jamestown.

Mr W. Ryan, after some years’ residence in Burra, has gone to further engage in the dental profession in Eudunda and was given a presentation at the St Joseph’s Annual Dance.

Burra VSD annual meeting last Tuesday. Officers appointed: Officer in charge, Mrs Andrew Tennant; 2nd Officer, Mrs H.V. White; Quartermaster, Miss M. Davey.

Messrs G.E. & M.J. Heinrich have joined the RAAF. They are sons of Mr & Mrs G.A. Heinrich of Flagstaff.

Burra Cycle & Athletic Club, Saturday 8 June.

The third road race for the year was over the 6-mile course. M. Wilson won in 19 mins 45 secs with a handicap of 5 mins. Fastest was B. Thomson in 16 mins 2 secs (Handicap 1 min.)

Redruth Methodist Church held its 89th Anniversary on 2 June. Rev. N. Usher preached and there was a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at 3 p.m.

Mr W.H. Sandland donated 50 wethers to Red Cross, which when auctioned resulted in a cheque to them of £52-10-0. (Elder, Smith’s charged no commission.)

Copperhouse School. A working bee on 8 June erected c. 11 chains of fencing to protect young trees and school property.

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FFCF meeting 4 June. Report of activities since founding on 2 December 1939.

RSL Wives Group formed.

Christmas Party at Princess Royal.

Co-operated with RSL, RSL Wives Group and Mt Bryan FFCF at the Anzac Sports.

Various sporting groups were approached to hold days in aid of FFCF, which resulted in such days by Burra Bowling & Croquet Club, Aberdeen Bowling Club and the Burra Rifle Club.

Bence’s Ltd ran a mannequin parade.

Red Cross has run bridge afternoons.

Football. Saturday. Hallett 1.2 3.5 4.8 8.9

Kooringa 1.1 2.5 2.8 3.12

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Football. Saturday. Kooringa 2.4 3.5 6.8 8.15

Booborowie 2.1 4.3 4.3 5.7

Burra North Police Court.

Case of Gladys M. McGregor for fighting in a public place was resumed.

Defendant said she was riding her pony and saw Mrs Kakoschke coming down the hill. When she came almost level Mrs Kakoschke picked up a brick and threw it at her, striking her on the side of the face. Kakoschke then struck her pony on both sides of the head with a whip. The pony then reared and she slipped off. Kakoschke then struck the defendant with the whip and she did not remember any more till she regained consciousness after being carried inside by her stepbrother. Mrs D. Bown and Jim O’Brien were in the home. Kakoschke had said when she saw the defendant coming ‘Here comes the bitch, I’ll get her now’. She said she often met the Kakoschke children and gave them sweets, but they threw them away and threw bricks at her. She did not charge her horse at the children, nor did she start the fight, nor was she guilty of fighting. The whip belonged to one of the children. She denied ever hitting the children. She did not know how Mrs Kakoschke got her injuries or her torn sleeve. The only injury to herself was to the side of her face.

Considerably more detail is reported.

Gladys McGregor was fined £1-10-0 + 10/- costs.

Mrs Kakoschke was fined £1 + 10/- costs.

Ayers School will not have a picnic this year and instead will invest the money saved in War Savings Certificates.

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Advt. A.G. Kirk of Farrell’s Flat, having enlisted in the AIF, has instructed Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. to sell his stock, plant and sundry furniture on 27 June.

Advt. Talkies, 22 June.

Cary Grant & Constance Bennett in Topper.

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in The Bohemian Girl.

Notice. United Call to Prayer. Daily at Noon for 10 minutes at the Bandstand in Market Square and at Sara’s Corner in Burra North.

Advt. AIF Recruiting Rally, Burra Institute, Friday 28 June, 8 p.m.

The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr Bennett, will attend.

Civic Reception for the Lord Mayoral Party just before the rally.

Obituary. David Reece Jones, husband of Caroline Jones of Burra North and father of Bert, Florrel, Sam, Ern, Glad & Alfred, died on 15 June at the Burra Hospital, aged 83.

[Born David Jones 1 November 1856 Kooringa: died David Reece Jones 15 June 1940 Burra. Probably should be David Rees Jones, as his mother was Catherine Rees.]

Recent Enlistments:

Lindsay H. Thomas

Will Kearns – in the Field Engineers, 7th Division, as a sapper.

Dick Kearns – in the RAAF

(Will & Dick Kearns are the sons of Mrs John Kellaway.)

Burra Rifle Club. In very windy conditions last Saturday E.C. Hopkins won the Burra Record trophy in a shoot-off with F. Baulderstone, 90 points to 84.

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Farewells for Three Soldiers

Small attendances in the past were exchanged for a large assembly this time, which filled the lodge room, the adjoining room and passage and spilled into the Council Chamber. The three soldiers farewelled were Cpl Partridge, Pte A.P. Kotz and Pte H. Brown. Pte Brown is a son of a soldier. Speeches by the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, H. Jennison, F.T. Sara and Hilary Fuss are reported.

Burra Burra Show War Committee has received so far £326-6-6 (Without their own £100.)

Obituary. David Jones died 15 June. [Born David Jones 1 November 1856 Kooringa.]

RSL Meeting

A motion was put calling for the formation of a National government and to conscript the whole forces of the Commonwealth for a more vigorous prosecution of the war. Passed and to be forwarded to the Government with a parallel call to the Opposition.

Mr Day, the recruiting officer for the district, then spoke. G. Phillips, President of the Clare Sub-Branch also spoke.

Another motion called for the list of reserved occupations to be drastically curtailed. There was also a call for more publicity to be given to the recruiting campaign.

Burra VSD Annual Meeting, 4 June.

The number on the roll is presently 54.

Dr Steele gave a course of First-Aid lectures.

Matron Robinson gave Home Nursing lectures and Hospital Work.

13 members gained First-Aid Certificates.

7 members gained Home Nursing Certificates.

The Transport Section has commenced with 18 members. Lectures and instructions were given by W.R. Lee.

A team was chosen for a competition held throughout the state. Our team comprised Mrs White, Mrs Coverdale, Miss Gordon & Miss Fuss.

VSD held a ball for Red Cross, making a profit of £50.

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Mr M.W. Bednall was given a farewell at the Institute on Thursday afternoon. He is leaving to live in Adelaide after 16 years in Burra. The Mayor said Mr Bednall would be missed in many areas of the town’s life. He had been a Town Councillor, had been a member of the Institute Committee for 15 years, twice being President and had also been Secretary. He was active in the Burra Progress Assoc. and had taken a keen interest in both the Primary and High Schools. St Mary’s was losing a strong supporter and he had been a warden and trustee for 14 years. He was also an active member of the Masonic Lodge. He had been an enthusiastic member of the Show Committee and would be missed in golf, tennis, bowls and cricket circles and as Chairman of the Racing Club. Recently he became Chairman of the Local Defence Committee. He had been a tower of strength for the Mayor, especially when Vice-Regal or other visitors were in the town.

Supporting speeches were made by A.B. Riggs, Cr Jeffery, F.T. Sara, S.H. Robinson, Sgt J. Edington, Mr Jennison, A.L. Bence, P.L. Rosman, C.J. Butler, C.G. Phillips and S.G. Genders.

Mr & Mrs Mat. Jettner were given a farewell at Leighton on 10 June. They are leaving the district.

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Football. Saturday at Leighton. Kooringa 4.4 8.7 10.9 12.11

Leighton 2.1 3.2 5.2 6.4

Pte Brown was given a farewell at Hanson Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Tuesday details of which are reported in a 1-column article.

Cheer-up Society.

The Cheer-up Society, which worked from 1914-19, has been re-established in the [Adelaide] Cheer-up Hut. Mrs Seager, who was the organiser on the Great War writes again of the rebirth of the organisation and calls for support, not by forming yet another wartime society, but perhaps by utilising the CWA. The present organiser is Mrs D. Hay. At present over 1,200 meals are served free to men of the Army Navy and Air Force.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Soc. AGM, 20 June.

Despite curtailed expenditure much good was done. The wood list has had to be cut down drastically. Freemason’s Lodge regularly sends a cheque. The Society would be pleased if others did so as well. Regrettably the President, Rev. J.A. Andrews died during the year. Elected were

President, Rev. V.R. Secombe; Vice-Presidents, Rev. C. Gray, Rev. N. Usher & Mrs A.B. Riggs; Hon. Sec., Miss H. Wilkinson; Minute Sec. & Treasurer, Mr A.H. Strong.

Obituary. Mr David Jones, who died on Saturday 15 June was the second son of the late Mr & Mrs Samuel Jones and was born at Kooringa on 1 November 1856. His parents were pioneer residents of Burra. His father worked at the Smelting Works and Mr David Jones lived all his life in Burra. He was for many years a shearer, working on many stations. He also frequently worked at the Aberdeen Quarries, but had been retired for many years. He married Miss Caroline Sellars of Redruth in 1891. She survives with four sons and two daughters: Bert Jones (Stationmaster, Pt Wakefield), Florence, Mrs G. Johnson (London UK), Samuel Jones (Burra), Ernest Jones (Sydney), Gladys, Mrs Anderson (Semaphore), Alfred Jones (Burra), and 19 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 15 June.

Farnden’s Hill: Drive in Riggs Open Cut to 60’, leader now 8”, value 5 dwt per ton.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft, south drive 60’ level, drive on iron lode to 661⁄2’, traces.

Stoping advanced 6’

On 90’ level driving on leader advanced 2’6” to 11’6”, 15 dwt per ton.

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Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer for sale on 5 July, on instructions from the Estate of the late E.M. Pearce, the Ware St Property:

Northern moiety of lot 51, NW side 50’, SE side 79’, NE next Ware St 106’, SW next lot 54, 106’, with stone house of 6 rooms and outbuildings and small house of 4 rooms and outbuildings with motor garage and large wood house. Both houses are tenanted.

Notice. Walter Finch is still carrying on his butchering business and intends to do so despite rumours to the contrary.

Advt. Talkies, 29 June.

Loretta Young & Tyrone Power in Suez.

Jed Prouty & Spring Byington in The Jones Family in Hollywood.

Burra Burra Show War Committee.

The object of the meeting said A.B. Riggs from the chair, was to see if it were possible for all the groups asked to attend to work together.

The Mayor was in principle behind the move, but was not sure what was required of the gathering.

Mr Warnes said nothing much was moving in the town and he thought the Red Cross Circle, FFCF and the Show Committee could work together. The women had been active for some months and it was time the men got in and did a bit. The idea of an ambulance or an aeroplane was just a passing thought and if any other thing was wanted then the money could be used for that.

Mrs J. Tennant said that the Red Cross Circle was only able to raise money for Red Cross, but individual members could choose to help the Show Society. Red Cross was already raising money for an ambulance and if they couldn’t get enough would send it to headquarters for that purpose.

Mr Andrew Tennant said the FFCF was similarly controlled in what it could spend funds on.

The chairman thought it would be good for the Show Committee to help the Red Cross effort.

The Burra Show Ground is to be offered to the Commonwealth for the duration of the war, if they so desired it.

Election of officers for the Show War Committee: Patron, T.H. Woollacott; President, I.J. Warnes; Chairman, A.B. Riggs; Sec., M.S. Edwards.

Mr Riggs said they had so far received £441.

Mrs Tennant said the ambulance fund stood at £107 and the amount needed would be about £700.

The Show Committee resolved to donate £100 to the Red Cross Ambulance Appeal.

They also donated £20 to each of: Mt Bryan, Booborowie, Leighton, Hanson and Farrell’s Flat Red Cross Circles.

Patriotic Social at Copperhouse School on 15 June successfully raised funds for the school’s Patriotic Fund.

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Marriage. At St Joseph’s on Wednesday 19 June.

Michael T. Ryan, twin son of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra North and

Jean Graham, 3rd daughter of Mr & Mrs J.M. Graham of Beltana.

Mt Bryan East has formed a committee to farewell those who enlist for overseas service.

Obituary. Alfred Ripper, father of ex-Police Superintendent Ripper, well known in Maryborough, Victoria, died at Malvern, aged 102, last Friday. With his parents he came to SA in the Orator in 1849 and they went to the diggings at Burra SA. Later he went by bullock wagon to Bendigo. For many years he was a cartage contractor between Bendigo and Melbourne before taking land at Tylden, where he lived till retiring 22 years ago. He had a family of 12 of whom 10 are living.

Burra High School. The school’s honour roll was unveiled on 18 June. Inspector Johncock accepted the board on behalf of the Department. It will record the names of Dux of the School, scholars gaining special awards and prefects.

Red Cross Ambulance Appeal stands at £283-5-3.

Show War Committee Appeal stands at £602-0-6.

Obituary. Mrs William Byles died at her residence in Burra North last night after a long illness. She leaves a widower and adult family. [Born Eliza Morgan 16 January 1865 (birth not registered in SA); died 24 June 1940 Aberdeen.]

Reg. Lee has arrived safely in England.

Roy Woollacott, son of Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott, has been accepted as an observer in the RAAF.

Claude Attrill passed through Burra in the Broken Hill express on Saturday on his way to Adelaide to enlist.

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Football. Saturday. Kooringa 3.4 6.8 10.13 14.19

Leighton 4.2 7.6 7.9 7.9

Second ‘Win the War Rally’

The Institute was crowded last Friday for the rally. Returned men came out in force headed by RSL President, S. Hawker. Other groups were the Red Cross, VSD, Soldiers’ Wives Group, FFCF. The rally had been arranged by A.L. Bence, at the request of the Town Council and the RSL. The Lord Mayor of Adelaide and Lieut-Col. Waite attended. The Mayor extended a Civic Reception to the visitors prior to the meeting and his speech there is reported, as is that of Lieut-Col. Waite at the rally. He said that 30 of the 33 volunteers in the past week had been accepted. Men 20-40 could enlist, though those under 21 needed parents’ consent. Last time it took four years to beat Germany and now she is better developed it might take five. He called for a steady rate of enlistment. The Lord Mayor then spoke in support of the RAAF’s need for skilled men. Burra had contributed £4,250 towards the War Loan and £1,050 in interest free loans and £1,571 in Certificates for a total of £6,871. Lieut. Day then spoke as recruiting officer for the district.

World’s End raised £26-12-10 for Burra Red Cross Ambulance Appeal at a dance in Ern Phillips’ woolshed on 26 June.

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Notice. Civil Defence Meeting 8 July at the Institute.

Col. Bice will outline Burra’s Air Raid Precautions.

Advt. Talkies, 6 July.

Richard Greene & Nancy Kelly in Submarine Patrol.

Randolph Scott & Nancy Kelly in Frontier Marshall.

FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE HONOUR ROLL for district personnel serving overseas – or volunteered for service overseas.

Midday Call to Prayer at Burra North and at the Memorial have maintained their attendance.

Red Cross social at Mt Bryan East raised £6-10-0 on 29 June.

St Joseph’s. On 7 July the newly renovated St Joseph’s School will be re-opened by the Most Rev. T. McCabe DD, Bishop of Pt Augusta. Solemn Mass at 11 a.m. will be followed by dinner in the schoolroom.

61, 28, 2 July 1940, Page 3

Banquet for the Lord Mayor.

On Friday night the Mayor entertained the Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr A.G. Barnett, at the Kooringa Hotel. Dr Steele proposed the toast to the guest of honour and spoke of Burra’s commitment to the war effort and in favour of conscription for overseas. Other speakers were Mr F.L. Worth, Mr L. Gordon, Cr Jeffery, Mr E.J. Davey and the guest of honour.

Rev. Neil Usher writes urging a return to worship and prayer.

RSL & Volunteer Defence Corps.

There was a packed meeting on 29 June when 60-70 attended a gathering to form the local RSL Volunteer Defence Corps. 20 local recruits attended at the invitation of the President. Lieut. Day (Recruiting Officer) spoke re the requirements for a VDC. C. Collins spoke re the assistance available from the Burra Rifle Club. K.C. Sandland suggested Lieut. Dow instruct in machine gun and gas. Dr Steele moved the formation of a VDC. It was resolved that S. Hawker be CO and that Lieut. K.R. Crewes and Lieut. L.M. Gordon be the other executives. About 30 turned up for the 1st parade at the drill hall 30 June. S. Hawker addressed the men and H.E. Fuss instructed in forming columns of three. Lieut. Dow instructed on the Hotchkiss Machine gun and on marching.

Mrs A.G. Kirk was farewelled at Farrell’s Flat on Wednesday. She will live in the city while her husband is in the AIF.

N. Ditty was farewelled from Burra on Thursday. He has been in Burra with the Bank of Australasia for eight years and has now joined the AIF.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate.

East View Claim, Kellaway’s Shaft, south drive, 60’ level, to 72’, showing traces over width 1’.

90’ level, south drive to 14’ c. 20 dwt by pan test.

Baldina, Farnden’s Hill, drive in Riggs Open Cut to 72’, continuing to drive on leader c. 5 dwt per ton on width 6”.

Football. Booborowie 10.20 defeated Hallett 3.5.

61, 28, 2 July 1940, Page 4

Aberdeen Croquet Club. Opening of the Hall on 22 June.

Mrs Gare gave the land and the hall, which she declared open. The hall had been a stable and had been a gift from her father to Mrs Gare. Mrs Gare had also had the room remodelled for use. E.J. Davey as Town Clerk accepted the deeds into the Council’s safe keeping. Trophies for the season were presented.

Open Handicap Singles Mrs S.H. Robinson.

‘B’ Championship Mrs D. Watson & Mrs J.G. Sara [?]

[Would seem to be a misprint for the next trophy.]

Doubles Handicap Mrs D. Watson & Mrs J.G. Sara

Petrol Rationing is being planned, but is at least six weeks away.

61, 29, 9 July 1940, Page 1

Football. At Hallett on Saturday. Kooringa 1.3 5.5 5.8 7.13

Hallett 2.1 4.7 7.7 7.9

Burra Rifle Club. AGM Saturday last.

The Captain reported for the 33rd Annual Meeting that there had been another successful year. The war led to restrictions and cancellations of some interclub matches and the Kings were abandoned. Average attendance was 24.

Burra Record Annual Trophy E. Hopkins from F. Baulderstone

Marksman’s Trophy E.C. Collins

Championship E.C. Collins

1st 7 matches D. Field

2nd 7 matches F. Baulderstone

3rd 7 matches E.C. Hopkins

2nd Stage of Championship T. Pexton

1st half-year aggregate E.C. Collins

2nd half-year aggregate L. Allen

300, 500 yds F. Baulderstone

Highest points in trophy

without winning another trophy A.C. Aughey

3rd Stage of Championship R. Bernhardt

Elections: Captain, E.C. Collins; Vice-Captain, P.W. Hogan; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer/Armourer, J.E. Pearce.

Cpl Keith Butler, son of Mr & Mrs C.J. Butler, was accorded a farewell in the Lodge Room at the Institute on Saturday night by the Burra Soldiers’ Farewell Committee. The Mayor presided. Others who spoke were Dr Steele, A.B. Riggs, M.W. Bednall, H.J.B. Jennison, F.T. Sara & S.C. Genders.

61, 29, 9 July 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 13 July.

Dick Foran & Gloria Dickson in Heart of the North

Pat O’Brien & Joan Blondell in Off the Record

Mr Gillespie succeeds Mr Coventry as Special Magistrate at Burra. Mr Gillespie is one of the youngest SMs to have graced the SA Bar, being only 35. In 1928 he married Miss Selma Barrett, daughter of Major Barrett DSO.

Farrell’s Flat Spinsters’ Ball of 4 July is reported.

61, 29, 9 July 1940, Page 3

Mid North Veterinary Lodge was formed at a meeting at Mintaro recently. It currently has over 100 members and F.J. McNamara has been appointed Veterinary Officer from 1 July and he will deal exclusively with members.

Hanson has recently formed a Soldiers’ Farewell Committee.

Burra Red cross Ambulance Appeal reaches £392-16-9.

Show War Committee Appeal reaches £703-12-3

St Joseph’s Church. Last Sunday the additions to the school were blessed and opened. The weather conditions were perfect. The ceremony was performed by His Lordship the Most Rev. T. McCabe DD, Bishop of Pt Augusta. Mass was celebrated at 8.30 and 11 a.m. with the re-opening function at 2.30 p.m. Rev. Dr Toal introduced the visiting clergy and after his welcome the Mayor extended a Civic Welcome and then P.J. Byrne welcomed the Bishop on behalf of the congregation. Rev. Father Neasdale was especially welcomed as the priest who began the moves to have the just-completed work done. P.W. Hogan & J.L. Connors also spoke in support. The Bishop’s speech is reported at length. Rev. J. Forster SJ, Supervisor of Sevenhills College then made an appeal for funds. He began with a history of St Joseph’s.

In 1852 Clare was given into the hands of Rev. Murphy SJ – Clare was then the only Diocese. [?]

In 1853 Kooringa was included in it.

The first priest was Fr Krau, who visited Kooringa monthly till 1856. [Other sources say the first visiting priest was Rev. Aloysius Kranewitter SJ]

The following year the 1st Mass was said in Howley’s Cottage in Paxton’s Square.

Father Kreissl [1870-84] afterwards bought a house in Chapel St, blessed it and took charge for 10 years.

A church and school was built in Commercial St on a site presented by SAMA.

In 1873 the present church was erected at a cost of £3,300.

[Warning: all this historical information needs to be checked for dates, names and their spelling as Rev. Forster differs from other sources.]

The appeal immediately raised £108-2-6.

Burra RSL Wives Group continues to meet monthly and there are now 50 members.

61, 30, 16 July 1940, Page 1

Red Cross AGM.

Mrs John Tennant, President, presided. During wartime all circles are under control of headquarters, with all money to be used for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers, the establishment of hospitals and the supply of ambulances & equipment etc. Before was started on 1 September 1939 the membership was 14. The objective then was to raise money for WWI soldiers, to assist the local hospital and to care for any deserving cases brought to our notice. We had then £21-7-5 in hand. When war was declared the money on hand was used to buy materials and wool, to be replaced when funds raised for the war came in. CWA granted the use of their room for the duration. A Red Cross Rally and Concert & Button Day and Sale of Stock, together with donations raised £100-3-3.

£200 was later sent to Lady Gowrie Special Appeal after another series of fund-raising events. On 2 June we opened a special Ambulance Fund and we hope by the end of July to send £500 to headquarters for this purpose. In 9 months we sent to headquarters £691-0-8 and purchased materials to the value of c. £400. We have sent parcels away monthly (comprising c. 500 articles).

The VSD has 65 members. A course of First-Aid and Home Nursing was given by Dr Steele and Matron Robinson. 13 First-Aid Certificates and 7 Home nursing Certificates were issued. 18 members formed the Transport Section and were instructed by W.R. Lee.

Red Cross Election: President, Mrs J. Tennant; Secretary, Mrs E.F. Marston; Assistant Secretary, Mrs R.J. Jeffery; Treasurer, Mrs C.J. Butler.

Burra Town Council, 8 July.

Cr Samuel was welcomed as senior Councillor for West Ward, having previously represented East Ward.

There was then a debate on the Mayoral Allowance. Cr Harvey thought that £30 was too little and that £40 would not be too much. Cr Reed thought the allowance should be increased as in wartime the Mayor had duties which he did not have in normal times. Cr Terry thought the town should economise in times of stress and strife and would not go over £35. The Town Clerk was asked and said Mr Crewes received £50 during the last war. Eventually £40 was approved.

A letter was received advising that Mr Gregory was compiling costs related to reopening the mine.

Mrs J. Tennant wrote re National Tree Planting for trees of tribute, saying that the Burra Tree Planting Committee was defunct, but she would see the matter discussed at the CWA meeting and suggested discussion with the Soldiers’ Farewell Committee and a motion to that effect was carried.

Committees for the coming year were appointed.

Cr terry said he assumed the swimming pool had been shelved for the duration of the war and moved that the money from the pool committee be invested in War Savings Certificates. Carried.

Copperhouse School has held three socials and raised £5 for the School’s Patriotic Fund. Arbor Day was held on 28 June and Blue Gums were planted on the western side of the school.

61, 30, 16 July 1940, Page 1 & 4

Civil Defence Meeting at the Institute on 8 July.

Lieut-Cols Bice and Shaw addressed the meeting and S.C. Genders, on behalf of Bank Managers of the town appealed to the small audience to invest in War Savings Certificates and in five minutes £966 was raised.

Lieut-Col. Bice spoke on the war effort in Europe and Australia. He mentioned the effort of Mr Essington Lewis in control of war industries and shipbuilding at Whyalla. He outlined the evacuation scheme devised by the Lord Mayor of Adelaide to accommodate 4 people in each of 73,000 homes.

Lieut-Col. Shaw spoke of total warfare and of air raid precautions and procedures. He dealt with blackout procedures in Adelaide and air raid shelters there as well as dealing with various types of bomb.

M.W. Bednall, Chairman of the Local Defence Committee, reported on the VSD activities. In the event of an air raid on Adelaide, Burra would have to look after 2,000 people and Mr Dick Smith had been placed in charge of that. Every house had been canvassed to see how many people they could take. Messrs Genders & Jennison were appointed air raid wardens. Lieut-Col. Bice explained the other arrangements for food and blankets and how people would recoup costs.

Mr Genders then said he represented a small committee selling War Savings Certificates and explained them. They could be bought for 16/- and redeemed for £1 in seven years, which worked out at an interest rate of 31⁄2%. As noted above, £966 was raised.

61, 30, 16 July 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 20 July.

Ronald Colman & Madeleine Carroll in Prisoner of Zenda

Mickey Rooney & Anne Nagel in The Scrapper.

Obituary. Gillen Glenduncan Tiver, husband of Eileen Tiver of Hallett, died at Terowie Hospital on 8 July, aged 35. He was the youngest son of Mr & Mrs George Tiver of Rupara Station, Hallett, and brother of Netley, George, Don and Lurline.

After leaving school he remained with his father, a well-known pastoralist. He married Eileen Reed, daughter of Mrs & the late Mr William Reed of Peterborough. There are two young daughters and one son. He excelled at tennis, winning many trophies in the Mid-Northern Association.

[Born 2 July 1905 near Yunta.]

Mr John Drew, who has been Superintendent of the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School for over 40 years, has had to resign due to ill health. Colin Fuller replaces him.

Obituary. Mrs Reuben Rogers of Hanson died on 12 July. She had taken ill on the 1 July. She was 45, the 3rd daughter, Mary, of the late Mr & Mrs Walter Morgan of Ironmine. She married Mr R.T.F. Rogers of Hanson, the only son of Mr Thomas Rogers. She took a keen interest in church, educational and other district concerns. She leaves a son, Tom, and five daughters: Margaret, Aileen, Barbara, Jeanette & Cynthia. Mrs Roy Lloyd of Flagstaff is a sister and two others, Olive and Ethel, live in Adelaide, while Walter and Alf Morgan of Burra & Ironmine are brothers.

[Born Mary Evans Morgan 2 October 1894 Kooringa.]

Obituary. On 12 July Albert Moore, aged 70, died at the Burra Hospital. He was a son of the Late Mr & Mrs E.A. Moore of Kooringa, and lived here virtually all his life. He married Miss Mary Seaford who survives with two daughters and four sons.

[Albert Henry Moore born 9 February 1870 Canowie.]

Burra North FFCF was formed at a meeting at the Redruth Memorial Hall on 13 June. President, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Vice-President, Mrs F.T. Sara; Wool Secretary, Miss C. Reed; Assistant, Mrs Carl Pearce; Treasurer, Mrs Martin; Secretary, Mrs Les Pascoe.

There are 62 members.

61, 30, 16 July 1940, Page 3

Football. Saturday at Kooringa. Kooringa 6.2 14.5 21.8 27.13

Booborowie 2.1 4.2 4.2 5.3

Sister M. Riggs writes a long letter from Jerusalem describing a week’s leave in which she visited Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, the Dead Sea & Jericho.

61, 30, 16 July 1940, Page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 6 July.

Beryl M. Gillett, 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs W.B. Gillett of ‘Manila’ near Burra and

Malcolm Kellock, elder son of Mr & Mrs Herc. Kellock of ‘Thistlebeds’ near Burra.

Marriage. At Archer St Methodist Church, North Adelaide, 15 June.

Patricia De Lany, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.R. Delany [sic] and

Darrel Field, youngest son of Mrs J.R. Field and the late Mr Field of ‘Monovea’, Burra.

Marriage. At St Dympna’s [sic] Church Booborowie, 29 June.

Mary Magdale Hogan, 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Hogan of Leighton and

Leo Reilly Abbott, 2nd son of the late Mr & Mrs A. Abbott of Farrell’s Flat.

Burra Burra DC, 1 July

I.J. Warnes was elected Chairman for the year.

The Director of Lands advises that 99 acres of the Hanson Park Lands will be resumed upon the expiration of arrangements with Mr D. Short. The lessee will be advised no further term will be allowed.

15 Blue Gum trees to be supplied to Copperhouse School.

Highways & Local Govt. Dept. will exchange a portion of road No. 45 for a portion of section 200, Hd of Kooringa. The Council consented.

61, 31, 23 July 1940, Page 1

Christopher Gray, Rector of St Mary’s writes a warning letter concerning the appearance in the town of members of the ‘Watch-Tower Bible Tract Society’ otherwise known as ‘Jehova’s Witnesses’.

Football. Saturday at Hallett. Hallett 2.2 3.5 9.8 11.9

Kooringa 2.3 5.3 6.3 10.7

Burra Town Council, 15 July.

The present assessment was adopted for 1940-41.

The rate reduced from 2/9 to 2/7 in the £.

The Overseer to be paid 15/- a day.

Subsidy on ration orders to be discontinued.

Robertstown Red Cross benefited by £10-13-6 from a dance at World’s End on Wednesday last.

Badminton: 1st public match in Burra on Wednesday last. Clare 5 sets defeated Burra 3 sets. Proceeds to the Distressed Soldiers’ Fund.

61, 31, 23 July 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 27 July.

Ralph Byrd & Mary Carlisle in Fighting Thoroughbreds

Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker & Mickey Rooney in Judge Hardy’s Children

Obituary. Frederick Gilbert Boase died in Adelaide on 5 July. He was the husband of Pearl Boase and father of Yvonne & Iyone. He was the son of Mrs and the late F.W. Boase and brother of Vivian & Elise and son-in-law of Mr & Mrs W.A. Gebhardt of Kooringa. He was well known in Burra prior to his marriage to Pearl Gebhardt, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Alfred Gebhardt of Kooringa and was employed by the Burra Electric Supply Co. [Born Frederic Kenneth Gilbert Boase 18 April 1902 Goodwood: died 5 July 1940 Adelaide, residence Woodville.]

Obituary. William James Diplock of Copperhouse died at Burra Hospital on 18 July, aged 81.

[Born 7 June 1861 Kooringa.]

Obituary. William Cornfoot, late of Hallett, died at Magill on 18 July, aged 82.

[Born 24 March 1859 Mintaro: died 17 July 1940 Magill.]

Obituary. Mrs Richard Nourse of Copperhouse died at Pt Pirie last Sunday, aged 71.

[Born Margaret Farney Pryde 27 February 1868 Auburn: died Margaret Funey Nourse 21 July 1940 Port Pirie, residence Burra.]

Burra Troop 9/23 Light Horse Regiment is calling for recruits aged 18-45, able to ride and to provide a horse and to enter a 70-day camp.

Accident. A sedan driven by H.W. Hall of the Taxation Services SA Ltd overturned opposite G.G. Hawkes’ property yesterday. The driver escaped with minor head injuries. About 12 cars have had accidents there in the last two years.

Mrs John Sampson was 91 last Friday, 19 July. She is very frail and at present in the Burra Hospital.

Salvation Army. Captain & Mrs Thomas are leaving Burra. They are moving in the interests of the health of their young daughter whom we wish well.

61, 31, 23 July 1940, Page 3

CWA held its AGM in the Rest Room on 16 July. The President, Mrs I.J. Warnes, presided.

Elected: President, Mrs I.J. Warnes; Vice Presidents, Mrs J. Tennant & Mrs E. Jettner; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss M. Rogers; Minute Secretary, Mrs F.T. Sara.

This year the Floral Display and Jumble Sale in the Institute netted £43-3-9.

Members convened the official luncheon at the Anzac Sports and assisted with afternoon tea.

International Day was a great success.

In June a picture night raised funds for the Adelaide Children’s Hospital.

Burra Civil Defence. Instructions for the care of wounded will be delivered at the Burra North Children’s Playground on 27 July. Mr Baker of the SAR will give an address and practical instruction. A list of stretcher-bearers and male drivers of cars is printed.

[Personal interest: R. Fuss is in the latter list.]

Marriage. St Mary’s 20 July.

Peter Murray Collins, son of Mrs J. Collins & the late P. Collins of Gum Creek and

Ruth Lawn, adopted daughter of Mr & Mrs Alfred Lawn of Koonoona.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 20 July.

Ron Kellock, only son of Mr & Mrs John Kellock and

Floris Quinn, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Quinn, all of Kooringa.

T.F. Rice, head teacher of Burra Primary School was farewelled on Friday week, to take up military duties at Wayville. He was a Captain in the Great War. Mr Rice also helped considerably in reviving the Burra Cricket Club and was active in the RSL. Mrs Rice was a pianist who gave valuable service to the school and church.

61, 31, 23 July 1940, Page 4

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 13 July.

Farnden’s Hill, drive in Riggs Open Cut to 78’, underhand stoping advanced 10’. Continued driving on leader: no values. Underhand stoped the leader where gold was found and values c. 15 dwt per ton on av. width 7”.

East View Claim. Kellaway’s Shaft

60’ level, south drive, driving on leader to 77’. Seam narrowed to 4”. Traces.

90’ level driving advanced to 16’6”, very hard, gold at c. 20 dwt per ton over an av. width 1”.

61, 32, 30 July 1940, Page 1

Buffalo Lodge Ball in Institute on Wednesday evening last is reported in 11⁄2 columns. Music was by Mr Nat Robert’s Orchestra from Freeling.

Booborowie School Arbor Day was last Friday. Kurrajong and Swamp Oaks planted.

Stockowners’ Assoc. of SA, Burra Branch, AGM at Eastern Telephone Building last Friday.

The Assoc. was opposed to the Government levy on travelling stock to control noxious weeds, which was to be subsidised £ for £. They felt it would be like the subsidy to DCs for grasshopper control, which after one year was withdrawn, though they were sure in this case the levy would remain. I.J. Warnes reported on the year’s activities. This was the 49th AGM of the District Committee. He was also re-elected as President and was congratulated by Mr J. Keith Angas, the State President, on having been President for 29 years. Other congratulations followed. The branch’s only other President had been Mr W. Killicoat. Much of the work done in the early days by the local President was now done by Central Executive. The first [SA] President of the Assoc. was the Hon. J.H. Angas for 1890-91 and J. Keith Angas was his grandson.

The Golden Wedding of Mr & Mrs J. Steele of Ayers Forest was celebrated on 3 July. Mrs Steele, nee Isabel Paterson was born at Copperhouse on 14 September 1864 and after her marriage the couple lived at Nackara for c. 30 years. About 14 years ago they came to this district and made there home with their only son, Mr Lin Steele at Ayers Forest. Mr Steele was born at Golden Grove on 14 July 1858. Both enjoy fairly good health. There are also four daughters: three of whom are nurses, Sisters Annie, Rosalie & Kath Steele. The fourth, Miss Crystal Steele is with the Education Dept. There are two grandsons.

61, 32, 30 July 1940, Page 2

Notice. Miss Ivy Bagnell advises that her Hairdressing Salon in Pearce’s Building will be closed from 7 August to 21 August inclusive.

Air Raid Precautions. A film on precautions necessary in the event of an air raid and lectures on first-aid will be held in the Institute at 8 p.m. on 31 July.

Advt. Talkies, 3 August.

John Payne & Margaret Lindsay in Garden of the Moon.

James Cagney & Rosemary Lane in Oklahoma Kid.

Obituary. Margaret Ferney Nourse, wife of Richard James Nourse of Burra North and late of Copperhouse, died on 21 July at the residence of her daughter, Mrs M.J. Mulconray, at Pt Pirie. She was aged 71. [Born Margaret Farney Pryde 27 February 1868 Auburn: died Margaret Funey Nourse 21 July 1940 Port Pirie, residence Burra.]

Pte M. Abbott was farewelled from Farrell’s Flat last Wednesday.

Burra Troop 9/23 Light Horse Regiment still has a few vacancies.

Pte Vincent Simpson of Hallett was farewelled at the Institute on Friday morning last. He is attached to the 6th Division Army Service Corps 2nd AIF. [Speakers would suggest it was Burra Institute.]

Burra North FFCF meets twice a month and is very active with 84 members.

Hallett VSD had its annual meeting on Tuesday.

Air Craftsman Albert Sampson is home on final leave and will have a public farewell next Thursday.

61, 32, 30 July 1940, Page 3

Win The War Rally at Farrell’s Flat Institute on Friday raised £1,434-2-0 in gifts and loans. The main speaker was the Premier, Hon. T. Playford.

Porter’s Lagoon Boat Club has made an interest free loan of £100 to the war effort.

Aberdeen Croquet Club is holding Social Afternoons through the winter. For last meeting’s competition Miss Vera Fuss presented beautiful handmade handkerchiefs, which were won by Mrs E. Finch.

Burra Burra Show War Committee donations reach £740-12-0.

Girl Guides annual meeting on 22 July elected Mrs Barker as President and Mrs Steele and Mrs H. Jennison as Vice Presidents. The Secretary is Mrs R. Jeffery and the Treasurer is Mrs Richards.

Obituary. Mrs Elliott Camp, sister of Fred Dew of Burra North, died at Adelaide on 26 July, aged 79. She was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Dew of ‘Bluebell Farm’ and lived in Burra for many years. She leaves an adult family. [Born Ruth Dewe 31 December 1860 Skillogolee Creek (rest of family registered as Dew): died 24 July 1940 Lockleys, residence Wayville.]

Obituary. Mrs R. Nourse, who died on 2 July, was born at Auburn on 28 February 1869 and was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs W. Pryde of Ironmine. Her parents first lived at Gum Creek. In 1890 she married Mr Richard Nourse of Copperhouse. In the last war she was a most enthusiastic worker in patriotic causes and was a member of the Methodist Church. The couple lived at Copperhouse till about six years ago and then moved to Burra North. Mrs Nourse died while visiting her daughter at Pt Pirie, leaving 2 sons and 4 daughters: James Nourse (Late AIF), Will Nourse (Mulga Hill), Mrs F. Josephs (Mt Bryan), Mrs M.J. Mulconroy (Pt Pirie), Mrs E. Fisher (Pt Pirie), & Mrs H.C. Reed (Pt Pirie). [Born Margaret Farney Pryde 27 February 1868 Auburn: died Margaret Funey Nourse 21 July 1940 Port Pirie, residence Burra.]

61, 32, 30 July 1940, Page 4

Football. Saturday: in a howling gale.

Booborowie 13.6 13.6 19.16 19.16

Kooringa 0.0 5.6 5.6 7.11

61, 33, 6 Aug. 1940, Page 1

Burra Progress Assoc. Committee Meeting, 30 July.

The Director of Mines advises that he would not favour the Govt. subsidising a company (if formed) to re-open the Burra Mine and as it would not be possible at present to obtain sufficient capital without Govt. assistance, the committee decided not to pursue the matter for the time being.

They decided to ask the Council to take action to prevent itinerant traders from occupying areas in town streets contrary to Corporation by-laws.

Town and District Councils will be asked to co-operate in compiling a list of all those who have enlisted to ensure an easy compilation of a Roll of Honour at the conclusion of the war.

The detailed reply from the Director of Mines is printed in c. 11⁄2 columns:

The proposal suggests it is undesirable to have prospecting operations from Graves’ Shaft and a single pump was apparently contemplated by the proposers, because the Director’s reply says he is not confident that either of these steps is wise.

Driving from Morphett’s Shaft will only find payable ore if such ore exists and there is no definite proof that such is the case.

Allowance needs to be made for 3,000’ or more of cross-cutting, requiring at least £18,000.

The Director says further plant is needed above that suggested and the proposed scheme would need a second pump and second equipped shaft. Capital of £100,000 would be needed.

The sum of £84,000 cited for main items of expenditure does not cover finding a new water supply for Kooringa. [Presumably really for Burra.]

The cost for pumping and chlorination plant £3,500

Annual running cost £1,774

If Filtration is also needed £17,450

With annual costs of £2,582

If use of the proposed Morgan-Whyalla scheme is needed £37,000

With annual costs of £5,355

The lack of information on the underlying ores beneath the oxidised ores of the open cut makes the whole enterprise doubtful.

Given this and with no funds having been subscribed, the Govt. is being asked to undertake a primary part in the promotion scheme.

This, even though the matter has not got so far as to indicate to whom management or control of the mine would be entrusted.

The entirely speculative nature of the whole thing undoubtedly influenced BHP’s decision not to become involved.

As a result the Director found it impossible to recommend the proposal to the Govt. as one worthy of adoption. The prospects of success are very doubtful and the cost of testing the possibilities is high.

Burra VSD meeting on Wednesday last on air raid precautions is reported in c. 21⁄4 columns.

Marriage. Mt Bryan Catholic Church, 6 July

Coral May Jones, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs D.J. Jones of Hallett and

James Murphy, 3rd son of Mr & Mrs J. Murphy of Booborowie.

Burra Rifle Club is to join with other rifle clubs in requesting the Minister of Defence to allow members to drill and to become proficient at sharp shooting.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 27 July.

Farnden’s Hill: drive off Riggs Open Cut to 85’, leader split and irregular, showing 10 dwt per ton.

Underhand stoping has been stopped after 20’ as values petered out.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, crosscutting lode west to try to find a lead and advanced 2’6” to 19’.

90’ level, followed oxide leader, c. 10 dwt per ton.

Reg. Lee’s activities as a cook at an AIF mess in England are reported.

61, 33, 6 Aug. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 10 August.

Charles Winninger & Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls Grow Up.

John King & Constance Moore in State Police.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 3 August.

Harold W. Pearce, eldest son of Mrs & late Clement W. Pearce and

Violet Jean Sampson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Clem Sampson, all of Kooringa.

Obituary. Mrs George Ridgway, late of Burra North, died in Adelaide on 5 August.

[Born Anne Whitbread 21 August 1867 Para Plains; died 6 August 1940 Hackney as Annie Ridgway.]

61, 33, 6 Aug. 1940, Page 3

Aircraftsman Albert Sampson was farewelled at the Burra Institute last Thursday. He is the first Burra member of the RAAF to leave for overseas. The Mayor presided. Others to speak were: Rev. N. Usher, H.J.B. Jennison, F.T. Sara, & H.E. Fuss.

Air Raid Precautions.

In the event of an air raid the following posts would be established.

Copperhouse School Aid Post

Railway Station Aid Post

Oddfellows Hall Aid Post

Redruth Casualty Clearing Station (Redruth Memorial Hall)

CWA Hall Aid Post

Salvation Army Hall Aid Post

Kooringa Casualty Clearing Station (Kooringa Methodist Sunday School)

Base Hospital (Burra Hospital)

Cars and trucks have been allocated to each.

Mr Lee, 3rd son of Mr & Mrs Will Lee, has enlisted.

61, 33, 6 Aug. 1940, Page 4

Football. Saturday.

Leighton 3.0 7.5 9.8 11.18

Kooringa 5.6 6.8 10.9 12.10

61, 34, 13 Aug. 1940, Page 1

Football. Saturday.

Kooringa 6.5 9.7 14.12 18.13

Leighton 0.0 1.5 2.6 5.9

Hallett 7.8 defeated Booborowie 5.15

Marriage. Archer St Methodist Church, North Adelaide.

Ivy Bagnell, only daughter of Mrs E.R. Spackman & the late Harry Bagnell of Cowell and

Lindsay Robert Lee, 3rd son of Mr & Mrs Will J. Lee of Burra.

Burra Town Council.

Council’s legal advice: they could take no action against certain itinerant hawkers under present by-laws.

The Municipal Assoc. legal advice was that the Council could not be forced to contribute £11-15-0 towards expenses in the AWU Award Case. Council’s own solicitor had given similar advice.

The AWU award gives 14/6 a day to the lowest paid and 15/- to the overseer.

Finance Committee to deal with the matter.

Civil Defence Committee forwarded a bill for the use of the hall and Council Chamber, saying it had no funds except what the Council subscribed and as it was formed by the Government it considered it should have the use of the Council Chamber free of charge, also the meeting in the hall on 29 May was organised by the Council.

Council agreed to pay, but to take no responsibility for further accounts.

The Progress Assoc. asked the Council to compile a list of all persons in the Fighting Forces for an Honour Roll after the War.

The Mayor said it was in the hands of the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee.

It was resolved not to allow hawkers to stop within one chain of a corner.

Ironmine Soldiers’ Memorial Hall celebrated its 17th anniversary on 31 July. Proceeds of £5-6-0 went to the Burra Ambulance Fund.

Aberdeen Croquet Club AGM 7 August.

The year saw the opening of the new hall and enlarged lawns and they had held functions to aid the FFCF and the Diggers’ Cupboard Fund. Elected: President, Mrs F.T. Sara; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss L. Bartholomaeus; Vice-Presidents, Mrs F.M. Pearce & Mrs Macgillivray.

61, 34, 13 Aug. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 17 August.

Errol Flynn & Basil Rathbone in The Dawn Patrol.

Granville Bates & Edith Fellowes in Pride of Bluegrass.

Notice. Stockowners’ Assoc.

Messrs I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd is mudpulling at Koomooloo with lorries using Producer Gas. Anyone who is inteersted [sic] will be welcome to see these plants working and are asked to communicate with Koomooloo. ’Phone 226.

Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence held a flower stall in front of their premises on Friday and raised £2-6-0 for the Red Cross Ambulance Fund.

[This became a series of stalls over 15 Fridays run by the Bences and Red Cross, ending 15 November, with many contributors and was a very useful addition to the fund of £87-0-6.]

Copperhouse School raised over £7 in another two socials in aid of their Patriotic Fund.

Marriage. St Mary’s, Saturday 10 August.

Gunner Richard (Dick) Crang, 2nd AIF, 4th son of Mr & Mrs W.B. Crang of Wentworth NSW and

Joan Lorraine Smith, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Smith of Burra.

Obituary. Jehu Lomman died on 8 August. He was one of the oldest and best-known farmers and graziers of Mt Bryan East. He was born at Paradise 24 May 1855, a son of Mr & Mrs John Lomman. He came to Mt Bryan when c. 18 to work for Mr Henry Tralaggan. Later with his brother Joshua he took up land at Mongolata. After some time the partnership was dissolved with Mr Lomman staying on and his brother going to Wirrabara. He later acquired land at Mt Bryan East where he has been ever since. He attended the Burra stock sale on 2 August and was taken ill suddenly on 8 august and died at the Burra Hospital. About 63 years ago he married Miss Cornfoot of Mintaro, who died in 1917. The deceased has since lived with his son, F.J. Lomman. There were eight children. The only daughter died some years ago, but the seven sons survive: W.H. Lomman (Burra North), Charles Lomman (Burra North), Walter Lomman (Mt Bryan East), Alfred Lomman (Woodside), H.J. Lomman (Mt Bryan), C.J. Lomman (Burra) and 18 grandchildren.

The funeral service was conducted by H.E. Fuss, lay reader, in the unavoidable absence of Rev. C. Gray. [Born John Lomman 24 May 1856 Campbelltown: died John Lomman 8 August 1940 Burra, residence Mt Bryan East.]

Obituary. Mr Samuel Jeffery died at Clarence Park on 9 August. He was the father of Roy Jeffery of Burra North. [Born Samuel Jones Jeffrey 29 June 1874 Hundred of English: died Samuel Jeffery 8 August 1940 Clarence Park.]

Obituary. Hugo Hammerling of Burra died suddenly on 8 August, aged 58. Though unwell for some time, the deceased had just returned to work as gardener at Koonoona Station and we understand was found dead in the garden. He was a member of Kooringa Methodist Church and leaves a widow. An only son died about two years ago. He leaves two sisters, Mrs Oscar Oates and Miss Hammerling of Kooringa. [Born Ernst Hugo Hammerling 17 December 1881 Baldina: died Ernest Hugo Hammerling 8 August 1940 Koonoona Station, residence Burra.]

61, 34, 13 Aug. 1940, Page 3

Sister Mavis Riggs writes a letter from Palestine.

Burra Burra Show War Committee held a meeting at the Eastern Telephone Building on Monday when representatives from other patriotic bodies attended. Donations so far total £758-8-0.

[Includes £1-1-0 from H.E. Fuss.] It was decided to distribute some of the fund:

£50 to Burra Red Cross Circle Ambulance Fund, bringing the total given to BRCC to £150.

£25 to the Burra CWA

£10 each to FFCF at Burra, Burra North, Mt Bryan & RSL Wives Group.

£10 to Mt Bryan Red Cross Circle

£10 set aside for Burra RSL purchase of uniforms if any difficulty in getting such was found.

This brings the total amount dispersed so far to £335.

Golf. At Hanson on Saturday 10 August, Hanson defeated Leighton six games to nil with two drawn.

Tom Dearlove, elder son of Mr & Mrs Archie Dearlove of Ketchowla, has passed his 3rd-year Medical Course, though not yet 20. He is a resident at St Mark’s College Adelaide and previously attended Prince Alfred’s College.

War Savings. A poorly attended meeting in the Council Chambers on Sunday night was chaired by the Mayor and addressed by A.W.W. Cilento, with the object of forming War Savings Groups to purchase War Savings Certificates on time payment. The minimum payment is 6d a week. (Mr Cilento’s mother was born in Burra 72 years ago.) He said groups were commonly formed through Corporations, CWA, RSL, Lodges etc. His address is printed. Before leaving on Monday afternoon he reported forming 5 groups.

61, 35, 20 Aug. 1940, Page 1

Football. Saturday. Hallett 6.0 8.7 14.9 14.10

Kooringa 1.1 3.2 4.2 7.6

Booborowie 21.30 defeated Leighton 3.5

Burra Racing Club, AGM on 15 August with M.W. Bednall presiding.

The club had a satisfactory credit balance with the previous deficit converted to a credit of £21-9-3. Two successful race meetings were held in the year. The next time allotted was 2 October.

The chairman favoured holding a meeting. The secretary said they had £60 in hand and a possible £100 could be obtained from the Betting Control Board and £70 from subscriptions. Mr Bowles favoured a picnic meeting with profits to patriotic causes. Mr Scovel suggested half the profits. The chairman said they could not afford to run a meeting at a loss and as they held two meetings a year, how were profits on one meeting to be calculated when subscriptions covered two. It was resolved that the profits as arrived at by the committee be devoted to patriotic causes. A. Tennant was re-elected President. Mr Bednall resigned as Chairman for business reasons.

Mr W. Richards, headmaster of Burra High School, was farewelled on Friday. He has been appointed Education Officer on charge of RAAF in SA and left for Adelaide with his family on Friday afternoon. Mr N. Draysey of the High School presided at the farewell, where Dr Steele spoke as did Bethel Smith and Glen Kakoschke for the students and Mrs Riggs for the Parents & friends Assoc.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 10 August.

Farnden’s Hill: drive off Riggs Open Cut advanced 12’ to 97’. Have crossed to footwall side of leader to enable small leader that split to be prospected without removing unnecessary ground. Values irregular c. 10 dwt per ton over a 6” face.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive, crosscutting lode showing c. 4 dwt per ton

90’ level, driving on leader advanced 2’6” to 21’6”, c. 20 dwt per ton.

61, 35, 20 Aug. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 24 August.

Loretta Young & Warner Baxter in Wife, Husband & Friend.

Sidney Toler & Pauline Moore in Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Accident. Dr Goode of Brighton was in Burra on Friday for the funeral of his late brother-in-law, John Drew. His car was parked outside Mrs Drew’s residence and somehow got away. Miss Fillmore thought it would crash into their home, but a gutter diverted it into Drew Lane, where it took a couple of sheets of iron off Fillmore’s side fence and continued on till it came within 20’ of Commercial St, coming to a stop against the wall of Sara & Co.’s premises. Badly crushed mudguards were the only damage to the car.

Mrs Sampson has gone to live in Kalgoorlie and accompanied her son, Clem, who left for there on Friday last.

Bob Rowe, who enlisted in the RAAF some time ago [from the Bank of Australasia] left on Friday for Victoria, having been called up at short notice.

Pte Noel Ditty of the 2nd AIF visited Burra last week.

Mrs Klaffus will be 94 on Tuesday.

Sgt Alan Penrose, 2nd AIF, and Ian Penrose, RAAF, both sons of Mr & Mrs L.S. Penrose, late of Burra, visited their grandmother, Mrs C.A. Lott, last week.

Pte F.W. Rackham ASC, late of Mongolata, was farewelled at a send-off combined with the Salvation Army Rose Fair in the Institute on Friday evening (courtesy of Lieut. Allen of the Salvation Army.) Speakers were the Mayor, A.B. Riggs and Rev. N. Usher.

Burra Red Cross Ambulance Fund is at £509-6-4. The recent penny drive raised £28-7-7 and brought the total to the desired £500. The surplus will go to the local Red Cross Circle.

61, 35, 20 Aug. 1940, Page 3

‘Davey Green’ writes deploring the information he has been told that Burra put no case for having the 1st junction of the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline at Burra instead of Hanson. He also hears that the secondary scheme to bring the water to Terowie, Peterborough, etc. will also by-pass Burra to the west. Is it too late to do something about this?

Obituary. Mr John Drew died at his residence, Mt Pleasant, Kooringa, on 15 August. He is a descendant of families that arrived here in the 1840s. He had been ill for some weeks from heart and lung problems. He was born in Kooringa on 7 September 1868, the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Drew and educated first at Mr White’s School and then at Prince Alfred’s College until he was 17, after which he went to Pt Pirie to work for Messrs Prest Bros., of which an uncle, Mr W. Bosomworth, was a partner. When Messrs John, Charles & Thomas Drew, trading as Samuel Drew & Co., retired, Mr John Drew jun. came from Pt Pirie in August 1889 and with the late E.W. Crewes took over the business as Drew & Co. This became Drew & Crewes and after some years, Drew & Crewes Pty Ltd. As a young man he was much involved with football and cricket and is said, when playing a Country v. City match to have hit a ball over the pickets and into the River Torrens. He was an old member of the Rifle Club and played bowls. He was a member of Burra Light Horse under Major Watt. He was also a long serving member of the Burra Institute Committee and President more than once. He was a member of the Town Council and Mayor*, during whose term the avenue of pines leading to the cemetery was planted. He was also a long serving member of Kooringa Methodist Church in which he held all offices in turn and was a member and secretary of the Trust till his death. He was for 40 years Superintendent of the Sunday school. On 29 September 1892 he married Miss Catherine E. Goode, 2nd daughter of the late Mr & Mrs B.P. Goode of Pt Pirie. Three of four children survive: Ken M. Drew (Burra), Doris Mrs R. Scott (Barmera), & Mr John T.P. Drew (Leighton). His second son, Alan Drew, died as a result of a car accident last year. There are eight grandchildren.

[* He was West Ward Councillor Dec. 1903-Nov. 1905 and Mayor Dec. 1905-Nov. 1906.]

[Born 7 September 1868 Kooringa.]

Obituary. Samuel Jeffrey died at his home at Clarence Park on 8 August. He was the 5th son of the late Mr & Mrs William Barrett Jeffery of Porter’s Lagoon. He was born at Anlaby Station on 29 June 1874. In 1896 he married Rachel, 3rd daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph Flower of Stony Gap, who died 8 years ago. After his marriage he lived at Copperhouse and worked at the Burra Quarry, which was then working three shifts a day. In 1898 he took up land consisting of 8 acres at Booborowie, where he lived for nearly 30 years, gradually adding to his holding and acquiring part of North Booborowie Estate. He sold out during the land boom and purchased the property known as ‘Wildotta’, part of ‘Coralinga’ Station. At one time he represented Anne Ward in the Booborowie DC. Ill health forced him to retire to Burra for 51⁄2 years before moving to Clarence Park. As a young man he was a shearer of no mean ability and a lover of all sport. He also loved thoroughbreds, both in the show ring and on the racecourse. He was widely known for his abilities at foot-running, football, boxing and horsemanship. He is survived by: Roy Jeffery (Burra), Amy Mrs W.N. Young (Orroroo) and Emily Jeffery (Clarence Park). There is one grandchild.

[Born Samuel Jones Jeffrey 29 June 1874 Hundred of English: died Samuel Jeffery 8 August 1940 Clarence Park.]

Burra 9/23 Light Horse Regiment. The 1st parade of new enlistments took place at the drill hall on Sunday. [13 new recruits are listed.] Headquarters has issued orders for 20 more immediately. If volunteers do not come forward the compulsory section of the Defence Act will be invoked.

Salvation Army Rose Fair as part of the Annual Self-Denial Appeal was held last Friday at the Institute. Lieut. Allen, in charge of the local corps, welcomed guests. Mrs I.J. Warnes presided and Mrs T.H. Woollacott opened the fair.

Black Springs Tree Planting Committee planted c. 50 trees from the hall to the P.O. corner along the Manoora Road.

61, 35, 20 Aug. 1940, Page 4

Obituary. The Central Wool Committee has recorded its great sorrow at the death of its chairman, Mr A.F. Bell CMG.

61, 36, 27 Aug. 1940, Page 1

Football. Saturday at Victoria Park.

Kooringa 2.2 3.2 8.7 9.11

Booborowie 0.2 4.4 5.7 6.12

Marriage. At Willalo Methodist Church, 20 August.

Jean Cook, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs G. Cook of ‘Arden Vale’ Booborowie North and

Norman Wilkinson, son of Mr & the late Mrs J. Wilkinson of Kerang, Victoria.

[Described as a Military Wedding, but with no other indications as to why it was.]

Cpl A.W. Jarmyn was farewelled on 13 August at Mt Bryan Soldiers’ Memorial Hall. After the speeches there was dancing.

Burra Town Council, 19 August.

A letter of condolence was sent to Mrs J. Drew on the death of Mr John Drew.

A series of minor works was approved.

Council will ask for a Sunday Afternoon Barwell Bull to run from Terowie to Adelaide to allow soldiers on leave to get back in time.

61, 36, 27 Aug. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 31 August.

Robert Donat & Greer Garson in Goodbye Mr Chips.

Plus short features.

W.E. Richards, late of Burra High School is attached to No. 5 RAAF Recruiting Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide and will act on the Air Crew Selection Board, assessing educational qualifications for the flying service. He will organise tutorial courses in Maths & Physics and liaise with the Education Dept.

Weather. Rain has fallen at last, with a gale on Sunday and rain on Monday. There was about 40 points to 9 a.m. this morning.

9/23 Light Horse Regiment. It has been learnt that ‘A’ Class Reserve is included in troop strength, which has considerably reduced the number of new enlistments required.

61, 36, 27 Aug. 1940, Page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 August.

Colin Charles Heath, youngest son of Mr & Mrs John Heath of Kensington Gardens and

Patricia Steer, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs E.L. Steer of Burra North.

The Cheer-up Society in Adelaide acknowledges the support of the Burra CWA and recalls that Burra supplied the first £600 to build the Cheer-up Hut in 1915.

Burra Red Cross Ambulance Fund has now closed and the Circle has sent the cheque for £500 to Headquarters to purchase the ambulance.

Burra RSL Wives Group held a social in the RSL Rooms on Friday night.

Burra High School Annual Sports were held on Wednesday last. Results are printed.

61, 37, 3 Sep. 1940, Page 1

Football. Saturday: First Semi-Final.

Booborowie 6.6 6.10 12.14 17.20

Leighton 1.0 2.4 2.4 4.9

Burra Progress Assoc. AGM was held in the Institute Lodge Room on Tuesday night.

Report of the President.

A number of things had been done in the year, some unnoticed. An effort had been made to re-open the mine, but subsequent reports had been unfavourable.

Efforts had been made to establish a military camp at Burra, to ensure that the Saturday afternoon closing of shops be universal and to improve roads generally.

In the coming year they would try to attract the trade of those working on the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline.

Mr F.T. Sara was elected Chairman and F.L. Worth, Vice-Chairman.

The Assoc. will support the Council’s effort for a Sunday afternoon train.

There was debate on whether Saturday afternoon trading was desirable or not. The present Bill for universal closing was introduced by the Leader of the Opposition. Eventually a sub0committee was appointed to consider all aspects of Saturday trading.

Mr Harry Pellew, wife of Dr Pellew, writes a letter to her mother, Mrs A.J. McBride, about leaving England and the trip across to Canada where Dr Pellew might get a job once he has passed State Exams in Montreal. In the mean time he is employed examining regulars and new recruits for the army.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 24 August.

Farnden’s Hill. Drive at Riggs Open Cut advanced 11’ to 108’ and continues where the face looks promising, but values are low, showing c. 6 dwt per ton over a width of 8”.

East View Claim. Kellaway’s Shaft:

60’ level, south drive, crosscutting on lode c. 18” wide: showing c. 4 dwt per ton.

90’ level, driving on leader advanced 2’6” to 24’: showing c. 10 dwt per ton.

Crushed 25 tons 13 cwt for av. 6 dwt1 gr per ton.

61, 37, 3 Sep. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Federal Election. Mr J.G. Duncan-Hughes, LCL Candidate for Wakefield, the Hon. A.L. McEwin MLC & Mr A.D. McDonald MP, will address electors at Burra Institute 9 September.

Advt. RSL Combined service of Prayer, Burra Institute, Sunday 8 September, 3.30 p.m.

Dress mufti. H.E. Fuss, Hon. Sec.

Advt. Talkies, 7 September.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Gene Autry & Carol Hughes in Gold Mine in the Sky.

Notice. Meeting called by D. Keynes at Leighton Hall for Tuesday 10 September to discuss making arrangements for farewell socials for Soldier Boys who have enlisted for service with the 2nd AIF.

Burra VSD met recently at Princess Royal Station on 17 August. Present enrolment is 46.

Obituary. Mrs G. Ellery, wife of G. Ellery of Booborowie, died in Burra Hospital last Sunday after a long illness. There are no children. [Hilda Alice formerly Provis, born Sleader. Born about 1893: died 2 September 1940 Burra, residence Booborowie.]

Obituary. Timothy Michael Hogan, son of Mr & Mrs T. Hogan of Booborowie, died Burra Hospital after only a few days illness, aged 3. [Died 1 September 1940 Burra, residence Booborowie.]

Rev. Neil Usher writes urging support for the Day of National Intercession called for by the King and to be held next Sunday.

G. Stanley Hawker writes as A/OC Burra Platoon, RSL, VDC, thanking Burra Rifle Club for support by lending rifles and the use of the range to the corps.

Burra Burra Show War Committee donations have reached £871-0-0.

Copperhouse School socials have raised £8 for the patriotic funds.

Dunkirk - 1⁄2 column article on the evacuation of Dunkirk

‘A Decisive Event in the History of the World.’

61, 38, 10 Sep. 1940, Page 1

Inter-High School Sports were held at Clare oval last Wednesday. Clare won the shield, followed by Riverton, Balaklava, Burra & Kapunda.

A.W. Pearce & L. Gill write separate letters to contradict assertions that the Booborowie General Store opened on Saturday afternoons. Only the sweets fruit, vegetables and cool drinks etc. department was open at the weekend ‘the same as any other progressive town’.

Burra Primary School Concert was held at the Institute on Wednesday arranged by the ladies of the School Welfare Club. [As you might expect it was a rousing patriotic affair.]

We understand the proceeds exceeded £40.

Football. Burra Football Assoc. 2nd Semi-Final

Hallett 3.4 4.8 7.10 9.12

Kooringa 2.0 2.2 3.5 6.9

Burra Town Council, 2 September.

Messrs Osboldstone quote 3/- each for 150 enlistment certificates to be presented to AIF members. Quote to lie on the table.

There was a discussion re placing of time sheets on the table each meeting and Cr Lott moved the time book be placed on the table each meeting and that it contain more detail. Carried.

Resolved to sell portions of street trees [i.e. parts to be trimmed from them] to individuals for 1/- each with the risk onus falling on the individuals not on the Council.

61, 38, 10 Sep. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Harold Raymond’s Variety Show at the Burra Institute, 12 September

Proceeds to aid the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children’s Home, Brighton.

Advt. Talkies, Saturday 14 September.

Don Ameche & Loretta Young in Alexander graham Bell.

Tony Martin & Gloria Stewart in Winner Take All.

Notice. Volunteer Defence Corps parade 10 a.m. Sunday.

Notice. Burra Transport & VSD parade 21 September at Burra North Playground and 24 September at CWA Room for Dr Steel’s address.

Notice. Commonwealth of Australia. Military Service for Home Defence

Medical Examination and Enrolment.

All male British Subjects, resident 6 months, unmarried or widowed without children, and born 1 July 1915 to 30 June 1920 and who live within 7 miles of Burra by means of the nearest practicable route, are required to attend for medical examination and enlistment at times and dates posted at Post Offices in the above centre. [Some exemptions are listed.]

Notice. Mr S. McHugh, Labor Candidate for Wakefield at the federal Elections, will address electors at Burra on 13 September.

Weather. The continuing dry spell with high winds and heat is causing serious alarm.

Burra Rifle Club. The Defence Dept. urgently require rifle bolts numbered 40267, 37096, 71682 & 76395. Any member having one or more of these bolts must notify the secretary immediately.

Burra Town Council, Council Employees and the Press have formed themselves into a War Savings Group.

61, 38, 10 Sep. 1940, Page 3

The Service of Intercession on Sunday at the Institute saw the congregation spilling into the vestibule. Returned men, led by RSL President S. Hawker, marched from RSL Rooms followed by 2nd AIF men, led by Cpl Lindsay Thomas, and then the local squad of Militia under Lieut. G.H. Dow, then VSD under Mrs Andrew Tennant, the Girl Guides and the Brownies under Lieut. June Clifford. G.E. Dane led the combined choirs of the three churches with Pte Clem Davey at the piano. Rev. V.R. Secombe gave the address. Rev. N. Usher, Rev. C. Gray & Lieut. Allen of the Salvation Army also attended with the Mayor and Mr A.D. McDonald MP.

A.L. Bence’s brother writes from England on the British determination to ‘come out on top’.

Mrs Harry Pellew’s letter continues from the previous issue. She says they paid £45 for their passage from England to Canada – a ticket previously costing £11. She writes of air raid shelters in London and of Canada.

Salvation Army. Lieut. Allen, who has been relieving officer in charge, left yesterday.

Gladys Kellock left Burra Monday to enter nursing at the Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the VSD and will also be missed at the Kooringa Methodist Church and the Sunday school.

George Evans, a Burra resident of many years left on Saturday to live at Terowie with relatives.

FFCF quarterly meeting on 3 September reports that in three months they have despatched 86 pairs of socks, 37 pairs of mittens, 17 balaclavas, 12 scarf helmets, 9 scarves, 11 cardigans and 9 dilly bags.

The Burra North Circle has a membership now of 102 and though only operation for a few weeks has despatched 67 pairs of socks, 6 pullovers, 11 scarves, 3 balaclavas, 4 pairs of mittens and 47 handkerchiefs.

2nd AIF on leave: Ken Gebhardt, Clyde Moore, George Lines, Jack Lines & Ron Lines are on final leave.

61, 39, 17 Sep. 1940, Page 1

Football. Preliminary Final.

Kooringa 2.6 5.7 8.9 11.12

Booborowie 1.1 3.2 5.4 8.6

The ‘Mail’ Medal for the fairest and most brilliant player this year goes to Clem James of Booborowie. Previous winners have been: 1936 E. Jennings (Kooringa), 1937 R. Wheaton (Spalding), 1938 E. Jennings (Kooringa), & 1939 J. Murphy (Hallett).

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate.

Farnden’s Hill. Drive in Riggs Open Cur advance 11’ to 129’, showing c. 8 dwt per ton over av. width 6”. Ground broken overhead and requires timbering. Values erratic.

East View Claim, Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive crosscutting on iron lode 18” wide showing 3 dwt per ton by pan test.

90’ level; rose up on backs to connect with quartzite. Quartz reef showing in top of drive.

Government Battery advises for East View Claim parcel 267 returned 7 oz 15 dwt 12 gr by battery and 5 oz 12 dwt 5 gr by cyanides from 25 tons 13 cwt of ore.

Farewell to Five Soldiers. On Wednesday evening at the Institute a farewell was tendered to Ptes W. George Lines, Ronald R. Lines, Clyde Moore, Kenneth Gebhardt & Stephen J. Fitzgerald. Speeches were made by the Mayor, G.S. Hawker, Dr Steele, & Rev. N. Usher. Mrs R. Smith presented each soldier with a parcel from FFCF and Mr A.B. Riggs did likewise from the Burra Soldiers’ Farewell Committee.

Cpl L.H. Thomas was farewelled at Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday.

Burra Rifle Club will meet at the RSL rooms on Saturday to discuss the formation of the Burra Rifle Club Volunteer Defence Unit. Permission for the formation of such units has now been obtained and it is proposed to amalgamate with the RSL Defence Corps.

61, 39, 17 Sep. 1940, Page 2

Burra-Adelaide Cycle Race. 54 cyclists took part on Saturday. Keith Thurgood won the fastest time and State Road Championship, starting from scratch, in 4 hrs 41 mins 56 secs for the 110 miles. The winner on handicap was C. Graham of Halbury Club who won by a length.

Weather. The eastern stations experienced terrific dust storms last week. Thunderstorms dropped 31 points at North Koomooloo and 43 at Tuilkilkey, but other stations got less than 20 points.

Hanson’s Annual Snake Gully Ball on 10 September was successful with music from D. Field’s Band.

61, 39, 17 Sep. 1940, Page 3

Relief for UK Air Raid Victims. There was a call for donations to the State Appeal at the farewell for soldiers and so far £124-16-0 has been offered.

J.G. Duncan Hughes, LCL candidate for Wakefield, drew a fair audience to the Institute on Wednesday. Hon. A.L. McEwin MLC also spoke and supported the Mayor’s views that a National Government should be formed. The speech of Mr Duncan Hughes is reported in c. 11⁄4 columns.

61, 40, 24 Sep. 1940, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 16 September.

The Local Govt. Assoc. writes saying the levy for the AWU Case of £11-4-6 had to be paid.

Mr McWaters writes saying that watering the trees he and Mr Fairchild planted had become too much for him since Mr Fairchild left the town. Council employees will water them once a fortnight.

A letter of appreciation for their work is to be sent to Messrs Fairchild and McWaters.

£5 donated to the Air Raid Victims in London.

A drinking tap with attached pannikin will be placed at the rotunda.

Masonic Lodge. Bro. M.T. Fuller was installed as Master for the year at a ceremony on Wednesday evening, [according to column 8] but the ball followed the installation on Thursday evening. [According to column 4] Darrel Field’s Orchestra supplied the music. Details occupy 2 columns.

Football. Premiership.

Hallett 1.1 5.5 5.5 9.11 (65)

Kooringa 3.9 4.11 5.15 7.16 (58)

This is Hallett’s first premiership in the Burra Football Assoc.

Burra Rifle Club. The general meeting on Saturday at the RSL Rooms saw members decide unanimously to drill with the RSL on Sunday morning as a result of the Defence Dept. permitting members to train as VSDs. A motion was passed calling for ammunition to be provided on the basis of average attendance and not on the number of so-called efficient members. Many clubs have many members, but low attendance. 20 members attended the drill on Sunday, despite the short notice.

61, 40, 24 Sep. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies 28 September.

Lupino Lane & Sally Gray in The Lambeth Walk.

Robert Taylor & Florence Rice in Stand Up and Fight.

Advt. Empire Fair at the Institute 4 October in aid of Kooringa Methodist Trust and Circuit Funds.

Pte H. Godlee will be farewelled at Booborowie on 25 September.

9/23 Light Horse. A Hotchkiss gun class will be held next Sunday. All parades till the end of the year will be mounted. (Except for those members not yet issued with saddlery.)

London Air Raid Appeal. £258 to hand, £280 donated and £250 sent to Lord Mayor of Adelaide.

[Presumably this means that £22 promised is yet to come in.]

Burra Bowling Club AGM, 17 September.

The financial position of the Bowling Club is not as good as last year, due to the smaller membership and increased expenses. The Croquet Club financial support has enabled the budget to balance. Subscriptions for the year fell from £94 to £81. Water rates rose £7 to £21, but for the coming season will come down to c. £13. One esteemed member, Mr J.A. Andrews died. Interclub matches resulted in the retention of the Kapunda Cup, but a failure to win the shield from Clare.

Elected: Patron, Dr D.M. Steel; President, S. Kellaway; Vice-Presidents, G.E. Dane & R.J. Grant; Secretary & Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe.

61, 40, 24 Sep. 1940, Page 3

Obituary. Mrs A. Lott of Kooringa died on 19 September. She had been a resident of over 58 years. She was born at Chatham, England, on 27 December 1861. She was a daughter of Captain Joseph W. Hodge and Mrs Hodge of the Third Light Dragoons. In 1864 her father was sent to WA in charge of 600 convicts on the Clara. He had served in the Crimean and Indian Wars. His wife and three children accompanied him. They settled in WA. At the age of 21 Miss [Amelia] Hodge came to SA and became a nurse at the Burra Hospital. She later married Mr A. Lott of Kooringa. She was a staunch adherent and member of St Mary’s and a worker for patriotic causes in the Great War. A family of five survive: Major A.W. Lott (2 I.T.D. Wayville), Mrs L.S. Penrose (Aldgate), Sister Clara Lott (Burra), Mrs D. Murdock (Crystal Brook) & Mr R. Clifton Lott (Burra). There are 13 grandchildren. [Marriage registration suggests her maiden name may have been Hodges.]

FFCF calls for Xmas gifts for soldiers.

Leighton Soldiers’ Farewell Committee was formed at a meeting at Leighton Hall 10 September. Patron, I.J. Warnes; President, D. Keynes & Secretary & Treasurer, Jack Field.

Max McCormick, [sic] who has been transferred to Darwin in the RAAF, has German measles.

61, 41, 1 Oct. 1940, Page 1

Pte Herb. Godlee was farewelled at Booborowie Hall on 25 September. There was dancing till 9.30 and then the formal farewell.

Petrol. Notes regarding regulations suggest rationing was in operation from 30 September.

Pte L. Noyce & Pte A.O. (Bill) Hughes were farewelled from Farrell’s Flat Institute on 25 September.

61, 41, 1 Oct. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 5 October.

Wayne Morris & Claire Trevor in Valley of the Giants.

Pat O’Brien & Ann Sheridan in Devil on Wheels.

7 October.

Mickey Rooney & Spencer Tracey in Boys Town.

Robert Montgomery & Rosalind Russell in Fast and Loose.

Notice. Amos Voumard, of Swiss Nationality, and resident in Australia 64 years intends to apply for naturalization under the Nationality Act 1920-36.

Notice. All people having claims against Tiver’s Garage should send particulars of such claims and all people owing debts should send payment of such debts to Bednall & Odlum, Pearce’s Building.

Pte Ken Dawson, recently of the staff of the Kooringa Branch of the Savings Bank, visited Burra last week. His wife, nee Dorothy Pearce, accompanied him.

61, 41, 1 Oct. 1940, Page 3

Sgt ‘Bill’ Johnson was farewelled at Mt Bryan East Red Cross Social. This was the first soldier’s farewell from Mt Bryan East.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 21 September.

Farnden’s Hill. Drive in Riggs Open Cut advanced 11’ to 140’: 9 dwt per ton over av. width 6”. Continued driving to Hogan’s Shaft, timbering required and values irregular. Have just broken through to shaft. Drive c. 5’ lower than bottom of shaft. Will prospect leader under foot before commencing to stope.

East View Claim. Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive, working on iron lode showing 3 dwt per ton by pan test over av. 2” width.

90’ level, rising in roof to follow leader showing a fair amount of sulphide c. 5 dwt per ton over av. 2” width.

London Air Raid Appeal at £284-12-0.

Pte Wes. Miller farewelled at a social at Hallett on Friday.

9/23 Light Horse parade on Sunday was the best attended since 1 July 1940.

Advt. Burra Spring Race Meeting, Wednesday 2 October. Profits to Patriotic Funds.

Ball in the Evening at Burra Institute in aid of Hospitals’ War effort Fund.

61, 42, 8 Oct. 1940, Page 1

Burra Racing Club Spring Meeting last Wednesday. Offender owned by Messrs L. Baker, J. Haarsman & A. McDonald, won the Traders’ Purse and the Copperhouse Trial Stakes. R. Carling rode on both occasions and also rode the winner of the Burra Handicap, the principal race, on Lord Rampton. Attendance was very fair and the weather was kind.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School held its 68th Anniversary on Sunday & Monday and it was a huge success. Services were conducted by Rev. N. Usher.

Methodist Empire Fair on Friday in aid of the Trust & Circuit Funds was well patronised in good weather. Mrs I.J. Warnes opened the fair.

Four Soldiers were farewelled at Burra Institute on Monday 30 September: Ptes A. Ford, N. Allen, D. Boulton & R. Creighton. The Mayor in his speech spoke of the honour paid recently to James Martin McBride’s grandson, Thomas McBride Price, for his bravery in the Mediterranean. Other speakers were A.D. McDonald MP, K.C. Sandland, Rev. Neil Usher, H.J.B. Jennison, F.T. Sara, and H.E. Fuss. E.C. Collins of the Rifle Club presented Pte Ford, a member, with a gift from the club.

61, 42, 8 Oct. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 12 October.

Tyrone Power & Sonja Henie in Second Fiddle.

Jane Withers & Leo Carrillo in Chicken Wagon Family.

Advt. Bullen Bros. Circus is coming to Burra Wednesday 9 October.

The State Publicity Censor has banned the use of terms such as ‘final leave’, ‘pre-embarkation leave’, or ‘farewell’ in connection with presentations or socials for soldiers.

Burra Burra Show Committee Fund reaches £889-0-9.

61, 42, 8 Oct. 1940, Page 3

RSL meeting 28 September.

An RSL VDC parade is planned for Adelaide on 19 October. Only enrolled members qualify for the free rail pass. While some individuals are doing their bit, it was felt the sub-branch, as a whole was not pulling its weight. Mr G.S. Hawker called for a better attendance at parades.

Hospitals’ War Effort Ball, organised by Matron Robinson, was a great success on 2 October. Proceeds were c. £30.

13th Annual Hallett & District School’s Athletic & Exhibition Assoc. Event was held last Friday and was well attended. The report with results runs c. 41⁄4 columns.

61, 43, 15 Oct. 1940, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 14 October.

Dry Timber on trees near the schoolhouse is to be lopped.

Council will assist the effort for War Savings Week.

Council went into committee.

Arthur Cox writes a letter from England.

Marriage. At St Joseph’s on Saturday 12 October.

Mary Ryan, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra and

W.E. George, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J. George of Brompton.

Burra North FFCF Pet Show was held at the Burra North Playground on Saturday afternoon. Takings of £60 exceeded expectations. The results are printed.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 5 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Completed drive to Hogan’s Shaft, values very low.

Drive advanced 10’ to 150’. Underhand stoping in drive where best values were obtained.

2 tons of 12 dwt ore have been obtained and there are 8 tons of ore on hand.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, working on iron lode 2’ wide showing c. 3 dwt per ton by pan test.

90’ level, showing c. 5dwt in leader, advanced 2’6” to 26’6”. 12 tons of ore on hand.

Burra Red Cross continues to hold regular flower stalls and the last one took £10-3-10.

61, 43, 15 Oct. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 19 October.

Boris Karloff & Margaret Lindsay in Secret Enemy.

Ann Sheridan & John Garfield in They Made Me a Criminal.

Tom Rosewall was clawed by a leopard at Bullen’s Circus on Wednesday. He reached into the cage to touch an apparently sleeping animal. The wound on his hand required several stitches.

Tennis. Kooringa Lawn Tennis Club season 1940-41 will open on 19 October.

FFCF & Red Cross realised about £12 for lunch and afternoon tea at the Burra Races and will share the sum equally.

Burra Croquet Club, AGM on 11 October.

Elected: President, Mrs W.H. Tiver; Vice-President, Mrs O. Finch; Hon. Sec., Mrs S.H. Robinson; Captain, Miss N. Bow; Vice-Captain, Mrs S.H. Robinson.

Mr A. Davey completed 50 years as librarian at the Institute on 14 October. His father, Mr William Davey had been librarian for 221⁄2 years when he called Arthur away from school to assist. Mr William Davey resigned 37 years ago and Mr A.A. Davey took over. In the early days the library was situated in a partitioned off part of the main hall. The library was first catalogued in the latter end of Mr William Davey’s time. In the old days the library was open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. except Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday. Mr Arthur Davey has had virtually no holidays and his longest break has been just recently when he was in hospital for a fortnight.

Weather. A heat wave last week saw four days well over 90°F and Saturday and Sunday it was c. 100°F. Some rain arrived with a change on Monday. Burra got 41 points, but to the east falls were patchy with reports varying from 5 at Woolgangi to 40 at Parcoola and 35 at Old Koomooloo.

Mrs A.B. Feltus (Nurse Woollacott) will be 88 on Saturday.

61, 43, 15 Oct. 1940, Page 3

Booborowie Novelty Sports & Fair was held on 9 October and this year it was decided to split the proceeds between the usual recipient, the District Memorial Institute, and the Red Cross and FFCF. The event took £110. The report of activities runs for 21⁄2 columns.

61, 43, 15 Oct. 1940, Page 4

Pte Stopp was accorded a social at Booborowie Institute on 30 September.

Pte Phil. Ogilvie was visited by the Farewell Committee at his parents’ home.

Hanson Patriotic Fair on 2 October by the Hanson Methodist Ladies Guild raised £20 to be divided equally between Hanson Red Cross and the Methodist Ladies Guild.

61, 44, 22 Oct. 1940, Page 1

L. Samuel received a presentation from the Buffalo Lodge on joining the AIF.

Sgt Reg. Lee writes from England and tells of his trip there. [1 column.]

Presentation to 4 soldiers at the Institute last Thursday: Dick Crang, Zac Humphris, Don Kerin and Ron Bowen. Speeches were given by T.H. Woollacott, Rev. Gray, Envoy Winfield (Salvation Army), G.S. Hawker & H.J.B. Jennison.

RSL VDC Parade in Adelaide is reported in 3⁄4 column. 26 Burra men went by train and some more by car. The SA Governor, Sir Malcolm Barclay Harvey took the salute with Sir Harry Chauvel, in charge of RSL VDC in Australia. The report also tells the story of how Arthur Bence came to play a round of golf at Mt Osborne with WA amateur golf champion Bill Hughes, without initially knowing who he was. [On page 2 this story is corrected to say that Higgins won the Victorian Allcomers Title and the ACT Open.]

61, 44, 22 Oct. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies 26 October.

George Wallace in Gone to the Dogs.

Supported by Up the River.

Mr Arthur Davey will be presented with an illuminated address by the Institute Committee in appreciation of his services as librarian for 50 years. P.L. Rosman has been appointed to receive donations.

Salvation Army. The Self-Denial Appeal raised £103-3-6 this year compared with £92-10-0 last year in Burra.

Copperhouse School held social evenings on 5 & 19 October.

Burra-Farrell’s Flat Road has been allocated a specific grant of £1,000 for improvement following an appeal from the Burra Progress Assoc.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 19 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Underhand stoping at Riggs Open Cut produced a further 21⁄2 tons of ore: values declining. Drive advanced 20’. Sent 10 tons 13 cwt to the battery.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive, working on iron lode showing c. 3 dwt per ton.

60’ level, north drive, started to stope following leader showing c. 5 dwt, advanced 8’.

90’ level, work stopped.

61, 44, 22 Oct. 1940, Page 3

Red Cross Flower Stalls continue to be popular and on Friday raised £11-11-0.

‘Pro Bon Publico’ writes protesting the late arrival of people at socials for soldiers. When scheduled to start at 8 p.m. people were still arriving at 8.25, when the function finally started.

Edna McWaters was farewelled by the Redruth Methodist Church organisations recently on her departure as Probationer nurse at the Memorial Hospital.

Kooringa Methodist Church Anniversary services were held last Sunday and were conducted by Rev. A.E. Vogt L.Th. of Pt Pirie Central Methodist Mission. While in the district he gave addresses at Redruth, Ironmine and Farrell’s Flat on the work of the Central Mission.

Pte Noel Ditty was given a presentation last Friday. He was until enlistment on the staff of the Bank of Australasia in Kooringa. His visit was too brief for a formal gathering, but the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee made the presentation.

61, 45, 29 Oct. 1940, Page 1

Pte Doug Richardson was given a social and presentation at Booborowie on Tuesday 23 October. Bert Polkinghorne met with an accident and could not attend, being in hospital. Speakers were: Ron Dewhirst, Mr French, & D. Keynes. A dance followed with music from the Leighton Dance Band. Donations to the FFCF amounted to £32-18-4.

Pt Irwin Ogilvie was given a presentation at his parents’ home on 20 October.

Pte Clyde Sellars was given a presentation at the Institute. Speakers were the Mayor, Rev. Secombe, A.B. Riggs, S. Kellaway, A.L. Bence & Hilary Fuss.

Drill Hall Parade on Sunday morning saw almost 100 Burra & District men attend, representing RSL VDC, Burra Rifle Club Defence Unit and the Light Horse Troop.

61, 45, 29 Oct. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies 2 November.

Paulette Goddard and Bob Hope in The Cat and the Canary.

William Boyd and Ruth Rogers in Silver on the Sage.

Petrol rationing tickets for November are now available.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate.

A recent crushing yielded 9 oz 9 dwt 12 gr from 10 tons 13 cwt for an av. 17 dwt 19 gr per ton.

L.H. Thomas has been promoted to sergeant. He spent the weekend in Burra.

Redruth Methodist Thank-offering Appeal replaced the annual fair last Saturday and Sunday. The appeal was regarded as satisfactory.

Air Raid Relief Appeal has reached £317-14-0.

61, 45, 29 Oct. 1940, Page 3

Copperhouse, Gum Creek & Leighton Schools held a combined sports at Gum Creek on 23 October. Much of the success was due to the committee of which T. Canny was secretary. Results are printed.

Marriage. At Mt Bryan Church, 5 October.

Edward A. Willis, 2nd son of Mr & Mrs E.J. Willis of Pt Elliot and

Doris Eileen Doyle, elder daughter of Mrs & the late Mr James Doyle of ‘Broadview’, Mt Bryan East.

Burra Bowling Club opened its 1940-41 season on Saturday last.

District VSD leaders had a weekend Instructional Camp at Anlaby. Details in 3⁄4 column.

Burra Town Council, 21 October.

Council’s contribution to the Burra Hospital for the year to 30 June 1941 has been fixed at £170.

Other routine matters were dealt with.

61, 46, 5 Nov. 1940, Page 1 & 4

Red Cross held a games evening at the Institute last Wednesday in conjunction with VSDs. Games included 7 shots at Hitler’s or Goebbel’s head for 6d. [Presumably with a ball.] There were also stalls for strawberries and cream, ice cream and a buffet supper. A flag was sold on the Bugler System. There was an ugly man competition and a whole series of competitions and guessing games.

Page 4

The ugly man competition was won easily by A. Tennant. With 20,299 votes, ahead of Mr Butler’s 12,127 and Mr Scovel’s 5,146. Since each vote cost 1d, they raised £84-11-7, £34-1-0 and £21-8-10 respectively. At 10.45 dancing was indulged in till midnight. The sum raised was £373. Burra’s quota for the Red Cross Appeal was £250.

61, 46, 5 Nov. 1940, Page 1

Burra Mine. In answer to a question from Mr A.D. McDonald the Premier said that upon the lapse of the option held by a party with respect to the mine the Government had secured the services of two competent miners from the Moonta district and they were now opening up the show to see whether it was worthwhile going on with. If the lode is found to persist it is possible a worthwhile proposition will be opened up there.

Football. On Tuesday 29 October the Kooringa Football Club held a social at the Buffalo Hall*. After the usual toasts prizes were presented.

Highest number of votes in the ‘Mail’ Medal count Joff. Hill

Most Consistent Player B. Hirschausen

Best Placed Man I. Hirschausen

Most Improved Junior Player W. Kotz

[* Is this the hall previously designated the Scout Hall?]

61, 46, 5 Nov. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 9 November.

Jeanette McDonald & Nelson Eddy in Sweathearts [sic!]

Plus short features.

Advt. Burra Institute 6 November Clare Amateur Dramatic Society Presents the 3-Act Comedy

It Pays to Advertise. In Aid of Hospitals’ War Effort Fund.

Advt. Fighting Services Ball, Friday 8 November at the Burra Institute with Darrel Field’s Orchestra.

In Aid of Air Victims Appeal Fund, under the auspices of the CWA Younger Set.

RAAF Recruiting Drive Committee was established at a meeting in the Council Chambers last Friday. Flight Lieut. R.G. Goodman addressed the meeting and his address is reported at length.

Methodist Synod, Middle District was held at Kooringa Methodist Church on 29 7 30 October. There is 1⁄2 column of detail. It was recommended that Kooringa be relieved of the obligation to take a married minister.

61, 46, 5 Nov. 1940, Page 3

Mr E. (Ted) Jennings of Burra Primary School for the past 7 years will leave soon, having been promoted to headmaster of Caltowie School.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 2 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Underhand stoping has advanced 20’. Low grade ore, c. 6 dwt per ton over av. width of 7”.

Ran mullock from Farnden’s old stope, timbering needed.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive, extended 6’ to 83’ in quartz lode, no values.

60’ level, north drive, driving on leader extended 8’ to 16’, no values.

G.C. Kuchenmeister has donated 100 flowering almond trees for town beautification. It is too late to plant this year and he will care for them till next planting season.

Stan Timms Sen. and his wife, with sons Harold and Reg., left Kooringa for Waikerie on Sunday. Mr Timms has obtained a position there.

The State Bank has refused to lower the 5% interest rate paid by the Burra Institute on their overdraft of £3,173.

61, 47, 12 Nov. 1940, Page 1

The Fighting Services Ball on Friday evening was quite well attended, but a rainstorm in late afternoon and early evening undoubtedly kept some away. Flight Lieut. R.G. Goodman addressed the gathering before dancing began.

Burra Town Council, 4 November.

The mayor reported that two men from Mongolata had interviewed him with respect to the possibility of some work at the Burra Mine. At present two men from another mining area were investigating its possibilities. So far the Council has not been notified of any work being done at the mine.

The mayor thought more than two men would be required if the mine’s possibilities were to be explored. He thought it would be a good idea to ask the Government to extend the scope of the work. It was resolved to ask the local MP to interview the Minister of Mines on the topic.

Cr Lott said Finch’s corner was not safe and he believed the only way to avoid accidents was to have a stop sign erected for traffic about to go round the corner and across the bridge.

Cr March said traffic should be made to keep nearer the rotunda.

The Mayor supported painting stop on the road.

Cr Harvey said the intersection in Aberdeen was also dangerous and police had asked for a stop sign there, and had been refused.

The Town Clerk said stop signs were under the jurisdiction of the Highways Dept.

Finch’s Corner is to be inspected.

61, 47, 12 Nov. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 16 November.

Spring Byington & Jed Prouty in Quick Millions.

Henry Fonda & Marjorie Weaver in Young Mr Lincoln.

Advt. Bowden Citizen’s Band [Salvation Army Band] will be at the Rotunda on Sunday 17 November at 2.30 p.m. for a program of patriotic and sacred music.

There will be a collection to aid Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee.

The band will also play on Sunday morning at the Burra Hospital.

Armistice Day was commemorated at the Memorial yesterday at 11 a.m. The presence of Flying Officer Goodman, Dr Shortridge RAAF and several men from the recruiting train added prestige. The Mayor, clergymen, Salvation Army officers and a good number of returned men and members of the 2nd AIF also attended. The city service was relayed by amplifier, courtesy of H.J.B. Jennison, and afterwards prayers were recited by Rev. Gray.

RSL VDC & Burra Rifle Club DC co-operated in a field exercise against 9/23 Light Horse on Sunday on Princess Royal Station. It was windy and dusty. The exercise was useful with criticism afterwards from Lieut. Dow, Stanley Hawker and Sgt N. Villis.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Byles Mongolata Mine (Golden Harp Lease)

I.J. Warnes reports on the last 18 months. For the first 12 months of this period no gold was obtained, as the mine was being put in order. Mr Schwier is managing it and 3 men are employed. The results of crushings for the last six months:

Tons Cwt Yielded Oz Dwt Gr

24 June 5 14 17 19 7

18 July 5 9 13 17 7

31 July 6 15 19 16 3

16 August 6 3 14 8 4

10 September 6 17 13 5 5

10 October 5 17 9 19 0

5 November 6 8 17 0 6

Total 43 3 106 5 8

The balance sheet to 31 July shows a loss, but had the proceeds for one crushing made before than come through, the amount would have been reduced to about a £35 loss, which is the best result for some time. From May on the crushings have more than paid for expenses and it is anticipated the present six months will show a profit and the financial position will gradually improve. Work has been confined to the Golden Harp Lease. Last week a 17 oz 6 gr nugget was found.

Marriage. At Mt Bryan East Methodist Church on 12 October.

Edna L. Lomman, only daughter of Mr F.J. & the late Mrs Lomman of ‘Whitefield’ Mt Bryan East &

Pte D.E. Wootton [sic] 2nd son of Mr & Mrs Wootton [sic] of Burra North.

61, 47, 12 Nov. 1940, Page 3

The Clare Amateur Dramatic Society’s performance of It Pays to Advertise at the Institute on Wednesday drew a fairly good audience and receives a favourable review.

Dr Shortridge, the visiting RAAF Medical Officer, is the son of Mr & Mrs Alf Shortridge and a grandson of Mr & Mrs T.T. Shortridge, now of Adelaide, but formerly of Burra.

A.J. Franklin writes suggesting the formation of a Wool Club, where the men of the district subscribe 3d or 6d a week to buy wool, which the Red Cross knitters use to create garments and so do their bit for a noble cause.

Weather. Last Friday the east endured the worst dust storm imaginable. Even with lights on travel was impossible. A person a few feet away was invisible. Many travellers were forced to wait hours for the wind to drop before continuing their journey. Rain fell in Burra in gusty driving showers in the afternoon and evening and 61 points were registered by 9 a.m. Saturday, but it did not extend much beyond Thistlebeds, where 24 points fell. Dust was again endured on Sunday. A few more points of rain fell in Burra yesterday to bring the week’s total to 69.

Copperhouse School held a very successful social evening on 2 November.

[Of personal interest: Mrs Fuss is listed as attending.]

Red Cross Flower Stall managed to raise £3 on Friday despite the bad weather. Next Friday will see the last of this series of flower stalls.

Obituary. Shirley Arthur, 3rd daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur of Hallett, died after a short illness. The funeral was on 29 October. [Shirley Grace Arthur born 27 November 1925 Largs Bay: died 27 October 1940 Burra, residence Hallett.]

61, 48, 19 Nov. 1940, Page 1

Aberdeen Croquet Club season was opened on Wednesday 13 November.

CWA observed International Day last Friday and the chosen country for this year was New Zealand. Mrs John Tennant gave the address on New Zealand.

61, 48, 19 Nov. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, Saturday 23 November.

Basil Rathbone, Wendy Barry & Nigel Bruce in The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Will Fyffe & Margaret Lockwood in Owd Bob.

Advt. Burra Institute, Thursday 21 November. The Frolics of 1940.

Comedians, Singers, and Dancers. A Ballet of Beautiful Show Girls.

3/-, 2/- Children 1/-

Poppy Day. The sale of poppies in aid of the Distressed Soldiers’ Fund raised £1-1-6 last Friday.

World’s End Methodist Church Anniversary last Sunday. Rev. N. Usher gave two inspiring addresses.

Melvin Wilson, employed by A.P. Rogers, grocer, was rendered unconscious for a considerable time when he rode his bike into a tree in Chapel St on Monday.

RSL Meeting Saturday night. Col. Seymour Hawker CO 10th Battalion RSL VDC visited. The Burra RSL VDC sent c. 30 members including members of the Rifle Club to Clare for ‘A’ Company’s Parade last Sunday. Col. Hawker addressed the men.

Miss Norma Young, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W.E.D. Young of Kooringa, left for Yorketown on Friday to join the nursing profession.

61, 48, 19 Nov. 1940, Page 3

A Garden Fete at Koonoona on Saturday last was the combined effort of the Black Springs Patriotic Society, the CWA and Koonoona Employees Patriotic Fund. £40 was raised, which included £10 from the Koonoona shearers.

Burra North FFCF met on 14 November and reported a membership increase from 62 on 13 July (when established) to the present 110. The Pet Show enabled £51-18-11 to be sent to Headquarters. They continue to send parcels as well.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a party and tea on Saturday afternoon last in lieu of the usual picnic, which could not be held due to transport difficulties.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 16 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Underhand stoping to 25’, values erratic, c. 8 dwt per ton. This work will soon be completed to Hogan’s Shaft.

Will then sink Farnden’s No. 2 Shaft, which is behind Farnden’s old stope and bad ground.

5 tons of ore on hand.

East View Claim:

60’ level, south drive, driving 5’ to 83’, no values.

60’ level, north drive, advanced 9’ to 25’, no values. Started to crosscut east and to rise under iron lode, which carries values.

Crushed 14 tons 19 cwt for av. 5 dwt 7 gr per ton.

Cricket. A meeting of Burra Cricket Club on Wednesday in Pearce’s Building decided to carry on for the 1940-41 season. Elected: Patron, T. Scovell; President, R.T. Bowles; Vice-Presidents, Messrs McGrath, Genders & C.J. Butler; Captain, F. Sims; Vice-Captain, F.R. Pontifex; Hon. Sec., G. Rosman.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Fete was held successfully on 9 November. Takings were c. £57.

Bowden Salvation Army Citadel Band visited Booborowie on Saturday and Burra on Sunday last. Envoy Winfield, the officer presently in charge at Burra, offered the band for a performance at the Rotunda at 2.30 p.m. They also played at the Burra Hospital. They drew only a fair attendance at the Rotunda, which was unfortunate as the concert was in aid of gifts for the boys leaving for overseas.

Red Cross Flower Stall sales closed last Friday. The 15 weeks of operation raised £87-0-6. The stall was the happy idea of Mr & Mrs Bence and operated in front of their shop.

Mongolata Mail. There has been some talk of cutting out the Mongolata Mail and a meeting of the Progress Assoc. on Thursday resolved to ask the Federal Member, Mr J.G. Duncan Hughes, to use his efforts for the continuation of the service. [The P.O. there remained open till 1946.]

61, 48, 19 Nov. 1940, Page 4

Booborowie Variety Fair on November 16 was a success for the Methodist community there and is reported in c. 11⁄3 columns.

61, 49, 26 Nov. 1940, Page 1 & 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross mounted a Gala, Concert, Queen Competition and Dance on Wednesday last, combined with the Institute Committee and they raised £306. It is reported in exhaustive detail over 4 columns.

61, 49, 26 Nov. 1940, Page 1

K.C. Sandland was given a farewell at the RSL on Friday. He is leaving Burra to join Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. at Loxton. Speakers were the Mayor, L.M. Gordon, G.S. Hawker, and K. Drew. [Others who spoke, but whose speeches are not reported were: R. Smith, W. Harfield, Dr Steele, P. Reed, H. Hill, H. Hutson, G. Dollman, S.C. Genders, R.C. Lott, T. Scovell & C. Samuel.]

William Carpenter writes re the Mongolata Mail.

The Department has no intention of closing the PO or discontinuing the mail at present. It did enquire recently whether a once a week service would suffice, but on the situation being explained it retained the twice a week service. The position is however, that after nine years resident I find it impossible to carry on profitably and have decided to leave at the end of the year. The Department is calling for someone capable of conducting the P.O. and running the service. The mail service carries a salary of £52 p.a. and the P.O. an allowance of c. £17-10-0. The residential population of Mongolata is about 20: seven years ago there were over 120 on the field. At present only 11 men are employed and 7 of these reside in Burra, leaving only four wage earners residing on the field. It is very unfortunate if these people are to be deprived of the P.O. through no fault of their own.

61, 49, 26 Nov. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 30 November.

Robert Donat & Rosalind Russell in The Citadel.

Plus short features.

Pte Lindsay Hood received a presentation from the Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee during a hurried visit to Burra last Sunday. His marriage prevented his remaining for a social given to eight others on Monday. He is to marry Miss Vida Bourman on Wednesday in Adelaide. He had enlisted from Burra and had been here for 5 years. Speeches were made by the Mayor, P.L. Rosman, Lin Gordon & F.T. Sara. On Monday presentations were made to Cpl J. Lovegrove, Cpl R. Liebeknecht and Ptes Clem Davey, Fred Seaford, Jim Robinson, Eric Smith, Ron Smith and Jack Pengelly. [Sic]

Hallett Red Cross Drive took the form of a garden fete at Willogolleche, the home of Mrs G.S. Melrose, last Saturday. The splendid figure of £145 was netted.

Mr Gilbert Walker, son of Mr & Mrs O.G. Walker, has passed the last subject of his BA. He is on the staff at Challa Gardens Public School.

Mr M. Hegarty is the new Burra postmaster. He began his duties on Monday and came from the Cummins PO.

Pte Bert Wood, who is well known in Burra, spent a portion of his leave last week with his sister Mrs T.J. Kallio of Springbank.

Mrs Reg. Lee goes to Adelaide in the hope of taking up some kind of war work.

Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook visited Burra on the weekend and took Sunday morning service at Kooringa Methodist Church.

Mr E. (Ted) Jennings was given a farewell gift on his departure from Burra School to become head teacher at Caltowie. He had been in Burra for 7 years.

61, 49, 26 Nov. 1940, Page 3

Burra town Council, 18 November.

The Department of Mines replied to Mr McDonald’s query re further employment at the Burra Mine, saying that it was at present merely trying to find out if the ore available could be smelted at Pt Pirie.

The Unemployment Relief Council wrote re Special Xmas Cheer Fund for unemployed persons. Council was asked to subsidise the scheme if possible. Cr Lott felt as not many would be eligible they might be able to do so.

The Mayor said 17 families had left the town recently and this together with enlistments was making it hard for business. He was anxious to get more men employed at the mine.

Cr Terry said more could not be employed at present.

Cr Samuel said they were fortunate to be having it tested at all. Mines elsewhere were receiving no attention.

Cr March said when the Premier & Minister of Mines visited the Council had no proof the mine was worth working. (The Mayor disagreed.) The men working there now had been told to test a certain shaft and he did not see why the Council should interfere now.

The Mayor said the Federal Govt. should be approached to see if it was possible to treat the ore from the mine in SA.

Cr Samuel said about 26 mining towns had approached the Govt. about getting their mines going and had got nothing. Now two experts were testing the Burra Mine. There was no definite lode at the Burra Mine.

Cr Lott said Burra had a ballast quarry and yet ballast was going through Burra daily from another centre.

Cr Samuel said the ballast quarry had been condemned long ago.

It was resolved that information be obtained from the RAA about Finch’s corner.

A letter will be written to the Member for the District to see if the Kooringa Police Station could be improved. It was an eyesore.

Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee resolved on 7 November to give each soldier a wrist watch.

Bowls. At Eudunda on Saturday: Eudunda 125 defeated Burra 89.

Cricket. At Leighton on Saturday: Leighton 186 defeated Burra 132.

61, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1940, Page 1 [2nd use of No. 49]

Burra & District Honour Roll, which first appeared on 2 July, appears here for the first time in alphabetical order. It had appeared weekly and continues to do so.

Presentations to 8 Soldiers were made at the Institute on Monday 25 November. They were: Privates Clem Davey, Jack Pengilly, Eric Smith, Ron Smith, Fred Seaford, Jim Robinson, Cpl Lovegrove & Cpl Liebeknecht. There were speeches from the Mayor, Dr Steele, S.C. Genders & G.S. Hawker.

‘Two of Them’ writes implying that Cr Lott favoured a stop sign near Finch’s butcher shop corner because it was also the corner near Cr Lott’s motor garage. [Implying that a stop sign would aid business.]

‘Fair Go’ writes about the Health Officer being sent to investigate the water in the creek behind the Fire Station and suggests that he be sent to inspect the area behind Cr Lott’s garage for ‘garage offal lying in it’.

61, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. under instruction from F. Spencer, who is relinquishing business and leaving the district, will sell his furniture etc. on 17 December. [A detailed list is printed.]

Advt. Talkies, 7 December.

George Brent & Frank McHugh in Wings of the Navy.

James Stevenson & Sheila Bromley in Calling Philo Vance.

Advt. Salvation Army Young People’s Anniversary on Saturday & Sunday 7 & 8 December.

Presentations to 4 Soldiers: Ptes Roy Scroop, Bill Robinson, Syd Borowsky & Sgt Thomas, will be reported next issue.

Marriage. At Willalo Methodist Church, 27 November.

Melville L. Rasmus, elder son of Mr & Mrs A.J. Rasmus of Porter’s Lagoon and

Mavis B. cook, 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs G. Cook of North Booborowie.

Marriage. At North Adelaide Manse 27 November.

Lindsay Hood, son of Mr 7 Mrs W. Hood of Mt Pleasant and

Vida Bourman, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Bourman of Kooringa.

Colin Twist has joined the RAAF. He visited Burra as the guest of Mr & Mrs Bence at the weekend.

Leighton Hall Fete last Saturday was in aid of the Hall Fund and the Red Cross Drive.

Hallett Methodist Strawberry Fete on 6 November raised £76.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 30 November.

Farnden’s Hill. No. 2 Shaft advanced 10’ to 28’. Rigged windlass and ladders to sink shaft through to drive, which connects with Hogan’s shaft.

Continued work on underlie to follow leader: values 8 dwt per ton, but leader very small.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft.

60’ level, south drive, driving between slate and schist advanced 8’ to 91’, no values.

60’ level north drive, crosscutting east through schist, added 6’, no values.

61, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1940, Page 3

Rex Miller (Transport Driver) was given a presentation at the Hallett Institute last Saturday night.

Ptes Mervyn Longford & Clarrie Duggan received presentations at Hallett on Friday.

Farrell’s Flat Methodist Strawberry Fete raised £33.

Obituary. Mrs W.P. Collins of Gum Creek died at Burra Hospital on 3 December. Her husband died many years ago. She is survived by an adult family. [Born Jane Gould 31 October 1867 Gum Creek: died 3 December 1940 Burra, residence Gum Creek.]

Weather. Dry weather prevails. So far this year only 10.01” have fallen. At Baldina Station, only 10 miles away only 4.60” have been recorded.

61, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1940, Page 1 [3rd use of No. 49]

Burra Rifle Club. Reservist numbers are now 72 and we would like to get to 100.

Presentations to 4 more soldiers.

Wristwatches were given to four more volunteers on Monday: Sgt L.H. Thomas & Ptes Bill Robinson, Roy Scroop & Syd Borowski. The Institute was packed and Ptes Hawke, Bier & Williams from Kapunda also attended. Speakers were the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, Rev. Secombe, Envoy Winfield, S. Hawker & H.J. B. Jennison.

61, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 12 & 14 December.

Richard Greene & Anita Louise in The Little Princess.

Warner Baxter & Lynn Bari in Return of the Cisco Kid.

Obituary. Mrs Jane Collins, who died 2 December [Last issue said 3 December], was born at Farrell’s Flat in 1868, the 3rd daughter of the late Mr 7 Mrs George Gould. She was educated at Farrell’s Flat School and in 1894 married Mr William P. Collins who was employed for many years on Gum Creek Station. Mr Collins died in March 1926. Mrs Collins lived at Gum Creek for many years, where she had grazing and farming country. Eight of a family of nine survive: W.H. Collins (Booborowie), G.L. Collins (Hanson), S.H. Collins (Hanson), R.K. Collins, Murray P. Collins, J.L. Collins, Mabel Mrs Allan Gebhardt (Kooringa), Miss Vera Collins (Gum Creek). Her second son, W.G. Collins, was k.i.a. at Jeannecourt France in 1918.

A sister, Mrs Salter (Willunga) survives with three brothers: R. Gould (Mt Mary), J. Gould, (Mutooroo Station) & W. Gould (Murray Bridge). There are 3 grandsons, Maurice, Ross & Jim Collins of Booborowie. [Born Samuel Jones Jeffrey 29 June 1874 Hundred of English: died Samuel Jeffery 8 August 1940 Clarence Park.]

Obituary. Mrs Edward Statton died on Saturday 7 December at Hallett. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Davey of Kooringa and was born in 1860 and resided in Burra till her marriage. She and her husband were in the forefront of activities at Hallett, especially those connected with the Methodist Church. Members of the family still in the district are: Mr E.S. Statton & Mrs D.C. Seigert. Other members are: Rev. W.S. Statton (Alberton) & J. Statton (Mitcham). Her only sister, Mrs E.L. Davey resides at Croydon. Two surviving brothers are Messrs E.J. Davey & A.A. Davey of Kooringa.

[The next issue of the paper added to the family: Mrs W.C. Cornish (Lameroo), Mr A.K. Statton (Lockleys) & Mr G.R. Statton (Merrylands NSW).]

[Born Emma Davey 24 February 1861 Kooringa: died 7 December 1940 Hallett.]

Platoon Com. D.C. Chambers & Pte K.R. Cooper were given a presentation at Waterloo on 29 November.

61, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1940, Page 3

Burra FFCF held its first AGM last Tuesday. Mrs A. Tennant reported for the year.

The unit began at a Red Cross meeting and the Red Cross has kindly allowed the use of the room in conjunction with them. The RSL is sponsoring the FFCF.

Burra North has also formed a circle registered with us and they have a membership of 110.

The RSL Wives Group was originally formed up with us, but has since registered separately.

At the Anzac Sports in conjunction with the two other FFCF circles and the RSL we raised £494.

We have also raised £104-13-5 with the help of Burra Burra Show War Committee, CWA, Bence’s Ltd, the Burra Racing Club, the Buffalo lodge & other donors.

With Burra North we have sent 25 Xmas parcels to men overseas.

Mrs Ganley reported they had made up and forwarded 227 pairs of socks, 101 pairs of mittens, 75 mufflers, 34 pullovers, 98 handkerchiefs and 42 dilly bags.

Mrs Les Pascoe reported for the Burra North Circle.

The Pet Show resulted in £51-18-11 being sent to Headquarters. Dances in the Lodge Hall have added to the Diggers’ Cupboard Fund. Miss Clarice Reed reported sending off 294 pairs of socks, 49 mufflers, 13 helmet scarves, 44 pullovers, 18 pairs of mittens, 48 handkerchiefs and 2 caps.

Election: Patron, Mrs T.H. Woollacott; President, Mrs Andrew Tennant; Assistant Sec., Mrs Sims; Secretary, Mrs G. Ganley; Treasurer, Mrs Butler; Vice-Presidents, Mrs S.C. Genders & Mrs A.B. Riggs.

Burra Hospital Board met on Monday last. Mr I.J. Warnes, Chairman, said they ended the year £400 better off than at the end of 1939. Mr Warnes this year donated a new call system for the wards and rubber matting for the corridors and stairways at a total cost of £130. Members passed a vote of thanks to Mr Warnes.

Burra Town Council, 2 December.

RAA’s country representative will discuss the matter of a stop sign at Finch’s Corner on his next visit.

A.D. McDonald MP will interview the Minister and press for the necessary improvements at the Kooringa Police Station.

Austin & Co. ask permission to place a drain pipe from their premises and connect it with a similar pipe from the National Bank. This is to drain water from the Ice Factory at present being built. As it was to handle pure water the request was granted.

Austin & Co. were granted permission to alter the front of their premises.

Tenders to be called to paint the Rotunda.

Matron G. Siegele of Pt Pirie and formerly of Burra Hospital has been appointed Matron of Broken Hill Hospital.

Mrs Harry Pellew and her husband Dr Pellew and daughter have now returned to Australia. She is presently staying with her sister, Mrs E.C. Collins of Mt Bryan.

Mr & Mrs E.G. Butler, late proprietors of the Burra Hotel, left Burra yesterday with Mrs Butler’s sister, Miss Perry. Mr & Mrs Cocks, late of Largs Bay, have taken over the Burra Hotel.

Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on 9 December.

The Buffalo Lodge made presentations recently to Ptes Eric Smith, Claude Attrill and Sid Biggs.

Salvation Army’s Children’s Anniversary at the weekend was enhanced by a visit from a party of young people from the Bowden Corps, arranged by Envoy Winfield. The addresses on Sunday were given by Mrs C. Wood of Bowden.

Rev. Redding’s Message to the Troops is reprinted from the Ammo Daily circulating among the AIF in England.

61, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1940, Page 4

Social & Presentation to Booborowie Soldiers, Saturday 30 November.

This was tendered to Ptes M. Hogan, W. Leader, F. Shattock, J. Summers & L. Summers. Speakers were Mr French, L. Gill, W.J. Cousins, B. O’Connor, A.C. Woodgate & R.G. Mayfield.

(W. Leader came from the UK 18 years ago and worked on the farm of R.G. Mayfield’s father.)

Pte Robert Wilson received a presentation on 29 November at Decima Warner’s Café. Though not a Burra Boy he had enlisted here. (He had been a colt-breaker.) Speakers were the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, H. Jennison & S.C. Genders.

61, 50, 17 Dec. 1940, Page 1

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 14 December.

James Dudley Parks, youngest son of Mrs D. Parks & the late Mr Harry Parks of Kooringa and

Ira Joyce Butler, 2nd youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.G. Butler of Burra North.

Mr A.A. Davey was presented with an illuminated address on Monday evening by the Burra Institute Committee in recognition of his long service as librarian. Only 11 years after the foundation stone was laid in 1874 Mr William Davey became librarian and caretaker. He held the position until he retired due to ill health in 1903. 13 years before that he took his youngest son, Arthur, who left school at 13, to assist him. He acted as assistant from 1890 to 1903 and was then appointed to the position he now holds. In that time the library has been known as one of the best in the state. The public and private reading rooms are unequalled in the country. Mr Davey has now had 50 years of direct connection with the Institute. The text of the address is printed. The Mayor added his congratulations to those of the committee. Mr Davey talked of some of the changed he had seen at the library. He said there had been at least six major changes. Books were catalogued for the first time 12 months before his father’s death. The main hall had been changed and the gallery put in. These changes did away with the smoke and amusement room. The old amusement room was adjacent to the library on the western side and was used for chess. It was now the spacious members’ room. He hoped to continue his duties for some time yet.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church anniversary was held recently. Rev. C.R. Dadds officiated.

61, 50, 17 Dec. 1940, Page 2

Obituary. [See notice from Executor Trustee & Agency Co. of SA Ltd.]

Florence Sarah Beckwith of Torrensville and late of Mt Bryan died 11 October 1940.

[Born Florence Sarah Cockrum 10 August 1875 Cartapo and registration of death says died 22 October 1940 Mile End, residence Torrensville.]

Advt. Talkies, 21 December.

Nelson Eddy & Virginia Bruce in Song of the Plains.

Janet Gaynor & Robert Montgomery in Three Loves has Nancy.

25 December.

Tyrone Power & Alice Faye in Rose of Washington Square.

Sidney Toler & Phyllis Brooks in Charlie Chan at Reno.

26 December.

John Garfield & Priscilla Lane in Dust Be My Destiny.

Joel McCrea & Brenda Marshall in Espionage Agent.

Bob Collins, son of Mr & Mrs Cyril Collins of Mt Bryan and a student at Prince Alfred’s College won the heavyweight boxing honours of the school for this year.

The Mayor’s Annual Xmas Appeal for the needy of the town has started with £3-4-0 so far.

61, 50, 17 Dec. 1940, Page 3

Burra High School end of year social drew a large attendance and was a mixture of games and dances ending with two humorous films.

RSL meeting on 14 December resolved to hold Anzac Sports in April 1941.

Mongolata Gold Field.

Curlew Claim.

In the past year the claim yielded 113 oz 11 dwt – a very healthy result. At the present price of gold this encourages the few interested in the claim to continue operations.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 14 December.

Farnden’s Hill.

No. 2 Shaft, continued sinking on underlie following leader to connect with drive from Riggs Open Cut, advanced 12’ to 40’. This is completed to enable a start on stoping in the New Year, values c. 1⁄2 oz per ton.

East View Claim: Kellaway’s Shaft

60’ level, south drive, working on quartz 7 iron lode 18” wide c. 3 dwt by pan test.

60’ level, north drive, crosscutting east advanced 4’ to 10’, no values.

5 tons ore at grass.

Redruth Christian Endeavour gave their Old Folks Christmas Party at the Memorial Hall last Wednesday. Rev. Usher is on holidays, so Rev. Secombe officiated. Many said it was the happiest and best party for years.

Miss Shiela Butler, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C.J. Butler of the Bank of Australasia and

Miss Esther Murray, daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Murray of Cappeedee, Hallett, have received the call to the Hendon Munition Works. Both have signed up for the duration of the war.

Nancy Pearce, of the Education Dept. and eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Lisle Pearce has been appointed to the staff of Quorn High school.

Pte Malcolm G. Thompson writes a letter from UK dated 7 October. He describes the trip to Scotland via Cape Town. He contracted mumps just before arrival.

Brief extracts from a letter from Pte Ron Swinden [sic] and greetings from Mavis Riggs.

61, 51, 24 Dec. 1940, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 16 December.

The Commissioner of Railways advises he could not run a bus from Terowie for the convenience of AIF men home on leave for the weekend.

E.L. Steer won the tender to paint the Rotunda.

The Mayor assured Cr Lott that the Council had been concerned about a stop sign at Finch’s corner long before he bought the garage and as far as the rubbish behind the garage, he knew nothing of it.

Police will investigate vandalism to pine trees along the creek.

Local Board of Health.

Council has inspected drains along the creek. They were filthy and the properties concerned should have sealed pits built. The area was alive with mosquitoes. Cr Lott offered used oil to control the mosquitoes. Offer accepted. The question of sealed pits is to lie on the table.

Burra Primary School break-up is reported. It was celebrated last Wednesday. At the recent QC exams there was a 100% pass rate and the two highest marks went to Max Pearce with 650 and to Kathleen Ford with 617. The students have 266 War Savings Certificates valued at £212-16-0 and £16-17-0 has been raised for the Schools’ Patriotic Funds.

The prize list is printed. Qualifying Certificates go to:

Max Pascoe Malcolm Jones Robert Broad

Royce Parker Gilbert Wilson Ron Pascoe

Owen Prior John Villis Kelvin Bruce

Peter Sandland Frank McMahon Peter Humphrys

John Wall Lorna Kellaway Fay Parks

Dorothy Southall Nellie Brandt Kathleen Ford

Roma Sellars Jill Pearce Rhonda Bourman

Betty Marshall Marie Crewes Cynthia Sara

Joan Collins Diana Davies Marjorie Bax

Jim Riggs, 2nd son of Mr & Mrs Vernon Riggs of Lord’s Well Station, has just finished two excellent years at Thebarton Technical School and was dux of his class from the second term of 1939 to that just ended. In the Intermediate Technical examination he gained 12 subjects with 6 credits. Jim Studied at Burra Primary until Grade IV and then did correspondence lessons till Grade VII. His brother John Riggs went to Prince Alfred’s College and gained 6 Intermediate passes and 1 credit.

Colin Humphrys was also at Thebarton Technical School and has come through his year as dux of his class with 11 subjects and 7 credits. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Roy Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’.

61, 51, 24 Dec. 1940, Page 2

Advt. Talkies, 28 December.

Jane Withers & Leo Carillo in Arizona Wild Cat.

Jessie Matthews & Michael Redgrave in Climbing High.

30 December.

Caesar Romero & Marjorie Weaver in Cisco Kid and The Lady.

Lloyd Nolan & Jean Rogers in Man Who Wouldn’t Talk.

1 January.

Errol Flynn & Claude Rains in Prince and Pauper.

Ronald Reagan & Ila Rhodes in Secret service of the Air.

Notice. Salvation Army. R.C. Winfield, Officer in Charge extends thanks for support and season’s greetings to all.

Carols. Inaugurated by Rev. C. Gray, the Anglican and Kooringa Methodist Choirs, with other friends, at the close of the Sunday evening service treated residents to good carol singing. They were driven around the town on a lorry with Pte Clem Davey playing a little organ thereon. They called first at the Hospital and then toured the streets.

At University of Adelaide Commemoration two past students of Burra gained the Dip. Of Associate in Music: Miss Beth Haese and Miss Joyce Tuck.

The Daily Noon Prayer at the Memorial will be discontinued from Christmas Eve through the hot weather.

Burra High School Party was held on Tuesday afternoon, prepared by the Parents & Friends Assoc. There was a good attendance of students.

Weather. Last Wednesday the temperature exceeded 100°F, but about 8.30 p.m. a sudden change brought in a three-hour gale with dust, creating one of the worst dust storms for some time with flying grit and even small gravel. Some light rain began about midnight and by 9 a.m. 28 points had been registered. In the pastoral areas falls were between 20 and 37 points.

Mayor’s Christmas Appeal reaches £10-15-0.

61, 51, 24 Dec. 1940, Page 3

Mt Bryan FFCF AGM is reported. It was held on 18 December. Details fill 3⁄4 column.

Pte Alfred Bowen, an old Burra Boy arrived on the Broken Hill express on Saturday morning and left again by the 1.30 p.m. train after seeing relatives. He was born here, but left for Sydney c. 3 years ago. His parents, Mr & Mrs Arthur Bowen were born here, as were his grandparents. Despite the brevity of his visit he received a presentation at Miss Decima Warner’s café at which the speakers were the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, Pte Bob Wilson & A.L. Bence.

Burra High School Annual Break-up was held at the Assembly Room on Wednesday. The approaching storm brought out swarms of flying ants to the discomfort of those under the lights, but they disappeared with the arrival of the dust and gale. The entertainment is described.

The acting headmaster Mr Draysey gave his report.

The students worked under some disadvantage with respect to staffing. Mr W.E. Richards put in a great effort during his time as headmaster in making the school one of the best equipped and in arousing parent and community interest. In the last four months Miss Koehne, Miss P. Aughey & Mr Womersley have taken added classes and the latter two have taken duties beyond those normally taken by junior staff. The library now houses some 1,000 books and half that number of periodicals. Two additional typewriters have been acquired and the sports equipment is ample. The students have raised money for the Schools’ Patriotic Funds and have also formed a War Savings Group.

In the 1939 Exams 7 Intermediate Certificates were obtained and 2 Leaving Certificates. This year only 1 sat for Leaving, but Intermediate numbers were up. Last year Colin Humphrys gained his Intermediate here and this year his 3rd year certificate at Thebarton Technical School with 11 subjects and 7 credits. Nancy Pearce, who has been appointed to Quorn High School, passed three University subjects with 1 credit. It appears that 16 old scholars have enlisted for service abroad. Dr Steele, as Chairman of the High School Council, gave a brief address before handing out the prizes:

Leaving Certificates 1939 to Robert Goble and Bethel Smith.

Intermediate Certificates 1939 to Joan Edington, Joan Bourman, Colin Humphrys, Valerie Phillips, Ken Fuller, Claire Sara (1948) [sic – presume 1938] & Ellen Byles (1938)

[Presumably the last two began their certificates in 1938 and completed them in 1939.]

Dux for 1940 was Bethel Smith.

Top Intermediate Commercial was Rhonda Smith.

Top Intermediate General was Dudley Field.

The prize list is printed.

61, 51, 24 Dec. 1940, Page 4

Mt Bryan East Annual Christmas Tree was held on 14 December.

After the entertainment section the headmaster, Mr Lavery said the average attendance was better this year. In the Hallett District School Sports Class B the school came second to Hundred of Whyte School and so lost the shield they had held for so many years. The students had been keen collectors of bottles, non-ferrous metals, paper, bones, old tyres and batteries. 22 War Savings Certificates were held to the value of £17-12-0 and 42/- in War Savings Stamps.

Father Christmas then came and ice cream and parlour games filled the time before supper.

Characteristics of the 1940 paper.

The format was a broadsheet 8 columns wide.

Page 1.

There were three or four large local advertisements, but most space was occupied by news and often from July the Burra & District Honour Roll, though its position does sometimes vary. The news is heavily weighted toward patriotic efforts and increasingly presentations to departing soldiers take considerable space.

Page 2.

Advertisements are mostly of sales, entertainment, patriotic events and public notices. There are three or four large local advertisements. News quantity varies, but about half the page is common.

Page 3.

Three or so large local advertisements. Both here and on other pages the ‘news’ is mixed with other articles that are often war related. They include actual stories from the war and propaganda against the Germans, Italians or Japanese, but also articles on war production, weapons, equipment and advice on what to do for greater car efficiency, use of gas producers, and on matters like air raid precautions and blackout requirements etc.

Page 4.

Half of it is often about advertising and frequently carries the rainfall figures from 1880-1940. Although it often carries some local news and sometimes the conclusion of the main article from page 1, more general war related articles as mentioned above, are not unusual.

In general it seems to give a good coverage of activities in the district for the year, but there are some anomalies and omissions. For example the Diggers’ Cupboard Fund gets casual mention, but no real explanation.

Numbering of Issues in 1940.

The year began with Volume 61, Number 1 on 2 January 1940.

And continued to Volume 61, Number 51 on 24 December 1940.

There were several anomalies:

There was no number 13 in the volume.

The number 49 was used three times: on 26 November, 3 December & 10 December.

61, 1 (2), 7 Jan. 1941

Page 1 Advertisements

Walker & Sons Drapers, Clothiers, Crockery, Glass & Shoes

C.J. Pearce & Son Cane & Seagrass Chairs – Camp Stretchers

Tom Scovell (Proprietor) Commercial Hotel

A.D. Sellars Agent for Neptune Power Kerosene

Lee’s Motors Ford Dealers

Ted Baulderstone Summer Drinks, Smallgoods, Vegetables

H.J.B. Jennison Radio, Refrigeration & all Motoring Needs

Page 2 Advertisements

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeon – Pearce’s Buildings, Commercial Street

A.P. Rogers Grocer

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Clothiers

Elder Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

____________ Burra Talkies

Page 3 Advertisements

Bence’s Ltd Clothiers, Drapers & Mechanical Toys

L.M. Reed (Proprietor) Bon Accord Hotel

Cocks (Proprietor) Burra Hotel

N.J. Baynes Electrician

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Page 4 Advertisements

Fred. M. Pearce Builder & Contractor, Timber & Hardware Merchant

Walter Finch Butcher

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Agent for Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler, De Soto, Renault & Austin Cars. Dodge, Fargo, Austin & Reo Trucks, Caterpillar & John Deer Tractors

____________ Central Motors, Burra (late Tiver’s Garage)

W.G. Terry Tailor

NOTE.

Throughout 1941 there were regular and often quite detailed reports of the monthly meetings and associated activities of many of the patriotic societies. These have not generally been noted. They are very repetitive. Where special fundraising activities were undertaken they have been noted. The District Council has also not generally been noted. Most of its reports are concerned with uninteresting correspondence, changes in ownership of real property and road or drainage works of a fairly minor nature. Also not noted were regular reports of the class positions or internal sporting activities of the Burra Primary and High Schools.

The following Red Cross Branches fall under the above note: Burra, Burra North, Hanson, Willalo, Hallett, Leighton, Booborowie, and Mt Bryan.

The following Fighting Forces Comfort Fund units also fall under this note:

Burra, Burra North, Burra RSL Wives.

61, 1 (2), 7 Jan. 1941, pages 1 & 4

Soldiers’ Farewelled

At the Burra Institute on 23 December 1940 presentations were made to eight more of the Burra & District soldiers. A great gathering of residents and a number of visiting servicemen assembled. The guests were:

Sapper W. Kearns (SA Champion heavy-weight lifter) Pte B. Woods

Sgt Alan Penrose Sgt L. Quinn (‘Lofty’ – at 6 ft 81⁄2 ins)

Pte Robert Lee Pte Ken Walker

Cpl Gil Builder Pte A. Tassie

On the platform A.D. McDonald MP, Dr D. Steele, Rev. N. Usher, Messrs S.C. Genders & M. de N. Lucas with Pte Clem Davey at the piano. After the National Anthem and the Song of Australia, Mr G.H. Dollman sang Sons of the Sea. The Mayor voiced his appreciation of the attendance and wished all the best for Christmas and the New Year. He introduced Dr Steele who gave a patriotic speech, supported by Rev. Usher. Mrs Max Pearce sang There’ll Always be an England and Star of Bethlehem. Then Mr Genders spoke for the RSL supported by Mr Lucas. Sapper Kearns sang Silver hair and heart of gold. Community singing followed and Mr Dollman sang Tell all tonight. Mrs Frank Marston then presented each soldier with a small parcel of woollies etc. and the Mayor made a presentation of a wrist watch. The soldiers responded briefly. Pte Builder was more eloquent in praise of the efforts of the FFCF and said their efforts were greatly appreciated. Boys in camp from WA and Victoria were also loud in praise of the Cheer-Up Hut, as there was nothing comparable in their home states. Mr McDonald MP moved the vote of appreciation for the organisers and the evening ended with the singing of the National Anthem and three cheers for King, Empire and Soldiers.

New Year’s Night Dance in Booborowie Hall was the annual dance to aid Hall funds. Funds from the supper will aid parcels for local lads in the AIF.

Mt Bryan School’s 12th annual school concert was held on 12 December. It was organised by the head teacher Mr Seebohm and assistant teacher Miss Garrett. Proceeds aid the School’s Patriotic Fund. [The program is described.]

61, 1 (2), 7 Jan. 1941, page 2

Notice. RSL, VDC & RCR parades every Sunday 10 a.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 January

Akim Tamiroff & Dorothy Lamour in Disputed Passage

William Boyd & George Hayes in Pride of the West

Plus a Pop-Eye Cartoon & Shorts and the 12th Episode of Red Barry

Obituary. Ida Johnson, wife of Lawrence Johnson of Burra, died on 1 January suddenly at the residence of her son at Willunga aged 44.

[Born Christana Louise Eda Mader 16 April 1896 Bundy: married as Ida Mader and died 1 January 1941 as Ida Christina Louisa Johnson Pages Flat, residence Burra.]

[Further on.] Mrs Laurie Johnson died 2 January at the residence of her son Mr S. Johnson at Willunga, where she was on holiday with her husband. She was only 44 and is survived by a husband and children, Sydney, Iris, Zita, Mary, Pat, Peter, Nellie, Dorothy and Brian, the youngest only about five years old.

Hallett School Committee organised a Christmas Party at the Institute on 19 December and each child was treated to ice cream. Cool drinks and a gift from the tree distributed by Father Christmas. Qualifying Certificates were distributed.

Mt Bryan School Welfare Club staged a Christmas Tree Party on 18 December at the school. The children presented items, Father Christmas arrives and presents were distributed. Bags of lollies and peanuts with apricots and oranges were given to each child. Qualifying Certificates were given to Audrey Edwards, Eunice Edwards and Moss Burton.

Mr Kevin Kennedy, who has been on the staff at the Burra Post Office for twelve years, has been transferred to Nuriootpa.

Max Pascoe, second son of Mr & Mrs Claude Pascoe of Kooringa, has won an Exhibition at the Qualifying Examinations.

Bronte Bunney, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Roy Bunney of Kadina and late of Burra also won an Exhibition at the Qualifying Examinations.

Weather. Monsoonal rains coming south from the north-east have extended to Burra and the eastern pastoral country, though they petered out as they neared agricultural areas. Oakbank recorded 220 points, Quondong 113, Sturt Vale 59, Koomooloo 30, Woolgangi 43, Braemar over 50, Baldina 14 and Burra 15. 1940 was a very dry year to the east. Koomooloo received less than one inch and few stations received more than 350 points.

Obituary. Mr Tom Rogers a pioneer grazier of Hanson died at his residence on 30 December aged 82 after a short illness. [Thomas Rogers born 12 May 1858 Gum Creek.]

Obituary. Mr George Earle, an old resident of Willalo, died at Burra Hospital recently aged 85. He leaves a large adult family. [Born 26 May 1856 Tam O’Shanter Belt.]

Obituary. Mrs Frank H. Pledge died at her residence in Thames St Kooringa, yesterday morning. She was Ruth, the second surviving daughter of the late Mr & Mrs W. Wilson. She was born in Chapel Street and but for a brief period at Blyth after her marriage, spent her whole life here. She leaves a husband and daughter Miss M.P. Pledge. She is also survived by two sisters and one brother: Miss Alice Wilson and Miss May Wilson, both of Kooringa and Mr Alfred Wilson of Perth WA.

[Born Ruth Wilson 28 June 1875: died 6 January 1941 Burra.]

61, 1 (2), 7 Jan. 1941, page 3

Burra Buffalo Lodge on Christmas night presented cigarette cases to Cpl Builder, Pte R. Lee and Sgt L. Quinn. On Tuesday night a cigarette case was presented to Pte M.E. Cox.

Cpl Roy Porter was given a social on 27 December at Leighton Hall. He was greeted by A.D. McDonald MP and the Leighton Orchestra played Australia Will be There. President of the Soldiers’ Social Committee D. Keynes welcomed him and also spoke for the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL. Speeches were made as well by Mr McDonald, W.H. Lloyd & M. Humphrys. Mrs E. Jettner as President of the FFCF (Leighton) handed over a parcel of woollen comforts. W.H. Lloyd made a presentation from the Ironmine Church. Dancing and supper followed.

Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee under T.H. Woollacott and A.B. Riggs make an appeal for funds to finance the wrist watches given to departing soldiers. They have so far been disappointed with the response. Having farewelled 55 soldiers, they have given out 25 watches and believe they need at least 25 more. [Watches apparently cost 15/- each.]

Burra Town Council, Monday

Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey wrote appealing for funds to provide warm clothing for Greek soldiers in Albania.

Cr Lott urged another effort be made to get the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry re-opened. He knew there was trouble in raising ballast at the Sleep’s Hill Quarry and lorries had to be used there.

The Mayor thought there was little chance given responses to earlier efforts.

62, 2, 14 Jan. 1941, page 1

Burra Burra Show War Committee met recently at the Eastern Telephone Building.

It was decided to give £50 to the Lady Barclay-Harvey appeal for Greek soldiers, another £50 to the Cheer-Up Hostel Linen Fund and a further £50 to the Cheer-up Hostel Building Fund. A subscription list was established to add to these sums. So far £17-6-0 has been received.

Mrs Frank Spencer and family left Burra at the end of December to live in Whyalla where Mr Spencer has been conducting his business for some time. Mr F. Spencer had long been associated with many matters associated with the welfare of the town and especially as a donor of sports trophies. Mrs Spencer has been running the business here since her husband left for Whyalla. Mrs Spencer was given a farewell by friends at the CWA Rest Room on Thursday 26 December in the form of a bridge evening and supper. A presentation was made of a handsome handbag. Mrs Spencer left with the two girls, Frances and Tasma and son Seth. Her elder son Peter has been in business in Whyalla for some months.

62, 2, 14 Jan. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 January

Douglas Fairbanks Jnr & Margaret Lockwood in Rulers of the Sea

George Raft & Ellen Drew in The Lady from Kentucky

A Pop-Eye Cartoon and the final episode of Red Barry

Marriage. St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Adelaide, 28 December 1940

Mary Gertrude Meers, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs J.J. Meers of Hallett, married

David Norman Dann, eldest son of Mr & Mrs D. Dann of Gawler Blocks.

Social for Sailors. After 18 months active service a social will be held for AB Seamen Will & Les Stewart at Burra Institute on Tuesday evening.

62, 2, 14 Jan. 1941, page 3

Burra Institute AGM drew only a small number. During the year the committee lost the services of Mr M.W. Bednall, who transferred his business to Adelaide and Mr W.E. Richards (Hon. Sec.) who joined the RAAF.

On 1 January 1940 the library held 5,518 volumes and on the 31 December there were 5,792.

The Institute suffered this year from the decline in entertainments except for patriotic efforts, for which the committee has made a concession in its charges. The committee was unsuccessful in trying to get the mortgagees to reduce their interest rate from 6%. On 1 October 1940 new arrangements with the Burra Talkies Proprietors came into force, whereby the Institute gets a percentage of the gross receipts for the next five years. It was expected that this would have increased income by £80 p.a., which would have put the Institute on a sound financial basis, but reduced attendances due mainly to wartime conditions have reduced this to about £30 p.a. All income now barely covers annual commitments and this will inevitably lead to a lack of repairs, renovations, renewals etc. The mortgage is now running overdue and a new mortgage must be executed shortly. It seems an opportune time for the Corporation of Burra to take over the Institute and relieve the present deplorable state of its finances. We congratulate the librarian Mr A.A. Davey on completing 50 years of service.

Vice President Mr R.T. Bowles said the present overdraft was £3,163 and the war was likely to see the income further reduced. Things could not go on with the present high level of commitments and low income. Mr Dane pointed out that when the debt was incurred the committee was receiving a bonus from the Government almost double that presently received and it therefore felt quite justified in making the improvements and it could have paid the interest had not the Government grant been cut, causing the present financial trouble. It was the defaulting of the Government which had placed the committee in its present position.

Calls for nominations for the vacant positions failed to get any response. Letters informing the Secretary of the Institutes Association and the Manager of the Stat Bank of the position will be sent by the past Vice-President R.T. Bowles and the past Acting Secretary, Mr R.J. Grant.

Academic results of former Burra students:

Leaving Certificate:

Joyce Dyer 5 subjects (Methodist Ladies’ College)

Claire Sara 3 subjects (Methodist Ladies’ College)

Dudley Armstrong 2 subjects (Nuriootpa H.S.)

David Genders 3 subjects (St Peter’s College)

Patty Aughey added Latin to her Leaving Certificate and matriculated. She passed Accountancy for her AVA Diploma.

Bethel Smith added 3 subjects to her Leaving Certificate to matriculate with 9 subjects.

John Womersley passed 4 University subjects with 1 credit.

Nancy Pearce and Marjorie Edington have done well at Teachers’ College.

Mr A. Swanson completed his BA.

Mr Pittman and Mr Taylor, former junior teachers at Burra and Mrs Swanson have all been given a third year at Teachers’ College.

Obituary. Mrs Ralph Hill of Kooringa died last Friday. She was Dora, elder daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Ockenden of Kooringa and had been in indifferent health for some time. She leaves a widower and three children: Mr John R. Hill, Miss Susie Hill and Mr Joff Hill, all of Kooringa. There are also five surviving brothers and one sister: Mr O. Ockenden (Kooringa), Charles, Frank and Dick Ockenden of Adelaide, Stan Ockenden of Melbourne and Mrs C. Rabbich of North Adelaide.

[Born Mary Dora Ockenden 13 January 1882 Waterloo: died 10 January 1941 Burra.]

Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. The Burra RSL Wives Group received letters from two boys who received their Christmas parcels as well as one from Sister Mavis Riggs in Palestine.

Sister Marcelle de St Berchmans of the Little sisters of the Poor. Birkenhead, England, writes of the strength and resilient of the population under air raids. (Formerly Leah Hogan of Leighton.)

[I have been unable to trace her birth or confirm her original name.]

Copperhouse School Committee & Welfare Club held a Christmas Tree and prize-giving on 18 December. Father Christmas distributed gifts and the children gave a series of items. Ice creams were distributed. Qualifying Certificates were presented to:

Shirley Wohling (Dux) Vincent O’Brien

Josephine Halls Aileen Rogers

The teacher Mr K. Murdoch reported on a good year’s work by the pupils. Supper, dancing and items followed. [The prize list is printed.]

Mr S.C. Clifford of the staff of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred to Wentworth, NSW, after about five years here. He goes with Mrs Clifford and Miss June Clifford. Mr B.C. Milnes of Maitland is his replacement.

Mr W. Trestrail, who lives at Woolgangi Station is 83 on 18 January.

Mr & Mrs Arthur Dearlove of Gwalia WA visited Burra last week.

Con Samuels received a letter from his brother Pte Lewis Samuel, who is with the AIF abroad. He was looked after by Sister Mavis Riggs while recovering from a minor ailment in hospital.

62, 3, 21 Jan. 1941, page 1

A.B. Seamen Will & Leslie Stewart were welcomed home with a social at the Institute on Tuesday 14 January, after 18 months active service. At the same time Transport Driver Ken White was also welcomed. He is the only son of Mrs H. White of Burra Primary School. The event was organised by Secretary Mr Alf. Riggs. Messrs H.E. Fuss & H.J. Jennison represented the RSL and also on the platform was Envoy Winfield with P.L. Rosman at the piano. The Mayor, who had been in Adelaide, arrived just as apologies were being read. Items were interspersed with speeches by H.E. Fuss, Mr Jennison, Envoy Winfield and the Mayor, which are reported at some length. The Mayor presented each of the men with a wrist watch.

Les Stewart said he had joined the Navy before the war and left Australia about a month before war was declared. The ship had gone to Singapore, after which he had returned to Australia before going to Colombo, Aden and Suez on convoy duty. He had travelled some 9,000 miles before returning to Australia. His cousin Will Stewart referred to being attacked by Italian planes and spoke of the evacuation of soldiers from Red Sea ports. They had spent some seven months in the Red Sea.

Aberdeen Croquet Club has started tournament play.

62, 3, 21 Jan. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 January

Priscilla Lane & Jeffrey Lynn in Yes My Darling Daughter

Plus Short Features

27 January

Jane Withers & George Ernest in Boy Friend

Richard Greene & Brenda Joyce in Here I Am a Stranger

Burra Light Horse Troop will entrain for Gawler Camp on Thursday at 1.33 p.m.

Mrs Woodgate, mother of Brassey & Ashley Woodgate of Booborowie, will be 91 on 24 January. She was born at Copperhouse and later lived for many years at Terowie. In recent years she has lived with her daughter Mrs Walker at Prospect. Another son, Mr Will Woodgate, lives in WA.

[As she was born Marie Duneman/Dunemann 24 January 1851, she was 90.]

Miss Mollie Walker, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs A.L. Walker of Kooringa, after working in Adelaide for five years, has accepted a position with the Zinc Corporation Office in Broken Hill.

Miss Joyce Fairchild is spending her annual holidays with her parents, Mr & Mrs R. Fairchild, at Yankalilla.

Mr Colin McLaren of the National Bank Adelaide is presently relieving manager here during the illness of Mr S.C. Genders. He is the second son of the late John McLaren and Mrs McLaren, now of Unley.

Mr & Mrs M. Tohl were farewelled on 15 January at Booborowie. Mr Tohl was headmaster at Booborowie School for nearly five years. Mrs Tohl was unavoidably absent from the farewell at the local hall. Presentations were made of a silver plated cake stang, a pair of mulga bookends and a mulga inkstand.

Pte Phil Ogilvie writes to his parents at Booborowie from Palestine. At Christmas he was able to meet his two brothers, Gunner Stewart Ogilvie, attached to 2/12 Field Regiment 23 Battery and Pte Irvine Ogilvie 2/28 Battalion, both of whom were camped nearby. He tells of having pork and chicken for Christmas dinner with plum pudding and of getting a hamper from the Lord Mayor’s Patriotic War Fund. He says he visited Irvine’s camp on 28th December and received a visit from Stewart on 29th. He writes of visiting the beach at Tel Aviv and of visiting Jaffa.

Burra High School. Academic success of present and former scholars etc.

Reg. Dow (St Peter’s College) passes four Leaving Subjects.

Miss Patty Aughey, a Junior Teacher, has been selected for Teachers’ College in 1941, chiefly due to her good results while at BHS where she passed her Intermediate when 14 and her Leaving aged 15 and at 17 has just passed Accountancy I at University.

Mr J .Womersley, a Junior Teacher at BHS in 1940, will go to Teachers’ College in 1941 to complete his study in Zoology.

62, 3, 21 Jan. 1941, page 3

E.C. Hammond, formerly of Burra and now of Hilton, writes commending the town on its patriotic war effort.

Pte S. Eig of Burra visited the town briefly on Thursday and was presented with a watch and parcel at Warner’s Café. The Mayor chaired the meeting. Pte Eig was a Burra boy who had worked himself up to a position in the Post Office, but had put that aside to join the war effort. Alf Walker spoke in support of the Mayor’s comments. Mrs Eig’s eldest son had gone to the Great War and now her youngest, Stan, was off to this one. Mr H.E. Fuss spoke for the RSL. Mr P.L. Rosman also spoke and Mrs S.C. Genders made the presentation.

Summary of War News for the Week in 11⁄3 columns.

62, 4, 28 Jan. 1941, page 1

The Buffalo Lodge put on a social for the town’s young people in the Institute on Wednesday. In some degree it was a form of compensation for the lack of holidays away from the town for many of them this year due to wartime conditions. Items and games were enjoyed, as was a lavish dispensation of ice cream and a buffet supper. Bags of sweets and peanuts were given to the children and dancing followed supper.

62, 4, 28 Jan. 1941, page 2

Advt. SA Farmers’ Union will conduct a land and clearing sale at Porter’s Lagoon on Thursday 6 February for Mr Mark Jeffery: 59 acres subdivided into four paddocks with a stone house of four rooms. Six draught mares and geldings, one light horse, five milk cows, four calves, 28 sheep and 50 head of poultry.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 January & 1 February

Miliza Korjus & Fernand Gravet in The Great Waltz

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Block Heads

Dick Pascoe passed his Intermediate with five subjects.

Rhonda Smith, second daughter of Mr & Mrs R.H. Smith of Kooringa passed her Intermediate with six subjects.

Cpl Stan Lihou spent his annual leave with his sister Mrs J. Allen Sen. of Kooringa.

The Newton Bennett

Mr Reg Warnes of Woolgangi station motored into Burra Yesterday in a remarkable old battered warrior: a thirty-year-old Newton Bennett, originally owned by Dr Jack Sangster of Burra. It speaks well for the machine that even though well loaded, it negotiated safely the flooded nature of the country.

Pte Charles Kelly received a watch and a parcel of comforts on Friday at a function in the motor sales room of Central Motors, kindly loaned by Mr Cliff Lott when rain and unexpected wintry conditions made the Rotunda an unsuitable venue. The Mayor presided and also announced that news had been received that Sgt Keith Butler had successfully come through the action at Bardia. Mr Jennison spoke in support of the Mayor as did Mr H.E. Fuss as Secretary of the RSL. Wally Lee and Envoy Winfield added their good wishes.

Burra RSL held its AGM in the Club Rooms on 18 January. The Treasurer’s report showed the sub-branch to be in a sound financial position. Elected: President, G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, S. Genders & Doug Keynes. The Secretary and Treasurer were re-elected. It was decided to hold the Annual Sports Day on the Saturday prior to April 25.

Obituary. Mrs E.A. (Ted) Moore of Paxton Square died in Adelaide last week aged 63 after a severe illness. She is survived by a husband and adult family of nine daughters and four sons.

[Born Bessie Jane Uren. Perhaps 12 March 1875 Cambourne, England, but the age given at death suggests born in 1878. Died 25 January 1941, Adelaide, residence Burra.]

62, 4, 28 Jan. 1941, page 3

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 25 January

Dorothy Mabel Woollacott, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Woollacott of Hanson, married

Claude Douglas White, son of Mr & Mrs A.W. White of Farrell’s Flat.

The Drought Breaks

The past year has been exceptionally dry and in the pastoral country most of the properties received only three inches or less for 1940. On Thursday 23 January there was a very lively thunderstorm, which brought the long desired rain. In Burra 73 points fell in 35 minutes and by 9 a.m. Thursday morning the total had reached 120 points.

On Thursday afternoon another spectacular electrical display heralded a fall of 83 points in 35 minutes. Drew’s Lane turned into a creek. All the creeks from the surrounding hills ran abundantly, but the main creek carried it away without major flooding.

On Friday the rain set in solidly and in the town business was suspended as everyone stood around on verandahs to gaze and talk. This time the water could not get away quickly enough and the creek near Dr Steven’s home overflowed, sending a great torrent down Commercial Street. Market Square became a lake and the water spread along the side streets, only to meet the overflow from the same creek coming back to meet it. Water tore through Lane Garden and almost entered the back of C.J. Pearce’s and Lee’s Motors. The Queen Street Bridge was submerged, but survived. The footbridge at the rear of the Commercial Hotel was swept away and Holder Garden was swamped.

In Market Square the water covered the footpath at Elder, Smith & Co. Water entered Pearce’s Building, R.D. Pascoe’s and the Record Office, but in each case the damage was negligible. The main creek was a magnificent sight, carrying a great deal of debris and we are told a few fowls met their Waterloo as the shed they were roosting on encountered the big bridge in Redruth.

Burra’s total rainfall was 318 points.

Burra North fared worse than Kooringa.

The area from the Bon Accord Hotel to the Racecourse became a lake and water entered a number of homes in the area. At T. Villis’s the surrounding water was three feet deep, but only a little entered the house. Sheds, however, were damaged, some poultry were washed away and we believe a cow was drowned. The Vacuum Oil premises were invaded, but the stream just failed to reach the Bon Accord Hotel. Luckily there was no sale at the stockyards where only the tops of the posts were visible. The swing bridge at Gully’s Wharf was smashed by the force of the water and the Aberdeen Croquet green and gardens were completely submerged. Mrs Moxham’s house on the bend was surrounded by water, which rose to the window ledges. Homes just above the Methodist Church at the foot of one of the steep hills were flooded. A great view of the flood was possible from the hill at the rear of the Redruth Methodist Church.

At Mr Eddie Finch’s ‘Wandillah’ property four miles north of the town 464 points fell and this run-off entered the Burra Creek

The Pastoral Country

On Wednesday, before any rain had fallen in Burra, a report from Ketchowla at 3.30 p.m. said 50 points had fallen in 20 minutes. Kia-Ora then reported 70 points, while other nearby stations got nothing, but falls started more generally on Thursday night and reports came in constantly till Sunday night. By Friday Braemar had only reported 19 points, but then at 3 p.m. a call came through to report 145 points in 35 minutes and Ketchowla reported over an inch the same afternoon. All watercourses throughout the area flowed strongly. Sample falls:

Braemar 247 Ketchowla 255 Kia-Ora 256

Koomooloo 315 Old Koomooloo 219 Sturt Vale 94

Woolgangi 238 Quondong 75 Pandappa 240

Poonunda over 200.

Miles of fencing has gone, but stock losses seem to have been light.

The north up train on Friday was held up for 11⁄2 hours just past Firewood Creek. Diprose’s Bridge has been seriously damaged and practically all bridges are likely to need overhauling. At Baldina Ford the 3 ft pipes have been washed 100 yards downstream and the ford badly damaged. The road is impassable with access to Mongolata via Baldina Station.

The Eastern Mail did not go out and will probably not leave till next Saturday.

At World’s End Mr Bob Phillips lost miles of fencing and recorded a fall of over two inches.

The inrush of water from the Burra Creek last week is reported to have caused the water in the River Murray to have risen by 14 inches between the locks.

Booborowie Area

At ‘Lucerne Downs’ Miss Alice Collins had 190 ewes, 6 rams and 70 lambs swept away. 65 sheep and lambs have been recovered, but about 200 are still missing. She reports 450 points in two days and says others have had more. Miles of fencing have been destroyed. John Drew of Booborowie reports over four inches.

Other reports from the Booborowie area say the rush of water swept along boulders and large trees and played havoc with fencing. Fencing material is in very limited supply, which will make replacement a problem.

Messrs I.J. Warnes & Sons have also lost sheep and several homes on Booborowie Flat were flooded. The old station house at Booborowie, owned by I.J. Warnes & Sons and occupied by Mrs J.C. Przibilla and E. Asser and families was flooded to a depth of 30 inches. R. Hodge, overseer for R. Hawker Ltd, lost 26 drums of kerosene, petrol and oil. R. Morris’s residence was inundated and so was that of Mr Hurtle Baynes. Mr W.D. Ogilvie’s home was also damaged.

At Booborowie Township itself the drain constructed to prevent flooding served its purpose well.

62, 5, 4 Feb. 1941, page 1

Burra High School. Intermediate Results

Commercial Certificates (with number of subjects)

Rhonda Smith (6) Richard Pascoe (5) Gilbert Schutz (5 in 1939 + 1940)

Pupils not getting a certificate

Morris Kemble (5 but no English) Ron Fuller (4) Joyce Hopkins (4)

Thelma Simmons (4) Avis Bruce (3) Roma Clode (3)

Melva Gare (3) Myrtle Seaford (3) Darrel Young (3)

Ian Steven (2) Helen Dollman (2) Connie Byles (2)

Don Watson (2) Natalie Quinn (1) Jack Lloyd (1)

Dudley Field (1) Lois Riggs (1)

Joan Edington gained a Certificate in 1939 and in 1940 added Book-keeping, Typing & Music.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 25 January:

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced stoping backs in drive from Riggs’ Open Cut. Advanced 10 ft in low values – about 8 dwt per ton. Lode averaging 4 inches wide. Obtained 1 ton of ore.

East View – at southern end of lease. Driving to find Byles’ lead and advanced 13 ft to 100 ft. 6 tons of ore on hand.

RSL President’s Annual Report

Financial Members number 94; up 4 on previous year. Financial position is satisfactory. The Anzac Sports were run on 26 April in conjunction with the local Fighting Forces Comforts Fund. The event raised £533 and of this we received £40. The ladies ran stalls and catered for lunch and afternoon teas. They raised £148. The Queen Competition netted £244-9-9.

Poppy Day saw 400 poppies sold; double last year’s effort. The Anzac Service was well attended and 45 signed the roll book. The annual Church Parade was held in the Kooringa Methodist Church the same night. There was also a service there for the National Day of Prayer. The Armistice Day Service was also well attended and was broadcast through a set lent by Mr Jennison.

Smoke Socials have followed each of the socials held for departing soldiers.

The RSL VDC was formed in June. We have co-operated with the Rifle Club Reserve and have sponsored the Fighting Forces Comforts Fund and the Family Welfare Bureau. A new floor covering has been laid in the club room. Thanks are especially due for the untiring work of Doug Keynes as Pensions Officer.

Pte Howard Edwards received a presentation of a watch and the usual parcel of comforts on Tuesday morning at Miss Decima Warner’s café. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Wally Edwards of Kooringa; the third of their sons to enlist. The Mayor presided and other speakers were W.R. Lee, Cr March, Cr C. Samuel and Mrs J. McGrath presented the FFCF parcel.

Sgt L.H. Thomas writes a letter of thanks on behalf of a group of men heading overseas:

We would like to thank the people of Burra and District for their support through the Council, the Ladies’ Welfare Club and the Comforts Fund. Eve man on board the ship has had an issue of cake, chocolates, fruit or tobacco every day. We are also grateful for the enthusiasm, kind words and gifts received when we left. At present we are having hot and humid weather and are dressed in shorts and shirts. We remain, yours sincerely, Sgt L.H. Thomas, C.J. Pengilly, Rod Liebeknecht, Alan Penrose, Eric J. Smith, F.G. Seaford, Cpl John H. Lovegrove, J.H. Hood, Jas. H. Robinson, R.T. Wilson, Claude Attrill, W.G. Robinson, C. Davey & R. Smith.

Sgt Roy Woollacott CFS RAAF NSW writes:

I am past the tired stage of getting up at 4.15 a.m. and flying by 5.30 a.m. The motto here is safety and believe me they stick to it. The flying is done high up and all acrobats always wear a parachute, so really it is safer than walking across King William Street. I know you will be pleased to know that John McBride is in the same hut with me at Camden. He is the only son of Norman McBride of Kia-Ora Station.

62, 5, 4 Feb. 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will hold a land sale 19 February at Hallett for the Estate of the late Edward Statton.

Lot A Portion of Section 132 Hd Hallett in the Township of Hallett with frontage 115 links x 176 links with four-roomed wood and iron house.

Lot C Section 132 Hd Hallett in the Township of Hallett with frontage 115 links x 176 links – unimproved.

14 acres Portion of Section 132 Hd Hallett in the Township of Hallett with six-roomed wood and iron house etc.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 February

Bing Crosby & Joan Blondell in East Side of Heaven

Noah Beery & Frances Robinson in Forbidden Valley

Obituary. Mr William Henry Pearce, eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Pearce, pioneer farmers of Mt Bryan, died in Adelaide last week aged 83. Three brothers reside in Burra and one sister: Walter, Fred & Frank Pearce and Mrs Walter Bourman. The deceased was a bachelor.

[Born 18 July 1855 North Adelaide: died 25 January 1941 Northfield, residence Adelaide.]

Obituary. Pte D. Richardson, the only son of Mr & Mrs C.N. Richardson of the Booborowie Hotel was suddenly seized with an illness in Perth and failed to respond to treatment, dying on 30 January aged 24. He was only recently accorded a social and presentation at Booborowie. He was interred in Claremont AIF Cemetery in Perth. He is survived by his parents and one sister, Miss Phyllis Richardson. [Douglas Richardson born 17 August 1916 North Unley.]

Miss Patty Pledge left yesterday to take up duties at Booleroo Centre High School.

Miss Nancy Pearce left yesterday to take up duties at Quorn High School.

AC1 Bob Morton, eldest son of Mr & Mrs M.J. Morton of Burra, stationed with the RAAF in Victoria, has passed his examinations in electrical fittings etc.

Mary Howard, daughter of Mr & Mrs J.M. Howard of Porter’s Lagoon passed the Intermediate Exams with five subjects, including two credits and one honour. She studied at St Aloysius College, Adelaide.

Lieut. B. O’Connor has been given a farewell at Booborowie on 23 January. He is taking up a position with the military in Adelaide. After coming to Booborowie he has been prominent in the Rifle Club and only recently was it learned that in the Great War he was a Lieutenant and received a Military Cross and a Military Medal. Speakers at his farewell were Lieut. H. Both OC, Sgt V.L. Westlake, Cpl Hancock, Cpl Bailey, V.B. Westlake (President of the Rifle Club), F. Jones, L. Gill, L. Pearce, S. Cordon, R.E. Dewhirst and Mr French.

62, 5, 4 Feb. 1941, page 3

A Burra RSL Wives’ Social was held at the Burra Institute on 21 January and a pleasant afternoon was had despite the oppressive heat. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Jamestown Floods are reported from 24 January.

Pte Cecil Beckwith was given a social at the Mt Bryan Hall on 30 January. Speakers were Cyril Murray, H.A. Edwards, F.M. Jefferies, E.C .Collins, and Rev. C.R. Dadds. Mr Murray spoke for the RSL. Items were interspersed with the speeches and a parcel was presented from the FFCF and Mr E.C. Collins presented a wrist watch. Dancing followed.

N.H. Pearse of ‘The Gums’ writes of the recent flood.

East of Burra on 23, 24 & 25 January the rains came in no niggardly manner. Miles of fencing were swept away and many livestock were engulfed in the turgid waters. Roads and railways were rendered impassable and great damage done by erosion. Telephone lines and fenced became inextricably entwined.

Mrs Harold Pearse, who heard the roar of waters along Spring Hut Creek, was swept away while trying to save her poultry, but was in turn saved by her son and maid. Drums, distilled water jars, tools, tyres and the entire kitchen wood heap were swept Murray-wards. The waters rose to within six inches of the hood of the Glenbower stranded Ford car and left hay straw on the telephone line nine feet from the ground. But despite all this we rejoice because we can replace the fences, restock again and generally take the helm once more, but we cannot put life into dead and dying animals nor replenish dried up watercourses nor make the parched earth spring forth in verdure, no matter how solid our optimism. Therefore we rejoice and give praise to the All-beneficent Being.

The Floods were the sole topic of conversation on Friday when farmers paid their weekly visit to Burra. Despite the miles of fencing washed away, there were very few complaints. Fencing losses are severe at World’s end, where Mr F.J. Duldig recorded 405 points and of that total 163 on Friday night. Mr Ern Phillips recorded 317 points. At Mt Mary it is thought the Burra creek reached its highest level in 40 years. Balah and Redcliffe recorded lower totals, but at least an inch fell over that area.

News came in after last week’s paper that C.W. Gare & Sons of ‘Three Trees’ lost sixteen fat wethers, drowned when Firewood Creek came down and a haystack was washed bodily half a mile and lodged against the permanent way. It was here that the train was delayed 11⁄2 hours.

A Social at Waterloo has seen a group of soldiers farewelled, and presentations were made of a parcel and a watch or leather dressing outfit. The men were Pte Keith Phillips, Pte Eric Phillips, Cpl Ross Harvey, Pte K.R. Cooper and Platoon Commander D.C. Chambers.

Also now in camp are D. Phillips RAAF and E.A. Arnold RAAF.

Mt Bryan East and the Floods

The rain started on 22 January with up to 40 points at the north end of the district. Thursday began quietly, but clouds built up and in the afternoon another 30-40 points fell in the north end of the district. With totals of around 80 points Dust Hole Creek carried a fairly large flood and the areas problems about water supply were solved. Damage to fencing had been largely confined to where it crossed watercourses. But more was to come. On Friday at about 11 a.m. the build-up of clouds finally let fly and the heavens opened. Many felt the year’s supply of rain was coming in one shower. Dust Hole Creek rose higher and carried away large trees and with them any remnants of fences. Steady rain then continued Friday afternoon and through Saturday. Dust Hole Creek was in high flood for sixty hours. Already the country has a green tinge. Total gaugings across the district varied from 170 to 327 points and damage done was negligible compared with the benefits received.

Pte Crabb was given a social Leighton on 22 January. Douglas Keynes spoke for the RSL and Mr Roy Humphrys for the Ayers School Committee and the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee. Mr Crabb had been in charge of Ayers School before volunteering for service and he had taken a prominent part in all sports and amusements. Other speakers included T.J. Canny and Jack Field. Mrs E. Jettner presented a parcel from the Cupboards Comforts Fund and Mr Humphrys presented a fountain pen. Pte Crabb responded. Then supper and dancing followed.

62, 6, 11 Feb. 1941, page 1

Booborowie & Murray Water. A meeting at Booborowie Hotel on 29 January discussed the possibility of a branch line to bring Murray water to Booborowie. Mr A.D. McDonald MP outlined the existing water schemes and their general inability to pay interest bills. He said Government policy was that any new scheme should pay 4% interest on the capital cost. Since Parliament had not yet sanctioned any branch line services from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline he thought it advisable to wait until some other schemes could give a guide as to the likely costs involved.

Burra Town Council, 3 February

News was received that a Government representative was to come to Burra to inspect the Ballast Quarry following the Council’s representations. Because a large amount of ballast would be required following the recent floods, the mayor believed there was a chance that the quarry would be re-opened.

The Mayor reported that three or four small footbridges had been washed away in the recent floods and the swing bridge at Gully’s Wharf had been partly swept away. Portions have since been recovered by the overseer. Some of the Redruth footbridges should be replaced at a higher level.

There was a lot of debris under the big bridge at Redruth. The St Just Street Ford had been badly damaged, but had been repaired. The Pig & Whistle Ford also needed attention. The crossing between the Bon Accord Hotel and the Drew & Crewes old stores had a lot of silt deposited on it. Trees planted in that area by Messrs R. McWaters and R. Fairchild had been buried in silt. Mr McWaters had cleared the deposits from many and so saved them, but the Mayor recommended that a man be put on to save the rest. Silt in some places was three feet deep.

Council agreed to spend up to £4 removing silt.

Flooded areas will be inspected by Council on 10 February. Council has already removed several loads of silt from main streets. It was resolved that fire hydrants be used to wash Burra North main streets free of silt.

The Government will be asked for a special grant of £150 towards repairing flood damage.

The Local Board of Health.

The recent floods had done a great job at cleaning out local creeks, many of which had needed it for years.

Redruth Methodist Church celebrated its Harvest thanksgiving on 2 February. Rev. N. Usher was the preacher. W.H. Gare led the choir.

N. Hiles Pearce writes further on the Recent Floods to the southeast of Burra.

At Geranium Plains a German wagon was found perched in a tree, while its load of tanks had completely vanished. S. Schmidt of Burra Creek lost four milking cows, which were deposited at ‘The Gums’ about ten miles away. Two were drowned, but the other two dragged themselves out and walked back home to be milked.

At the camp at Robertstown for the men employed on the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline men had to be rescued from their flooded cubicles with the aid of ropes. One unfortunate was hauled about a chain underwater after he had lost his footing. Two 400 gallon iron tanks, one full, were carried off to Geranium Plains, miles away and battered out of recognition. A number of wells were submerged and their top gear carried away. On Glenbower (the south end of ‘The Gums’ Station) two 5,000 gallon tanks were carried away and left in a smashed state in the mallee. A 30 ft Comet windmill was left leaning like the Tower of Pisa.

Ernst Winter at Bundey and C. Zeuner at Mt Mary lost 200 sheep each.

Two hundred men are still making emergency repairs, propping up the railway line between Mt Mary and Sutherlands. All roads are in a terrible state and there is work for one hundred men at Point Pass alone. Trees in the bed of the Burra Creek carry bruises twenty feet above the ground level from the debris and the miscellaneous debris vomited up by the creek beggars description.

Nevertheless the good resulting from the downpour will be inestimable. At ‘The Gums’ records show that falls in excess of two inches were recorded only twice before; in 1890 and 1936.

62, 6, 11 Feb. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 February

Ronald Colman & Ida Lupino in The Light That Failed

William Henry & Judith Barrett in Television Spy

Notice. Gas and Respirator Instruction. Church of England Hall, Thursday Next 8 p.m.

Everybody Invited.

Pte Albert Kerin will be tendered a social in the Institute tomorrow. The occasion also celebrates the fall of Benghazi.

Mr & Mrs F. Hussey were tendered a social at Farrell’s Flat. Mr Hussey had been schoolmaster at Farrell’s Flat for two years and has joined the AIF. Mrs Hussey will reside in the city. Mr Hussey was Secretary of the Farrell’s Flat Patriotic Fund and a member of the Institute and Vigilance Committees and a keen member of the Golf and Tennis Clubs. Mrs Hussey was active in the Red Cross Circle and School welfare Club.

Pte Zac Humphris wrote to his mother, Mrs W.H. Sandland, from Palestine. He had received a parcel from the FFCF and described the hills around Jerusalem as very like those around Mongolata in a time of drought.

Pte Len Wahlert was one of the first Burra lads to reach Palestine in this war and he is now in Egypt. He is the only son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Wahlert.

Mrs John Drew Sen. left Burra last Thursday after a residence of over 48 years. (Mr Drew died last August.)

Miss Ursula Sutton, after sixteen months at the Burra Telephone Exchange, has been recalled to Central. It is believed Miss Joan Young of Kooringa will fill the vacancy.

Rifle Club Reservists & VDCs had a shoot over 200 yards at disappearing targets – 5 seconds up and 5 seconds down. Most had not previously tried this kind of shooting. Best scorers were G.H. Dollman, E.C. Collins and A. Jones.

Mongolata Goldfield

Burra Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 8 February

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive from Riggs’ Open Cut advanced 12 ft to 22 ft – value c. 12 dwt per ton on average width of lode 5 inches. Carried out some loaming with no results.

East View. South end of lease; driving west to connect with quartzite, advanced 17 ft for total of 117 ft. Six tons of ore on hand.

Burra High School re-opened with 70 students. Miss J. Brooks has come from Victor Harbor High School.

Burra Primary School. New scholars are listed. Staff for 1941: L.P. Davis Head teacher, L.W. Battye, Miss M. Pearce, Mrs H. White. Mr Battye was head teacher at Wandilo School in 1940, just north of Mt Gambier.

62, 7, 18 Feb. 1941, page 1

Pte A. Kerin was given a social last Wednesday at the Institute. Also present on leave were Drivers Lin & Charles Jesser from Port Darwin and brother-in-law Tom Allen of Murray Bridge and AC1 Mervyn Allen from Laverton. T.H. Woollacott presided as Chair of the Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee. G.S. Hawker represented the RSL as President of the Burra sub-branch, along with W.R. Lee and H.J.B. Jennison. As well as farewelling Pte Kerin, the meeting was celebrating the Italian surrender in Libya and the fall of Benghazi. Mr Hawker’s speech is printed. He made reference to Sgt Keith Butler who had been at the battle for Bardia as an engineer. Wally Lee’s and H.J.B. Jennison’s speeches are also reported. Sister Robinson presented the comforts parcel and the Mayor presented the usual wrist watch. Pte Kerin is the second son of Mrs E. Kemble and the late Mr Kerin of Burra. His elder brother Don is already overseas.

62, 7, 18 Feb. 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale in the garage recently vacated by T.H. Thomson in Commercial St. on Friday 28 February on account of Walker & Sons. Oddments, Drapery, Fancy Goods and Boot-maker’s tools.

And on account of L. Day Tinware, crockery and Large Avery Scales to weigh up to half a hundredweight.

Advt. Dalgety & Co. will conduct a land and clearing sale for Mr James Earle who is leaving the district. Sale on the property at Ironmine Tuesday 11 March. The land is 631 acres in the Hundred of Hanson three miles south of Ironmine.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 February

Errol Flynn & Olivia De Haviland in Dodge City

Dennis Morgan & Gloria Dickson in Tear Gas squad

Plus the First Episode of a New Serial.

Mr R. Hallett, collector for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institution Brighton, thanks the district for the sum of £17-19-11 collected recently on a visit to Burra, and Booborowie for £4-10-6.

Burra Girl Guides have been given the use of the Kooringa Service Station (next to the Burra Hotel) by Mr Cliff Lott, whose lease on it does not expire until next August. The guides were looking for new premises for their Waste Material Depot.

Aftermath of the Rain. Lush lucerne growth at Booborowie has been accompanied by the arrival of millions of white butterflies and to the east grasshoppers have made their appearance.

Rev. Donald Redding. In a letter from England dates 2 November 1940 he writes of his work there among servicemen and of his congregation of 800 men in the Garrison Church.

Burra VSD will run a series of First Aid Lectures shortly conducted by Dr D.M. Steele.

Lectures on Burra Red Cross Transport Emergency will be given by Mr Walter lee in Lee’s Garage.

Mr Arthur Ridings was given a farewell dance at Braemar Station, where he has been manager for several years. He has joined the AIF. Mr H. Cornelius acted as MC. Other speakers were G.R. Thomas and Bert Swift.

Mr & Mrs John Nickles have moved from Copperhouse to Burra on account of Mr Nickles’ health.

St Brendan’s Church at Mt Bryan held a fair and dance last Saturday evening. The effort had been postponed from last November because of clashes with patriotic efforts. Proceeds were above expectations.

62, 7, 18 Feb. 1941, page 3

FFCF Burra RSL Wives & Relatives Group AGM 7 February.

Along with other groups we participated in the Anzac Sports 1940 for which we received £74. At that time membership was fewer then 30 and is now 60. The group has also co-operated with the CWA in the Children’s Hospital Appeal. Poppies were sold for the RSL and we have sponsored the Family Welfare Bureau. On the fourth Friday in every month a social afternoon is held for sewing, knitting and friendly talk. The Cupboard Fund was established so we could offer different gifts from those supplied by the FFCF or the Red Cross. The income for the year was £107-0-9 and the expenditure was £87-12-2. In the past 10 months we have forwarded to the FFCF 193 pairs of socks, 45 pairs of mittens, 24 pullovers, 68 scarves, 13 skullcaps, 2 balaclava helmets, 1 pair of kneecaps, 1 knitted waistcoat, 414 handkerchiefs, 172 dillybags, 1 housewife and several bundles of magazines. And to the Burra Comforts Fund 40 pairs of socks, 50 handkerchiefs, 30 packets of cigarettes, 88 dozen chewing gum, and 20 pairs of socks are held in reserve. Elected were: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs D. Keynes & Mrs Jennison and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs R.J. Lloyd.

Volunteer Defence Corps held an interesting exercise on Sunday in Reconnaissance Patrols. Sgt Fuss had charge of the enemy and positioned an unknown number in hidden positions to be discovered.

Kooringa Methodist Harvest Thanksgiving was held last Sunday. Rev. N. Usher took the morning service and Rev. V.R. Secombe the afternoon and evening. G.E. Dane led the choir with Miss G. Pearce at the organ. [Details in just less than 1⁄2 column.]

62, 8, 25 Feb. 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 17 February

Commandant of the 4th Military advises that no topographical information is to be supplied to unauthorised persons.

The Mayor said an inspection of flood damage revealed it to be greater than first thought.

The Overseer said street had not been washed because he could not get a hose. The Council’s hose was worn out and he did not consider it necessary to get another, as it might be 15 years before another flood. (The Fire Station’s hydrant was 2” and so its hose would not fit the 11⁄2” Council hydrant.)

Young St at Gully’s Wharf opposite Mr Roy Jeffery’s house was the worst place. Several loads of silt had already been removed from town streets.

Resolved the Council buy 40 drums of Colac for necessary repairs.

Local Board of Health.

The Headmaster of Burra Primary School reports two cases of measles.

Booborowie Red Cross Circle activities are reported in 2⁄3 column.

62, 8, 25 Feb. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 February & 1 March

Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger & Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (“In lovely Technicolor”)

Dennis O’Keefe & Florence Rice in The Kid from Texas

Obituary. Mary Hardy, widow of the late W.H. Hardy of Burra, died in Adelaide on 20 February aged 79.

Mrs Hardy was born at Wirrabara 30 May 1861, the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs W. Kroncke of Kooringa. The family moved to Burra in her girlhood. She later married Mr W.H. Hardy and lived in Burra until just before her death. Thirty years ago she suffered a stroke and lost the use of her left arm. Upon recovering, she did not allow this disability to affect her life and [after Mr Hardy’s death in 1916] she lived alone until old age forced her to give up her home and reside with her daughter Mrs Bert Opperman. From time to time she made periodic visits to other family members. Prior to her death she had been staying with her daughter Mrs Winzer of Adelaide. Until poor health intervened she had been connected with the Kooringa Methodist Church of which she was a regular attendant. She had a family of 14 children, 11 of whom survive: Nell Mrs Ryan (Adelaide), Esther Mrs Bert Opperman (Burra North), George Hardy (Plympton), Vera Mrs Findlay (Adelaide), Annie Mrs A. Winzer (Adelaide), Marion Mrs Davey (Sydney), Ettie Mrs Drabsch (Adelaide), Stella Mrs F. Innes (Adelaide), Jean Mrs Drage (Pt Pirie), May Mrs McGee and Will Hardy (Adelaide). There are 33 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Her eldest daughter, Lily Mrs Bert Wise of Katanning WA died about two years ago and a son and daughter died in infancy.

A grandson Pte Rex Opperman is in the 2nd AIF and son-in-law Pte McGee is a member of the Medical Corp in Palestine. She was buried in Burra on Friday.

[Born Mary Hannah Sophia Kroncke, but the birth does not appear on SA Births CD. The children are listed above almost in correct order of birth, but the names are not all as registered at birth. Names at birth were:

Minnie Annie Sophia (Mrs Wise) Harry Harrison (Died aged 11 months)

Mary Ellen (Mrs Ryan) Henrietta (Mrs Drabsch)

Sarah Ann (Died aged 9 months) Marion Ivy (Mrs Davey)

Esther (Mrs Opperman) Lulu Stella (Mrs Innes)

George Georgina Beatrice (Mrs Drage)

Johnara (Mrs Findlay) Daphne May (Mrs McGee)

Annie (Mrs Winzer) William John Harrison]

Burra Light Horse. 30-40 of the 9/23 Light Horse were home on leave over the weekend. They had returned for their mounts and made an impressive picture as they rode through the main street en route to the station where they entrained for Gawler camp in charge of Lt G.H. Dow & Lt F.L. Worth.

Bomb & Gas Lectures at St Mary’s Parish Hall have been well attended.

YMCA Badge Day on Friday was successful in Burra with all badges sent being sold.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 22 February

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive off Riggs’ Open Cut has advanced 12 ft to 34 ft. Country still very broken; no values at present.

East View – south end of lease. Driving west advanced 20 ft to 137 ft. Quartz seams in face, but so far no leader. 6 tons of ore on hand.

Weather. Thunderstorm to the east on Tuesday morning deposited 61 points at Sturt Vale, 19 at Bazentin, 60 at Quondong, 30 at Faraway and 20 at Kia-Ora.

Sgt T.F. Halls writes from abroad 9 February saying he received a parcel of tobacco from the family and a parcel from the Burra ladies. Both were much appreciated. Says he met Ken Gebhardt ‘over here’ where it was as cold as Siberia.

Charles J. Pearce now living in Malvern will be 85 next Sunday.

61, 8, 25 Feb. 1941, page 3

Bowls. At Burra on Saturday Burra 107 defeated Eudunda 74.

62, 9, 4 Mar. 1941, page 1

Christopher Gray [Rector of St Mary’s] writes a letter protesting against the desecration of the Sabbath – even for patriotic efforts and local defence training, unless they could absolutely not be held on Saturdays. His specific complaint this week related to a case on the previous Sunday for which he considered there was no excuse.

[Though not named here, a subsequent letter showed the offensive behaviour to have been a cricket match.]

Marriage. St Edmund’s Church, Booborowie 22 February

Gwenneth Aileen Phillips, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs H.W. Phillips of Booborowie, married Sidney Bryan Shattock, second son of Mr & Mrs W.J. Shattock of Booborowie.

Pte Ken Dawson, formerly of the staff of the Savings Bank in Kooringa, writes from Palestine. The letter (just over 1 column) tells of a hair-raising bus journey to Tel-Aviv with a reckless and villainous-looking Arab driver, of a taxi ride around the sites of Tel-Aviv and of a visit to Jaffa.

62, 9, 4 Mar. 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from F.J. Duldig, who has sold his portion of the property and is leaving the district, to conduct a clearing sale on 20 March at noon.

The property is 13 miles east of Burra and 17 miles west of Robertstown just west of the Burra-Robertstown Road.

Also a sale of land: section 19 Hd Baldina comprising 578 acres on which is a 5-roomed stone house etc. Also an underground tank of 25,000 gallons.

And section 18 Hd of Baldina comprising 394 acres perpetual lease, with a stone house of two rooms.

[Details extend for 3⁄4 column.]

Advt. Jimmy Jones & His Dare-Devil Rough Riders: The Great Stampede.

Burra Next Saturday 8 March.

62, 9, 4 Mar. 1941, page 3

Dalgety & Co. have instructions from James Earle, who is leaving the district, to conduct a land and clearing sale on 11 March on the property 10 miles west of Burra and 3 miles south of Ironmine:

Section 977 Hd Hanson comprising 180 acres freehold and block 62 Hd Hanson comprising 451 acres Crown Lease with house of 6 rooms etc. etc. [Details extend for 3⁄4 column.]

Advt. State Election. Mr A.D. McDonald MP the endorsed LCL Candidate.

Dates are given for addresses at Booborowie, Bright School, Hallett & Hanson.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 March

Don Ameche & Binnie Barnes in The Three Musketeers

Peter Lorre & Amanda Duff in Mr Moto in Danger Island

Advt. State Election. Tom Canny Labor Candidate for Burra.

Dates for addresses at Farrell Flat, Hanson, Spalding, Leighton, Mt Bryan East, Mt Bryan, World’s End, Spring Hut Creek and Emu Downs.

The Aurora Australis was visible on Saturday night about midnight with shafts of red and green light being particularly beautiful.

Weather. Useful rain has fallen in the last few days and although only 20 points fell at Burra, falls were heavier further north and to the east. Terowie reports 160 points, North Booborowie 70, Booborowie 60, Mt Bryan East 65, Braemar 30, Koomooloo 80, Old Koomooloo 40 and Thistlebeds 28.

RSL Members & the Rifle Club had a lecture on Sunday from Mr G.S. Hawker on the Bren gun and anti-tank rifle. Then Rifle Club members under Sgt [H.E.] Fuss received instruction in gas respirators and gas. RSL members had a field exercise in the form of a fighting night patrol.

Bowls. At Burra on Saturday Burra 101 defeated Clare 77.

Cricket. Vice-Captain’s Team 145 defeated Captain’s Team 119.

Marriage. At Pt Adelaide at the weekend.

Clyde Kellaway, son of Mr & Mrs Stan Kellaway Sen. of Burra, married Miss Phillis Farrant.

62, 10, 11 Mar. 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council

Council resolved to support Mr McDonald in an effort to get the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry re-opened in the interest of local employment.

The Mayor objected to receiving the Overseer’s report because it failed to mention why repairs were done to the truck and why it had been used to cart water to the cemetery for the convenience of outside monumental contractors. He had lost confidence in the Overseer.

A somewhat protracted discussion occurred before someone suggested that, as the Overseer was present, they should ask him to explain!

He said he had taken water to the cemetery after seeing there was no water there for people bringing flowers to the cemetery. The contractors had preferred to use water from Sampson’s Well, though it had become silted up by the recent floods. In any case they had not used the water in the tank he had taken down.

The Mayor was sceptical about this explanation because cement work had been done there. The Overseer said it had been done before he took the tank down there.

Cr Lott wanted to reprimand the Overseer.

Cr Terry wanted to know why the Mayor was calling the Overseer a liar.

The Mayor then said there was a motion stating that the truck was not to go to the cemetery.

It was decided to let the report lie on the table till next meeting.

Burra School Welfare Club held its 4th AGM last week. Elected were: President, Mrs Jennison (for 4th year in succession), Vice-Presidents, Mrs A.L. Kellock & Mrs C. Pearce and Treasurer, Mrs G.H. Dollman.

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM in the Eastern Telephone Building.

The President I.J. Warnes reported that nominations matched vacancies and all officers had been ere-elected: Patron C. Bartholomaeus; President, I.J. Warnes; Vice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs & S.H. Robinson and secretary M.S. Edwards.

The Sheep Dog Trials had been held 29 & 30 March 1940 and drew large entries.

At a special meeting of the General Committee after outbreak of war it was decided to abandon all Show work for the present and to form the Burra Burra Show War Committee. As a result there was nothing to report about the Show. Members were asked to give their subscriptions towards the war fund. The War Committee is now functioning in conjunction with the other Patriotic Societies in the District. The Show collected £59-11-0 in subscriptions and gave £100 to the War Fund. Our overdraft is now £400, but our assets run into thousands of pounds.

A large crowd made the trip to Sturt Vale last year and it went off very satisfactorily. An invitation is extended for this year’s trip on 14 April when Mr Codrington will be present.

Mr Warnes then thanked all who had supported the War Committee and the Burra Burra Show Inc. in general. Mr A.B. Riggs also commended the Show War Committee.

62, 10, 11 Mar. 1941, page 2

Advt. State Election. Mr A.D. McDonald LCL Candidate will address Burra electors 18 March.

Advt. State Election. Tom Canny & Mr M.R. O’Halloran MP will address Burra electors 14 March.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 March

Garry Cooper, Susan Hayward & Ray Milland in Beau Geste

Plus Short Features: Time Marches On

The Bolted Door (Dramatic Episode)

Britton & His Band (Musical)

Jungle Juveniles (Interest)

Ghost in the Bunk (Pop-eye Cartoon)

Notice. A.L. Bence will sponsor a Flower & Seedling Stall in front of Bence’s Ltd to aid the FFCF and the Queen of May for the next two or three weeks. Donate flowers or seedlings or come and buy.

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of the wife of Mr J.W. Burton of Mt Bryan.

[Born Emily Broad 1 January 1863 Sod Hut: died 13 January 1941 Burra residence Mt Bryan. She was married as Emeline and had children as Emily, Emeline, Emelin, Emmeline, Emilin and Emelia.]

Soldiers’ Social tonight for Tank Driver W. Williams, Cpl Ivon Wohling, Cpl W. Griffiths and Privates Fred Lewis, Les. Hirschausen, Jim Kotz, J. McCarthy and A.B. Ridings.

St Joseph’s School will hold a Bridge and Euchre Evening at the school on 26 March. Proceeds will aid an appeal to erect a Recreation and Chapel Hut or Pavilion for soldiers at Darwin. It is in response to an appeal from the Catholic Bishop of Darwin.

Mr Martin Buckley of Hanson is 80 today.

World’s End Methodist Church Harvest Thanksgiving was celebrated last Sunday with two services. Rev. V.R. Secombe delivered two very able sermons on the Creator of Man and What the Creator Expected of Man. The Kooringa Choir was led by Mr G.E. Dane and Mrs Max Pearce sang the solo parts.

62, 10, 11 Mar. 1941, page 3

Olive Bence writes a long response to Rev. Gray’s letter in which he criticised those who played cricket on a Sunday afternoon.

‘It seems this gentleman is looking about for someone … to act as a scapegoat as an excuse for his own inability to hold his congregation.’

‘He … has a nerve to speak so scathingly of members of other churches.’

[She continues to develop the point that his narrow-mindedness and critical approach is counter-productive.]

As for playing sport on Sunday: ‘outdoor exercise does us more good mentally and physically than any help from the church that Mr Gray has been able to give us.’

She also objects to any criticism of those taking part in ARP demonstrations and the like, as often they only have Sundays free from work for this.

She also believes there are many ways of doing one’s duty to God, apart from in Church on Sunday. She believes ‘Mr Gray’s criticism and lack of co-operation is having the opposite effect from the one he wants and is driving people away from his church.

She goes on to explain why she does not go to church and it is not through a lack of reverence for God and His wonders, but rather of not feeling the need for any intermediary between herself and God.

‘Anything habitual loses its cogency. Too much of what is said in church has been said thousands of times, and without inspiration or dedication.’ [A point she develops at some length.]

Mt Bryan East Red Cross Social is reported.

Hanson Red Cross Circle is reported.

Pte L. Matthews was given a social at the Farrell Flat Institute last Friday.

62, 11, 18 Mar. 1941, page 1

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 8 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive for Riggs’ Open Cut advanced to 47 ft. Country very broken and timbering was required. Values low; 1⁄2 ton of 5 dwt ore obtained.

East View. Driving west at the south end of the lease advanced 16 ft to 153 ft in quartzite with no leader.

62, 11, 18 Mar. 1941, pages 1 & 4

A Social to Soldiers was held in the Burra Institute on Tuesday last. The hall was crowded to farewell eight of the district’s soldiers: Cpls Ivon Wohling, Will Griffiths and A.B. Ridings, Ptes Fred Lewis, Jim Kotz, Les. Hirschausen & J. McCarthy and Driver Wally Williams. Other soldiers home on leave attended. Mr Dollman led the community singing of patriotic songs. Speakers were the Mayor, Rev. Gray, Mr G.S. Hawker, Dr Steele & Mr F. Sara. Their speeches were interspersed with songs by Mrs Max Pearce, Mrs Ivon Gare, Mrs John Reed, G.H. Dollman and Mrs Bence. Parcels from the three units of Burra’s FFCF were distributed and the Mayor fastened a wrist watch onto the arm of each volunteer. The soldiers then replied.

62, 11, 18 Mar. 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will hold a clearing sale on 27 March on the property 6 miles northwest of Booborowie in the estate of the late A.J. Cousins.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 March

Ann Southern & Linda Darrell in Hotel for Women

Preston Foster & Lynn Bari in Chasing Danger

Notice. Willie Voumard of Burra SA, Council employee of Swiss Nationality and born in Switzerland, resident for 65 years in Australia, intends to apply for nationalisation [sic] under the Nationality Act 1920-36.

Pte Les. Hirschausen was given a social evening at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Wednesday 12 March. Dancing and games were indulged in followed by supper at 10 p.m. The event was tendered by Mr & Mrs S. Scroop and Mr & Mrs A.D. Sellars.

The Flower & Seedling Stall realised £5-1-6 last Friday.

Marriage. St Paul’s Church, Port Adelaide 1 March

Clyde Kellaway, third son of Mr & Mrs Stan Kellaway of Kooringa, married

Miss Phillis Farrant, daughter of Mr & Mrs Farrant of Portland, Pt Adelaide.

Tom Canny’s speech to Burra electors as the ALP candidate for Burra in the State Election is printed.

Farrell’s Flat Gala Day on 8 March was successful in raising about £120 for the Farrell’s Flat Patriotic Fund and the Red Cross Circle. [Results of the sporting events are printed.]

62, 11, 18 Mar. 1941, page 3

‘Onlooker’ writes in support of the Rev. Gray on the question of Sunday observance; commending him for having the courage of his convictions and regretting the attack on him by Olive Bence.

H.E. Fuss writes as Rector’s Warden to correct the misstatements contained in the letter supposedly written by ‘Olive Bence’. And he adds ‘I say supposedly deliberately’.

‘A more vicious and vindictive attack would be hard to find. A writer who descends to personal abuse, admits the poverty of criticism.’

In fact the Rector holds very liberal ideas on Sunday sport. If the writer receives very little benefit from worship at St Mary’s ‘it is quite evident that she does not realise, that in religion, more so than in other things; the amount of benefit received, is entirely governed by the amount given.’

Congregations at St Mary’s have fallen, but this is from an entirely different cause from any lack of leadership. The decline started well before the arrival of Rev. Gray and since he has come 75 members of the Parish have left the town and only 9 have come in their place. The Rector is to be congratulated for keeping things going in the face of such losses.

John G. Sara also writes in support of Rev. Gray, mentioning that the Methodist Conference notes with concern the constant drift away from the churches.

Neil Usher of the Methodist Manse at Burra North also writes in support of Sunday observance.

‘Surely if our soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives for our freedom the sporting and racing public can spare a Saturday afternoon now and then for defence organisation.’

A.J. Franklin of ‘Flagstaff’ Burra North also writes in support of Rev. Gray and to attack Olive Bence’s letter, which ‘was a disgraceful attack on this gentleman; who is probably voicing the opinion of the other churches in the district with the exception perhaps of the Catholics.’

‘Why wasn’t this cricket match played on a Saturday afternoon? … No, these chaps would rather stick around the betting shops, hotels and billiard saloons, wasting time and money in foolish living; perhaps a few may have been working, what of it; others could have taken their places.’

Olive Bence ‘was noticeable by her absence from the Gas and Bomb lecture on March 5th, which should be attended by all right thinking citizens of this town; but this should have been held on a Sunday and then Olive Bence would have been there.’

[The attack then becomes even more personal. The writer goes on to recommend sections of the Bible for study and ends by commending Mr Gray for the God-fearing manner in which he attacked these people.]

‘And I hope he continues with his work and rid[s] the town for good of this evil.’

Mr John Kellaway & Mrs Kellaway with their family the Misses Lorna and Verna and Master John, left Burra on Thursday to take up residence in the city. Since returning from the Great War Mr Kellaway’s health has not been robust, yet he has assisted in the welfare of the town as well as he could. He was greatly interested in football and pedestrian events and his presence will be missed at the forthcoming Anzac Sports. He was a strong supporter of the ALP. Mrs Kellaway was a dependable worker for the Salvation Army and for patriotic causes. Mrs Kellaway’s sons by a former marriage are AC1 Richard Kearns who is in the RAAF in Victoria and Pte W. Kearns who is with the AIF Engineers somewhere abroad.

Signaller Jack Pederson writes a letter to R.D. Pascoe from Palestine. The letter is mainly concerned with the voyage from Melbourne to Perth and thence to Palestine via Colombo. He says the FFCF has kept them well supplied. There is some information about shore leave in Perth and Colombo.

Sgt L.H. Thomas sends a letter to his mother from Palestine. He tells of the trip to reach the camp at Jerusalem. He describes a long train trip across the desert and of meeting Mavis Riggs at one point where they detrained and were stopped for three hours. She was at a hospital there and they had a long yarn. Clem Davey was at the same camp.

62, 11, 18 Mar. 1941, page 4

Tpr Tom Bruce was tendered a social on Saturday night at Booborowie. Speakers were W.H. French who chaired the meeting, D. Keynes, V.L. Westlake (both of the 1st AIF) and R.E. Dewhirst. As well as the speeches there was dancing and a superb supper.

62, 12, 25 Mar. 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council

Burra Burra DC offers the Town Council the use of the slag heap provided it returns 11⁄4 inch screenings yard for yard; to be stacked separately for measurement. Resolved to reject the offer.

Cr Lott moved that Messrs Tillett & Son be charged for 200 gallons of water used at the cemetery. Lapsed for want of a seconder.

It was moved & seconded that last meeting’s Public Works Report be adopted. Carried.

An amendment to the contrary by Cr Lott seconded by Cr Reed was lost.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Thanksgiving Services on 9 March. Circuit Minister Rev. C.R. Dodds preached twice. [Details in a little less than 1⁄2 column.]

‘Mater familias’ writes re Sunday Observance. In disagreeing it isn’t necessary to be disagreeable. I wish we could always remember that, there are other Commandments besides ‘Keeping Holy the Sabbath’, such as ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbours’. One finds very little of this in the many letters published on this topic.

‘Veritas Odium Parit’ writes on the Sunday Observance controversy.

‘Let us clear our minds of Cant and face Truth. The so-called desecration of Sunday is not due to the failing of any particular clergyman in any particular church, but is due, wholly to the fact that the vast majority of thinking men and women have no longer any belief in its sanctity. To put it bluntly we have lost faith in the clergy. They take our money and make us all sorts of promises, but they don’t deliver the goods.’

[The writes then at some length draws attention to the bloodbath of the war and asks on behalf of the thousands being killed: ‘Was their church-going any good to them?’ And so on.]

‘The theological notions handed out to us by so many of the clergy today are as contrary to reason and as devoid of truth as the mutterings of a numbo-jumbo [sic], prostrating himself before his painted idol in the depths of an African forest.’

The writer ends by asserting there is a conspiracy of silence on this loss of faith because the tradesmen won’t speak out for fear of losing trade and the professional men are equally fearful of being boycotted. For this reason then he signs himself with the Latin proverb: ‘Truth begets hatred.’

62, 12, 25 Mar. 1941, page 2

Notice. CRICKET

A Cricket Match will be played next Sunday at Victoria Park, starting at 11 a.m. between two representative teams. Any player desiring a game to be at the oval by 11 a.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 March

Nelson Eddy & Ilona Massey in Balalaika

Paul Kelly & Ruth Hussy in Within the Law

Notice. Mr Don Halliday, Plumber of Burra, having enlisted, will be closing his workshop on or about 31 March.

Notice. An area in the Hundreds of Andrews and Milne is to be proclaimed a sanctuary for the breeding of pure Italian bees and the placing of other than such bee stocks within the area will be prohibited.

Election Notices

Advertisements are placed in support respectively of A.D .McDonald (LCL) and T.J. Canny (ALP) who are rivals for the House of Assembly seat of Burra. Other advertisements refer to the Legislative Council Northern District where A.P. Blesing and A.J. Watt are the LCL candidates and J.M. Beerworth and J.S. Marner are standing for the ALP.

The Flower and Seedling Stall last Friday raised £4-0-7.

Mr Arch. McMutrie visited Burra yesterday. Before he enlisted in the 1914-18 war he was employed by Messrs Drew & Crewes.

62, 12, 25 Mar. 1941, page 3

A St Patrick’s Day Concert was staged in the St Joseph’s Convent School on 17 March. It drew a capacity crowd. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Salvation Army. Harvest Festival was held 17-17 March. Major Jones of Adelaide conducted the Sunday services, all three of which were well attended. On Monday the combined Redruth and Kooringa Methodist Choirs presented a splendid musical program. Mr G.E. Dane conducted the first part and Mr W.H. Gare the latter part. [Details in about 1⁄3 column.]

Bowls. At Clare on Saturday: Clare defeated Burra by 16 points.

Booborowie St Patrick’s Day Sports are reported with results in 3⁄4 column.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Saturday 22 March

Hedley Gilbert Pearce, only surviving son of Mr & Mrs Walter Pearce of Kooringa, married

Rene A. Harris, a twin daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Harris of Kooringa.

Tpr Rollin Dare & Pte Theo Pohlner were given a social at the Hallett Institute on 11 March.

Obituary. Mr Fred Dew died 20 March. He was born in 1865, a son of the late Mr & Mrs James Dew of Springbank near Kooringa. His parents took him to the old home farm known as Blue Bells, when only twelve months old. Here he spent the greater part of his life, taking over the property on the death of his parents and farming there successfully. In 1885 he married Miss Adelaide Barber Cullen, eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J. Cullen of Hampton near Burra North. In 1923 he decided to retire and they made their home at Burra North until his death. He took a keen interest in public affairs and had served as a Councillor. He was also Chairman of the Copperhouse School Committee for a period and a member of the Rechabite Lodge for more than 50 years. He was an indefatigable worker for the Burra Burra Show Inc. where he was a committeeman. He was active in both the Sheep Dog Trials and the General Show. His health had been failing for some time and his death was not unexpected. He is survived by a wife and a family of five children: Olive Mrs E. Wise (Jervois), Win. Mrs A. Przibilla (Strathalbyn), Gordon Dew (Konnongoring WA), Mona Mrs Bob Motherall (Burra) Robert Lance Dew (Northam, WA) and 18 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. The eldest son Bert Dew was killed in action in July 1918.

[Fred Dew born 28 August 1865 Skillogalee, District of Clare: Died 20 March 1941 Burra, residence Burra North.]

62, 13, 1 Apr. 1941, page 1

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight ending 22 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive off Riggs Open Cut advanced 13 ft to 60 ft. Ground broken and values average 5 dwt per ton over a leader width of 4 inches.

East View. South of lease: driving west and advanced 14 ft to 167 ft. No leaders.

Pte Dennis Harris was tendered a social on Tuesday 25 March. The Mayor welcomed guests. Speeches were interspersed with musical items by Mr P.L. Rosman and Mrs Max Pearce. Speakers were Rev. Secombe, Mr S. Genders for the RSL and Mr H. Jennison. The Mayoress made the presentation from the three Burra groups of the FFCF and Mr Riggs handed the Mayor the wristlet watch to be placed on Pte Harris. Rev. N. Usher moved the vote of thanks, supported by Mr Walter Lee.

RSL Notes. On 16 March G.S. Hawker gave a talk on tanks and their use and their weaknesses. Driver Wally Williams of the Tank Corps also gave a talk and demonstration and answered questions. A mock tank using a dressed up tractor was used to demonstrate points.

62, 13, 1 Apr. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 5 April

Shirley Temple & Randolph Scott in Susannah of the Mounties

Jed Prouty & June Carlson in Too Busy to Work

Notice. On account of R.L. Lee’s enlisting, all accounts due to the partnership of W.J. Lee & Sons Blacksmiths of Burra, must be paid by 14 April.

State Elections. Figures to date:

Legislative Council: Northern Division

A.P. Blesing (LCP) 4931

A.J. Watt (LCP) 259

J.M. Beerworth (ALP) 4399

J.S. Marner (ALP) 253

House of Assembly

T.J. Canny (ALP) 1144

A.D. McDonald (LCP) 1536

Informal 47

Burra Burra Show Inc. has decide there will be neither a Burra Show nor Sheep Dog Trials in 1941.

The Flower & Seedling Stall raised £5-13-2 last Friday.

Accident. Two cyclists collided near Booborowie on Saturday night. Mr Eric Eckert was rendered unconscious until midday on Sunday, but escaped a fractured skull, which had been feared. Master Alan Beinke escaped with abrasions and bruises. [But see also 62, 14, 8 Apr. 1941, page 1.]

Mr & Mrs F.J. Duldig and family were farewelled at World’s End on Tuesday evening 25 March. Mr Duldig has sold his property after a life-long residence. They are seeking life in an area of more secure rainfall. After speeches and presentations the evening passed with billiards, games and cards.

62, 13, 1 Apr. 1941, page 3

Mr Kevin Kennedy of the local Post Office staff for over ten years, will leave on Saturday for Nuriootpa. He was given a farewell last Saturday at the home of Mr & Mrs Murray Stockman at ‘Shafton’.

Pte A.R. Murray & Tpr H. Griffen were given a farewell social at Mt Bryan Hall on Thursday 13 March. Speakers were T.H .Woollacott, G.S. Hawker, T.J. Quinn, W. Poyzer, Envoy Winfield and Rev. C.R. Dadds. A presentation was made from the FFCF and Mr E.C. Collins presented the usual wristlet watch.

‘That Bad Man’ Tom Eustice of Boolgun writes regarding Sunday Observance.

[He condemns the personal attacks of some previous writers, but spends most of the letter discussing which day of the week is the Sabbath and concludes that Olive Bence can watch sport on Sunday, the first day of the week, without in any way breaking any of God’s commandments. He also says he does not go to church, but for different reasons from Olive; his reason can be found in Matthew 15-3 and Mark 7-6 to 8: i.e. ‘But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?’

‘He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

For laying aside the commandments of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.’]

‘Bible Student’ also writes in response to the debate on Sunday Observance, but this writer is more concerned with offering a general warning on the evils of the world and the imminence of the second coming.

‘Prohibitor of Sunday Sport’ writes suggesting that Olive Bence is under the influence of backers who remain anonymous, but who are known to most folk. The writer singles out for mention one mature woman who kneels at the altar rail regularly and gives all the outwards signs of conformity while influencing others to encourage Sunday sport.

62, 13, 1 Apr. 1941, page 4

Tpr Rollin Dare was tendered a social at the Mt Bryan East Methodist Church on 15 March. Some 150 attended, perhaps the largest crowd ever for that venue. Various items of music and recitation were performed and community singing before speeches by Rev. C.R. Dadds, B.H.K. Dunstan, Envoy R.C. Winfield, H. Lavery, K. Miller, H. Doyle and Lewis Gare. A letter of thanks for gifts received was read from Pte Theo Pohlner. Presentations were made and supper followed.

62, 14, 8 Apr. 1941, page 1

Accident. Mr Eric Eckert, who was injured recently in a cycle accident, is still in the Burra Hospital, having suffered a fractured skull.

Letter from Pte L. Wahlert. Apparently sent from near Benghazi where at the time it was cold and wet. They are encamped in a former Italian air base. He writes of seeing thousands of Italian prisoners of war marching out of Benghazi and also of being in Benghazi on leave the week before he wrote and of experiencing German air raids there.

62, 14, 8 Apr. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Good Friday Night

Basil Rathbone & Ida Lupino in Sherlock Holmes

Stewart Urwin & Gloria Stewart in Pardon Our Nerve

Saturday 12 April

Richard Greene & Nancy Kelly in Stanley and Livingstone

Raymond Walbourn & June Gale in It Could Happen to You

Monday 14 April

Myrna Loy & Tyrone Power in The Rains Came

Plus Young as You Feel

The Train Strike meant no trains arrived yesterday and thus no mails and orders did not come to hand.

Rev. V.R. Secombe & Mrs Secombe were farewelled at the Kooringa Methodist Hall last evening before their departure for Tumby Bay.

The Flower & Seedling Stall on Friday last raised between £4 and £5.

Burra Civil Defence will hold a trial of steps to be taken in the event of an air raid, on 17 May.

62, 14, 8 Apr. 1941, page 3

Burra Town Council, Monday evening.

A grant of £150 has been made towards damages done by recent floods.

State Election. Declaration of the Poll

Of 5152 on the roll only 3057 voted.

T.J. Canny (ALP) 1260

A.D. McDonald (LCP) 1744

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 6 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive off Riggs’ Open Cut advanced 15 ft to 75 ft and values have risen slightly to 12 dwt per ton over a 4 inch face.

Lean’s Shaft. Working in winze off 100 ft level. Cleaned up the 100 ft level to commence work on winze on an underlie to cut Pexton’s west leader approximately 25-30 ft. Winze previously down 8 ft.

62, 15, 15 Apr. 1941, pages 1 & 4

Rev. V.R. & Mrs Secombe’s farewell is reported I 23⁄4 columns.

62, 15, 15 Apr. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 April

Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas in Good Girls Go to Paris.

Fred Stone & Rochelle Hudson in Konga

SA Bowden Citadel Band will give a concert at Leighton Hall next Saturday in aid of their Anzac effort for FFC Funds.

Bowls. Burra had one rink at Country Bowls Tournaments in the City over Easter.

Burra 18 defeated McLaren Vale 14

Murray Bridge 14 defeated Burra 12

Riverton 14 defeated Burra 12

Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline

The pumps at Morgan for the pipeline are to be driven by electricity, with the Adelaide Electric Supply Company delivering electricity over a special 66,000 volt power line from the Osborne Power Station to Morgan.

62, 15, 15 Apr. 1941, page 3

The Annual Tennis Party & Dance was held at Hogback Station east of Burra. The opportunity was taken to farewell Mrs Lindley who is leaving the district. Mr H. Cornelius was MC. About 40 people attended.

Marriage. Terowie Baptist Church, 5 April

Ruby Strawbridge, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Strawbridge of Terowie, married

Colin Simpson, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J.R. Simpson of Mt Bryan.

Obituary. Mrs Luke Day died at Burra Hospital last Monday.

[Born Esther Miriam McLeod 2 February 1875 Angaston. Married as Hester Miriam 22 September 1894 and died as Hester Amelia Day 13 April 1941, Burra.]

Obituary. Mr William White of Black Springs, the brother of Mrs Richard Hill of Kooringa, died on Good Friday at Burra Hospital aged 74. [William Henry White born 12 May 1866 Karkulto Mine: died 11 April 1941 Burra, residence Manoora.]

62, 16, 22 Apr. 1941, pages 1 & 4

Burra Anzac Sports & District Fete was a marvellous success on 19 April and the associated Queen Contest raised £700-19-6. This was the 9th time the event had been run and it was more successful than ever. The total proceeds must be in the vicinity of £1,000. The event was held under the auspices of the RSL, but many organisations assisted, including the three Burra FFCF Groups and the Mt Bryan FFCF. The weather was good and the cycle and horse tracks were in excellent condition. The gate was £59, up £6 on 1940. Some of SA’s champion cyclists attended: D. Toseland and the Thomas Bros. among them. [Officials are listed and of personal interest, H.E. Fuss was Hon. Sec.]

The official opening was preformed by Hon. S.W. Jefferies Minister of Education. Captain Naish, Recruiting Officer for the district also made an appeal.

[The various events are described and the results printed.]

62, 16, 22 Apr. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 April

Alice Fay & Don Ameche in Hollywood Cavalcade

Cesar Romero & Mary Beth Hughes in Lucky Cisco Kid

26 April

John Wayne & Claire Trevor in The Dark Command

Sandy Powell & Rene Ray in Home from Home

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 19 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs off Riggs’ Open Cut. Commenced stope from intermediate shaft: advanced 8 ft in values c. 12 dwt per ton on a leader 3 inches wide. 41⁄2 tons of ore on hand.

Lean’s Shaft. Sinking winze on underlie cut two small leaders 1⁄2 inch and 1 inch wide of up to 3 dwt per ton. Advanced 8 ft to 19 ft.

The Anzac Service was held last Sunday at the Market Square Memorial. The returned men assembled at the RSL Club Rooms. There was a splendid attendance of RCR members and a parade of members of the VS Detachment and Transport Service, all in smart uniforms. The Girl Guides earlier marched to the Memorial and took up a position on the south side. The Bowden Salvation Army Citadel Band under Bandmaster A.J. Heaven attended at their own expense and led the procession from the RSL Rooms to the Hospital and then back to the Memorial in Market Square. The returned men were led by G.S. Hawker and the RCR members by Mr Cyril Collins. Mrs D. Keynes (formerly Sister Armstrong) was the only nurse present. Mrs Andrew Tennant, Commandant of the VS Detachment, led the large squad of members with Mrs G.S. Hawker, CO of the Mt Bryan VSD. The Mayor, Councillors and the town clergy were at the Memorial. Rev. N. Usher gave the address and he was assisted by Rev. C. Gray (Anglican), Rev. P.N .Potter (Methodist) and Envoy Winfield (Salvation Army). Wreaths were laid by Mr Hawker, Mayor Woollacott, Sister Keynes and others. The procession then marched back to the RSL Rooms before being dismissed.

62, 16, 22 Apr. 1941, page 3

Burra Anzac Sports Queen Competition is reported in a little over 11⁄3 columns.

Supporters of Queen of the Army Miss Claire Sara raised £143-11-8.

Supporters of Queen of Navy Mrs Rex Pickering raised £195-11-2.

Supporters of Queen of Air Miss Helen (Peg) Gordon raised £361-16-8.

This gave a total of £700-19-6.

The result was announced at the Burra North Lodge Hall where a dance was held.

Obituary. Mrs Margaret Jane Lomman of Copperhouse died at her home 19 April. She was the elder daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Fradd and was born at Stony Gap near Burra in 1860 where she spent her early life. Later the family went to reside in Adelaide. In 1882 she married Mr Tom Lomman of Paradise and the couple spent their early married life there before coming to Princess Royal Station where Mr Lomman was a gardener for a number of years. After that they lived at Burra North before going to Copperhouse about 50 years ago. At the time of her death she was the oldest resident there. About nine years ago she broke the small bone in her hip and was afterwards unable to walk without a crutch. Her health gradually failed after that, but she retained wonderful eyesight. Her husband died sone years ago. There are eight children: William Lomman (Copperhouse), Albert Lomman (Burra North), Mrs W. Kellaway (Copperhouse), John Lomman (Meadows), Mrs W. Symons (Copperhouse), Mrs Norman Ford (Burra), Harold Lomman (Pt Elliott) and Mrs Hopkins (Eden). There are 38 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. There are two brothers and one sister alive: John Fradd (Smithfield), William Fradd (Beetaloo Valley) and Mrs Edwards (Adelaide).

[Born Margaret Jane Fradd 13 April 1869 Sod Hut: died 10 April 1941 according to SA Deaths CD.]

Aberdeen Croquet Club. Open Handicap Easter Tournament was won by Mrs M.T. Fuller.

Burra Institute

The trustees met on 18 April. The State Bank had written on 9 April asking what the trustees intended to do about the mortgage due to be repaid on 1 April – balance of principal plus interest. They replied that as the Institute was unable to meet its commitments and as neither the Burra Corporation nor the subscribers have made any effort to secure a committee to run the Institute since the AGM in January failed to secure any nominations, the trustees advise the State Bank to adopt one of the following options:

An amount of £661-15-9 be written off the capital as bad debt and the interest on the balance remain as at present.

The present rate of interest on the full loan be reduced to 4%.

The Bank exercise its rights under the mortgage.

If either option 1 or 2 above is adopted the trustees will endeavour to arrange a subscribers’ meeting and to form a committee as in the past. The trustees will cease to function as a management committee on 30 June 1941.

Burra Golf Club held its AGM 17 April and elected: President, Dr D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, J.R. Barker & S.C. Genders; Secretary, P.A. Dallwood; Treasurer, Geoff Rosman. The opening of the season was set for the first week of May with proceeds of the first day to aid the FFCF.

62, 17, 29 Apr. 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council

Cr Lott moved that the Institute Trustees be advised that Council would be prepared to discuss Institute liabilities with the bank, the Minister of Education controlling Institutes and representatives of the Burra Institute – with a view to calling a meeting of ratepayers to put the case and terms to the bank and would be prepared to accept subject to the ratepayers’ approval.

Council is prepared to offer £50 to A.J. & P.A. McBride Ltd for the dump that was the subject of a letter from them.

The question of whether to have a deputation wait on the Government with respect to the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry was raised. The Mayor said State and federal elections has held up a decision and Mr McDonald had undertaken to do as much as possible in the matter. Cr Lott thought they should be more active in the matter and also in getting a drilling program to test for sulphide deposits at the Burra Mine site. He said it was believed the owners of the quarry had offered it to the Government at a fair price and it was up to the Government to accept it. If Burra people kept quiet, so would the Government. It was resolved that Mr McDonald be written to, to arrange a deputation to see the Minister of Public Works.

Cr Lott on the question of putting a bore in the Mine to test its capabilities sparked a hot argument with the Mayor, who said the Mines Department had done all it could in that direction. Cr Samuel sided with the Mayor and Cr Lott’s motion failed to get a seconder.

Tenders are to be called for a bridge at Redruth.

Sgt. J. & Mrs Edington and Miss Joan Oates were tendered a social at Redruth Memorial Hall 21 April. Sgt Edington has been appointed to Murray Bridge. Joan Oates is to train as a nurse at Glenelg. She was presented with a travelling rug. Sgt Edington was presented with a beautiful electric lamp stand. This had been made by Mr Norrell Baynes from wood from the old Burra Mine. Mrs Edington received a crystal vase. [Details of speakers etc. are given in 2⁄3 column.]

62, 17, 29 Apr. 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 May

Mickey Rooney & Cecilia Parker in Judge Hardy & Son

Ann Sothern & John Carroll in Congo Maisie

Episode 11 of Secret Agent

Bowden Salvation Army Band. A clarification of arrangements: the RSL paid their travelling expenses, but the band gave their services free. (From Envoy Winfield.)

Anzac Sports. Further accounting of proceeds has brought the takings to £1,100, but a nett figure is not yet available.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, last Saturday.

Clarence H. Nourse, son of Mr & Mrs Henry Nourse of Burra North, married

Joyce Kathleen Fisher, 4th daughter of Mr Henry Fisher and the late Mrs Fisher of Eurovale Station via Burra.

Obituary. Mrs Luke Day died on Sunday 13 April. She was born at Angaston in 1876, the second daughter of Mr & Mrs John McLeod. She later lived with her grandparents Mr & Mrs George Benn. Her marriage to Mr Luke Day took place in 1895 when she came to Burra to reside. Before being overtaken by ill health Mrs Day, who was of a most kindly disposition, was a friend to many old folk and a sympathetic neighbour. In the time of the Great War she was a foremost knitter, and taught many of the girls to knit socks at afternoon and evening classes at her home. She gave most of her time to patriotic work apart from assisting to make comforts for soldiers. Her health had been failing for some months. [Born Esther Miriam McLeod 2 February 1875 Angaston, married as Hester Miriam MacLeod: died Hester Amelia Day 13 April 1941 Burra.]

62, 17, 29 Apr. 1941, page 3

Mt Bryan East School held its picnic a few weeks ago in Messrs C.W. Gare & Sons North Paddock.

[Sports results are printed.]

62, 18, 6 May 1941, page 1

Page 1 is a special feature giving a summary of a dozen of the town’s businesses essentially in the form of advertising blurbs.

Sara & Co. Grocery & General Store. The business was established in 1870 by the present owner’s grandfather, Mr Tiver. It was taken over 35 years ago by Mr J.G. Sara and is now being carried on successfully by his son Mr Frank Sara. There are two stores; one at Burra North and one in Commercial Street. They are well stocked and give excellent reliable service. As well as carrying a large range of goods, Sara & Co. are agents for International Harvester Co., Cyclone Gate & Fence Co. and C.C. Wakefield – all British Oil Co. Mr Frank Sara is a past President of the Institute Committee and the Bowling Club and a member of the Burra Progress Committee.

Fred M. Pearce. Timber & Hardware Merchant, Builder & Contractor. Mr Pearce has served the community for 30 years and with his son Carl caters for the needs of those about to build with supplies of timber and quotes for contractors. His quotes and workmanship are both reliable and acceptable. Mr Pearce also keeps on hand a large stock of hardware and gardening tools. He stocks Berger paints and Hallweld gates and fences, as well as lime, bricks, cement and the other essentials of the builder.

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store. Mr Byrne established his own business in Burra four years ago after 20 years experience with the well-known firm of Pederson’s. He not only supplies ladies and gentlemen with a comprehensive range of footwear, but also keeps it in order with his reliable repairing service. He takes a great deal of interest in the Football Club and the Burra Homing Club.

Burra Motor Co. of Commercial Street has a reputation in the town for long and faithful service to the motoring public. It specialises in repairs of all kinds and particularly in oxy-welding. The Company, of which Mr Guy Dollman is the head, is also agent for Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler cars and Caterpillar Tractors. He took over the business about 18 years ago from Glenister & Sams. He is a member of the Local Defence League. He is the possessor of an excellent voice, which he uses for public benefit, often being in demand for local concerts.

The Burra Hotel. A former proprietress and manager-in-chief, Mrs Phelan, has recently returned. One of the older hotels in Burra, it is spacious and gracious in its pleasing setting and style. Mrs Phelan also manages to find time to interest herself in most affairs of public endeavour in the town and is by general acclamation a very popular woman and an excellent hostess.

J.G. Carpenter. Carrier and Wood & Chaff Merchant. Mr Carpenter has built up a reputation for faithful and honest service, which has brought him a large and ever increasing clientele of satisfied customers. He is well equipped to carry every kind of produce with three excellent and dependable motor trucks. He began his business about 15 years ago. In addition to being a carrier, he can supply any quantity of chaff or firewood.

C.J. Pearce & Son. Undertaker and Cabinetmaker. The business was established by Charles James Pearce about 63 years ago. He is now a veteran of about 83 and the business is now run by his son Lisle. The family is one of the town’s oldest – Lisle’s grandfather came to Burra in 1846. The firm carries out its duties with dignity and respect. A modern motor hearse and mourning coach are available. In addition to undertaking Messrs C.J. Pearce & Son conduct a reliable cabinet-making workshop and have stocks of glass, putty, paints and varnishes. They also carry out furniture repairs and upholstery.

Mr E.G. Leunig’s Bakery at Burra North sets a high standard for large oven-crisp batches of first quality bread. Mr Leunig has been with us as a master baker for the last five years.

Matthews Emporium, Drapers & Outfitters etc. Mr Colin Drew is the manager. Distance from capital cities is no barrier to elegant window displays of frocks and suits that carry the names of well-known urban manufacturers. As well as a fine range of products, this business places an emphasis on service to customers. This is a ten-year-old establishment and its manager intends that Burra should have the best. The firm’s headquarters are at Peterborough. The business has splendid stocks of dresses, hosiery and men’s wear and has furnishings and furniture sections as well.

Scovell’s Commercial Hotel is the prototype of the country inn with a jovial landlord. The Commercial is better known as Scovellia or Tom Scovell’s Hotel. Tom had many years’ experience at Saddleworth, where his name was almost an institution. He takes an active interest in every aspect of civil life and has created at the Commercial a club-like aspect, with an excellently equipped dining room and excellent food. The accommodation is excellent and there is a really good hot water service.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison’s Radio Dealer & Tyre Retreading Service. For the last 25 years Mr Jennison has been established in this town. He is a radio dealer and agent for Stromberg Carlson Radios and is well versed in all aspects of radio and electrical appliances. He also has a specially adapted plant for tyre retreading. As a returned AIF man he has been President of the local RSL Sub-branch and is active in civic affairs and is a member of the Local Defence Unit. [Photo of the front counter with an advertisement for Willard Batteries prominently displayed on the rear wall.]

T.W. Wilkinson’s Chemist and Newsagent. Mr Rex Martin has now been with the town long enough to have endeared himself to the community. He is willing and ready to give service dispensing medicine day or night, having taken over the respected name of T.W. Wilkinson, who was the owner for so many decades. In addition to dispensing work, he carries a wide range of proprietary lines, cosmetics, sick room and nursery equipment, prophylactics and the usual chemists’ sundries. Next door is a well-stocked newsagents and booksellers’ shop.

[Also a photo of a Champion Merino Ram and one of the Burra Institute before the addition of a verandah and with the old wooden fence.]

Sgt Edington was thanked at the last sitting of Burra Local Court for the efficient conduct of his duties honestly and faithfully, as well as for his active interest in the Local Defence Committee, the RSL and the VDC. Mrs Edington’s role in patriotic and social work was also acknowledged.

Aberdeen Ballast Quarries. A copy of the case presented to the Commissioner of Public Works is printed.

The enlistment of over 150 men and a drift of families to Adelaide and Whyalla associated with war related employment, had affected local businesses.

The drought of the past 12 months had accentuated the difficulties.

The stone available at the quarries is of high quality and a considerable quantity will now be needed for the construction of the storage reservoir at Hanson for the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline and to repair roads and railways damaged by recent floods.

62, 18, 6 May 1941, page 2

Notice. AIF Recruiting Rally, Wednesday 14 May. Several War Pictures will be screened.

Speakers: Col. Waite, the Mayor, Dr Steele and G.S. Hawker.

Notice. Burra Civil Defence. Air Raid Warnings. At 7.15 a.m. on 8 May a try out will be made of warning devices in the event of an air raid. In Kooringa the Fire Brigade siren and at Burra North the Methodist Church Bell.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 May

Ralph Richardson & Valerie Hobson in Cloud Over Europe

Arthur Lake & Dorothy Moore in Blondie Meets the Boss

Final Episode of Secret Agent

Burra Primary School. Mr T. Corry has recently been appointed to the school.

62, 18, 6 May 1941, page 3

‘Get Busy’ writes supporting the laudable efforts to get the Aberdeen Quarry going again and also supporting Cr Lott’s interest in the further testing of the Burra Mine. The writer doubts the wisdom of cancelling the Burra Show this year. (Other shows are being held.) And the Burra Races were also cancelled. Such events help maintain the town’s prosperity and profits could go to patriotic funds.

Black Springs Patriotic Fund held a Special Effort in the Hall on Saturday 26 April. Takings were over £85.

Air Raid Precautions. A column of details outlines the alarm, the all-clear and the responses of the various volunteer groups in the try-out planned for 17 May. Instructions are given for First Aid Volunteers, stretcher-bearers, volunteers with trucks and cars to transport the wounded to clearing stations and the Base Hospital, messenger boys and girls, the Fire Brigade, telephone and water supply operators and the Demolition Squad, which was to be ready to excavate buried civilians.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping backs in drive off Riggs’ Open Cut advanced to 12 ft in values of 12 dwt per ton over an average width 3 inches. Now rising in back of stope to try to find better values.

Lean’s Shaft. Continued winze on underlie: advanced 9 ft to 28 ft. Country more oxidised.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary last Sunday 4 May. This was the first opportunity to meet the new minister, Rev. P.N. Potter. [Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

62, 18, 6 May 1941, page 4

Rev. & Mrs Potter were welcomed to Kooringa Methodist Church at a social in the Sunday School Hall on Tuesday 22 April.

62, 19, 13 May 1941, page 1

Mr Norman Hiles Pearse of ‘The Gums’ Station was given a farewell at the Burra Hotel on Thursday evening prior to his departure for Adelaide, where he will live in future. Dr D.M. Steele was the Toastmaster. He Spoke of Mr Pearse’s contribution to the district as Chairman of the District Council for many years. He had also been Chairman of the Racing Club. The Mayor, Mr T.H. Woollacott, described Mr Pearse as one of nature’s gentlemen. He praised his patriotic efforts during the Great War. Mr W.H. McWaters endorse the remarks of other speakers and said a huge number of people who had broken down on the Morgan Road had been helped by Mr Pearse in the fifty years that the family had lived at ‘The Gums’. A presentation of a wallet of notes was made.

Messrs N. Hiles and H.L. Pearse were also given a send-off at the Mt Mary Hotel by residents of Florieton and Mt Mary Districts on 2 May, with the Chairman of the Morgan DC, Mr L.T.P. Bettison in the chair. The usual eulogistic speeches were made and Mr Harold Pearse was presented with a handsome travelling rug and Mr Norman Pearse with a 60-piece cream and gold combined dinner and tea set.

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church 2 April

Ronald Ernest Stephen Gould, son of Mr & Mrs Gould of Salisbury, married

Ivy Mary Ruth Lomman, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Lomman of Booborowie.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Town Council, 5 May

A.J. & P.A. McBride have rejected the Council’s offer of £50 for the skimp dump, but have indicated they would accept an offer on a royalty basis.

It was resolved that the Council offer a royalty of 3 pence per yard.

Only one grade of petrol would be available in future. It was resolved to waive any claim for rent on idle kerbside pumps as a result of this, obviating the necessity of owners removing the idle pumps.

The Mayor reported on the delegation to the Commissioner of Works about the re-opening of the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry. He said they had explained the disabilities the town was suffering due to the drought and the outflow of people. They had presented a petition with 60 signatures. He said they were received well and the Commissioner said he would take the matter up with the Highways Commissioner.

LAC Colin Morrison was accorded a social at World’s End on 3 May. Prior to his enlisting he had been in charge of the World’s End School and had been most active in sporting and social activities in the district. Speakers were Mr A.G. Heinrich, Mr Eric McWaters, Mr Jack McWaters, Mrs Eric McWaters, Mr W.H. McWaters, Mr Tiggeman (the present teacher), Mr Jack McLean and Mr Percy J. Thomas. A presentation was made of a gold-tipped pen and pencil in a case and a sum of £1-17-0. Mr Morrison has seven brothers and brothers-in-law present on active service. His father had served in the Boer War and the Great War

62, 19, 13 May 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Thursday 15 May & Saturday 17 May

Bert Bailey & Connie Martin in Dad Rudd MP

John Trent & Marjorie Reynolds in Stunt Pilot

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra – Annual Elections

The following Councillors will retire due to the effluxion of time:

Baldina Ward John Kellock

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Mt Bryan Ward John Macke Gebhardt

Hanson Ward Morgan de Neufville Lucas

Nominations will be accepted till 12 noon Saturday 14 June 1941.

Obituary. Cynthia May Truscott, aged 7 died suddenly at Burra Hospital on 13 May. She was the daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Horrie Truscott of Gluepot Station.

Burra Civil Defence

A try-out of air-raid precautions will be staged next Saturday 17 May.

The warning will be sounded between 2.45 p.m. and 3 p.m. and will be short blasts for five seconds followed by and interval of three seconds. The cycle will continue for two minutes. On hearing the signal place yourself out of sight of anyone in an aeroplane. The all-clear signal will be given five minutes later and will comprise short blasts for two minutes.

At Burra the blasts will be given by the fire brigade siren and motor car horns and at Burra North by the Redruth Church bell and motor car horns. Motor car horns will also be used at Copperhouse. On hearing the all-clear volunteers will proceed as quickly as possible to their assigned posts.

The Burra Golf Club season was opened on Saturday last. Mr Roy McWaters, as last year’s champion drove off the first ball. The new Secretary is Mr P. Dallwood and Mr Geoff Rosman was the Treasurer.

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM on 5 May and elected: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames D.M. Steele & R. Grant; Secretary, Miss M. Davey; Captain, Mrs A. Coverdale and Vice-Captain Miss M.V. Pearce. The season will open on Thursday.

Social for Burra Boys. Last night a social was tendered at the Burra Institute to AB Seaman Jack Parker of the RAN, Cpl Reg Davey, Ptes Charlie Herbert, Rex Opperman, Dave Wooton, Reg. Schwier, Laurie Ward, Transport Drivers Ptes Tom Allen, C. Jesser and L. Jesser. The hall, vestibule and steps were packed to capacity with a crowd that must have exceeded 600. [Full details next issue.]

Mr & Mrs Joseph L. Byrne, who have lived in Burra for some years, have now left following Mr Byrne’s acceptance of a position at Whyalla. Mrs Byrne and son have gone to Glenelg for three months to stay with her parents, Mr & Mrs Thomas Tiver.

62, 19, 13 May 1941, page 3

Letter. Mr Lel. Kellaway writes re the Burra Mine.

He cites a report published in the Mines of South Australia, 1908.

The report says the mine is located 100 miles north of Adelaide and the deposit was found in 1845 by a shepherd named Pickett. The ores obtained have been largely red oxides, very rich blue and green carbonates, including malachite, and also native copper. The mine at one time supported a large population. The capital investment was £12,320 in £5 shares and no subsequent call was ever made on investors. The total amount paid in dividends was £800,000. After being worked for some time by the original investors, the mine was later sold to a new company, but for the last few years has not been worked. For many years the average yield was from 10,000 to 13,000 tons of ore averaging 22 to 23% copper. The company spent £2,241,157 in general expenses and the output was 234,648 tons, equivalent to 51,622 tons of copper. At the average price of copper this amounted in money value to £4,749,224. The mine ceased working in 1877. In 1859 the number of men employed was 1,170.

[The report then describes the ore bodies of the original mine.]

Using old plans the Government Geologist determined to put the [recent] Diamond Drill bore down with the object of striking Sander’s or Kingston’s lodes at a depth on the inclination. The bore reached a depth of 1,004 ft and entered a brecciated lode formation at 780ft. At 813 ft copper pyrites and quartz were observed and continued for many feet. Similar lode formation continued to the bottom of the bore hole. This shows that copper bearing lodes as mentioned in the last report of the Mine Management as existing at 600 ft in Morphett’s Shaft, as well as Waterhouse and Peacock’s continue for 200 ft deeper than had been proved in Morphett’s Shaft. The geologist was of the opinion that data collected justified putting Morphett’s Shaft in order and restarting mining operations at that point. A second bore site has been selected near the south end of the old open cut. In 1899 mining operations were resumed on a small scale and an ore body was discovered a short distance to the SW of the original explorations. Gall’s Shaft was started further west in more solid country and sunk to 75 ft. At 60 ft a crosscut struck the ore body, which at 8 ft from the shaft was found to be about 10 ft wide and to comprise mostly blue and green carbonates and some bornite. Further testing should continue. [The report is dated 30 March 1904. And Mr Kellaway clearly considers that it should be brought to the attention of wartime authorities, with the intention that mining be resumed.]

Leighton Red Cross held a concert on 7 May. It is reported in some detail and raised £18-15-0.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon on 11 May at which reports of the year’s work were read and prizes were distributed. Superintendent Mr Colin Fuller presided. During the year the news of the death of Mr John Drew was sadly received. He had been an esteemed Superintendent for about 40 years. [The prize list is printed.]

Obituary. Cynthia Truscott, the seven-year-old daughter of Mr & Mrs Horrie Truscott of Gluepot Station was taken ill late Sunday night and died suddenly at 2 a.m. this morning.

Obituary. Mr Alfred A. Jefferies died at his Mt Bryan residence on 11 May, aged 69. He is survived by a widow, three daughters and one son. [See 62, 21, 27 May 1941, page 3. Born 23 August 1871 at Saddleworth.]

9/23 Light Horse

Following the camp in the Barossa Ranges, many of the members of the Regiment have joined the AIF. Recruiting replacements for them is ongoing. Personnel aged 19-33, who are interested, must apply by 25 May, when the Troop Leader will attend the Drill Hall in Burra from 9.30 a.m. and will see US personnel who wish to join the Regiment. Members who enlist in the AIF must first return all clothing and equipment to the Troop Leader. It will be kept separate until the member has been accepted by the AIF.

62, 19, 13 May 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Too Many Girls, third instalment.

Dipping of Headlights

Motorists are reminded that from late 1940 it became compulsory to dip headlights in order to avoid dazzling oncoming drivers. All new vehicles registered after 31 December 1940 must be fitted with a dipping apparatus. All vehicles not fitted with a dipping apparatus must have the beam of light from their headlights permanently dipped, i.e. the main beam of light must not exceed a height of three feet six inches at a distance of 75 feet or more from the vehicle.

62, 20, 20 May 1941, page 1

Social to Recruits and £5,310 War Loan Appeal

On Monday 12 May a social was tendered ten more Burra Boys who have enlisted. The crowd packed the hall, the gallery, the vestibule and spilled out onto the steps. All the boys were Burra born and enlisted from Burra: AB Seaman Jack Parker RAN; Cpl Reg. Davey, Ptes Charlie Herbert, Rex Opperman, Dave Wooton, Reg. Schwier, Laurie Ward; Transport Drivers Len and Charlie Jesser and Tom Allen.

The meeting began with the singing of the National Anthem and the Song of Australia. This was followed by community singing of popular patriotic songs from typed sheets. The Mayor, T.H. Woollacott introduced Mr G.S. Hawker. After his speech Miss Mavis Fairchild sang a song and then sang There’ll Always be an England as an encore. Mr H. Jennison’s speech was followed by a song by Mr G.H. Dolman, and then Envoy Winfield of the Salvation Army spoke. Mr G. Ganley then favoured with a song, before Mrs Frank Sara gave each of the guests a parcel from the FFCF, after which the Mayor places a wrist watch on the arm of each of the guests.

The Mayor then launched the appeal for people to lend money to the War Loan. Dr D.M. Steele spoke in support of the War Loan and was supported by the Mayor.

Each of the guests then responded, For they are jolly god fellows was sung, votes of thanks were moved and seconded by H.E. Fuss and Walter Lee and the social closed with Auld Lang Syne.

£5,310 was pledged to the War Loan.

Recruiting Rally

On Wednesday evening a large crowd at the Burra Institute listened to Lieut-Col. Waite, Captain Pellew, the Mayor T.H. Woollacott and Mr G.S. Hawker appeal for recruits for the AIF. The appeal was organised by the Local Defence Committee, which was first formed on 14 May 1938. The meeting was attended by the local VSDs in force and was opened with the singing of the National Anthem and the Song of Australia. Guests included Lieut-Col. Waite, Captain Pellew, Major Archer and Lieut. Black. The last three being of the Mobile Recruiting Unit, which had unexpectedly arrived in Burra. The speeches [which are reported in full] were interspersed with musical items from Mrs Bence, Miss Halliday and Messrs Dollman and Rosman as well as Department of Information Films.

62, 20, 20 May 1941, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council calls tenders for the erection of the swing bridge at Burra North and for rebuilding that part of the wall at Victoria Park washed down by recent floods.

Notice. The Corporation of Burra advises that the following Councillors will retire due to the effluxion of time on the first Saturday in July:

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott

North Ward Richard Malcolm Reed

East Ward William Henry March

West Ward William George Terry

Nominations to fill the vacancies will be received up to noon on Saturday 14 June 1941, with an election on 5 July if required.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell on instructions from trustees in the estate of the Late Tom Lomman, on the property adjoining the school at Copperhouse, allotments 4 & 5 and parts 6, 7 & 8 on which is erected a stone house of six rooms, porch and cellar.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 May

Don Ameche & Andrea Leeds in Swanee River

Sydney Toler & Marjorie Weaver in Charlie Chan’s Murder Cruise

Obituary. Driver Rex Miller of Hallett is reported killed in action abroad on 4 May. Prior to his enlistment he was a Home Missionary, working in connection with the SA Methodist Conference. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Fred Miller of Hallett and leaves a young widow and sisters.

[Frederick Rexton Miller born 21 April 1911 at Redruth.]

Obituary. Gunner William Vowles, who is in the Navy, has been killed in action. He was the son-in-law of Mr Thomas P. Halls of Burra, being the husband of his daughter, Loris, who is left with a small son. [Alfred William Vowles born 5 February 1914 at Solomontown.]

Obituary. Mrs Robert Bell died at Burra Hospital on Friday last. She was born at Sod Hut, near Burra, on 12 February 1858, the second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Broad, pioneers of Burra. She spent the whole of her life in the district. She married Mr Robert Bell of Marrabel in 1879 and they lived first at Baldina. Later her husband was employed by Mr Carl Gebhardt of Mackerode, where they lived for some years. Mr Bell later took up land near Mt Bryan, where they made a permanent home until Mr Bell’s death in 1932. Afterwards failing health drove Mrs Bell to live with her children at times. She had a family of nine, of which three predeceased her, one as an infant and Robert and Clem Bell as adults. She is survived by Messrs Reuben E. Bell of Hallett, W.T. Bell of Willunga, Mrs J. Clare of Cowaramup WA, Mr Lyle R. Bell of Hallett, Mr C.S. Bell of Cowaramup WA and Mrs Reg. Kellaway of Adelaide. There are also 28 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.

[Born Elizabeth Broad 12 February 1858 at Happy Valley, District of Burra. Died Burra, 16 May 1941.]

Pte Claude G. Attrill is reported missing in action. His wife is resident in Kooringa.

Accident. A car belonging to Messrs Dyer and James rolled over several times three miles north of Mt Bryan at 6 p.m. yesterday. The driver’s escape without injury is amazing. The car was damaged too badly to be repaired locally.

Sgt AG Herbert J. Woodgate has had an operation in Keswick Hospital for tonsillitis, returned home on 17 May to ‘Penshurst’ Booborowie for a period of recuperation.

SBO Rod Wilson of the Navy Medical Department will be tendered a presentation at the Burra Institute on Thursday evening.

Mr Cawthorne and his sister Miss Alice Cawthorne have taken up residence at Hanson. Mr Cawthorne is the new head teacher at Hanson and was previously stationed at Yunta. Miss Cawthorne becomes the new postmistress at Hanson.

Miss Nancy Pearce has returned to her duties at Quorn High School after spending the school vacation with her parents in Kooringa.

Miss Mavis Fairchild is home on leave with her parents, Mr & Mrs R. Fairchild of Burra North.

Burra Golf Associates opened the season last Thursday.

62, 20, 20 May 1941, page 3

Cpl Reg. Davey and Pte Rex Opperman were given presentations at the close of business at Messrs Sara & Co.’s Burra North store on Wednesday evening. Burra branch employees also attended.

Don McDonald, who has received his call for the RAAF, was given a dinner at the Kooringa Hotel last Saturday night. He said he and his brother had drawn lots to see who would join up and he had been the fortunate one. [Details in c. 1⁄3 column.]

A War Savings Certificate Group, which will also help to raise money for the War Loan, was formed at Mt Bryan on 15 May. At the meeting £1,310 was donated to the War Loan and £57-12-0 was promised for War Savings Certificates.

Watch Fund. A list of contributors to the Burra Watch Fund of the Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee is printed.

Mock Air Raid on Burra. The mock air raid went very smoothly last Saturday and about two minutes after the all clear was sounded casualties began streaming into the First Aid Posts and Clearing Stations. The telephone lines ran hot with orders for the Fire brigade to extinguish a fire at Sara & Co. at Burra North and for the Water Supply Department to repair a burst main. There was an excellent response to appeals for cars as transports for the exercise. Each post was visited for assessment and feedback. The whole exercise was completed in just over an hour.

[An extensive list of participants and their roles is printed.]

Gunner A. (Bob) Radford was given a presentation at Miss D. Warner’s Café last Tuesday evening.

Mrs Colin Bruce made the usual presentation from the FFCF and the Mr A.B. Riggs fastened the usual wrist watch on Gnr Radford’s arm.

62, 20, 20 May 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents You’ll Find Out, First Instalment.

62, 21, 27 May 1941, page 1

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church

Mary (Molly) second daughter of Mr & Mrs H.R. Edwards of Mt Bryan, married

Laurence William Crew, second son of Mrs F.E. & the late Mr Crew of Wirrabara.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

SBA Rodney Wilson RAN (Sick Berth Attendant) was given a social at the Burra Institute on Thursday night. The usual format was followed. Speakers were The Mayor T.H. Woollacott, Rev. P.N. Potter, S.C. Genders, Walter Lee, Mr Sara and Mr Jennison. The presentation of the FFCF parcel was made by Miss Pearce and the Mayor fastened on the wristwatch. Musical interludes were provided by Miss Mavis Fairchild, Mrs Max Pearce, with Mr Rosman at the piano. Mrs P.N. Potter gave a humorous recital of The Charge of the Light Brigade as presented by four aspirants for elocutionary honours.

62, 21, 27 May 1941, page 2

Advt. On 6 June Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell, under instructions from trustees in the estate of the late S. Craig, a portion of allotment 300, laid out as Kooringa, measuring 57 ft 4 inches to Bridge Terrace and a depth of 110 ft 3 inches to 118 ft with a right of way over a private road on the northern boundary. Improvements include a four roomed house and iron wash house.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 May

Wendy Barrie & Patric Knowles in Women in War

Gene Autry & Lupita Tovar in South of the Border

Plus Specials:

The British Navy

News Fronts of the War

Donald’s Golf Game (Walt Disney cartoon)

Episode 3 of the serial The Spider’s Web

Advt. Mrs L.R. Lee (Miss I. Bagnell) advises clients that she has resumed duties at Pearce’s Buildings. Perms, full heads, 15/6.

Burra Bowling Club closed its season on 24 May.

Prizes:

Championship Mr O. (Bert) Finch.

Singles Handicap Mr J.T. Pascoe

Consistency Mr J.T. Pascoe

Pairs W.G. Terry & O.H. Ockenden

Burra Croquet Club: Season’s trophies

Championship Mrs J.T. Pascoe

Handicap Singles Mrs S.H. Robinson

Doubles Mrs O. Finch & Mrs M. Stewart

Marriage. Pirie Street Methodist Church, Adelaide, 17 May

Miss C.A. Lillian Piggott, second daughter of Mr & Mrs L.H. Piggott of Porter’s Lagoon, Farrell Flat, married Mr John Henshaw, Instructor RAAF, Melbourne, younger son of Mr & Mrs O.A. Henshaw of Ormond, Victoria. The couple will live in Melbourne.

62, 21, 27 May 1941, page 3

Burra Primary & High Schools observed Empire Day last Friday morning. There was a creditable attendance by parents and friends, including the clergy of the town, Mr G.S. Hawker, President of the RSL, Mrs Hawker and the members of the School Committee and the High School Council.

The Primary School assembled in the playground in charge of Headmaster Mr Davis. Mr Jennison as Chairman of the School Committee introduced Mr Hawker, who gave the Empire Address, after which the children marched inside to listen to the service broadcast from Adelaide.

The High school assembly was in their hall, where addresses were given by Dr Steele (Chairman of the High School Council) and Mr A.B. Riggs.

At the end there was a joint assembly in the yard, with the ceremony of the Saluting the Flag and a two minute silence in honour of the fallen. The children were then dismissed for the rest of the day.

Obituary. Mr John Tennant, pastoralist of Princess Royal Station, died at Burra Hospital on Monday night, aged 77. [See 62, 22, 3 June 1941, page 3.]

Obituary. Albert Atkins Jefferies died at his home ‘Almonda’ Mt Bryan on 11 May. He was born at Saddleworth 69 years ago and his parents later moved to Hamley Bridge, where he joined the SAR Department and was an employee for 22 years, at Wallaroo and Adelaide. He resigned from the Railways and took a business at Reynella for a short time. In 1912 he purchased the property at Mt Bryan, where he lived until his death. He took a keen interest in the Church and Sunday School, being the Superintendent of the Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School for 26 years. He was also a church steward and a member of the Rechabite Lodge for over 50 years. He was a popular figure and active in local affairs, being auditor for the Mt Bryan District Council and Tennis Club and until recently for the Red Cross. He leaves a widow, three daughters: Mrs F.G. Thomas of Mt Bryan; Mrs E.R. Sexton of Pt Broughton; Miss Joyce Jefferies and one son, Mr F.M. Jefferies of Mt Bryan. There are ten grandchildren and three brothers.

[Born 23 August 1871 at Saddleworth.]

Mr & Mrs G. Eyers were given a farewell in the Hallett Institute on Friday night.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for the fortnight to 17 May.

Farnden’s Hill. Underhand stoping in Riggs Open Cut advanced 8 ft. Worked backs out where values showed improvement. Commenced to underhand stope the remaining leader. Values low.

Lean’s Shaft. Underlie winze advanced 10 ft to 38 ft. Have not cut the leader. Will continue.

Sgt Gunner Herbert Woodgate was accorded a social at Booborowie on Wednesday 14 May, being the first member of the RAAF to receive a social there. Vocal items were rendered by Mrs Max Pearce, Miss M. Halliday, Mr G. Dollman and Mr P. Rosman. Dancing followed the usual speeches. A presentation of a carryall and two cheques was made by the Chairman, Mr W. French. There was also a presentation from St Edmund’s Church and the FFCF.

ACS Bob Morton RAAF will be tendered a social tonight at the Burra Institute.

Seteriki Tuilovoni, a Fijian Methodist teacher, has been visiting the Methodist churches in the district and has been a guest of Rev. P.N. & Mrs Potter. [Note later in the report he is Seteiki Tinlovoni.]

62, 21, 27 May 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents You’ll Find Out, second instalment.

62, 22, 3 June 1941, page 1

ACS Bob Morton RAAF was tendered a social in Burra Institute on Tuesday evening. Entertainment was provided by Mr Guy Dollman, Mr P.L. Rosman, Miss M. Fairchild and Mrs Claude White. Speakers included the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott and Dr Steele. In the midst of Dr Steele’s speech the Mayor interrupted with the news that ‘The Bismarck has been sunk’. Spontaneously the crowd stood and sang Rule Britannia. Ensign Winfield then spoke, though he said he felt more like going into the street and doing something silly. Mr S. Hawker also spoke. Mrs A. Coverdale presented the FFCF parcel, Mr Woollacott strapped on the usual wristwatch and Bob Morton responded. The evening ended with a vote of thanks moved by H.E. Fuss and seconded by F.T. Sara and the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

The Annual St Edmund’s Ball was held at Booborowie last Wednesday and was a success despite petrol rationing.

Letter. W.G. Hawkes writes from North Adelaide to congratulate the great effort that his old town is putting into the war.

Letter. A.A. Davey writes re the apathy shown regarding the Burra Institute. He cannot believe that after all these years of existence, there can be no committee of management. He had seen the Institute survive the Boer War and the Great War and now appeal for subscribers to rally around and help to tide the Institute over the strenuous time they were all going through.

The Burra Institute

A special meeting of subscribers to the Burra Institute was held on 29 May and it was found impossible to form a committee to carry on the management of the Institute. Previously the Trustees had indicated their intention of resigning on 30 June. This state of affairs is due to the fact that for some time the committee has found it practically impossible to meet the heavy liabilities due to the heavy debt and the consequent large sum to be found annually in interest payments.

F.L. Worth as president of the last committee outlined the difficulties under which the Institute was labouring. For some time the committee had found it difficult to meet the £160 annual interest bill on the £3,100 mortgage held by the State Bank. The bank had refused either to write off some of the debt or to reduce the interest rate. Last January the committee found it impossible to carry on any longer. Apart from the interest burden, the other costs were salaries, upkeep of the building and the maintenance of the library. Neither the public nor the subscribers had taken much interest or offered much assistance. Under Section 75 of the Act the business was being carried on by the Trustees, but they would refuse to function after the 30 June. In the previous week Mr Douglas of the State Bank had been in Burra and the position was put to him. The Bank seemed still to be uncompromising. Under Section 73 the Trustees were entitled to resign and if they did, after 30 June there would be no one running the Institute. The Mortgagee would then have to foreclose. There were two ways open. Things could be let slide and see what the bank would do. The other was to form a committee and try to carry on. A move to get the Corporation to take over the Institute was supported by a meeting of ratepayers, but a subsequent poll voted otherwise.

Mr Bowles said at the meeting referred to the Mayor had asked the bank if it would accept £2,500 for the mortgage from the Corporation. His Worship has thought he could raise that amount. He was not aware that this had been officially put to the Council and neither had he heard the bank’s response. He was in favour of letting things go and seeing what the bank would do.

Mr Worth said there were only 150 subscribers. Income had fallen off because of a lack of functions other than patriotic ones, and they were entitled to a reduction of one third in hire fees.

He also said the Corporation could take over the Institute without a poll of ratepayers unless the ratepayers so decided.

Mr Bowles and Mr Genders could see no advantage in electing a committee at present.

It was finally resolved to do nothing for four weeks and then hold another meeting.

It was also resolved to suggest to the Trustees that they write to the Town Council suggesting that it make an offer to the State Bank to buy out the mortgage.

62, 22, 3 June 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 June

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland in Babes in Arms

Robert Young & Ann Southern in Maisie

Episode 4 of The Spider’s Web.

Notice. The Commonwealth of Australia

Enrolment for Military Service for Home Defence

All male inhabitants of Australia who have not already enrolled for military service and who were on 13 December 1940, unmarried or widowers without children and who are within the age group specified below, are required to enrol for military service within 30 days after 1 June 1941, unless they fall within any of the classes of persons NOT required as specified below.

The age group of required person is persons born between 1 July 1906 and 30 June 1921.

Exemptions:

Persons who are not British subjects.

Persons who have not resided in Australia for six months.

Persons who have enlisted in or been appointed to the Naval, Military or Air Forces.

Persons temporarily absent from Australia.

Persons who are members or officers of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or of a State.

Judges of Federal or State Courts or Police, Stipendiary or Special Magistrates of the Commonwealth or of a State.

Theft. 250 plugs of gelignite were stolen from Messrs Sara & Co.’s magazine during the weekend.

The Commissioner of Public Works advises that the Government intended to enter into a lease of the Ballast Quarry at Burra North as a result of the case recently put to him by the Town Council Deputation. Mr Woollacott said he understood the lease would be for a considerable period of time. If re-opened the quarry would provide much employment.

Vandalism. Last week vandals smashed many of the glass domes and artificial flowers on graves at the Burra Cemetery. Stones were found in 23 of the containers and forty or more containers had been smashed. The lock on the door of the ladies’ public toilet was also smashed and any pennies it may have contained were missing. Both matters are in the hands of the police.

Hallett Girl Guides held their annual meeting on 21 May.

62, 22, 3 June 1941, page 3

Obituary. Mr John Tennant, veteran pastoralist of Princess Royal, died on 26 May and had been associated with Burra for nearly 40 years. He was born at Myrtle Bank, Glen Osmond on 28 October 1863. He was a son of the late Andrew Tennant of Glenelg, a well-known pioneer of SA. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and on leaving school chose to go on the land. His first experience was in the north at Moolooloo Station. He married Miss Love of Mitcham in 1898 and later left Australia for the South Island of New Zealand, where the couple lived until about 1902-03, when they returned to SA. Mr Tennant had purchased Princess Royal Station from the late Alexander McCulloch and with his wife and family made the fine old station seven miles south of Burra his permanent home. He also had interests in a number of other large holdings. In his prime he was a great sportsman and supported all forms of sport. He was particularly keen on racing and hunting, being a great horseman. He raced horses and as a member of the Adelaide Hunt Club won the club’s cup. He was a major contributor to charities and to patriotic causes in the Great War and to present patriotic causes. When the Maternity Wing of Burra Hospital was built due to the generosity of Mrs W.P. Barker and Sir John Melrose, there was a difficulty in financing its furnishing, but at the laying of the foundation stone a letter from Mr Tennant announced his willingness to be responsible for the furnishings to the extent of £700. He is survived by a widow, one son, Mr Andrew Tennant of ‘The Gap’ and one daughter, Mrs Brian Swift of Adelaide. There is one grandson.

[Birth does not appear on SA Births CD.]

Obituary. Mr Thomas T. Shortridge died at his residence in North Adelaide on Sunday. He was formerly a highly esteemed resident of the district and was aged 85. He is survived by a widow and a family of seven children. [Thomas Thorman Shortridge, born 5 October 1855 District of the Murray. Died 1 June 1941 at North Adelaide.]

Mt Bryan East Sunday School Anniversary was celebrated on 25 May. The new Circuit Minister, Rev. Rex Brook, officiated at both services. [Prize winners are listed.]

Burra Buffalo Lodge is well represented in the Second AIF and in the RAAF. When members return on leave a friendly gathering is always arranged, as in the case of Ptes Charles Herbert and Reg. Schwier recently. They were presented with inscribed cigarette cases. Last Tuesday evening a similar compliment was paid Aircraftsman Bob Morton.

62, 22, 3 June 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents, You’ll Find Out, chapter three.

62, 23, 10 June 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 2 June

Letter from the Commissioner of Public Works to say the Government intended to lease the Aberdeen Quarry.

Vandals have damaged the cemetery and the ladies’ public convenience.

E.C. Hopkins’ tender of £12 was accepted for repairs to the wall at Victoria Park.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 31 May.

Farnden’s Hill – underhand stoping advanced 17 ft to 25 ft – values low c. 7 dwt per ton. 1 ton of ore at grass.

Lean’s Shaft – driving on leader at 80 ft level – advanced 10 ft to 48 ft – driving on leader in east crosscut – c. 3 dwt per ton.

Redruth Methodist Church 90th Anniversary was held on 1 & 2 June. Three services were conducted by Rev. P.N. Potter of Kooringa. The afternoon service was mostly choral.

Pte Keith Hanlin & Pte Dave Lambert were given a social at Willalo chaired by Joseph Thomas. Presentations were made and supper followed the dancing.

Kooringa Methodist Church held a concert for Trust Funds in the Lecture Hall on Wednesday evening last. [Items and performers are listed.] £8 was raised.

62, 23, 10 June 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 June

Charles Laughton & Maureen O’Hara in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Lucille Ball & James Ellison in Next Time I Marry

16 June

Tyrone Power & Linda Darnell in The Mark of Zorro

Lynn Bari & Joan Davis in Free Blonde & 21

Plus Specials: March of Time

The Vatican of Pius XII

And Saturday only the serial at 7.40 p.m.

Advt. Grand Dance at Booborowie Hall 14 June in aid of the Booborowie Basketball Club.

Advt. CWA Paddy’s Market and Penny Drive Friday 20 June. In aid of CWA Trainer Aeroplane.

Advt. Maeder Salon next to Coverdale’s.

Football. Kooringa Football Club has decided to hold a few matches to aid Local Patriotic Funds.

Weather. The district has had good opening rains in the past week. Burra recorded 146 points. The inside district recorded 11⁄2 to 21⁄4 inches, but falls in the pastoral areas were patchy. Many reports are of 1⁄2 to 1 inch, but some are around 20 points.

Tom Canny of Gum Creek writes, concerned that the burden of high interest rates is affecting the Burra Institute and may force it to close. Farmers are also being adversely affected by the high rates.

62, 23, 10 June 1941, page 3

T.H. Woollacott received a large deputation last night at the Council Chamber, asking him to retain the position for another year. Speakers were F.T. Sara, Dr Steele, A.B. Riggs, R. Jeffery and Cr Lott. Mr Woollacott agreed to stand again.

A Mad Hatter’s Party at the Farrell Flat Institute on 7 June raised £7-10-0 for the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee.

Vandalism. Three boys aged 13, 11 and 8 were charged with breaking glass cases at the Kooringa Cemetery on or about 17 May. They were each fined £0-15-0 and entered into a £10 good behaviour bond for 12 months.

62, 24, 17 June 1941, page 1

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee held its annual meeting on 11 June. The committee appeals for more people to support it with donations – only 66 subscribers are currently supporting the cause, which supplies watches to soldiers. Information at hand suggests a further 25 watches will be needed soon for farewells. A.B. Riggs, Treasurer.

Burra Anzac Sports & District Fete produced a credit balance of £993-12-4.

The Annual Catholic Ball on Wednesday was the best yet despite fears that petrol rationing would reduce attendance. Proceeds amounted to c. £30.

62, 24, 17 June 1941, page 2

Advt. Mr I.J. Warnes, who for health reasons is retiring to the city, has instructed Goldsbrough Mort to auction a number of properties at the Burra Institute on 11 July at 2.30 p.m.

8 Booborowie Lucerne Blocks comprising in all 1,143 acres are separately listed – some with houses and other improvements.

‘Wahroonga’ of 1,970 acres freehold, comprising sections 435/441, 422/426, 2271 & Pt 2270 in the Hundred of Ayers c. 12 miles northwest of Kooringa, with a semi-two storey house of 12 rooms and domestic offices etc.

‘Freckleton’s’ of 1,600 acres comprising sections 140/141, 144/145, 152, 155 in the Hundred of Baldina on Crown Perpetual Lease, 10 miles east of Burra.

‘Baldina Creek Camping Paddock’ of 75 acres comprising sections 178/181, 212/216 in the Hundred of Baldina, 8 miles east of Burra.

‘Little Billy’ of 152 acres, comprising section 166 Hundred of King, Crown Land Perpetual Lease, 161⁄2 miles east of Burra.

‘Burra Paddock’ of 174 acres freehold, comprising Pt Block 5 [of section 1] Hundred of Kooringa, adjacent to Burra Township.

‘South Three Chain Camping Paddock’ of 21 acres freehold, comprising Pt Block 2 [of section 1] Hundred of Kooringa, adjacent to Burra Township.

‘Copperhouse Paddock’ of 621⁄2 acres freehold comprising Pts section 80 and allotment 96 of the Hundred of Kooringa, 11⁄2 miles northwest of Burra and near the railway station.

‘Austin’s Paddock’ of 43 acres freehold, comprising Pt Blocks 7 & 30 in the Hundred of Kooringa, adjacent to the railway station and slaughterhouse.

Burra Township Properties:

Burra Garage in Commercial Street, stone and brick 18 ft frontage and 85 ft depth with verandah in front.

Lewis Garage, Commercial Street of 3⁄4 acre with large stone shed.

Advt. Leighton Hall Annual Meeting is called for 21 June.

Advt. Leighton Hall calls tenders for 12 months’ grazing rights on the Mid North Polo Ground.

Advt. Leighton Hall calls tenders for various fixtures on the Mid North Polo Ground, including piping, tank, sheds, etc.

Advt. E.A. Reynolds, who is leaving the district, has instructed Goldsbrough Mort to conduct a clearing sale on the farm 11⁄2 miles south of Booborowie on 26 June. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Notice. Burra Burra DC. Nominations for Election:

Baldina Ward Eric Lisle McWaters

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Mt Bryan Ward John Macke Gebhardt

Hanson John Maxton Jacka

William Henry Lloyd

The nominees for Baldina, Booborowie and Mt Bryan Wards are declared elected unopposed.

An election for Hanson Ward will be held on Saturday 5 July.

Polling places: the District Council Office in Pearce’s Buildings, Burra and Mr M. de N. Lucas’s residence at Gum Creek 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Notice. Burra Town Council. Nominations for Election

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott (elected)

North Ward Richard Malcolm Reed (elected)

West Ward Frank Teare Marston (elected)

East Ward Stanley Kellaway

William Henry March

An election for East Ward will be held 7 July.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 June

Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1940

Ann Southern & Franchot Tone in Fast & Furious

Advt. CWA Paddy’s Market and Penny Drive, 20 June.

Advt. Buffalo Ball, Burra Institute 16 July.

Mrs Clem Sampson has returned to WA after spending time with her daughter Mrs Harold Pearce in Kooringa. Mrs Ron Sampson and her young daughter left with her and intends to live in Kalgoorlie, where her husband is employed.

62, 24, 17 June 1941, page 3

Booborowie FFCF First Annual Report

The first effort was the ball in July, which raised £11.

[Articles forwarded for the year are listed.]

Elected: President, Mrs F.C. Catt; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames McIntyre & L. Pearce; Secretary, Miss D. Shattock and Treasurer, Mrs Gill.

62, 25, 24 June 1941, page 1

Obituary. Mr William Bryce who died recently at his residence in Westbourne Park was once well known in the Mt Bryan District. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1858 and came to Australia with his father and stepmother when aged 7 in the James Jardine. They lived for a year on the farm of a relative at Morphett Vale, where he received a year’s schooling – all he ever got. They then moved to Mt Bryan Station where an uncle, Mr William Bryce, was manager. William became a shepherd for his uncle’s sheep, roaming the Razorback Ranges barefooted and camping beside his flock by night; much troubled by kangaroo rats, which in those days were abundant and would eat clothing overnight. At one time a fire started by Aborigines came through from Ulooloo to the station in half an hour. The sheds and house were saved, but little else. Leaving Mt Bryan they went to Waukongaree Station and were employed by Mr Chewings minding sheep. When land at Ulooloo was subdivided Mr Bryce Sen. took a block, but he died soon afterwards and a sister and brother died from diphtheria, leaving William Bryce Jnr to manage the place. At 32 he married Georgina Cubbins of Yongala, a relative of an old Burra family. After years of drought they moved to Mt Bryan East, but fared little better there, so they moved to Cartapo and struck the wettest season on record. Five years later they moved to Mt Bryan where seasons and prices were good. At 67 he decided to retire and went to live in the city, where he enjoyed a good life for twenty-two years. He gave his help and services freely to the Methodist Church and died on 14 May 1941, leaving a widow and two daughters Mrs A.E. Auhl and Mrs Joseph Thomas of Willalo. His son John predeceased him by three years.

Burra Benevolent Society held its AGM on 19 June. Elected: President, Rev. C.W. Gray; Vice-Presidents, Rev. N. Usher, Rev. P.N. Potter and Mrs A.B. Riggs & Secretary, Miss H. Wilkinson. In the past year wood has been supplied for winter months, mainly to the elderly and clothing has been distributed throughout the year. Christmas cheer in goods and money was taken to 27 homes.

62, 25, 24 June 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 28 June

Tyrone Power & Dorothy Lamour in Johnny Apollo

Gene Autry & Jane Withers in Shooting High

Football. Due to insufficient transport being available Terowie will not be able to play on Saturday. Instead a match between Burra and Burra North has been arranged. [Teams are listed.]

Mr George Ganley of the Burra Post Office has been transferred to the city after four years here. During his stay he has been particularly interested in golf. Yesterday he received a presentation from his fellow employees. Mrs Ganley has been active in patriotic work, sport, social and church matters and has been secretary of No. 1 Burra Group of the FFCF and has played the organ at St Joseph’s. She was given a farewell at St Joseph’s Convent School on Monday afternoon.

Marriage. St Peter’s College Chapel, 23 June

LAC Colin Twist, second son of Mr Frank Twist and the late Mrs Twist of Hindmarsh, married

Lotus Mary Bence, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur L. Bence of Burra. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Mr Horace Hill is seriously ill with pneumonia.

Pte N.J. Lines has been wounded in action.

Mrs Tom Bentley of Fullarton is visiting her sister Mrs A. Wicklein.

Mrs John McLaren of Unley visited Burra last weekend in the company of her daughter-in-law, Mrs Alister McLaren of Perth, WA. They were guests of Mrs McLaren’s daughter Mrs O.G. Walker. Mrs McLaren is 84.

Burra Town Council has use of the Skimp Dump material owned by A.J. & P.A. McBride for the payment of a royalty of 6d per yard. It will be used on footpaths and on blinding roads.

62, 25, 24 June 1941, page 3

The Petrol Ration for private car users has been cut from an allowance equal to 2,000 miles p.a. to 1,000 miles p.a. from 1 July. [Further details are printed, with the extension of the cuts to farm vehicles in August.]

62, 26, 1 July 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 23 June

It was moved that repair works on the Burra North swing bridge be done by day labour. Cr Harvey moved that Mr Fuss’s tender for the work be accepted, but this amendment was not seconded.

It was eventually allowed to lie on the table for the present.

62, 26, 1 July 1941, pages 1 & 4

A Social was given to Lieut. F.L. Worth at the Burra Institute 23 June. Lieut. Worth has practised in Burra for many years as a solicitor and has recently moved from the Militia to the RAAF.

[The following is included as an example of the proceedings at such socials, which have not generally been noted in such detail.]

Program:

The National Anthem

The Song of Australia

Mrs Max Pearce sang Laddie in Khaki and Every Ship Will Find a Harbour

Speech by the Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott

Speech by Rev. N. Usher

Mr Guy Dollman sang On the Road to Mandalay

Speech by Dr Steele

H.E. Fuss spoke as Secretary of the Burra RSL Sub-Branch and an old soldier

H.J. Jennison spoke, paying tribute to Mr Worth

Community Singing was led by Mr Guy Dollman with Mrs Rosman at the piano

Miss Claire Sara (17) sang and then was asked for an encore

Mrs L. Odlum made the presentation of behalf of the FFCF

The Mayor spoke of Mr Worth’s service as a Councillor and member of the Burra Show Committee and then made the main presentation

Mr Worth responded

There were various votes of thanks

The event ended with Auld Lang Syne

[The speeches on this occasion were reported at length.]

62, 26, 1 July 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 July

Jean Arthur & Melvin Douglas in Too Many Husbands

Florence Rice & Barton McLane in The Secret Seven

Copperhouse School held Arbor Day on 27 June. Blue gums supplied by the Burra Burra DC were planted along the west side of the school along with two rose trees.

Mr Kingsley Prior, on the local staff of Goldsbrough Mort since leaving school, has left the firm for a position in the city. He was given a farewell party and a camera.

Football. Last Saturday’s match saw memories of the Aberdeens and Ramblers revived. Burra defeated Burra North.

62, 26, 1 July 1941, page 3

A Social was held at Braemar Station on 28 June for Messrs Bob & George Gallagher who recently enlisted in the RAAF and AIF respectively. They are two of the three sons of Mr George Gallagher of Pualco Station and grandsons of the late pastoralist Mr James Gallagher. Both have spent the major part of their lives outback. The social was held in the wool room. Music was by Messrs J. Pens, Goss, McInerney and Gallagher. There was a wonderful supper. A presentation was made by Mr Ron Edington, manager of Braemar – a handsome writing compact. Mr Bert Cornelius also spoke.

[Those present are listed.]

62, 26, 1 July 1941, page 4

First instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

62, 27, 8 July 1941, page 1

Burra Burra DC, 23 June 1941

Permission granted the Burra FFCF to use the Council Chamber each Tuesday to distribute wool.

Burra Fighting Force Comfort Fund resolved 24 June to form an Advisory Committee and that all FFCF branches in the district meet to form such a general Committee on 1 July. As a consequence it was resolved that all the local units would work under one executive committee and that the present registration as separate units would be cancelled. A general meeting on 25 July to be held to ratify this resolution.

The Local [Recruiting?] Committee was addressed on Sunday by Flying Officers Morphett and McLachlan of the RAAF Advanced Recruiting Committee. The Mayor T.H. Woollacott was in the chair. They stressed the importance placed on references supplied by local committees, school teachers and members of the Postal Institute. Such references could mean that applicants were eventually promoted to commissioned rank in the RAAF. It was important that committees held meetings monthly and were aware of current requirements for the RAAF. One month they might need carpenters, but not the next month. It was important that committees considered carefully what jobs the applicants would be suitable for. Applicants through the local committees had the advantage of receiving their examination at an appointed time and of having their rail fares refunded. Applicants could put in two applications; one for Ground Staff and one for Air Crew. Films on the training of Air Force personnel followed the meeting.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit held its quarterly meeting on 5 July. Petrol rationing and inclement weather reduced attendance. Rev. Neil Usher presided. It was resolved to apply to the Fuel Board for sufficient petrol for the motor drivers of the circuit to convey local preachers to their appointments.

Burra North Red Cross Circle Formed. Many felt that more could be done if there were a separate circle at Burra North because many found it impossible to get to meetings at Burra. The new circle would meet on the first and third Wednesday s of each month in the Aberdeen Croquet Hall at 2.45 p.m. Mrs F. Sara has been elected President.

Music Exam Results for St Joseph’s Convent, Burra are printed.

Miss Dorothy Kelly’s kitchen evening was held at Booborowie Memorial Hall recently, concluding with a dance and supper.

Liberal & Country League, Burra Women’s Branch AGM was held on 4 July. Due to her removal from the district, Mrs I.J. Warnes has resigned as President after 19 years in that role.

Elected: President, Mrs T.B. Ashton; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss H. Wilkinson; Assistant Secretary, Miss Rogers; Vice Presidents, Mesdames E.O. Clark, E.E. Jettner, A.B. Riggs, A.L. Kellock, O. Finch & Miss Rogers.

62, 27, 8 July 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 July

Sonja Henie & Ray Milland in Everything Happens at Night

Sydney Toler & Joan Valerie in Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum.

Preceded at 7.40 by Episode 8 of the serial Spider’s Webb.

Notice. The carrying business recently managed by the late Horace Hill will in future be conducted by his widow, Mrs M.E. Hill.

Notice. A social and presentation will be made to Pte Ted Riggs on Thursday 10 July at 8 p.m. at the Burra Institute.

Notice. The ministry of Industry urgently required information regarding vacant houses within the town.

Obituary. A Return Tanks Notice reveals the death of Dorothy Emma Marshall.

[Born Dorothea Emma Stockmann on 8 April 1901 at Bagots Well. Married George Timothy Marshall in 1924 and died 10 June 1941 at Burra.]

Burra Town Council Election: East Ward.

Mr Stan Kellaway 76

W. March 41

Mr March was the sitting councillor and Mr Kellaway has previously had 18 years on the Council.

VSD Demonstration. Members of the Burra Leighton and Mt Bryan VSD will hold a public demonstration in the Burra Institute tomorrow night. The public is urged to attend to see the first aid skills of members. Four leading officers from the city and a member of St John’s Ambulance will be present.

Mrs J.H. Gosse, Country Transport Commandant

Mrs K.C. Wilson, VSD Commandant

Mrs Blackburn, Secretary VSD Red Cross Emergency Service

Miss M. Breadon, Country Adjutant Red Cross Transport

Mr Burns, who will adjudicate.

Four teams from the above mentioned units will compete.

Country Empty Houses

Many people have drifted from the country to the city, leaving empty houses in the country and creating a list of thousands in the city seeking accommodation. Many have gone to the city for work essential to the war effort, but many already in the city could surely just as easily reside in the country. The Minister of Industry and Employment is therefore seeking to get a list of vacant houses in country areas to which people whose presence in the city is not essential could be moved, so opening up accommodation there for those doing work for the war effort.

The information sought is to be sent to the Chairman, Unemployment Relief Council, Adelaide.

Football

Last Saturday Burra played Saddleworth in appalling weather.

The result was a very close win for Burra [Scores not given here.]

Miss Edna Allen was accorded a kitchen evening by friends of the Redruth Methodist Church and Sunday School on 1 July. Well-wishers who spoke included Mr M.J. Morton, Rev. N. Usher & Miss Minnie Rogers and items were rendered by Misses Fay Pearce, Barbara Jennison and Misses McWaters, Sheila Fairchild & Mr McWaters.

Burra Institute

It appears that when the Institute’s Committee refused to carry on and when its trustees resigned en bloc on 30 June, the Mayor approached the State Bank asking if it would be prepared to accept £2,500 for the Institute. The bank refused. The bank evidently considered the difficulties being experienced were temporary, due to wartime circumstances. The Mayor thought that most people believed the Corporation should take over the Institute. The present liability on the building is £3,100. The matter will be discussed at the next Council meeting.

Immunisation. A scheme to carry out immunisation of children against diphtheria and whooping cough has been organised by Drs Steven and Steele at the Burra Hospital. The cost will be two shillings per child, or free for parents who cannot afford this small charge.

Farrell Flat Red Cross Ball was held on Wednesday 2 July. A small crowd attended due to inclement weather.

62, 27, 8 July 1941, page 3

Hallett Red Cross Circle held its AGM on 2 July. The President, Mrs Owen-Smyth and all other officers were re-elected. [Further details of the year’s work are given.]

The AGM of the Hallett FFCF followed and again all officers were re-elected.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 5 July.

Edna Allen, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Allen, married

Clarence Robert Fuss, elder son of Mr & Mrs Robert Fuss, all of Burra North.

Miss Myra Vogelsang was bridesmaid. The couple are honeymooning at Victor Harbor and will live at Prospect.

Obituary. Mr Horace Hill of Burra died on 3 July from pneumonia. He was born at Kooringa on 11 August 1894, the fourth son of Mrs and the late Richard Hill, of Quarry Street, Kooringa. He spent all his life in the town except for his long service in the 1914-18 war, enlisting at the age of 21 in 1915 in the 9th Light Horse. When the war ended he did not return immediately, being attached to the Company compiling War Records as a transport driver. His long sojourn in Palestine affected his health to a certain extent. On his return he worked for a time on the Cable Service at the Post Office and later as Dr Steele’s chauffeur. In 1924 he started his own business as a general carrier, which he carried on successfully until his death. In his younger days he was a keen athlete and later a supporter of all sport and acted as a judge and handicapper. He was a prominent member and committeeman of the local RSL sub-branch and was for many years a member of the local Fire brigade and also a staunch supporter of the Buffalo Lodge as well as being a member of the Foresters Lodge. He was a regular supporter of charitable appeals and of activities for children. He married Miss Myrtle Allen, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Allen of Kooringa, who survives. There are three children; Misses Melva & Barbara Hill and young Robert. He is also survived by his mother, sister Mrs J. Quinn of Prospect and brothers, Ben Hill of Burra and Charles Hill of Pt Pirie. Two brothers Privates George and Sam Hill died in the Great War. A semi-military funeral was held last Friday, attended by many returned men and members of the Foresters and Buffalo Lodges. [Further details of the funeral follow.]

62, 27, 8 July 1941, page 4

Second instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

62, 28, 15 July 1941, page 1

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM last Saturday. Captain E.C. Collins delivered the 34th annual report. There had been no competitive shooting during the year due to the shortage of ammunition. They had been able to hold shooting on five occasions by relying on the generosity of certain members and the foresight of Mr Hawker in buying up all Mark VI ammunition. This has enabled them to give advice and instruction to new members. The membership stood at about 85 members. The invitation of the RSL to train with them had been appreciated and thanks for instruction and patience were extended to RSL President Mr Hawker and Mr [H.E.] Fuss. During the year they had attended, with the RSL, three Company Parades at Clare and a field day at Spalding, all of which had been most valuable. A skirmish on Princess Royal Station against the local Light Horse Troop had also been valuable. One of the youngest members, Mr Brian Riggs has enlisted in the RAAF. In the coming year training will continue with the RSL and the Home Guard. No grants would be made to Rifle Clubs this year, but it had been pointed out that men aged between 18 and 60 could volunteer to serve with the Volunteer Defence Corps. Elected: Captain, E.C. Collins; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, J.E. Pearce and Vice-Captain, A.C. Aughey. It was recommended to members that they continue to train with the Home Guard. The range was being kept in repair.

Burra Town Council, 7 July.

Election results:

Mayor T.H. Woollacott re-elected unopposed

North Ward R.M. Reed re-elected unopposed

West Ward F.T. Marston elected unopposed

East Ward S. Kellaway 76

W. March 41

The Mayor’s allowance was increased by £10 due to the extra effort required by patriotic work.

Council agreed to supply the school with 12 trees for Arbor Day in August.

The Progress Association had a scheme for planting 50 almond trees in the town. Council agreed to accept the offer of almond trees from Mr Kuchenmeister.

Council agreed to the use of the Council truck to take waste material collected by the Girl Guides to the railway station as required.

Cr Lott said the town lights were cut off when it was moonlight. This happened even when it was cloudy and the place was dark. It was resolved to write to the Burra Electric Supply Co. asking for lights to be turned on when the moon was invisible.

The Burra Mine

Representatives of the Mines Department visited Burra some time ago and made a very cursory perusal of the mine. They seem to have tested a site at or near the old Bon Accord Mine where it was known no copper was likely to be found. Is it that the Department does not want to find copper in the Burra District? Why does it seem reluctant to spend a few pounds in the Burra Mining Company site or at Princess Royal or at Shafton where there are other known deposits?

Gunner Doug. Jarmyn was given a social at Mt Bryan Hall last Tuesday night. He was in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and had a brother who was presently a prisoner of war. Gunner Jarmyn was presented with a parcel and a wrist watch. [Details of the social in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

62, 28, 15 July 1941, pages 1 & 4

Gunner Ted Riggs was given a social last Thursday evening at Burra Institute. It was a clear, but very cold night, though that was no excuse for the recent falling off in attendance for such occasions. Ted is the second of three sons of Mr & Mrs J. Arthur Riggs to enlist. In commending the Riggs Family’s commitment to the war effort, the Mayor also referred to the record of the Brown Family of Burra North. Mrs Brown had five sons who served in the Great War and now a younger son and several grandsons were serving in the current war. One of the grandsons* had recently become the first Burra boy to gain a Military Medal in the present conflict. He also referred to Pte Claude Attrill, who has been listed among the ‘missing’ for some weeks now. Sgt Lindsay Thomas had sent bright letters home. The usual presentations were made and the Mayor fastened the wristlet watch on Ted’s arm.

[Details of the social extend for some 11⁄2 columns.]

[*62, 29, 22 July 1941, page 1, corrects this report. Pte Dunning of Pt Pirie has been awarded the Military Medal. He is a nephew of Mrs Brown and not a grandson as cited above. A Burra boy is thus yet to win this coveted honour in the present war.]

62, 28, 15 July 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 July

Louis Howard & Joan Bennett in The Man in the Iron Mask

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in A Chump at Oxford.

Plus Gazettes, Reviews and News and special Christmas Under Fire.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of [Rosena Mitchell aged 66] of Farrell Flat, wife of S.J. [Sampson James] Mitchell. [Birth and marriage not traced in SA records.]

Birth. To Mr & Mrs Ray Gillett (nee V. I’Anson) of Hanson on 6 July at Burra Hospital, a son. [Robert.]

Pte Howard Edwards has been reported wounded in action. He is the son of Mrs W. Edwards of Burra.

Booborowie Red Cross Circle held its AGM on 9 July. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

The Schools’ Patriotic Fund

The three children of Mr & Mrs Walter Spackman of Koonoona Station have collected £25 worth of bones, rags, old iron etc. and have been so far each been awarded a service medal, a second medal and six bars and will have four wings within the coming month.

Copperhouse. The fortnightly social evening in Copperhouse School room saw a good attendance, with dancing the main attraction. Music was provided by Mr Edwards, Mr W. Butler and Mrs F. Roberts. Patriotic and school funds will halve the takings of £1-19-6.

The Home Guard

It has been decided to replace the existing RSL, VDC and Rifle Club Reserve with a ‘Home Guard’. While the existing organisations had no definite role in the defence of Australia, the Home Guard will be under the Military Area Commander, with a definite role to play. The Home Guard will be recruited from men aged 18-60 who are not liable for military service or in essential emergency services. The order of preference for enlistment will be:

Returned Soldiers

Rejected AIF & Militia Volunteers

Rifle Club Reserve

Other citizens

It will be a voluntary, unpaid, part-time force to provide local static defence protection of vulnerable and key points, guerrilla warfare and timely warning of enemy movements to superior military forces.

The present quota is only 50,000 for all of Australia and 17 for Burra, but it is understood that it will be expanded when equipment becomes available.

Football

At Victoria Park on Saturday Burra 12.10 defeated Booborowie 4.8.

62, 28, 15 July 1941, page 3

The VSD Demonstration

Members of the Burra Unit with others from Mt Bryan and Leighton Detachments attended a demonstration of first aid treatment by four teams from the above units in Burra Institute last Wednesday evening. [Details occupy just over 1 column.]

The Ladies of the Mt Bryan District Hall held a very successful dance there on 10 July in aid of the army Nurses Fund. The nett result from the door and supper resulted in a cheque for £11-9-0 being forwarded to the fund.

Hanson Red Cross Circle AGM is reported. Elected: President, Mrs M.J. Marchant; Vice-President, Mrs J. Brereton; Secretary, Mrs J. Wade and Treasurer, Mrs S. Dunow.

Obituary. Mrs Sarah Duke aged 84 died at Burra Hospital on Saturday. She belonged to the old Hanson family of Humphrys. She is survived by an only daughter, Mrs W.J. Woollacott of Hanson.

[Additional information from 62, 31, 5 August 1941, page 2. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Jesse Humphrys of Hanson and married Mr John A. Duke of Penwortham in 1883. Mr Duke died 48 years ago. She was a member of the Hanson Church nearly all her life and one of the first teachers at the Hanson Sunday School. There are three grandchildren and three surviving sisters: Mary, Mrs Hansen; Belle, Mrs Scrutton and Emily, Mrs Jones and one surviving brother, Mr Flower Humphrys, all of Adelaide.]

[Birth registered as Sarah Ann Humphries 25 April 1857 at Port Gawler. Married John Allen Duke as Sarah Ann Humphrys in 1883 and died at Burra 12 July 1941.]

Burra Red Cross Circle held its AGM. A large sum of money and many valuable parcels had been forwarded to headquarters during the past year, but the main financial effort had been £500 for the Ambulance Appeal Fund, of which the Burra Show War Committee contributed £150. Burra’s quota for the Red Cross Country Drive had been £250, but in the end the branch had raised £425. [Details are given.] Mrs John Tennant has resigned as President after 13 years of service. Elected: Patrons: Mrs T.H. Woollacott & Mrs John Tennant; President, Mrs D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, Mrs T.B. Ashton & Mrs John Barker; Secretary, Mrs E.F. Marston; Minute Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs C.J. Butler. It was resolved to form an advisory committee to co-ordinate the work of the district’s Red Cross Circles.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate

Manager’s report for fortnight to 12 July

Farnden’s Hill – continued driving from Riggs’ Open Cut. Drive north past Hogan’s Shaft advanced to 151 ft with no values at present. Stope continued 10 ft to a total 32 ft with low values. Timbering has been necessary.

62, 28, 15 July 1941, page 4

Third instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

Burra Rainfall Figures from 1880 to June 1941.

62, 29, 22 July 1941, page 1

The Column ‘Burra Goes to Town’ was a feature recounting gossipy type information about Burra residents or former residents and connection now in Adelaide (or elsewhere). Generally this has not been noted, but occasional items have been included. It is of interest to note that quite frequently references are made to former residents now involved in war related work in the city. In this issue for instance it is said that Mr H.F. Saunders is working at Holden’s munition works. Miss Peg Thomas late governess at ‘The Gums’ is doing clerical work in connection with probable evacuees. Mr G. Phillips late AMP at Burra is doing staff work at Keswick [Army base].

Murray Pens, late of Florieton is working at LCL Alkali Works at Osborne.

Obituary. Mortimer, grandson of Mr Tom Richards has been killed in action.

Bert Truscott, son of Walter Truscott (late butcher of Burra and now of Payneham Road) has been wounded, but is recovering.

Don J. Kerin writes from the front in Libya, dated 25 April. He is thankful for a Xmas parcel that he received only on Easter Monday, due to the rapid movement of the campaign, but he was none the less glad to get it. He mentions going for a swim with Irvine Ogilvie and having a recent chat with Bill Johnson.

Leighton Red Cross Circle held its AGM on 16 July. Elected: President, Mrs R.W. Humphrys; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames M. Hogan, Alan Drew & Arthur Gask; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss Gwen Humphrys.

Buffalo Lodge Grand Ball was held last Wednesday evening. Proceeds will aid the comfort of fighting forces overseas. Lodge Primo Bro. E.T. Baulderstone introduced the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott, who opened the ball. So far the local lodge had 21 members serving in the armed services. Decorations in the hall had been kept to a minimum to save money and a screen of massed blue gum along the platform was the only concession made apart from some Iceland poppies on the supper tables.

Mt Bryan Red Cross Circle held its AGM recently.

[The reports of the year’s activities extend for about 21⁄3 columns.]

62, 29, 22 July 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 July

Randolph Scott & Joan Bennett in The Texans

Lynn Bari & C. Aubrey Smith in City of Chance.

Obituary. Minnie E. Chappel died 20 July at St Austin’s Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria. She was the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Boulton of Burra and sister to Mrs H. Parkes of Burra North.

Miss Boulton lived in Burra for twenty years before going to work in Melbourne. She later married Mr H. Chappel who survives. There were no children. She had been in ill health for some time.

[Born Minnie Elizabeth Boulton 16 December 1894 at Baldina.]

Obituary. Tpr Tom Bruce has been killed in action. Son of Mr & Mrs Bruce of Booborowie.

[Thomas Andrew Bruce, born 19 January 1921, Mt Barker; killed in action 10 July 1941.]

Obituary. Mrs Norrell James of Burra died last Tuesday at Burra Hospital aged 84. She leaves an adult family. [Born Emma Rebecca Richardson Whetstone c. 1858, married William Norrell James at Bungaree in 1878. Died at Burra 15 July 1941.]

Obituary. Mrs Pressick, a well-known former resident of Kooringa died at Adelaide last Thursday after a long illness. She has lived at Prospect for some years. She leaves a family of five daughters: Miss Pearl Pressick, Mrs Ken Torr (Connie), Mrs Gordon Torr (Doreen), Miss Hazel Pressick and Mrs T.R. Armsden (Winnie).

[Born Mary Ellen Thomas 20 November 1865 at Kooringa, married Charles Pressick in 1891. Died 17 July 1941 at Adelaide, residence Prospect.]

A Mock Civic Reception was held last week in the Methodist Hall for the ‘Duke and Duchess of Copperhouse’. An entertaining evening was held to raise funds for the manse.

Pte Jim Robertson has been wounded in action. Only son of Mr & Mrs S.H. Robinson of Kooringa.

Pte Phillip Ogilvie has been wounded in action. Son of Mr & Mrs Ogilvie of Booborowie.

Burra Institute

A special meeting of the Burra Town Council was held on 14 July at which the Mayor & Cr Marston were elected delegates to speak to the Manager of the State Bank in Adelaide about the terms and conditions under which the Council could take over the Burra Institute. They reported to the Council meeting last night. The bank has refused to reduce either the total sum of £3159 owed by the Institute or the rate of interest. Costs of the transfer would see the total increase to c. £3,300 and the bank authorities seemed to agree to limit this to a round figure of £3,200, but subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. If all was done as soon as ratepayers had given approval the first repayment would fall due of 1 October 1942 and would be met every six months. The Institutes’ Association said the Council would have to provide accommodation for the Library and the Library Committee would have to have a majority of representatives of the subscribers, not from the Council.

Cr Reed said the ratepayers had prevented a Council takeover on a previous occasion. His Worship said if that occurred again it would be the end of it. [That is the end of the Institute.]

Cr Kellaway said there seemed but three choices:

The Council could carry out the suggestion to take over the Institute and pay off the debt.

The Council could strike a special rate to assist the Institute.

They could let the Government step in.

It was now up to the ratepayers. The Council had done all it could.

Moved Crs Marston & Samuel that the proposal to take over the Institute be proceeded with, subject to the consent of the ratepayers. That the takeover be from 1 April 1942, free of encumbrances for the sum of £3,200 with instalments to be paid every six months over a period of 30 years. This was carried unanimously – with of course the understanding that the Bank’s Directors might yet not agree.

A ratepayers’ meeting to discuss the proposal was scheduled for 30 July, with the date for a poll to be fixed later.

Mr A Mrs J.G. Rooke have celebrated their Golden Wedding. They were married at the now demolished Baldina Church 16 July 1891. Mrs Rooke was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Kiekebusch of Baldina. All of their six children attended the celebrations except for their eldest daughter Hadie, Mrs W. Davis, who lives in South Africa. Present were: Dorothea, Mrs Albert J. Bruce; Sister Wanda Rooke of Adelaide; Mr Theodore Rooke and his wife; Mr Eugene Rooke and his wife and Mr Herbert Rooke. Mr Albert Bruce attended with the only two grandchildren, Miss Avis and Master Kelvin Bruce. Mrs Rooke’s brother, Mr Charles Kiekebusch also attended.

62, 29, 22 July 1941, page 3

Burra CWA held its AGM in the Rest Room on 18 July. The year’s activities are reported in c. 11⁄3 columns. Mrs Warnes had to resign as President due to her removal to live in Adelaide. Mrs Warnes founded the CWA in South Australia in Burra in 1926. The second branch was formed at Spalding in 1928 and the Adelaide & Metropolitan Branch was formed the same year. Elected: President, Mrs G. Hawkes; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Tennant & E. Jettner; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss M. Rogers & Minute Secretary, Mrs F.T. Sara.

Hanson Agricultural Bureau held its AGM 23 June. Guest speaker was Mr O. Bowden District Agricultural Advisor. Due to petrol rationing it was decided the bureau would have to go into recess for the duration of the war. Officers were elected to deal with any business that might come to hand. President, M.J. Marchant; Vice-President, G.R. Finch. An annual meeting will be held next June.

Football. Burra went by train to Saddleworth on Saturday.

Saddleworth 13.13 defeated Burra 6.7.

Red Cross Tributes. Letters from servicemen pay tribute to Red Cross.

62, 29, 22 July 1941, page 4

Fourth instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

62, 30, 29 July 1941, page 1

Letter. Sgt Reg. Lee, son of Mr & Mrs Billie Lee writes of conditions in England. Among other points he says:

The only lights are seen in the London tube and dimly on other railway stations.

Traffic in the city is light and almost absent at night.

On moonless nights pedestrians feel their way about.

Business stops at 4 p.m. to allow people to settle down in the tube stations for the night.

Tube stations are crowded to absolute capacity and bunks have been erected along the walls.

Babies sleep in suit cases and the like.

Big bombers drone overhead for hours on end.

The screech and explosion of bombs and the terrific barrage of AA guns fills the air.

He also writes of bomb damage to houses and of an AIF hospital.

Burra Town Council, 21 July

The Mayor reported he had sent information on empty houses in Burra to the Chairman of the Unemployment Relief Council.

Burra Electric Supply Co. said it would illuminate the streets on cloudy moonlight nights, but relied on the public to report lights not burning.

The Mayor and Cr Marston reported on the visit to Adelaide in connection with the Institute and it was resolved to hold a Ratepayers Meeting on 30 July to discuss the Council taking over the Institute.

Letter. R.S. Bowles late Vice-President and acting Chairman of Burra Institute writes to clarify some points regarding the Institute’s affairs.

The sixty half-yearly payments of £102 in full settlement of the debt would involve the Council in finding about £10 p.a. because the £158 interest on the mortgage is met from Institute revenue and the Council would save its yearly rental payment of £36.

The total income for the Institute for the 12 months to 30 June 1940 (from the Library and hall rental) was £506.

The caretaker-librarian’s salary and mortgage interest absorbed c. £306 of this, leaving about £200 for purchase of books, heating, lighting, maintenance and repairs.

This has allowed for only the most urgent of repairs, but a fresh arrangement with Burra Talkies Proprietors will increase the income by £60 p.a.

The proposal now arranged by the Mayor to be put to the ratepayers could not, in my opinion, be bettered and if not accepted by them such an option might never be repeated.

Mt Bryan Red Cross Circle held its AGM on 16 July. Mrs Hawker was re-elected President and other officers are: Vice-Presidents, Mrs E. Murray & Mrs F. Jefferies; Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs John Beaglehole.

Willalo Red Cross Circle held its AGM on 1 July. Elected: Patroness, Mrs G. Hanlin; President, Mrs H. Mudge; Vice-Presidents, Mrs J. Furst & Mrs Wilkinson; Secretary, Mrs E. Earle & Treasurer, Mr John Sullivan.

Burra Mine. A select committee will soon visit Burra to enquire into the possibilities of re-opening the mine. Burra Progress Association would welcome any information, old records or specimens that might assist.

Sister Joan E. Carey, daughter of Mr & Mrs T.M. Carey of Broken Hill and granddaughter of Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara of Burra North has recently returned to Australia from England, where she served as a war nurse. After training in Broken Hill and Melbourne, she proceeded to England and joined the staff of St Thomas’s Hospital in London and later did private work with a nursing club. When war was imminent she joined the Queen Alexandra Nursing Service and served for 15 months on an ambulance train in England and Scotland, serving the sick and wounded arriving from the Continent, including those from Dunkirk.

Football. On Saturday at Hallett Burra 6.3 defeated Hallett 3.2.

62, 30, 29 July 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 August

Clive Brooks & Judy Campbell in Convoy

Judy Canova & Alan Mowbray in Scatterbrain

Episode 12 of the Serial Spider’s Web

Advt. Snake Gully Ball at Hanson Memorial Hall on 4 August with D. Field’s Orchestra.

There will be prizes for Impersonation of Characters.

Obituary. Percival W. Flint died on 23 July at Kingston S.E., husband of Evelyn Morton Flint. Father of Barbara & John and of Patty (deceased). Son-in-law of Mr & Mrs C.J. Pearce, late of Burra.

Mr Flint was for many years clerk of the Kingston S.E. District Council. He leaves one surviving daughter and a son as well as his widow. [Percival William Flint, born 7 June 1882 at Penola: married Evelyn Pearce in 1918.]

Pte H.R. Godlee of the AIF has been wounded in action, but later news says he is recovering well.

Michael J. Hogan, eldest surviving son of Mr & Mrs J.F. Hogan of Booborowie, has been wounded in action.

Salvation Army. The local Corps has decided not to hold the usual fair associated with the annual Self-Denial Appeal, but will instead canvass the town for donations. They have every expectation of reaching last year’s total of £103-10-0.

Fire. At about 10.30 last night a fire was reported in the two-storied building known in the past as the Kooringa Service Station and adjoining the Burra Hotel. For some time the Girl Guides have used the premises as a waste depot and only yesterday Mrs Phelan placed it at the disposal of the Red Cross Circle as a depot. The interior fittings and contents were burnt, but the roof remains intact. Several cars were removed from the adjoining hotel garage. The cause is undetermined, but an electrical fault or spontaneous combustion is suspected.

Marriage. Archer Street Methodist Church, North Adelaide, 12 July

Viola Paige, only daughter of Mrs Paige of Prospect, married

James Earle, only son of Mr James Earle of Ironmine and the Late Mrs Earle.

A reception was held in the IOOF Hall, Prospect. The couple will live in Adelaide.

[Details in a little less than 1⁄2 column.]

Pte R. Benham was given a social in the Farrell Flat Institute on Monday evening. He was presented with a parcel and wristlet watch.

62, 30, 29 July 1941, page 3

Mr & Mrs N.H. Pearse, late of ‘The Gums’ have settled in at Harrow Road, St Peters.

Frank Preiss, who has long been a tram driver in Adelaide, is serving in Malaya.

Claude Attrill has been reported missing in action.

Obituary. T.T. Shortridge died recently. He had been a great organiser of the ‘Get Together Burra’ at the Botanic Gardens. [Thomas Thorman Shortridge, born 5 October 1855 District of the Murray: died 1 June 1941 at North Adelaide.]

Mr & Mrs Whitlock Jones, (nee Jean Barker) have all three sons in the Fighting Forces.

Bill Young was spotted recently in Rundle Street looking very smart in his RAAF uniform.

Miss Sheila (Beau) Butler and Miss Esther Murray are still busy in munitions work at Hendon.

Theft. Miss Muriel Barker’s room at the South Australian Hotel was broken into on Friday when a clock, £50 worth of jewellery and £10 in cash were stolen. Surprisingly the jewellery was returned by mail the next day.

Mrs Sandy Armstrong nee Pearse reports that her husband is presumed to be in Damascus, having safely survived the very tough Syrian campaign.

Farrell Flat Red Cross Circle held its AGM 22 July. Elected: President, Mrs H.C. Atkins; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Crossing & Mrs Shillabeer and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs Blowes and Mrs Elliott.

Gunner Ted Riggs was given an entertainment and presentation by members of the Buffalo Lodge before his recent departure.

Obituary. Last Wednesday Mr Horace Chapman, a resident of Paxton Square, reported the death of a neighbour Franz Carl Klinberg. The deceased was an old age pensioner and was found by M.C. Doddrell dead in his bed. He was a native of Bremen, Germany, but was a naturalized Australian, having lived here for the past 50 years. There are no know relatives in Australia, but he is believed to have an elderly sister in Germany. His naturalization paper says he is over 78 years of age.

[Death registered as Franz Carl Klingenberg aged 78, died 23 July 1941 at Burra.]

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate for the fortnight ending 26 July

Farnden’s Hill. The drive from Riggs Open Cut advanced 11 feet to 162 feet. North drive continued and disclosed a leader on the west wall about 2 inches wide, carrying five dwts. No values in main leader. Values in the stope have increased.

62, 30, 29 July 1941, page 4

Fifth instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

62, 31, 5 August 1941, page 1

Burra Primary School Arbor Day was held last Friday. A dozen ornamental trees were planted. Speeches were delivered by Head Teacher Mr Davis, Chairman of the School Council Mr H.J.B. Jennison and Rev. Gray. Maxine Connors wrote the best essay on the day from Grade VII scholars. [Essay printed.]

Aboriginal Rock Art. 18 months or so ago the Government set aside £25,000 for the study of soil erosion in SA. Mr F.W.T. Phipps, a mineralogist of Glenelg is accordingly making investigations in the district. He says some of the finest examples of soil erosion and Native Carvings are to be seen near Burra. Redbanks has chasms 8-10 feet across and 25-30 feet deep – some half a mile beyond the Mongolata sign and to the right. Native carvings can be found in the creek on Mr Mann’s farm about half a mile along the creek towards Burra. The same site has fine examples of soil erosion. These sites could be of real interest to tourists and it is possible that Burra does not make enough of such attractions.

62, 31, 5 August 1941, pages 1 & 4

Burra Institute

At the meeting on Wednesday night last the ratepayers were unanimously in favour of the proposal put for the Town Council to take over the Institute. The Mayor explained the proposal [as reported in the 22 July 1941 issue of the Burra Record.] The library would not come under the control of the Council, but would have its own committee on which subscribers would hold the balance of power. Cr Marston also addressed the meeting and added that although there was every possibility that the State Bank would agree with the proposal, it has yet to be endorsed by the Board of Directors of the Bank, who might decide to vary the figures slightly. Based on a debt of £3,200 the repayments would be at the rate of £102 in 60 half-yearly instalments. The interest would work out at about 41⁄2%, which was about 1⁄2% better than that now being paid by the Institute. The present repayment rate would see the Bank receive £4,800 over thirty years, without the debt being paid off. Under the proposed scheme the interest would amount to £2,920 and the capital payment to £3,200 for a total of £6,120. Subtracting the £4,800 that the Institute would pay in interest alone meant that the Council would become the owner of an asset valued at about £8,000 for an additional expenditure of £1,320. How would the Council find the £204 per year required? It presently pays £36 p.a. for rent to the Institute. The Institute pays interest of about £158 per year. This accounts for £194, meaning that the Council will have to find an additional £10. Recent changes to hire arrangement for Burra Talkies will bring in an additional £60 per year.

Cr Kellaway also spoke in support of the proposal.

Cr Lott said he considered there was no reasonable alternative to the proposal.

Mr Riggs as Secretary to the Trustees of the Institute also addressed the meeting.

He said the present debt was £3,161-15-9 and the half-yearly interest was £79-2-1. On present indications receipts would not enable them to pay the payment due on 1 October until sometime in December. In 1926 the loan had stood at £3,100 and in 1931 had been reduced to £2,795-5-3. By 1935 the arrears of interest were £366-13-0. In 1936 this amount was capitalised and the mortgage renewed for five years. After 20 years of committee management the liability amounted to £61-15-9 more than the original loans and the capital had been reduced by £304-14-9.

Last January at the annual meeting of subscribers no committee had been formed and under the Act the Trustees had to act in that capacity. The State Bank refused to write off any of the capital, reduce the interest rate or to exercise their rights under the mortgage. The Bank also declined an offer by His Worship of £2,500 cash for the building.

A conference had been held between the Minister of Education, the Premier, His Worship, Mr McDonald MP, himself and one other trustee. The Premier decline any action and the Minister had suggested that the Council take over the Institute. That had resulted in the present meeting.

The problems had largely followed from the failure of the State Government to pay subsidies during the depression years after a portion of the loan had been raised.

At the present time A.A. Davey was in charge of the Library and would remain so until either the State Bank or the Council took over. His salary had been raised by 10 shillings a week following the drastic cuts made to it during the depression years. He had been in the job for 54 years.

The cottage [on the Institute ground] was presently untenanted, but had been let for 13/6 a week in the last six months.

Renovations and fresh seating for patrons were long overdue.

Mr J.E. Pearce asked what the caretaker’s position would be under the new award if the Council took over and was told the award was now £234 p.a. [£4-10-0 a week.]

His worship said that the caretaker’s job was not a full-time one and a man could not hold down both the caretaker’s job and the Librarian’s job. The Council would have virtually no control over the Library and he took it that the jobs would be split.

A.L. Walker asked if the Council thought £500 would be an acceptable amount for the cottage. The Mayor said that last year it had earnt £35 in rent or 5% on £700.

Messrs Jennison and Jeffery thought there had been sufficient consultation and that if the meeting agreed the Council should take over the Institute without further consultation – though of course the ratepayers could demand a poll.

When the question was put to the meeting it was carried unanimously.

62, 31, 5 August 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 August

Joan Bennett & Francis Lederer in The Man I Married

Linda Darnell & John Payne in Star Dust

Episode 13 of the Serial Spider’s Web.

Advt. Royal Rhythmics Dance Band will hold their annual dance in the Burra Institute Wednesday 13 August 1941 in aid of the Royal Institution for the Blind, North Adelaide.

Dancing 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Notice. A general muster parade will be held Sunday morning 10 August at 10 a.m. All members of the VDC and RCR are urgently requested to attend and all who are not eligible for AIF or Militia. Full information concerning the Home Guard will be given.

Notice. S.H. Robinson, Secretary of the Burra Recruiting Committee advises that two Bren gun carriers will arrive at the Burra Institute on the 8 August at 9.35. The Mayor and Dr D.M. Steele will welcome the visitors.

Elsewhere on the page it is reported that they will be under the command of Captain P.J. Davis and will be on view for 25 minutes.

Advt. Kelvinator Australia Ltd requires Engineering tradesmen for important ordinance and aircraft munition contracts.

Obituary. Mrs Charles Jesser died on Thursday night, 31 July at the home of her parents, Mr & Mrs J. Harrison of Burra North. Before her marriage she was Miss Pearl Harrison and had been in ill health for a long time. Her husband, Lance Corporal Jesser left for overseas about three months ago. She was aged 21 years and 8 months. [Born Nellie Pearl Harrison at Aberdeen 28 November 1919.]

Mr David Miles visited Burra last week after an absence of 38 years. He is the son of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Miles of Ayers Street and was pleased to see the old family home in good order, now the residence of Mr W. Carpenter.

62, 31, 5 August 1941, page 3

Burra VSD. The Voluntary Service Detachment held its AGM in the CWA Rest Room on Tuesday evening 29 July. As well as raising funds during the year they had held several small mock air raids to practise first aid skills and took part in the Town Mock Air Raid. Lectures had been given in First Aid, Home Nursing and Transport. Physical training and drills had been held fortnightly. Parcels of clothing for refugees had been collected and books sent to troops overseas.

[Detailed results of the recent First Aid Competition are printed, which show that out of a possible 200 points, Burra 1 had scored 178, Mt Bryan 177, Leighton 1751⁄2 and Burra 2 scored 167.]

62, 31, 5 August 1941, page 4

Sixth instalment of the serial Mr & Mrs Smith by Robert Seymour.

62, 32, 12 August 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 4 August.

Cr Harvey said that it was time the swing bridge at Aberdeen was re-erected.

It was resolved to call tenders for materials needed.

The Mayor reported on the ratepayers’ meeting that had approved the Council’s takeover of the Burra Institute. Cr Marston moved that Council seek the permission from the Minister of Local Government to transfer the Institute from the present trustees to the Corporation under Clause 17 of Section 383 of the Act and that the State Bank be informed regarding Council’s decision. Seconded Cr Kellaway and carried.

Letters from Burra Soldiers Abroad

Sgt Tom Halls

He writes from Libya 8 July. He says his present accommodation was a sandbag ‘igloo’ with an entrance so low that he leave the skin off his back on it on entry. The days were hot and the nights cold and the flies a torment as usual. They had lost their Platoon Commander a couple of months ago and Tom had been acting in that role. He thanks all for various items sent to him.

Cpl A.B. Ridings writes from Somewhere in Palestine 30 June. The convoy trip was monotonous due to the blackout. He had a chance to have a good look around Colombo and had since seen Suez, Pt Said, Ismalia, El Cantara, Gaza, Haifa, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Tiberias and just beyond the Syrian border. He describes the local scenery and expected to soon be moving on. He was fit well and happy when writing.

Cpl Lindsay Quinn

Writing on 8 July, he was fit as a fiddle, but had received no mail since Easter. He had visited the pyramids in the early morning and been to Alexandria, where despite the calls of duty he had managed some sight-seeing.

L.H Hood

Despite reports in Australian papers of the boys at the front receiving too much beer, he could report that in the previous nine weeks they had each received two bottles and a half-pint can – not that it makes any difference to an abstainer like himself.

Tpr Rollin Dare

Writes on 27 June from a place that was over 100oF every day, but cold at night. The hills were rough and treeless and they were taking quinine against malaria. The food, despite mostly being tinned was good. He also describes supplementing rations with locally bought eggs and vegetables. He suggests his mother read the Bible at Acts 22 Verses 10-11. [Which explains entering Damascus.] Writing on July 12 he talks of rugged hills that easily conceal snipers and where the roads make a series of elbow bends. The sheep were poor and had very coarse wool and the inhabitants filthy. Ploughs were hauled by any animal – even a cow or a donkey. He mentions coming under machine gun fire, but being well protected in the carrier. He was by 14 July in a comfortable camp by a cool stream and the war was over in that area, so he was anticipating some sight-seeing.

Pte Eric Smith

Wrote to the Mayor in July, saying he was still in Libya after four months and was sick of the heat, flies, fleas and dust. Temperatures to 125oF in the shade. He mentions Tobruk, Italian soldiers firing machine guns at them through the night, German dive bombers and machine gunning from the air. His gift watch from the town was keeping excellent time despite all the dust and sand. Canteen service was poor as all shipping space was needed for essentials. Raids etc. were fewer lately and things had quietened down and he speculates that the Germans might be preoccupied with the Eastern Front.

Mt Bryan VSD Annual Report for 1941 is printed.

62, 32, 12 August 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 August

William Powell & Myrna Loy in Another Thin Man

Loraine Day & Robert Cummings in And One was Beautiful

Obituary. Pte Fred Shattock, eldest son of Mr & Mrs W.J. Shattock has died of wounds. The deceased soldier had lived in the Booborowie district for many years, where he had been an outstanding footballer. [Frederick Ronald Shattock, born 25 November 1913 at Kooringa: died abroad 28 July 1941.]

Copperhouse. The fourth social evening at Copperhouse School raised £3-1-3 to be divided between the Schools’ Patriotic and School Committee Funds.

[Personal interest: Mrs [L.R.] Fuss was listed among the ladies providing supper.]

Mrs Hann Snr is in the Records Office, one son is in the RAN, one in the RAAF and the others in the AIF or doing war related jobs.

The Truscotts formerly of Burra & now of Payneham have three sons at the front, one of them recently wounded.

Arbor Day at Booborowie School on 8 August is reported.

Obituary. Mrs M.A.L. Feltus of Burra North has died suddenly after recently returning from a trip to the city. She was born at Unley on 19 October 1852 as Martha Ann Linton Gray, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J.R. Gray. In her early life she came to the Mule Camps with her parents in a bullock dray. He father was captain over the mule teams carting ore from Burra to Port Wakefield. We understand the Mule Camps to have been in the vicinity of Koo-owie Station. At the age of seven years the family moved to Burra, where Mr Gray worked at the Burra Mine. Later he went to Bimbowrie Station with Mr Martin McBride, overseer of the station. After that he returned to Burra, where he was Inspector of Cattle and Sheep for 30 years. Mrs Feltus spent all her life in the district, where she married Mr William J. Woollacott when 21 years old, but they had no children. She leaves one adopted daughter, Doris Vivian (now Mrs H.E. Tame of Adelaide), whom she took as a baby. Her first husband died 19 years ago. For 25 years she kept the Myrtle Maternity Home at Redruth until aged forced her to give it up. In 1929 she married Mr A.B. Feltus, who died a few years ago. She died at Burra Hospital on 10 August after a brief illness in her 89th year.

62, 32, 12 August 1941, page 3

Pte Angus Halliday was given a social and presentation in the Institute last Wednesday. Also on the platform were Pte Dennis Harris of Burra, who had been previously honoured and Pte Frank Ewins, a visitor from Adelaide. He is the youngest son of Mrs & the late William J.C. Ewins of Burra and had been born here and lived in Burra for many years. [Details of the social extend for c. 11⁄4 columns.]

Two Bren Gun Carriers visited Burra last Friday, under the charge of Captain P.J. Davis. A large crowd assembled to see them in front of the Institute, including the pupils of the Burra Primary and High Schools and of St Joseph’s Convent School. The visitors were briefly welcomed by the Mayor and Dr Steele. Capt. Davis apologised for being about half an hour late because they had called at two or three small schools on the way. The carriers had been manufactured at Islington of bulletproof steel. They did not at present have a Bren gun mounted, but did have a Lewis gun in the centre and a machine gun used in air attacks. They then gave a demonstration on the hill adjacent to the school, after which the Mayor entertained the visitors at morning tea.

Pte Don Halliday was given a social on Sunday evening at Miss D. Warner’s café. Though there had been little notice of this short visit both ends of the town were well represented. Pte Halliday wished to spend his leave with family in Adelaide, so his visit to Burra was brief. He had been a good captain of the Kooringa Football Club and had a long residence in Burra. [Details extend for about 2⁄3 column.]

Pte G. Shattock was given a social at Booborowie Memorial Hall on Saturday night. Virtually all the town’s families were represented at the occasion to honour Pte Gordon Shattock. The mood was however, sombre because only the day before news had been received of the death if Pte F. Shattock, the guest’s elder brother, from wounds. [Details of the occasion in c.1⁄2 column.]

Burra District Committee of the Stockowners’ Association held its AGM last Friday. The Chairman Mr I.J. Warnes read a report of the year and the season as it affected members and the way in which the war had impacted upon production and sale of products of the pastoral industry. [His report is printed.] Elected: Chairman, I.J. Warnes and secretary, M.S. Edwards.

[The article is of c. 1 column.]

62, 32, 12 August 1941, page 4

Burra Town Council. Statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 30 June 1941 is printed.

First instalment of Little Men by Robert Seymour.

62, 32(2), 19 August 1941, page 1

Mr & Mrs William Seymour (nee Miss Alice Parks) now of Pt Pirie and late of Burra, celebrated their Golden Wedding. They were married 12 August 1891 in the Burra Bible Christian Church, in a double wedding with Miss Emily Parks and Mr Alfred Bennetts. Mr Bennetts died 19 years ago.

[Further details in 1⁄4 column report.]

A Dance to aid the Royal Institution for the Blind was held in Burra Institute last Wednesday, aided greatly by the Buffalo Lodge. The Institution will benefit by c. £17.

Burra Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate report for fortnight to 9 August.

Farnden’s Hill. Drive from Riggs’ Open Cut extended 11 feet to 173 ft. Leaders are getting closer together with colours of gold. Stope advanced 8 feet to 48 ft, but values have petered out. Battery booked for a parcel next week.

Sister Dorothy Roach was given a presentation at the RSL in Angas Street, Adelaide on 11 August on her retirement from service. She is the daughter of Mrs and the late Mr Harry Roach of Aberdeen. On leaving college she took up nursing and in the Great War she saw service abroad and has since been mainly on the staff of Military Hospitals in Adelaide. About 80 persons attended the presentation and Sister Roach had previously received presentations from Keswick Hospital staff.

62, 32(2), 19 August 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Thursday 21 August & Saturday 23 August

Fay Baineer & Walter Brennan in Maryland (in Technicolour)

Sidney Toler & Jean Rogers in Charlie Chan in Panama

On Saturday only the final episode of The Spider’s Web in which the Octopus is unmasked.

Notice. E.G. Leunig, baker of Burra North, advises his customers that he is giving up business from 31 August and while thanking customers for past support, desires all outstanding accounts to be paid by 4 September 1941.

Notice. G.H. Betts advises the public that his business known as the Empire Bakery at Burra North has been taken over by R.G. Allen from 1 September 1941.

Obituary. Gunner Stewart Ogilvie was killed in action 29 June 1941 aged 26 years 9 months. He was the second son of W.D. & O.L.C. Ogilvie of ‘Caithness’ Booborowie.

[Birth registered as Stuart Ogilvie 5 October 1914 at Cleve.]

Pte Lewis Samuel, brother of Cr Con Samuel of Burra, is reported wounded in action at Tobruk. Pte Samuel enlisted from Burra.

Kooringa and Redruth Methodists will hold a Sunday school rally at Hanson next Saturday. Scholars, parents and friends will travel by train from Burra and from Ironmine and Farrell Flat by car. Teachers will join study groups for the afternoon while students enjoy a tennis until teatime. There will be an evening rally before the return to Burra by train.

[But see 62, 34, 26 August 1941, page 3.]

Messrs Claude and Frank Pascoe will be leaving Burra next Monday. It is not in the town’s best interests that so many residents have of late had to leave to seek employment elsewhere.

Corporation of Burra Emergency Civil Defence Committee will conduct a trial Evacuation Scheme on Saturday when 100 persons will be evacuated from the Burra Railway Station, beginning at 2 p.m. The people will be delivered to three arranged central centres: Burra North Methodist Sunday School, Salvation Army Citadel and the Burra Methodist Sunday School. Ward Billeting Officers will forward them from there to the necessary billets.

Will Knevitt, who served his apprenticeship with W.J. Davey at The Burra Record 38 years ago, visited Burra last week. He resides at Broken Hill and is the only surviving member of that family.

62, 32(2), 19 August 1941, page 3

Driver Howard L. Hooper was given a social at Mt Bryan on 9 August. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

New Petrol Regulations

[Details of new regulations concerning petrol stocks held by individuals are printed.]

Census forms for reporting stocks are available from post offices.

Car owners who had laid up their cars for the duration of the war require small quantities of petrol to turn the engine over regularly to prevent corrosion. Up to a quart of petrol may be purchased in sealed containers without a licence or ration tickets from stores, ironmongers, service stations etc. and this would be quite sufficient for this purpose.

62, 32(2), 19 August 1941, page 4

Second instalment of Little Men by Robert Seymour.

62, 34, 26 August 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 18 August

The question of the transfer of the Burra Institute to the Council has been referred to the Minister of Education.

Mr A.B. Riggs wrote on behalf of three ratepayers who suggested the Council strike a special rate of 1/8 to buy the Institute in three years instead of 30 and in so doing, saving £2,700 in interest. Other Councillors were not in favour as it would mean a person now paying £10 in rates would get a bill for £15.

Council resolved to get the painting of Dr Brummit in the Council Chamber re-touched. It had originally cost £50.

Mr R. Fuss wrote objecting to the way the Council had treated him in rejecting his tender for rebuilding the Burra North Swing Bridge and then calling for tenders for materials so that Council employees could do the work. The Mayor was of the opinion Mr Fuss should have been given the job and said he doubted if Council would save money by using Council employees. The tenders for materials are to lie on the table until the next meeting.

62, 34, 26 August 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 August

David Niven & Ginger Rogers in Bachelor Mother

George O’Brien & Marjorie Reynolds in Racketeers of the Range.

Special – AUDIOSCOPICS – (Red and blue glasses supplied free of charge.)

Episode 1 of the serial The Phantom Creeps

Notice. P. Dower wishes to advise that his son, Vin. J. Dower has taken over his Plumbing and Workshop Department of his business as of 18 August 1941. P. Dower will continue to run the Ironmongery & Hardware business.

Notice. H.E. Fuss advises there will be a general meeting of the RSL next Saturday evening.

Wool Classing Demonstration.

Mr Codrington of the School of Mines advises there will be a wool classing demonstration at Mr Dunstan’s Woolshed at Mt Bryan East on 28 August.

Obituary. Sara Jenet [sic] Tralaggan, the wife of Fred S. Tralaggan, died suddenly at her residence, Burra North, on 21 August aged 69.

She was born at Upper Skilly near Leasingham on 11 May 1872, the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Bryden. She married Mr Fred S. Tralaggan when aged 20 and for some years they lived at Mt Bryan. They then moved to Redruth, where they have lived ever since. She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters and seven grandchildren.

Sons: Henry N. Tralaggan of Hanson and I. Roy Tralaggan of Adelaide.

Daughters: Vera, Mrs Box of Goodwood and Grace, Mrs Charles Hill of Pt Pirie.

[Born Sarah Janet Bryden 11 May 1872 at Skilly. Married Frederick Sampson Tralaggan in 1893.]

Evacuee Tryout. The Corporation’s Civil Defence Committee had a successful mock evacuation tryout last Saturday. The time for the exercise took just 45 minutes.

Mrs Klaffus of Bridge Street will be 95 tomorrow. She still does her housework and shopping.

Weather. Rain began on Thursday and continued through Friday, coming on top of steady rain the previous week. Prospects for early summer feed are now assured. Locally the total to Sunday morning was 118 points. At Gum Creek 162 points fell and South Booborowie had 130, with 115 recorded at North Booborowie. To the east falls were quite variable: Faraway Hill topped with 120 and lower falls were: Braemar 86, Bendigo 70, Ketchowla 40, Caroona 38, Thistlebeds 73, Oakvale 81, Oakbank 73, Sturt Vale 33, The Gums 55 and World’s End 114.

Robert Steele, who enlisted in the RAAF in April was seen off on the Melbourne Express by Mr R.L. Steele and Master Harold Steele on Saturday, heading for Ascot Vale, Victoria.

Murray Brandon of Booborowie is also in the RAAF at Ascot Vale, Victoria.

Will Nolan, late AIF Burra is now in Sydney.

Claude Pascoe was given a farewell at the Kooringa Methodist Church last Sunday. Over the years Mr Pascoe has been the junior and later senior church steward and Communion steward. Mrs Pascoe and family will not leave the town for a while yet.

Frank Pascoe, the youngest son of Mr R.D. Pascoe volunteered some time ago for the AIF, but was rejected. He has now gone to Adelaide to seek a position in munitions work.

Sir Hubert Wilkins has recently returned from visits to Japan, Occupied and Free China and Thailand. He also made a tour of Malaya, where he saw Australian troops undertaking jungle training.

62, 34, 26 August 1941, page 3

Trooper Lyal P. Turner, a son of Mr & Mrs C.P. Tuner of near Burra, was given a social at Miss D. Warner’s café last Sunday evening due to the brevity of his visit. He had been born in Burra, but had been away for the past three years. [Details in 1 column.]

Booborowie Red Cross & FFCF Concert and Dance on Wednesday 20 August drew a large and appreciative audience.

Copperhouse’s regular fortnightly socials continue.

Mt Bryan East School held its Arbor Day on 16 August, when 12 pine trees were planted to honour the men who have enlisted from that district.

Weather. On Sunday night 17 August the wind at Mt Bryan East completely lifted the bull-nose verandah from the front of Mr James Brady’s homestead, snapping off the verandah posts and landing the 30 odd feet of verandah a chain or so on the other side of the house.

The Methodist Sunday School Rally at Hanson last weekend had to be called off due to Friday’s heavy rain that made a mess of the Burra-Farrell Flat Road. The event was transferred to the Burra Methodist Hall. Five representatives from Hanson managed to get through despite the road and three from Ironmine. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

62, 34, 26 August 1941, page 4

Third instalment of Little Men by Robert Seymour.

62, 35, 2 September 1941, page 1

Pte Alan Kemble was given a social at the Institute on 25 August. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Jack Kemble and was accompanied by his young brother Tpr Mervyn Kemble of the 9/23 Light Horse Regiment, at present in training at Gawler with the Militia. Mr S.H. Robinson, in moving the vote of thanks to the speakers, mentioned that his son Pte Robinson, who has been reported wounded, was doing well. [The usual patriotic speeches, musical interludes and presentations are reported in about 13⁄4 columns.]

Burra Progress Association held its AGM last Tuesday. President, Mr F.T. Sara, said they had not held many meetings during the year, but had been active in promoting the welfare of the town. The Secretary had been busy in promoting the re-opening of the Burra Mine and as a consequence the Federal Copper Commission had undertaken to look at the Burra Mine when they were visiting SA. Burra would then be able to put up as good a case as anywhere in Australia. The efforts of the Town Council would see the re-opening of the Aberdeen Quarries, with the material used in the construction of the tank at Hanson, which was to be built. [The tank in connection with the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline, then under construction.] The scheme to relocate people from Adelaide to fill empty houses in Burra was already bearing fruit. Many almond trees, supplied by Mr Kuchenmeister, had been planted by the Council. Burra might have gone back a bit, but so had every country town in SA except where they were being industrialised or had a military camp. A deputation will wait on the District Council about the poor state of the Farrell Flat Road, which is adversely affecting Burra trade. A letter of appreciation will be sent to Smith’s Weekly thanking it for its support of the Burra Mine.

[I have not been able to trace any relevant article in Smith’s Weekly.]

Elected: President, F.T. Sara; Vice-President, H.J.B. Jennison and Secretary, R.T. Bowles.

Accident. Tom Kallio was returning to Burra with his wife last week when at the intersection of Grand Junction and the Main North Road at Gepps Cross a bolting horse struck the near-side rear mudguard of the car, badly crumpling it. Mrs Kallio had been seriously ill in the city for some time and with the other occupants of the car received a severe shock. We believe the horse suffered a broken leg and had to be destroyed.

Burra High School held its Annual Sports Day at Victoria Park last Wednesday. The cup winners were:

Junior Girls Diana Davies

Senior Girls Joan Davies

Junior Boys Ray Jennison

Senior Boys Ross Humphrys

[Other results are printed.]

An end-of-term social was held on 28 August and a toffee day on 26 August raised £1-10-3 for the Inter-High-School Sports.

Mrs Klaffus celebrated her 95th birthday last Wednesday Mesdames Borowsky, O. Ockenden and Claude Pascoe, assisted by Miss D. Borowsky arranged a party for which Mrs E. Wohling made the cake. The Mayor and Mayoress attended. Mrs Klaffus was born at Hahndorf, SA, in 1846 and her father came to SA in 1838. She is thought to be the oldest SA born woman in this state. Her son Oscar, who was unable to attend, sent a congratulatory telegram. One son, Pte Wally Klaffus, served in the Great War

62, 35, 2 September 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 September.

Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan in Tarzan Finds a Son

Joan Blondell & George Murphy in Two Girls on Broadway.

Episode 2 of The Phantom Creeps

Advt. Come to the great variety show at Burra Institute 4 September and Hallett Memorial Hall, 5 September, presented by the Harold Raymond All Star Company.

Proceeds aid the SA Home for Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children.

Advt. St Brendan’s Catholic Ball in Mt Bryan Memorial Hall, Wednesday 10 September. In aid of church funds. Rainmakers Orchestra.

Advt. Church of England, Parish of Burra, Day of National Prayer, 7 September.

St Mary’s 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., Hallett, 11 a.m. and Booborowie, 3 p.m.

Advt. In response to King George’s call to prayer a Combined Citizens’ Service Sunday 7 September at Burra Institute at 7 p.m. Free church ministers will lead the service with combined choir led by Messrs Dane and Gare.

Advt. The RSL requests all members to attend the King’s Call to Prayer at Burra Institute 7 September, at 7 p.m. H.E. Fuss Hon. Sec. Burra SB.

Miss Eileen Murphy, late of Bence’s Ltd in Burra left on Wednesday last for that firm’s branch in Whyalla.

The Housing Scheme has seen its first arrivals, with more to come. Mrs H. Mazzoral and family are now occupying a house owned by Mr R. Fuss. Mrs Mazzoral’s husband is a Warrant Officer serving with the AIF abroad. He was previously a Technical Adviser with the RAA in Mt Gambier. Four more families are expected in the coming week.

Dvr Fred Fenn of Hallett is serving with the AIF abroad. He recently ran 200 yards under heavy fire to a utility truck, loaded two badly wounded comrades onto it and drove to safety. He previously worked for Mr Lewis Gare at Hallett and then around the district as a shearer.

Corporation of Burra Emergency Civil Defence Committee will hold another emergency evacuation drill on Saturday. Ward Billeting Officers are all asked to attend and transport will be in the hands of District Transport Officer, H.J.B. Jennison. Billeting Centres will be the same as last time.

62, 35, 2 September 1941, page 3

Burra Red Cross Flower Stall was open for the first time this season on 29 August. It was held in the shop once known as Spencer’s – kindly lent by Mr Drew. The flowers were a beautiful selection, mostly from out of Burra. They included a lovely range of sweet peas, stocks, pansies, violets and marigolds and some Sturt peas. There was also butter to sell and lemons.

The stall raised £3-18-0.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight to 23 August.

Farnden’s Hill. The drive north from Riggs’ Open Cut was extended 8 feet to 181 feet. The leader has split into three and looks promising, but carries so far no values. The stope advanced 7 feet to 55 feet with no values.

62, 35, 2 September 1941, page 4

First instalment of The Navy Steps Out by Robert Seymour.

62, 36, 9 September 1941, page 1

The Mid North High School Sports were held at Riverton on Wednesday between Riverton, Balaklava, Burra, Clare and Kapunda High Schools. Results giving points scored in each event are printed. Grand aggregates: Balaklava 671⁄2, Riverton 581⁄2, Clare 55, Burra 501⁄2 and Kapunda 341⁄2.

Letters from Soldiers

Pte Norman Allen

He writes about fleas, lice and mosquitoes and of the courage of the Australian troops at Saida.

Pte Scroop

He writes to T.H. Woollacott about being stuck in the same old place for five months, speaking of sand storms and 1,200 raids by dive bombers. He says canteen goods are getting through generally, but Comforts Fund stuff is not. He mentions there being 16,000 Italian POWs when they first came to the unnamed place. Since being in action the Australians have lost all respect for the Italians.

Chaplain D.L. Redding

In a letter to Mrs S. Hawker he says he is well and fit. He reports making coffee by the gallon and says the country has a great climate.

Pte V.S. Armstrong (Son-in-law to N. Hiles Pearse.)

He writes of defeating the (Vichy) French forces in Syria, where many of the troops were French colonial troops from Senegal and Indo-China and members of the French Foreign Legion. He reports being in at the fall of Damascus. He reports not being taken much by the Palestinian Arabs, who were dirty and lived in squalid mud huts along with their animals. The Syrian Arabs were cleaner and had a better class of home, but he didn’t like the narrow lanes of Damascus. He went to the races in Beirut, where there were no bookies, but only a tote operated entirely in French and therefore hard to follow. He found Syria a very pretty country with beautiful mountains and snow on the larger ones. Some of the villages looked quite smart with well-built stone houses and tiled roofs that must look picturesque in winter.

Cpl A.M. Tippett

A letter to Mrs G.S. Hawker says he had a good time in Greece, although at time ‘things were a bit warm’. It was beautiful, with snow-capped mountains, but the agriculture was primitive, with wooden ploughs pulled by bullocks. He managed to spend a few days in Athens doing all the usual tourist things before going north to the front. The later evacuation from Greece had some warm moments, but he made it to the coast and a ship where he got a cabin, but not for long, as the ship was sunk. He escaped without getting his feet wet, but with only the clothes he was wearing. At the time of writing he was back in Palestine in a good camp with hot and cold showers, a picture theatre and wet and dry canteens. The days were hot, but the nights required two blankets.

Sgt J.R. Fetherstonhaugh (25 July 1941.)

He writes of the fighting in Syria, saying they came across the bottom of Syria and captured Tyre without opposition. From then on they were in the thick of it – though the French navy retreated after a light attack. They had largely been resting since the armistice.

Ayers School held its annual Arbor Day on 29 August. Trees were planted as a tribute to old scholars and staff who had enlisted. The enlisted teachers were A.E. Brown & A.T. Crabb, while the scholars were: Ralph Williams, Eric Field, George Heinrich, George Clements, Max McCormack, Colin McCormack, Murray Brandon, Maurice Brandon, Robert Steele and Colin Earle.

62, 36, 9 September 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 September

Cartoon feature in beautiful Technicolour: Gulliver’s Travels

Dorothy Lamour & Jack Benny in Man About Town

Episode 3 of the serial The Phantom Creeps

Obituary. A Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Owen Fitzpatrick of Farrell Flat.

[Born Owen Fitzpatrick 21 September 1877 at Farrell Flatt: died Owen Joseph Fitzpatrick 4 August 1941 at Farrell Flat.]

Obituary. George Lawn, a well-known Burra identity died in Adelaide last week.

[Born 16 August 1875 District of Kapunda: died 7 September 1941 Adelaide, residence Prospect.]

Obituary. George Attrill, who was formerly a well-known Burra identity, but who lived recently in Willunga, died last week.

[Born 27 September 1863 Broadmeadows, District of Robe: died 6 September 1941 Adelaide, residence Willunga.]

Burra Mayor T.H. Woollacott was eulogised on the radio on Tuesday morning with respect to the Housing Scheme, which is filling the empty Burra houses rapidly. It is believed the matter was raised by Mr Woollacott with the Premier on a visit to Adelaide and the result is the lack of population in the country is being rectified and the congestion in city housing is being alleviated. The idea is to move people unessential to the war effort in the city to vacant country housing to free up accommodation in the city for munition workers etc.

Captain Owen Smyth’s name has been withdrawn from the Honour Roll on page 4. When war broke out he enlisted in the AIF, but was later rejected, but retained as a full-time training officer for the reinforcements of the 13th Field Training Battery at Woodside. He has since been re-examined and passed as fit, but will not be permitted to re-join the ranks of the AIF until posted for duty overseas. Under the circumstance Captain Owen Smyth expressed his wish that his name be withdrawn from the Honour Roll.

Dr Raggat, geologist to the Commonwealth Government will visit Burra next week to investigate the possibilities of the Burra copper mine. The Town Council and members of the Burra Progress Association will meet tonight to finalise the case they have made out for him.

The Governor Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey and Lady Barclay-Harvey will visit Burra next month as part of a tour to the northern parts of SA and are likely to spend two nights here. A Civic Ball in aid of Burra Red Cross Funds is being organised.

Sgt Lindsay Thomas has been wounded in action.

Accident. Sheep being driven from Burra market to Mt Bryan last Saturday were struck by the Adelaide Passenger train at Schuyler’s Crossing. Three ewes and three lambs owned by Mr A. Collins were killed and others injured.

Burra High School. Six students left Burra by train on Friday last for a trip to Queenscliff, Victoria. They were to join other students from various schools on a trip organised by members of the Education Department. Taking part from Burra were: Jim Terry, Max Earle, Ray Jennison, Bob Aughey, Ross Humphrys and Bob Angel.

Weather. Further good rains look like making this one of the best seasons for many years. Falls west of Goyder’s Line ranged from about one inch to one and a half. To the east falls were erratic, ranging from as low as 6 points at Braemar to 78 at Old Koomooloo. Most fell in the range 25 to 50 points.

A Woolshed Dance at Belcunda raised £13-13-0 for the Burra & Mt Bryan Red Cross Circles on 6 September.

The Evacuation Trial on Saturday was most successful, with rolls received at 2.03 p.m., evacuees billeted by 2.44 p.m. and the rolls completed ready to be sent to Adelaide by 3.45 p.m.

Sgt Pilot Harry Gaskell was given a social at Hallett last Wednesday. He was presented with a fountain pen and a parcel of comforts. He is the only son of Mr & Mrs F. Gaskell.

62, 36, 9 September 1941, page 3

Burra Town Council, 1 September

A delegation from the Burra Progress Association waited on the Council to ask how it could assist the Commission investigating the possibilities of the Burra Copper Mines. It felt it had a good case to present. Cr Kellaway said that representatives of the Association should be invited to attend the meeting of the Council and the Commission and the Mayor agreed.

Mr R. Fuss offered to construct the swing bridge at Burra North at the same price he had tendered some time ago, the price being subject to any increase in the price of timber. The minute concerning council employees doing the work was then rescinded and Mr Fuss’s offer was accepted.

National Day of Prayer. The Burra Institute was comfortably filled on Sunday night in answer to H.M. King George’s call to prayer. On the platform were the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott Esq., Envoy Winfield (Salvation Army), Revs. Potter and Usher and the Combined Choirs. Members of the local RSL, VSD, and the Girl Guides took places reserved for them in the hall. Rev. Potter gave an inspiring address based on the trial of Jesus in Gethsemane: ‘Father, if this cup cannot pass away except I drink it, Thy will be done.’ The collection of £5-12-0 will aid the YMCA.

62, 36, 9 September 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour’s The Navy Steps Out. Second instalment.

62, 37, 16 September 1941, page 1

Marriage. All Souls Church of England, St Peters, last Saturday

Miss Lorna (Dawn) Radford, only daughter of Mrs & the late Mr Clare Radford, married

Pte A.H. Garvie AIF, formerly a farmer of Bow Hill. The bride is a munitions worker at Hendon.

Marriage. Hubert Radford, brother of Miss Lorna (Dawn) Radford, was married a few weeks ago.

Bill McBride, who it is understood went through the Libyan campaign in the armoured section, is believed now to be at Tobruk.

Obituary. George Lawn has died.

Mayor Woollacott’s country housing scheme has met with favourable comment in Adelaide and if adopted generally will give relief to many now seeking houses in the city, where they are very scarce.

62, 37, 16 September 1941, pages 1 & 4

The Federal Bauxite and Copper Committee visited Burra yesterday and inspected the Burra Mine. Representatives of the Council and the Burra Progress Association visited the Commission members the night before, at the Burra Hotel. On Monday morning the Commission made a thorough inspection of the mine on foot. They also inspected Mr R.D. Pascoe’s collection of mineral specimens from the mine. The Mayor gave his opinion that the mine had closed before it had been properly opened up and its second stage of development would have very rich, especially with modern equipment. He also cited the views of the late Mr S. Baker, who had worked in the mine and had only died a couple of years ago and who believed untold riches still lay at the site.

Cr Kellaway, who had worked in the mine [after its closure] as a tributer, also thought much copper still lay to be obtained below the water level. Dr Raggat (Commonwealth Geologist) said they had been tasked only to examine those properties that could perhaps produce copper at the present price, within two years. It would take a considerable amount of money to dewater the Burra Mine and he could not say what the whole committee would recommend. They had still to visit three more towns in South Australia and there were also copper shows in Queensland that were favourable.

As it would be too expensive to dewater the mine just to explore for copper deposits, they would have to form an opinion based on old records, especially those from the last five years of the mine’s operation.

The Commission was then given a pamphlet outlining the history of the Burra Mine.

[This pamphlet is printed in the paper.]

62, 37, 16 September 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will auction the house property and personal effects of the late M.L.L. Feltus on Friday 26 September. The property on allotment 69 in Redruth comprised seven perches or thereabouts, with c. 50 ft frontage to Crowan Street and c. 40 ft frontage to Fore Street.

Advt. VSD Revue, Burra Institute, 24 September.

Ballet Choruses, Comedy Sketches, Two 1-Act Plays, Special Items.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Thursday 18 & Saturday 20 September

Laurence Olivier & Joan Fontaine in Rebecca

Plus What Price Safety (Crime doesn’t pay), Passing Parades (Interest), Hot on Ice (Pete Smith Oddity), Nostradamus (Prophetic), Gazette, Reviews and News.

Episode 4 of Serial The Phantom Creeps.

Advt. Pet Show at Burra North Playground, Saturday 27 September. In aid of Robert Lott, Red Cross Baby Competition.

Pte Youl of Mt Bryan is reported to be recovering rapidly from receiving two pieces of shrapnel in his arm.

Weather. Mt Bryan has received 400 points in the last 20 days. Mr A. Tenant of ‘The Gap’ reports 150 points last week and there were heavy falls of snow at ‘The Gap’ and on Princess Royal Station.

Burra has recorded 208 points for the month so far.

Sister Nell Bentley, second daughter of Mr James Bentley of Knoxville and late of Redruth, left Adelaide last week en route to serve overseas. She is the second Burra girl to serve overseas. Sister Mavis Riggs went overseas about 18 months ago.

Ralph Hill went to Victoria last week to see his daughter and his son Joff, who is in the RAAF at Laverton.

Mr Victor Ryan OBE was in Burra on Monday in connection with the Masonic Lodge installation. He is a Burra boy, whose mother was the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Isaac Davey.

Stoker Wally Earle was tendered a farewell social in Willalo Hall on 23 August. He is the first Willalo boy to join the Navy.

62, 37, 16 September 1941, page 3

Snow at Burra. On Wednesday 10 September the morning was intensely cold, but those who were up early saw a healthy fall of snow. Snow began to fall at about 11 p.m. on Tuesday night. From about 2 a.m. to dawn there were further falls and some showers of rain, but by dawn the ground was covered by about two inches of snow. Snowballing was indulged in and snowmen were made. At ‘The Gap’ Mr A. Tenant reported 4 to 6 inches of snow and heavy falls were also reported from Princess Royal, Mt Bryan Hills, Mallett & Pandappa Stations and also from World’s End.

The RAA advises motorists that they need to inform their insurer of their intention to fit a gas producer.

62, 38, 23 September 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 15 September

The Institute Association wrote saying that it was necessary for there to be a ratepayers’ meeting to approve the Council’s takeover of the Institute and the consent of the Institute subscribers or Trustees, before the Institute could be transferred to the Council.

The Association will be informed that a ratepayers’ meeting had been held and A.B. Riggs (Institute Secretary) be written to asking him to call a meeting of the subscribers.

It was resolved not to act on A.B. Riggs suggestion that the Council strike special rate of 1/8 for three years to pay for the Institute.

The Council’s contribution to the Hospital will be £170 for this year.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the way His Worship had handled the Housing Scheme, which was proving beneficial to Burra.

Marriage. St Mary’s Church, 13 September

Ina M. Blott, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Blott of Kooringa, married

Keith R. Phillips, eldest son of Mr Robert Phillips of World’s End.

[Details extend for c. 2⁄3 column.]

Kooringa Masonic Lodge. Bro. R.J. Jeffery was installed as Worshipful Master on Monday 15 September. The Installation Ball that followed was held at the Burra Institute, which was exceptionally beautifully transformed by floral decorations for the occasion. For the first time in many years seven young debutantes were presented to the hostess and the Installing Master, the Rt. Wpl. Bro. Victor H. Ryan, OBE, PGW. They and their partners were: Claire Sara with John Carey of Broken Hill; Betty Kellock with David Radford; Sylvia Thomas of World’s End with Peter Mann; Sylvia Powell with Mark Lee; Bethel Smith with Tom Secker; Roma Clode with Ray Lloyd and Melva Gare with Ken Fuller. [The ball and the ladies’ dresses are described in detail.]

Obituary. Waldemar G. Hawkes has died at his residence in North Adelaide. He was one of the state’s most prominent pastoralists and sheep breeders. He was the managing director and founder of the well-known Koonoona Stud near Burra and had interests in other properties in SA, NSW and WA. He was a son of the late Sidney M. Hawkes, barrister, and was born in London in 1863, coming to SA at the aged of 151⁄2 years. He began his pastoral career as a jackeroo on Koonoona before going to Moorara Station on the Darling, where he gained experience in stud breeding. When a drought struck Moorara, he returned to SA and became manager of the Burra Branch of Bagot, Shakes & Lewis. Some years later he accepted the position as manager of Koonoona from the trustees of the late Walter Duffield. Judicious investment in Broken Hill Mines etc. he accumulated considerable capital and as senior partner in Hawkes & Daskein, he purchased the Morden group of stations in western NSW, comprising Morden, Wonnaminta, Packsaddle, Cobham, Mt Arrowsmith and Wyarra, totalling 1,500,000 acres. He had an interest too in properties in the Southeast, Bolgart (WA) and Tarmoola Pastoral country of Leonora, WA. Later he acquired a quarter interest in Koonoona Proprietors, then newly formed, to continue his sheep breeding activities. While at Koonoona he was prominent in many activities in Burra. He was for many years the Chairman of the Burra Hospital Board and gave generous financial support to many Burra projects. He made a number of financial donations to St Mary’s Church, most notably the handsome memorial window in the southern end of the building. In the Great War he was prominent in patriotic work and was seldom absent from the welcomes accorded returning men at the Burra Railway Station. He retired to Adelaide some years ago. He was one of the oldest members of the Stockowners’ Association of SA, a past president and a member of the council. He was also President of the Stud Merino Breeders’ Association for five years. In 1887 he married Miss Isabella McBride, a daughter of the late R.J. M. McBride of Burra, who predeceased him. He is survived by two sons and three daughters: Messrs Glen G. Hawkes (Koonoona) & D. Rollo Hawkes (Clare); and Mesdames P.C. Head (North Adelaide), I.B. Jose (North Adelaide) and G. Law Smith (Gawler). Another son, Lieut. W.R. Hawkes was killed in the Great War. He was buried at Burra after a service at St Mary’s Church. [Waldemar Gaskell Hawkes died 16 September 1941.]

Obituary. Mr George Lawn died in Adelaide on 7 September was a former well-known Burra resident. He was born at Robertstown in 1875, the third and youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Lawn of Baldina. He was educated at Burra Public school and Baldina School and then helped his father on the farm. In 1897 he married Miss Jean Lihou, eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Lihou of Burra. They lived at Broken Hill for some years before returning to Burra, where Mr Lawn was employed by Messrs Drew & Crewes Ltd and later set up a butchering business on his own account. This he sold after some years and worked for Mr Andrew Tennant. He was keenly interested in sports and active in many aspects of town life. He retired to Prospect ten years ago, where he enjoyed good health until the brief illness leading to his death. He is survived by a widow, a son-in-law and one grandson. His only child, Gladys, Mrs Perce Herbert, died in November 1937. He was buried at the North Road Cemetery. [Nailsworth.]

[George Lawn was born 16 August 1875 in the District of Kapunda and died 7 September 1941 at Adelaide, residence Prospect.]

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School celebrated its 69th anniversary on 14 September, with only a moderate attendance. The usual tea and public meeting was held on the following Tuesday.

62, 38, 23 September 1941, page 2

Notice. The Governor, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey and Lady Muriel will visit Burra on Wednesday 8 October.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 September

James Stewart & Margaret Sullivan in The Mortal Storm.

Walter Pidgeon & Rita Johnson in Nick Carter Master Detective.

Pete Smith Oddity, Follow the Arrow.

Chapter 5 of the serial The Phantom Creeps.

Sergeant Lindsay Thomas, who has been reported as wounded in action is now said to be doing well. The injuries were to his left arm.

The Burra-Adelaide Road Race, arranged by the SA League of Wheelmen, will take place next Saturday.

Fire. At 2.20 a.m. on Monday fire destroyed an incubator room at Mr Carl Pearce’s residence. 484 eggs and a brooder of 60 chicks were destroyed before the fire brigade got the blaze under control.

The YMCA Badge Day last Friday raised c. £15.

Mr Alex Bevan was presented with an inscribed watch by the Burra RSL at their last meeting. This was in recognition of his work over a number of years in assisting at the Anzac Sports and in preparing the track.

Diphtheria Immunisation was given to about 60 children from Mt Bryan, Hanson, Leighton and other districts on Saturday.

Ken Fuller, of the staff of Dalgety & Co. has been transferred to the Adelaide office.

Eric Field, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Jack Field, has joined the RAAF and left on Monday for Adelaide, prior to going to the Eastern States.

Letter. N. Hiles Pearse writes ‘an appreciation’ of the late W.G. Hawkes.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for fortnight ending 20 September.

Farnden’s Hill. The drive from Riggs’ Open Cut advanced 8 ft to 206 ft. No values. Driving will now discontinue as it is about 10 ft from the boundary.

Stope continued 10 ft to 74 ft in blocky slates. Have also risen on a leader with better gold values.

Copperhouse School Social Evening on Saturday aided the cause of Red Cross Baby Warren Murdoch to the sum of £6-10-0. [Personal interest: Mrs Ellen Fuss was among those providing supper.]

62, 38, 23 September 1941, page 3

Mr & Mrs I.J. Warnes were given a farewell at Leighton Hall last Saturday evening. They had left for Glenelg a few weeks ago after living in the district for nearly forty years. In that time everything in the district had enjoyed their financial and personal support. Jack Preiss’s Orchestra provided the music. Mr A.D. McDonald MP presided.

Mr McDonald said that Mr & Mrs Warnes had always seen that others who left the district got a good send-off, but had tried to avoid one for themselves. Among the things Mr & Mrs Warnes had done he mentioned: the tree planting campaign from the church to the hall, the Leighton Hall, which owed much to Mr Warnes’ efforts that had seen it grow from a small room to a building valued at £1,500. Mrs Warnes had been president of the Ladies’ Guild and instituted the Christmas Tree ceremony. Both had taken a keen interest in sporting clubs and organised cricket and golf clubs on their own land. Mr Warnes had been a member of the school committee. Both has also taken a keen interest in activities across the whole district.

Mr T.H. Woollacott, Mayor of Burra, also paid tribute to the contribution of Mr & Mrs Warnes to the district’s institutions. He mentioned particularly Mrs Warnes’ role in the CWA and the OBE she had earned.

Dr Steele also mentioned Mrs Warnes’ role in the CWA and Mr Warnes’ great role in Leighton Hall and the Burra Hospital. He had given the latter its X-Ray plant and later £300 towards alterations to the building. Lately he had arranged for each bed to be fitted with an electric bell.

Mr A.B. Riggs spoke particularly of Mr Warnes’ part in the Burra Show Society.

Mr J. Beaglehole spoke on behalf of the Mt Bryan Hall Committee and as clerk of the District Council of Mt Bryan, of which Mr Warnes had been Chairman for 25 consecutive years. He was now Chairman of the amalgamated councils. Mr Warnes was Chairman of the Mt Bryan Memorial Hall and many times he had given £ for £ when improvements had been made to it. The districts sports, benefactions and religious bodies had always received Mr Warnes’ support.

Mr Alan Pearce spoke for Booborowie and said the sound position of their hall owed a great deal to Mr & Mrs Warnes agreeing to open fetes etc. there and to their generous donations to it. His generous gift when laying the foundation stone had not been forgotten.

Mr T.J. Quinn of Mt Bryan spoke in support of Mr Beaglehole’s remarks.

Mr & Mrs Warnes were presented with a framed illuminated address, an inscribed silver tea and coffee service and a chromium tray.

Leighton Golf & Tennis Clubs presented a mulga ink stand.

Mr & Mrs Warnes responded.

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM on 17 September.

The Secretary’s report was for a year that had not been a financial success. Membership was the lowest for ten years. They had enrolled three new members, but had lost five. They were in debt to the Bowling Ground Syndicate for £13-12-6 and needed to find £19 or so for water rates by November. Elected: Patron, Dr D.M. Steele; President, R.J. Grant; Vice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs and S.C. Genders; Secretary & Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe.

Obituary. Mrs Michael Ward died at Burra Hospital on 18 September aged 61. He husband was seriously ill in the Burra Hospital at the time of her death. She is survived by three children: Mary, Mrs E. Conway of Woodville; Mr Mick Ward Jnr of Burra North and Pte L.A. Ward, AIF overseas.

[But note that in 62, 39, 30 September 1941, page 2, she becomes Mrs James P. Ward, born at Hammond in 1880, a daughter of Mr & Mrs Rowe. See clarification in that place.]

Obituary. Mrs John Sampson of Burra North died last Sunday at Burra Hospital aged 92. She was the second wife of the late John Sampson of Bridge Street, Kooringa. She was born at Brandford in England 19 July 1849 and came to Australia on the Ashmoore, arriving on 26 September 1883. She was married on 17 January 1885 at Kooringa to Mr Sampson, who had a grown up family. After her husband’s death many years ago, she sold the old home and went to live at Redruth, where she lived alone, enjoying good health until the last year or so.

[Although the death is registered as Elizabeth Sampson who died 21 September 1941 at Burra, the marriage to John Sampson in Kooringa on 17 January 1885 gives her maiden name as Eliza Francis. He gave his age then as 53 and she said she was 30, but if the age at death is correct, she was about 35.]

Tpr. M.L. Kingston was tendered a social at Miss Warner’s Café last Friday night. After a short period of employment with A.D. Sellars, Tpr Kingston enlisted from Burra. He was presented with a cigarette case and a parcel of woollies.

62, 38, 23 September 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour’s The Navy Steps Out, the 4th instalment.

District Council of Burra Burra,

[District Clerk] A.J. Hill was granted leave of absence for the duration of the war.

[Having enlisted in the RAAF.]

62, 39, 30 September 1941, page 1

Miss Elizabeth Ashton read her paper A Place for Women in Post War Reconstruction at the CWA meeting on 19 September. It is here printed in full.

The Burra VSD Revue is reported in detail.

It was presented at the Burra Institute last Wednesday. It had been organised by Mrs Andrew Tennant, with Mr L.P. Davis as stage manager. Others involved in its success were:

Mesdames A.P. Rogers & Mrs Rex Martin produced the ballet.

Mesdames T.B. Ashton, A.P. Rogers, A. Tennant, assisted by Mr J.E. Pearce, were responsible for the scenery.

G.E. Dane controlled the lighting.

Miss Madge Pascoe accompanied on the piano with Mr Darrell Field on drums.

Items were:

A tableau representing Britannia, the Army, Navy and Air Force, Army Nurse, VAD Nurse, VTD and VSD and Voluntary Transport Drivers.

National Anthem

Four Patriotic Songs with Mrs Max Pearce singing Rule Britannia.

Sketch ‘A Child’s guide to the Customs.’ (Mrs F.T. Marston and Miss E. Ashton)

Sing as We Go ballet (Melva Robinson, Melva Hill, Muriel Smith, Marjorie Davey, Joan Fairchild, Frances Dollman, Dorothy Parker & Mary Jesser, with Mrs T. Corry as solo tap dancer.)

The Second Minuet sung by Miss Claire Sara.

Ballet Woodpecker’s Song.

Ballet (Burlesque of Woodpecker’s Song) by Messrs F. Pontifex, L. Odlum, R.A. Bevan, C. Samuel, C.L. Phillips, A.P. Rogers, T. Corry and R.G. Bernhardt.

The Coster Comedy, staged by Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence assisted by Messrs K. Tamblyn, C. Fuller, and N. Baynes.

Ballet Hap, Hap, Happy Day, with solo by Miss Jesser.

Love will find a Way sung by Mrs Max Pearce.

One Act Play, Three Young Ladies in a Temper (Mrs P.N. Potter, Miss E. Ashton, Mrs T. Corry, Miss Claire Sara and Mr A. Tennant.)

Interval

One Act Play The Rest Cure (Mrs Jennison, Joyce Fairchild, Claire Sara, Mr Potter and Miss S. Fairchild.)

Comedy Song Keep it under your hat by Mr & Mrs A. Tennant and Miss Ashton.

Sketch A cooking lesson by radio. (Mrs C.L. Phillips, Mr F. Pontifex & Mr Tamblyn.)

Ballet Thumbs Up, Miss Melva Hill as soloist sang the song.

Tap dance by Mrs Corry.

Male Ballet Thumbs Up.

My Life is Love sung by Mrs Max Pearce.

Ballet Simmery Summery Day with Mrs Corry as soloist.

Finale: Auld Lang Syne and the National Anthem

We understand the sum of £90 has so far been raised as a result.

Burra Home Guard

Burra Home Guard (or VDC) has so far been in the command of Mr S. Hawker, but he has now been appointed to a position in the Woodside Camp and so has handed command to Mr Eric Murray. Mr E.C. Collins, Captain of the Burra Rifle Club, made a presentation to Mr Hawker on behalf of members. Mr Hawker in responding said he had received wonderful assistance from his Second in Command, Sgt H. Fuss, who has spent much time studying the problems facing the Home Guard and was very sincere and keen about his job.

62, 39, 30 September 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 October

Shirley Temple & Nigel Bruce in The Blue Bird (in Technicolor)

Lynn Bari & Lloyd Nolan in Charter Pilot.

Walt Disney Cartoon Sea Scouts and Travel Talk in colour Java Journey.

6th Episode of the Serial.

A Civic Ball will be held on Wednesday next in connection with the visit of His Excellency the Governor and Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey.

Vice-Regal Visit to Burra

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey and Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey are scheduled to visit Burra next Wednesday, 8 October. At 10.25 there will be a Public Civic Welcome tendered by His Worship the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott Esq. The party will then visit the school and then the Hospital. After lunch Lady Muriel will inspect and meet ladies of the Red Cross, VSD, FFCF and other patriotic organisations in the town. His Excellency will visit points of interest in the district. In the evening the Mayor and Lady Mayoress will host a dinner party at the Burra Hotel. Later a ball will be held to aid the Red Cross and the Vice-Regal party will attend for a short time.

Rev. Dr M.F. Toal, who has been in charge of the Parish of St Joseph in Burra, is leaving here on Thursday to take up duties as a Chaplain for the Military Authorities. In his time here he has endeared himself not only to his own parishioners, but to the community generally. A token of appreciation was presented to him after Mass last Sunday.

Obituary. Mrs James P. Ward died recently [18 September]. She was born at Hammond in 1880, the daughter of Mr & Mrs Rowe. She married Mr Ward in 1911 and they resided first in Hawker, before moving to Booborowie in 1914 and to Burra North about six years later. She is survived by a husband, one daughter, Mrs E. Conway of Woodville and two sons, Michael of Burra and Laurie in the AIF abroad.

[Apparently born Catherine Elizabeth Rowe, from her marriage registration, but no birth registration has been found in SA. She married James Patrick Rowe at Hawker in 1911. The children were Mary Johanna born 20 June 1912 at Hawker, Michael John born 8 December 1913 at Quorn and Lawrence Andrew born 19 April 1917 at Kooringa. James Patrick Rowe died 18 October 1941 at Burra, aged 65. There is no birth registered in SA.]

62, 39, 30 September 1941, page 3

The Combined Schools Picnic for Copperhouse, Leighton, Hanson and Gum Creek Schools was held at Gum Creek Station on Thursday 25 September. Thanks were extended to Sir Walter Duncan for the use of the grounds. A dance was held in the Hanson Hall that evening to aid the picnic funds.

[Results of the sports program are printed.]

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 27 September

Thomas Doherty, eldest son of Mr John Doherty and the late Mrs Doherty of Gum Creek, married

Nellie Lynch, eldest daughter of Mrs and the late O.J. Lynch of Leighton.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Marriage. St Mary’s Church, Burra, 26 September [sic: error for 27 September]

Audrey Joyce Lewis, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Fred Lewis of Burra North, married

Mr Arnold Daw of Pt Augusta, youngest son of Mr & Mrs W. Daw of Pt Augusta.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

62, 39, 30 September 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour Presents The Devil & Miss Jones, First Instalment.

62, 40, 7 October 1941, page 1

Letter. Pte Ivon Wohling writes from abroad. He says he is getting letters and parcels from home and lists the contents of a parcel from the FFCF: a cake, a tin of milk, P.K.s, boot laces and dried fruits. He is still somewhere hot, but the fleas are not so bad there.

Letter. ACI Albert Sampson writes from Singapore. He says that after 13 months service overseas, he has just had leave that enabled him to visit Malacca and Johore. He spends much of the letter writing about betel nuts, rubber and oil palms, before going on to tell of his visit to Malacca and Kuala Lumpur. In Malacca he danced with two AIF nurses from SA: Sisters Betty Pyman of Hawker and Nelly Keats of Dulwich.

A Fancy Dress Frolic is reported from Booborowie on 27 September. It aided school funds.

62, 40, 7 October 1941, page 2

Notice. A General Meeting of Subscribers to the Burra Institute is called for 22 October at 7.30 p.m. to consider the sale of the premises to the Burra Corporation.

Advt. Mrs Harold Pearce, who is leaving the town, has a number of Rhode Island Reds and Black Orpingtons for sale. Also breeding pens etc. and Runners and Muscovy ducks.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 11 October

Henry Fonda & Gene Tierney in The Return of Frank James

Joan Davis & Ted North in For beauty’s Sake

Episode 7 of The Phantom Creeps

Monday 13 October

Conrad Veidt & Valerie Hobson in U Boat 29

Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake in Blondie Brings Up Baby

Envoy R. Winfield left Burra this morning. He has rendered great service while in charge of the Salvation Army here and been active in patriotic causes. We understand he leaves due to ill health. He is succeeded by Lieut. O.M. Hateley, who is a young lady officer who originally comes from Victoria, but has recently been at Prospect.

Airgunner L. Sams was tendered a social on 27 September at the Mt Bryan Hall.

Sgt Lindsay Thomas has a shrapnel wound in the left arm, but is recovering in hospital.

Pte Bert Truscott, son of Walter Truscott, has been badly wounded by shrapnel and has been invalided home from the Middle East.

Lieut. Max Burnley, previously well known in Burra, comes from a sea-faring family and has three brothers, beside himself in the Royal Navy. He took part in the raid on Spitzbergen and was later recuperating in Devon after nine strenuous months at sea.

George Sangster is in the navy.

62, 40, 7 October 1941, page 3

The Kooringa Methodist Church Floral Fair was held last Friday to aid Trust and Circuit Funds. A profit in excess of £72 was realised. It was opened by Mrs Glen Hawkes of Koonoona.

[Details in a one column article.]

62, 40, 7 October 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents The Devil & Miss Jones: Instalment 2.

62, 41, 14 October 1941, page 1

Burra Town Council, 6 October

A letter from the Secretary of the Institute’s Association advised that before any transfer of the Institute to the Council there would have to be another ratepayers’ meeting and two meetings of subscribers; one to decide on offering the Institute and one to ratify the decision.

The recommendation of the Finance Committee to declare a rate of 2/8 in the £ was adopted.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM on 4 October. The large flood in January had damaged the croquet lawn but the club still managed to end the year in credit. Elected: President, Mrs F.M. Pearce; Vice-Presidents, Mrs E. Finch & Mrs M.T. Fuller; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss L. Bartholomaeus; Captain, Mrs F.T. Sara and Vice-Captains, Mrs E. Steer & Mr W.H. Gare.

It was resolved to ask the Mayoress, Mrs T.H. Woollacott to open the coming season on 18 October.

62, 41, 14 October 1941, pages 1 & 3

Vice Regal Visit to Burra

[This is reported in detail in about 11 columns.]

The day was wintry, with showers throughout the morning. The Governor’s car arrived at the Institute at 10.30 a.m. and was met by a Guard of Honour comprising many men of the first AIF and soldiers on leave from the second AIF as well as members of the Home Guard under M.T. Fuller. Members of the local VSD and Transport Service lined the steps under Commandant Mrs A. Tennant. In the foyer there was a squad of Girl Guides with District Commandant Mrs R.C. Lott. The Vice-Regal party was met by The Town Clerk and the Mayor and Mayoress. In the Council Chamber the Governor was introduced to Town Councillors, the DC Chairman Mr I.J. Warnes and District Councillors. A Civic Reception was then held in the main hall, where the Address of Welcome was read by the Town Clerk and endorsed in a speech from the Mayor.

[These and the Governors reply are printed.]

The visitors then went to inspect the Burra Primary and High Schools. There the pupils from St Joseph’s, Copperhouse, Leighton, Gum Creek and Hanson Schools also attended. An extensive outdoor program by students had to be curtailed on account of the wet and cold conditions. The visitors were welcomed by Mr H.J. B. Jennison as Chairman of the School Committee and Dr Steele as Chairman of the High School Council. [Their speeches are printed, along with the Governor’s response.] The Governor granted the schools a full day holiday on 10 October.

Their Excellencies were shown over the Primary School by Mr Jennison and Headmaster Mr Davies and then the High School by Dr Steele and the headmaster Mr Draysey. The Governor met the staff of both schools and the members of the High School Council.

The Governor planted a tree near the tennis courts before going on to visit the Burra Hospital. Here Sir Malcolm and Lady Muriel were met by Matron Robinson and introduced to the staff. The visit was less formal here and they were shown over the building by Dr Steele and Mr I.J. Warnes.

After that the visitors were driven to Princess Royal Station where they were entertained at luncheon by Mrs John Tennant. This was followed by a visit to the shearing shed, where the shearing plant was in full operation and the visitors, who had not previously witnessed such a sight, were intrigued to follow the process through to the classing and baling of the wool.

In the afternoon the Governor was taken to visit the miner’s dugouts, Mr R.D. Pascoe’s collection of sheep photographs, Mr Dick Pascoe’s collection of ore specimens, the old mine site and the smelts chimney.

At 8.15 p.m. His Excellency was welcomed in the Council Chamber by the Burra branch of the RSL.

His Excellency also attended the Kooringa Masonic Lodge as Grand Master of the Freemasons Lodge of South Australia – the first time the Kooringa Lodge has been visited by a Grand Master.

In the afternoon Lady Muriel met members of the Red Cross and Fighting Forces Comfort Fund groups in the Burra Institute, along with members of the VSD and Transport Members. The hall was decorated with an exquisite floral display and displays of the various groups’ work were inspected by Lady Muriel. [Details of this are printed.]

The Mayor entertained the Governor and Lady Muriel at dinner at the Burra Hotel at 6.45 p.m.

[The toasts are printed.]

The Civic Ball in aid of Red Cross funds was a great success. The Vice-Regal party arrived at 8.30 and went to the dais, after which the National Anthem was sung and then patrons filed past their Excellencies and shook hands. After a brief period of chatting the Vice-Regal party then departed and dancing proceeded. [The dresses of those attending are then described.]

A buffet supper was provided and the proceeds of the evening exceeded £30.

62, 41, 14 October 1941, page 2

Advt. A Social will be tendered to Pte Clive Jettner at Leighton Hall on Monday 20 October.

Notice. The Town Council of Burra declares a rate of two shillings and eight pence in the pound on the assessment for the year ending 30 June 1942.

Notice. The District Council of Burra Burra declares a rate of twenty-one pence in the pound on the assessment of the whole district and a differential rate of threepence in the pound on the assessment of Booborowie and Leighton Wards.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 October

Robert Taylor & Vivien Leigh in Waterloo Bridge

Tom Neal & Rita Johnson in They All Come Out

The VSD Revue was taken to Clare last Thursday evening, where it met with another outstanding success. The VSDs have now raised about £130 in their efforts.

Bence’s Ltd had a most outstanding window display in honour of the Vice-Regal visit. The display in red, white and blue satin with tiny flags etc. received many commendable remarks.

Accident. Master Les Liebeknecht was riding his bicycle across the Black Bridge when he collided with a motor car. He is progressing satisfactorily in Burra Hospital.

A Social for Four Soldiers was held at the Burra Institute last Friday evening. They were Ptes Archie Kellock, Bert Davey, Elliott Kellock and George Gallagher Jnr.

The Mayor introduced the boys and welcomed the wives of soldiers who had enlisted in the city and who had now come to live in Burra to make room for munition workers in the metropolis. He also congratulated Rev. Neil Usher for joining up with the YMCA and announced he would shortly be going to Woodside. The boys were presented with wrist watches.

Obituary. Mr James Montgomery of Burra North, died at Burra Hospital last Friday, aged 88.

[James Montgomery was born in Adelaide 4 January 1853 and died at Burra 9 October 1941.]

Obituary. Miss Rhoda Ewins, elder daughter of the late Mr & Mrs C.H. Ewins of Burra, died last Tuesday. The only surviving members of the Ewins family are now her sister, Mrs Alf Shortridge and one brother, Mr Jack Ewins of Adelaide.

[Rhoda Sophia Ewins died 6 October 1941, aged 71. Her birth is not registered in SA.]

62, 41, 14 October 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour Presents The Devil & Miss Jones: third instalment.

62, 42, 21 October 1941, page 1

Miss Gwen Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’ was given a farewell at the Leighton Hall recently. She has received a call to the nursing profession.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate report for the fortnight ending 4 October.

Farnden’s Hill: drive in Riggs’ Open Cut – started to underhand stope leader – a little colour but no improved values.

Continued rise in stope on values. Obtained some good ore.

5 tons 16 cwts sent to battery for treatment.

62, 42, 21 October 1941, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale for W.M. Heath who has sold his property and is leaving the district. Tuesday 28 October on the property on the corner of Thames and Allen Streets.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale for the trustee in the estate of the late Emma Rebecca Richardson James on the Eastern Road: Part Section 2068, containing 2 roods 3 perches or thereabouts. 31 October.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 October

Kenny Baker & Mary Boland in Hit Parade of 1941

Ralph Bird & Lorna Gray in Drums of the Desert

Episode 9 of the serial The Phantom Creeps.

Notice. A Salvation Army Hall Notice reveals the death of Mr David Brooks.

Vandalism. Last Sunday/Monday night a large plate glass window at Messrs T.W. Wilkinson’s was smashed.

Leighton Hall. On Tuesday 14 October the Penwortham Merrymakers entertained with a concert in aid of the Prisoner of War Fund. £10-15-0 was taken at the door. A tasty supper followed.

Tommy Halls has been to the city to see his son Sgt Halls, who is home from the Middle East, having been one in a party in charge of prisoners of war.

Advt. Cain & Jacob of 187-189 Waymouth Street, Adelaide will pay prompt cash for Rabbit and Fox skins – also Water Rat, Kangaroo and Sheep Skins, Horsehair, Hides, Tallow etc.

62, 42, 21 October 1941, page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Thursday 16 October

Roy Blucher, second son of Mr & Mrs A. Blucher of Waterloo, married

Madge Pascoe, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.T. Pascoe of Kooringa.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Obituary. Mrs James Ward died on 18 September, aged 63 and now her husband, Mr James Ward has died on 18 October at the age of 66. Before coming to live in Burra North, the couple had made a home at Hawker and later at Booborowie for six years. They were both consistent members of St Joseph’s congregation. The deceased are survived by one daughter, Mrs E. Conway of Woodville and two sons, Michael Ward of Burra and Pte Laurie Ward AIF Abroad. [His birth does not appear to be registered in SA.]

Obituary. Dr T.B. Ashton has died suddenly. At one time he had the practice now owned by Dr W.E. Steven, which the latter took over in the early 1920s. Dr Ashton then went to reside in the City. He is survived by his wife and Miss Elizabeth Ashton and Mr T. Ashton.

[Thomas Badge Ashton was born 17 March 1878 at Brompton, SA and died 19 October 1941 at Kingswood.]

Obituary. Mr D. Brooks died recently at the Burra Hospital. He had been a resident of Booborowie and Burra. [David Brooks died 2 November 1941 at Burra aged 82. His birth is not registered in SA.]

The Exodus of Useful Citizens from Burra Continues

Mr & Mrs Harold Pearce left Kooringa for Adelaide last week.

Mr & Mrs Horace Kemble and family leave this week also to live in the City.

Mrs Pearce was given a farewell by the Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild and received a presentation of a crystal salad bowl.

She was also given a farewell by the Methodist Girls’ Club from which she received a presentation of an electric jug.

She also received a handsomely bound copy of the Methodist Hymnal – she had been the leader of the Kindergarten Department of the Kooringa Sunday School.

Mr & Mrs Kemble were given a farewell after the Sunday evening service at the Kooringa Methodist Church and presented with a silver sandwich tray.

Miss Joan Kemble received a presentation from the members of the Children’s Church.

Kooringa Methodist Church celebrated its Anniversary Service last Sunday. Rev. P.N. Potter, the minister in charge conducted all the services.

Petrol Ration Tickets

Notice is given of the arrangements for the issue of petrol ration tickets for the next few months. December tickets will not be available until Monday 1 December, but consumers will be permitted to draw December and January rations at one application, if they wish. But due to heavy postal traffic over the Christmas period the issue of ration tickets will be suspended from the close of business on Tuesday 16 December till Monday 5 January. [Further details are printed.]

62, 42, 21 October 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presented The Devil & Miss Jones: fourth instalment.

62, 42 (2), 28 October 1941, page 1

Burra Croquet Club held its AGM 24 October. Elected: President, Mrs H.W. Tiver; Vice-President, Mrs F.M. Kellock; Secretary, Mrs S.H. Robinson; Assistant Secretary, Mrs F.M. Kellock, Captain, Miss N. Bown and Vice-Captain, Mrs O.G. Walker.

Sgt Pilot B. Riggs was accorded a social evening and presentation at the Burra Institute on 23 October. Letters were read from Cpl. Builder, Ptes D. Halliday and Wohling. Each stated that the watches they were given before going overseas were ‘going good’ despite rough treatment.

Speakers were the Mayor T.H. Woollacott, Captain Naish, Dr Steele, S.C. Genders, Mr Wilkie, K. Drew and Rev. Usher. Mr G. Dollman led the community singing and songs were rendered by Mrs Max Pearce, Mavis Halliday and the Burra North Methodist Choir. His worship presented the usual wrist watch and Mrs Max Morton presented the usual parcel of comforts from the FFCF.

Letter. Sapper W. Kearns wrote from Syria, where he says he has not had the chance to visit any large towns, but had an exciting visit to a mountain resort. He writes too of a painful scorpion bite.

Letter. Sgt J.H. Bagot writes to Mrs S. Hawker from the Western Desert. Much of the letter deals with the climate, the landscape and an ideal beach, but he also describes air raids, saying that they have inflicted little real damage apart from some fragment wounds, due to the effectiveness of their Ack Ack.

62, 42 (2), 28 October 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies. 1 November

Hedy Lamarr & Spencer Tracy in I Take This Woman

Lana Turner & Richard Carlson in Dancing Co-Ed

Episode 10 of the serial The Phantom Creeps

Cpl Noel Ditty has suffered a serious shrapnel wound to the leg.

Burra Institute. A general meeting of subscribers last Wednesday considered the proposal to sell the property to the Burra Town Council. The attendance barely reached a quorum. Mr F.T. Sara proposed that the property be offered to the Burra Corporation and W.R. Lee seconded. Carried.

Mr S.C. Genders proposed that the purchase price be the amount of the liability to the State Bank at the day of taking over. Seconded by Mr C.D. Wilkinson and carried. A meeting is called for 30 October to confirm these decisions.

Hallett Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 12 October, with the usual social and prize night on Monday. The picnic had to be postponed till 25 Octo

, but was not a success due to showers all day and the dinner and tea had to be held at the church, with the games in Mr W. Miller’s woolshed.

62, 42 (2), 28 October 1941, page 3

Kooringa Lawn Tennis Club held its AGM on 20 October. Elected: Patron, W.H. Sandland; President, Dr D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, J.R. Barker & A. Tennant; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss R. Bass. Notice was given of a special meeting to change the name to Burra Lawn Tennis Club and that Mr M.W. Bednall be made a Life Member.

[Corrected 62, 43 (2), 4 November 1941, page 2: Secretary, Mr C. Leslie Phillips and Assistant Secretary & Treasurer, Miss R. Bass.]

Burra Town Council 20 October.

Cr Marston asked whether the Mayor had any jurisdiction concerning the people coming to Burra under the Mayor’s housing scheme and whether it was true that some had had their residences in the city condemned when they did live in the city.

The Mayor replied that he had no say in the persons being sent to Burra and to the best of his knowledge none had left condemned houses.

Cr Harvey said he had dealt with a number of the people referred to and had no complaints.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate report for the fortnight to 18 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Have discontinued underhand stoping north of Hogan’s Shaft. No values found.

Continued rise in stope values and some good ore obtained.

Booborowie Ball. The ball held on 22 October was a great success. It was held to augment hall funds.

Hanson Red Cross Fete was held on 15 October. The sum of £24 was taken.

Marriage. St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, Adelaide 27 September

Patrick J. Haren, eldest son of Mr & Mrs J. Haren of Albert Park and late of Jamestown, married

Norah Eileen McEvoy, third surviving daughter of Mr & Mrs W.F. McEvoy of Booborowie.

62, 42 (2), 28 October 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents The Devil & Miss Jones, fifth instalment.

62, 43, 4 November 1941, page 1

Social to Soldiers at Leighton

Tpr Clive Jettner of the Mechanised Corp and LAC Donald McDonald of the RAAF were accorded a social ay Leighton Hall on 20 October. Speakers were D. Keynes, A.D. McDonald MP, C. Bailey, Jack Gask & T.H. Woollacott. Leighton School children gave a patriotic item and Miss Margaret Humphrys also contributed an item. A presentation was made from the FFCF and from the community. Dancing and a supper followed.

Red Cross Children’s Gala, Fancy Dress Frolic and Dance

Burra’s three Red Cross units joined in this major patriotic effort on 30 October. A baby competition was held in the weeks leading up to the event. The day started with a Children’s Tea Party in the, opened by the Mayoress, Mrs T.H. Woollacott. There were stalls around the hall and a buffet afternoon tea was served on one side. The tea party for pre-school aged children was full of delectable fare and each child received a balloon. A peanut hunt followed, with a prize for the person gathering the most nuts.

The Baby Competition raised £115-15-11:

Robert Lott £36-18-5

Bruce Pontifex £31-6-5

Timothy Draysey £17-1-9

Warren Murdoch £13-13-9

Patricia Bailey £8-14-4

Robert Barrett £8-1-3

The winner received a silver mug. Each participant received a mug donated by Mrs John Tennant.

The Children’s Plain & Fancy Dress Frolic ran from 7 to 9 p.m. [Prize winners are listed.]

Dancing got underway by about 9.30 p.m. with a good crowd in attendance.

Just before supper a large Union Jack presented by Mrs A. Tennant was auctioned on the Bugler system and then finally sold right out. It bore the autographs of Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey and Mr Edmonds of Adelaide Red Cross. In all this raised £164-5-0, with the flag finally going to Mr Roy Wigley with a bid of £50. Other competitions were also held. The final total raised was just over £350.

62, 43, 4 November 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 November

Cesar Romero & Virginia Gilmore in Tall, Dark and Handsome

Eugene Pallette & Rita Quigley in Ride Kelly Ride

Advt. Miss Ivy Bagnall (Mrs R.L. Lee) wishes to announce she will be re-opening her Salon at Pearce’s Buildings next Wednesday 12 November.

Kooringa Lawn Tennis Club. The season will be opened by the President, Dr D.M. Steele on 8 November.

Weather. Pastoralists to the east are glad to have received monsoonal rains that are still falling in places. Reports so far in indicate registrations from half an inch to about 90 points. Falls in the agricultural areas were much lower. Burra recorded 37 points. All creeks were reported down.

Black Springs CWA held a garden party at Koonoona Station to raise funds for patriotic purposes on 25 October. Rain and hail failed to deter and the event was counted a success.

Pte Colin McCormack, who was recently home on leave, was given a presentation at Booborowie recently. He is the second son of Mr & Mrs J. McCormack of Booborowie. [McCormick in part of the report.]

62, 43, 4 November 1941, page 3

The Commonwealth Government has called for a National Day of Prayer on 16 November.

Hallett Red Cross held a fete at the Institute last Saturday. Nett takings were £168 and a dance in the evening added £9-3-9.

Mr W. Dunhill has completed 50 years as a Local Preacher. In celebration a social was tendered him at Burra Redruth Methodist Sunday School Hall on Wednesday 22 October. Items were rendered by the Redruth Choir, Miss M. Humphrys, Miss C. Sara, Mrs I. Gare and Miss C. Reed. Supper followed and speeches were delivered by Rev. N. Usher, J.G. Sara, M.G. Culley, Merv. Humphrys, A.B. Riggs, F.T. Sara, N. Baynes, M. Morton, H. Jennison, Rev. Potter and Mrs Dunhill. A presentation was made of a wallet of notes.

Obituary. Mr Matt Reilly died on Sunday morning after a short illness, aged 82.

[Matthew Reilly was born in County Cavan in Ireland in 1859 and died 2 November 1941 at Burra aged 82. See also 62, 44, 11 November page 2.]

Obituary. Mr John Harrison of Burra North died last Thursday at Burra Hospital as the result of pneumonia. [John Harrison died 9 October 1941 at Burra, residence Burra North aged 65. His birth is not registered in SA.]

62, 43, 4 November 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Sunny, instalment one.

62, 44, 11 November 1941, page 1

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held a Concert and Miniature Fete on 30 October in aid of circuit funds. The nett proceeds were almost £11.

Letter. Pte Ronald Schaefer writes to Edgar Atkins of Hanson. He tells of the dismal desert landscape of Egypt. He was working on the boats involved in the evacuation of Greece. He was then posted as missing, due to an unfortunate mistake. He has worked in a General Hospital in Egypt, seen a lot of Alexandria, visited most of the typical tourist sites of Cairo and been swimming in the Mediterranean. He was then posted to Palestine, which was a much better country than Egypt. He writes of visiting Haifa, Nazareth, the hills of Galilee and was anticipating a trip to Jerusalem.

CWA International Day will be held on 21 November. This year the focus will be on the USA.

Burra School. Ron Hopkins has been the first student to win an Aeroplane. To get a silver aeroplane the student must first win a badge, six bars and five wings. Ron has been a tireless worker in gathering bones, paper, aluminium etc. until the value of his effort reached £8-10-0.

Burra Town Council, 3 November

A.B. Riggs wrote to Council advising that the subscribers to the Burra Institute had held two meetings as required and voted to offer the Institute to the Corporation for the amount of the liability to the State Bank on the day the Corporation took over, provided the Corporation would give free use to the Library Committee of the two rooms now in use and also honour the Picture Show agreement.

The next step was for copies of this resolution to be sent to the Institutes’ Association and then carry at a ratepayers’ meeting a motion giving the Corporation approval to buy the property.

Messrs Bednall & Hewitt wrote re a Certificate of Title belonging to A.D. Sellars of property adjoining Helston Street and offering to purchase this street, which was at present not in use. The Clerk advises that certain portions of the Act would have to be complied with before the Council could agree to such a sale.

The Secretary of the Progress Association wrote saying that the Government had recently purchased the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry and he urged Council to try to get it re-opened as soon as possible.

The Mayor said the Government had taken out a 50 year lease on it and he understood they would not use the stone for the tanks at Hanson.

Cr Kellaway said it seemed the Government would act as a ‘Dog in the Manger’ and they should be censured; getting ballast from Sleeps Hill was false economy when Aberdeen was so much closer to Burra.

It was resolved to write to Mr McDonald MP to move in the matter.

Further Removals from Burra

A week or so ago Mr & Mrs W.M. Heath and Mrs Norman Villis and her three children left for the city. Sgt Villis is, we believe, on military duty for the duration.

Mrs Les. James is now following her husband, who some time ago obtained a position in the City.

This means the loss of another family of three. Miss Dorothy Parker, Mrs James’ eldest daughter had been an enthusiastic supporter of the VSD and a Revue girl.

Mary Jesser, daughter of Mr & Mrs R. Jesser left recently to take up nursing and she had also been prominent in the VSD and a Revue girl. Both had worked at Bence’s Ltd.

Master Dick Pascoe Jnr left three weeks ago to an office position in the City.

Kooringa Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild has celebrated its twelfth anniversary.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for the fortnight ending 1 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced leading stope on north drive. Advanced 15 ft. Inconsistent values in broken country. Continued rise in stope on values where previously worked. Values irregular, averaging about 1 oz. Five tons of ore ready for battery.

62, 44, 11 November 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 November

Ray Milland & Ellen Drew in French Without Tears

Billy Lee & Helene Millard in The Biscuit Eater

Final chapter of serial The Phantom Creeps

Notice. John Schutz announces that from the end of November he will relinquish the green-grocery business owned by him.

Notice. Rod R. Wilson SBA thanks all citizens, relatives and friends who have sent him parcels and good wishes.

Armistice Day. Business doors closed and silence pervaded the town at 11 a.m. today. The gathering at the War Memorial was greater than in previous years and as usual members of the RSL predominated. The service broadcast in Adelaide was heard by means of an amplifier and wreaths were laid.

Weather. The rain that was continuing when we last printed delivered good falls to the east, with reported totals ranging from 50 points to 150 points. Most stations report all dams full.

Obituary. Matthew Reilly died at his residence in Burra on Sunday morning 2 November. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1859 and came to SA when about 18. On arrival he entered into employment with a farmer at Farrell Flat and was a tiller of the soil until a few years ago. Over 40 years ago he took up land at Ironmine, where he made a permanent home and farmed successfully. In 1896 he married Miss Reilly of Farrell Flat. He decided to leave his sons in charge of the farm and to retire to Burra about six years ago. He was possessed of the Irishman’s typical sense of humour and had a rare wit. His kindly nature made him popular with all classes in the community and was never heard to speak ill of anyone. He was a supporter of sport and other community matters. In retirement he was a keen gardener and his lovely garden in Thames Street bears testimony to his love of flowers and to order and neatness. He is survived by a widow and two sons, Tom Reilly, now of Bourke NSW, and James Reilly of Ironmine.

[[Matthew Reilly died 2 November 1941 at Burra aged 82.]

62, 44, 11 November 1941, page 3

Miss Jean McWaters was accorded a social evening at the home of Mr & Mrs F.T. Sara on 7 November on the eve of her marriage to Mr Mervyn Humphrys.

Farrell Flat FFCF held a social afternoon on Wednesday last to raise funds for the purchase of woollen materials.

Letter. Rod R. Wilson writes to the editor from a ship at sea, thanking all at Burra for their support since he joined the service and expressing appreciation for receiving the paper regularly.

62, 44, 11 November 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Sunny, second instalment.

62, 45, 18 November 1941, page 1

Glendore Methodist Church held its annual Strawberry Fete on 1 November.

Rev. Neil Usher held his last service in Redruth Methodist Church last Sunday, before taking up his special work with the YMCA and the soldiers in camp. It was also the National Day of Prayer.

Mt Bryan Red Cross Gala Drive was held last Wednesday evening. In the space of seven hours they raised no less than £380. There was a High Tea and Trading Table, an Auction Sale, a Grand Concert, an Ugly Man Competition, a Bugler Auction of a Picture and a dance followed by supper.

The auction was of a framed coloured picture of a Bunch of Violets, sold in the interests of the Burra Cheer-Up Society during the 1914-18 War. It had been donated by Mrs Alfred Phillips. Mr G.S. Hawker became the new owner with a bid of £6-5-0 and the total raised under the Bugler bidding system was £62-10-6.

The Ugly Man Competition raised £249-14-7.

After the concert dancing was indulged in until 1 a.m. to the music of the Rainmakers Orchestra.

With £30 raised by previous dances the total comes to £410.

[The whole event is reported in detail.]

62, 45, 18 November 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Thursday 20 November & Saturday 22 November

Madeleine Carroll & Brian Aherne in My Son, My Son

Plus Short Features:

Hollywood Handicap

Sitka (Colour Travel Talk)

Forgotten Victory (Pete Smith Oddity)

Story of Dr Carver (Pete Smith Oddity)

Gazettes, Reviews and News

Saturday Only: Episode 1 of the new serial The Green Hornet

Shortage of Pennies. Across the state there is a pronounced shortage of pennies and last week the Manager of the Bank of Australasia Mr C.J. Butler requested all children who had money boxes filled with pennies to exchange them for silver.

National Day of Prayer. All churches and the Salvation Army Hall had larger congregations than usual for this occasion.

World’s End Methodist Church held its Anniversary Services last Sunday. Circuit Minister Rev. P.N. Potter conducted both services.

Burra Public School

Last Friday 37 scholars sat for their Qualifying Certificate Examination.

Brian Oates has won the coveted aeroplane, awarded to children for a certain amount of waste material handed in.

Obituary. Mrs Alex Harris of Sydney died on 15 November. She was born in Burra, the eldest daughter, Janet, of Mr & Mrs W. Henderson of Kooringa and married Alex Harris, only son of the late Mr & Mrs Alex Harris, pioneers of Burra. She is survived by a husband and a grown-up family of three daughters and two sons.

[Born Janet Jessie Henderson 16 March 1868 at Salisbury SA. She married Alexander Harris in 1889.]

62, 45, 18 November 1941, page 3

Lieut. D.H. Killicoat has retired from his job in the military at Wayville and returned to civilian life.

Sgt Tom Halls has, we are told, been chosen to represent SA on the recruiting stunt. He has recently returned from Tobruk, where he had been in some stiff corners.

Pte Fred Collins has ‘also hit the long trail’. He was a cowboy at ‘The Gums’ Station for a couple of years and his family lives at Gulnare.

Mr & Mrs N. Hiles Pearse, late of ‘The Gums’, have bought a house on Payneham Road and will shortly be moving in.

Christmas Photography

A list of things it is prohibited to photograph is issued:

Any water conservation structure (such as Mt Bold Reservoir).

Any military encampment.

Any aerodrome or other object of military significance.

Driver E.J. Woodman was given a social and presentations at the Institute on Friday evening. He is the son of Mr & Mrs H.R. Woodman of Burra. [The usual procedure is reported in 1 column.]

62, 45, 18 November 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Sunny, instalment three.

62, 46, 25 November 1941, page 1

Burra Burra DC, 3 November

E & WS Department advises they were calling tenders for storage tanks at Hanson and if contracts were accepted they would not require the crusher. [Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline project.]

Minister of Agriculture advises that in future fatal war telegrams would be sent direct to next of kin unless otherwise requested. [Previously sent to Councils.]

Letter. Rex Opperman writes on behalf of himself and Ptes Dave Wooton, Bill Griffiths, Len [Lin] Jesser, Charles Jesser and Tom Allen.

After some two months in Palestine, they are now somewhere in Syria. They travelled over the battlefields where ‘our boys’ defeated the [Vichy] French forces. The position where they were at present was quiet. Winter was setting in, with snow falling nearby and they were glad of the parcels of woollens etc. from the ladies at home. They got free issues of cigarettes and tobacco, which were appreciated. Mail was getting through after a period when that was not the case.

CWA International Day was held in Burra last Friday. Mrs C.A. Hutchinson, wife of the American Consul, was the guest speaker, since USA was the focus for this year. The CWA Rest Room was totally inadequate for the occasion and the meeting was held at the Masonic supper room and entrance hall. Another guest was Mrs E. Morrison, a leading worker at the Cheer-Up Hut in Adelaide. The hall was decorated with red roses, the emblem flower of Columbia. Mrs Max Pearce led off with a rendering of the American National Anthem. Mrs Hutchinson spoke of her nation’s history, emblems and traditions, such as Thanksgiving Day. She ended with a discussion of what American women were contributing to the war effort. [She is reported at length.]

62, 46, 25 November 1941, page 2

Notice. H.E. Fuss advises that, having been accepted for war service, he would be closing his business in the near future. Accounts outstanding after 14 December would be placed in the hands of a collector.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 November

Sydney Howard & Gracie Fields in Shipyard Sally

Gene Autrey & Smiley Burnette in Carolina Moon

Kooringa Methodist Girls’ Club organised a concert on Wednesday evening last in aid of war work.

Pte Jim Robinson has been invalided home with a severe ankle wound. He is the son of Mr & Mrs S.H. Robinson.

Sgt Lindsay Thompson is now in Officers’ Training School abroad on a four month course, having recovered from his wound.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate, report for fortnight to 15 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Continued stope north of Hogan’s Shaft. Advanced 16 ft to 31 ft. Traces at times.

Continued rise in main stope, values erratic.

Obituary. Alfred Earnest West died at Goodwood recently. He was born at Kooringa in 1862, the second son of the late William and Frances West of the Burra Burra Mines. As a young man he joined the Telegraph Department, starting work at the Burra Railway Station. He soon transferred to the GPO as an operator and after fifty years’ service, retired a few years ago. He married Miss Clara Mitchell, who predeceased him. There were four sons, Edward, Cecil, Lionel and Percy, who died in the Great War. He was a keen lawn bowls player. He leaves two brothers, Will and Horace West and three sisters; Fanny, Mrs Cilento of Brisbane; Harriet, Mrs Foster and Alice, Mrs Fairhead of Sydney.

[The registration of his birth says he was born 27 August 1862 at Kadina. He died 17 November 1941 at Goodwood Park.]

62, 46, 25 November 1941, page 3

Booborowie Empire Fair

This was the joint effort of the local branches of the Red Cross, FFCF and the Methodist Ladies’ Guild. Mrs G.S. Hawker declared the fair open in Booborowie Hall.

[Results of the Baby Contest are printed along with convenors of the stalls.]

In the evening there was a concert, followed by supper. [The concert program is printed.]

The gross takings for the day were c. £72.

Leighton Red Cross & Ladies’ Guild held a gala night on 19 November.

Burra Town Council, 7 November

The Highways Department advised that the contract for the tanks at Hanson [for the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline] had been let to C.H. Martin Ltd and 14,000 yards of stone would be required.

His Worship said this did not mean that the stone would come from the Aberdeen Quarry.

The Council discussed the letter from A.B. Riggs: advising that the subscribers to the Burra Institute had held two meetings as required and voted to offer the Institute to the Corporation for the amount of the liability to the State Bank on the day the Corporation took over, provided the Corporation would give free use to the Library Committee of the two rooms now in use and also honour the Picture Show agreement.

The majority took the view that when they had agreed to purchase the building they did so without any stipulations or provisos being attached.

It was resolved that the matter stand in abeyance pending further information.

Farrell Flat Methodist Strawberry Fete was held on 15 November. Takings amounted to £30.

Mrs & Miss Jefferies, who are leaving the town, were given a farewell at Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School Hall on 13 November.

62, 46, 25 November 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Parachute Battalion, first instalment.

62, 48, 2 December 1941, page 1 [Note No. 47 not used.]

Schools’ Patriotic Fund. Mt Bryan School held a successful frolic on 16 November at which the gross takings were £13-13-3.

Burra Primary School held a parents’ visiting day last Friday. [Details in a 1 column report.]

Pte Phillip Ogilvie of Booborowie has been awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in the field. He is presently in hospital. He is the son of Mr & Mrs W.D. Ogilvie.

‘We of the A.I.F.’, the greatest war picture, is coming to Burra. It will be shown at the Burra Institute on Tuesday 16 December under the patronage of the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL. Proceeds will aid patriotic funds.

Some Interesting Figures:

Divide 3882 by 2 (the number of years that the war has been in progress) and you get 1941. Will the war end this year?

62, 48, 2 December 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 December

Ray Milland & Anna Neagle in Irene

George O’Brien & Marjorie Reynolds in Timber Stampede

Time Marches On, A Picture of the RAF

Episode 3 of The Green Hornet

Reported Missing

Richard Roderick Wilson & Reginald E. Foote are reported missing on account of enemy action. Both were serving on the same vessel.

Rod Wilson is the son of Mr & Mrs Hugh Wilson of Burra and he joined the Navy last year. He is 22 and was a sick berth attendant.

Reginald Foote is the son of Mrs & the late L.H. Foote, late of Burra and a nephew of Mr M.S. (Bert) Edwards of Burra. He was engaged as a cook. A brother, Mr H.L. Foote resides at Mt Bryan.

[Both were lost when the cruiser HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands on 19 November 1941.]

Margaret French, daughter of Mr & Mrs W.H. French of Booborowie, has secured a scholarship for three years at Presbyterian Girls’ College, Adelaide.

Miss Elizabeth Ashton, only daughter of Mrs and the late Dr T.B. Ashton, who recently obtained her BA Hons degree, has been recommended for the Tinline Scholarship.

Mr W.E.D. Young, late of Burra, recently on the ground staff as an engineer in the RAAF, is now at Beverley near Hendon.

62, 48, 2 December 1941, page 3

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Anniversary services on 23 November. Mr T. Tilbrook took charge of the afternoon service and the Circuit Minister, Rev. R. Brook conducted the evening service. The social portion of the Anniversary was held on Monday night.

Mr & Mrs S. Elliott, who for almost all of the past twenty-eight years have conducted the post office at Farrell Flat, were given a farewell there on 28 November.

62, 48, 2 December 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Parachute Battalion, second instalment.

62, 49, 9 December 1941, page 1

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for the fortnight to 29 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Continued north stope of Hogan’s Shaft. Advanced 15 ft to 46 ft. A few colours of gold showing.

Continued rise to gain further ore. Arrangements will be made for crushing before the holidays.

Pte P.D. Ogilvie’s Military Medal.

During the attack on the Damour defences on 6 July the attackers were held up by strong machine-gun fire and then the enemy was shaken by mortar fire. Seeing the enemy was slightly demoralised Private Ogilvie took the initiative and ran forward, firing his light machine-gun from the hip. He completed the demoralisation of the enemy and on the arrival of the rest of the platoon the surviving enemy surrendered without further resistance. This action undoubtedly saved the platoon many casualties. He continued to show the same courage until seriously wounded in the head.

Pte Ogilvie (28) is the son of Mr & Mrs W.D. Ogilvie of Booborowie and is one of three brothers who have enlisted.

One, Gunner Ogilvie, was killed at Tobruk and Pte Irvine Ogilvie is now with his unit, having been wounded at Tobruk. The family went to Booborowie from Moe in Victoria some 15 years ago. Pte P.D. Ogilvie and Pte I.S. Ogilvie were partners in a farm next to their father’s property at Booborowie. The late Gunner Stewart Ogilvie was employed at the Globe Timber Mills at Broken Hill when he enlisted. The last news of Pte P. Duncan Ogilvie is that he was seriously wounded in the head in the first week of July and was in hospital.

62, 49, 9 December 1941, pages 1 & 4

Burra Burra DC was waited on by a delegation from the Burra Progress Association re the poor state of the Farrell Flat-Burra Road.

In September 1939 the Association complained about the road and sought the Council’s support in petitioning the State Government for funds to improve the road between Burra and Farrell Flat. In October 1939 the District Clerk advised that repairs had been carried out and the Association then wrote again to the Council asking whether they would have its support in approaching the State Government. They received no reply. They approached the Premier directly and received no reply. They then took the matter to the Premier and Chief Secretary combined asking for the Highways Department to act because the road urgently needed reconditioning. They cited the District Council as saying it would cost about £2,000 to put the road in reasonable order and that this was beyond the limited funds of that Council. In December 1939 the Premier replied denying that the road was serious defective and saying that sections that were rough would be attended to by the District Council as funds permitted. The conversion of the road into a loose gravel surface would cost £600 to £800 per mile and there were 17 miles of it within the Burra Burra DC. An expenditure of £12,000 to achieve this was not presently possible. In September 1940 the Association again approached the Council because the road again needed urgent repairs. They cited the approaching works on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline and said they would increase traffic and damage to the road. The Association also brought their concerns to the attention of the Premier again. They received a reply saying that the Government had allocated £1,000 towards repairs to the Burra Burra DC and a similar sum to the Clare DC to improve the section within their jurisdiction. Mr Warnes (Chairman of the DC) said they had been forced to stop work because of the lack of petrol.

Mr Jennison said that having got a grant of £1,000 for the work, the Association believed the Council had not spent it, allowing the grant to lapse. Mr Warnes said the £1,000 was part of their ordinary grant and not a special grant at all. It was some of the money allotted to them for the 1941-42 year and had only just come to hand. They had received no notification of a special grant.

When asked if it would be any good to rake the matter up with the Premier’s Office, Mr Warnes said they had already received a special grant of £540 to repair roads to the eastwards following heavy floods. [There was also some altercations about the position of, and the Council’s interaction with, the Clare DC.]

62, 49, 9 December 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 December

Alice Faye& Jack Oakie in Tin Pan Alley

Florence Rice & Kent Taylor in The Girl in 313

Episode 4 of the serial The Green Hornet

Notice. The Burra Burra DC in conjunction with the Corporation of Burra and the Mayor is urging support for the appeal to raise funds for a new HMAS Sydney.

Notice. Burra Progress Association calls a public meeting at the Burra Institute on 15 December to consider the advisability of all businesses closing each day between 12.30 and 1.30 for the duration of the war, thus creating a uniform luncheon hour.

Obituary. Mary Henderson, widow of the late John Henderson, died at Cleve Hospital 8 December aged 66. She was the fourth daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Ricketts of Manoora and mother of Peter, Victor, John, Maud and Basil.

[Born Mary Ricketts 12 February 1875 at Saddleworth. She married John Henderson in 1898.]

Pte Jim Robinson, who was wounded on active service, will be given a welcome home at the social to Ptes W. Sellars and R. James tomorrow evening. An appeal towards the Sydney Fund will be made at this social.

AB Seaman Dick Satchell (21) is reported missing following the sinking of the Parramatta last week. He was the only son of Mr & Mrs Satchell of Riverton and was born in Burra while his father was employed in the Railways Department here. He was a grandson of Mr & Mrs Henry Pearce, pioneer graziers of Mt Bryan. He joined the Navy in 1939 and we understand first saw service on the Parramatta.

Music Examinations were held at St Joseph’s Convent, Burra on 12 November.

Results are printed.

Marriage. St Edmund’s Church of England, Booborowie, last Saturday

Bertha Baynes, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Harry Baynes of Booborowie, married

Stephen Harold Ross Ellis, youngest son of Mr & Mrs F. Ellis of Dulwich, Adelaide.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, last Saturday

Edith Jean McWaters, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert McWaters of Burra North, married

Mervyn Roy Humphrys, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Roy Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’ via Burra.

[Details in c. 3⁄4 column.]

62, 49, 9 December 1941, page 3

Obituary. Roderick Wilson SBA. Sympathy is expressed to Mr & Mrs Hugh Wilson of Burra over the loss of their son [in the sinking of HMAS Sydney]. He was a bright, happy son who nobly did his duty. As far as we know Rod. is the first of our Burra Boys to pay the supreme sacrifice.

[A letter from G. Bolton of George Bolton’s of Adelaide, Roderick Wilson’s last employer before he enlisted, is also printed.]

[Roderick Richard Wilson was born 14 June 1919 at Kooringa. He was lost in the sinking of HMAS Sydney on 19 November 1941, though the registration of death gives 20 November.]

Mr & Mrs W.H. Quinn, formerly of Mt Bryan and now of Tusmore, have celebrated their Golden Wedding. Their three sons and four daughters were present at the celebration on 2 December, along with some of their 27 grandchildren.

Members of Burra VSD are going in for their Home Nursing Exam next week. The VSD has also started a Prisoner of War Fund and continue with their regular parcels for Air Raid Victims.

Flying Officer J.R. Pearce of the RAAF, Laverton, Victoria, has been visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr & Mrs Edgar Pearce.

Obituary. Percy Lionel Rosman died at Burra Hospital on Saturday evening last. He was born and educated in Adelaide, coming to Burra about 25 years ago and was for a number of years, in charge of the Burra Roller Flour Mills for Messrs W. Thomas & Co. He arrived in Burra during the 1914-18 War as a rejected volunteer and immediately joined in the many patriotic movements then going on in the town. He was especially active in the cheer-Up Society. He was gifted musically and a great humourist, so that no concert program was complete without him. He took an active role in the civic, sporting, educational and church life of the town. He was very active in the life of St Mary’s Church, holding a number of offices over the years and being choirmaster for many. He was for some years the organist, a role held by his elder son Geoffrey, until he was obliged to resign the role on entering the RAAF. In sport, he was particularly interested in football and bowls and had been secretary and president of the Bowling Club over time. He had been a member of the Burra Primary School Committee and on the Burra High School Council. He was also a respected JP.

Twenty years ago he married Hilda, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Alfred Hunt of Kooringa, who is left with two sons to mourn a great loss. The elder son, Geoffrey, was on the staff of the Savings Bank in Burra and only left last Friday to join the RAAF at Victor Harbor, being recalled before he reached his destination. The younger son, Rex, is at home and is in the employ of Mr C.L. Phillips, dentist. The funeral was largely attended on Monday with members of the IOOF, Buffalo and Masonic Lodges forming a guard of honour at the entrance to the cemetery and later at the graveside.

[Percy Lionel Rosman was born 1 April 1886 at Norwood and died 6 December 1941 at Burra.]

A Booborowie Ball was arranged by the Booborowie Red Cross and the Booborowie FFCF for 3 December. Both will benefit substantially from the proceeds.

Harvest. Labour shortages are causing considerable concern in getting this year’s harvest in. Many young ladies have braves the dust, heat and grease of tractor driving to overcome the difficulties.

Letter. N. Hiles Pearse writes in memory of his friend Percival Lionel Rosman. He especially recalls the times spent with him at stage performances. He recalls him as a master of the monologue and in duologue with Jock Murison.

62, 49, 9 December 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Parachute Battalion, third instalment.

62, 50, 16 December 1941, page 1

Letter. Lance-Corporal Jim Mannion writes to Mrs W.D. Ogilvie as a friend of her son Phillip and his winning the Military Medal.

He mentions discovering that Phil had passed on to his mother some letters members of the platoon had sent to him in hospital. He hopes that Phil had exercised some discreet censorship and feels he must have done so, or his mother would not have found them so ‘really beautiful’.

He then gives a more detailed and colourful account of the action already noted that resulted in Phillip’s gaining of the medal.

Pte Jim Robinson was welcomed home at a social at Burra Institute last Wednesday. At the same time Pte W. (Bill) Sellars and Pte Ray James were given a farewell.

The usual speeches were made. The Mayor made reference to the losses of Reg. Foote and Rod. Wilson in the sinking of the Sydney and of Dick Satchell in the Parramatta.

The Mayor also paid tribute to Mr P.L. Rosman who would be missed so much at the piano and as a townsman in general.

The usual presentations of a wristwatch and from the FFCF were made.

[Speeches are reported in detail.]

[Obituary. Dick Satchell was born 9 December 1920 at Kooringa and died 27 November 1941 when he was killed in action on the sinking of HMAS Parramatta.]

Sister Stella Phillips, who has been accepted for service overseas, was given a social at Leighton Hall on Tuesday 2 December. Speeches are reported and presentations were made.

62, 50, 16 December 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 December

Wallace Beery & Virginia Grey in Thunder Afloat

Lana Turner & Lew Ayers in These Glamour Girls

Special ‘Our Gang’ feature Captain Spanky’s Showboat

Episode 5 of The Green Hornet

Notice. Miss Mattner advises that she will be closing down the Maeder Salon after Christmas Eve and thanks clients for their loyal patronage.

Notice. Owing to being detained at Woodside Camp Dr D.M. Steele announces that he will not be resuming practice until approximately 31 December 1941. In the meantime Dr Steven will continue to look after his practice.

The ‘Sydney’ Appeal will be launched at a meeting at the Burra Institute on 19 December at 8 p.m.

Carol Singers will, as for the past two years, go around the streets of Burra on Christmas Eve. If the shops are open, this will take place on Monday next the 22 December. Those who can sing should assemble at St Mary’s Church at 8 p.m. Participants are invited to supper at the Rectory at the conclusion of the carols. Any money collected will go to the Adelaide Children’s Hospital.

62, 50, 16 December 1941, page 3

Obituary. Mr C. Claude Pascoe’s death was announced last Thursday. He was the second surviving son of the late Mr R.D. & Mrs Pascoe and was born at Kooringa 42 years ago. He married Miss Auriel Dormer, daughter of Mrs John Kemble of Burra, who is left with a family of five young children: Dick, Max, Trevor, Joy and Yvonne. He left Burra a few months ago to take up a position in Adelaide, but the family remained here.

J.P.H. Tilbrook writes a tribute to Claude Pascoe.

He had a rare soul in a body that was not of the strongest. He was the soul of courtesy and struggled valiantly against the disabilities and physical circumstances that were a heavy handicap.

[Cuthbert Claude Pascoe was born 27 December 1899 at Kooringa and died 11 December 1941 at Adelaide, residence Mile End.]

Burra High School will hold its Break-Up concert on Wednesday. On Monday 15 December the end-of-term social was held.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Christmas Party on Saturday afternoon.

Mt Bryan East School held its Break-Up Concert and Christmas Tree on 13 December. Mr Lavery, the headmaster, has been advised of his transfer to Angle Vale School, near Gawler, after a term of three years.

Home Guard Notes. On Sunday 14 December the Home Guard held a field-craft exercise. At 10.15 a.m. the Home Guard received news that a party of saboteurs had arrived in Burra North and gone to ground. All did not go well. While several saboteurs were taken prisoner, the saboteurs also took prisoners, including the OC and Sergeant of the Home Guard. The Home Guard Headquarters were totally destroyed, the powerhouse was wrecked and the water tank blown up. Burra was therefore in a complete blackout with no water supply and essential services generally wrecked. The Home Guard were completely demoralised. The honours for the day went unfortunately to the saboteurs and in fact one of their number got through to the school, which was designated an ammunition dump.

62, 50, 16 December 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Tom, Dick and Harry, first instalment.

62, 51, 23 December 1941, page 1

Burra Primary School

The school achieved a 100% pass rate in the Qualifying Examinations this year, from the 23 candidates. The headmaster, Mr L.P. Davis has a near perfect record in preparing students for this examination, with only one of 320 pupils he has coached, failing to get a certificate.

During the year the enrolment fell from 181 to 151, but in the last few weeks has risen to 162. There have been a number of staff changes. Since December 1940 teachers have been: Mr N. Lowe, Mr W. Battye, Miss Chrystal, Mr T. Corry, Miss M. Peake and Mrs H. White. The present staff are Messrs P. Davis, T. Corry, Miss M.V. Pearce and Mrs H. White.

Religious instruction had been introduced during this year.

The Schools’ Patriotic Fund has been most active, with donations, waste collection and knitted garments. They have earned 92 badges, 133 bars, 17 wings and 2 aeroplanes.

Waste products collected are valued at £98-5-3 and 785 bags have been sent away by rail. Cash donations totalled £49-1-8. War Savings have amounted to £422-8-10

The school dux was Barbara Jennison. [Other wards winners are listed.]

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Report for the fortnight to 13 December

Farnden’s Hill. Leading stope north of Hogan’s Shaft has advanced 14 ft to 60 ft. Continued to end of north drive without finding any higher values. Discontinued rise in stope and made preparations for a third stope here.

62, 51, 23 December 1941, pages 1 & 4

Burra High School Break-up Celebrations

Petrol rationing reduced the attendance of out-of-town parents.

As well as musical and singing offerings, the pupils presented a one-act play and a two-act play. In the former Ray Jennison and Ronald Pascoe carried out their parts well. In the latter all the cast did well, with key roles played by Keith Bailey, N. Mazzarol and Ron Pascoe.

Mr Draysey reported on the year.

There was a peak attendance of 70, but removals from the town saw this number decrease rapidly. It was pleasing to note that about one third of students came from the smaller district schools.

During the year the pupils had contributed £34-8-8 to the Schools’ Patriotic Fund and had invested a total of £76-16-7 in War Savings Certificates.

Forty-two old scholars had enlisted for service abroad.

In the 1940 examinations three students had gained Intermediate Certificates.

Religious instruction had been satisfactorily introduced this year.

The school regrets the loss due to the death of Mr P.L. Rosman, who was for many years a member of the High School Council and Secretary.

Mr Draysey said his successor in 1942 would be Mr L.J. Easson of Unley High School.

Rev. Gray then made the presentations.

Dux of the School was Rhonda Smith. [Other awards are listed.]

62, 51, 23 December 1941, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Christmas Night

Gary Cooper & Binnie Barnes in Adventures of Marco Polo

Joan Bennett & William Gargan in The Housekeeper’s Daughter

Friday 26 December

Margaret Sullivan & Frank Morgan in The Shop Around the Corner

Mickey Rooney & Lewis Stone in Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Saturday 27 December

Nancy Kelly & John Loder in Scotland Yard

Jane Withers & Buddy Rogers in Golden Hoofs

Monday 29 December

Thomas Mitchell & Edna Best in Swiss Family Robinson

Linda Hayes & Cecil Kellaway in Mexican Spitfire

Thursday 1 January

Tommy Trinder & Claude Hulbert in Sailors Three

Lloyd Nolan & Doris Davenport in Behind the News

Saturday 3 January

Paul Muni & Virginia Field in Hudson’s Bay

Nancy Kelly & Joan Davis in Sailor’s Lady

Notice. H.E. Fuss advises he will definitely be closing his business on Saturday 10 January 1942 and all accounts must be settled before that date or other action will be taken.

Jim Riggs of Burra is home from Thebarton Technical School where he took ten Third Year subjects and passed them all, eight with credits. He was dux of his class. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Vernon Riggs of ‘Lords Well’.

Late Night Shopping will not be available this year across Australia. Shops will close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. It is still undecided whether shop will open on Saturday morning after Christmas Day.

Carol Services were held in local churches last Sunday.

Ivon Phillips, a member of staff at Burra Post Office, left on Friday at short notice for Maree to fill a vacancy there caused by the call-up of a local employee.

John Newbold, of the Bank of Australasia left on Wednesday with his wife and young son for Gladstone, where he will be relieving manager.

Lieut. H.R. Matheson (Abroad) has gained his Captaincy. He is the son of Mrs Matheson of Mt Bryan.

Rev. Gray organised Carol Singers who motored around the town rendering old time Christmas Carols and hymns. Among many places visited were the Hospital and the Burra Railway Station, where they serenaded passengers of the Broken Hill Express. They gathered donations amounting to £4-4-5 for the Adelaide Children’s Hospital. Afterwards Mrs C. Gray entertained to supper at the Rectory.

62, 51, 23 December 1941, page 3

Burra Fighting Forces Comfort Fund Unit 109

The annual meeting of Unit 109 was held on 16 December. Appointed for the next year were: President, Mrs A. Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mrs S. Genders & Mrs J. Barker; Secretary, Mrs F. Sims; Assistant Secretary, Mrs F.T. Marston and Treasurer, Mrs C.J. Butler.

The FFCF has the aim of providing active members of the fighting forces with a few of the comforts they forego while on active service. As well as comforts and knitted garments it provides hostels and recreation rooms, arranges for leave and when necessary provides board and travelling for men on leave.

Each man is given an embarkation kit comprising a calico bag, 3 handkerchiefs, 2 singlets, 2 pairs of socks, 2 cakes of salt water soap, washing soap, barley sugar, razor blades, tooth brush and paste, a soldier’s note book and writing material.

A Christmas Hamper is sent to each man comprising, cake, pudding, tobacco and papers, tooth brush and paste, razor blades, condensed cream, preserved fruits and a handkerchief.

The cost of each is only 7/6.

The Burra North Unit, which was combined with Burra under one registration, has now (from September) registered as a separate unit, but the Advisory Committee of Burra, Burra North and RSA Wives Units will enable the three to keep in touch and will prove invaluable for the Anzac Sports.

The unit has presently 57 names on the roll (reduced somewhat following removals from the town).

Average attendance at meetings has been 30.

In the twelve months more than 1,000 garments have been forwarded to Headquarters.

At the end of November the unit had a credit at Headquarters of £202-6-6 and £7-19-11 in the bank.

The Annual Christmas Tree at Leighton Hall was held on 18 December. This had been generously provided by Mr & Mrs I.J. Warnes for some thirty years. With their removal to Glenelg, this year’s was under the supervision of the two school committees. [Leighton & Ayers.]

The Leighton teacher, Mr Glyn Rowe has been transferred to White Hut.

The Ayers School teacher Mr Huppatz said that three boys had sat for their QC and each had performed very creditably: Colin Lloyd (600), Ross white (600) and Bill Byles (525). The scores of 600 were the highest gained at Ayers School.

Mr Huppatz was also being transferred for 1942.

Prizes were presented, Father Christmas distributed gifts of Christmas Stockings and balloons.

Ice creams were consumed and the older folks danced until supper concluded the festivities.

The ‘Sydney’ Appeal was launched on Friday at the Burra Institute, when 30 to 40 people assembled. The disappointing attendance was perhaps due to lack of publicity.

The evening started with the National Anthem and two verses of The Song of Australia. The Mayor read Christmas greeting sent to him for Burra friends from: Sister Mavis Riggs, Ptes Ken Walker, Clem Davey and Eric Smith (all from abroad).

Mr Dollman & Miss M. Halliday sang the duet I’m waiting for someone.

The Mayor then delivered his address, which was followed by Mrs Max Pearce singing The Star of Bethlehem.

Mr Glen Hawkes then spoke in support of the appeal and the Mayor read a list of donations already received, which totalled £108-14-0 along with promises to bring that to £136-14-0.

The Mayor then introduced Captain Naish of Clare, the District Recruiting Officer.

[The editor thought this inappropriate at a meeting with a specific objective.]

Captain Naish provoked a sharp response from A.B. Riggs when he said he thought people should hand in their rifles as a donation, rather than asking for compensation. He said of 104 collected to date from Burra, only 14 had been given.

Mr Genders then spoke on the effort [which specifically is not stated] and thanked Mrs A. Tennant for her work in the War Stamp Savings Campaign and urged people to reduce their spending and put their savings into War Certificates or Stamps.

The meeting ended with the National Anthem.

Superphosphate Rationing. Developments in the Pacific had necessitated the revision of the rationing scale for superphosphate. From 1 January 1942 consumers will receive only 60% of the quantity purchased by them in 1939-40. The change would also affect forward orders with deliveries after that date.

62, 51, 23 December 1941, page 4

Robert Seymour presents Tom, Dick and Harry second instalment.

Characteristics of the 1941 paper.

The format was a broadsheet 8 columns wide.

Page 1.

There were three or four large local advertisements, but most space was occupied by news and often the news is heavily weighted toward patriotic efforts and increasingly presentations to departing soldiers take considerable space.

Page 2.

Advertisements are mostly of sales, entertainment, patriotic events and public notices. There are three or four large local advertisements. News quantity varies, but about half the page is common. Reports of the activities of patriotic organisations occupy much space here and on page 3.

Page 3.

Three or so large local advertisements. Both here and on other pages the ‘news’ is mixed with other articles that are often war related. They include actual stories from the war and propaganda against the Germans, Italians or Japanese, but also articles on war production, weapons, equipment and advice on what to do for greater car efficiency, use of gas producers, and on matters like air raid precautions and blackout requirements etc.

Page 4.

About three of the columns are advertising and it frequently carries the rainfall figures from 1880-1941. It regularly carries the Local District Honour Roll. A serial story is a regular feature. Local news is rare, but war-related articles are the rule.

In general it seems to give a good coverage of activities in the district for the year, with a heavy dose of syndicated war-related items, advice from the authorities that is also war-related and often humorous snippets ridiculing the enemy.

Sports reporting is minimal.

Numbering of Issues in 1941.

The year began with an error in numbering: Volume 61, Number 1(2) 7 January 1941, instead of Volume 62.

This was corrected the next issue to Volume 62, Number 2 on 14 January 1941.

And continued to Volume 62, Number 51 on 23 December 1941.

There were several anomalies:

There was no Number 1 in the volume.

Number 32 was used twice on 12 August and 19 August: there was no Number 33.

Number 42 was used twice on 21 September and 28 September and Number 43 was used for 4 November.

Number 46 appeared on 25 November and Number 48 on 2 December: there was no Number 47.

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 1

Advertisements

Walker & Sons Shoe Store

H.J.B. Jennison Tyres, Radio, Refrigeration, Petrol and Oils

A.P. Rogers Grocer

Lee’s Motors Ford Dealer and agent for Dodge & Chevrolet

Fred M. Pearce Builder & Contractor; Timber and Hardware Merchant

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 2

Advertisements

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

Tom Scovell Commercial Hotel

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeon

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc. [Regular; though not in the first paper for the year.]

___________ Burra Talkies

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 3

Advertisements

Ted Baulderstone Fruit Palace; Greengrocery, Confectionary and Smallgoods

C.J. Pearce & Son Paints, Varnishes, Putty, Upholstery and Undertakers

Central Motors Burra

(Formerly Tiver’s Garage) Repairs to all Cars, Trucks, Tractors and Stationary Engines

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Motor and General Engines

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 4

Advertisements

W.G. Terry Tailor

Bence’s Drapers and Clothiers

Sara & Co. General Merchants

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 1

Mr J.G. Sara who has been the Burra North Postmaster for nearly 31 years resigned from the position from 31 December 1941. He was then the oldest working non-official postmaster in the Commonwealth. Miss Joan Fairchild, who has been postal assistant for about three years, has been appointed postmistress from 1 January 1942. A new pillar box is in position at the kerb and better night posting facilities have been provided for.

[J.G. Sara was 79 when he retired.]

Black Springs School put on a concert in the local hall on 14 December to aid the school’s Patriotic Funds.

Black Spring Red Cross sent a special Christmas hamper to Keswick Hospital.

Weather. After a period of oppressive heat, a violent windstorm struck Booborowie on Boxing Day. Vivid lightning with continuous thunder also brought hail and rain with falls of between 30 and 100 points across the district. The worst of the wind affected a narrow strip of country, but within that trees were uprooted and haystacks severely damaged. At R.E. Dewhirst’s a brick chimney was demolished and W. Lomman lost a valuable pig when it was struck by lightning. The residences of Mrs S.J. Pryde and Mr W. Work were partially unroofed.

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 January

David Niven & Olivia de Havilland in Raffles

Mary Lee & Rufe Davis in Barnyard Follies

Burra Burra DC appeals for scrap aluminium for aircraft production.

Hartley Harris visited Burra from Victoria over Christmas.

Obituary. Daphne Lorraine Williams aged 7, daughter of Joseph Wilfred & Ellen Agnes Williams of Bowden and formerly of Burra, died at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital 30 December 1941.

[Born 14 January 1934.]

Obituary. A bereavement Notice recalls the death of Percy Lionel Rosman. [Born 1 April 1886 Norwood: died 6 December 1941 Burra.]

Obituary. Last evening Mrs A. Prosser, a resident of Burra, died after a few days’ illness. She was born at Kooringa in 1875. [Numbers indistinct] Mrs Prosser was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs E.A. Moore and had lived practically all her life in Burra, but for a short period. Her first husband was Mr Robert Stewart [whom she married in 1895] and who predeceased her [in 1920]. She afterwards went to Victoria where she married Mr A. Prosser and then later returned to live in Burra.

[Actually she married John Archibald Prosser 1 September 1921 in the Methodist Manse at Kent Town SA.]

She was a member of the Kooringa Methodist Church and Guild. She is survived by her husband and an adopted son, Mr Robert Stewart. [Apparently born Carrie Harriet Moore, but the birth is not registered in SA. She died 3 January 1942 aged 67 according to the registration of death.]

Obituary. Mr William Byles, a respected citizen of Burra, died in the Burra Hospital on Christmas Eve after a long illness. [William Charles Byles born 11 March 1866 Tothill’s Creek SA.]

Essington Lewis (Reprinted from the Melbourne Sun.)

Mr Essington Lewis is the new Director General of Aircraft Production and Director General of Munitions. He is the son of the late John Lewis who arrived at Darwin in 1872 [Numbers indistinct] having been journeying between the northern and southern ends of the Overland Telegraph before it was completed. A few months earlier two African explorers had set out to explore the country between Darwin and Pt Essington and had been lost. John Lewis was asked to investigate and after being attacked by natives was able to establish that the list explorers had been murdered by a tribe. He determined to establish a station near the site of the old military establishment at Port Essington, but after a stern struggle he was forced to admit defeat. It must have been memories of that place that impelled him to instruct the Minister at St Mary’s Church in January 1881 to christen his baby son with the name Essington.

The New Year’s Eve Ball at Booborowie has become a traditional way of augmenting the funds of the hall. Despite the difficulties imposed by the times, attendance compared favourably with past efforts. The music was supplied by the Rainmakers Band.

63, 1, 5 January 1942, page 3

AC1 Albert Sampson writes a letter home. He is serving with the RAAF in Singapore. He says with plenty of work to do by day and black-outs at night, there is little chance to write.

He describes the first air raid over Singapore.

He says cigarettes are in short supply and laments that doing any shopping in Singapore is virtually impossible as by the hour he can get away the shops are shut. He makes reference to Dutch submarines attacking Japanese troop carriers and also refers to stiff fighting in the Philippines and Kelantan (Northern Malaya).

Christmas in Burra passed quietly. Shops closed early at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The day had been very hot and many would have appreciated shopping in the evening, but this was not allowed by the authorities.

On Christmas Day services were held in the early morning and were fairly well attended and then it grew very hot.

Boxing Day started with an electrical storm bringing plenty of wind and torrential rain. Over 60 points were recorded at Burra. Humid and uncomfortably hot conditions prevailed for the day, with another storm about 5.30 p.m. This brought strong winds and further heavy rain to bring the day’s total to 93 points. Cooler conditions prevailed for a day or two, but the heat has returned.

Copperhouse School held a Christmas Tree Evening that was well attended. Father Christmas (T. Villis) handed out gifts to the children and this was followed by ice cream for all. The students presented items. Qualifying Certificates were presented to Lindsay Kakoschke and Barbara Rogers. Lindsay was School Dux.

[Other prize winners are listed.] Glen Finch on behalf of the School Committee and the Welfare Club announced the departure of the Head Teacher Mr K. Murdoch, who was wished every happiness in his new home. A mulga inkstand was presented to Mr Murdoch and a set of spoons to his wife. Supper and dancing followed.

63, 2, 13 January 1942, page 1

Weather. Last Wednesday a severe dust storm struck Booborowie, lasting from early morning til late evening. Visibility was poor all day. It is feared the wind will have shaken much grain from the heads. Soil erosion is a growing problem in the district and an overhaul of agricultural methodology is clearly needed before the ultimate depletion of some of our best cereal producing land.

Obituary. Mr William Byles died at Burra Hospital on 24 December. He was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Jesse Byles and was born at Emu Downs on 11 March 1866. As the son of a pioneer he assisted his father from a very early age and ay 9 years old was shepherding sheep on the roads. Later he was contracting in the back country northwest of Broken Hill for some time. He was working on Mr Gibbs Station when Broken Hill rose to prominence. He then moved to Broken Hill for five years. On 31 December 1891 he married Miss Eliza Morgan, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Morgan of Baldina. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Daddow. In 1911 Mr & Mrs Byles left Broken Hill and purchased a farm at Ironmine where they carried on grazing and farming until 1925, when they sold up and came to reside in Burra. His genial and unassuming manner made him many friends. His wife had been a true help-mate and her death in 1940 was a great blow to him. He suffered a long illness with patience and courage. Of a family of seven children four sons and one daughter survive: Phil Byles (AIF Loveday Camp), Alick & Frank Byles (Wanilla Station, Pt Lincoln), Walter Byles (RAAF, Geraldton) and Mary Mrs Bettison (Cummins). Two daughters predeceased their parents; one [Edith Florence] in infancy and one [Ellen Gladys] in 1935. Two sisters also survive; Mrs Joe Dixon of Farrell Flat and Mrs Mickel of Eudunda. [William Charles Byles born 11 March 1866 Tothill’s Creek SA.]

63, 2, 13 January 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 January

Victor McLaglen & June Lang in Captain Fury

Gene Autry & June Storey in Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

The Baby Health Train will visit Hallett 28 January and Mt Bryan 29 and the morning of 30 January.

Ptes Clyde & Eddie Moore thank all for the support they received in letters and parcels while they were abroad, especially the FFCF.

The Home Guard held an interesting exercise on Sunday 4 January – defending the petrol depots and the railway station from an attack.

The HMAS Sydney Appeal has reached £251-5-6.

63, 2, 13 January 1942, page 3

Mr Peter Mann of the Bank of Australasia in Burra has been transferred to Gladstone.

Mr Norman Drayton has been transferred from the Telephone Department at the Burra Post Office to the City after six years here. He is succeeded by Mr G. Thomas.

Mr Tom Dearlove has spent Christmas with his parents at Ketchowla and now returns to Adelaide University for the sixth and final year of his medical course.

63, 3, 20 January 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 12 January

Council agreed to a request to burn off grass on the block next to the hospital – the Hospital being prepared to do up the tennis courts.

Mr Makin, Minister for Munitions, advises he is too busy to receive a deputation from Burra re a munitions factory in the town, but will note the offer.

An appeal for aluminium for the war effort will be made in the Record.

There was a complaint that stray sheep were damaging the Hospital Garden. Owners to be advised; with a warning of possible impounding of the stock.

A.A. Davey, Burra Institute Librarian writes:

Despite considerable discussion concerning the takeover of the Institute by the Town Council, after a year’s talking we as just where we were twelve months ago. Evidently the best solution is, as happened two years ago, when the Council declared a special 1d rate for the Institute. This would enable the Institute to carry on until after the war. Delving further into the matter while the war demands all our attention seems inappropriate. For the past twelve months essential business has been transacted by the four remaining Trustees and myself.

[Mr Davey then goes on at some length about the problem of memberships in arrears and the costs of maintaining the reading room.]

I hope and trust that a management committee will be formed for 1942.

Burra Burra DC, 5 January

Council endorsed the appeal for scrap aluminium for the war effort.

Council resigned from the Burra Progress Association.

[The reason is not clearly given, but Council appears to have taken offence at the Association’s report on a deputation they had taken to Council – a report the Association had also sent to the Record.]

63, 3, 20 January 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 January

Betty Grable & Don Ameche in Down Argentine Way

Marjorie Weaver & Lloyd Nolan in Michael Sharp Private Detective

26 January

Richard Greene, Zorina & Peter Lorre in I Was an Adventuress

June Withers & Kent Taylor in Girl from Avenue A

Weather. Some welcome rain yesterday has settled the dust. Burra recorded 65 points. To the east falls were quite varied, but many placed recorded 30-60 points, with Woolgangi 60, Old Koomooloo 56 and World’s End 38, but Gluepot got only 15 and Sturt Vale 5.

Mr & Mrs S.H. Robinson & Miss Melva Robinson leave Burra today to reside in the city.

Mr Robinson has been a valuable member of the Burra Show Society and of the Liberal & Country League, the Burra Bowling Club and the Masonic Lodge. He was also a consistent member of St Mary’s Church. Mrs Robinson has been President and Secretary of the Croquet Club, a Red Cross worker and a member of the CWA and LCL. Miss Melva has been a prominent VSD.

Mr Manson from Cunliffe will take Mr K. Murdoch’s place as head teacher at Copperhouse School. Mr Murdoch goes to Strathalbyn as assistant.

63, 3, 20 January 1942, page 3

Pte T.S. Ford writes to Mrs A.B. Riggs gratefully acknowledging the receipt of a parcel from home. He speaks of running into Reg. Davey and Len Wahlert.

63, 4, 27 January 1942, page 1

R.T. Bowles writes re the Burra Institute:

One must gather from Mr A.A. Davey’s letter that the transfer of the Institute to the Burra Corporation has not yet occurred and that the Trustees have indicated their intention of not continuing to manage the Institute after a certain date. While acknowledging the Mayor and Councillors’ efforts in patriotic and other directions, a matter of such importance should not be unduly delayed. At the AGM of the Institute on 13 January 1941 it was found to be impossible to form a committee for the next twelve months. None of the 1940 committee was willing to continue due to the state of the Institute’s finances. It was hoped the Corporation would then take over. The Corporation took an interest and in June a meeting of ratepayers authorised the purchase of the Institute. On 29 May 1941 a meeting of Institute subscribers had authorised the sale to the Corporation.

Would the Mayor and Trustees be good enough to inform the ratepayers and subscribers what has transpired in this matter?

A.B. Riggs writes as Secretary to the Trustees re the Burra Institute:

The AGM of subscribers will be held on Friday 30 January to receive the annual report and balance sheet and to elect officers and committeemen.

At the last meeting of the Trustees Mr A.B. Riggs as Secretary to the Trustees reported that upon application being made to the Institutes’ Association [for permission to sell the Institute to the Burra Corporation] a difference of opinion had arisen and he had refused to sign the two certificates sent for his signature. His reasons being:

The two resolutions carried by subscribers were confirmed with certain conditions attached. Without those conditions they were not confirmed.

There is no secretary to the Institute at present to sign the certificates and no other person can sign them.

It appears that the [Institutes] Act was drawn up having in mind that a committee of management exists in all Institutes and without it the Act cannot be enforced satisfactorily to both parties.

Mr Riggs’ report was adopted and he was requested to inform the Council that negotiations between the Trustees and the Corporation for the sale of the property had therefore fallen through.

This brings us back to where we were twelve months ago. It is essential that there be a Committee of Management. Despite the troubled times the Burra Institute Library remains second to none outside Adelaide.

I appeal to all subscribers to show up on the night and show that Burra is still on the map.

Mrs A.G. Heinrich of World’s End has received a letter from her sister Nurse Elvin Wittwer from Malaya dated 12 December 1941. She said:

Things had taken a turn in the past few days and she wondered how long it would last.

The next day she and the other girls would be leaving the hospital to rejoin their own units, where they would be likely to stay for the duration.

There had been an air raid alarm that night, but no bombs were dropped. [She describes what happened during air raid alerts and how they all responded.]

Everything had changed completely within a fortnight.

She speaks of many patients, dreadful mosquitoes and heavy rainfall.

Nevertheless she is well and happy and used to the weather conditions.

Their destination the next morning was unknown.

63, 4, 27 January 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 January

James Stewart & Claudette Colbert in It’s a Wonderful World

Wallace Beery & Dolores Del Rio in The Man from Dakota

Notice. Burra Institute. The Annual Meeting of Subscribers is called for Friday 30 January, to receive the Annual Report and Balance sheet and to elect officers and a committee.

Mrs M. Woodgate, late of Terowie and now residing at Prospect, celebrated her 92nd birthday on January 24. She is the mother of Mr B.H. & Ashley Woodgate of Booborowie and was born at Copperhouse in 1850.

[Birth registrations show she was born Maria Duneman (sometimes Dunemann) 24 January 1851 and so should have celebrated her 91st birthday. See also 63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 3 for her obituary.]

Tpr Lyall Turner (abroad) writes a letter to his parents saying he is well and that his presentation watch is going beautifully. The only Burra boy he has encountered has been Pte Arthur Cox. Pte Turner is a son of Mr & Mrs C.P. Turner near Burra.

E.C. Hammond, now of Hilton, but formerly at Burra, sends greetings to old Burra friends.

Bro S.H. Robinson, a Past Master of the Kooringa Masonic Lodge, was farewelled at the Lodge Meeting last Tuesday. A presentation of a leather suitcase was made.

Burra Civil Defence Committee is pushing on with the organisation of necessary arrangements for black-outs, air raids and associated injuries etc. An appeal is made for any volunteers who can help and for any donation that would assist.

Pte L.J. Jesser, (abroad) writes expressing gratitude for the parcel received and for mail from home. The parcel (unlike some received by others) arrived in very good condition. He describes the beautiful pine-clad hills where he is, amid the snow. Everyone there was looking forward to Christmas.

63, 4, 27 January 1942, page 3

A.J. Franklin writes suggesting that, although tobacco is not rationed, it is getting increasingly difficult to obtain and so perhaps local retailers could issue their own ration tickets for their regular customers – even if it is not set down by law.

Burra High School

The Intermediate results were published in the Advertiser yesterday.

Details of Burra students will appear next week.

Ian Steven, younger son of Dr & Mrs Steven, who is a student at St Peter’s College, passed in every subject. He is 15.

Doreen Collins is the elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Cyril Collins of Mt Bryan. She attends Woodlands School and passed eight subjects and gained 6 credits.

63, 5, 3 February 1942, page 1

Intermediate Examination Results, from the Advertiser of 26 January.

Burra High School did very well. Ten of the fourteen who sat gained a certificate.

Certificates were obtained by:

Connie Byles 7 subjects

James Terry 7 subjects

Ray Jennison 6 subjects

Betty Parks 6 subjects

Darrel Young 5 subjects

The following students completed certificates:

Ronald Fuller, Joyce Hopkins, Roma Clode and Melva Gare.

Other results:

Joan Anderson 4 subjects

Bob Aughey 4 subjects

Joan Davies 3 subjects

Eileen Hogan 2 subjects

Congratulations are also extended to students who attended Burra High School in 1940, but went elsewhere in 1941.

Doreen Collins 8 subjects (6 credits)

Ian Steven 8 subjects

Keith Gare 6 subjects

Geoffrey Pearce 3 subjects

Pauline Gordon 2 subjects

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 24 January.

Farnden’s Hill – commenced crosscut west from Hogan’s Shaft to test for leaders – advanced 6 ft.

Preparing ore pass from stope.

Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, Grote Street, Adelaide, January. [Date unclear possibly 15 or 17.]

Eugenie Theresa Hogan, second daughter of Mr & Mrs J.F. Hogan of Booborowie, married

Ralph Alwyn Lee, only son of Mr & Mrs T.W. Lee of Snowtown.

Obituary. Mrs C. Percy Turner of ‘Turnbrae’ near Burra died at Burra Hospital on Tuesday morning 27 January. Her health had been indifferent for some time and she had spent some weeks in hospital before Christmas, but having improved, she was allowed home. On 24 December she re-entered hospital for a period of rest and died quite suddenly on 27 January. She had been born at Waterloo on 28 August 1887, the youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Leaney. She was educated at Waterloo where prior to her marriage she was a regular attendant at the Methodist Church. In 1910 she married Mr Percy Turner a grazier and farmer of ‘Turnbrae’ near Burra. She is survived by her husband and four sons: Howard & Frank of Myponga, Rex at home with his father and Gunner Lyall Turner AIF abroad. Mr G. Leaney of Baldina is a brother.

[Born Mary Ann Daisy Leaney 28 August 1887 Waterloo: died 27 January 1942 Burra.]

Burra Institute. The AGM was held on Friday 30 January.

Unlike other AGMs in recent years, it was relatively well attended and this must have been encouraging for the four Trustees Messrs E.F. Marston, C.D. Wilkinson, G.E. Dane and A.B. Riggs. Nevertheless the absence of many citizens shows an appalling indifference to town affairs. Mr E.F. Marston presided.

The statement of receipts and expenditure showed that income had exceeded expenditure.

Mr Riggs read the annual report.

The Trustees had maintained the standard of the library for the past year. Subscriptions on 31 December 1941 were £7-5-2 in arrears, which is a loss to the library of £2-7-7 in subsidy.

[Details of the number of books held, borrowing etc. were then recounted.]

The year had been a difficult one for the Trustees with income down due to the falling off of visiting companies and other uses except those events held for patriotic purposes. These had been allowed a 331⁄3% concession, which somewhat reduced the income. The existing arrangement with the Talking Picture Company had been an improvement on previous terms.

During the year negotiations with the Town Council for the transfer of the Institute property to the Council had taken place. The subscribers had offered the property to the Burra Corporation:

If the purchase price was equal to the liability to the State Bank on the day of transfer.

The Council paid all transfer costs.

The two rooms used for the library and reading room remained available to the Institute Committee as a library.

The existing agreement between the Institute and the Pictures Proprietors was respected.

Application was made to the Institutes Association to get the consent of the Minister for the sale.

The Association replied that the conditions imposed could not be accepted and sent two certificates embodying resolutions 1 & 2 above, without conditions 3 & 4. These were to be signed by the Secretary of the Management Committee. Mr Riggs then objected to signing the certificates on the grounds:

The resolutions were only confirmed with the conditions attached and were not confirmed without such conditions.

There was no secretary of the Institute to sign the certificates and no one else could sign them.

The [Institutes] Act appears to be drawn up having in mind that a committee of management would exist in all Institutes. In our case no committee existed and without it the Act cannot be enforced satisfactorily to both parties.

This meant that Mr A.B. Riggs had informed the Council that for now negotiations had fallen through.

The old officers in January 1941 did not desire to stand again and therefore at this meeting the duty of electing a fresh set of officers and a committee was necessary.

Mr C.D. Wilkinson signified his intention of withdrawing from any active work in the Institute, after many years of involvement in a number of positions.

Mr A.B. Riggs was elected President

Vice-Presidents elected were Mr R.T. Bowles and Mr H.J.B. Jennison. A committee was also elected.

63, 5, 3 February 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 February

Joel McCrea & Laraine Day in Foreign Correspondent

Plus Short Subjects

Nicholas Canny, son of Mr & Mrs N. Canny of Hanson, obtained 8 passes and 4 credits in the recent Intermediate Exams and has been awarded a Bursary. He was a student at Rostrevor College in Adelaide after his primary schooling at Hanson.

Mrs J.G. Sara and Mr F.T. Sara presided at Burra North Police Court this morning – probably unique in the annals of the SA Police Court in having a mother and son preside.

Redruth Methodist Church will hold its Harvest Festival next Sunday. Rev. P.N. Potter will preach in the morning and there will be a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at 3 p.m.

Vandalism. Vandals have ripped the covers off the lights at the base of the War Memorial and filled the reflectors with gravel. They have damaged a number of corner posts, stolen lights from the conveniences, hacked at trees and made a filthy mess in the shelter shed between Burra and Burra North.

Burra Civil Defence Committee continues its call for volunteers.

Mr F.L. Worth has returned to Burra from overseas. He was welcomed at a sitting of the Burra Local Court presided over by Messrs F.T. Sara and H.J.B. Jennison.

Heather Murison, formerly of Burra, did well in the Intermediate Examination with 7 subjects and several credits.

Miss Nancy Pearce has returned to the staff of Quorn High School after spending Christmas with her parents, Mr & Mrs W.L. Pearce.

Mr W. Trestrail was in Burra last Friday and despite passing his 84th year on 18 January he was looking remarkably well. He has a notable record of working 52 years with the Warnes’ family on their various stations; first with Mr T. Warnes, father of Mr I.J. Warnes, then with Mr T. Warnes’ sons as a stockman and boundary rider and now with Mr Reg. Warnes, a nephew of Mr I.J. Warnes, at Woolgangi Station. This week he celebrates his 52nd year of service with the family. He is still capable of a few days work with light duties. He seldom comes into Burra.

63, 5, 3 February 1942, page 3

AC1 Frank Lloyd was tendered a social on Saturday. He is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Reuben Lloyd of Ironmine. Dancing took place till 10 p.m. followed by the presentations. Speakers were Mr Jack Field for the district, Mervyn Humphrys for the Church and Sunday-school and Mr A.D. McDonald MP.

Frank responded and then dancing resumed until supper time.

Pte W.J. Williams writes in appreciation of parcels sent overseas by the Red Cross ladies.

63, 6, 10 February 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 2 February

Instructions were received from the Department of Civil Defence requiring street lighting to be reduced by half.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. responded, saying it had replaced all 100 cp lights with 50 cp and all 50 cp lights with 25 cp lights.

His Worship suggested some back street lights could be cut altogether.

Cr Marston said he understood that some Councils in similar circumstances were being charged much less for street lighting.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. will be asked to reduce the Councils lighting bill.

Cr Lott replaced Mr Robinson as Cr Representative on the Civil Defence Committee.

Burra Civil Defence Committee asked for a warning siren for Burra North.

It was observed that sirens are practically unprocurable at present.

It was resolved that Council would co-operate fully with Burra Civil Defence’s black-out trial.

Burra Institute Committee informed the Council that a difference of opinion had arisen between it and the Institutes Association and consequently negotiations on the sale of the Institute property to the Corporation had now fallen through.

His Worship said that evidently the Committee did not want to sell the property.

Cr Lott asked that the running expenses of the Council truck be placed on the table at the next meeting. He would like to compare the cost with that of a horse. Petrol was getting very scarce.

His Worship said it might be wise to buy a decent horse.

Reported that the Burra Hospital balance sheet showed an improvement of £500 on the previous year.

Mr Jack Clemson, a local drover and returned serviceman from the Great War, is in the Burra Hospital after being stung behind the ear by a scorpion.

63, 6, 10 February 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 February

Cesar Romero & Alice Faye in The Great American Broadcast

Lynn Bari & Lloyd Nelson in Sleepers West

Plus the final chapter of the serial The Green Hornet

Accident. Mr & Mrs Colin Bruce were driving up Thames St on Thursday night when their car suddenly swerved and struck a tree. As a result Mr & Mrs Bruce are both in Burra Hospital, the latter with severe facial injuries. Both are progressing. Mrs Young, who was a passenger, was bruised, but did not need to be admitted to hospital.

LAC Laurence Walker, wireless operator, is reported missing as a result of enemy action in the Netherlands East Indies. Laurie is the third son of Mr & Mrs O.G. Walker and is 23 years old. He enlisted in Adelaide in 1940. Prior to enlisting he was employed by the Adelaide Electric Supply Co.

Mr Tommy Halls is back at the wheel of his well-known charabanc after some time off ill.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 7 February.

Farnden’s Hill – continued crosscut from Hogan’s Shaft – have not cut any leader – commences No. 3 stope in blocky country – leader squeezed together – c. 7 dwt per ton.

Obituary. Mr John Nickles died in a private hospital in Adelaide last month. He was a well-known resident of Copperhouse and Burra. He was born at Copperhouse 2 January 1884, the son of the late John & Sarah Nickles. At the time of his death he was the oldest inhabitant of Copperhouse. The oldest female born there is Mrs Woodgate of Prospect who turned 92 last month [actually 91]. Mr Nickles was educated at Copperhouse School when Mr Nevin was headmaster. He was later employed by the Hanson DC and when the Councils merged he continued to work for the Burra Burra DC until he collapsed at work about 21⁄2 years ago. He fought his illness with characteristic pluck and patience. He and his wife were once prominent in the Copperhouse Tennis Club and in the Burra Association. He married Miss Sarah Ryder, who was also [born and] brought up at Copperhouse, the daughter of Mr & Mrs James Ryder. They were married at Norman Farm in 1905. They have always lived at Copperhouse until Mr Nickles was recently forced to go to the city for further medical advice. He was a member of the Methodist Church and for eight years Chairman of the Copperhouse School Committee and his wife was the Secretary-Treasurer. He is survived by his wife and four children: Ella, Mrs W. Lord of Broken Hill; Ronald Nickles, overseer for the Red Hill DC; Dorothy, Mrs A. Jones of Broken Hill and Mr Lester Nickles of Woodville. There are six grandchildren.

[John Stanley Nickles born 2 January 1884 Copperhouse: died 14 January 1942 Burnside, residence Burra.]

63, 6, 10 February 1942, page 3

Burra Civil Defence

There is a column of instructions about Air Raid Signals and what to do and a list of stretcher bearers, first aid posts etc.

63, 7, 17 February 1942, page 1

Burra Burra DC, 2 February

The Minister of Local Government writes asking for assistance in:

Administration of an insurance scheme covering war damage to property.

The collection of aluminium scrap from householders.

The HMAS Sydney Appeal has reached £265-8-6 and it was decided to close it.

Notice. Impressment of Rifles, Pistols and Revolvers, Ammunition and Sights.

[A list of items to be taken to police stations is printed.]

The Burra North Mill

With the wartime needs for metal, the galvanised iron storeroom at the old mill has been demolished for use in the war effort. The mill has been closed and its contents rusting for some time. It now faces demolition.

It was originally owned by John Roach Senior who was here some time in the 1850s. It then passed to his son Henry – better known as Harry. Later it was acquired by Thomas & Co. The late P.L. Rosman being their manager for many years. It was Thomas & Co. that closed the mill.

[The mill for Mr Roach was erected in 1874 and a capacious wheat store is mentioned the following year. This article lacks precise details of what was going on, but it would seem only the wood and iron structure was involved in this demolition, because in the Burra Record 63, 16, 20 Apr. 1943, page 1 we are told that until March 1943 all the machinery was intact along with the stone building that housed it. By the end of April 1943 the machinery had gone and the stone walls alone remained, without roofing or timbers. In the Burra Record 63, 18, 4 May 1943, page 1, P.A. Roach says the machinery had been unused for about twenty years. The place had been operated as a grain buying centre rather than as a mill in that time. The stark ruin was to stand by the roadside until finally demolished late in 1963.]

G. Hawker & J.R. Barker are two local pastoralists who have decided to revert to horse-drawn buggies in this time of petrol rationing. Mr Hawker has a new turnout with four fairly reliable rubber tyres of pre-balloon vintage and with a useful car foot brake fitted.

63, 7, 17 February 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 February

Greta Garbo & Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka

Walter Pidgeon & Rita Johnson in 6,000 Enemies

The Burra Record this week changes from broadsheet to tabloid format. Although 8 pages of tabloid use as much paper as four pages of broadsheet, it will be much easier to change the size of the paper to suit demand or necessity. Adjusting down to six or up to ten or even 12 pages will be simple should occasion warrant.

63, 7, 17 February 1942, page 3

AC1 Robert Steele, son of Mr & Mrs R.L. Steele, was given a social and presentation on Saturday night at Leighton Hall while he was home, just for the weekend. There was dancing till 10 p.m. before a halt for speeches by Mr Jack Field, W.H. Lloyd, Rev. P.N. Potter and Roy Humphrys. The presentation followed.

Pte Ron scroop sends a letter of appreciation dated 6 January 1942 for a Christmas parcel and cake. He writes from somewhere cold and with snow. [Syria?] He says it is a change after Tobruk. The letter was to Mrs M. Heggarty.

63, 7, 17 February 1942, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Church held its annual Harvest Thanksgiving Services on Sunday. Mr Arnold Hunt, student in charge, preached morning and evening. At 3 p.m. the combined choirs repeated Simper’s Cantata The Rolling Seasons, conducted by W.H. Gare with Miss Margaret Pearce at the organ and solos by Miss Mavis Fairchild, Mesdames H. Jennison, John Reed and Max Pearce and Messrs F. Jefferies of Mt Bryan and Mr R. McWaters.

Obituary. Mr Michael Roach, an old resident of Burra North, died at his residence last week aged 82. A brother survives and also a sister, Miss N. Roach. [Michael Roach died 11 February 1942 Burra North aged 82. He was single and the birth seems not to be registered in SA. His sister seems likely to have been Ellen Nora Roach of Burra North, but the lack of birth registrations for either makes this speculative.]

Obituaries. Mr Phil Builder died at the Orroroo Hospital after a very severe illness. He was only 37. He was manager at Orroroo for Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd and had previously been at one time on that firm’s staff at Burra. He was a son of the late Tom Builder, also of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd and had a close connection with Burra. His father and mother were born and raised here. Mrs Builder is a daughter, Jessie, of the late Mr & Mrs P.L. Killicoat of Abberton Park – now owned by Mr Murray Tiver.

A sad aspect of his death is that his young wife, only a few weeks ago also succumbed to pneumonia. Their death leaves four young sons, of whom the two eldest are twins.

Cpl Gilbert Builder, who was reported last week as seriously ill overseas is a brother.

[Philip William Builder born 8 April 1904, Gladstone: died 13 February 1942 Orroroo and his wife born Elliot Robe Hamilton 2 February 1907, North Adelaide: died 23 January 1942, Orroroo.]

63, 7, 17 February 1942, page 7

Burra Black-Out

A surprise black-out was called by the Commonwealth last Wednesday night. It met with mixed success. Many had read of it or heard the request over the wireless and the Burra Electric Supply Co. turned off the streetlights. Burra Civil Defence took no official action, as queries to Adelaide as to what was expected elicited no satisfactory response. Main streets were dark, but there were some glaring exceptions and neither the Alert nor All Clear signals were sounded. The local committee will soon hold a black-out where all will be better organised.

Burra Civil Defence outlines what will be required when they hold a black-out practice soon.

[Details in about 1⁄2 column.]

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 16 February

The RAA has forwarded four signs for gas producer cleaning grounds.

The Mayor reported that a Geological Search Party would soon visit Burra to investigate the possibility of mineral deposits in the district. This was the result of a case put to the Copper Commission jointly by the Council and the Progress Association.

The Lord Mayor of Adelaide wrote thanking the Burra people for contributing £265-8-6 to the ‘Sydney’ Fund.

Resolved that the bridge near Kakoschke’s be renewed underneath.

Resolved that a cracked cross member of Wicklein’s Bridge be stayed up.

Claude McBride, late of Redcliffe, is working at the Thebarton Woollen Mills.

Obituaries. Mrs Phil. Builder, daughter-in-law of [the late] Tom Builder of Elder’s was stricken with pleurisy and pneumonia at Orroroo and died after a fortnight. A week later Phil was similarly stricken and died after a fortnight. He was Elder’s manager at Orroroo. They leave four orphan boys, two are twins aged 11 and two are younger. Gilbert Builder [his brother] is seriously ill in Syria.

[Born Elliot Robe Hamilton 2 February 1907, North Adelaide: died 23 January 1942, Orroroo.

Philip William Builder born 8 April 1904, Gladstone: died 13 February 1942, Orroroo.]

Marriage. Ironmine Methodist Church 21 February 1942

Meryl M. Lloyd, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.H. Lloyd of ‘Stoneleigh’ Ironmine, married

Robert James White, eldest son of Mrs & the late Mr John R. White of ‘Wildotta’ near Burra.

[Details in almost 11⁄2 columns.]

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 February

Shirley Temple in Young People

Cesar Romero & Patricia Morison in Romance of the Rio Grande.

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Michael Roach.

[Died 11 February 1942, Burra North aged 82.]

Obituaries. Mr & Mrs Hurtle Bald and their daughter were killed in the recent air raids on Darwin. Mr Hurtle Bald was a son of Mr William Bald and the late Mrs Bald of Kadina. He was well known in Burra and Hallett. He was the postmaster in Darwin and was at Burra for a short time, when the family was resident here. He was a sergeant signaller in the 1914-18 war and served for over two years without a scratch and has now met his death at 48 in tragic circumstances. His only son aged 15 is residing at Hallett with his uncle and aunt Mr & Mrs W. Phin. Mrs Kim Tiver of Hallett is also a sister, Pte Ross Bald AIF is a brother and Mr George Bald is an uncle.

[Hurtle Clifford Bald born 26 May 1894, Hallett: died 19 February 1942, Darwin.

Born Alice Louisa Parker 25 December 1895, Hammond: died 19 February 1942, Darwin.

Peter Bald was born 25 March 1926 at Kapunda.

Iris Enid Bald was born 7 December 1921 at Pt Augusta – unless there was another daughter.]

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 3

Obituary. Mrs Woodgate, mother of B.H. & A.C. Woodgate of Booborowie died at her daughter’s residence at Prospect aged 92. She was born at Copperhouse on 24 January 1850. She was until her death the oldest female born there; now that position has been taken by Mrs William Lomman.

[Actually born Marie Dunemann 24 January 1851: died 16 February 1942 at Prospect aged 91.]

A Speed Limit of 20 m.p.h. has been fixed for periods of brow-out and 15 m.p.h. for periods of black-out. Pedestrians must wear or display something white.

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 4

Obituary. Sgt Keith Rayner RAAF has died in Koepang as the result of an accident. He was a son of Mr & Mrs L.B. Rayner of Whyte Yarcowie and a grandson of Mr & Mrs John Honan of Hallett.

[Born 28 July 1920, Terowie: died 14 February 1942, Koepang (Kupang) West Timor, (Indonesia).]

Obituary. Driver Rex Miller, only son of Mr & Mrs W. Miller of Hallett, who was killed in action 4 May 1941 was also a grandson of Mr & Mrs John Honan. Both of the above left young widows.]

[Frederick Rexton Miller born 21 April 1911, Redruth: died 4 May 1941.]

Booborowie Red Cross farewelled Mrs W.H. French on 14 February. She is moving to Hawker.

Burra Town Council used the benefit of daylight saving to conclude its business by 8.30 p.m. on 17 February without using electric light.

Mr & Mrs P. Nolan of Adelaide married while he was manager of fingerpost Station near Burra, for Messrs Mosey Bros. some years ago. Mrs Nolan was formerly Miss Louie Bernhardt, sister to Mr R.G. Bernhardt. They have five children. Three are in uniform and the other two soon will be.

Eldest daughter Mary is in the AWAS.

Eldest son Peter is in Palestine with the First Australian General Hospital.

Bill is in the RAAF.

Steve is in the Militia and their youngest son, John, has just had his medical examination for the Militia.

Mary’s husband is Sgt F.C. Posgate, who is in Syria after seven months in Tobruk.

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 5

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church celebrated its Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on 8 February. Rev. Rex Brook the circuit minister preached two sermons. ‘A Bun Struggle’ was held on Monday night.

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 6

Leighton Red Cross held a dance on 18 February and raised £10.

Advt. Trial Black-Out. The Burra Civil Defence Committee has organised a Trial Black-Out.

Black-Out Signal: the town’s bells, church and others will be rung throughout the town for four minutes.

Black-Out Lifted Signal: continuous blast on motor car horns.

[The information is carried in an advertisement across three columns.]

Black-Out. Cars must not be driven unless their lamps conform perfectly to the requirements of a Black-Out.

W.C. Sampson, formerly of Burra, and now of WA, recently contributed 40 lb of aluminium to the scrap metal drive in Boulder.

63, 8, 24 February 1942, page 7

Red Cross. Mrs P. Stow, Director of Branches; Mrs R. Dutton, Stores Officer; Commander Breadon of the Transport Section and a Transport Driver visited Burra on 19 February. Mrs Stow spoke on the increased needs of POWs. Mrs Dutton spoke on the establishment of country depots.

Miss Dorothy Schubert left the house staff at Burra Hospital to enter a training department of the Salvation Army. She was farewelled at the hospital and at the Salvation army Hall on 15 February. Miss R. Sachse of Robertstown is also taking up duties with the Salvation Army. Officers in charge at Burra, Captain Grannaway and Lieut. Temby presented Miss Schubert with a travelling rug.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 1

Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, Grote Street, Adelaide, 14 February

Ron Edington of Braemar Station, son of Mr & Mrs G. Edington of Riverton, married

Melva Hughes, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs L.V. Hughes of Henley Beach.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Marriage. St Joseph’s Presbytery, 28 February

William Harold Holman, son of Mrs M. & the late Mr F. Holman of Hoyleton, married

Dorothy Jean Borowski, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs P. Borowski of Burra.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 21February.

Farnden’s Hill – crosscut west from Hogan’s Shaft advanced 7 ft to 21 ft – no leaders – discontinued for now.

Stoping continued for 10 ft to a total of 20 ft – leader very narrow, averaging 2 inches – about 10 dwt per ton.

Miss D.M. Opie was farewelled at Sara & Co.’s Burra North Store on 25 February, prior to her marriage with Mr Norrell Baynes. She had been there for more than eleven years. Mr F.T. Sara presented her with a silver tea and coffee service and the staff presented a set of polished mulga bookends. Best wished were extended by staff members: Mr R.G. Bernhardt and Miss Joyce Fairchild of the Burra Branch and Misses Sheila Fairchild and Joyce Jefferies of the Burra North Branch. Also Miss Daphne Irlam.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 2

A Farewell Social will be held at Leighton Hall on Wednesday 11 March for Ptes Geoff Gask, King Yates and Martin Milton.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 March

Sir Cedric Hardwicke & Freddie Bartholomew in Tom Brown’s Schooldays

George Sanders & Wendy Barrie in The Saint Takes Over

Miss Lil Sara is leaving T.W. Wilkinson & Co. (Mr Rex B. Martin) after tend years there. She was presented with a handsome hand bag. Miss Joyce Fairchild takes her place. Miss Sara is moving to Adelaide.

Mrs John Nickles of Copperhouse is leaving this week to live with her son Mr Lester Nickles at Woodville. She was born at Copperhouse and so was her late husband. She was educated at the Copperhouse School.

Farrell Flat Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival last Sunday. Mr Arnold Hunt, student in charge of the Kooringa Circuit took the service.

Obituary. Mrs F.G. Scholz died at her residence ‘Braefoot’ near Burra last Sunday. She is survived by a husband and a grown-up family.

[Probably born as Elise Margaretha Rasmus at Wakefield 27 June 1866, but married Frederick Gustav Scholz in 1889 as Eliza Margaret and died under those names 28 February 1942, Burra, residence near Burra.]

Sister Elvyn Wittwer, sister of Mrs Tom Heinrich of Dutton’s Trough, who has been on a hospital staff in Malaya is reported safe and well.

Sister Nell Bentley, daughter of Mr & Mrs James Bentley of Tusmore and late of Burra, has now arrived back in Australia.

LAC Albert Sampson who had been stationed in Singapore has cabled to his parents Mr & Mrs Clem Sampson of Kalgoorlie that he is safe and well.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 4

A Farewell to Misses Lil Sara & Dorothy Opie is reported. Miss Lil Sara has now left for other work in the city and Miss Opie is to be married.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 5

Miss D.M. Opie & Mr N.J. Baynes were tendered a kitchen evening at Redruth Memorial Hall on 25 February. Mr E.W. Dunhill presided. Attendance was representative of the Church, Sunday School, Christian Endeavour, Girl Comrades and friends.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 6

AC1 Eric Field was tendered a social at Leighton on 24 February. He is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Jack Field of Leighton. The main speaker was Mr A.D. Mc Donald MP. Others were Leo Gill and Geoffrey Gask.

63, 8 (2), 3 March 1942, page 7

Black-Out Trial

[Details are given or repeated along with instructions for cars. The restrictions for the latter were quite severe – a 1 inch strip of lights from the headlights – rather harsh given that street lights beyond the 10 mile zone (presumably from the city and/or the coast) had only to be reduced by 50%. Other air raid precautions are listed.]

63, 9, 10 March 1942, page 1

Trial Black-Out at Burra

The trial was sprung on the town at 9.15 p.m. last Tuesday and lasted till 9.40 p.m. It was classed as highly successful. Street lights were turned off and residences were darkened. About a dozen delinquents were reported – in each case not having heard the bells.

Burra Town Council, 2 March

Highways Department advises that to conserve manpower only main roadworks of urgent necessity would be done.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. was ordered to brow-out all streetlights and to reduce their number to that stipulated in the agreement with Council.

Figures showed that a truck was much cheaper to operate than a horse and dray, but there is the issue of conserving petrol and this question will be further considered.

63, 9, 10 March 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 March

Irene Dunne & Cary Grant in Penny Serenade

Plus Shorts: Driving Rhythm

Alice in Wonderland

Shark Hunting

Timid Toreador

63, 9, 10 March 1942, page 3

Burra Civil Defence Committee

[A more detailed report on the trial black-out. Despite the general success a major problem was that the signals were not heard everywhere. A car’s headlights were visible from the air.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 7 March.

Farnden’s Hill – started to drive on a small leader in the west crosscut from Hogan’s Shaft at 25 ft level – advanced 8 ft – trace only. Stope continued 11 ft to 31 ft – average width of leader 3 inches – 12 dwt per ton.

63, 9, 10 March 1942, page 4

AC Murray Brandon was given a presentation when he arrived in Booborowie for a brief visit last Thursday.

Burra School. The Education Department ordered that trenches must be dug close to the school to act as air raid shelters. A working bee will be held on 14 March.

Obituary. Sgt Keith M. Mc Bride died on 23 January in North Africa. His parents are Senator P.A. & Mrs McBride. Keith was born in 1918 and was their second son and a grandson of Mrs & the late Mr Albert McBride and of the late Mr & Mrs E.W. Crewes. When quite young he went with his parents to live at Yardea Station. Later he was educated at Prince Alfred College where he was a noted sportsman. After school he took up grazing pursuits in the South East. He enlisted early in 1941, training at Somers, Victoria and later at Essendon and Wagga, where he received his wings. He left Australia in June 1941 and was for a time stationed in Egypt, Syria and Khartoum before going into action.

[Keith Martin McBride born 15 September 1917, Kooringa.]

63, 9, 10 March 1942, page 7

Air Raid Preparations

First Aid Posts have been established at:

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School

Salvation Army Hall

Redruth Methodist Sunday School

Oddfellows’ Hall

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 1

Burra High School

Air Raid Precaution exercises are being practised. They will be extended when the trenches are completed.

Burra School Air Raid Shelters

Many have contributed to the effort of building air raid shelters for the schools. Some 200 men now have the job nearly completed. Eddie Finch provided a tractor and borrowed the DC’s road plough to break the first two feet of the surface. Mr A. Przibilla drove the tractor and Messrs Irlam, Sid Bown and Bill Parker assisted.

A ground plan for the ‘W’-shaped trenches had been worked out. The work is not quite completed. More sandbags have to be filled for placing on the tops of trenches and one or two trenches require a little more depth. Next Saturday’s working bee will see it finished. Some of the boy students of the High School were busy on the western side of the school grounds. Fully 400 partook of tea in the afternoon, including ladies and children and a similar sumptuous tea was served at St Joseph’s School.

Mr Jennison, Chairman of the School Committee thanked all the workers and the ladies for supplying afternoon tea.

Mr P.J. Byrne, Chairman of the St Joseph’s School Committee paid tribute to the workers there.

On 28 March we hear that a similar working bee will be held for the Hospital.

[Details of the activity occupy two columns, but no real detail is provided of the location or appearance etc. of the actual trenches.]

Mr & Mrs W.H. French were farewelled at Booborowie Memorial Hall on Saturday 7 March, prior to their departure for Hawker. They had been in the town for two years.

[Despite almost a column of detail there is no indication of what Mr French did in the town for two years.]

Burra Burra DC, 2 March

Messrs Bednall & Worth offered the Council rooms 3 & 4 of Pearce’s Buildings. It was resolved to accept the offer.

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for the weekly mail run between Burra and Oakvale.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 March

Bing Crosby & Louise Campbell in The Starmaker

Rex Harrison & Valerie Hobson in Constantinople Express

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 3

Rev. C. Gray announced at last Sunday’s Evensong at St Mary’s that he would be leaving the parish shortly after a stay of three or four years. [He was inducted into the position 1 February 1939.]

LAC Albert Sampson, who is among RAAF personnel to have escaped from Singapore, arrived in Burra last night for a brief period of leave.

Hanson School had an air raid shelter constructed in the school grounds last Saturday by parents.

Burra North Red Cross on Friday last held the second in a series of Paddy’s Markets in the Betting Shop at Burra North, kindly loaned by Mr Grant*. Takings were £7-8-0.

[*Corrected 63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 5 to Mr [Alwin] Pearce.]

Fire. Mt Bryan was awakened by the cry of ‘Fire’ at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. Soon a number of men arrived, but they could save nothing of the home of Mr & Mrs Dan Meers and could only prevent the fire from spreading. About 6 a.m. they could spray water on the remains to secure the area. Mr & Mrs Meers escaped with only their night attire. Their daughter Margaret aged 4 hid under a table and was located by her screams. Mr Meers in getting her out was badly burnt across his back as he shielded her.

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 4

Burra RSL Wives Group AGM was held on 6 March and was very well attended. President Mrs Hawker read her report.

For the year their main work had been sewing and knitting for the war effort. They had also supported Anzac Sports Day.

Secretary Mrs Coverdale also reported. Membership had risen in the year from 60 to 86 – though quite a number had recently left the district. Average attendance at meetings was 30. In the past 13 months they had produced 385 woollen garments, 1,093 handkerchiefs and face washers and 8 bundles of magazines and books. On Anzac Sports Day when £994 nett profit was realised their share had been £131-18-2.

[Other money raising efforts are detailed.]

During the year 75 parcels had been sent to men in the Fighting Services.

Elected: President, Mrs Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H. Jennison & R.L. Steele; Secretary, Mrs A. Coverdale and Treasurer, Mrs R.J. Lloyd.

As an instance of their work, this month’s parcel to headquarters had contained:

19 pairs of socks

11 balaclava caps

1 pullover

70 handkerchiefs

29 face washers

A large number of magazines.

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 5

Civilian Registration

Complete registration of all civilians is part of placing Australia on a war footing. Forms must be completed and lodged before 25 March. [Details are given.]

After registration an identity card will be issued to British subjects only, to be carried by the individual.

Mr & Mrs A. B. Riggs learned on Friday last that their daughter Mavis Riggs was back in Australia after two years’ service abroad.

Sister Nell Bentley, daughter of Mr & Mrs James Bentley of Knoxville (Adelaide), who had served in Johore, Malaya, Singapore, Batavia and Java, arrived home safely last week after hair breadth escapes.

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 6

A Social was tendered at Leighton Hall on 11 March for local lads Privates Geoffrey Gask, Martin Milton and Ken Yates. Dancing preceded the formal part of the evening. President J. Field welcomed the three servicemen. Burra Mayor Mr Woollacott gave a speech followed by Mr McDonald MP. Each of the boys was given a parcel from the Comforts Cupboard Fund and then responded. Dancing continued to 2.30 a.m. The speeches were interspersed by songs from Sylvia Thomas, Mrs Max Pearce and Miss Mavis Fairchild (The Empire is Marching).

Advt. Notice concerning Identity Card and Civilian Registration.

63, 10, 17 March 1942, page 8

The Owen Gun. The production of the Australian designed Owen-submachine-gun will be greatly speeded up to full mass production following the acquisition of a further quantity of machine tools.

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 1

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church last Saturday

Samuel Clinton Briggs of Whyalla, son of Mr William and the late Mrs Briggs and

Greta Venetta Metcalf, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Percy Metcalf of Booborowie.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 2

Notice. Commonwealth of Australia. Registration of Aliens for Service

[There is a large notice 2 columns wide by 3⁄4 column deep listing the requirements and registration places. The latter were post offices and in the Burra District included: Burra, Burra North, Copperhouse, Hanson, Farrell Flat, Gum Creek, Mt Bryan, Mt Bryan East and World’s End Creek and incorrectly also lists Kooringa.]

Notice. Ladies’ Hairdressing Salon.

Mrs L.R. Lee nee Miss I. Bagnell will resume duties at Pearce’s Buildings on 1 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 March

Rosalind Russell & Brian Aherne in Hired Wife

Eduardo Cianelli & Lola Lane in Zanzibar

Pte Charles Herbert who left for overseas nine months ago has returned and spent a short leave in Burra with his parents Mr & Mrs George Herbert.

General Douglas MacArthur passed through Burra on Friday. People waiting for the ordinary passenger train from Terowie were thrilled to get a view of General MacArthur, his wife, young son and staff, who ran in ahead of the ordinary train in a special.

Notice. Registration of Aliens for Service

[Details of requirement occupy a large notice; 2 columns wide by 3⁄4 column deep.]

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 3

Ironmine Church Anniversary was held last Sunday. Rev. P.N. Potter the circuit minister preached one service at 3 p.m. to limit the use of petrol. The public tea was held on Monday with the public meeting later at 7.45 p.m.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Saturday 21 March

Lindsay Gordon Jettner, third son of Mr & Mrs E. Jettner of Leighton, married

Nancy Merle Voumard, only child of Mr A.D. Roy Voumard and the late Mrs Voumard of Copperhouse.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Obituary. Mrs T. H. Harvey died at Burra Hospital on Sunday 15 March. She was a district pioneer. She was born in Germany in 1862 and arrived in Australia aged 3. She resided in a variety of localities until she married Thomas Harvey in 1881. Their early married life was spent at Waukaringa and Wonna and they settled at Burra 44 years ago. Her husband died in 1910. There were three sons and two daughters of who two sons and one daughter survive: Messrs Harry & Eddie Harvey and Mrs Hurtle Baynes. There are 4 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

[Married as Mary Emelia Ernastina Lange: died as Mary Emelle Ernestine Harvey 13 March 1942, Burra, residence Booborowie.]

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 4

Burra Town Council, 21 March

Dr Steele requested the Council guarantee the Burra Civil Defence Committee up to £100 for bandages and dressings in the event of an actual air raid.

The Town Clerk complained of an unwarranted attack on him by one of the Councillors at the last meeting. He looked to the Council for protection in his position of Clerk.

Mr Mayor said he had carried out his work for many years well. If a Councillor again abused the Clerk he would stick to the Standing Orders of Council and ruled there be no further discussion on the matter.

Cr Lott moved His Worship’s ruling not be upheld, but he was not seconded.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. said concerning the reduction in streetlights that the Council should have 30 lights at £4-16-0 and 5 at £5-18-0 p.a. At present there were 59 lights. The light in the Rotunda was supplied free and this might also be cut by the Company. Councillors will inspect their wards and decide on which lights would be cut.

The Local Government Department has instructed the removal of all direction sign; the posts to be left standing.

Parking in front of the SAFU store is to be prohibited after a request from the Defence Department.

Dr Steele addressed Council on plans for local stores to keep a quantity of medical supplies for use in the event of an air raid. The Council was asked to guarantee £100, which would not be spent unless an air raid actually occurred. The Committee also wanted £20 in cash for medical supplies now.

Council agreed to the guarantee request and granted £15 cash.

Cr Reed advised he would not be able to attend further Council meetings because of military duties. He was given leave of absence till June, when he could resign and the vacancy could be filled at an ordinary election.

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 5

Booborowie School Penny Concert

There is a lengthy report of about 2 columns for this event, which raised £1-7-3 for the Schools’ Patriotic Fund.

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 6

Marriage. Prospect North Methodist Church, recently

Mr E.R. Johnston, the stationmaster at Hanson, married Miss I.J. Hutchins. He has returned to duty after the event.

63, 11, 24 March 1942, page 7

Burra Schools Air Raid Trenches

Another working bee was held last Saturday and a large number of workers attended. Another is scheduled for next Saturday 28 March to complete the task.

CWA met on Friday. Mrs R. Grant reported on camouflage net making. More people are learning the art. Mr A. Bown had completed 5 nets for the month.

63, 12, 31 March 1942, page 1

St Patrick’s Night Ball at Booborowie replaced the usual sports meeting. Rainmakers Band was ably assisted by piano accordion and banjo players from the Whyalla pipeline camp at Gum Creek. Mr J.W. Hogan was MC.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 21 March.

Farnden’s Hill – continued drive in west crosscut from Hogan’s Shaft – no values – advanced 8 ft to 16 ft.

Continued stope 10 ft to 41 ft – values are better – c. 15 dwt per ton.

Have arranged for a crushing at the battery next week.

63, 12, 31 March 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Easter Program

Friday 3 April

Joan Bennett & George Sanders in Man Hunt

Cesar Romero & Beth Hughes in Ride on Vaquero

Saturday 4 April

Ronald Coleman & Ginger Rogers in Lucky Partners

Laurel & Hardy in Flying Duces

Monday 6 April

Jane Withers & John Sutton in A Very Young Lady

Sydney Toler as Charlie Chan in Dead Men Tell

Sgt-Pilot Donald McDonald, who is training in Canada, has cabled his brother Colin McDonald of Leighton that he has qualified as a pilot.

63, 12, 31 March 1942, page 4

Black-Out Instructions

[An article of about 23⁄4 columns of official instructions on ‘How to Black-Out Your Home’.]

63, 12, 31 March 1942, page 5

Booborowie School Parents Biennial Meeting was held on 28 March and is reported in c. 1⁄3 column.

63, 12, 31 March 1942, page 7

Annual Appeal of Mt Bryan FFCF. The appeal raised £193-2-10. [Donors are listed with amounts.]

Foxes and Eaglehawks are numerous in the Mt Bryan East District.

Marriage. Willalo Methodist Church, 28 March

Clarice Shackleford, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.W. Shackleford of ‘Broadview’ Willalo, married

Leslie Woodman, only son of Mr & Mrs George Woodman of Hallett.

[Details in just over 1⁄2 column.]

Pte F.J. Doddrell, brother of Mr & Mrs T. Doddrell, has been here on leave after being overseas.

In Burra on short leaves have been:

Pte Charles Kelly

The Jesser Boys

Tom Allen

Pte I. Ogilvie.

Mrs Ken Dawson went to Adelaide last week to welcome her husband after 17 months’ service overseas.

Cpl Reg. Davey is back in Australia.

Sgt Reg. Lee, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Will Lee, is home on short leave. He enlisted in another state and is accompanied by his wife and little daughter.

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 1

Mt Bryan School had a working bee last Saturday to work on air raid shelters for the school children. About 30 men turned out to construct the shelters on the Hall property. The covering work will be done next Saturday.

Burra Civil Defence Committee advises that a try-out for Air Raid Precautions will be held between 2 and 3 p.m. on Saturday 18 April. [Instructions occupy almost one column.]

Kooringa Methodist Church has farewelled Rev. P.N. Potter who was appointed to the position just over a year ago. Just prior to Christmas Rev. Neil Usher of Redruth Methodist Church enlisted as a padre. Mr Potter was given charge of both circuits in Burra and went to live in Redruth. He has covered the Kooringa Circuit as well with the help of Mr Arnold Hunt, a student from Wesley College.

At the end of the service at Kooringa on Sunday Mr Edgar Pearce, one of the church officers, paid tribute to the work of Rev. Potter and also to that of his wife. A presentation of a lovely eiderdown was made on Monday. Rev. & Mrs Potter leave today for Cummins.

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 April

Robert Young & Helen Gilbert in Florian

Lew Ayres & Laraine Day in Dr Kildare Goes Home

The Anglican Bishop will visit next Sunday 12 April

7.30 a.m. Mt Bryan

9.00 a.m. St Mary’s, Burra

10.45 a.m. Booborowie, Confirmation

3.15 p.m. Black Springs, Confirmation

7.00 p.m. St Mary’s, Burra, Confirmation

Burra Girl Guides will hold a Paddy’s Market in Market Square on Friday.

Black-Out. Official information has been received that Burra must be blacked-out because it is within 100 miles of the coastal high water mark.

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 3

Gunner Stan Moore sends a set of verses from Pt Moresby headed Dear Mum, I’m Safe and Well. (31 lines.)

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 4 April

Edgar E. Sloan, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Sloan of Gawler, married

Gladys Broad, youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Broad of Burra.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 5

Rev. P.N. Potter preached his last service at Redruth Methodist Church last Sunday morning. The congregation included two previous ministers of Redruth Circuit: Revs J.C. Jennison and Neil Usher and also two nursing sisters back from overseas service; Miss Mavis Riggs and Miss Nell Bentley. Mr Arnold Hunt took the evening service at the close of which Mr W.H. Lloyd spoke in appreciation of Rev. & Mrs Potter’s service and a presentation was made of a stainless tray and an envelope of silver coins.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 4 April

Donald Keith Williams, second son of Mr & Mrs T. Williams of ‘Buckland Hills’ Ironmine, married

Mavis Jean White, only daughter of Mrs & the late Mr James R. White of ‘Wildotta’ near Burra.

[Details in just over 1 column.]

63, 13, 7 April 1942, page 6

John Newbold of the staff of the Burra Branch of the Bank of Australasia since 1935 has been transferred to Mt Barker. He and Mrs Newbold with their small son expect to leave Burra next week.

Home for Short Leave Last Week:

Private Rex Opperman

Charlie Jesser

Lin Jesser

W. Griffiths

Reg. Schwier

Captain Reg. Davey

Sister Mavis Riggs

Sister Nell Bentley who saw service in Johore, Malaya, Singapore, Batavia and Java and was on a ship that was bombed three or four times.

Driver Les Hirschausen has recently returned from overseas and returns to duty tomorrow after leave here.

Pte Bert Hirschausen has also been home on leave from Caulfield, Victoria.

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 1

Marriage. Willalo Methodist Church, 4 April

Phyllis Mary Colbert, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J.T. Colbert of Willalo, married

Leslie Kenneth Buckett, youngest son of Mrs F. & the late Mr Buckett of Norwood.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 April

John Clement & C. Aubrey Smith in The Four Feathers

Plus short features

Burra Girl Guides raised £4-2-6 at their recent ‘shop’.

L-Cpl G.R. Brown broke his shoulder blade and three ribs when he was assisting Mr H. Brown at Gum Creek to repair a shed he was working on. He fell through the roof to the floor.

A Social will be tendered to five Burra soldiers this evening at the Burra Institute:

Privates R.M. Reed

J. Oates

C.W. Griffiths

N.C. Finch

J. Harris

Accident. Mr & Mrs P. Fiedler’s buggy overturned near the hospital on Thursday afternoon after the horse slipped. There were no serious injuries.

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 3

Mr Arnold Hunt who has been assisting Rev. P.N. Potter at Kooringa was farewelled at the conclusion of last Sunday’s evening service. He was presented with an envelope of money.

Burra Civil Defence Committee has acquired a siren, which will be installed at the Burra Water Works and will be tried out in the near future.

Sgt L.H. Thomas of Burra has advised his mother that he has received a commission in the field in the AIF.

Pte Alex Ford is in Burra on leave at present, having returned from overseas.

Rev. S. & Mrs Martin arrived in Burra last week to take over the vacancy caused by the removal of Mr A.D. Hunt, who now resumes studies at Wesley College.

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 4

Burra Town Council, 6 April

Council will confer with the Electric Supply Company on the subject of streetlights.

It was resolved that the guns in Commercial Road be removed and stored at the Council depot for the duration of the War.

Messrs Unbehaun & Johnson quoted £61-10-0 for an air raid siren, plus packing charges.

SA Caledonian Pipe Band will visit Burra this year for Anzac Day. The band will lead the procession to the service.

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 5

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 4 April.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping advanced 7 ft to 48 ft – leader has widened to 4 inches and shows c. 15 dwt per ton.

Drive west from crosscut off Hogan’s Shaft advanced 6 ft to 22 ft and has been discontinued.

Crushed 5 tons 6 cwt for 10 oz 11 dwt 15 gr.

Glendore Methodist Church Anniversary Services were held on 29 March. Rev. A.K. I’Anson officiated.

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary Services last Sunday. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 14, 14 April 1942, page 7

Pte Angus McInnes was tendered a social at Hallett last Saturday. Two of the local boys who have returned from overseas and were home on leave also attended; Wesley Miller and Theo. Pohlner. A social was held in the Methodist Supper Room in honour of Pte Wesley Miller after his 18 months abroad.

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 1

Elizabeth A. Ward of Hill St, Burra submits a poem Australia Knows for Anzac Day 1942.

Burra Physical Culture and Dancing Club

This was formed in October 1941, since when about 40 girls have attended each week. They will present a display of physical culture and dancing on 6 May. This will include ballet work and tapping as well as posing, Grecian Dancing, figure marching and callisthenics. Between the dancing items will be humorous sketches and popular song and dance numbers. Mr Darrell Field and his orchestra will provide the accompaniment. Proceeds will aid the FFCF, Red Cross and the Salvation Army.

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 2

Burra Burra DC. Annual Elections

The following Councillors retire due to the effluxion of time and nominations are called by 2 May 1942 for their positions. Elections on 4 July if required.

Mongolata Ward Isaac James Warnes

Farrell Flat Ward Harold Carter Atkins

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Burra Town Council

The following retire on 1st Saturday in July due to the effluxion of time and nominations for their positions are called by 2 May with elections if required on 4 July.

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott

North Ward Gilbert Philip Sherlock Harvey

Richard Malcolm Reed (resigned)

East Ward Robert Clifton Lott

West Ward Cornelius William Samuel

Notice. A working bee will be held in the Hospital Grounds at 2 p.m. on 25 April for the purpose of excavating slit trenches. (Postponed from last Saturday on account of the ARP try-out.)

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 April

Henry Fonda & Joan Bennett in Wild Geese Calling

George Montgomery & Mary Beth Hughes in The Cowboy and the Blonde

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 3

Cpl Hugh Dunstan & Trooper Len Dare were tendered a social at Mt Bryan East Methodist Church on 13 April. [Details in c. 2⁄3 column.]

Obituary. Pilot Officer Dunstone, son of Dr & Mrs Dunstone of Woodville, has been killed in the Middle East. He was at one time at the Bank of Australasia in Burra. [He transferred from Burra to Adelaide in May 1937.

Clive Colin Dunstone born 16 August 1917, North Adelaide: died 25 November 1941.]

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 5

Eight Local Lads and two visitors were given a farewell social at the Burra Institute on Tuesday evening:

Cpl Ken Moore

Cpl Walter Nankivell

Pte Jack Harris – born in the UK, but has lived here for some time.

Tpr Norman Finch

Tpr Jack Oates

Tpr R.M. Dick Reed

Tpr Colin Bruce

Dvr Dick Launer

Sgt M. de N. Lucas of Hanson

And visitor Tpr Martin

Speakers were Mr A.B. Riggs, Dr Steele and Mr S.C. Genders. Presentations were made and these speeches were interspersed with songs from Mr G. Dollman, Miss Mavis Fairchild and Mr S.E.R. Gare.

[Details in 12⁄3 columns.]

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 6

Burra Red Cross after its last meeting co-operated with the Hall Committee in the unveiling of an enlarged photograph of the late Trooper T. Bruce who was killed on active service. [The accompanying detail suggests the Hall was the Booborowie Hall. Thomas Andrew Bruce, born 19 Jan. 1921, Mt Barker: died 10 July 1941, k.i.a.]

Burra Primary School’s War Effort to date totals £681-14-6, comprising:

War Savings Stamps & Certificates £484-4-4

Waste Products £131-11-0

Patriotic Fund £65-19-2

£4-17-3 has also been collected for Minda Homes.

A Social was arranged at Leighton Hall on Tuesday 14 April for:

AC1 Colin Earle

Tpr Marty Hogan

Tpr Bert Scholz

Tpr Aubrey Finch

Tpr Tom Lynch

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 15, 21 April 1942, page 7

Burra Burra DC, 7 April

Highways & Local Government Department advises that all destination and township signs are to be removed.

Copperhouse School requests 12 Blue Gum trees for Arbor Day on 26 June. Council will supply same.

Burra Civil Defence Local Advisory Committee

The ARP try-out is reported in 11⁄4 columns. The signals were clear and distinctly heard. The four aid posts were fitted up and ready for casualties. Transport and despatch riders were in place. Ladies were ready to serve refreshments. All others involved were in place and ready.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 1

Sgt N. Jesser & Cpl T. Carpenter were given a social at Burra Institute on Monday 20 April. The Mayor presided. Pte Hall of the AIF who recently returned from abroad was also welcomed as was Rev. H. Bartlett who recently returned to Australia from New Guinea. Musical items were intermingled by Mrs Max Pearce, Miss Mavis Fairchild and Mr Guy Dollman, who also led the community singing. Rev. H. Bartlett has come to take charge of the Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit. Rev. Bartlett spoke of the Japanese invasion of Rabaul and of his escape in a small launch, first to Port Moresby and thence to Australia.

[Details in just over 21⁄2 columns.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 18 April.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping advanced 6 ft to 54 ft with erratic values – average c. 15 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – commenced crosscut to north drive from 70 ft level – advanced 6 ft.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 May

Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire in Vernon & Irene Castle

Jonathan Hale & Helene Whitney in The Saint’s Double Trouble

The Hospital Working Bee on Saturday saw about twelve men at work making slit trenches. Much remains to be done and another working bee will take place next Saturday.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 3

The Caledonian Pipe Band arrived in the town just before 6 p.m. on Saturday with their manager Mr Andrew Small. They were met by members of the RSL and taken to the Royal Exchange Hotel for tea. They later marched to Kooringa where they delighted folk with several numbers before returning to Burra North, where they gave a concert at the Methodist Memorial Hall to a full house. Interspersed were songs by Mrs Max Pearce, Miss Mavis Fairchild and Mr Guy Dollman. Mr H. White was accompanist.

Drum Major Tom Caldwell won the VC in France in the Great War.

Burra has a representative in the band in Piper C. Gemmell who was born here and whose people lived in the district for many years.

Mr T.H. Woollacott has signalled his intention of standing again for the position of Mayor. When many houses in Burra were empty due to the drift to the city, he approached the Government and refilled them with people residing in the city who were not involved in the war effort. Businessmen in Burra have benefited from the extra trade thus generated.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 4

Burra Town Council, 20 April

Burra Electric Supply C. will meet with Council on 20 October to consider lighting restrictions.

Cr Reed tendered his resignation as Councillor owing to military duties.

Sister Jean McDonald was tendered a social at Leighton Hall on 21 April. Dancing preceded the formal proceedings at 10 p.m. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Combined School Sports were held at the Booborowie Oval on 11 April. Five Schools competed: North Booborowie, South Booborowie, Spalding, Willalo & Yakilo.

Yakilo won with 34 points followed by South Booborowie 221⁄2, North Booborowie 171⁄2, Spalding 14 and Willalo 8. Yakilo also won the three cups:

Kerin Cup (Boys) with 5 firsts and 1 third

Committee Cup (Girls) with 3 firsts, 3 seconds and 1 third

Hawker Cup for most points

The A. & L. Pearce Cup for the relay also went to Yakilo.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 6

Allan Harry, eldest son of Mrs J. Nelson of Burra is presently a munition worker in Sydney. He is a boxer of some note, losing only three of thirty contests. He is currently lightweight champion of SA.

He has also just defeated the Queensland Champion in a technical knock-out in the 11th round.

Marriage. St Aidan’s Tanunda, 15 April

Nan Rohrig (Sister Rohrig of Burra Hospital), elder daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Rohrig of Tanunda, married

Sgt R.T. Klaebe of Maitland. [Details in c. 1⁄3 column.]

Milton Lambert RAAF was recently tendered a social at Willalo Hall, having just completed training in Victoria.

Rev. H.K. Bartlett was tendered a welcome social at the Redruth Memorial Hall on Thursday 23 April.

[Details in just over 1⁄3 column.]

Weather. Thunderstorms have delivered very variable totals across the district in the period since 20 April. To the east Balah scored 4 points, but Oakleigh got 70. Many places received over half an inch. Kooringa got 25 points in ten minutes at 4 p.m. on Sunday, deluging the large crowd at the Anzac Service. At Aberdeen only 4 points fell. Burra’s total since Monday last is 95 points.

Mr Arthur Prior & Mr Gilbert Prior were in Burra for the Anzac Service. (Both are returned men from the Great War.)

Sister Betty Uren has been visiting Mr & Mrs H.L. Riggs at Bazentin Station. She has recently returned from overseas service in London during the blitz and also later served at hospitals in the Middle East.

63, 16, 28 April 1942, page 7

The Anzac Commemorative Service was held on Sunday afternoon in Market Square.

In places the cars were four deep. The Caledonian Pipe Band led the march from the RSL Club to the Hospital and then back to the War Memorial. Leading the returned men were the President of the local RSL Mr S.C. Genders and Warrant Officer Warren of Terowie. Sister Keynes nee Armstrong was also present.

Mr Eric Murray led the Home Guard and Mrs A. Tennant the Red Cross Aids and Transport Drivers. Girl Guides followed with Divisional Commander Mrs R.C. Lott.

Rev. C. Gray (Anglican) led the service assisted by Rev. H.K. Bartlett (Methodist) and Captain Gannoway (Salvation Army). The threatening rain held of until the minute of closing when it came in a deluge and scattered the crowd to cars and nearby verandahs.

63, 17, 5 May 1942, page 1

Fierce Electrical Storm Over Burra

Last Saturday night and early Sunday morning Burra experienced one of the fiercest electrical storms in its history. It started with vivid lightning in the northwest and then struck with heavy rain and wind, which reached a climax at about 1.30 a.m. Sunday when hail also fell. Lightning flashed every few seconds and the thunder was continuous. It is thought that a tornado traversed Burra North from about Drew & Crewe’s Bulk Store to Sara & Co.’s shop. Mr J. Robin’s house (in a row of four) and an empty one next to it lost their roofs and in Mr Robin’s house a chimney fell onto a bed that had been vacated only moments before. One of Mr Stockman’s sheds lost its roof and one wall, burying in its debris a large number of fowls. Some damage was done to Drew & Crewe’s Bulk Store and some of the fence at the Shell Depot was blown down. Apparently skipping over Mrs Reed’s house, it then twisted all the branches off a cedar tree between Mr J. Harvey’s shop and Sara & Co.’s store room on the road to Gully’s Wharf. Sheets of galvanised iron were found along the storm’s route. Fortunately the hour meant most people were indoors or the debris could have caused fatal injuries. One of Mr Stockman’s cows had a horn cut off, but otherwise suffered only minor lacerations. Lightning could be seen running along the electric light mains and sometimes caused the lights to glow. This storm also seems to have touched the Paradise area of Kooringa where a side and the back of Mr W. Harfield’s garage were blown out and a chimney of Mr Davey’s residence (adjoining) was blown down. All creeks flowed freely and the Burra Creek was a roaring torrent.

Miss Myrtle Seaford, fourth daughter of Mrs H. Seaford has been on the staff of the local telephone exchange since leaving school. Last week she received news of her transfer to the Central Exchange in Adelaide and she left for there by Saturday afternoon’s train.

Koonoona Rams sold well in the Sydney Stud Sheep Sales. Despite the adverse conditions presently the average for 12 special and stud sires was £104 compared with £128-6-0 for 15 last year. Top priced was a 2-year-old son of Sampson for 300 gns and a son of Jubilee was second, realising 230 gns.

63, 17, 5 May 1942, page 2

LAC Max McCormack thanks people of Booborowie for their welcome home social.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 May

Cesar Romero & Carole Landis in Dance Hall

George Montgomery & Osa Massen in Accent on Love

Obituary. Mary Lynda Walker, wife of Alfred Leslie Walker, died on 4 May at Burra aged 55. She was the mother of Corris, Betty, Molly and Robert. [See more at page 5.]

Burra Hospital Board thanks all who helped in excavating slit trenches. It is hoped to complete the work on 9 May.

Presentations were made to three of our soldiers at Miss D. Warner’s Café last night:

Cpl Stan Timms

Pte J. Robins

Pte H. Aberg

The Weather. The rain since last Wednesday has been general in both the agricultural and pastoral areas. The herbage has had a wonderful start with no cold breaks or frost to burn it off.

C.W. Dare at Mt Bryan East recorded an inch before Wednesday and then 136 points Wednesday night.

Hedley McWaters at World’s End has had 215 points. Among others Thistlebeds reports 81 points, Burra 81, Woolgangi 109, Koomooloo 165, Sturt Vale 104, The Gums 250, Quondong 150, Ketchowla 115 and Mallett 89. In the agricultural areas Gum Creek reports 180, Koonoona 160, Farrell Flat 130 and the Booborowie-Leighton areas 185 to 190 points.

63, 17, 5 May 1942, page 4

Burra Fighting Forces Comforts Fund Annual Appeal

This was conducted through the last month and raised £423-4-1.

[The page is filled with the list of donors and the amounts given.

63, 17, 5 May 1942, page 5

Nurses Hutchinson & Mayfield who have served two years on the staff of Burra Hospital, left last week to continue training at the RAH.

Morgan was ‘Blitzed’ on Saturday afternoon in practice air raid manoeuvres by three Yankee bombers. They crisscrossed the town and all but landed in the street.

Obituary. The death of Mrs Alfred Walker was announced yesterday to the surprise of her friends, for although she had been in indifferent health the seriousness of it had been unknown to her many friends. Mrs Walker was a keen Red Cross member and active in patriotic work. She leaves a husband and three daughters: Corris, Mrs Glan Tiver; Betty, Mrs J.F. Fletcher of Adelaide and Miss Molly Walker and one surviving son, Robert Walker of Adelaide. There are three grandchildren. [Mary Lynda (Molly) Day was the adopted daughter of Luke and Hester (Esther) Day; born about 1887 and died 4 May 1942, Burra.]

Obituary. Mr Thomas Philip Halls died on Friday. Halls’ bus service between Kooringa and the Burra station was established well over 50 years ago and until his health prevented it Mr Halls successfully carried on the business he took over from his father. His death at 56 closes another old established business. He died at a private hospital in Adelaide. He was born in Kooringa 24 December 1886 and was the only surviving son of Mrs Isabella and the late Mr T.P. Halls. He was educated at Burra School and on leaving school assisted his father who at that time owned livery stables. His late brother Mr Lindsay (Joe) Halls, who passed away in 1928, also assisted. Prior to their father’s death many years ago, the two brothers carried on the business and there was no better known personality on the Burra Railway platform than ‘Tommy’ Halls. He will be greatly missed by the travelling community, especially stock owners. He was always cheerful and obliging and his genial, kind nature was not kept only for the travelling public. Many acts of generosity and kindness have been done by him, known only to a few. He would canvass quietly for the poor and needy and hand the proceeds over to a trusted friend to use on their behalf, taking no credit to himself. All kinds of sport had his support and interest. The local Red Cross will miss him, as he took all their parcels, and they were many, to or from the station free of charge. His rival and friend Mr Alex Bevan has carried on this service since Mr Halls’ illness and intends to continue. His final illness has extended over some months and he faced his end with courage and without a murmur. He is survived by his mother and sisters, Mrs Charles J. Pearce of Strathalbyn and Mrs P.W. Lindsay of Croydon. He left a grown-up family and his son Robert attended the funeral, which was largely attended. Members of the Buffalo Lodge formed a guard of honour.

[Born 20 December 1886, Kooringa: died 1 May 1942, Northfield, residence Kooringa.]

63, 17, 5 May 1942, page 6

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Report of the manager for the fortnight ending 2 May.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping continued 6 ft to 60 ft – values erratic in a lode averaging 4 inches – c. 15 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – continuing crosscut from 70 ft level – advanced 6 ft to 12 ft, cut a leader, but no values.

63, 18, 12 May 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 4 May

Defence Department asks that the road in front of Thomson’s Garage be a prohibited area for parking.

Elections:

Mayor T.H. Woollacott (elected unopposed)

North Ward J. Harvey (elected unopposed)

J.S. Fisher (elected unopposed)

West Ward C.W. Samuel (elected unopposed)

East Ward R.A. Bevan

R.C. Lott

An election will be held for East Ward.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. is experimenting with brown-out shades for streetlights – three weeks grace has been granted.

Resolved to raise the sides of the bridge near Mr Pledges by means of a wire to prevent people falling over in the brown-out.

Resolved that repairs be made to the bridge in Chapel Street and minor repairs be made to Holder Garden.

Marriage. St Joseph’s, Burra, 2 May

Claureen Mary Doherty, younger daughter of John & the late Mrs Doherty of Gum Creek, married

Ignatius Michael Carmody of Leighton. They will live at Helmsdale, Adelaide.

[Details in 1 column.]

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth I’Anson of Iandra NSW died on 9 April at the Young District Hospital, NSW aged 69. She was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Andrew Coon of SA and was born at Cartapo near Hallett. She was married at Gumbowie when 23 and lived at Wonna, Peterborough and Terowie for about ten years before moving to Iandra NSW, where they have lived since 1906. She is survived by her husband, two sons (Alfred & Cyril), two daughters (Mesdames R. Dawe & H. Beard) and ten grandchildren. She also leaves two sisters in SA; Mrs E. Davies of Jamestown and Mrs J. Davies of Munduney via Hallett as well as one brother, Alfred Coon of Jamestown and one brother and one sister in NSW.

[Born Elizabeth Coon 30 December 1872, Cartarpo: married Leonard Nourse I’Anson in 1895.]

Bill McBride late of Redcliffe is back from the Middle East, having been through some strenuous times, but looking fit and well.

Jack McBride, son of Mr Bob McBride, is in camp in the AIF.

63, 18, 12 May 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 May

Rex Harrison & Margaret Lockwood in Night Train to Munich

Frank Morgan & Virginia Grey in Hullabaloo

Sgt R. Motley of the AIF has returned from abroad and is presently in Burra and thanks the ladies of the FFCF for the parcels they send. He received one ‘though he had not visited Burra for many years.’

Another parcel missed him, but was handed on to Lance Matthews from Farrell Flat.

63, 18, 12 May 1942, page 3

The Physical Culture and Dance Display was staged at the Burra Institute last Wednesday evening.

[The presentation is described in 11⁄2 columns.]

63, 18, 12 May 1942, page 4

Burra Institute asks the Council for Financial Assistance

On 4 May the Finance Committee of the Institute comprising Messrs A.B. Riggs, F.C. Worth, F. Reed, R.T. Bowles, H. Jennison and S.C. Genders waited on the Council and asked for financial assistance.

Mr A.B. Riggs said that for 12 months ending January 1942 the Institute had been without a committee and thanks were due to the four trustees who had carried on. The Burra Corporation was one of the largest that did not have a Civic Hall of its own. There was no agreement between the Corporation and the Institute about the use of the Council Chambers. The Committee found it was the rule in SA for Councils to assist the Institutes and they thought this Council could do likewise. He suggested the Council strike a 3d rate for the purpose.

Mr Genders said the committee was finding difficulty in making ends meet. The library was one of the best outside Adelaide and his committee was keen to put the affairs of the Institute on a sound financial footing. A goods committee had been elected this year, but did not have a penny to spend on renovations and it was a pity to let such a fine building deteriorate. He also hated to think the library could be closed and dispersed. Expenditure had been cut to the bone. Other Corporations had assisted Institutes in their centres to the extent of £100.

His Worship said that in other words the committee wanted the Corporation to collect money for the Institute Committee to spend.

Mr Bowles asked if a special rate had been struck to aid the Institute last year.

His Worship said that when rates had been struck the Institute had not been taken over by the Council. At a meeting held on the subject a unanimous vote had been recorded for the Corporation to take over the Institute.

Mr Genders said all the money would not be spent on renovations because interest and principal dues were in arrears. The DC had granted the committee the sum of £50 that afternoon.

Cr Lott asked if the Corporation gave a donation could the Council have sole use of the Council Chamber.

Mr Riggs said he could practically guarantee that.

His Worship said the committee had already been given two lots of £60 by the Corporation and had received all the money from the ‘Back to Burra’ and the very furniture in the Council Chamber had been bought by public effort. The Council would like a room of its own. Shortly he would call a ratepayers’ meeting and the matter would be discussed.

Cr Kellaway said the Institute had received c. £120 from the Council when he was Mayor. If the committee received any further assistance from the Council he would suggest it be donated on a rental basis for the Council Room, giving the Council sole use of it.

The matter will lie on the table till the next meeting.

Presentations were made last Monday evening at Miss Decima Warner’s Café to soldiers home on leave:

Cpl Stan Timms Jnr

Pte Jack Robins

Pte Hartley Aberg

Mayor T.H. Woollacott presided. He commented that all were married men and commended each for joining up. Pte Robins had shown he could take a reverse when last Saturday’s wind had taken the roof off his home at Burra North. Pte Aberg had joined in February and left a wife and three children. Cpl Timms had long experience with the Light Horse, the Militia and now the AIF.

A.B. Riggs said he knew Pte Robins well – especially when he took a job at Sara & Co. after leaving school. Each man was presented with a wrist watch to be obtained from Wendt’s and to have it inscribed. The committee had been unable to get them sent up in time for the social.

63, 18, 12 May 1942, page 5

Pte Jack McCarthy late of Burra North has returned from the Middle East.

63, 19, 19 May 1942, page 1

Mrs D. L. Matheson was given a farewell at Mt Bryan Institute on 9 May. She is moving to Adelaide after 15 years as Post Mistress at Mt Bryan. [Details in just over 1 column.]

63, 19, 19 May 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 May

Errol Flynn & Randolph Scott in Virginia City

Plus Short Features

Burra Burra DC: Elections

The following were all elected unopposed:

Mongolata Ward Isaac James Warnes

Farrell Flat Ward Harold Carter Atkins

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Mary Mahy Mayfield of North Booborowie.

[Born Mary Mahy Goodwin 20 December 1875, Port Victor: died 18 April 1942, Burra, residence Booborowie. Married Henry Arnold Mayfield 1903.]

Mr & Mrs Maurice F. Humphrys thank all for the happy time given to their son Lt Donald Humphrys during his home leave.

Pte Albert Kerin is reported missing in action. He enlisted in 1940 and is 22 years old, was born in Burra and lived here all his life. Prior to his enlisting he was working for Mr McDonald on a station near Mannahill.

63, 19, 19 May 1942, page 3

Rev. C. Gray was given a farewell and presentation of a travelling rug at the conclusion of the service at Black Springs Church of the Ascension on 26 April.

Obituary. Mrs Fred Eig died suddenly on Thursday afternoon. She was conversing with friends in front of Messrs Walker and Sons’ drapery department when her daughter Mrs H. Seaford Sen. came along and joined the group. Mrs Seaford asked if she felt all right and she replied that she was, but a minute later she fell forward. Mrs G.B. Morgan (Sister Villis) was nearby and went to assist, as did Mr Walker. Mrs Eig was carried into the shop and Dr Steven was sent for, but upon arrival he found she had died of heart failure. The deceased had been a resident since 1920. She was born in Castlereagh River NSW 8 January 1863 as the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs David Harrison and married Mr Frederick Eig. After his death she came to Burra as members of her family were living here or in SA. Last week she received news that her youngest son Pte Stanley Eig was reported missing and believed to be a POW. She had also received news that a grandson Pte Fred Eig, son of Mr & Mrs David Eig of Mile End, had been mentioned in despatches for conspicuous bravery. She leaves a grown-up family of seven surviving children, four of them resident in SA: Mrs H. Seaford of Burra, Mr Dave C. Eig of Mile End, Mrs A. Goodridge of Booborowie and PTE Stan Eig POW, bot who prior to his enlistment was postmaster at Barmera Post Office. There are twenty grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mr Dave Eig saw service in the Great War and his two sons are in the AIF, as are three other grandsons of the late Mrs Eig.

[Born Emma Harrison 8 January 1863 Castlereagh River, NSW: died 14 May 1942, Burra.]

63, 19, 19 May 1942, page 5

Warrant Officer Jock H. Murison sends a greeting to Burra friends from ‘somewhere in Australia’. He has met in his location Dick Cousins, Ted Riggs, Tom Phelan, David Spier and Ron Fitzgerald. Basil Billing is his driver.

Rev Fr Molloy who has been priest in charge of St Joseph’s for the past few months will leave here on Thursday next, to be replaced by Rev. Fr Dr Toal, who left some months ago to undertake military duties. We understand Rev. Dr Toal has had to relinquish military duties for medical reasons.

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 1

Accident. The two-year-old son of Mr & Mrs S.E. Truscott and grandchild of Mrs F.T. Pascoe fell with his pusher down the ford near Alf Gebhardt’s last week. No one knows quite how, as he was out with one of the older children. He survived with a severe shaking and minor abrasions.

M-C Martin at Burra North for 31⁄4 years has been transferred to Georgetown and left today with his wife and two small daughters. M-C Brook comes from Adelaide to fill the vacancy.

Lynette Martin, eight-year-old daughter of M-C Martin of Burra North has collected £18-10-0 worth of waste material for the war effort and has earned her third aeroplane for her effort. Barbara Hill (10) daughter of Mrs & the late Mr Horace Hill has gained one aeroplane.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 16 May.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping advanced 6 ft to 66 ft – values c. 15 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – continued east crosscut from 70 ft level to 18 ft – cut another quartz leader, but no values.

5 tons of ore from the stope is to be treated next week.

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 1

Obituary. Mr John Williams of Hampton died on 13 May. He had been a lifelong townsman for almost 80 years and was keenly interested in minerals. He had been prospecting around the district for many years and although happy to show specimens of his finds, never disclosed their location. He was born in Kapunda 19 July 1862 and came to Burra when quite young. Later in life he married Miss Ada Lomman of Paradise and they lived at Hampton. Five of a family of seven survive: Grace, Mrs H. Butt of Edithburgh; Mr Jack Williams; Dorothy, Mrs George Kakoschke; Olive, Mrs Fred Seaford, all of Burra North and Pte Darby Williams of the AMF. There are ten grandchildren; eight boys and two girls.

[Born 19 July 1862, Light Bridge: died 13 May 1942, Burra.]

Obituary. Mrs Harriet Evans of Paxton Square died 22 May at Burra Hospital. She was a resident of some 27 years. She was born at Currency Creek 20 June 1866. She married William J. Evans and they lived at Nackara, then at Morgan and finally at Burra. Her husband died some years ago. She leaves a family of five sons and four daughters:

W.R. Evans of Murray Bridge

George Evans of Burra

James Evans of Gladstone

A.J. Evans of Blyth

David E. Evans of Burra

Sarah, Mrs Mathews of Pt Pirie

Emily, Mrs Jeffery of Mt Gambier

Rose, Mrs Charles Leesong of Appila

Hilda, Mrs Thoman of Murray Bridge

And a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

[Born Harriet Charlotte Shipway 20 June 1866, Currency Creek: died 22 May 1942, Burra. Married William Joseph Evans in 1884.]

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 May

Gary Cooper & Walter Brennan in The Westerner

Plus Short Features

Notice is given to Edith Lillian Bourman, whose last known address was Welsh Place, Burra that her husband Lenard Bourman claims an order for divorce on the ground of desertion.

Mr Roy R. Bunney was postmaster at Burra until ill health intervened. He went to Kadina and has now regained his health. He has applied for and won a position in the accounting office in the GPO in Adelaide.

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 3

Empire Day was celebrated at Burra Primary and High Schools on Friday last. The ceremony included a broadcast from Adelaide by the Hon. S.W. Jeffries Minister of Education. Mr Jennison chairman of the School Committee conducted the outdoors part of the ceremony after the broadcast: two minutes of silence were observed in tribute to the fallen in the 1914-18 war and those who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the present war. He then recited the Ode and gave the children a half-holiday. At the High School an address was given by the headmaster Mr Easson.

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 4

Marriage. Prospect North Methodist Church, recently

Ellen (Nell) Pens, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs J.J. Pens of ‘Bendigo’ Station, married

Cpl Colin S. Coote of Victor Harbor. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 5

Burra Town Council, 18 May

The Defence Department ordered that all bridges are to be numbered.

On the question of financial aid to the Institute:

His Worship said the general feeling was that they ought to do nothing until the new Council was formed.

Cr Marston said the committee wanted the Council to have the responsibility of raising money for it without any say in how it was spent. He could not see how a donation of £50 would make much difference to the £3,000 odd the committee owed the State Bank. £50 would nibble at it and confer no benefit to ratepayers. Council had not shirked its responsibility and had gone to considerable trouble recently in offering to take over the whole property at the request of the Trustees of the Committee. After much shuffling, this offer had been refused and now the Council was again being asked for financial assistance. He believed the Institute’s finances would not see daylight until they were taken over by Council. As far as he could ascertain some members of the Burra Burra DC favoured a takeover of the Institute by both Councils. This would undoubtedly see it become a real civic centre for the district, which would give it support from a greater number of people and ratepayers generally would benefit, as they would own a building that could become one of the finest of its kind outside the metropolis. The balance of power in Library affairs would remain with the Library Committee, composed of subscribers. The Hall Committee would also not want to interfere with the present arrangements with the Burra Talkie Proprietors, which were very profitable to the Institute.

Cr Marston moved the Council place this proposal before the Institute Committee and if they were agreeable, place it before the Burra Burra DC.

Cr Samuel asked what points the Council and the Committee disagreed on and His Worship said on the Library Committee and Burra Talkies. The former was provided for in the Act.

Cr Lott thought they should only take over the Institute after the war and then have some big celebration to pay off the debt. At Present the Council paid £36 p.a. for the room. They could make a donation of say £86 and have sole use of the room. There were four other halls in the Burra District and he could not see the District Council coming in on the scheme.

Cr Samuel seconded Cr Marston’s motion.

Cr Lott moved an amendment that Council give the Institute £86 p.a. for sole use of the Council Chamber. This was not seconded. The motion was carried with Cr Lott opposed.

It was resolved that the footpath on the Commercial Road side of Paxton Terrace be screened to the width of the verandahs.

[This last sentence makes no sense – given that Kingston Street is a continuation of Commercial Street, does it perhaps mean the footpath on the Kingston Street side of Paxton Square?]

63, 20, 26 May 1942, page 6

Obituary. Mrs R.E. Gill died at Booborowie last week. She was born at Blumberg (now Birdwood) in 1861, the eldest daughter of Mr John & Bridget Bannon. She married Mr Edwin Roderick Gill in 1897 at St Patrick’s Church, West Terrace Adelaide. They then lived at Broken Hill for 13 years before moving to Spalding where Mr Gill was the proprietor of the Spalding Hotel. They have lived at Booborowie for 32 years. The deceased has been ailing for the past five years. Of a family of three sons two died in infancy. She is survived by her husband and a son, Mr Leo Gill.

[Born Margaret Mary Bannon 26 May 1861 Blumberg: died 17 May 1942 Spalding.]

Obituary. The wife of Mr G.A. Heinrich died at Burra Hospital last Friday aged 57. She leaves a husband and twelve children. [Born as Louise Christiana Meyer 11 December 1885 near Robertstown: died 22 May 1942 Burra. Married and died as Bertha Christina. See more at Burra Record 63, 21, 2 June 1942, page 3]

63, 21, 2 June 1942, page 1

Allan Harry, once of Burra and renowned boxer, lost narrowly to Lionel Orreal in an excellent fight in Brisbane.

Mr Jim Warnes, the second son of the Chairman of the Burra Burra DC, was given a send-off on Monday 1 June at Miss Warner’s Café during the luncheon adjournment of the Council.

Volunteer Air Observer Corps

Pilot Officer Vic Richardson of international cricket fame and now a member of the RAAF visited Burra yesterday with the object of forming an observation post in Burra. The post would report to Main Control Post in Adelaide the movement of all aircraft seen or heard in the vicinity of Burra. He will return to address a meeting of those interested at the Institute on 8 June.

63, 21, 2 June 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 June

George Brent & Brenda Marshall in South of Suez

Virginia Bruce & Dennis Morgan in Flight of Angels

Mr Colin McLaren is relieving at Burra in the National Bank for Mr F. Sims who is on annual leave. Mr McLaren finds his old home town is maintaining its reputation for low temperatures.

[Colin Roy McLaren was born in Kapunda in 1887. His father was John McLaren who managed Bagots, Shakes and Lewis in Burra from 1890 to 1920 and who was prominent in civic affairs, being Councillor for East Ward from December 1897 to November 1901 and Mayor from December 1910 to November 1913.]

Rev. Dr M.F. Toal has returned to take charge of St Joseph’s Parish.

The Annual Catholic Ball will be held in the Burra Institute on 10 June in aid of St Joseph’s Church. It has become one of the town’s most popular entertainments.

63, 21, 2 June 1942, page 3

Pte R. Spackman was tendered a social at Black Springs on Monday evening 25 May at the local hall. A presentation was made.

Obituary. Mrs G.A. Heinrich died on 22 May. She was born Bertha Christiana Meyer, fourth daughter of the late Mr & Mrs F. Meyer of Bright. She spent her youth with her parents until she married Mr Gustav A, Heinrich of Bright. Their first home was about four miles north of Robertstown and in November 1918 they moved to South Booborowie homestead where Mr Heinrich was overseer for the late Mr R.M. Hawker until 1927. They then moved to their present residence ‘Flagstaff View’, a holding they acquired from the Government. Mrs Heinrich was a quiet woman who won the esteem of all she came into contact with. She was the mother of twelve surviving children. She was a supporter of the Soldiers’ Wives Unit and a practical Red Cross worker. About eleven years ago she had a severe illness from which she never fully recovered. There are seven sons and five daughters:

J.F. Heinrich of Waterloo [Johann Friedrich (Jack)]

LAC M.J. Heinrich RAAF [Martin Julius]

LAC O.L. Heinrich RAAF [Oswald Ludwig (Os.)]

LAC G.E. Heinrich RAAF [George Ernest]

E.L. Heinrich of Burra North [Edward Louis]

E.A. Heinrich of ‘Flagstaff View’ [Ernst Albert (Charlie)]

F.A. Heinrich of ‘Flagstaff View’ [Frederick Adolf Victor]

Mrs T. Launer (Ada) of World’s End [Ada Louisa]

Mrs A. Heinrich (Frieda) of Koonoona [Frieda Elsie Dorothy]

Mrs A.R. Stockman (Dulcie) of Westbury [Dulcie Meta (Doss)]

Miss Ivy Heinrich of ‘Flagstaff View’ [Ivy Ann Elizabeth]

Miss Bertha Heinrich of ‘Flagstaff View’ [Bertha Ida (Buff)]

There are ten grandchildren. She also leaves four sisters and two brothers. One brother was killed in the 1914-18 war. [Born as Louise Christiana Meyer 11 December 1885 near Robertstown: died 22 May 1942 Burra. Married and died as Bertha Christina.]

63, 22, 9 June 1942, page 1

Pte W. O’Connell was presented with a wrist watch in the Burra Council Chamber on Monday night. The Mayor said ‘Bill’ was well known in the district. He was a bit of a rough diamond, but a good bushman and had worked on many stations in the district.

Pilot Officer Vic. Richardson addressed a meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday requesting people in Burra to form a Voluntary Air Observers Corps to man an Air Observation Post in the town. He described the work and how the system operated. Ideally they needed 56 volunteers so that each member kept watch three hours per week. The general rule was that ladies took the day shifts and men the night shifts. It was decided to form a corps and a committee was established.

63, 22, 9 June 1942, page 2

Notice. Issue of Ration Books

Issuing Centres will be open on Saturday 13 June 1942 and Sunday 14 June 1942 from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. each day. Locations:

Burra The Institute

Burra North The Court House

[Other places are listed and the details of eligibility are printed.]

Notice. [There is a large notice 2 columns wide and 3⁄4 column deep headed Clothes Rationing.]

Clothes Rationing starts on Monday 15 June.

[The rest of the notice deals with how to get a ration book. What to do if you cannot get to the issuing centre for ration books and what to do if you have not yet got an identity card.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 June

Victor McLaglen & Cary Grant in Gunga Din

Donald McBride & Barbara Reed in Curtain Call

63, 22, 9 June 1942, page 3

Burra Town Council, 1 June

Highways & Local Government Department has issued an order that in future no vehicle with a gross weight of more than five tons will be permitted to cross Bon Accord Bridge.

Local Government Department advises that no aliens are eligible to sit as Councillors or to vote at Council elections.

Council resolved that it would have no objections to the Billiard room being accessible to soldiers on Sundays.

63, 22, 9 June 1942, page 5

Rev. Hewitson of Semaphore occupied the pulpit at St Mary’s and other parish churches last Sunday. He was in charge of the Burra Parish from 1921 to 1927.

Mrs Baker, mother of Mrs George Melrose of Willogoleche Station, celebrated her 80th birthday on 8 June. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1857. Hers was the first marriage ceremony performed in a Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh. She observed Queen Victoria’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Celebrations and was present at Buckingham Palace for the marriage of Queen Mary and the late King George V. After the 1914-18 war she and her late husband came to Australia to reside with her daughter. She has been her daughter’s assistant in many social, church and patriotic interests and is a most energetic worker. She still works in the garden she loves and regularly attends the Hallett Church of England.

O.S. Andrew Bernhardt RAN is home on furlough. He is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Bernhardt of Burra North.

Capt. Gil Builder has returned from overseas and he paid a visit to Burra last weekend.

BC Seaman Brian Phillips RAN younger son of Captain C.G. & Mrs Phillips of Plympton spent a couple of days with his uncle Alex Bevan last week. He was born in Burra, but had not visited the town for nine years.

Pte Ken Gebhardt has returned from overseas after nearly two years and spent a few days in Burra.

Obituary. Mr Phillip G. Fitzgerald of Cleve died recently aged 56. He was brother to Mrs George Herbert and was her youngest and only surviving brother. He was born in Burra in 1886as the youngest son of Mr & Mrs John Fitzgerald, pioneer residents of the town. He periodically visited Burra and renewed old friendships. He died quite suddenly after a brief illness. He went to Cleve in 1908. At the time of his death he was Town Clerk and Overseer and had been for ten years. He is reported to have had a marvellous knowledge of road construction. He was also secretary of the Hospital Board and Chairman of the Institute Committee, Chairman of the Red Cross Advisory Council, a member of all War Rally Committees and a Past Master of the Masonic lodge. He had been a great cricketer and footballer and later President of the Cleve Association. He was a most active member of Cleve Methodist Church. He leaves a widow and grown-up family. Mrs George Herbert is now the sole survivor of a family of ten. Two of her brothers, Alf and Frank died in the 1914-18 war.

[Birth not found on SA Births CD. Phillip George Fitzgerald died 12 May 1942 Cleve aged 56.]

Obituary. Mr Friedrich Duldig died at his son-in-law’s residence at World’s End on Sunday. He resided for many years at World’s End where he followed grazing and farming pursuits. He was 91 and leaves a family of five sons and four daughters. [Born 25 March 1851 Tauer near Cottbuss, Prussia: died 7 June 1942 Eudunda. See also extended obituary at 63, 24, 30 June 1942, page 4.]

63, 22, 9 June 1942, page 6

The Church of England Ball at Booborowie was a great success.

Mongolata Golf Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s Report for the fortnight ending 30 May.

Farnden’s Hill – stope advanced 4 ft to 70 ft – values c. 5 dwt per ton. Sent 5 tons 11 cwt to the battery and recovered 9 oz 1 dwt 20 gr.

Trewartha’s Adit – crosscut off 70 ft level advanced 7 ft to 25 ft – have cut a further leader and will pursue this.

Low grade ore has been accumulating for some time and a parcel is now being prepared for the battery.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 1

The Season has clearly been wet out east. Two bushmen of the likes of Len & George Gallagher don’t often experience the troubles they had last week. They left Quondong on Thursday to go to Burra. On Thursday evening they got seriously bogged near Sturt Vale, so deeply mired that it took most of the night to get out. They continued, but got bogged on Friday night near Murkaby and again worked long before reaching Burra on Saturday morning, having taken two days for a 120 mile journey. In recent years it could never have happened due to lack of rain.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 June

Betty Grable & Victor Mature in Hot Spot

Brenda Joyce & Sheldon Leonard in Private Nurse

Advt. Horsehair Wanted – Tails & Manes – Highest Cash Prices

SA Brush Co. Ltd. 167 Flinders St Adelaide.

Notice. Burra Civil Defence. Burra Institute 18 June, 8 p.m.

A.R.P. Talkie. Films and Lecture on Gas & Incendiary Bombs.

The public are advised to attend and see what to do in an emergency. Admission Free.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 3

St Joseph’s Annual Dance was a brilliant success on Wednesday evening at the Institute. There was a fine night, and fine music ‘and a most recherché supper’. About £38 was taken.

Burra Burra DC, 1 June

Advice from Lt Col Cre, Keswick, concerning roads and bridges and markings to show what weight bridges may carry.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 4

Woolshed Dances. Three or four woolshed dances are planned by the Koonoona Soldiers Welfare Committee and the first will be at the homestead of Mr Glen Hawkes ‘Murlippa’ Woolshed on 27 June. Proceeds will finance a major Garden Party in the spring to aid patriotic funds.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 5

A.B. Riggs writes as President of the Institute Committee thanking the Burra Burra DC for their donation of £50 and asking the paper to print a letter sent to the Town Council dated 12 June.

Dear Sirs,

At the June monthly meeting your letter re conference with the District Council and our respective committees was received and discussed. As your promise re equal representation on the committee of management was contrary to the Institutes Act it was felt that no good could arise from the suggested conference. If you should still be desirous of taking over the Institute property, as one of the Trustees (but nor by direction of the committee) I would point out that now the committee of management of the Institute id functioning, the legal point which foiled the previous attempt to transfer the property has been removed. The way for further negotiations on the transfer is open. The transfer could not legally go through without the signature of the Secretary of the Committee of Management and the recommendation of the Institutes Association.

As there is no agreement between the Institute Committee and the Burra Corporation re the Council chamber, something definite must be done in that matter forthwith, either in the way of a rate, or an increased rental for the Council Chamber, ‘as the Institute Committee cannot be expected to provide a civic home for civic functions, as in the past and under past conditions’.

63, 23, 16 June 1942, page 6

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church. The social part of the Sunday School Anniversary was held on Monday when circuit minister Rev. Rex Brook presided. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 1

Copperhouse School. The 4th in the series of socials and dances to raise money for patriotic and school purposes was held in the schoolroom on Saturday night. Attendance was a record. More than £5 has been raised for the special SPF effort for POW Funds. Arbor Day will be celebrated at the school on Friday 26 June.

Burra Public School. The School Prisoner of War Fund has reached £36 so far.

Burra jubilee Benevolent Society held its AGM last Thursday. Mrs A.B. Riggs presided. The two new ministers were welcomed and reports by the secretary and treasurer were read. Officers for the coming year: President, Rev. H.K. Bartlett; Vice Presidents, Mrs A.B. Riggs & Rev. Martin; Secretary, Miss H. Wilkinson and Minute Secretary & Treasurer, Mr A.H. Strong.

Probationer Nurses are urgently needed for Mental Hospitals at Parkside, Enfield and Northfield. At the age of 21 Probationer Nurses earn £195-0-3 p.a. and this gradually increases to £258-0-8.

[Further details are printed.]

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. A meeting of ratepayers is called at the Burra Institute on 1 July at 8 p.m.

The Mayor will deliver his annual report.

Air Observation Post

Mr Frank H. Pledge has been appointed Chief Observer.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 June

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band

Plus Short Features

Obituary. Friedrich Duldig aged 91 died at the residence of his daughter Mrs J. Schwarz at Eudunda on 7 June. He is survived by five sons and four daughters. [See an extended obituary 63, 24 (2), 30 June 1942, page 4.]

Notice. Control of Civil Building

All building including alterations and additions now require a permit issued by the Deputy Director of the Department of War Organisation of Industry before commencement. Work now proceeding may not continue without a permit after 29 June 1942.

[Various exceptions are listed:

Basically work authorised by the Commonwealth and paid for by it.

Work costing less than £25.

Work exclusively for air raid precaution (though this too required approval if costing over £25.)]

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 3

Burra Town Council, 15 June

The Controller of Lights has advised that black-out regulations have temporarily been waived and 100 watt streetlights could be used if effectively screened from being observed by aeroplanes.

Burra Institute letter advised that the Council’s suggestion re taking over the Institute was contrary to the Institutes Act and it could do nothing more in the matter.

Cr Marston pointed out this letter was the result of a misunderstanding. He moved the Clerk write a letter pointing out the Council had no intention of contravening the Act and at the same time asking the Committee to receive two members of the Council who would explain the scheme.

The ARP Committee desired financial assistance in making alterations to the Air Observers’ Post. This post would be located at the rear of Matthews Emporium. All work would be done by volunteers. Council voted to allow the Committee any sum to a maximum of £7-10-0.

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 4

Marriage. Spalding Church of England, 13 June

Kevin R. Boulton, son of Mr & Mrs D. Boulton of Spalding, married

Lucy Florence White, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs A.E. White and granddaughter of the late Mr & Mrs George Bailey of Leighton. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Sgt Brian Riggs RAAF writes from England. [Extracts from a long letter extend for about 2 columns.]

Left Bournemouth and went to London and booked a sleeper to Scotland. In London took in Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Cathedral and the National Gallery. Arrived in Glasgow to find snow feet deep. Unable to get to planned destination of Langil Castle. Their hostess, Mrs McDonald directed them to her father’s home near Glasgow – Sir John Maxwell. In peace time 60 to 70 people were employed working around the house alone. Sir John casually referred to the Australian Governor General as an ‘old school pal, Old Sandy Gowrie’.

Next day left for the castle – train to Wemyss Bay and boat to Larbet, then five miles by car, another boat and finally a rowing boat and they were still about nine miles from the castle, with the roads blocked by snow. Walked about three miles in foot-deep snow before staying over night at a homestead. Eventually reached the castle after going part of the way by car and walking the rest. Arrived in time for lunch. The castle had dozens of rooms. Mrs McDonald works in the fields till sundown and then dresses for dinner, so one can obtain a glimpse of the pre-war lady. Capt. McDonald was in France at the start of the war and lost a leg. He undertakes what work he can with an artificial leg, but his wife has to attend to much of it.

[Brian goes on to talk about keeping the cows and sheep – the former indoors in winter, but the latter outside all the year. He also writes of visiting other farms.]

Returned to London via Glasgow. Had a day there and visited the Tower of London and St Paul’s Cathedral. They returned to their post and visited Christchurch and also Southampton – extensively damaged by bombing.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina-Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s Report for fortnight ending 13 June.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping continued to 73 ft – values in broken leader c. 6 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – commenced driving south on No. 3 leader 6 ft – no values.

Will make arrangements for low grade ore at the battery. Estimated at c. 4 dwt per ton.

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 5

Obituary. Mr William Terry died on Wednesday last after an illness of some weeks. He was born at Bimbowrie Station on 15 November 1877 and was the fourth son of the late William and Mary Terry. The family later lived at Copperhouse where Mr Terry was educated. After school he worked for the late Mr John Nickles, Mr Tom Rogers and Mr Jim Thomas. He then went to NSW and worked on Sturt Meadows and Langawirra Stations, after which he worked at the Broken Hill Mines until returning to Burra in 1910. He was then engaged by Mr I.J. Warnes as overseer at Sturt Vale Station, a position he held for about ten years. Then for about five years he was employed by Messrs Gallagher Bros. at Quondong. Soon after Mongolata Mines opened up he worked on the gold mines until his health forced him to give up hard manual work. Five years ago he became the licensee of the Burra Billiard Saloon, which he held until his death. He had a quiet unassuming manner. He married Miss Edith Rose Primer at Broken Hill on 24 April 1899, who survives with three sons: W. George Terry and Mr Jack Terry of Burra and Mr Tom Terry of Whyalla. There are three grandchildren.

[Born 15 November 1877 Bimborie Station [Bimbowrie?]: died 17 June 1942 Burra.]

63, 24, 23 June 1942, page 6

Redruth Methodist Church held its 91st Anniversary on 14 & 15 June. The resident minister Rev. H.K. Bartlett conducted three services on Sunday 14 June. On Monday the tea was well attended and the public meeting at 7.30 p.m. was chaired by W.H. Gare. As well as the usual reports there were items by the choir, a trio by members of the Methodist Comradeship and solos by Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, Miss Mavis Fairchild and Mr E.S. Blunt, who recently celebrated his 81st birthday.

Pte Brian Dearlove has had a few days leave at Ketchowla.

Constable E.L. Bonython of Burra North has been promoted to Sergeant, effective from 1 July.

Obituary. Mr H.J. Clements died in Adelaide on 13 June as the result of a motor accident. He was well known to people at Burra, Ayers Forest and Ironmine. For some years Mr Clements had a sawmill at The Forest. At the time of the accident Mrs & Miss Clements were visiting Mr & Mrs Os. Heinrich of Burra North. They left by the first train on 13 June and were in time to see Mr Clements before he died at 6 p.m. He was aged 56 and leaves a grown-up family. Two of his sons are in the RAAF.

[Henry James Clements born 1 January 1886 Hamilton’s Creek: died 13 June 1942 Adelaide, residence Moana.]

Obituary. Mrs Annie Johnston of Adelaide died 16 June. She was born in Burra as Miss Annie Boulton, sister to Mr Archie Boulton of Burra.

[Born As Anne Boulton 13 September 1868 Yongala: died 16 June 1942 Adelaide. Marriage not traced in SA records.]

63, 24 (2), 30 June 1942, page 1

Miss Daphne Irlam was presented with a stainless tray and a combination Agee Pyrex at the close of business at Messrs Sara & Co.’s Burra North Store on 27 June. After a lengthy service with the firm Miss Irlam is leaving to marry Mr Percy Rawlins.

Gum Creek School. The eleven pupils of the school have raised £16-17-6 for the Prisoners of War Fund.

Black-Out Trial. A state-wide black-out trial has been ordered for 7 July by the Commissioner of Civil Defence to extend from 8.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. [Details are given in 3⁄4 column.]

Gunner George Lomman was given a social at Mt Bryan East Church on 17 June. A presentation was made.

[Details of the evening in 1 column.]

63, 24 (2), 30 June 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 July

Bette Davis & Charles Boyer in All This and Heaven Too

Plus Short Features

Mentioned in Despatches

The official list released last week included the names of Rev. Donald L. Redding and Pte G.G.F. Eig. Pte Eig was born in Burra.

Cpl C.L. Earle has been listed as missing in Malaya from 16 February 1942. He enlisted in July 1940. He was once a resident of Booborowie.

Sapper Les Bourman AIF youngest son of Mr & Mrs Ben Bourman of Burra paid a flying visit to the town today.

Mr A.C. Aughey has been resident in the city for some time on military duties and has now decided to make his home there. Mrs Aughey and two little daughters left to join him on Thursday. Two other daughters, Misses Jean and Pat Aughey are already in the city. Miss Jean is on National work and Pat is at the Training College. Their two sons are remaining in Burra; one in his present employment and Bob will complete his education at Burra High School.

63, 24 (2), 30 June 1942, page 3

The Topsy Turvey Ball at Booborowie was a great success.

The ladies chose partners and led in the dancing

Several young men masqueraded as ladies.

63, 24 (2), 30 June 1942, page 4

Obituary. Friedrich Duldig died at Eudunda on 7 June. He is almost the last of the old pioneer farmers and graziers of World’s End. He was born on 22 March 1851 at Tauer near Cottbus in Germany and migrated to Australia with his parents Johann & Ann Duldig when five years old, arriving at Pt Adelaide 28 January 1856. After a few months they came to live on a friend’s farm at Peter’s Hill [near Riverton] where they lived in a dugout. Later Mr Duldig Senior bought 50 acres and built a house. Mr Duldig went to the local Evangelical Church School and was confirmed on 11 November 1866 in the Peter’s Hill Church. He later went shearing in the far north and on 17 February 1876 married Louise Schuppan of Emu Downs. They had fourteen children; seven boys and seven girls. After his marriage the deceased bought a block of land in the Hundred of Baldina, previously part of the World’s End Run. He lived there for 46 years. For the first ten years the family belonged to the Emu Downs congregation, but then Mr Duldig and six other families formed the Upper Bright congregation. He helped to build the Upper Bright Church, which was dedicated on 28 December 1907. He was also active in public life. He was a member of the Burra Show Society for 43 years. He lost one son in the 1914-18 War and was a member of the Committee for the Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial in Burra. He was the first chairman of the Committee for the Robertstown Railway Movement. In July 1922 he retired to Eudunda and his wife died on 11 June 1923, after which his son Mr L.T. Duldig and his family came to live with him. In Eudunda he joined the Emmaus Evangelical Lutheran Church where he was the treasurer for three years and an elder for fourteen. He remained healthy and active until very recently. On 6 February 1942 he moved to the farm of his son-in-law Mr H. Schwarz and there he died on 7 June while the family was at church. He was 91 years 2 months and 15 days old.

The Chief Observer makes an appeal for equipment needed to make the Observation Post habitable.

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 1 [Note irregularity in numbering.]

Mrs V.H. Shepherd Hon. Supervisor of FFCF Unit, Adelaide, visited Burra on 3 July. She addressed a gathering of local units (Burra, RSL Wives & Burra North) to outline the work being done by the FFCF.

State-Wide Black-Out Trial will be held tonight. [Details in c. 2⁄3 column.]

Burra Observation Post. The roster is printed.

P.J. Rule of Morgan writes advising all not to take any photographs during the war.

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 July

Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour & Bob Hope in Road to Singapore

Richard Denning & Robert Paige in Golden Gloves

Advt. Annual Buffalo Ball, Burra Institute, 10 July. Proceeds will aid the FFCF, Red Cross and POW Fund.

Advt. Dance at Copperhouse, Saturday 11 July and fortnightly thereafter. For Patriotic and School Funds.

Mr & Mrs Charles Bartholomaeus of Broadway Glenelg celebrated their Diamond Wedding on Sunday 5 July. Mrs Bartholomaeus was the eldest* daughter [Elizabeth Jane] of the late pastoralist Mr Richard Reed and the pair was married at ‘Wandillah’ near Burra.

[She was actually the second eldest daughter. Annie, Mrs George Sara was born 15 December 1859 and Elizabeth Jane was born 25 October 1862.]

Mr & Mrs F.J. Pratt of Highgate have received word that their son the late Lt. L.J. Pratt has been mentioned in despatches for conspicuous bravery overseas. Lt. Pratt, who was killed in action about twelve months ago, is a nephew of Mrs W. Lomman and a grandson of the late Mr Isaac Goodridge of Booborowie.

Football. Next Saturday there will be a match between the VDC and a team selected from Burra, in aid of Red Cross Funds.

The Woolshed Dance at Koonoona on Saturday 27 June was a pronounced success, despite the bleak wintry conditions. £6 was raised in this, the first in a series.

Burra Town Council Election for East Ward was held last Saturday:

Alex. R. Bevan 33

C.R. Lott 13

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 4

Burra Corporation. Mayor T.H. Woollacott presented his annual report.

The Town is in a clean and healthy state.

Hundreds of Burra boys and two nursing sisters have left Burra and each had been given a social and a wristwatch prior to departure as far as possible. The Welfare Committee appreciated the support given in this regard. Special patriotic efforts had been made successfully throughout the year.

The assessment for 1941-42 was £13,782. Rates derivable were £1,837-12-0.

Rates collected were £1,797-8-5. Arrears were £60-4-9 and fines collected £3-4-0.

Deputations sent to Adelaide had arranged finance for the Council to take over the Burra Institute and a meeting of ratepayers had given approval for the move.

Every effort had been made to get the Burra Mine working, but with no success to date.

Council had given the ARP £15 and guaranteed it for £100 worth of medical supplies in the event of an actual raid. £7-10-0 had been given to the Air Observation Post.

Council was under instructions not to construct and metalled or tarred roads and only to repair potholes. Economy was being stressed during the war.

Regrettably streetlights had to be browned-out and occasionally were blacked-out.

The housing scheme was most successful and he had spent time and cash to bring it about. As a result there were no empty houses in Burra and 40 families had been brought in, meaning at least £300 coming into Burra every fortnight.

Council had formed a War Damage Insurance Panel.

There were prospects for a good season and a reasonable price for farm produce.

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 3

St Mary’s Soldiers’ Recreation Club

Despite other functions in the town attendance on Wednesday evening showed that residents approved this much needed innovation. Mr G.H. Dollman outlined the way the club would operate and said he understood his daughter, Frances Dollman, was its originator. He said that with a number of soldiers quartered here it was felt that an effort should be made to provide a place where they could go of an evening, for either games, a dance or to sit and read or write. Several ladies of St Mary’s congregation had got together and this was the result. Although it had started with the St Mary’s congregation, the club was completely undenominational. It had been decided to have the hall open Tuesday and Friday nights and Sunday afternoons and evenings. Gifts of wood had been received and ladies of the RSL unit were going to provide biscuits each week. Certain ladies of the committee would be present on open nights and would provide supper for 3d and would darn socks or sew on buttons. Mr Dollman declared the club open. Mrs Genders, as convener, also spoke. Lieut. A.R. Thiele spoke on behalf of the troops. The program started with a dance and then a sing song round the piano led by Mr Dollman. Miss Halliday sang a song and then the game ‘Push the business on’, followed by other games and dances.

Miss Sheila Fairchild was given a presentation and farewell at Sara & Co. Burra North at the close of business on 4 July. Miss Fairchild is leaving Burra to do war work. Miss Joyce Jefferies represented the staff and Mr F.T. Sara made a presentation of a compendium and Mr Ken James presented a fountain pen on behalf of the staff.

Notice. Coupon Tea Rationing begins on 6 July 1942.

Instructions for Catering Establishments are printed.

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 5

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church last Saturday

Daphne Irlam, youngest daughter of Mrs & the late Mr William Irlam, married

Percy Rawlins, son of Mrs M. & the late Mr Rawlins of Oodla Wirra.

[Details in 1 column.]

Burra Burra DC

At the first meeting for the year Cr H.C. Atkins was elected Chairman.

Prior to Council amalgamations seven years ago he had been a Councillor and Chairman of the Hanson DC for many years. Cr I.J. Warnes who had occupied the position of Chairman since the amalgamation has also had a remarkably long association with Council work. Prior to amalgamation he had an unbroken 38 year association with the Mt Bryan DC, being Chairman for many years. In all Cr Warnes has been a Councillor for 45 years.

63, 27, 7 July 1942, page 6

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 27 June.

Farnden’s Hill – continued to 79 ft in low values – c. 8 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – crosscut from 70 ft level advanced 6 ft to a total 6 ft – discontinued driving south. Continued driving north without cutting values on No. 3 leader.

Copperhouse School celebrated Arbor Day on Friday 26 June. Special lessons were given and twelve trees were planted.

63, 28, 14 July 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council is running a scrap rubber drive with good prizes for school students.

Clothes Rationing Decisions

[Some problems in interpreting rationing regulations are published, among them:

‘One shoe bought by a person with one leg, may be purchased with the surrender of half the number of coupons required for a pair of shoes.’

The Buffalo Lodge held a successful ball in the Burra Institute last Friday and raised £52-2-6 for Patriotic Funds. [Details in 1 column.]

Burra Town Council, 6 July

New members Crs Bevan and Fisher were welcomed.

The Mayoral allowance was fixed at £50 p.a.

Burra Institute Committee has agreed to a meeting with Council over the purchase of the Institute.

It was resolved to give first and second prizes to students who collected the greatest amounts of rubber during the scrap rubber drive.

It was decided to give the Mayor and Town Clerk power to act for Council in an emergency, as suggested by the Minister for Local Government.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit quarterly meeting was held in the home of Mr & Mrs H. Jennison.

Burra North Red Cross held its first AGM at the croquet Hall on Wednesday 1 July. The branch acknowledged the £24-15-6 contributed by Mr W.J. Thomas from his cement pot making and also the £16 received from the Burra North Dance Committee. Receipts for the year were just under £100 and some 200 garments had been completed. Thanks also went to the Aberdeen Croquet Club for use of their hall. Elected: President, Mrs F. Sara; Vice-President, Mrs J.L. Bonython; Secretary, Mrs H. Jennison; Assistant Secretary, Mrs M. Miels and Treasurer, Miss Bartholomaeus.

63, 28, 14 July 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 July

Errol Flynn & Brenda Marshall in The Sea Hawk

Plus Short Features

The Burra Record

Shortage of paper has forced the reduction of the paper to four pages. Print size has been reduced and cast in six columns instead of five, to actually provide more reading matter than in the previous six page paper.

Reported Missing in Action in Malaya, Singapore and Java Campaign:

Pte C. Moore, son of Mrs Albert Moore [Later reported POW in Burma]

R.F.P. (Bob) Lee, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Walter Lee [Later reported POW in Java]

D.J. Harris, son of Mr & Mrs Jack Harris [Later reported POW in Java]

Stan A.B. Eig, youngest son of Mrs Eig who died a short time ago and brother to Mrs A. Seaford.

63, 28, 14 July 1942, page 3

Black-Out Trial

This was largely very successful. A few people had light showing around curtains or blinds. Some people seem to have simply turned out their lights. It is advisable to have at least one room blacked out properly for use in extended periods of black-out. Some people need to attend to skylights and fan lights. The Burra North Siren appears to have been very successful. A further trial may be held shortly from 7.30 to midnight.

Football. At Victoria Park on Saturday the Home Guard Team defeated Burra 4.6 to 3.8. Red Cross funds benefited by nearly £13.

Burra Girl Guides Annual Meeting was held 2 July.

The resignation of Mrs Cliff Lott as Guide Captain and District Commissioner was received with regret. Elected: President, Mrs John Barker; Vice-Presidents, Matron Robinson & Mrs D.M. Steele, Treasurer, Mrs Guy Dollman and Secretary Mrs R. Jeffery.

Pte Roy Scroop was home on leave last week after 18 months abroad.

Pte Bill Sellars is home on leave.

Central Board of Health advises that smallpox vaccine will be made available free to all who wish it.

Obituary. Mr John Nelson died on 8 July after a few hours illness. He was taken ill only that afternoon and died at 9 p.m. He was born at Kapunda 7 July 1866. He was the son of old Burra residents and spent his life until recent years on various stations. Ten years were spent in the employ of the late Mr A.J. McBride. He married Miss Elsie M. Harry in 1928 and besides the widow there are three young daughters: Molly, Merle and Joan. Mrs T.P. Halls Sen. is a sister. [Born 8 July 1865 Anlaby: died 7 July 1942, Burra.]

63, 28 (2), 21 July 1942, page 1

Pte R. Scroop was welcomed back at a social held at Warner’s Café on Tuesday night. He returns from service in Tobruk.

Pte Bob Collins of Gum Creek and Phillip Lynch of Leighton were tendered a social at Leighton Hall on Tuesday 14 July. Principal speakers were Thomas Canny & C.S. Preiss.

Adelaide Children’s Hospital benefited by £7-2-9 from a dance held in the Mt Bryan Institute on 1 July.

Burra Civil Defence will test the alarm signals at both end of the town on Wednesday evening 22 July.

A social was tendered Cpl Seaford & Pte Rowe at Burra Institute and Pte R. Scroop was welcomed back. Principal speakers were the Mayor, Dr Steele, S.C. Genders and A.B. Riggs.

63, 28 (2), 21 July 1942, page 2

Notice. During the military service of C.F. Pearce the Royal Exchange Insurance District Agency will be conducted by his wife Mrs C.F. Pearce.

Notice. Scrap rubber will be received at the Burra Burra DC Depot next to the Kooringa Hotel.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 July

Cary Grant & Irene Dunne in My Favourite Wife

Charles Lang & Billie Seward in One Crowded Night

63, 28 (2), 21 July 1942, page 3

Burra Red Cross held its AGM in the CWA Room on 14 July. President Mrs D.M. Steele presided.

During the year:

Regularly parcels of clothing etc. were despatched to headquarters. [Quantities are listed.]

The Governor Sir Charles Barclay-Harvey visited on 11 October 1941 with Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey.]

£589-0-9 was raised, which exceeded the quota set at £350.

Among successful functions were the civic Ball, the Children’s Frolic and the Baby Competition.

The Red Cross Afternoon Tea Shop has been a success and contributed a handsome weekly income.

Elected: Patronesses, Mesdames John Tennant & E.F. Marston; President, Mrs D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & T.B. Ashton; Secretary, Mrs R.J. Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs C.J. Butler.

Miss Elizabeth Sara was tendered a Utility Evening on 20 July on the eve of her marriage to LAC Thomas McRae-Wood.

Weather. On 8-9 July good rains extended across the Pastoral country. Selected figures:

Braemar 100 points, Ketchowla 77, Mt Bryan East 78, Thistlebeds 85, Mongolata 126, Woolgangi 87, Balah 75 and Koomooloo 126.

Rev. Harry K. Bartlett will show a selection of lantern slides from his time in the South Pacific as a missionary. Redruth Memorial Hall, Monday 27 July. They will be of interest as they involve the territory involved in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the country where many of our soldiers and airmen are stationed.

63, 28 (2), 21 July 1942, page 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross AGM is reported at length. [2 columns]. Elected were: President, Mrs S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.L. Collins & E. Murray and Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs J. Beaglehole.

The Burra VS Detachment held its annual meeting in the Kooringa Methodist Hall on 14 July.

(Burra Red Cross VS Detachment) Commandant Mrs A. Tennant. [Details in 13⁄4 columns.]

63, 29, 28 July 1942, page 1

AC1 Jack Earle was given a social in Leighton Hall on Saturday night. Short notice and wet weather limited attendance, but a good time was had nevertheless. Jack was presented with a carry-all, a fountain pen and a parcel of comforts.

Pte M. Ward was given a presentation at Miss Warner’s Café on 20 July while home on leave. A.B. Riggs made the main speech, saying that Mick and his late parents had long been good citizens of Burra. Mick had stepped into his father’s job in the Burra Show Society when the former had been unable to continue. His brother Laurie had served in the forces overseas and was now back somewhere in Australia. Other speakers were Mr H. Jennison, T.J. Canny, Roy Jeffery and the Mayor. Mr Jeffery had been Mick’s late employer.

Burra Town Council, 20 July

The Institute Committee advised it approved the Council discussing the matter of the purchase of the Institute with the District Council. The assessment for 1941-42 was adopted for 1942-43 with the necessary additions and alterations.

The Bon Accord Bridge was now limited to 5 ton loads or a lorry load of about 30 bags of wheat, but military trucks up to 13 tons could still cross. The authorities will be asked to reconsider the matter.

Burra Red Cross Executive Committee held its first AGM. In the year there had been a Baby Competition, a Children’s Frolic and Dance and a visit from the Governor and Lady Barclay-Harvey. Their quota of fund raising had been £350 and the three Burra units had raised £589-0-9. The RSL Wives Group had been registered in January. A request to secure a store for Red Cross goods resulted in Miss Scovell offering the use of a suitable building. Officers elected: Chair, Mrs T.E. Ashton, Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Steele, Hawker and F. Sara; Treasurer, Mr S.C. Genders and Assistant Treasurer, Mrs S.C. Genders.

63, 29, 28 July 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 August

Dennis Morgan & Elizabeth Earle in River’s End

Humphrey Bogart & Sylvia Sidney in Wagons Roll at Night

Obituary. Mrs H. Mann died suddenly at home at Baldina on Saturday night. She had resided in the district for many years. For some time she had suffered from heart trouble, but her death was not anticipated. She was twice married and aged 64. There were three daughters from the first marriage, two of whom predeceased their mother. She leaves two daughters: Mrs J. Sullivan of Prospect and Mrs T. Williams nee Millie Mann of Baldina.

[Born Martha Julyanna Simbowski 23 August 1878 Waterloo. As Martha Julia Simbowski she married Carl William Riessen in Adelaide in 1901. They had one son and four daughters, of whom only one daughter survived their mother. William Riessen died in 1909 and she married Carl Hermann Mann in 1910. She died as Martha Margaret Julia Mann 25 July 1942 Baldina. She was survived by her husband and the two daughters referred to above: Beatrice Gwen, Mrs John O’Sullivan and Mildred Rose, Mrs T. Williams. See more at 63, 30, 4 August 1942, page 3]

Obituary. Mr Alfred Hanley died in his sleep on 21 July in his residence in Paxton Square. As a member of the Veterinary Corps he served in the Great War. Later he was employed by Messrs Gallagher Bros at Quondong Station for many years. He retired to Burra seven years ago. He was accorded a military funeral attended by members of the local RSL. In the absence of the Anglican minister the service was conducted by Mr Hilary Fuss, lay reader and also late of the 1st AIF. The deceased was aged 76. He left no next of kin and was in a sound financial position. He was found dead by a neighbour who went to his cottage after not seeing him about. After a medical examination the coroner Mr S. Kellaway deemed an inquest unnecessary.

[Birth not registered in SA.]

63, 29, 28 July 1942, page 3

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church last Saturday

Beth Sara, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Sara of Burra North, married

LAC Thomas McRae Wood, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Duncan McRae Wood of Clare.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Miss Christine Brown, daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Brown of Gum Creek, recently applied to join the RAAF and has received her call-up.

Flight-Lieut. W. Richards with his wife and son Trevor were guests of Mrs K.R. Crewes for the weekend.

Booborowie Hall Committee will hold a Grand Ball and Ugly Man Competition on 14 October to raise funds for the maintenance and other commitments of the hall.

Mt Bryan East School held its Arbor Day on Friday 24 July. Each child planted a pine tree.

A. Coverdale writes questioning the decision of the paper to restart reporting court cases after not doing so for a number of years. He feels it is unnecessary to kick people when they are down and considers such reports are a concession to ‘the importunities of scandal-mongers’.

Burra Burra DC, 6 July

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the many years of service of Cr I.J. Warnes as Councillor and Chairman. Cr H.C. Atkins was elected Chairman.

The Highways & Local Government Department advised that plant and labour could be impressed and asked the minimum number of men the Council could manage with.

63, 29, 28 July 1942, page 4

CWA held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs G.G. Hawkes; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Jettner & A. Tennant and Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Minnie Rogers.

Highlights from the 16th annual report:

Eleven meetings had been held with an average attendance of 23.

A book of appreciation was presented to Mrs Warnes on her retirement as State President.

Mrs G.B. Cundell, Chair of the State Handcrafts Committee, visited in August and demonstrated the sewing of sheepskin garments.

International Day in November focused on the USA, with the meeting in the Masonic Supper Room.

Mrs Morrison, Country Organiser of the Cheer-Up Society, visited on this occasion as well.

Two loyal members left the district: Mrs S.H. Robinson and Mrs C. Gray.

Since May an opportunity shop has operated in premises lent by Captain Phillips and £30 has been sent from it to the CWA Darwin Fund.

Mr & Mrs R. Grant have convened the camouflage net making and since April 51 nets have been made. Mrs A. Bown has contributed 27 and Miss M.V. Pearce has made 9 in two months. Primary school children have completed their first.

[Details of each meeting are given in a report that extends for just over one column.]

63, 30, 4 August 1942, page 1

Court Cases: The Editor Replies

The object of reporting cases was not to ‘wash dirty linen in public’, but rather to try to warn others of potential trouble. – a person fined for parking his car in a manner likely to cause danger to other road users, may serve as a reminder to others to act responsibly as well as reminding them that the police are on the job.

In another case recently a man was fined for driving an unregistered car, but without any reporting, how many people realise that his licence was cancelled for 12 months and he cannot register a vehicle for 12 months. Such cases increase the awareness of the law among innocent people.

Pilot Officer Henschell MM was in Burra Institute last Tuesday evening as part of a recruiting campaign for the RAAF and the WAAAF. The Mayor welcomed him. [His address is reported in c. 11⁄2 columns.]

Pte Eric Goodridge was tendered a social at Leighton Hall on 20 July. Presentations were made of a wallet, fountain pen and a parcel of woollies. [Details in a little more than 1⁄2 column.]

Mongolata Golf Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Report of the Manager for the fortnight ending 25 July.

Farnden’s Hill – stope extended 5 ft to 89 ft and have broken through into Farnden’s No. 1 Shaft – values c. 8 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – drive off the east crosscut increased to 13 ft. No values so far and so will discontinue.

63, 30, 4 August 1942, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale for Mrs I. Hall on the property in Welsh Place at the rear of the Kooringa Hotel on 14 August.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 August

William Powell & Myrna Loy in I Love You Again

Charles Starrett & Donald Grayson in Call of the Rockies

Notice. Town of Burra. A general rate of 2/8 in the pound has been declared.

Trooper Rollin Dare has been reported wounded in action in Egypt.

63, 30, 4 August 1942, page 3

The Season is looking very good after rains in July and further rains in the outback in the past week have delighted pastoralists. Much of the east received falls of between 30 and 40 points.

Obituary. Mrs C.H. Mann, who died on 25 July was born at Waterloo in August 1878 and was almost 64 at the time of her death. She was born Martha Julia A. Simbowski, daughter of Mr & Mrs Simbowski of Waterloo. Her first husband was Mr William Riessen and in 1910 at the age of 32 she married Mr Carl Hermann (Harry) Mann. They lived first at Manoora before moving to Bungaree and lastly to Baldina. She is survived by her husband and the youngest daughter of her first marriage Mrs J. O’Sullivan of Prospect. Two daughters predeceased their mother; Miss Doris Riessen and Melva, Mrs A.G. Heinrich. The one daughter of the second marriage is Millie, Mrs T. Williams. Surviving sisters are Mrs George Finch of Henley Beach and late of World’s End and Mrs H. Trebilcock of Sydney, NSW.

[Born Martha Julyanna Simbowski 23 August 1878 Waterloo. As Martha Julia Simbowski she married Carl William Riessen in Adelaide in 1901. They had one son and four daughters, of whom only one daughter survived their mother. (In addition to the children mentioned above one son and one daughter died as infants.) William Riessen died in 1909 and she married Carl Hermann Mann in 1910. She died as Martha Margaret Julia Mann 25 July 1942 Baldina. She was survived by her husband and the two daughters referred to above: Beatrice Gwen, Mrs John O’Sullivan and Mildred Rose, Mrs T. Williams.]

63, 30, 4 August 1942, page 4

Fashions for Victory

An article was printed on the simplification of clothing for both men and women, so that less material was required.

Obituary. Mrs Charles Bartholomaeus of Broadway Glenelg has died. The news was received this morning. She was the mother of Mrs F.M. Pearce and Mrs F.T. Sara of Burra North and Mr R.R. Bartholomaeus of Farrell Flat is a son. [Born Elizabeth Jane Reed 25 October 1862 Copperhouse: died 4 August 1942 Glenelg. Married Carl Heinrich Bartholomaeus 1882.]

‘Common Sensence’ [sic] writes in support of publishing the court proceedings. He reports at some length an example of how the reporting on an inquest into a woman’s death led to her husband being discovered to have drowned two previous wives – a discovery that would not have been made had the proceedings of the coronial court not been published.

63, 31, 11 August 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 3 August

Council declared a rate of 2.8 in the pound – unchanged from the previous year.

Crs Marston and Kellaway reported on discussions concerning a possible joint takeover of the Burra Institute with the Burra Burra DC. They considered such a move unlikely due to numerous legal difficulties.

Cr Samuel is to be written to, asking if he was to be in camp for the duration of the war.

Cr Harvey said the concrete pillars at the end of the swing bridge at Gully’s Wharf were loose and he moved that a concrete pillar be placed in the centre of the bridge to take its weight. Cr Fisher seconded.

The Mayor said it was a waste of money, as in a flood it would trap debris and be swept away.

Cr Harvey said if it were streamlined that would not happen.

Cr Fisher said there were many pillars in the middle of bridges across creeks in Victoria and they were successful. The motion was carried.

Burra North Dance Committee held a successful ball in the Burra Institute last Wednesday and raised £27-6-8 for local Red Cross Units. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

63, 31, 11 August 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 August

Don Ameche & Alice Faye in That Night in Rio

Mary Beth Hughes & Lloyd Nolan in Dressed to Kill

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Kilsby of Welsh Place has been informed that her husband has been killed in action abroad. Mrs Kilsby only came to reside in Burra last May.

Pte Alfred Bowen has returned from abroad and is presently somewhere in Australia.

Pte Len Wahlert was the first Burra boy to leave on active service in December 1939. We are advised that after action in Egypt, Crete, Greece and Tobruk he is back in Australia.

Sgt Pilot H.E. (Harry) Gaskell, the son of Mr & Mrs Fred Gaskell of Hallett, is reported missing in operations over Düsseldorf on the night of 31 July-1 August.

Pte Donald J. Kerin is reported wounded in Egypt. He is aged 25 and was born in Broken Hill, but has lived virtually all his life in Burra. Prior to enlisting he was working on a station near Mannahill. He enlisted on 6 July 1940 and left for overseas in November 1940. He spent eight months in Tobruk. His brother Albert Kerin has been reported missing in Java.

63, 31, 11 August 1942, page 3

Burra High School held its annual sports day last Wednesday at Victoria Park. Cup winners were:

Junior Girls Joy Pascoe

Junior Boys Bill Byles

Senior Girls Diana Davies & Rhonda Smith (Tie)

Senior Boys Bob Seaford

63, 31, 11 August 1942, page 4

Arthur Coverdale writes dismissing the letter of ‘Common Sensence’ [sic] as ‘a puerile effort’ and suggesting it was in fact an inside job. He also condemns the anonymity of the writer.

Mr R.T. Bowles, manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia in Burra for the past five years, has been called up for National Service and leaves Burra at the end of the week. He has been a member of the Burra Progress Association and has served on the Institute Committee. He has been a member and supporter of the Tennis and Golf Clubs.

OS Wally Watkins RAN has been home on three weeks’ leave. This is his first home leave in 31⁄2 years’ service, during which time he has been in many danger zones.

Pte Roy D. Pearce, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr Clem Pearce, received a presentation in the Choir Vestry of Kooringa Methodist Church after the evening service on Sunday last. He was home on a short leave. Roy had formerly been employed by F.T. Sara and the Mayor, A.B. Riggs and F.T. Sara spoke on the occasion, along with Mr S.C. Genders (RSL), Mr H. Jennison, Rev. Martin and Mrs N. Baynes (nee Miss D. Opie). A.B. Riggs also expressed regret that Sgt Norman Villis had been back on a brief leave last week without receiving any recognition.

Obituary. Mr Stan Kellaway received news last Friday of the death of his eldest brother Mr Thomas Kellaway of Broken Hill. The deceased was born at Kooringa 19 May 1880, the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Kellaway. At the time of his death he was a pipe-layer at the mines and had just returned from ‘crib’ and was about to resume work when he collapsed and died almost immediately. He married Mrs Beatrice Eddy who survives with a grown-up family of four step-children. He is also survived by five brothers: William Stan and Leslie in Burra and John & Reg. Kellaway in Adelaide. [Birth not registered in SA.]

63, 31 (2), 18 August 1942, page 1

Pte Don White, son of Mrs & the late Mr J.R. White of ‘Wildotta’ was tendered a social at Leighton Hall on Monday 10 August while home on a few days’ leave. On leaving school Don had been employed locally by Elder, Smith & Co. The usual presentations were made and then dancing followed till supper time.

Burra District Committee of the LCL met in the Eastern Telephone Building on 12 August.

N.V. Vowles of Spalding was elected President with Mrs Ashton and Mr A.D. McDonald as Vice-Presidents. Delegates to various bodies were elected.

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee

A.B. Riggs reported at the meeting of 16 August that they had only seven watches on hand and that six more were available at £5-5-0 each, after which supplies would be hard to obtain. Consequently funds were not available to carry out the resolution that watches be sent to all of H.M. Forces after six months in camp. It was then resolved that the seven on hand be sent to eligible members of the forces by priority of service, soldiers having gone overseas and returned without being farewelled to be the first presented.

Future presentations would be a small token and a cheque not to exceed £3 combined, for a soldier with six months’ service with priority to be on length of service. Eligible soldiers:

Soldiers’ parents to live in Burra

Soldier to have attended Burra School

Or to have worked in Burra for the 12 months immediately prior to enlistment.

‘Common Sense’ responds to Arthur Coverdale.

The original letter was far from an inside job. The writer does not live in Burra and knows few who do, except for those with whom he/she does his/her shopping. The writer’s name was supplied to the Record and if Mr Coverdale cares to donate half a guinea to the Burra Red Cross the Record may reveal it to him.

A.B. Riggs writes to counter a story apparently circulating that Privates Ron Swinden and Arthur Cox were not the first to be publicly farewelled by Burra citizens. Records show that they certainly were. Reports in the Burra Record of 5 December 1939 confirm that they were the first at a farewell at the Burra Institute on 30 November 1939. In the issue of 16 December [sic: actually the issue of 19 December] T.P. Halls is reported as going to Adelaide to farewell his son Robert, but Pte Halls was not farewelled by Burra citizens, nor does his name appear on the Burra Honour list in the Record. Pte Len Wahlert was farewelled during the interval at the pictures on Saturday 30 December 1939.

63, 31 (2), 18 August 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 August

Gary Cooper & Andrea Leeds in The Real Glory

Plus Short Features

Pte Don Kerin, reported wounded, is now reported to be doing well.

Mr R.T. Bowles of the Commercial Bank was given a farewell at the Burra Hotel before leaving Burra on Friday to take up military duties. He has been replaced temporarily by Mr Blake of Tasmania.

Leighton School Arbor Day was held on 7 August. Twelve fruit trees were planted.

63, 31 (2), 18 August 1942, page 3

Marriage. World’s End Methodist Church, last Saturday afternoon

Warrant Officer John Colin Morrison RAAF, youngest son of Mr & Mrs H.J. Morrison of ‘Harefield’ Penwortham, married Miss Essie May McWaters, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.H. McWaters of ‘Spring Farm’ World’s End. [Details in 1 column.]

Burra Burra DC, 3 August

After getting legal advice from Messrs Bednall & Worth, Council advises the Burra Corporation that although it was sympathetic with the proposal they could not see their way clear to amalgamate with them in the purchase of the Burra Institute.

Mt Bryan East Young Person’s Guild recently held a concert to raise funds to purchase new hymn books for the Mt Bryan East Methodist Church. £3-5-7 was raised.

Tpr Rol Dare has advised that his health was improving after being wounded, but the following day an official cable said he was seriously ill.

63, 31 (2), 18 August 1942, page 4

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM on 12 August.

Elected were: President, Mrs F.M. Pearce; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Finch & E. Steer; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare & Treasurer, Miss L. Bartholomaeus.

Sister Joyce Woollacott has offered her services overseas and is attached to a Military Hospital. She is the daughter of Mayor T.H. Woollacott.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 8 August.

Farnden’s Hill – have extended rise from stope – c. 30 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – driving on a leader off west crosscut – c. 8 ft.

63, 34, 18 August 1942, page 1

[Incorrectly dated throughout: corrected by hand on bound copy to 25 August.]

Burra Town Council, 17 August

The Highways Department responds to a letter re the Bon Accord Bridge, saying that after further investigation its decision remains that it should not carry more than 5 ton loads.

A letter from the Burra Burra DC advises that it would not amalgamate with the Town Council in the purchase of the Burra Institute.

It was decided that two members of Council would attend a meeting with the Burra Institute Committee to discuss with it the setting out of an agreement under which Council would take over the Institute. Councillors Kellaway and Marston were chosen as the delegates.

Marriage. Archer Street Methodist Church, North Adelaide, 1 August

Pte Ivan O’Brien, son of Mrs E. & the late Mr O’Brien of Railway Town, Broken Hill, married

Edith Atkins, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs H.E. Atkins of ‘Campowie’ Hanson.

[Details in 1 column.]

63, 34, 18 August 1942, page 2

[Incorrectly dated throughout: corrected by hand on bound copy to 25 August.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 August

Sonja Henie & John Payne in Sun valley Serenade

George Montgomery & Eve Arden in Last of the Duanes

Advt. Miss Ivy Bagnall (Mrs L.R. Lee) will be opening her hairdressing salon in Pearce’s Buildings on 8 September.

There is an Epidemic of Measles in Burra at present and several adults have been confined to their rooms as well as young folk. A throat infection is also prevalent.

Marriage. At the home of Mrs Ken Gerard, Medindie, 22 August

Ralph Follett (RAAF), youngest son of Mr & Mrs Follett of Medindie, married

Daphne McWaters, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.H. McWaters of World’s End.

Squadron Leader Thomas McBride Price RAAF won the DFC in Libya last year and has again come to attention when last week he was awarded the US Soldiers’ Medal for heroism while attached to a US Bomber Squadron last April. He has been serving with distinction in New Guinea and the Carolines.

He is a great grandson of the late R.J. Martin McBride, a grandson of Mr Robert McBride of Toorak and late of Sod Hut and the son of the late Mr J.L. Price former Member for Boothby in the House of Representatives and Mrs Price nee Elsie McBride.

63, 34, 18 August 1942, page 3

[Incorrectly dated throughout: corrected by hand on bound copy to 25 August.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 22 August.

Farnden’s Hill – continued rise in stope – values erratic – c. 1 oz per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – continued drive on leader off west crosscut – advanced 9 ft to 17 ft.

63, 34, 18 August 1942, page 4

[Incorrectly dated throughout: corrected by hand on bound copy to 25 August.]

Mrs M. Klaffus of Bridge Terrace will be 96 on Thursday. She still lives alone and does all her own housework.

Daylight Saving begins on 27 September. Clocks will be advanced one hour until 28 March.

63, 35, 1 September 1942, page 1

Mrs M. Klaffus of Bridge Tce celebrated her 96th birthday on 27 August. She was born at Hahndorf in SA in 1856 [sic: error for 1846] and lived a strenuous life until she was well over 70. Her mental faculties remain keen and her eyesight is good. She does her housework and sewing, but recently has allowed a kindly neighbour to do her washing. A small party was held in her house, organised as for some years past by Mrs E. Wohling and daughters and Mrs P. Borowski. The Mayor dropped in for tea.

[Born Wilhelmina Mathildan Seelander 27 August 1846 Hahndorf. Married Carl Christian Friedrich Frahm in 1877. He died in 1886 and she married Carl Gustav Klaffus in 1891. She died 7 January 1947 at Burra.]

Mr E.L. Bonython, in charge of the Burra North Police Station, has passed his Inspector’s Examination and is now eligible for promotion when a vacancy occurs. Three of the four officers in charge at Burra North prior to him are now inspectors: Inspectors McDonald, Kain and Johns.

Copperhouse School. The series of dances in aid of school and patriotic funds continues.

Burra school children will have their Arbor Day on 11 September. One of the trees planted will be dedicated to the memory of Rod Wilson RAN who died in the sinking of HMAS Sydney. Rod was a son of Mr & Mrs Hugh Wilson.

The Mid North High Schools Sports were held at Riverton on 26 August. Clare gained the shield with 1231⁄2 points from Burra 87 and Riverton 591⁄2.

63, 35, 1 September 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 September

Clark Gable & Hedy Lamarr in Boom Town

Plus Short Features

Advt. C.P. Thamm thanks clients for past patronage and will reopen for business if sufficient work is available.

Rol Dare has now been taken off the seriously ill list. Red Cross informs his parents that he was shot in the ankle.

The Season at Mt Bryan East is looking good after 2 inches of rain in the last few days. It has interfered with shearing, but no one is complaining about that.

63, 35, 1 September 1942, page 4

The Season is looking very good ‘out east’ after excellent rains this year.

Sugar Rationing. A notice spreads across 4 columns by about 3⁄4 column to announce sugar rationing from Monday 31 August. About one third comprises instructions to consumers and 2⁄3 instructions to retailers.

63, 36, 8 September 1942, page 1

Sister Elizabeth Mosey, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs A.J. Mosey of Brady Creek and Robertstown and who was Matron of the Burra Hospital many years ago, has distinguished herself in the war by an act of heroism. When the Japanese captured Hong Kong she defied the Japanese Soldiers in defence of the sick and wounded and denied them access to the sick room at the hotel.

Later Japanese soldiers entered the sick room at Fort Standley and bayoneted fifty wounded Britons. They raped and killed three nurses and raped the remaining nurses, but did not kill them.

Sister Mosey won a Royal Red Cross in the Great War and when the present war broke out she was holidaying in Tasmania. She immediately volunteered and boarded the first transport. Relatives have been informed that although a POW she is in good health.

[Sister Mosey was in charge of the Burra Hospital from the end of 1905 to November 1912.]

Obituary. Mr Archibald Boulton died suddenly at his residence last Thursday. He was born in Burra 19 January 1866. In 1894 he married Miss Pitman and they had three children, one of who predeceased him. He lived and worked in Burra all his life and is survived by his wife and two daughters: Mrs H. Parkes of Burra North and Mrs J.C. Hantken of Adelaide. [Birth not registered in SA: died 2 September 1942 Burra. He married Miss Olga Adelgunde Puttmann. Issue 63, 37, 15 September 1942, page 3 adds that two grandsons are on active service in the Middle East: Pte D. Boulton and Sapper G.L. Hantken.]

The National Call to Prayer was held last Thursday 3 September, the third anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Shops closed from 11.50 a.m. to noon and a short service was held at the War Memorial by Rev. Bartlett. Services of Intercession were held in the churches in the evening.

Burra Public School Arbor Day will be held on 11 September. Two trees will be dedicated to past scholars who have paid the supreme sacrifice in the war: Rod Wilson, son of Mr & Mrs H. Wilson and Richard Satchell whose parents Mr & Mrs W. Satchell now live in Riverton.

Weather. This year has been the wettest for many past with 1583 points so far.

63, 36, 8 September 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 September

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Great Guns

Jane Withers & Cecil Kellaway in Small Town Deb

Raymond Collins RAN, son of Mr & Mrs A.H. Collins, once residents of Burra, was in town for a few days this week. His father once worked for Messrs Sara & Co.

63, 36, 8 September 1942, page 3

Amateur Hour Concert at Leighton last Wednesday evening aided the Leighton Red Cross branch by £18.

[Details in 1 column.]

Pte Bill Carter of Farrell Flat has returned from abroad, fit.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s Report for the fortnight ending 5 September.

Farnden’s Hill – preparing to start No. 3 stope from Farnden’s No. 2 Shaft.

Trewartha’s Adit – drive off west crosscut continued 9 ft on leader to 26 ft – showing only a trace.

63, 37, 15 September 1942, page 1

Willalo Red Cross staged an Arts & Crafts Exhibition on 29 August. The stalls raised £28-8-0.

Burra Public School Arbor Day was held on 11 September. Two trees were dedicated to two former students who had died on active service in the war. They were dedicated by Rev. H.K. Bartlett and planted to the memory of Dick Satchell and Rod Wilson by Barbara Hill and Norman Wilson respectively. Special lessons were given in the morning dealing with aspects of Arbor Day. Speeches were delivered by Mr H. Jennison, Mayor T.H. Woollacott, Rev. H.K. Bartlett and S. Kellaway, after which the children were granted a half holiday.

Burra Red Cross Ball was held in the Burra Institute with A. Bevan as MC. Takings were c. £30.

63, 37, 15 September 1942, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC gives notice of a new assessment and information regarding the appeals process.

Burra Burra DC declares a rate of 21d in the pound and a differential rate of 3d in the pound on the assessment of the Booborowie and Leighton Wards.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 September

Gary Cooper & Claire Trevor in Stage Coach

Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake in Blondie Plays Cupid

Obituary. James Dunning, husband of Ettie Dunning and father of Alma, Myrtle, Albert, Jean and May died in Burra Hospital 5 September aged 75. [Born 10 June 1867 Leasingham, SA.]

Obituary. Sgt Pilot H.E. Gaskell of Hallett, previously reported missing, is now believed to have been killed in action on 1 August when he was second pilot of a bomber raiding Düsseldorf.

[Henry Elliott Gaskell born 27 October 1919 Nowra, NSW.]

Burra North Air Raid Siren will be tested each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. until further notice by sounding the ‘All Clear’ – a continuous note for two minutes.

Burra Civil Defence. A comprehensive air raid practice will take place on 24 October in the afternoon.

63, 37, 15 September 1942, page 3

Obituary. Alfred Samuel Walker died at the residence of Mrs P. Nolan 179 Franklin Street, Adelaide, on 1 September aged 63. He was an old resident of this district and married Amelia, second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs F. Bernhardt of Burra North. He attended Burra School.

[The next section is somewhat garbled. It says that at 11 he was employed as ‘Jimmy the Tar Boy’ by W.P. Barker of Baldina Station, ‘which is now owned by Mr John R. Barker for 30 years’. Presumably the 30 years refers to his period of employment.] Later he worked at Mr Mosey’s Fingerpost Station for 3 years. He is survived by one daughter Mrs Bert Morgan of Burra North, and by three sons: Ken (AIF), Ron (SAR) and Roy (AMF). There are two grandchildren. [Born 2 July 1880, Kooringa.]

63, 37, 15 September 1942, page 4

Burra Primary School Students have raised over £800 for the war effort:

War Savings £569-9-10

Cash Collection £135-14-0

Waste Products £177-1-3

[Total £882-5-1]

Burra Town Council, 7 September

A.B. Riggs advises that the Institute Committee would be delighted to meet Council delegates about the purchase of the Institute on 14 September at 8.15 p.m.

H.J.B. Jennison sought the donation of two trees to be dedicated to fallen past scholars of the school on Arbor Day. Council agreed to the request.

Messrs Austin & Co. Smallgoods Manufacturers in Burra might have to close down because the Government did not have any inspectors available to examine pig carcases prior to their consignment to the city. This would see families leave the town and more empty shops in the street.

A letter of protest will be sent to the Premier – the carcases had to pass through a State Inspector and then a Commonwealth Inspector.

Watertable to be cleaned in front of Mr R. Fuss’s and 30 ft of cement kerbing to be constructed.

(Mr Fuss having offered to pay one third of the cost.)

Rumours that flour and soap are to be rationed are without foundation.

63, 38, 22 September 1942, page 1

Obituary. Mr Hedley Harris who died at Fullarton 13 September 1942 is well known in Burra. He was born in Kooringa in 1876, the youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs John Harris, bootmaker. On leaving school he had a wood merchant’s business, but later went to Hallett where he had a grocery and general store, which he carried on successfully for more than twenty years. On selling it he moved to a similar business in Fullarton with several branch stores, which he operated successfully. He married Miss Margaret Bown, second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Bown of ‘Springbank’ near Burra in 1903. Heart trouble supervened about six months ago and complications in the last few weeks proved fatal. He was a member of Parkside Methodist Church. He leaves a widow and a grown-up family of four. He also leaves two brothers, Mr Frank Harris of Burra and Mr E.J. Harris of Glenelg as well as a sister Mrs Frank Pearce of Burra.

[William Hedley Harris born 27 June 1876, Kooringa. He was the youngest surviving son. Three younger sons died in infancy; in fact in a family of 14 children 9 died as infants.]

James William Francis McGinty of Balranald, NSW was charged with impersonating a policeman in two hotels in Burra on 5 September. He was a shed hand at Belcunda when arrested. Fined £2 plus 7/6 costs.

Burra North Red Cross has decided to open the little shop in Best Place, Burra North, kindly loaned by Mr [Alwin] Pearce to aid their Red Cross Junior Competition. It will operate every Friday until the competition closes at the end of November and will offer afternoon tea and a trading table.

Mervyn Pens, son of Mr & Mrs Murray Pens, late of Mt Mary and now of Hillside near Adelaide, has been winning cycling events in the city. [1⁄3 column of details.]

63, 38, 22 September 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 September

Robert Young & Randolph Scott in Western Union

Bruce Edwards & George Barber in Marry the Boss’s Daughter

Advt. Jennison’s Tyre Service

Mr H.J.B. Jennison advises that as he has enlisted in the RAAF his business in Commercial Street will be carried on by Mr A.D. Sellars. He will trade as ‘Jennison’s Tyre Service Station’. He has taken over the stock and plant and all agencies.

[The temporary nature of the arrangement is suggested in the accompanying news paragraph on the same page which says: ‘Mr Jennison arranged with Mr Sellars to carry on the good work during his absence.]

Burra Red Cross Unit will hold an auction sale on 9 October in the premises vacated by Mr Guy Dollman.

Proceeds will aid the Red Cross Baby Competition.

Black Springs CWA & Patriotic Koonoona Employees are to hold a Garden Fete at Koonoona Station next Saturday to aid POW Funds and Christmas Hamper and Cheer-Up Hut Emergency Work Fund.

Burra Red Cross held a successful penny drive last Friday afternoon. Lines were drawn from the Savings Bank to Messrs R.D. Pascoe’s and the results were very satisfactory.

63, 38, 22 September 1942, page 3

Nurse Marks of Burra Hospital has left to continue her training at the RAH.

63, 38, 22 September 1942, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 7 September

It was resolved that a new assessment be adopted for 1942-43 with appeals to be lodged by 3 October and the Court of Revision to sit on 5 October.

General rate of 1/9 in the pound was declared with a differential rate of 3d in the pound in Booborowie and Leighton Wards.

H.J.B. Jennison will leave this week for Sydney to take a course of training in an Administrative Department, having offered himself for National Service. He was given a farewell after the Redruth Methodist Church evening service. Speakers were Rev. H.K. Bartlett, F.T. Sara, A.B. Riggs, Mayor T.H. Woollacott, F.H. Reed, S.C. Genders and Rev. S.J. Martin. [Details in 11⁄3 columns.]

63, 39, 29 September 1942, page 1

Red Cross Junior Dance in aid of the Red Cross Baby Competition was held last Friday night and raised £22-8-0.

A Storm on Tuesday last blew a perfect gale in Burra and blew down trees and portions of several chimneys. Over the past five months 13 inches of rain have softened the ground; increasing the number of trees at risk. Older sheds were also damaged. Hail and heavy rain accompanied the wind and brought September’s total to over 3 inches.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 19 September.

Farnden’s Hill – No. 3 stope driven 6 ft – values c. 7 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – drive off west crosscut continued 8 ft to 34 ft – two leaders in the face of the drive, but no values.

63, 39, 29 September 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 October

Humphrey Bogart & Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon

George Brent & Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held Anniversary Services on 20 September. The circuit minister Rev. R. Brook preached two fine sermons.

Trooper Jack Harris spent some leave in Burra last Week. He was in time to wish his late employer Mr H.J.B. Jennison the best of luck in the RAAF.

63, 39, 29 September 1942, page 3

Burra Town Council, 21 September

Cr Kellaway apologised for his absence in a letter and stated that he and Cr Marston had discussed the matter with the Burra Institute Committee and recommended the Council purchase the Institute under the scheme to be outlined by Cr Marston.

Mr A.B. Riggs wrote saying negotiations for the sale of the Institute would be started as soon as the Council obtained permission to buy it.

Council is to take full responsibility for the amount owing on the building on the day it takes over and to pay all transfer fees.

L.P. Davis wrote advising that in the school scrap drive Norman Wilson had collected 43 lb of rubber and John Carpenter 29 lb and they were entitled to the first and second prizes respectively.

Council agreed to pay prizes of 10/- and 5/- respectively.

Cr Samuel, who has joined the RAAF, attended the meeting and tendered his resignation as Councillor for West Ward. It was accepted with regret and a minute of appreciation was recorded. An election will be held to fill the vacancy so created.

Cr Marston reported on the discussions with the Institute Committee. The Committee would recommend the sale if the purchase price was the amount of the bank overdraft on the day of taking over, with Council to pay the transfer costs. There would be quite a lot of red tape to negotiate and Council would have little to do with the Library management, where subscribers would have the balance of power on the Library Committee.

The statement of receipts and expenditures showed the present committee was holding its own:

Rents for the Hall £327-0-1

Expenses £160

On the scheme of repayments agreed with the State Bank for interest and capital they needed to repay £204 p.a. This meant the Council would only have to find about £37 p.a. to repay the £204.

The Committee was allowing a discount of 331⁄3% for patriotic functions at the hall. If Council discontinued that they could increase the income by £50 and so end up with a small profit.

The Mayor disagreed with the scheme entirely and said he was not prepared to allow the ratepayers to become milking cows. The war position was too serious to allow the Council to enter any such arrangement at present and he did not see why the State Bank could not reduce the debt and did not think the building worth the amount of debt. If the Council hung out the Bank would eventually be forced to reduce the debt. Besides which there might be inflation.

Cr Martin pointed out there could be cheaper money for the scheme from the State Bank, but the Mayor said his own recent experience did not suggest that.

Cr Marston wondered why the Mayor was so opposed now when last year he was so anxious to take over the building on behalf of the Council.

After further discussion it was resolved that the Town Clerk ascertain if permission would be granted to the Council to borrow the money.

Fighting Forced Comforts Fund held its AGM in the CWA Rooms on 11 September. Elected: President, Mrs Ashton; Vice-Presidents are the Presidents of Units, Secretary, Mrs Grant and Treasurer, Mrs Genders. (The Units are Burra, Burra North and RSL Wives.)

Successes for the past year were:

The organising of the units

Raising funds to the extent of sending £321-18-11 to Headquarters for the Empire Appeal.

63, 39, 29 September 1942, page 4

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM.

The year had started in credit £0-2-0 and had ended in credit £22.

Elected: Patron, Dr D.M. Steele; President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, S.C. Genders & O. Finch and Secretary-Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe. Subscriptions for the year were fixed at £2-10-0 (unchanged).

Sunday members to pay £1-1-0 and night members £0-10-0.

63, 40, 6 October 1942, page 1

Black Springs CWA held its Annual Patriotic Effort on 26 September in the form of a Garden Party at Koonoona, the home of Mr & Mrs G.G. Hawkes. Mrs A. Tennant declared the fete open. Takings amounted to c. £100.

Burra Soldier wants letters. Information has been received that a young Burra soldier by the name of Ockenden is in the Heidelberg Military Hospital and would appreciate some letters from the old town. He was born in Burra, though he has not visited it for a number of years.

Junior Red Cross Drive Dance sponsored by the RSL Wives Unit raised over £34.

Miss Joan Crossing of Farrell Flat has joined the WAAAF.

Pte Tom Piggott has been in Farrell Flat on leave.

Obituary. Mrs Joe Denton, the mother of the Farrell Flat storekeeper, has died at the age of 99.

[Born Emily Davis. Birth not registered in SA but according to BISA 12 July 1844, which would make her 98 at death. She married Joseph Denton in 1867.]

Weather. With over three inches of rain in September the total now exceeds 19 inches for the year. The pastoral areas are looking good, but some heavy showers to produce run-off are needed to fill dams and tanks.

63, 40, 6 October 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 October

Joe Bennett & Don Ameche in Confirm or Deny

Sydney Toler & Mary Beth Hughes in Charlie Chan at Rio

12 October

Kenny Baker & Jean Colin in The Mikado

Anita Louise & Bruce Bennett in The Phantom Submarine

Mr & Mrs George Herbert of Kangaroo Street announce the 50th anniversary of their wedding celebrated at Burra on 7 October 1892.

Mrs C.C. Williams of Royston Park, possibly our oldest subscriber, turns 88 on 9 October. When she lived in Burra he late husband had a tinsmith and ironmongery business in the premises now occupied by the Record, many many years ago. The workshop was across the road in part of the premises occupied by Mr G.H. Dollman until recently. [Charles Chichester Williams 1839-1916. His wife was born Catherine Watson and came to Australia in 1876. She was a nurse at the Burra Hospital in the 1870s before marrying C.C. Williams in 1879; she died in 1944 aged 89 according to registration of death.]

Rev. M.P. Cowle has been appointed Rector of St Mary’s, Burra. He has for some time been a full-time chaplain on a battle front in Australia.

63, 40, 6 October 1942, page 3

The Kooringa Methodist Church held its Anniversary Services last Sunday. The day was somewhat marred by intervals of heavy rain. The minister in charge Rev. H.K. Bartlett preached three services. On Monday an Indoor Bowls evening was held in the Sunday School, before which Rev. Bartlett read his report on the year and in the absence through indisposition of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Trust Mr Edgar Pearce, also presented the financial statement. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

63, 40, 6 October 1942, page 4

Burra Town Council

The statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ended 30 June 1942 is published.

63, 41, 13 October 1942, page 1

An Air Raid Try-Out will be held in Burra on 24 October in the afternoon.

A Social at Leighton Hall on Friday evening was held for:

Pte Ted Lynch AMF

Cpl M. Heinrich

AC1 O.L. Heinrich

Chris Brown WAAAF

Each was presented with comforts from the Leighton-Hanson Cupboard Fund and other presentations were also made.

63, 41, 13 October 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 October

William Powell & Myrna Loy in Love Crazy

Lew Ayres & Rita Johnson in The Golden Fleecing

Mr & Mrs John Honan of Hallett celebrated their Diamond Wedding on 12 October.

Obituary. Pte David Wooton of Mt Bryan East was killed in action in New Guinea on 5 September. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Wooton of Hampton. He leaves a widow and young son, who live with her father, Mr Lomman, at Mt Bryan East. [63, 42 (2), 27 October 1942, page 2 gives the son’s name as Barry.]

[David Edward Wooton born 19 August 1917, Kooringa.]

Lieut. Keith Davey, son of Mrs M. Davey of Payneham and the late W.J. Davey Jnr, visited Burra recently to see relatives, especially Mr & Mrs Walter Pearce his grandparents, before leaving for the front.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 3 October.

Farnden’s Hill – continued No. 3 stope with low values – 10 dwt per ton – 7 ft to 13 ft on 3 inch leader.

Trewartha’s Adit – drive off west crosscut advanced 9 ft to 43 ft – leader carrying traces only.

63, 41, 13 October 1942, page 3

Hallett Red Cross & Comforts Fund Flower Show was held in Hallett Hall 7 October. It was opened by Mrs Andrew Tennant. [Results are printed.]

AC1 Peter Williams was presented with a silver cigarette case and a cheque on behalf of Burra citizens at the Council Chamber on 5 October. Speakers included the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, Dr Steele and Mr Tom Fuller, Peter’s former employer. In making the presentation Mr Riggs mentioned that the supply of watches had now run out.

Mr & Mrs George Herbert’s Golden Wedding celebrations are reported in about 1⁄2 column.

Burra Town Council, 5 October

The Highways Department advised that the Main Road Grant would be £200 this year with the Council to contribute £65.

The Committee of War Organisation of Industry wrote advising that there should be no difficulty in transferring the Institute building to the Council.

The Commonwealth Treasurer on the same subject supplied forms to be completed when the sale was arranged.

It was resolved to shelve ideas of selling blocks of land in West’s Estate and another estate for unpaid rates upon advice that the cost of associated fees and advertising could exceed the value of the properties.

It was resolved that Council hold a special meeting upon receipt of the Minister’s letter giving permission for the purchase of the Institute, in order to consider the matter.

63, 41, 13 October 1942, page 4

Sapper Joan Ford AWAS has been home at Farrell Flat for four days’ leave.

63, 42, 20 October 1942, page 1

Combined Schools Sports were held at Gum Creek Station last Thursday. Competing schools were Gum Creek, Copperhouse, Hanson and Leighton. [Prize winners are listed.]

Booborowie Grand Ball and Ugly Man Competition took place successfully and boosted the Hall Funds by more than £100.

Pte Ben Kotz was given a farewell at Miss Warner’s Café on Thursday evening. Attendance was small due to the lack of publicity. Also, the Mayor could not attend due to a family bereavement and S.C. Genders was absent due to the grave condition of his wife. Mr A.B. Riggs as Secretary of the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee presided and presented a silver cigarette case and a cheque. A.L. Clode spoke, as did Sgt Clarke AIF recently returned. At present we hear that Pte Kotz is in the Burra Hospital suffering from measles.

AC1 David Morris was given a presentation at Booborowie.

Obituary. Mrs S.G. Genders died at Burra Hospital on Friday evening after a comparatively short illness. She was the wife of the manager of the National Bank in Burra and had entered freely into the social life of the town and had been a most useful citizen. She was Vice-President of the FFCF Unit 109, and an active member of the Burra Red Cross and RSL Wives & Relations Unit. She was also President of the St Mary’s Soldiers’ Social Recreational Club and a devoted member of St Mary’s Church. She leaves a husband and four children: Miss Phoebe Genders, Mr David Genders and little Patty and Robin. Her mother Mrs Davidson [sic: for Davison] has been a private patient at Burra Hospital for about four years. Bearers at her funeral were four returned soldiers: Messrs M.T. Fuller, Cyril Collins, A. Tennant and A.L. Bence. Mr Genders is President of the Burra RSL Sub-branch.

[Born Millicent Rosslyn Davison 17 December 1895 Mt Gambier: died 16 October 1942, Burra. She was married as Milecent Roslyn and died as Millecent Roslyn.]

Obituary. Mrs E. Thomas Tiver, who was the mother of Mrs R. Jeffery of Burra North, died last Friday night. Mrs Tiver of Glenelg had been ill for a long period. She is survived by a husband and seven of her nine children.

[Born Amelia Edith Sampson 10 December 1871 Allens Creek near Kapunda: died 17 October 1942 Glenelg. She married Edwin Thomas Tiver in 1891.]

Obituary. Mr W.J. Woollacott of Hanson died at Burra Hospital last Wednesday night. He was born at Burra North 22 November 1879 and was the oldest in a family of thirteen, the son of the late Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott. He was educated at Burra School. On leaving school he first worked for his father, but later took up farming and continued on the land until forced to retire due to failing health. He spent all his life in the district, but due to indifferent health did not take part in any public duties. He was closely connected with the Methodist Church and was a local preacher and church officer at Redruth and Hanson. On 28 July 1915 he married Miss Mabella Duke, only child of Mr & Mrs Duke of Hanson who survives with three children: Dorothy, Mrs Claude White of Porter’s Lagoon; Miss Melva Woollacott of the Education Department Hundred of Whyte and Mr William Woollacott of Whyalla. Also six brothers:

Mr T.H. & Mr Stan Woollacott of Burra North

Rev. E.H. Woollacott

Messrs Arthur & Joe Woollacott of Adelaide

Rodney Woollacott of Essendon Grammar School

And one surviving sister, Bessie, Mrs Arthur P. Harris of Hawthorn, Victoria.

He was for many years a member of the Manchester Unity Lodge MUIOOF.

At the time of his death his wife was also an inmate of Burra Hospital and remains so.

[William John Woollacott born 21 November 1879 Burra: died 14 October 1942, Burra, residence Hanson.]

Sgt Wireless Air Gunner Laurie Sams RAAF writes to his parents Mr C. & Mrs E.D. Sams of Mt Bryan. Since the letter was written they have been advised that he was reported missing believed killed.

The letter was dated 19 June. He was then fit and well and greatly enjoying a lot of flying over England with his crew of four Aussies and a Canadian pilot. They had been flying over England and also to Scotland and across to Ireland and back. He was greatly impressed by the beauty of the landscape from the air and also mentions the fogs they had to contend with. Brian Riggs from Burra had just arrived at their base and they had met in the mess. His first night flight was a 61⁄4 hour run to Cologne as part of a 1,000 plane raid, which he described as a marvellous experience ‘which made him feel as happy as hell’.

[His description of the Cologne raid occupies about 1⁄2 column.]

63, 42, 20 October 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 October

Merle Oberon & George Brent in Till We Meet Again

John Payne & Gloria Dickson in King of the Lumberjacks

Notice. Burra Town Council calls nominations for an Extraordinary Election for a Councillor for West Ward.

Nominations by 31 October.

63, 42, 20 October 1942, page 3

An Amateur Hour was held in the Burra Institute last Wednesday. It is believed to be the first of its kind held here. The hall was packed to capacity by 8 p.m.

The President of the Burra Red Cross Unit’s Junior Appeal Mrs D.M. Steele proved indefatigable in organising the event with her secretary Mrs Roy Jeffery and several other members. The actual program was in the hands of Messrs L. Davis and L. Easson, headmasters of the Burra Primary and High Schools respectively. Mr Pontifex acted as treasurer.

Program

Junior Competition

Performer Item Votes

Carliene Davies piano – Rustle of Spring 182

Vonnie Harvey song – The White Cliffs of Dover 717

John Carpenter (9) accordion solo 416

Josie Jennison song – A Little King Without a Crown 361

Olive Hann tap dancing 147

Heather Bateson song – My Genevieve 796

Eileen Hogan, June Bourman,

Audrey Bown & Marie Pearce skit – Misery Farm 642

Margaret Jeffery & Barbara Jennison sketch – The Backward Child 788

Johnny Green (A.L. Bence) Humorous recital as an overgrown schoolboy

Senior Competition

Mr Laurie Johnson two accordion pieces 220

Miss Margaret Humphrys whistling – Bird Songs at Eventide 376

Mr Will Young Swanee whistle 471

Miss Sylvia Thomas unaccompanied song – Because 420

Mr Ern Heinrich yodeller – Rocky Ned 657

Mrs Jenkins comic old lady pianist – Three Blind Mice

(Song, dance and organ prelude) 330

Miss Kathleen Moore song – Little Brown Cottage 344

Mr Oliver Holmes mouth organ 25

Miss Joan Davies crooner & whistler – I Know Why and When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 688

Sgt Noel Baylis violinist 315

Mrs Hazel Brook song – Danny Boy 124

Joan & Diana Davies

June Dollman & Phyl. Lee

Betty Wohling & June Bourman Ballet – Burra Girls’ Physical Culture Class 24

Accompanists were Miss H. White, Mrs A.G. Drew, Mrs V. Davies, Miss Margaret Pearce and Mr Darrel Field.

Winners received trophies donated by A.L. Bence.

Dancing followed the items with Alex Bevan as MC and the Orchestra of Darrel Field.

Tpr Tom Piggott was given a presentation at Black Springs at a dance on 2 October.

Burra Civil Defence. Details of the Air-Raid Try-Out on 24 October are given in 1⁄2 column.

63, 42, 20 October 1942, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 5 October

Highways & Local Government Department advised that the road grant for the year was £1,840.

63, 42 (2), 27 October 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council, 19 October

No nominations had been received for the position of Councillor for West Ward in the Extraordinary Election. It was decided to call again.

There has as yet been no reply from the Minister re permission to buy the Burra Institute.

Cr Kellaway pointed out that Council was losing money on the cemetery because fees had not changed since wages were 8/- per day. A grave dug on Sunday cost them £3-3-0 and the ordinary fee received was £1-5-0. He moved that all fees be increased by 10/-.

It was decided to have a special meeting of the finance committee on 26 October to consider the matter.

Burra Civil Defence Committee held a successful try-out for an air raid on Saturday a little before 3 p.m. Four planes flew low over the town and on the whole the tests arranged did credit to those taking part.

Rev. M.P. Cowle was inducted as Rector of St Mary’s last Tuesday evening by Archdeacon Hegill of Walkerville. The Deanery of the Broughton was fully represented by Rev. W.B. Kenworthy of Auburn, Rural Dean Rev. R.N.S. Adams of Clare, Rev. H.A. Williams of Riverton and Rev. C.W. Pegg of Balaklava. A welcome social followed in the Parish Hall.

Obituary. Mrs Edward (Ted) Bowen of Mile End died at a private hospital in Adelaide on Wednesday 21 October. She was an esteemed former Burra resident who died just three days before her 80th birthday. She was born Annie Hosking at Burra on 24 October 1862, the daughter of Mr & Mrs John Hosking of Commercial Street. She married Mr E. Bowen who was a painter. They retired to the city where Mr Bowen died some years ago. [Born Hannah Hosking 24 October 1862, Kooringa, but married and died as Annie.]

63, 42 (2), 27 October 1942, page 2

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Alfred John Pinchbeck, late of Burra North, who died at Burra Hospital 17 July 1942. [Birth registered as Alfred John Pearson Pinchbeck 4 February 1903 Parkside, but death registered as Alfred John Joseph Pinchbeck 17 July 1942, Burra.]

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale on 5 November for Mrs A.A.L. Walker on the property immediately behind the old mill in the Township of Graham. The vendor is selling her property and leaving the district.

[Amelia Augusta Louisa Walker nee Bernhardt was the widow of Alfred Samuel Walker who had died 1 September 1942.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 October

Victor McLaglen & Frances Farmer in South of Pago Pago

Rudy Vallee & Ann Millar in Time Out Of Rhythm

63, 42 (2), 27 October 1942, page 3

Pte Arthur Lloyd was tendered a social at Leighton Hall last Tuesday evening. Jack Field, Rev. H.K. Bartlett and Roy Earle were the principal speakers and a presentation was made.

Sgt N.J. Villis was presented with a cheque at a farewell last Tuesday evening. The Mayor said Sgt Villis was a former Town Councillor and had lived in Burra all his life. He had been prominent in the Rifle Club and had early placed his skills at the disposal of the Army to become a Sergeant Instructor. Other speakers were F.T. Sara, F.T. Marston, T. Fuller and R.H. Smith for the RSL.

Mr & Mrs T. Warner & daughters Ruby & Decima left Burra last Saturday to reside at Gawler. Decima and Ruby have for some years successfully conducted a sweets shop and café in Burra. Miss Decima Warner has been active in many patriotic and philanthropic appeals and has made her café available for many impromptu farewells for soldiers.

Obituary. Mr R.H. Smith, manager of Elder, Smith & Co. received word last week that Cpl Bob Ellis, a former employee of the local branch, had been killed in action in New Guinea. Bob was employed at Burra when he enlisted. His parents were Mr & Mrs A.G. Ellis of the Crystal Brook Police Station.

[Robert Ellis George Ellis born 8 August 1918 Pt Augusta.]

63, 42 (2), 27 October 1942, page 4

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 17 October.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping advanced 7 ft to 20 ft – values c. 12 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – driving continued off west crosscut and advanced 10 ft to 53 ft – no values.

63, 44, 3 November 1942, page 1

Burra Town Council is taking steps to have a munition factory installed in Burra. The biggest barrier to success is likely to be the manpower. All those over 16 residing in the district who can find time to work in the proposed factory should hand their name to the Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott.

A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon and Amateur Hour arranged for the Hallett Red Cross Junior Competition at Ulooloo Station raised £75-10-0.

63, 44, 3 November 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 November

Bette Davis & Herbert Marshall in The Letter

Marjorie Rambeau & Alan Hale in Tugboat Annie Sails Again

Lieut. Lindsay Thomas, brother of Mrs H. Jennison, has been seriously wounded in action in Egypt.

Sgt John Lovegrove has been reported wounded in action in Egypt. Before enlisting he was on the local staff of Elder, Smith & Co.

63, 44, 3 November 1942, page 3

A Pet Shoe & Junior Sports was held at the Burra North Playground on Saturday last in aid of Red Cross Junior contestant Baby Sellars. [Results are printed.]

The nett result was £60.

Ron Fuller, who since leaving school has been employed by Goldsbrough Mort & Co. in Burra, has been transferred to the Hawker Branch from 11 November.

Jack McWaters RAAF, son of Mr & Mrs Hedley McWaters, has arrived safely in England and has had contact with Brian Riggs.

Marriage. St Edmund’s Church, Booborowie, Saturday 3 October

Lawrence S.F. Anderson, eldest son of Mr & Mrs B.L. Anderson, married

Daphne Shattock, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Shattock of Booborowie.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Advt. Walker & Sons Are Retiring from Business

Get in Early for Your Boots and Shoes Etc.

Box 37, BURRA, ’Phone 187

63, 44, 3 November 1942, page 4

A Garden Party & Fete at Mr & Mrs Stanley Hawker of ‘Belcunda’ for Red Cross Junior funds raised £54. Takings were divided between babies Stolte, Bowden and Wooton.

63, 44, 3 November 1942, Supplement

A little larger than A4

Burra FFCF observed a minute’s silence at their monthly meeting in respect for the late Mrs Genders, their Vice-President.

Black Springs & Porters Lagoon Gala Day on 17 October was opened by Hon. A.J. Melrose and raised £110 for the Junior Red Cross Appeal.

Hanson Red Cross held a Pet Show in the Hanson Hall and raised £11.

Burra Council Chamber, 23 October

Presentations were tendered to Pte Will Nourse. The Mayor presented a cheque and Mrs A.D. Sellars on behalf of the FFCF made the usual presentation of woollen comforts. Later similar presentations were made to Pte D.J. Griffiths, the fourth son of Mr & Mrs F. Griffiths to enlist.

Obituary. Mr William Geake died at Burra Hospital on 21 October. He was born in Queen Street, Kooringa on 13 July 1861 and was the only son of Mr & Mrs W. Geake, whose first connection with Burra dates back to the late 1840s. After leaving school he was first associated with his father in business as a greengrocer and then on his own accord. He was later employed by Mr E.J. Harris. He took a keen interesting sport, particularly in football, cycling and pedestrian events and prior to his failing health he was a member of various committees. He was a member of the Rechabite Lodge for over 60 years and held all offices, including being a Past Chief Ruler. From infancy he was connected with the Wesleyan and later the Kooringa Methodist Church and was a former secretary of the Wesleyan Sunday School. In his later years he bore the burden of many illnesses with stoicism. The late Mr Geake married Miss Elizabeth Jenkin in 1887 and she died in 1936. Miss Doris Geake of Burra and Mr Wilfred Geake of North Adelaide survive their parents, as do two granddaughters and one sister, Miss Elizabeth Geake (who still resides in the old home), also a sister-in-law, Miss Edith Jenkin.

[William John Geake.]

63, 14 (2), 10 November 1942, page 1 [Note irregular numbering]

Douglas Arthur Tucker (21) alias Douglas G. Devereux, alias Captain Tardrew stopped at the Burra Hotel for a couple of days last week and told all who were interested that he was a doctor. On Thursday night he was arrested by Sgt Bonython and M-C Doddrell and sent to Adelaide in charge of the Military Police. He was sentenced to three months in gaol at the Adelaide Police Court on Saturday. Evidence was given that he had been treating a Mr Berryman at Gawler South.

The Bowling & Croquet Clubs had the opening of the season last Saturday.

Mr & Mrs John Honan’s Diamond Wedding celebrations at Hallett on 12 October are reported in 1⁄2 column.

Three Soldiers who were deserters broke out of gaol at Terowie and were recaptured on 9 November about 4 miles north of Burra on the Mt Bryan Road.

Obituary. Mr W.H. Sandland of Heathmount Burra died suddenly and unexpectedly at 11 p.m. last night.

The Buffalo Lodge held a dance in the Institute Hall in the interest of their Junior Red Cross competitor on Wednesday last.

Robert Budd Selth, clerk of Burra, was fined £1-0-0 plus 10/- costs for driving a car without a licence.

Vandalism. Following a fire in the Post Office pillar box in front of Pascoe’s hairdressing salon on Friday evening, in which a number of business people suffered a loss of mail, proceedings were held in Redruth Children’s Court on Monday morning.

Captain Don Taylor, formerly of G. & R. Wills agency in Clare, writes from the Middle East with news of Rod Lieberknecht, who was formerly employed at Sara & Co.’s Burra North Store. He comments that Rod’s officer had seriously considered recommending him for an award for bravery, but the incident had involved about four others and he could hardly recommend them all. Captain Taylor said while he was briefly in hospital he met there a dental mechanic previously with C.L. Phillips of Burra. [The editor suggests this might possibly refer to W. Ryan.] He had also met Clem Davey of Burra.

63, 14 (2), 10 November 1942, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. Increased charges at Burra Cemetery from 2 November 1942.

10 ft grave £2-5-0

6 ft grave £1-2-6

7 ft grave £1-10-0

81⁄2 ft grave £1-15-0

Stillborns £0-11-6

Single Block £2-10-0

Double Block £5-0-0

Extras: removing cement 5/- and Sunday Burials 7/6.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 November

Jeanette McDonald & Nelson Eddy in The New Moon

Ann Sothern & Lew Ayres in Maisie Was a Lady

Pte Don Kerin has been wounded for the second time in the Middle East, but has recovered and rejoined his unit.

63, 14 (2), 10 November 1942, page 3

Final of the Burra Red Cross Junior Competition took place on Friday afternoon in the form of a Children’s Tea Party. The opening was performed by Mrs Brian Swift of Adelaide, daughter of Mrs John Tennant, who for many years until 1939 was President of the Burra Red Cross Branch.

During the afternoon Lieut. H. Morphett AIF (returned) gave a brief, but interesting talk on his life in the battle front overseas.

The total money raised was £798-17-3 and Baby Reed headed the contest with £409-19-0.

Redruth Sunday School held its Anniversary celebrations on Sunday 1 November and Monday 2 November. [Details are given in 1⁄2 column.]

Advt. Back Order Just Arrived at Walker & Sons

Boys’ & Youths’ Boots sizes 11-5 (3 coupons)

Girls’ Black & Brown Shoes sizes 7-9 (2 coupons)

Girls’ & Maids’ Black & Brown Shoes sizes 10-5 (3 coupons)

To be cleared with the balance of stock. Closing down in December 1942.

63, 14 (2), 10 November 1942, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 November

Cr W.J. Lee was welcomed as Councillor for West Ward in place of Cr Samuel, who had enlisted in the RAAF.

The Commonwealth Government advised it was unlikely to require any of the Council’s equipment.

The Inspector general of Hospitals informs that the Council’s contribution to the hospital for the current year was £170.

The number of collections for different causes was becoming annoying for people in the street and the Mayor indicated that as had been done in a number of other towns, he intended to reduce the number of permits issued for collections, especially for those originating outside the town. The situation was in danger of driving people away from the town on Fridays.

Cr Marston raised the question of the Red Cross shop, which was hitting people in business quite hard.

The Mayor said he could not stop the Red Cross from selling articles in a shop.

The Mayor said there was too much overlapping of patriotic efforts and Cr Lee agreed.

Lloyd Parks was given permission to rake up all carob beans under Council trees. He was forwarding them to Sydney where they were being treated for war work.

Cr Bevan complained that a notice in Warner’s Café more or less implied that the only place to get a cup of tea in town was the Red Cross Shop. If this continued there would be more empty shops in Burra. The Red Cross Shop only operated on Fridays and on other days people would pass under the impression it was impossible to get a light snack in Burra.

It was decided to try to get the notice removed.

63, 46, 17 November 1942, page 1

Fire broke out on Gum Creek Station last Friday. The property is owned by Sir Walter Duncan and managed by Mr William J. Kevern. It is alleged Mr Kevern was burning lucerne on 11 November, but that on 13 November the fire broke out, having been smouldering. This time the neighbours, thinking it was a continuation of the controlled burn, did not immediately respond and so it got a good hold. About 6-7 acres of oats and 5 acres of wheat along with 20 tons of pressed lucerne and 25 acres of feed were destroyed.

A Memorial Service for the late Pte D. Wooton was held at Mt Bryan Methodist church.

Burra Red Cross Junior Competition has now raised £883-19-0 and there is a push to make it £1,000.

A Presentation to Soldiers was made at the Rotunda in Market Square on Sunday after the church services. Soldiers home on leave were: Sgt Linden Riggs, Ptes F.P. Tamblyn & Roy Walker. Pte Eddie Nankivell was unavoidably absent. Speakers were the Mayor, Rev. M.P. Cowle, Rev. H.K. Bartlett and Mr S.C. Genders for the RSL.

The Mayor paid tribute to three Burra lads who had recently made the supreme sacrifice: Ptes David Wooton, Sydney Borowski and Angus Halliday.

Eddie Nankivell had joined the AIF two years ago, but due to an accident had not been able to leave for service abroad before now. Presentations were made.

Sapper Albert J. Hughes, son of Mr & Mrs Vic. Hughes, was tendered a social at Mt Bryan East Church last Saturday night. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

63, 46, 17 November 1942, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will conduct a furniture sale in Chapel Street on 27 November for Mrs W.R. Lee, who is leaving the town.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 November

George Raft & Ann Sheridan in The Road to Frisco

Arthur Kennedy & Olype Bradna in The Knockout

Pte Arthur C. Cox has been reported wounded in action in Egypt. He is the son of Herbert Cox of Burra North and enlisted in 1939 at Burra and went overseas in April 1940, first to England and then to the Middle East. He was in action in Syria and spent eight months in Tobruk. His brother Melvin is in the same Corps.

Obituary. Miss Emma Gertrude Milligan, music teacher, died suddenly in her home on Monday 9 November. The Mises Milligan resided in Kangaroo Street and the deceased was the elder sister. She is survived by her sister Renie. [Born 26 January 1885 near Gladstone. The sister was Norrine Pearl, who died 5 January 1959 at Kadina aged 68.]

63, 46, 17 November 1942, page 3

Mayor T.H. Woollacott writes urging support for the £100,000,000 War Austerity Loan launched by the Prime Minister on 3 November.

Notice. An Austerity Rally will be held at the Burra Institute on 19 November to support the War Austerity Loan. Speakers:

Premier the Hon. T. Playford

Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. R.S. Richards

Dr Steele

Community singing will be led by Mr Guy Dollman and Mrs Max Pearce.

Obituary. Pte Sydney Borowski, only son of Mr & Mrs P. Borowski of Thames Street, was killed in action in Egypt on 3 November. He would have been 22 next month. He was a grandson of Mrs Albert Moore of Burra.

[Sydney Ronald Borowsky born 8 December 1920 Watervale: died 3 November 1942 El Alamein, Egypt.]

Obituary. Pte Angus Halliday was killed in action in Egypt on 1 November. The late Pte Halliday was born in Gawler, but before enlisting had worked in Burra for his brother Mr Don Halliday, plumber. Pte Halliday was 27 and about two years ago married Miss Betty Moore, youngest daughter of Mr Ted and the late Mrs Moore of Burra. His eldest brother Pte Don Halliday is on active service abroad. A memorial service for Pte Halliday was conducted at St Mary’s on Sunday. [Angas McFeut Halliday born 12 June 1913 Evanston, SA.]

Obituary. W. Humphrey Sandland died very suddenly on the night of 9 November. He was born at Mannanarie 17 February 1884, the second son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Sandland of Burra. When he was 8 the family came to live at Heathmount as his father had large interests in the district. He was educated at St Peter’s College and after school went into pastoral work. His late father built up an excellent type of merino and Koo-owie sheep soon grew to prominence. Mr Tod Sandland [as he was known] was as keen as his father and was an excellent flock master and recognised as a good judge of merino sheep. His sheep were always in demand and when auctioned his wool often topped the market in Adelaide’s annual wool sales. His clips were recognised as some of the best in the state. He owned and personally supervised Balah, Redcliffe and Aldina Stations. His pastoral interests precluded him taking part in public matters, but he was interested in sport. In his young days he played polo and later tennis and bowls. He was a trustee of the Burra Sports Association Ground and a Director of the Burra Electric Supply Co. He married Mrs C.F. Humphris nee Miss Stella Lord who survives. He also leaves two brothers: Mr Philip Sandland, pastoralist of WA and Mr K. Chesters Sandland, manager of Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd, Maitland. And two sisters: Mrs M.R. Ashton of Burra North and Miss Elsie Sandland who resides in England. [William Humphrey Sandland.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 31 October.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping continued 7 ft to 27 ft – c. 15 dwt per ton – some good ore will go to the battery next week.

Lean’s Hill – prospecting and opening leader in hanging wall – no values.

63, 47, 24 November 1942, page 1

Burra Red Cross Junior Contest has now reached £1,000.

63, 47, 24 November 1942, pages 1 & 4

The Austerity Loan Rally in Burra on Thursday in the Burra Institute was addressed by the Premier the Hon. Mr T. Playford and the Leader of the Opposition the Hon. R.S. Richards. The Mayor entertained the Parliamentarians and townsmen at dinner at the Kooringa Hotel prior to the meeting. The speeches are reported at length on pages 1 & 4. Burra’s quota for the appeal is £16,000.

Mt Bryan Red Cross Baby Committee has raised £1,041. [Details extend to page 4.]

63, 47, 24 November 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 November

James Stewart & Katherine Hepburn in Philadelphia Story

Plus short features.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Miss Doris Geake’s father.

[William John Geake born 13 July 1861 Kooringa: died 21 October 1942 Burra.]

Pte Eric J. Smith, son of Mr & Mrs Walter J. Smith of the Kooringa Hotel, is reported missing in Egypt on 1 November. He has served in Tobruk, Syria and Egypt. He is married and his wife resides in Adelaide.

Pte Jack McCarthy, the son of Mrs H.B. James of Burra North, has been wounded in action in New Guinea.

Burra Town Council, 16 November

Highways & Local Government Department advises it will reimburse the Council to the extent of £67 for the repair of district roads other than main roads.

Mr Makin, Minister of Munitions, advises he is unable to visit Burra re a munitions factory, but requests all the details as to the suitability of the locality.

The Fire Brigades Board refunded £5-11-4 surplus contribution on the part of Council for the upkeep of the Fire Station for the current year.

Arrangements are to be made with Mr Opperman to look after gardens at Redruth in return for his rates plus one day’s pay.

Burra Institute advises that from 1 January 1943 the rent on the Council Chamber would rise from £36 to £65 p.a. and Council would have to find its own cleaner.

The Mayor said he would not object to paying £50.Cr Kellaway doubted the Committee could increase the rent under the Fair Rents Act.

Resolved that legal advice be obtained from the Municipal Association.

63, 47, 24 November 1942, page 3

CWA International Day was held last Friday. The country chosen this year was China. For the occasion the meeting was held in the capacious supper room of the Kooringa Masonic Lodge. The address was given by Miss Flint, who had been evacuated from Hong Kong two years ago after a residence of seven years. Thanks were expressed to Mrs A. Tennant for re-arranging and improvements at the Rest Room, which will re-open in December.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild concluded their activities for 1942 by holding an indoors bowls tournament; ladies versus gentlemen. The gentlemen won by three points.

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 14 November.

Farnden’s Hill – stope continued 6 ft to 33 ft – value c. 10 dwt per ton.

Lean’s Hill – prospecting in western country – traces only of gold.

63, 48, 1 December 1942, page 1

Lieut. Lindsay Thomas cabled last week that he was suffering from a broken right leg, but was otherwise fit. This is good news, as he had been reported some weeks ago as wounded and seriously ill.

Pte Don Kerin, recently reported wounded, is now reported seriously ill.

Pte Thompson, [Malcolm] son of W.D. Thompson, writes enclosing a photo of some graves of Burra boys who fell in the Gaza Campaign of the Great War – one was of the grave of Lieut. Reg. Sandland.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held Anniversary Services on 22 November. The afternoon service was conducted by Mr P. Tilbrook and the evening service by Rev. Rex, Brook. On account of petrol rationing and the busy season the usual social was not held on the Monday night.

An Inquest was held on 27 November before A.B. Riggs JP into a fire on the property of Mr Herbert Henry Brown of Gum Creek on Sunday 15 November at about 2 p.m. A shed and contents on Section 132 Hundred of Hanson were found to have been destroyed by fire, but there was no evidence to show how it started.

Pte A. Broad received a presentation at Booborowie on 21 November. Due to short notice the presentation was made at the Red Cross Junior final function.

Red Cross Junior final function at Booborowie on 21 November raised £161-4-2.

Burra Magistrate’s Court. On 20 November William Jeff Kevern of Gum Creek was fined £3 plus 7/6 costs for a breech of the Bush Fires Act.

63, 48, 1 December 1942, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will hold a land and furniture sale at Cornwall Terrace, Burra North on Friday 11 December on instructions from the Public Trustee in the estate of Ettie Dunning. Land Allotments 190 & 191, Millerton with a frontage 41 ft to Cornwall Terrace and a depth of 125 ft, with a stone house of 5 rooms and outbuildings and also the vendor’s interest in allotment 190 adjoining. [Most maps place these allotments on Mevagessey Street, but in the original subdivision Cornwall Terrace is the name for that section of the road.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 December

Wallace Beery & Marjorie Rambeau in 20Mule Team

Ann Sothern & Ian Hunter in Dulcy

Pigeon Thieves have been about in Burra. A loft in Queen Street was raided on 21 November and 30-40 pigeons were stolen.

63, 48, 1 December 1942, page 3

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate. Managers’ report for the fortnight ending 28 November.

Farnden’s Hill – stoping continued 6 ft to 39 ft – leader c. 3 inches wide – values c. 15 dwt per ton.

Trewartha’s Adit – restarted work on north drive off west crosscut – traces of bismuth – no gold.

Burra Primary School Visiting Day is reported at length. A half holiday was granted.

[Report in 11⁄4 columns.]

63, 48, 1 December 1942, page 4

Sgt Observer Mervyn Davey RAAF, younger son of Mr & Mrs M.B. Davey of Norman Farm, has been home on leave.

Trooper Brian Dearlove, younger son of Mr & Mrs A.S. Dearlove of Ketchowla Station, has been home on leave.

Mr & Mrs Walter Lee of Burra left the town last Saturday to live in Adelaide. Mr Lee has a position with the military and their eldest sob Bob is a POW and younger son Mark is in the RAAF.

Mr & Mrs Frank Sara are rumoured to be leaving Burra shortly to live in Clare.

63, 49, 8 December 1942, page 1

The Austerity Loan closes in eight days and Burra District has so far subscribed only £12,150 of its £16,000 quota - £3,850 in arrears.

63, 49, 8 December 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 December

Robert Young & Laraine Day in The Trial of Mary Dugan

Walter Pidgeon & Florence Rice in Phantom Raiders

Obituary. Pte Jim Hale of North Kensington was killed in action in New Guinea on 27 November. He was brother to one of the sisters at St Joseph’s Convent in Burra. Pte Hale had served in Egypt, Greece and Syria and had only just returned. Before going north he visited his sister at Burra and obtained a half-holiday for the pupils at the convent when he visited them. His four remaining brothers are at battle stations in northern areas.

[Perhaps Frederick James Hale born 25 August 1913 Clarence Park.]

At a General Meeting of St Mary’s Recreation Club for the Troops it was decided to rename it St Mary’s Recreation Club and to hold socials and dances each Wednesday fortnight with a club night for troops every other Wednesday.

Mrs J.A. Kotz nee Miss M.P. O’Connell of Burra North has received word that her husband Pte J.A. Kotz has been recommended for the Military Medal. We believe he is the first Burra boy to be so honoured in this war. He saw service overseas and returned last March. He is presently in hospital in New Guinea as the result of wounds received in November. He is a son of Mr & Mrs A. Kotz of Burra.

63, 49, 8 December 1942, page 3

Obituary. Mrs Charles Morgan died on 30 November at Burra Hospital after a short illness. The deceased was the widow of Mr C. Morgan. She leaves two sons: Mr Edward Morgan of the Postal Department at Peterborough and Mr George Morgan of the Postal Department at Ceduna and one daughter, Miss E. Morgan of Burra. There are four grandchildren. [Born Jane Wilton 8 January 1871 Adelaide: died 30 November 1942 Burra. Married Charles Morgan in 1903.]

AC1 Alan Walker, youngest son of Mr & Mrs O.G. Walker, is home on leave.

Sgt Percy Carpenter spent a few days of leave with his parents Mr & Mrs W. Carpenter of Burra, last week.

Pte Jack Harris who is on interstate leave paid a visit to Burra to see old friends yesterday.

Warrant Officer Palmer and his wife, a daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Wilson, visited Burra briefly.

63, 50, 15 December 1942, page 1

The Mayor T.H. Woollacott & Town Clerk Mr E.J. Davey visited St Joseph’s School on Friday 11 December to present certificates and prizes for collecting the most scrap rubber during the recent drive. Sidney Lomman was given the first prize of 10/- and Victor Kellaway the second prize of 5/-. (Both in the form of War Savings stamps.) As the first official visit to the school the scholars were given a half holiday.

AC1 Dudley Field was given a social at Leighton Hall on 5 December. He is the second son of Mr & Mrs Jack Field of Leighton. Dancing from 9 to 10 was followed by speeches and the presentation. Speakers were A.D. McDonald MP, Mr Roy Earle and Cr Lomman. Dudley had gone to the local school and then to Burra High School. He had been good at sport. He was well known in the district ‘owing to being on the grocery round’. Dancing continued to midnight when supper was served.

63, 50, 15 December 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 December

Olivia de Havilland & James Carney in Strawberry Blonde

Brenda Marshall & Arthur Kennedy in Highway West

The Commercial Bank branch in Burra will close next Monday. Mr R.T. Bowles was manager for five years prior to his call up for military service four months ago. Lately his place has been filled by Mr H.S. Blake of Tasmania.

Pte Stan A.B. Eig, previously reported missing is now believed to be a POW.

L-Cpl Will Griffiths was wounded in action in New Guinea on the 23 November. He received a severe wound in the shoulder. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Frank Griffiths of Burra North.

Obituary. Pte Eric Smith had been reported missing in action several weeks ago. Notification has now been received that he was killed on 1 November aged 24. He is survived by his parents, a young widow, two sisters: Mrs R. Crang and Miss Muriel Smith and by two brothers, Pte Ron Smith who is overseas and Driver Gordon Smith.

Mr & Mrs F. Sims left Burra for Clare on Monday where Mr Sims has been appointed to the Clare branch of the National Bank. Mr Sims has been teller in Burra for almost four years. Mr Sims has been very useful in patriotic efforts and Mrs Sims was Secretary of the FFCF, a member of the Burra Red Cross and a VSD.

Captain G.H. Dow AIF is on a short visit to Burra.

Cdr Arnold Lieberknecht, second son of Mrs Lieberknecht, is home on brief leave, accompanied by a friend, Stoker Albert Berry of Adelaide.

Pilot Officer H. Jennison has been home for the weekend.

Capt. Alec Ford is home on leave.

Mr Thomas Dearlove, son of Mr & Mrs A.S. Dearlove of Ketchowla Station, has passed his 6th year medical course at Adelaide University – aged only 22. He was educated at Burra Primary School, PAC and then went to St Mark’s College. He will receive his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery tomorrow at the University Commemoration Day.

63, 50, 15 December 1942, page 3

Burra Town Council, 7 December

Mrs Sampson was asking £15 per acre for land adjoining the Burra Cemetery, which the Council had thought of purchasing.

A.B. Riggs on behalf of the Institute Committee clarified that they were offering the Council sole use of the Council Chamber and use of the Hall for three nights per year for £65 p.a.

Advice from the Municipal Association was that Council would not have to pay more rent under Section 15 of the [Fair Rents] Act.

Cr Marston said it was not now a question of raised rent, but a new proposition – they could continue under the old conditions without increase of rent.

His Worship said it was the opinion of the [Institute] Committee that there was too much messing about on the part of Council in its desire to purchase the Institute and the Council did not want to buy it at all.

Cr Kellaway said whoever told the Mayor that was a liar. The Committee had not assisted the Council to obtain permission to buy it at all.

Cr Marston moved that Council pay £50 p.a. for sole use of the Council Chamber with three nights’ use of the hall. The present £36 was less than 15/- a week and was ridiculously cheap and unfair to the Institute Committee. Cr Fisher seconded and the motion was carried.

Cr Fisher moved that the fence along the plantation in Railway Parade be removed as it was in bad repair and removal would improve the site. Carried.

LAC Alan Walker, youngest son of O.G. Walker, received a presentation in the Council chamber on Thursday evening before departing for a Training School. The Mayor said Alan had begun his career in the Burra Post Office and when old enough had volunteered. His brother LAC Laurie Walker was a POW in Malaya. Also on that day Miss Margaret Pearce and Sheila Fairchild had left Burra North to take up WAAAF work and other girls to go were Signaller Ruth (Peggy) Dollman and June Jesser.

Christmas greetings had been received from Ptes Ivon Wohling, Clem Davey and Alan Kemble, all of whom were overseas.

Pte Alick Kotz had won the Military Medal – the first Burra boy to do so in this war.

Pte Ogilvie of Booborowie had also been awarded a Military Medal.

A.B. Riggs, Dr Steele and S.C. Genders also spoke before presentations were made.

LAC Geoff Rosman RAAF, elder son of Mrs & the late P.L. Rosman, left for a training station. His gifts were posted to him.

Fire. The Fire brigade quickly extinguished a grass fire near the Post Office and the Institute this morning.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Scholars had their Christmas Party on Saturday. This year wartime conditions meant there was no tree or gifts.

63, 51, 22 December 1942, page 1

Mt Bryan East School Christmas break-up on 12 December is reported in 3⁄4 column.

In the Qualifying Certificate Examinations all students had passed:

Lorna Simmons (541), Colin Hughes (533) and Norman Maxted (497) all sat for the second year.

Margery Dare (478), Glenda Gare (473) and Reuben Thomas (458); the last named despite having been absent for seven weeks through illness.

Cpl Hugh Dunstan & Tpr Len Dare have had brief leaves at Mt Bryan East.

The Austerity Loan target for Burra of £16,000 has been exceeded by £1,310 and substantial additions are expected when final figures come in.

63, 51, 22 December 1942, pages 1 & 4

Burra High School students celebrated the end of the school year with a banquet as usual. They were treated to the traditional feast by members of the Parents & Friends Association.

Speech night was held on Wednesday in the large assembly room.

Mr Easson read his report.

1942 opened with 62 students and grew to 65 with an average daily attendance of 53.6. Absenteeism was higher than usual due to the prevalence of measles and other illnesses throughout the year. The staff had been one fewer than last year.

The sports days had been very successful.

The school’s war effort had been very creditable with over £70 sent to the SPF.

Members of the War Savings Group have invested more than £150 in War Savings Certificates.

At least seventy old scholars are in the fighting forces: 4 in Women’s Services, 4 in the RAN, 40 in the AIF and 22 in RAAF.

He spoke in appreciation of the High School Council and the Parents & Friends’ Association and their leadership. He thanked the Burra Record for regularly reporting the school’s activities and the Town Council for the use of Victoria Park for sports.

He regretted the move to Gawler of Miss Koehne and announced the loss also of Junior Teacher Mr Hickenbotham, who has had his notice to go to the Training College.

He noted the change of the Intermediate to a three year course to give a broader and more satisfactory education. Travel allowances for those travelling more than eight miles have been increased and the number of exhibitions, bursaries and scholarships had been increased.

In the November 1941 University Examinations the school did well with 61 subject passes out of 88.

6 Intermediate Certificates were obtained and 1 Leaving Certificate.

In 1942 fourteen students sat for the Intermediate Certificate with results to be announced in January next.

Dr Steele then gave a speech in which he discussed the changing nature of education, the impact of the war and looked forward to post war times. He then presented certificates and prizes.

Intermediate Certificates earned in 1941 were presented to:

Joyce Hopkins Connie Byles Betty Parks

Lois Riggs James Terry Ronald Fuller

A Leaving Certificate was presented to Rhonda Smith.

Other prizes and awards are listed and the entertainment program is described.

63, 51, 22 December 1942, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 December

Melvyn Douglas & Virginia Bruce in There’s That Woman Again

Adolph Menjou & Dolores Costello in King of the Turf

26 December

Allan Jones & Nancy Kelly in One Night in the Tropics

Randolph Scott & Kay Francis in When the Daltons Rode

28 December

Leslie Howard & Glynnis Johns in 49th Parallel

Wayne Morris & Jane Wyman in Gambling on the High Seas

The Burra Record will next be published on 5 January.

Advt. On instructions from Miss Elizabeth Morgan of Paxton Square SAFU will sell the whole of her furniture and household effects on Friday 8 January 1943 at 3 p.m.

Christmas Services were held in all the churches last Sunday.

Burra Hospital is suffering from severe staff shortages and any VSD members or persons willing to assist are asked to report to matron as soon as possible.

Pte Lin Jesser, son of Mr & Mrs R. Jesser of Burra North, is reported wounded in action.

Mr Frank Pascoe is home on leave.

Booborowie North School held its Visiting Day at the end of November and a Christmas Party on 16 December. The popular head teacher Mrs Meller [sic] has been transferred to Minlaton after a residence of seven years. This is a promotion for Mr Meller [sic] who will act as assistant at that school. Mr & Mrs Meller were presented with parting gifts.

63, 51, 22 December 1942, page 3

Mr H.V. Wilson overseer for the Town Council was returning home from work on his bicycle when he sustained a nasty fall in front of Mr Pledge’s house in Thames Street. The cause is uncertain, but it is thought he may have fainted due to the hard work he had been doing combined with the extreme temperature. He sustained abrasions to his head, a cut ear and a broken collarbone. He was treated at Burra Hospital.

Burra Primary School held a break-up party last Thursday, given by the School welfare Club.

[Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Prize and award winners are listed.

Mr L. Davis read his report.

The year had been made more difficult than usual due to epidemics of illness, despite which 90% of students had been promoted. The roll was now 172 and falling due to removals. No school function had been held this year to raise funds and scholars had relied on the generosity of the Welfare Club.

Religious Instruction had worked smoothly.

In the War Effort cash donations had now reached £173-3-6, including £56 raised for the POW Fund.

Waste product collection had raised £240-17-41⁄2, War Savings totalled £802-2-4, Nets were worth £7-7-6 and knitting £27-3-11 to make a total war effort of £1,250-14-7.

[Details of other patriotic work are given, including the making of 35 camouflage nets and many knitted articles.]

The QC results are a little hard to disentangle, but all students who sat had passed.

The top three boys were Keith Hann, Harold Steele and Joseph Ford.

The top three girls were Mary Pearce, Margaret Finch and Mary Lloyd.

The other successful students would appear to be:

Robert Ratcliffe Ron Thamm Heather Bateson

Mollie Nelson Shirley Villis Olive Hann

Lorna Broad Judith Pearce Joan Garrard

Roma Gare Bob Jesser Peter Bown

Murray Baulderstone Reginald Angel

63, 51, 22 December 1942, page 4

Obituary. William Trestrail died at Burra Hospital on Wednesday 16 December. He was born in Burra on 18 January 1858, the eldest son of the late William & Mary Trestrail of Burra, in that part of Kooringa known in the early days as ‘The Paddock’ and now sometimes as Paradise. The home is still standing. His parents, amongst the earliest of colonists, later moved to Penwortham. On leaving school he was apprenticed to William James, saddler of Clare and later came to live in Burra, where he was employed by Mr Philip Lane at his Aberdeen Saddlery. From there he went to Koomooloo to work for the late Mr Thomas Warnes, pioneer pastoralist. On Mr Warnes’ death he carried on with his son, the late Mr Charles B. Warnes at Woolgangi and for some years past with Mr Reg. Warnes of Woolgangi, nephew of Mr C.B. Warnes. He spent 52 years serving three generations of the Warnes family. Although almost 85 years old Mr Trestrail desired to remain at Woolgangi and only came in to Burra for medical treatment. He never married, but leaves three brothers: Joseph (Solomontown), Steve (Magill) and James (Hendon) and two sisters, Mrs Emma Oats (Edwardstown) and Mrs Stokes of Woodville. [William John Trestrail born 25 January 1858 Kooringa: died 16 December 1942 Burra. His father, William Trestrail Sen. arrived in SA in 1846.]

Obituary. Mrs M.A. Phelan died at her residence on Monday afternoon. She had been associated with the Hotel Trade for many years and was a highly esteemed, large hearted and public spirited woman. Some years ago she had lived in Burra and then had moved to Peterborough before retiring to Glenelg. She returned to Burra in 1941. She became indisposed a few weeks ago, but a fatal conclusion was not anticipated until the end of last week. Sympathy is extended to the family: Mr & Mrs Lance Phelan, Miss Melva Phelan of Burra and Pte Tom Phelan of Darwin. She will be buried in Peterborough where her husband was interred following his death 23 years ago.

[Margaret Ann Phelan nee Hoobin died 21 December 1942 Burra aged 68. She married Richard James Phelan in 1899.]

Burra Burra DC

The Highways & Local Government Department advises the Grant in Aid for the year will be £154.

Characteristics of the 1942 paper.

The format at the start of the year was a broadsheet 8 columns wide, with characteristics essentially like those of 1941. With the issue of Volume 63, No. 7, of 17 February 1942, there was a major format change, designed to make more efficient use of wartime paper supplies. The editor announced:

The Burra Record this week changes from broadsheet to tabloid format. Although 8 pages of tabloid use as much paper as four pages of broadsheet, it will be much easier to change the size of the paper to suit demand or necessity. Adjusting down to six or up to ten or even 12 pages will be simple should occasion warrant.

Placement of material was rather flexible, but the following is representative.

Page 1.

Solidly local news

Page 2.

Dominated by advertisements for auctions, public notices and the Cash Column, i.e. small advertisements of two to six lines.

Page 3.

A couple of large advertisements and largely local news.

Page 4.

Similar to page 3, often with some war news or war related articles or propaganda.

Page 5.

Some large advertisements, with local rainfall figures and non-local news and informative articles.

Page 6.

Larger advertisements for about half the page, with a mixture of local and war news or war-related articles.

Page 7.

Similar to page 6.

Page 8.

The District Honour Roll takes up almost two columns. There was a fictional serial of two to two and a half columns.

There was another change with Volume 63, No. 28, 14 July 1942, when the editor announced:

Shortage of paper has forced the reduction of the paper to four pages. Print size has been reduced and cast in six columns instead of five, to actually provide more reading matter than in the previous six page paper.

The paper for 18 August is typical of this format:

Page 1.

One large local advertisement and the rest local news.

Page 2.

One or two large advertisements, auction notices, public notices, entertainment advertisements and some news.

Page 3.

A couple of large local advertisements and local news.

Page 4.

A couple of columns of advertising, local news and some war-related items.

Overall the paper was similar in its coverage to the previous year: a good coverage of activities in the district for the year, with a heavy dose of syndicated war-related items, advice from the authorities that is also war-related and often humorous snippets ridiculing the enemy. The space devoted to syndicated war-related items and propaganda declined dramatically after the change of 14 July.

Again sports reports were minimal.

Numbering of Issues in 1942.

The year began with Volume 63, Number 1 on 5 January 1942.

And continued to Volume 63, Number 51 on 22 December 1942.

There were however, several anomalies:

Number 8 on 24 February was followed by Number 8 (2) on 3 March and Number 9 on 10 March.

Number 24 on 23 June was followed by Number 24 (2) on 30 June and then Number 27 on 7 July.

Numbers 25 & 26 were not used in this volume.

Number 28 on 14 July was followed by Number 28 (2) on 21 July and Number 29 on 28 July.

Number 31 on 11 August was followed by Number 31 (2) on 18 August.

This was followed by Number 34, which was wrongly dated 18 August.

Numbers 32 & 33 were not used in this volume.

Number 42 on 20 October was followed by Number 42 (2) on 27 October and Number 44 on 3 November.

Number 43 was not used in this volume.

The issue on 10 November was numbered 14 (2) and there was no Number 45 in this volume.

Numbering became regular from Number 46 on 17 November to Number 51 on 22 December.

64, 1, 5 Jan. 1943

Page 1 Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

SA Farmers’ Co-op Union Auctioneers, etc.

[Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Auctioneers, etc. – regular advertisers, but not in this issue]

E. Stirling Chapman Dental Surgeon visiting Burra Thursdays & Fridays

____________ Burra Talkies

W.E.D. Young Young’s Garage, Agent for Morris Cars, Agent for Super Elliott Cycles, Household Electrical Supplies & Charcoal. Commercial St

Ted Baulderstone Fruit Palace

Page 3 Advertisements

Matthews’ Emporium Drapers & Clothiers

Page 4 Advertisements

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Putty, Paints & Varnishes, Upholstering, Undertakers

W.G. Terry The Practical Tailor

Fred M. Pearce Timber Merchant, Builder & Contractor

Tom Scovell Commercial Hotel

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Agent for Dodge, Chrysler, Austin & Renault Cars, Horwood Bagshaw Ltd Agricultural Equipment, Gas Producers, Charcoal Supplies

A.P. Rogers Grocer, Shell Co. Agent

64, 1, 5 Jan. 1943, page 1

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Unit 109 Shop opened on 24 December 1942. Business was not as brisk as usual and takings were £6-12-0. New Year’s Day trading was very quiet and the takings of £4 included a donation of 10/- from Mrs R.W. Bruce.

[FFCF: Fighting Forces Comforts Fund.]

Christmas Eve in Burra saw very light steady rain. Businesses were busy with country visitors. Shops closed at 6 p.m. and there were no carol singers.

Christmas Day weather was perfect. Only four days holiday was allowed, so many visited the city to see relatives, despite the absence of extra trains which made travel crowded.

On Monday 28 December we understand about 50 people were unable to get on the train for the city due to heavy northern traffic.

New Year. No holiday was allowed for New Year’s Day – possibly for the first time in the town’s history.

Mt Bryan School held its Christmas party on 16 December. Prizes were distributed. This year only two sat for their Qualifying Certificate and both passed: Betty Edwards & Betty Clarke.

W.H. Sheppard writes for the Red Cross thanking all those who gave support in 1942. Appeals were responded to very well and SA had the best per capita response of all the states.

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church 26 December

Roma May Simpson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.R. Simpson of Mt Bryan, married

Ronald Gordon Saunders, eldest son of Mr & Mrs G.E. Saunders of Mannum.

A Dearlove Family Reunion was held at Ketchowla on Christmas Day. Eleven members of the family of the late Mr & Mrs William Dearlove were at the homestead. Mr Dearlove arrived in SA in February 1854 and went to Ketchowla in 1869 in the employ of the late F. Austin. He later acquired the property. The run is one of the oldest pastoral areas and has survived all the vagaries of the seasons. Dearlove Bros. also own Loch Winnoch Station to the east and Messrs James & Archie Dearlove own Worumba Station near Hawker. Those present: Mrs C. Davey (Terowie), Mrs Louisa Bayes (Netherby Estate, Mitcham), Miss H. Dearlove, S. Dearlove, David Dearlove (Ketchowla), James Dearlove (Worumba), Miss Elizabeth Dearlove, Arthur Dearlove (Ketchowla), Edith Mrs Roy Bayes (Pandappa), Harry Dearlove (Ketchowla) & Archie S. Dearlove (Ketchowla).

Mrs Davey is over 80 and the Youngest, Mr A.S. Dearlove, is 50. Cpl Thomas Dearlove was killed in action in France in 1917. Mr Dearlove Sen. was twice married and the first four above are of the first family.

64, 1, 5 Jan. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 January

Judy Garland & George Murphy in Little Nelly Kelly

Karen Verne & Edward Ashley in Sky Murder

Weather. The rain on Christmas Eve of 50 points in Burra extended to pastoral areas where falls of 25 to 50 points were recorded.

Pilot-Officer H.J.B. Jennison spent Christmas with his family.

Pilot-Officer J.R. Pearce spent Christmas with his uncle and aunt Mr & Mrs Arthur Riggs.

Pte Tom Phelan is on leave with his brother and wife Mr & Mrs Lance Phelan of the Burra Hotel.

N.C. Woodards has replaced Mr F. Sims at the National Bank. Mr Sims has gone to Clare.

Obituary. Mrs J.C. Fitzgerald died at the residence of her daughter Mrs P.J. Byrne at Burra 23 December. She was born at Hill River near Clare and was 73. Prior to her marriage she was a teacher with the Education Department in SA. After her marriage she lived at Pt Pirie where she was Mayoress for seven years when her husband was Mayor and for many years up till his sudden death he was the Labor MP for that division. On his death she was asked to stand for his seat, but declined. She was a devoted member of St Joseph’s Church. Mr Fitzgerald died six years ago, after which she came to Burra to live with her only surviving child. She is survived also by a grandson and granddaughter. [Born Mary Madigan 6 March 1868 at Hill River, married first Thomas James Doherty 26 July 1891 who died 18 November 1894 and then married John Christopher Fitzgerald 20 December 1902 who died 22 December 1936. She added Teresa as her middle name.]

Obituary. Percival W. Reed of the Commercial Hotel died at Burra Hospital on Sunday 3 January age 56, from pneumonia. He had worked for the proprietor of the hotel, Mr T. Scovell, for 23 years both at Saddleworth and more recently at Burra. He was a son of Mrs Ann and the late Gideon J. Reed of Pt Neill. In earlier days he was a prominent polo player and served in WWI with distinction in the 3rd Light Horse. The RSL and Buffalo Lodge were represented at the funeral and returned men acted as bearers. [Born Percy Wilfred Reed 11 January 1887 Hd of Koolunga.]

64, 1, 5 Jan. 1943, page 3

Mt Bryan FFCF held its AGM which is reported in 11⁄3 columns.

Roll Dare has been invalided home from the Middle East and has arrived in Australia.

Sapper Alby Hughes spent a few days with his parents this week.

64, 2, 12 Jan. 1943, page 1

Obituary. Michael Joseph Hogan aged 11 and a son of Mr & Mrs John E. Hogan of Hanson was killed when he fell from the Adelaide train between Burra & Hanson. He was travelling with Colin J. Hogan, son of P.W. Hogan. Colin told two military policemen on the train that he thought Joseph had fallen from the observation platform of the carriage. At Hanson the stationmaster Mr Johnson and his wife searched and found the boy in a disused quarry by the track. He would have fallen 18-20ft. Dr Steele pronounced life extinct on arriving at the scene. [The registration of death on the CD is cited as 11 November 1943, presumably the month being an error for January.]

Pte Ivon Wohling has sent two German Soldiers’ uniforms home to his brother Ken Wohling from the Middle East.

Fire. On Tuesday morning 5 January about five acres of stubble was burnt on the property of J.R. & D.H. Field and 46 bags of wheat were damaged. The fire appears to have started from an Auto-header. Prompt action soon had it under control.

Burra Town Council, 11 January

The corner of Kangaroo & Commercial St is to be inspected with a view to having a tree in Lane Garden removed to ease the turn for vehicles.

The Municipal Association advises that they believe the attempt of the Institute Committee to raise the rent on the Council Chamber comes under Clause 15 of the Fair Rents Act.

The matter will be discussed after the Annual Meeting of Subscribers to the Institute.

64, 2, 12 Jan. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 January

Vivien Leigh & Conrad Veidt in Dark Journey

Gordon Harker & Alistair Sims in Inspector Hornleigh on Holidays

Obituary. Sgt Arthur B. Ridings was k.i.a. 22 December 1942. He served in Tobruk, Palestine, Syria & New Guinea. Before enlistment he was manager of A.J. & P.A. McBride’s ‘Braemar’.

[Born Arthur Bradshaw Ridings 19 October 1909, New Parkside.]

64, 2, 12 Jan. 1943, page 3

O. Sgr Ruth Dollman (Peg) was recently on leave with her parents Mr & Mrs Guy Dollman.

Pte Will Nankivell is presently home on leave.

Sgt Dorienne Smith RAAF is home on furlough.

LAC Robert Walker is home on leave.

LAC Frank Pearse RAAF has been home on leave.

Miss L. Gillies WAAAF Interstate has been a guest of Mr & Mrs Lance Phelan.

Leaving Exam Results

Ian Steven, son of Dr W.E. & Mrs Steven, 6 passes.

Lois Riggs gained a certificate; she attended Methodist Ladies’ College.

Ray Jennison gained 4 subjects.

AC1 Don Lomman was tendered a social at Booborowie on 26 December. Speakers were W.J. Shattock, P.H. Metcalf, A.C. Woodgate & D. Keynes.

Ray Jones, a POW in Italy since April 1941 has sent a postcard to Mr A. Coverdale. He was at one time employed at T.W. Wilkinson’s in Burra.

64, 2, 12 Jan. 1943, page 4

Tea stocks have increased in Australia considerably recently, but there will be no increase in the ration. The ration last October was increased to 2 oz a week.

64, 3, 19 Jan. 1943, page 1

Burra Wins Red Ensign. For exceeding the Austerity Loan Quota for the district in both value and the number of subscribers Burra will receive a coveted Red Ensign from the Commonwealth Government. It will be placed in the Council Chamber.

Tpr Rollin Dare, younger son of Mr & Mrs C.W. Dare of Mt Bryan East has come home on sick leave from a City Military Hospital. Still only 22, Tpr Dare has served in Syria and the African Desert, leaving Australia in April 1941. In the first advance on El Alamein on 18 July 1942 he was injured and had his left leg amputated below the knee. He saw Lieut. Lindsay Thomas before leaving for Australia and he says Lieut. Thomas is doing well despite his severe leg injury. He also met Howard Griffen of the ‘East’ and Miss Margaret Murray VAD, daughter of Mr Cyril Murray of Mt Bryan.

Burra Town Council, 18 January

Cr Kellaway said it was rumoured that ballast quarries were being opened and that the Government was getting supplies from the Adelaide foothills and it was then carted to Mile End: something should be done about the Burra Quarry.

The Mayor said enquiries had been made before and the Government would do nothing unless the Council took full responsibility.

Cr Kellaway said the Burra ballast was the best obtainable and moved the Minister be written to with a view to having the quarry opened. Carried.

Cr Lee moved a footpath be made from the small footbridge across the creek near the hospital to Mr R. Garrard’s. Residents living there had no means of getting back and forth in winter without getting their feet wet. Carried.

This meeting was a very short 20 minutes, but it is believed the shortest ever was under S.M. Lane as Mayor on the night of a very special entertainment at the Institute when the minutes were read and the Mayor declared there to be no other business and the meeting closed: all within 5 minutes.

Obituary. Notices to creditors reveal the deaths of:

Percival William Reed, late of Burra, barman.

[Error for Percy Wilfred Reed born 11 January 1887 Hd of Koolunga.]

Obituary. Pte John Lewis, only son of Dr & Mrs Brook Lewis of Adelaide, was k.i.a. 8 December 1942 aged 36. He was a grandson of the late Hon. John Lewis of Burra.

Obituary. [Roy] Porter, only son of Mr & Mrs V.H. Porter of Gum Creek was k.i.a. 25 November 1942. [Roy Edwin Porter, born 3 April 1918 at Kooringa: death registration gives place of death as Aus., but service records say he was buried at Bomana War Cemetery, Pt Moresby, Papua New Guinea.]

Driver Norman Finch is ill in hospital in Northern Australia.

Dick Pascoe Jnr is home on leave.

L.Cpl Will R. Griffiths, son of Mr & Mrs Frank Griffiths of Burra North, who was wounded in New Guinea, was home on leave last week and has returned to Military Hospital in Adelaide.

64, 3, 19 Jan. 1943, page 3

Tpr Rol. Dare was given a welcome at a packed Mt Bryan East Church on 16 January. Visitors came from Adelaide, Mt Bryan, Hallett and Willalo. After a fortnight’s leave he returns to get his artificial foot.

Cr Eddie Finch of Burra Burra DC has just completed an unbroken 25 years service as a Councillor.

Nick Canny, son of Mr & Mrs N.P. Canny of Hanson, has passed 7 subjects, two with honours, in the recent Leaving Examinations. He attended Rostrevor College, having obtained a Qualifying Certificate Scholarship.

The Burra Burra DC has recently purchased the building on the corner of Commercial & Chapel Streets, lately occupied by the Commercial Bank of Australasia, the local branch of which closed on 21 December 1942. The Council will take up residence from 25 January.

64, 4, 26 Jan. 1943, page 1

Sister Mosey was captured in the fall of Hong Kong. Mrs Sophie Chamberlain of Coomulong, her sister, has now been informed of her fate by Lady Blackburn the wife of a diplomat exchanged for Japanese diplomats. At first Sister Mosey was left in charge of an emergency hospital for wounded soldiers, but when this was taken over by the Japanese she was imprisoned in reasonably comfortable conditions.

Austerity Loan Pennant Awards. There is an article of over 1⁄2 column of detail that ends up concluding that Burra now appears to have come 4th rather than 3rd in its size category and will receive a dark blue pennant rather than a red pennant as in the last issue. [Where it was described as an Ensign rather than a pennant.]

A letter from the late Sgt Arthur B. Ridings written three days before he was killed and dated 13 December 1942* to Mrs J. Williams of Burra North thanks her for her Christmas parcel. He talks of the landscape and mentions Reg. Schwier in his platoon as fit and happy. He sends Christmas greetings to all in Burra. [* His death was reported as occurring on 22 December.]

Flight Sgt J. Neil McDonald, only son of Mr & Mrs James M. McDonald, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. J.N. McDonald was born at Leighton, but soon afterwards the family moved to the city. He was educated at Scotch College and is aged 26. He left for England in July 1941 and has seen service in Egypt, Libya, Malta & England.

Burra High School, Intermediate Certificate Examinations:

Robert A. Aughey 7 subjects (2 credits)

Keith W. Bailey 6 subjects

June Bourman 5 subjects (+ English Q)

Eileen Hogan 6 subjects (1 credit)

Lloyd McInnes 7 subjects

Beth Pearce 6 subjects (2 credits)

Maisie Pearce 6 subjects (1 credit)

Douglas Satchell 5 subjects

Other students passed in fewer subjects.

Ray Jennison passed in 3 subjects + English Q at Leaving.

Rhonda Smith passed English Literature at Leaving Honours.

64, 4, 26 Jan. 1943, page 2

Obituary. Notice to creditors reveals the death of Thomas Honeychurch, farmer of Brady Creek on 4 November 1942. [At Wayville, residence Robertstown aged 57. Two of this name were born in 1885 and can’t be distinguished without further information.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 January

Norma Shearer & Robert Taylor in Escape

Robert Cummings & Ruth Hussey in Free & Easy

Sister Jean McDonald AIF has spent some days leave with her father Mr A.D. McDonald MP at Leighton.

Pte Syd & Mrs Kuchenmeister and family of Waikerie spent last week with Mr & Mrs G.C. Kuchenmeister.

LAC Tom Pens is home on leave with his parents at Bendigo Station.

Pilot Officer Lyal McLaren, only son of Mr & Mrs Colin McLaren, visited his parents on Saturday. His father is relieving at the local branch of the National Bank and PO McLaren is a nephew of Mrs Os. Walker.

Stwd Andrew (Mick) Bernhardt RAN is home on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs R.G. Bernhardt of Burra North.

64, 4, 26 Jan. 1943, page 3

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church 26 December 1942

Sheila Mavis Pryde, 2nd daughter of Mrs S.J. Pryde & the late Mr Pryde of Booborowie, married

Walter Henry Schmidt, 3rd son of Mr & Mrs S. Schmidt of Robertstown.

Brian Jefferies, second son of Mr & Mrs Frank Jefferies of ‘Almonda’ Mt Bryan, passed 5 subjects in his Leaving Exams.

Burra VSD Prisoner of War Group monthly collections for 1942 totalled £124-7-3.

Obituary. Dorothy May Douglas, third daughter of Mrs A. Seaford Sen. & the late Mr H. Seaford of Burra died in a private hospital in Victoria [probably on 25 January]. She leaves a husband, Mr Walter Douglas and a young son and daughter. She was 27. [Born 10 January 1916 Kooringa.]

Burra Institute. Only ten persons attended the Burra Institute Annual Meeting of Subscribers. Apart from the committee members there were six others of whom four were practically recent residents.

A.B. Riggs declined to stand again as President and the meeting was adjourned to 12 February when it is hoped more will attend.

63, 5 (2), 2 Feb. 1943, page 1 [NOTE THE VOLUME CHANGE FROM 64 TO 63.]

Burra Magistrate’s Court

Sarah Annie Jones was fined 5/- + 10/- fees for the failure of her son to attend school regularly.

Father M.F. Toal was fined the minimum £2 + 10/- fees for a contravention of the Bushfires Act on 15 December when he burnt grass stubble at the back of the presbytery and the fire got away into the yards of the Post Office and Institute. He has taken precautions and had thought it legal to burn, as Corporation employees had been burning grass at about the same time.

L.M. Wilson was fined £1 + 10/- fees for leading a horse and sulky without lights on the night of 31 December.

Two minors were fined 2/6 with no costs and 1/- with 10/- costs respectively for riding bikes without lights.

Pte Jim Kotz DCM, MM has returned to Burra. He got both decorations in New Guinea on 25 August at Milne Bay. He enlisted in July 1940 with Nelson Hann who did not get overseas due to sickness. He arrived in Palestine in April 1941 and soon became one of the Rats of Tobruk. He was there for 41⁄2 months and found it ‘not half as bad as in New Guinea’. After Tobruk he was repatriated to Australia early in 1942 and then sent to New Guinea in August 1942. His was the first AIF Battalion to arrive in Milne Bay. Soon the Japanese landed and the battle lasted about a week before they were driven off. He and a Captain took out a Japanese machine gun with a Tommy Gun and a bayonet attack. Later in the same night he rescued a wounded Militia Captain from a hut under machine-gun fire, carrying him over 100 yards to safety. Unfortunately just then he was wounded in the chest and had to stay where he was for three days. The Captain died a fortnight later and Jim got malaria. They were both rescued by native stretcher-bearers. Recovering in various hospitals took about five months. He thanked Burra ladies for the supplies from the FFCF for himself, Schwier, Arthur Ridings & Bob Ellis. The last two had been killed in New Guinea.

Lieut. K.R. Crewes is home on leave briefly.

Captain & Mrs C.L. Phillips visited Burra at the weekend.

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight ending 23 January.

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced stoping leader in back of Farnden’s Hill and advanced 6ft to 45ft in irregular values of about 10dwt per ton.

63, 5 (2), 2 Feb. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 February

Errol Flynn & Fred McMurray in Dive Bomber

Dennis Morgan & Lucille Fairbanks in Singing Dude

Plus the Musical Comedy Sockeroos

A Welcome to Returned Soldiers from New Guinea was held at the Burra Institute on Thursday for Privates Jim Kotz DCM MM, Jack McCarthy, Bill Griffiths, Rollin Dare, Charlie Jordan, A.C. Ford & Tom Allen.

Lieut. Keith Davey, only son of Mrs M.S. Davey of Payneham & grandson of W.J. Davey (1st AIF), has been wounded in action in New Guinea.

Red Cross plans two big efforts this year: ‘Miss Red Cross’ about the middle of the year and ‘Red Cross Junior’ or similar, later.

63, 5 (2), 2 Feb. 1943, page 3

Burra Institute AGM was held on 25 January. A.B. Riggs as President took the chair. Messrs R.T. Bowles, F.L. Worth, H.J.B. Jennison & W.R. Lee were called up during the year and H.K. Bartlett & L.P. Davis filled the first two committee places with the other two to be filled at this meeting. On 31 December 1942 the library held 5,536 books. Currently there are 204 members. Financially the Institute has difficulties. Revenue from the pictures is 20% of the takings, but attendances are down. Most activities in the hall are patriotic events 331⁄3% is allowed, which keeps income down. A donation of £50 from the Burra Burra DC greatly aided the payment of interest due to the State Bank last April. Attempts to get the two Councils to take over the Institute have so far failed. The Corporation now has sole use of the Council Chamber for £65 p.a. The Institute cottage has been renovated for £18-4-6 and windows and doors at the front of the Institute and on the northwest side have been painted for £11. The Institute cottage has now been sub-let.

Mr A.B. Riggs refused to stand again as President and the election of officers was then deferred in the absence of any other nominations.

Weather. A heatwave has prevailed since Monday 25 January when it started with a century and others followed till on Friday it reached 108°F. On Monday 1 February 111°F was recorded and today the temperature is heading towards another century.

63, 5 (3), 9 Feb. 1943, page 1

Marriage. Rosefield Methodist church 2 January

Linda Dorothy Thomas, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs G.R. Thomas of Hogback Station, married

Llewellyn March Jones, youngest son of Mr & Mrs T.L. Jones of Hindmarsh.

Obituary. Railway Accident

Last Tuesday Pte Alfred Zerna fell in dashing to get on the 3.13 p.m. train as it pulled out of the station, having collided with the picket fence at the end of the platform. Carriage wheels passed over both legs severing one and badly crushing the other. The train stopped immediately and Dr Steven attended within ten minutes. The injured man was immediately transferred to Burra Hospital where he died at 5 p.m. The train was delayed about 20 minutes while statements were taken and on the police making a report to the coroner Mr G.E. Dane an inquest was deemed unnecessary.

The deceased was the youngest son of Mr & Mrs E.R. Zerna of Dutton and was born at Frankton 25 October 1921. He enlisted two years ago and was sent to the far north. The funeral took place at Burra on Thursday. Several members of his unit attended: Ptes G. Barclay (Victoria), J.B. Norris & W.A. Jackson (both of Tasmania), H. Dewhirst, F. Burton, T. West & C. Opel (all from SA). A number of local returned men from the 1st AIF and some 2nd AIF soldiers on leave also attended. The bearers were Pte Jim Kotz DCM MM, Tom Allen, A.L. Bence, E.C. Collins, M.T. Fuller & K.M. Drew. Dr Steele represented the RSL.

[Alfred Harold Zerna born 25 October 1921Frankton: died 2 February 1942 Burra.]

Burra Burra DC held its first meeting in its new offices on 1 February, having purchased the building from the Commercial Bank. One room in front is splendidly fitted up for the clerk and staff and another as the Council Chamber. There is another room for stores. In honour of the occasion Chairman H.C. Atkins entertained Councillors for lunch at the Commercial Hotel.

Fire broke out on the property of O. Finch about 2 miles north of Burra after the passage of a goods train about 12.30 p.m. on 26 January. A great effort by volunteers got it under control in very trying heat. About 80 acres was burnt.

Lieut. L.H. Thomas has been awarded the Military Cross. Before the war he was a popular local singer, grazier and leader of the Redruth Methodist Church Choir. He won quick promotion and gained his commission on the battlefield. He saw service in the Mediterranean area where he was wounded in the arm. He rejoined his unit for the attack on El Alamein where he won the MC. There he made night patrols into no-man’s-land and in the attack that followed was seriously wounded in the legs. He has since been recovering and we hear is showing considerable improvement.

Miss Christine Brown of the WAAAF is on leave with her parents and having passed all her exams has offered for duties overseas.

Burra Town Council, 2 February

Apart from routine matters, the main concern was the unsatisfactory speed with which the armed services were notifying relatives of lost or wounded men. Cr Harvey said one man was notified by wire on 2 February that his son had been wounded on 29 November – a fact already known to him through letters received. In another case it was known in the town that one Burra boy had been killed when a letter with the information arrived 18 days before the wire. Senator McBride will be asked to make enquiries.

63, 5 (3), 9 Feb. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 February

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Jane Frazee in Buck Privates

Lloyd Nolan & Irene Hervey in Mr Dynamite

Obituary. Noel Woollacott, eldest son of the Mayor & Mayoress, has been reported killed in fighting in New Guinea. Before the war he conducted a sports depot in Gawler Place in Adelaide. He was an outstanding player at football, tennis and cricket. He played ‘A’ Grade tennis in SA. He leaves a widow and two young children. [Thomas Henry Noel Woollacott born 25 December 1908: died 20 January 1943 Salananda, New Guinea.]

Mervyn Davey, younger son of Mr & Mrs M.B. Davey of Norman Farm near Burra, is reported missing in an operational flight over the sea.

Pte K. Yates, who had been reported wounded in action in New Guinea on 18 January, is now reported seriously ill. Before the war he worked at Gum Creek for Mr G. Gask. His mother is Mrs G. Yates of Unley.

63, 5 (3), 9 Feb. 1943, page 3

The Welcome Home Social at the Burra Institute on Thursday filled the hall to capacity. The Mayor presided. Those honoured were Pte Jim Kotz DCM MM, Tom Allen, & A.C. Ford. Spr Bert Elder of Adelaide was a welcome visitor. Apologies were received from H.J.B. Jennison, Pte Charlie Jordan (in hospital), J. McCarthy, Cpl Ogilvie & Tpr Rol. Dare. Cpl Bill Griffiths sent a letter of congratulations from hospital. Rev. Bartlett expressed the sympathy of all for the news just received of the death of Noel Woollacott, eldest son of the Mayor.

Jock Murison is in camp near Adelaide at present.

Obituary. In the ‘Burra Goes to Town’ column there is reference to the death at the front of a son of W.H. (Inkie) Stevenson. [John Hunter Stevenson born 12 February 1915 at Glenelg was killed in an aircraft accident in India 17 January 1943, having seen service in the Middle East and Africa.]

Obituary. ‘Burra Goes to Town’ column cites the death at the front of a son of Leslie (Lal) Sandland. [Morton Reginald Sandland, born 27 April 1921 at Peterborough: died of wounds in New Guinea.]

63, 5 (3), 9 Feb. 1943, page 4

Obituary. William P. Wade died recently at a private hospital in Adelaide. He had been for many years the manager for Koonoona Proprietors of the Winnininnie Station near Peterborough. He was born on Koonoona Station near Burra and was associated with Koonoona Proprietors all his life. He leaves a widow nee Miss Lydia Heinrich and an adult family.

[Born Willie Plummer Wade 28 Nov. 1873 at Springbank (Burra): married as William Wade in 1901 and died as William Plumer [sic] Wade 25 January 1943 at Adelaide, residence Winnininnie Station.]

63, 7 (2), 16 Feb. 1943, page 1 [No. 6 not used in this cycle of the volume.]

Burra Institute; resumed AGM. After some difficulty Mr F.T. Sara was prevailed upon to be President with A.B. Riggs as Vice-President, S.C. Genders as Treasurer and Rev. M.P. Cowle became Hon. Secretary.

St Joseph’s Dance on Wednesday evening was successful.

Obituary. Kathleen Jean Williams died aged 23. She was the daughter of Mr & Mrs T. Williams of Buckland Hills. [Born 28 December 1919 Jamestown: died 15 February 1943 Burra.]

Obituary. Charles W. Reid died at the Burra Hospital 16 February 1943. He was one of the prominent Far Northern pastoralists and for many years manager of Beltana Pastoral Co. He retired some years ago. He was aged 80. He and his wife have lived for some years at Collinsville Station with their daughter & son-in-law Mr & Mrs Lindsay Collins. The widow and two daughters survive: Mrs Collins & Mrs Saies of Renmark. [Charles William Reid died aged 80. Birth not found in SA registrations.]

Obituary. Walter Bourman died 15 February at Burra Hospital at the age of 60. He leaves a widow nee Evelyn Pearce and five daughters: Mesdames K. Lower (Adelaide), John R. Hill, N. Hann, L. Hood & D. Jacka (all of Burra). There are four grandchildren.

[Walter Thomas Bourman born 18 April 1882 at Kooringa.]

63, 7 (2), 16 Feb. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 February

Merle Oberon & Dennis Morgan in Affectionately Yours

Ida Lupino & John Garfield in Out of the Fog

Obituary. From a Notice to Creditors Margaret Ann Phelan formerly of Peterborough, but lately of the Burra Hotel, died at Burra 21 December 1942. [Born Hoobin and died aged 68. Birth not traced in SA, but surname is capable of many permutations.]

Pte Max Miels is home on leave.

Gunner F.J. Doddrell has been visiting his brother M-C T. Doddrell.

LAC Leslie Giles previously of Dalgety & Co. Burra visited the town last week.

Mrs M.T. Fuller is spending a few days in Adelaide with her son Gunner Ken Fuller RAAF.

Mr Truman, recently appointed head teacher at Copperhouse, has settled in.

LAC Len Bence has just returned to duty after leave in Burra.

Rex Opperman after service in New Guinea is home on leave.

63, 7 (2), 16 Feb. 1943, page 3

Gunner Ken Fuller RAAF was given a social in Redruth Memorial Hall on Saturday evening. The Mayor presided. Pte Rex Opperman was also welcomed after service in the Middle East and New Guinea. The main speech was by Mr G.S. Hawker with others from F.T. Sara, Rev. Bartlett, A.L. Bence, W. Dunhill, M.J. Morton, J. Kellock & A.B. Riggs.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 6 February.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping advanced 5ft to 50ft. The leader is irregular with values c. 15dwt per ton. Leader shows a fair amount of micaceous iron.

63, 8 (3), 23 Feb. 1943, page 1

VDC Dance last Wednesday raised £23 for the FFCF.

Marriage. St Mary’s Church 15 February

LCpl Howard Lewis Hooper, elder son of Mr & Mrs Jack Hooper of Hallett, married

Sapper Dorothy Lorraine Schuyler AWAS, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs R. Schuyler of Mt Bryan.

Burra Town Council, 15 February

Senator McBride writes that he is taking up the matter of late notification of casualties with the Minister of the Army.

The minister of Railways writes that it is not practicable to open the Aberdeen Railway Quarry. Not much ballast is being used, but when any large amount was required north of Burra the Aberdeen Quarry would not be forgotten.

The Mayor & Mayoress thanked the Council for its sympathy on the death of their son Noel Woollacott in New Guinea.

Cr Kellaway said the Institute appeared to believe their offer concerning the rent of the Council Chamber had been accepted, but this was not so.

Cr Harvey moved the Institute be advised the Council would stand by its previous offer of paying £36 per annum. Carried.

A kerb is to be made to keep cars away from a neighbour’s fence at the Oddfellow’s Hall.

Weather. Bountiful rain fell a week ago. It was a steady fall and virtually all of it soaked in. The rainfall extended to the east where some stations reported heavy downpours with consequent run-off and full dams. Burra got 172 points for the week. Woolgangi recorded 133, Koomooloo 125, Sturt Vale 42, Pine valley 61, Quondong 43, Balah 131 & Ketchowla 110.

Obituary. Mrs Matthew Reilly died on 16 February [at Burra]. She had been failing since her husband’s death in November 1941. She married Mr Reilly in 1896 at Farrell Flat and they made their home at Ironmine, retiring to Kooringa about 7 years ago. She is survived by two sons: Thomas & James. There is one grandson. [Born Mary Anne Reilly 25 March 1873 at Farrell’s Flat.]

Obituary. Miss K. [Kathleen] Jean Williams died at the home of her parents Mr & Mrs T. Williams, ‘Buckland Hills’ near Ironmine, at the age of 23. She was born at Jamestown on 28 December 1919 when her parents lived at Georgetown. She was educated at Ayers Public School and lived at home until about 12 months ago when on account of her health she went to Glenelg. She was apparently much better when she returned on 5 February, but was taken suddenly ill and died on the evening of 15 February. She was actively involved with the Ironmine Church and Sunday School.

63, 8 (3), 23 Feb. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 February

Jeanette McDonald & Nelson Eddy in Bitter Sweet

Lionel Barrymore & Marsha Hunt in The Penalty

Sgt Don Humphrys was home on leave last week.

Mr M.S. Bert Edwards has been gazetted a JP.

Pte Charles Jordan after over seas and New Guinea service was in Burra last week and remains a patient at Northfield.

Marriage. Last weekend in Adelaide

Frank Pearce, son of Clem Pearce, married Thora Potter of Prospect.

Pte Ken White, only son of Mrs H. White of Burra, is home on leave.

63, 8 (3), 23 Feb. 1943, page 3

Burra North FFCF continues to meet fortnightly with 24 attending the meeting on 11 February.

63, 9 (2), 2 Mar. 1943, page 1

Mrs Richardson was given a presentation of a mulga inkstand prior to the showing of the RAAF film on Wednesday, before she left Burra. She was an Englishwoman who had come to Burra with her daughter and had been active in establishing the local Observation Post.

RAAF Film. A very fair number turned out for the program of films shown on Wednesday by the RAAF unit visiting Burra. As well as showing the wide range of RAAF activities the officer in charge FO Hutchinson took the opportunity to urge support for the Volunteer Air Observation Corps. Even without enemy activity the VAOC were useful. Only recently a group at Loxton had guided a plane that was running out of fuel to a safe landing.

E. Cleggett, Secretary of the Tubercular Soldiers’ Aid Society, writes urging support for their annual appeal. They are supporting over 250 TB-affected ex-soldiers from the Great War and about 40 from the present conflict.

Burra High School has the same enrolment as for last year. Mr R. Goldsworthy & Miss G. Owen have joined the staff. Last week Miss Linke was transferred to Mt Gambier H.S. Miss E. Madden from Rose Park has been appointed the new Domestic Arts teacher.

Lieut. Dudley Van Senden visited Leighton over the weekend, where his wife has been staying with Mrs A.G. Drew.

Mr Lance Davis, headmaster of Burra Primary School, has been transferred to a city school after nearly three years here. Mr M. Rice who was previously in Burra will return.

Burra FFCF continues to hold quite well-attended monthly meetings.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 20 February.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping advanced 6 ft to 56ft. The leader is very squeezed at present with values irregular about 15 dwt per ton.

63, 9 (2), 2 Mar. 1943, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd under instruction from G.A. Heinrich will offer 4291⁄2 acres of Perpetual Lease of Sections 887 & 888 in Hd of Ayers due to his ill health and his sons having enlisted – for sale or lease for 3 or 5 years.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 March

Bette Davis & James Cagney in The Bride Came C.O.D.

James Stephenson & Geraldine Fitzgerald in Shining Victory

Advt. Harold Raymond & His 1943 Merrymakers

In Aid of SA Blind, Deaf & Dumb Children’s Home, Brighton

At Booborowie 7 March & Spalding 6 March. [No mention of Burra.]

63, 9 (2), 2 Mar. 1943, page 3

Mrs W. Thomas was farewelled at Mt Bryan East Methodist Church on 20 February and her daughter-in-law was welcomed. [There is almost 1 column of detail.]

Marriage. St Cuthbert’s Church, Prospect, 20 February.

Miss Thora Potter, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J.L. Potter of Medindie Gardens, married

Frank J. Pearce, second son of Mrs & the late Clement W. Pearce of Burra.

Burra North FFCF fortnightly meeting reported.

63, 10 (2), 9 Mar. 1943, page 1

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, 2 March

Dvr Kenneth W. White, only son of Mrs H. White & the late Mr White of Mannum, married

Marian N. Woodgate, only child of Mr & Mrs Brassey H. Woodgate of North Booborowie.

Marriage. St Joseph’s Burra, 1 March

Eileen Meers, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs James Meers of Hallett, married

S.Sgt John Andrew Roneburg, son of Mrs & the late Mr A. Roneburg of Murray Bridge & Melrose.

Burra Town Council, 1 March

Commander HMAS Burra-Bra wrote saying the ship had been named after Burra and that other towns with ships named after them had supplied plaques giving the reason for the name of the ship. Though patriotic organisations cannot raise money for a separate body, they will be notified of the situation.

Various road works and drainage matters were approved.

Cr Marston said the blackout covers on streetlights should be removed and a number of streetlights were not burning.

The Town Clerk said the Electric Supply Co. informed him that the blackout regulations still applied.

Cr Marston said other towns seem not to be compelled to observe them.

The Company is to be asked that the lights be put in order.

Button Day for the Merchant Navy raised £15. [This is the probable meaning of corrupt text.]

63, 10 (2), 9 Mar. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 March

Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney & Mary Nash in Men of Boys’ Town

Lew Ayres & Laraine Day in Dr Kildare’s Crisis

Advt. Morris Motors [W.E.D. Young’s] has removed to Lee’s Garage immediately opposite the previous premises.

Sgt E.L. Bonython of Burra North Police has been transferred to Whyalla as Grade A Sgt. M-C W.R. France comes to Burra North from Whyalla.

O. Signaller Peg Dollman of AWAS is home on leave.

Signaller June Jesser of AWAS, daughter of Mr & Mrs Dick Jesser, is home on leave.

Sgt Noel Ditty is at present staying with his father-in-law Mr G.E. Dane.

Pte Archie Kellock has been home on leave.

Sgt Keith Butler, son of Mr & Mrs C.J. Butler of the Bank of Australasia, has been home on leave.

Sgt C.F. (Zac.) Humphris has been home on leave.

63, 10 (2), 9 Mar. 1943, page 3

Welcome to Local Members of the Forces

The Institute was crowded last Friday evening for a social welcome and supper of tea & sandwiches and cake. Between 400 & 500 were served. The Mayor received the visitors and welcomed them. Dr Steele then spoke and also Mrs S.C. Genders as President of the RSL. Pte Bert Davey spoke for the soldiers and Sgt Dick Crang sent apologies – he had gone to Wentworth to see his parents. Cpl Mervyn Cox & Pte Charlie Jesser supported Bert Davey. [The men present are not listed for censorship reasons.]

Obituary. Mrs T. Bailey, relict of the late T.H. Bailey, died at her residence ‘Bayfield’ Hanson on Sunday 7 March. She was 76. She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Walter & Clem and Miss Ida Bailey, Olive Mrs McRae-Wood & Miss Eva Bailey. There are several grandchildren.

[Born Mary Blair: no apparent birth registered in SA.]

Redruth Methodist Church held Harvest Thanksgiving services last Sunday conducted by Rev. H.K. Bartlett. The afternoon service was the cantata The Rolling Seasons.

Cpl W.E. Johnson visited Mt Bryan East School on Friday in response to a communal letter he had received from them just as he came out of hospital. He has recently returned from the Middle East.

63, 11 (2), 16 Mar. 1943, page 1

The Salvation Army held their Harvest Festival last Sunday conducted by Captain Cresswell of Gawler. On Monday evening the combined Methodist Choirs led by W.H. Gare rendered the cantata Rolling Seasons. Captain Gannoway thanked the choirs for their music.

Nurses. Every nurse in Australia whether part or full-time employed or retired or otherwise engaged must register by 24 March.

63, 11 (2), 16 Mar. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 March

Edward G. Robinson & Marlene Dietrich in Manpower

Brenda Marshall & David Bruce in Singapore Woman

Notice. The Burra Town Council calls for applications for the position of Ranger at 10/- a week.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Johnnie Wood aged 41⁄2 the nephew of Mr & Mrs Tom Kallio. [John Arthur Wood died 25 February 1943 North Adelaide, residence Plympton.]

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Pte R.E. Porter who was a son of Mr & Mrs V.H. Porter of Gum Creek and who was k.i.a. in Egypt. [Roy Edwin Porter born 3 April 1918 Kooringa: died 25 November 1942.]

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Bartholomew Mannion.

[Bartholomew Bernard Mannion born 21 August 1861 Clifden, Ireland, arrived in SA in 1871: died 20 February 1943 Booborowie, residence Willalo.]

Mr W. Woodman of Burra has just completed his 39th cardigan for Red Cross.

Trip Wires have been reported on the swing bridge at night. Sometimes they were chest high and sometimes at ankle height. Council is taking action to try to see this dangerous practice is stopped. Trees will also be trimmed to allow the light by the Institute to extend some way across.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival last Sunday. Services were conducted by Rev. S.J. Martin and the cantata The Rolling Seasons was rendered in the afternoon, as it had been at Redruth the week before. Soloists were Mesdames Max Pearce, E.J. Reed, H. Jennison, E.H. Brook, the Misses Fairchild & M. Hill with Messrs R. McWaters, J.E. Pearce & S. Sykes.

Pte W.V. Bass has been home on leave.

63, 11 (2), 16 Mar. 1943, page 3

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra 11 March

Sgt John H. Lovegrove, son of Mr & Mrs F.H. Lovegrove of Tailem Bend, married

Helen Margaret Gordon, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs L.M. Gordon of ‘Wahroonga’ Leighton.

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra 13 March

Pte Cecil Francis Humphris, only son of Mrs W.H. Sandland of ‘Heathmont’ & the late C.F. Humphris of Burra, married Muriel Edith Smith, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter Smith of Burra.

Cpl Bill (W.E.) Johnson was given a welcome social at Mt Bryan East on Saturday 6 March. Speeches were by B.H.K. Dunstan, G. Dare & C.W. Dare.

63, 12 (2), 23 Mar. 1943, page 1

Ernest Alfred Hunt a tramp was sent to jail for one month for having no lawful visible means of support and was reported to the Deputy Director of Manpower.

Mrs H. Campbell of Mt Bryan has knitted 100 cardigans for Red Cross and 55 jumpers and six pairs of socks for the FFCF.

Mr M.S. Edwards JP was welcomed to the court for the first time recently.

Burra Town Council, 15 March

The SA Housing Trust said the Fair Rents Court has no jurisdiction over premises occupied by public institutions.

Cr Kellaway moved that the resolution to have three Members of Council discuss the occupancy of the Council Chamber with three Members of the Institute Committee be put into operation.

He moved the Council agree to pay £65 p.a. for sole right to the room with the committee to do the cleaning etc. and the Council to have three nights’ free use of the hall p.a. Carried.

Mrs R.J. Jeffery of Burra Red Cross suggests a public meeting re a plaque for HMAS Burra-Bra.

Mr K.M. Drew complained of sheep wandering in streets of the town.

When Council wrote to Mr J. Brown requesting him as Ranger to see to it he had resigned.

The position will be advertised.

The ford opposite R. Fuss’s is to be tarred. [St Just St.]

A beautifully designed Austerity Loan Pennant was placed in the Council Chamber. It had been forwarded by Mr Lewis, organiser of the town.

63, 12 (2), 23 Mar. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 March

Olsen & Johnson & Martha Raye in Hellzapoppin

Baby Sandy & Stewart in Sandy Gets Her Man

Hospital War Effort Auxiliary for Mobile Refrigeration for New Guinea badge day raised £18 last Friday.

Obituary. Ralph Williams, son of Mr & Mrs Fred C. Williams of Glossop and late of Ironmine, has been k.i.a. in New Guinea. He served in various places overseas and returned last year to Australia and thence to New Guinea. He was a grandson of the late well-known district folk Mr & Mrs Dan Williams. [Ralph Potts Williams born 2 June 1920 Kooringa: died 9 March 1943 New Guinea.]

63, 12 (2), 23 Mar. 1943, page 3

Bob Johns, son of former Sgt (now Inspector) Johns of Redruth Police Station, is a Lieutenant in the AIF and his deeds in Syria are widely known and his praises sung.

Pte Les Kemble has been home on leave.

Marriage. At Broken Hill

Joan E. Carey (after overseas service as a nursing sister), daughter of Mr & Mrs T.M. Carey & granddaughter of Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara of Burra North, married Mr Hal. Thompson.

63, 12 (2), 23 Mar. 1943, pages 3 & 4

RSL Wives’ FFCF held its AGM 5 March with Mrs S. Hawker presiding.

She reported on the psychological changes in Australia in the last 12 months. A year ago Australia was in a parlous position, but now most soldiers have returned and their arrival has been met with great joy. On the other hand there have been many occasions for grief due to losses of family members. Two members of the FFCF have also died: Mrs S.C. Genders & Mrs G.A. Heinrich.

Membership was now 62 and average attendance was 23. Parcels despatched since February 1942 contained 198 pairs of socks, 32 balaclavas, 19 pairs long socks, 19 mufflers, 17 pullovers, 8 pairs of mittens, 234 handkerchiefs and 47 face-washers. They had bought 851⁄2 lbs of wool, 21 yards of towelling and 19 yards of handkerchief material at a total cost of £33-15-4. The money raising effort of the Annual FFCF Appeal raised £421-18-11 for the three units in Burra. The group supplies biscuits for the Recreation Club for troops, opened at St Mary’s. Elected were President, Mrs Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs R.L. Steele & Mrs H. Jennison; Secretary, Mrs Court Pearce; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Castine and Treasurer, Mrs R.J. Lloyd.

63, 13 (2), 30 Mar. 1943, page 1

World’s End Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving last Sunday when Rev. S.J. Martin officiated. The service was mostly choral with the Kooringa Choir under Mr G.E. Dane and the cantata The Rolling Seasons was rendered.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 20 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 6ft to 67ft with values c. 15dwt per ton.

Foxes are plentiful at Mt Bryan East.

Tubeless Tyres. There is an article by on these, saying they were available from A.D. Sellars, proprietor of Jennison’s Tyre Service.

The Men of the 9th Division who have been home on leave for three weeks thank Burra for their good time while here. They have not been mentioned before in an identifiable way due to censorship, lest the Japanese found out.

‘Ex Hobo’ writes condemning the punishment inflicted on Ernest Alfred Hunt whose great offence was really only to light a fire in a culvert to boil his billy. The writer says of the person who reported Hunt: ‘How virtuous he must have felt as he hopped round to the police and did his Judas stunt.’

‘Ye Gods’ [sic] if all the people who have no visible means of support were thrown in the jug there would be no room for an honest to god criminal.’

63, 13 (2), 30 Mar. 1943, page 2

Advt. Mr F. Duel is selling, through Elder, Smith & Co., 533 acres Perpetual Lease, 15 miles from Burra on the Robertstown Road.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 April

Rudy Vallee & Rosemary Lane in Gold Diggers in Paris

John Payne & Jane Wyman in Kid Nightingale

Cpl Reg Schwier is home on leave.

Cpl J.M. O’Leary of Tooralie Hallett is home on leave after service in New Guinea.

Cpl Bill Holman RAAF is visiting Mr & Mrs P. Borowsky [sic].

63, 13 (2), 30 Mar. 1943, page 3

Pte Clem Davey is home on leave after service in the Middle East with the AMC. He reluctantly gave an account of the work of the AMC in battle conditions. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

Hallett FFCF held a fete and auction sale on 29 March which raised £145. [2⁄3 column of details.]

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving 21 March when Rev. Rex Brook officiated. A social followed on Monday night.

Obituary. William P. Wade died recently at a private hospital in Adelaide. He was born on Koonoona Station 28 November 1873, the second son of the late Mr & Mrs William Wade. Mr Wade Sen. was employed by Koonoona Proprietors for 30 years. Mr Wade Jnr was educated at Hanson School and then began work as a cowboy, rising to be appointed manager of Winnininnie Station 26 November 1915, working under the late John C. Sandland and then the late W.G. Hawkes and for the last 13 years under Mr G. Hawkes. Many years ago he was a keen supporter of the Sheep Dog Field Trials. He was known as a man of strict integrity and was for 50 years a member of the Rechabite Lodge. On 10 April 1901 he married Lydia Heinrich of Koonoona at St Mary’s, Burra. A family of four children survive: Jean Mrs Lockyer (Carnarvon Station WA), Pte Bruce Wade (AIF), Capt. Colin Wade (AIF, two years overseas & now in Australia) & Kenneth (Manager of Winnininnie Station). There are 6 grandchildren.

[Born Willie Plummer Wade 28 Nov. 1873 at Springbank (Burra): married as William Wade in 1901 and died as William Plumer [sic] Wade 25 January 1943 at Adelaide, residence Winnininnie Station.]

63, 14 (3), 6 Apr. 1943, page 1

Signposts may be restored in some areas following representations from the RAA about the one at Black Springs. Their lack is causing a waste of fuel and tyres. The letters of signs must not be over 4” high and signs must be easily removable. The names of important and strategic centres are listed and they must not appear on any road sign.

Rev. Bartlett preached his farewell sermons on Sunday last at Redruth.

Pte A.H. Zerna. Mr A.L. Bence as Hon. Secretary of Burra RSL has received a cheque for £24-10-0 from his comrades to defray the cost of a headstone for Pte Zerna.

‘Fair Play’ endorses the remarks of ‘Ex Hobo’ and says it was the Government in the days of the depression that forced the majority of these men out onto the highways.

Welcomes For Soldiers

The Mayor presided at a public meeting to discuss the matter of welcoming soldiers returning to Burra on leave. The Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee had been formed in 1939 and was still functioning in making presentations when farewelling soldiers. General Blamey had said there should be no restraint on welcoming the boys when they returned to Australia.

Dr Steele said that so far welcomes had either taken the same form as the presentation evenings, or they had been a brief welcome followed by a social evening, which everyone seems to have enjoyed. Presumably each boy would receive leave periodically and he wanted to know if welcomes would be extended on these occasions. He felt that, except on very special occasions, the Welfare Committee should not be involved.

Mr Riggs said the last welcome was to those returning from the Middle East and the first was mainly given to boys from New Guinea.

Mrs Ashton thought boys who were virtually discharged should receive letters of appreciation.

Mrs A. Tennant pointed out the practical difficulties of dealing with returns of one or two at a time.

Mr F.T. Marston thought all deserved a welcome of some sort and six or more at a time warranted a social and a fewer number an entertainment in the hands of the Mayor.

Mr Genders thought in practice the lack of knowledge of when the boys were coming would make that difficult.

Dr Steele moved that official welcomes be left to the Welfare Committee. Carried.

Mrs Ashton moved an Entertainment Committee be formed to be responsible to the Welfare Committee. Carried.

Inactive members of the Welfare Committee are to be replaced.

Mrs Ashton’s suggestion about a letter of appreciation was adopted.

63, 14 (3), 6 Apr. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 April

Robert Taylor & Walter Pidgeon in Flight Command

Regis Toomey & Lee Patrick in The Nurse’s Secret

Mules Operation on Sheep

Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau advises a demonstration of the much talked of Mules Operation on ringly tailed [sic*] sheep, which practically makes fly-blown sheep unknown, will be given in a flock of 300 weaners of Mr Charles Dare at his sheep yards near Mr Frank Thomas’s homestead at 10 a.m. 13 April. [*Reports of the event in the paper of 20 April refer of course to wrinkly tailed sheep.]

63, 14 (3), 6 Apr. 1943, page 3

Bob Fuss brought into the office recently a shark’s tooth found with other fossils in excavations near the River Murray. It is about 11⁄2” long by 3⁄4” wide with serrated edges. He says others much larger have been found. [He was engaged as a carpenter in form work associated with concrete structures in connection with the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline, so this tooth probably came from Morgan.]

63, 15 (2), 13 Apr. 1943, page 1

LAC Len Bence, son of Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence, has won a boxing tournament ‘somewhere in Australia’.

Burra Town Council has resolved to extend the beauty spot along the creek opposite the post office by planting more trees.

Burra Police Court, 6 April

Edgar Schutz was fined £1 + 7/6 costs for drunkenness and was placed under The Act for 12 months.

One Market Day a Month

The editor writes a strongly worded protest against the decision of the Rural Industries Division (run by Dr A.R. Callagan) of the Department of War Organisation to award Burra just one market day a month instead of the present two. This, he says, is a good way to kill country towns and the arguments in favour of it – saving travel - won’t eventuate either. 100 buyers will come on one day rather than 50 on each of two days as now. Will it save manpower? No, it will take twice the manpower to draft 2,000 sheep once a month as it takes now to draft 1,000 fortnightly. Against it also is the lack of locomotive power on the broad gauge which will see animals hanging around and being cared for well after the sale day and arriving in a poorer condition at the abattoirs. So, protest to State & Federal representatives, to the War Organisation Department, to the Agents’ Assoc., to head offices of stock firms and to the Stockowners’ Assoc. Other towns have fought such reductions and won. So can Burra.

Burra Town Council & the Institute Committee have finally reached agreement on Council’s lease of the Council Chamber. Council has been paying £36 for a number of years and the committee thought this too low and asked for £65 for sole use with Council to clean. The Council has now agreed to pay the £65, but the committee will supply the cleaner, fuel and light and three nights’ use of the hall free of charge. The Council will also be represented on the Institute Committee.

63, 15 (2), 13 Apr. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 April

Robert Stack & Ann Rutherford in Badlands of Dakota

Robert Paige & Jane Frazee in San Antonio Rose

Advt. Harold Raymond, Blind Violinist & his Grand New 1943 Company of Merrymakers

Burra Institute Thursday 15 April. 2/-. In aid of Blind, Deaf & Dumb Children’s Home, Brighton

Burra Town Council Elections

The following members of the Burra Town Council will retire on 1st Saturday in July:

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott

Councillors:

North Ward John Alfred Scott Fisher

East Ward Stanley Kellaway

West Ward Frank Teare Marston

Nominations close 1 May with elections if needed on 3 July.

Burra Burra District Council Elections

The following Councillors will retire on 1st Saturday in July

Baldina Ward Eric Lisle McWaters

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Hanson Ward John Maxton Jacka

Mt Bryan Ward John Macke Gebhardt

Nominations close 1 May with elections if needed on 3 July.

63, 15 (2), 13 Apr. 1943, page 3

Capt. A. Fergusson of Gawler is visiting Mrs Max Pearce.

Sgt Charlie Herbert is visiting his parents Mr & Mrs George Herbert on leave from New Guinea.

Sgt Norman Villis paid a visit to Burra after being invalided home from New Guinea.

Dvr H.J. Brown returned recently from the Middle East after nearly three years’ service and visited his parents Mr & Mrs H. Brown of Gum Creek.

Pte Ken Dawson is home on sick leave from New Guinea. He is the son-in-law of Mrs Clem Pearce and was formerly with the Savings Bank in Burra.

LAC Len Bence along with Sgt Pilot John Burnett, LAC Cooke & SM Keith Smith spent some leave time with Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence.

AC Margaret Pearce of WAAAF has been home on leave.

Burra Town Council, 5 April

The Burra Electric Supply Co. advises it is doing all it can about streetlights, but a wartime shortage of supplies is a problem. It asks that Council get the official blackout regulations. Council will do so.

Officers of HMAS Burra-Bra wrote saying personnel of the ship would place the plaque that Burra people were sending, in a prominent position and send a photo of it. The ship also required two radio receiving sets and hoped the people of Burra could assist.

Cr Lee moved that the plaque be forwarded.

A public meeting about the plaque will now be called.

The Mayor indicated his willingness to stand again if it was the wish of ratepayers.

The other retiring Councillors are also willing to stand again.

Stan Kellaway Jnr was the only applicant for the Ranger’s position and was subsequently appointed.

Willow trees will be planted along the Burra Creek towards Burra North and suitably protected.

Annual FFCF Anzac Appeal

The committee again decided on a personal appeal instead of Anzac Sports and this has turned out to be a great success with £439 presently in hand with some cheques still to come in, so that the target of £450 seems likely to be reached. Last year’s total was £423. Burra’s effort closed last Friday with a long night dance in the Institute that drew a large attendance. The profit of this was expected to be c. £30.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary last Sunday, but with depleted numbers it was confined to morning and afternoon services. Rev. H.K. Bartlett gave the addresses.

Miss Red Cross nominations are called for by 31 July. There will be a city and a country competition.

Rayon Stockings. From 1 April the number of coupons for rayon stockings will be reduced from 4 to 2. [Details in just over 1⁄2 column.]

63, 16 (2), 20 Apr. 1943, page 1

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary on 4 April with very fair congregations. Mr P. Tilbrook of Mt Bryan East gave the address in the afternoon and Rev. R. Brook preached in the evening.

PO C.J. Morrison is reported in the Advertiser as one of those involved in the air battle over Milne Bay last week. Prior to the war he was in charge of World’s End School and later married Miss Essie McWaters. In the list of New Year awards he received the Air Force Cross.

W.J. Thomas, retired grazier of Burra North has realised £70 for local patriotic bodies from making concrete flower pots.

Mt Bryan FFCF Appeal has raised over £200. It is reported in c. 11⁄4 columns.

Burra Bowling Club. Last Thursday J.E. Pearce 26 defeated O. Walker 16 in the Club Championship final.

Foxes are very numerous in the district. This is believed to be due in part to the lack of ammunition. A recipe for fumigating fox holes is given using sulphur and kerosene.

Obituary. Mrs Harold A. Allen died in Adelaide last week. She was born Miss Bertha Bernhardt, the daughter of old Burra North residents. Both she and her husband lived in Burra till recently. She was a sister of Mr R.G. Bernhardt and is survived by a husband and adult family.

[Born Bertha Dorothy Bernhardt 13 August 1895 Millerton (Burra): died 11 April 1943, Adelaide.]

A Red Cross social at Mt Bryan East on 3 April of only 22 people raised £3-1-6.

The Burra Mill

Until a month ago the Burra Mill was standing with its practically new machinery intact. Today the machinery has gone. The fine old timbers are piled up in neat heaps for sale and it is but a gaunt and empty skeleton. Soon not even its four high walls will cut the skyline. Local citizens were prepared to keep the mill going with their money and energy and offered to buy it lock stock and barrel. They say they were met with a refusal to sell of they were going to grind flour in SA. The owners gave various reasons why they could not work the mill, but were not prepared to allow Burra men to try to surmount the alleged differences between profit and loss on the mill. It is another case of the city making a grab at the expense of the country. The town loses the employees as residents and as customers.

63, 16 (2), 20 Apr. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 April

Judy Garland & James Stewart in Ziegfield Girl

Supported by short features

24 April

Olivia De Havilland & Jeffery Lynn in My Love Came Back

And Roaring Twenties

Obituary. Bertha Dorothy Allen died 11 April in Adelaide. She was the wife of Harold Arthur Allen, mother of Robert, Dorothy, Doreen (deceased), Norman (AIF), Douglas, Joan & Kingsley. She was grandmother of Dawn, David, Pauline, Harold, Winston, Warren & Norman.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Mary Fitzgerald of Farrell Flat.

[Mary Josephine Fitzpatrick (single) died 10 March 1943 at Clare, residence Farrell Flat aged 66.]

Burra Bowling Club. S.C. Genders & Rev. Martin defeated M.S. Edwards & A. Bown in the final of the handicap pairs.

63, 16 (2), 20 Apr. 1943, page 3

Black Springs Red Cross Show on 3 April in the hall raised £55 for Junior and Red Cross Funds.

Presentation to Soldiers

LAC N. Baynes & Pte Spackman were given a presentation in the Council Chamber on Friday night. Pte Spackman’s father had served in the last war. Speakers were the Mayor, F.T. Sara, Rev. Bartlett, M. Morton, Mr Clode & A.B. Riggs.

Flower Humphrys celebrated his 80th birthday 14 April in the Dining Hall of John Martin’s in Adelaide. He was born at Stony Gap and is the only surviving son of the late Mr & Mrs Jesse Humphrys of Hanson. He lived in the Hanson and Burra Districts through the life of his first wife, but went to Medindie to live on his remarriage. At the gathering were three surviving sisters: Mrs Jones, Mrs Scrutton & Mrs Hansen. Also present were four sons and four daughters: Roy W. (Burra), Maurice F. (Hanson), Allan B. (Manoora), Jesse (Naracoorte), Mrs H.C. Atkins (Farrell Flat), Mrs Cecil I. Sangster (Tusmore), Mrs H. Crawford (Murray Bridge) & Sister Rita Humphrys (Adelaide).

Rev. A.S. Barrett took up his duties at Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit last Sunday.

Sister Mavis Riggs is home on leave from a distant battle station.

PO H.J.B. Jennison was home on leave last weekend.

B. Riggs has been mentioned in a raid over Stuttgart.

Mr I.J. Warnes of Glenelg who has not been too well recently has improved and passed through Burra on Friday en route to Koomooloo.

Mrs Paul Baynes of Adelaide is visiting her son LAC Norrell Baynes and his wife.

63, 16 (2), 20 Apr. 1943, page 4

Tom Canny writes to take issue with the editor over the latter’s stand on the once-a-month market question. Canny takes up a whole range of matters in which he asserts the present Government has done good things for the primary producer. He says a more economical use of vehicles will be achieved, 2,000 sheep can be handled by the same number of men as 1,000.

The editor dismisses Mr Canny’s remarks as irrelevant to the topic and says Canny accuses him of making miss-statements, but doesn’t say what they were. He then goes on to attack some of the steps the Government had taken while agreeing that the Wheat Bounty was a benefit even if it was largely negated by increased wage costs.

The ‘Mules’ Operation on Wrinkly Tailed Sheep is reported in 3⁄4 column.

63, 17 (2), 27 Apr. 1943, page 1

Burra Town Council, 19 April

The Mayor said he believed the old Smelt’s Chimney was dangerous. It had been struck by lightning and damaged. During recent rough weather it had been reported to be swaying and now it was sagging. Children would play near it despite the danger from falling bricks. It should be demolished.

Cr Bevan said it was on private property and they could not force demolition. The head teacher is to be advised of the danger and the owner Mr Carpenter will be asked to remove it.

The Bowden Salvation Army Band visited Burra for Anzac Day services. The band under Bandmaster Heaven and accompanied by Major Jones & Envoy R.C. Winfield arrived on Good Friday and were billeted by residents.

On Good Friday evening an impressive service was conducted by Envoy Winfield to a full hall.

On Saturday they visited Burra North and played both sacred and secular pieces and in the evening there was a performance in the Salvation Army Hall.

Special Easter Sunday services were conducted by the visiting officers assisted by Captain Gannoway and Lieut. Temby. At 10.30 a.m. the band played at the Burra Hospital and they then took a prominent part in the Anzac Service.

Anzac Badge Day realised £28 on Friday 15 April.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 17 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued a further 6ft to 79ft. The country has tightened up and the leader is pinched. Values are irregular c. 15dwt per ton.

Mt Bryan FFCF Appeal. The donation list is printed.

Pte Alfred Zerna. A.L. Bence has received a further £5-10-0 towards a headstone. This is from the parents and they suggest it go towards the cost of erection, leaving the stone itself as a gift of his comrades.

Anzac Commemoration Service. The 28th anniversary service was held at the memorial. The Bowden Salvation army Band was a great acquisition to the occasion. The procession was one of the largest for years – from the RSL rooms to the square. The Band led RSL President S.C. Genders followed by the members of the 1st AIF with Sister Keynes & Sister Mavis Riggs (2nd AIF), then came some members of 2nd AIF on leave with a member of the RAN and a squad of airmen from the RAAF for the first time. Next came the VDC under Lieut. F.H. Reed (all in uniform) and Mrs Andrew Tennant and the Red Cross Aids. Roy Lloyd & Albert J. Bruce of 1st AIF formed as sentries.

Clergy present were Major Jones, Envoy R.C. Winfield, Captain Gannoway and Lieut. Temby (all of the Salvation Army), Rev. H.K. Bartlett (Methodist), Rev. A.S. Barrett (Methodist). Mr Hilary Fuss represented Rev. M.P. Cowle (Anglican) who was unavoidably absent.

Envoy Winfield gave the address and official wreaths were laid by Mr Genders, the Mayor and Sister Keynes. A.L. Bence & Bro. Fuller arranged the RSL contribution.

The Kooringa Methodist Church was the site for a combined Anzac Church Service in the evening when Rev. S.J. Martin gave the address.

Obituary. Mrs A.J. Heinrich (Maria Mathilda) died at her residence at Apoinga on 18 April. She was born at Saddleworth, a daughter of Ernest Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich & Henriette Christiana nee Gregurke. She went with her parents to live at Hoyleton and later at Lindley where her father, brother and two sisters died in a short period. She then went with her mother to Tanunda for a few years and later with her mother and sister to Freeling until she married Johannes Alwin Heinrich 14 September 1911 and came to live at Apoinga. Her last sister died in 1913 and she took in her mother and nursed her till she died in 1918. Mrs Heinrich had good health until a slight seizure about two years ago from which she recovered and only a week before her death she attended the silver wedding of Mr & Mrs B.E. Heinrich. Last Saturday in the evening she had a stroke and died on Sunday at 9 a.m. She is survived by her husband and son Reginald. [Born Maria Mathilde Heinrich 21 November 1867 at Pine Creek and died 18 April Apoinga aged 75 which accords with the birth, but on marriage the age of 34 is given which suggests a birth in 1876 (or 1877). Reginald is not traceable in SA Births.]

63, 17 (2), 27 Apr. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 May

Frank Morgan & Ann Rutherford in Washington Melodrama

Robert Young & Maureen O’Sullivan in Sporting Blood

Booborowie Centenary

A public meeting at Booborowie has decided to hold centenary celebrations on 9, 10 & 11 October in the form of a Back to Booborowie.

9 October Back to School & Children’s Sports with a Welcome to Old Citizens & a Dance in the evening

10 October Back to Church

11 October Carnival Sports & Grand Farewell Ball

Mt Bryan Red Cross. The report of the monthly meeting extends for 11⁄2 columns, partly due to tributes to Mrs Beaglehole who had to resign as secretary due to her husband’s illness.

Arthur P. Harris was in town for the holidays to visit his father and sister, Mrs Lisle Pearce.

LAC Keith Partridge visited Burra.

Sgt Clyde Moore who has seen much overseas service spent a few days with his father Mr E. Moore.

Andrew Bernhardt OS of the RAN is home on leave.

LAC Mark Lee came to Burra for Easter.

63, 17 (2), 27 Apr. 1943, page 3

Burra Town Council

The RSL invitation to the Anzac service was accepted.

Senator P.A. McBride sends on the Minister for the Army’s response to the query on the late advice of casualties.

The Deputy Controller of Lighting Restrictions advises that blackout restrictions have not changed.

Town with more than six lights within 100 miles of the coast must restrict lights to 100 watts and screen them from the sky.

The Mayor took up the issue of one market day per month. His view was that it was a victory for the city over the country. The mill was being destroyed at the very time the Government was talking of construction. It its present state it would now be an eyesore as well as a danger. The owners should be made to clean up the mess.

Cr Kellaway agreed the destruction was a calamity. It seemed to him the company would not operate a country mill that was not at a water-head. He agreed the Council should see the place was completely dismantled.

Cr Bevan said nothing could be done about the stock sales.

Cr Harvey said they had to back the Government with a war to win.

Cr Kellaway did not see it as a great penalty.

Cr Marston said he would agree if he thought one market day a month would achieve the savings in manpower etc., but he believed it would take the same resources to run one large sale as two smaller ones and trucking the sheep would be a problem and he doubted the railway’s capacity.

Cr Harvey agreed with much of that, but disagreed with remarks about handling and suggested Senator McBride and Mr J. Duncan-Hughes be approached for advice. Carried.

Various routine matters followed.

Various light poles are rotten and the electric Supply Co. will be asked to rectify the matter.

63, 17 (2), 27 Apr. 1943, page 4

Tom Canny writes a long letter. He takes issue with the Editor on the question of decentralisation, which he says the Government has always stood for. He reminds the editor that the drift to the city has been going on for years. In peace time farmers were being forced from farms, small businesses were going broke without any appreciable help from non-Labor Governments. The Labor Government has now given some security in holdings and a price for produce that enables a decent standard of life. Manufacturing of defence work has gone to country towns, though unfortunately not to Burra. He agrees with the Editor’s article on the demolition of the Burra Mill, but says Frank Condon (Labor) tried hard to have the country flour mills used, but city interests prevailed.

The Editor points out that he did not say the Government wanted to kill primary industry: the sentence began with ‘if’. His aim was rather to show that on the one hand a monthly market would not aid the war effort while on the other it would harm Burra’s interests. He then goes on to agree there are good men on both sides of politics and suggests a National Government would be better in this time of stress.

63, 18 (2), 4 May 1943, page 1

P.A. Roach writes concerning the Burra Flour Mill.

My grandfather had a mill at Penwortham which burnt down and in the 1870s he erected a mill at Burra. It was of stone and four storeys high. In the 188os it was converted to a steel roller mill and a storey added to the building. It was the second mill (after Gawler) in SA to be so modernised. It could produce about 2,000 lb of flour per hour. In the 1890s some of the machinery was taken by my father for use in another mill and the capacity fell to about 1,200 lb per hour. In 1916, as I was travelling with a load of flour to the railway station it occurred to me that because of its location the mill wasn’t worth spending money on. My father agreed and said if an opportunity presented itself I should get out of the business. This occurred in 1918. The firm that bought it told a relation of mine they expected to pay the cost in two years from profit. They worked it for a short time and found it needed modernising and they spent some thousands doing so and I was told they ran it for a while, but for 20 years or so nothing has moved there at all. I think they came to the same conclusion I did. When first erected the fuel was wood and the cost of six-foot lengths was 5 or 6 shillings a ton and I can remember having to refuse to take it at 7 shillings a ton. Working one shift we used 3 tons a day. Later wood became prohibitive and we used chiefly coal. Wage rises also hit a small mill like Burra harder than the larger ones. Originally much of the wheat was grown east of Burra, but as this went out of cultivation it got harder to get farmers to drive their loads past the station where they could have it unloaded in the time it took to drive to the mill. I don’t believe the Burra Mill could make much under the best management. The local citizens should congratulate themselves that their offer to buy was not accepted.

Superphosphate Rationing. The Government has given a farmer in the district permission to sow 200 acres, but superphosphate for 60. Had he not received permission for 200 he would not have prepared the land and could have got some income for grazing on it. In any case he has to sow 120 acres to meet expenses for the year.

Burra Bowling & Croquet Clubs closed their season on Saturday.

Bowls Trophies:

Championship Edgar Pearce

Singles Handicap O. Finch

Consistency S.C. Genders

Pairs Handicap S.C. Genders & Rev. S.J. Martin

Rink Tournament A. Bown

PO Brian Riggs, only son of Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs, has cabled them from England. He embarked in November 1941 and has been a pilot in the RAAF. The cable says he has completed his operational flights over enemy territory and has been gazetted an Instructor in England with a commission as PO. He flew bombing missions over Stuttgart, Düsseldorf and other places in Germany as well as in Italy & France, besides laying mines in enemy waters flying a four-engine seven-passenger Halifax Bomber. He is now in the RAF.

Pte Ron Finch was given a social at Leighton Hall on 8 April.

DC of Burra Burra Elections: Nominations

Baldina Ward: E.L. McWaters

Reg. Warnes

Booborowie Ward: W. Lomman re-elected unopposed

Hanson Ward: J.M. Jacka re-elected unopposed

Mt Bryan Ward: G.S. Hawker elected unopposed

(Replacing J.M. Gebhardt who did not nominate.)

There will be an election in West Ward 3 July.

Burra Town Council Elections: Nominations

Mayor: T.H. Woollacott re-elected unopposed

North Ward J.A.S. Fisher re-elected unopposed

East Ward S. Kellaway re-elected unopposed

West Ward F.T. Marston

W. Carpenter

There will be an election in West Ward 3 July.

63, 18 (2), 4 May 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 May

Bud Abbott, Lew Costello & Joan Davis in Hold that Ghost

Dick Foran & Andy Devine in Road Agent

Sister Mavis Riggs & Lieut. Lindsay H. Thomas MC were tendered a social in Redruth Memorial Hall last night.

Pte C. Barratt of Waikerie spent time with his parents-in-law Mr & Mrs F.T. Pascoe of Burra.

Miss Margaret Pearce WAAAF has returned to duty after leave in Burra.

Miss Mavis Fairchild AWAS has had a few days’ leave with her parents.

Mr & Mrs E.A. Verral leave Burra tomorrow for Balaklava after two years here.

Fire. A fire at the local bacon factory on Saturday morning was put out before any serious damage was done.

63, 18 (2), 4 May 1943, page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 April

Pte G.R. (Ross) Day, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr Arthur Day of Lameroo, married

Melva Hill, elder daughter of Mrs & the late Mr Horace Hill of Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 April

Pte Milton Mitchell, only son of Mr & Mrs G. Mitchell of Hanson, married

Estelle Gillett, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Walter B. Gillett of ‘Manilla’ near Burra.

63, 19 (2), 11 May 1943, page 1

Diphtheria Immunisation is being arranged by the DC Burra Burra for children from 6 months to 12 years.

Cr I.J. Warnes was welcomed back to the DC Burra Burra when he attended his first meeting for about six months after a prolonged and serious illness.

Lindsay H. Thomas writes thanking Burra people for their kindness in his recent visit after 21⁄2 years and extending his sympathy to those who have suffered loss through the war.

Obituary. Sgt & Mrs F.C. Williams of Glossop have been notified that their son L-Cpl Ralph P. Williams was k.i.a. in New Guinea 9 March 1943 aged 22. Ralph joined the Volunteer Artillery in 1937 and transferred to the AIF in October 1939 and was one of the first to sail to England on the Queen Mary. He saw action at Tobruk, Libya, Greece and Crete before returning to Australia in March 1942. He transferred to the Commandos. He was born in Burra and started his education at Ayers School before the family moved to Victor Harbor when he was 7. He completed his education there and the family then moved to Tennyson (Grange) and he was employed by the Co-op Building Society until he joined the AIF. He was the eldest grandson of the late Mr & Mrs D.E. Williams of Burra and his father (ex-1st AIF) is serving with a Garrison battalion in Australia.

[Ralph Potts Williams born 2 June 1920 Kooringa.]

LAC Ronald Carpenter is spending a few days with his aunt Mrs Roy Sellars.

LAC Don Watson, son of Mrs S. Watson of Burra, is on leave in Burra.

Dvr K. Dawson has rejoined his unit.

Pte Tom Phelan has been visiting his brother Lance Phelan of the Burra Hotel.

63, 19 (2), 11 May 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 May

Mickey Rooney & Kathryn Grayson in Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary

Wallace Beery & Laraine Day in The Bad Man

Salvation Army. Captain Gannoway & Lieut. Gibbons will give their farewell addresses next Sunday. Captain Gannoway has been in charge for about a year and Lieut. Gibbons filled the post recently vacated by Lieut. Temby. Both young ladies have been very popular.

63, 19 (2), 11 May 1943, page 3

Recognition Social for Sister Mavis Riggs & Lieut. L.H. Thomas MC

This was sponsored by the Redruth Methodist Church and held at the Redruth Memorial Hall on 3 May. Rev. A.S. Barrett presided. People were pleasantly surprised when Lieut. Thomas entered with only the aid of a walking stick. The Mayor gave an address. He referred to Sister Riggs’ leaving in March 1940 and serving in the African Desert and later in New Guinea. Mr S.C. Genders spoke for the RSL followed by Mr G.S. Hawker, F.T. Sara, M.J. Morton & Rev. Barrett. The responses by Sister Riggs & Lieut. Thomas are printed.

Burra Town Council, 3 May

Cr Harvey said he had not moved last meeting that the owner of the Smelts Chimney was to be asked to have it demolished and the report in the paper to that effect was wrong.

The Town Clerk reported that Mr J.G. Carpenter refused to demolish the Smelts Chimney, but agreed to have it fenced and to advertise that trespassers would be prosecuted.

The Mayor speculated about the council’s right to order demolition and about the possibility of a right-of-way existing on the land.

Cr Harvey said it was not long ago Council was urging the owners to preserve the chimney as a historic landmark.

The Mayor said that at that time it was in good repair.

63, 19, 11 May 1943, page 4

Sgt Pilot Jim Hogan was given a social at Leighton last Saturday. Speakers were Roy Earle & Jack Gask.

63, 20 (2), 18 May 1943, page 1

St Mary’s. On 12 May at St Mary’s Parish Hall the ladies decided to form a Ladies’ Guild. Mrs W.H. Sandland was elected President with Mrs Cowle as Vice-President and Mrs C.F. Humphris as Secretary.

AC1 Ken Kellaway was given a social at the Burra Institute last Tuesday evening. Few knew about it so attendance was small. Speakers were the Mayor, Dr Steele, S.C. Genders for the RSL & A.B. Riggs.

Mr & Mrs Roberts were farewelled on Thursday. Mr Roberts who is with the SAR has been transferred to Belair.

Lunch Hour Closing. The practice of closing shops for the lunch period 12.30 to 1.30 has become almost universal due to staff shortages. Burra storekeepers will fall in line from next Monday.

James Lomman continues his attack on foxes. A poisoned sheep carcase produced 12 foxes within a 100 yard radius. So far this year he has killed 36.

Marriage. Semaphore Baptist Church, 8 May

Kenneth Kellaway RAAF, fifth son of Mr & Mrs Stanley Kellaway of Burra, married

Elaine Margaret Wicks, second daughter of Mrs & the late Mr C.P. Wicks of Semaphore Park.

Mt Bryan School held a dance on 12 May and the Schools’ Patriotic Fund benefited by £21-1-6.

63, 20 (2), 18 May 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 May

Robert Stack & Diana Barrymore in Eagle Squadron

Hugh Herbert & Jeanne Kelly in Meet the Chump

63, 20 (2), 18 May 1943, page 3

Marriage. St Brendan’s Mt Bryan, 8 May

T.J. Emmerson, eldest son of Mr & Mrs S.J. Emmerson, married

Eileen Dare, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs George Dare of Mt Bryan East.

Mrs A. Turner of Chapel St turns 80 today. Mr Turner is 88.

Sgt Pilot F.W. Clark with his wife visited his wife’s sister Mrs Bert Field of ‘Monavea’.

PO C. Morrison has spent some of his leave with his wife’s parents Mr & Mrs W.H. McWaters of World’s End.

63, 20 (2), 18 May 1943, page 4

Burra & District Fuel Advisory Committee. There is an article of over 11⁄2 columns on policy restricting the supply of tyres and tubes and requiring primary producers to minimise distances travelled and to pool vehicle use.

63, 21 (2), 25 May 1943, page 1

Burra Primary School celebrated Empire Day last Friday. They listened to a broadcast address and Mr R.J. Jeffery, Chairman of the School Committee also gave an address.

Stray Dogs are a real nuisance in the town. Council has decided to enforce the Act and will now impound stray dogs and destroy those not claimed within three days.

St Mary’s. The Church of England Dance in the Institute last Friday drew a very large attendance. Nett proceeds to aid the church exceeded £30.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 15 May.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued. Slates have squeezed the leader which is irregular in value with c. 15dwt per ton.

Free French Forces Badge Day in Burra raised £15-4-9 on Friday last.

Brown-Out Regulations are being enforced and patrols are out in Burra to check that they are being followed.

Rabbit traps are being stolen in the district.

Burra Primary School Children from Grade IV up have so far this year made almost 60 camouflage nets.

Rats are something of a problem in the district and have stripped almond trees and eaten rubber hoses on cars as well as leads to spark plugs. They also eat greasy pea-rifle bullets and seem to love Solvol Soap.

63, 21 (2), 25 May 1943, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will offer two valuable Station Properties at the Wool Exchange in Grenfell St, Adelaide, 8 July at 2.30 p.m.

Balah Station. 190 squ. miles of Pastoral Lease expiring 31 December 1975. 8,6451⁄2 acres of Perpetual Lease comprising sections 86 & 90 County of Burra. There are two stone houses, men’s quarters, stone stables, chaff house, wool shed, etc. 32 dams, 56 miles of dog-proof fence, 115 miles of sheep-proof fence.

Redcliffe Station. 60,318 acres of Perpetual Lease comprising Blocks 550, 54, 55A, 55B, 55D, 57W & 58. Substantial stone house of 10 rooms, garage, shearers’ quarters, stables, implement sheds, large wool shed, etc. Stone house of 4 rooms, 15 dams, 4 bores, 1 well, 48 miles of dog-proof fence & 70 miles of sheep-proof fence, 30 miles of telephone line.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Genuine Clearing Sale on 4 June at Queen St at the premises known as O’Leary’s Butchers. [Over 1⁄2 column of detail.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 May

Ray Milland & Patricia Morrison in Untamed

Tommy Dorsey & Constance Moore in Las Vegas Nights

Advt. Public Address in Burra Lodge Room Wednesday 2 June by State Leader of the Opposition, Hon. R.S. Richards MP: Australia, the War, and Wheat.

Notice. An item of over 1 column concerns the issuing of New Ration Books.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Patrick Chaplin at Burra hospital. He was the father of Mrs G.M. Furst of Willalo. [Died 17 April 1943 Burra, residence Hallett aged 87.]

63, 21 (2), 25 May 1943, page 3

Burra Town Council, 17 May

Senator P.A. McBride & Mr Duncan-Hughes MHR reply to the protest about one sale day per month. The protest will be presented to Mr Dedman Director of Manpower and he will be asked, if manpower is not being saved, to permit a return to the fortnightly sales. Mr Dedman wrote assuring the Council their concerns would receive his fullest consideration.

The Burra Institute Committee advised it would not be possible to make another doorway alongside the present door to the Council Chamber. This would involve narrowing the steps to the dress circle contrary to the Amusement Act.

A.L. Bence writes an article of about 1⁄2 column explaining the Quotaring System. It is necessary to limit sales as replacement stock is hard to get and they themselves are on quotas from mills and warehouses. Without quotas he says they would have to close within six months.

Obituary. Mrs Samuel Craig died suddenly last Saturday at her residence in Bridge Terrace aged 70. She was the widow of the late Mr S. Craig of Hallett and had lived in Burra for some years. She is survived by a daughter Ivy and two sons: Lance & Roy. [Born Annie Adelaide Wilmshurst 15 July 1871 at Yadlamalka (54 km north of Pt Augusta): died 22 May 1943 at Burra.]

Sgt L. Samuel who saw service in the Middle East has been on leave in Burra.

Salvation Army. Adjutant Creswell, who has been appointed officer in charge at Burra, took up duties last week. She had previously been stationed here three years ago.

Pte Roy Scroop & his wife left Burra yesterday to live at Kensington. Since returning from the Middle East he has been stationed in the city. Mrs Scroop has been a prominent member of the Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild and an enthusiastic bowls player and will be missed.

63, 22 (2), 1 June 1943, page 1

Padre Donald Redding received a tribute in the Brisbane Courier Mail by E.T. Triplett that is reprinted. He had seen three years’ service in England, the Middle East and New Guinea. He walked across the Owen Stanley Range and conducted burial services among the flying bullets.

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee has discussed finances which are getting low. The Buffalo Lodge Ball on 13 august will provide its proceeds and a badge day on 16 July will help. Burra North Dance Committee contributed £12-9-9, plus an anonymous donation of £1. Very little else has come in now for 12 months and there are still about 30-40 soldiers to farewell. The committee also wants a considerable sum on hand to welcome their return after the war.

Ivan Wohling [sic: for Ivon] had a wallet as a present from his two sisters and carried it through the Middle East. On returning to Australia he lost it, only to have it picked up by a Mrs Sykes on the steps of the Brisbane GPO. Mrs Sykes was once a beauty specialist in Burra and on her return to SA she handed it to Miss Lil. Sara who posted it to the family and they will send it to Ivan in their next parcel.

A peeping Tom is said to be operating in the town.

Farrell Flat-Burra Road repairs are nearing completion.

‘Watchdog’ reports on the Brown-Out in Burra, saying that everyone was doing well except the Institute which was lit like a circus.

Miss Red Cross Campaign opened in Hallett on 28 May with candidates: Miss V. Prior, Miss I. Webber, Miss E. Dare & Miss N. Honan.

Detective Hilton Claude Grow, son of the late Mr & Mrs Louis Grow of Burra, has just been appointed an Inspector. Arnold Grow, his younger brother, is also in the Police Force.

63, 22 (2), 1 June 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 June

Sidney Toler & Mary Beth Hughes in Charlie Chan in Rio

Don Ameche & Joan Bennett in Confirm or Deny

63, 22 (2), 1 June 1943, page 3

Miss June Farrant WAAAF has been visiting her sister Mrs Clyde Kellaway.

Sgt-Observer Geoff Rosman RAAF, elder son of Mrs P.L. Rosman is home on embarkation leave.

PO Tom Secker and his wife nee June Jesser (AWAS) were in Burra recently visiting Mrs R. Jesser.

Pte John Schutz has been on sick leave and is now recovering.

Cpl R.C. Lott RAAF has been home on leave.

AC1 Ron Kellock has been home on leave.

Cpl W. Holman RAAF has been home on leave.

Mrs Ross Day (nee Melva Hill) left on Saturday to live at Pt Pirie. She previously worked at Matthews Emporium and will be missed by the Kooringa Methodist Church Choir and Sunday School.

Sister Nell Bentley (returned AIF) & Sister Joy Bentley recently spent a weekend with their aunts Misses M. & A. Bentley.

Transport Driver AC1 C.C. Warnes is on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Reg. Warnes of Woolgangi.

August Pohlner of ‘Tooralie’ is 85 on 5 June.

63, 23 (2), 8 June 1943, page 1

Rabbit Levy. An article queries the appropriateness of the increased Government levy of 1/6 lb on rabbit skins. (An increase from 9d.) The top price for fur was briefly 11/8 and then, since the levy, only 9/-. Worse though, the average price is just 4/5 and in poorer country only 3/- lb, which means the Government tax is between 35% & 50% - hardly encouraging.

Weather. May 1943 was the second driest for 63 years. The lowest was 9 points in 1938. [Oddly the 1943 figure is not cited! It was 20.]

Marriage. St Peter’s Glenelg, 31 May

Sheilagh Butler, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C.J. Butler of the Bank of Australasia, Burra, married

Lieut. C. Crosbie (AIF returned) of Harrow, Victoria, son of Mr & the late Mrs Crosbie of ‘Bucki’, Henty, NSW.

Leighton Red Cross held a successful dance at Leighton Hall on 26 May.

Mt Bryan East Red Cross held a dance at C.W. Gare & Sons’ Woolshed on 29 May to raise funds for the district’s Miss Red Cross.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 29 May.

Farnden’s Hill. Extended the rise in stope. Vales are slightly better, but the leader is very small. About 1oz per ton. Crushed 5 tons 11cwt for 5oz 14dwt 11gr.

63, 23 (2), 8 June 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 12 June

Deanna Durbin & Charles Laughton in It Started with Eve

Associated feature Burma Convoy

63, 23 (3), 8 June 1943, page 3

Hon. R.S. Richards Leader of the Opposition in SA visited Burra with the endorsed Labor candidate for Wakefield Mr A.E. Smith last Wednesday. The meeting at the Burra Institute Lodge Room was poorly attended. The Mayor presided. Mr Smith attacked the city press for criticising whatever the Labor Government did. John Curtin had saved Australia by bringing the AIF back and bringing the Americans to this country. Mr Richards accused the UAP of not keeping the unwritten agreement to cease political strife for the duration. He also accused the daily press of distorting his statements against Senator McLeay. Australia had organised her manpower. Prior to the Curtain Government there had been no set plan to evacuate cities, for the storage of food, or for accommodation. Taxes had to rise to cover the cost of war. Senator McLeay says 4/- per bushel for wheat (which is what 70% of farmers get) is not enough, yet when he was in power 2/6 was generous.

63, 23 (2), 8 June 1943, page 4

Lieut. Keith Davey who was wounded in New Guinea some months ago visited Burra recently.

WO Gilbert Schutz RAN is home on leave.

Sgt Len Bence is home on short leave.

Former Burra Policemen Promoted:

Chief Traffic Inspector J.R. Johns to Superintendent

Inspectors C. Cain & G.E. McDonald promoted from 2nd to 1st Class.

Margaret Pearce WAAAF is home on leave.

AC1 Robert Collins is home on leave.

AC1 Dick Pascoe was in Burra recently on leave.

63, 24 (3), 15 June 1943, page 1

Burra Police Court, 6 February [sic: probably an error for 2 June]

John Rowe was fined 10/- + 10/- fees for failure to give way to the right.

Elwyn Frank Longbottom was fined £2 + 10/- fees for unauthorised use of water from the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline. His wife was similarly fined for the same offence.

On 9 June

Samuel James Davey was sentenced to 21 days for illegal use of a vehicle belonging to P.W. Hogan.

Thomas Reilly was fined 10/- + 9/- costs for drunkenness.

The Brown-Out Regulations are printed.

PO Brian Riggs has been awarded the DFC. A wire to Mr & Mrs Riggs to this effect was received on Saturday. He left Australia in November 1941 and has participated in many bomber raided over Germany and occupied Europe. He has twice bombed Genoa. He is the first Burra boy to win the DFC.

Weather. Some rain has at last fallen. It was only 29 points in Burra, but to the east falls were widespread and varied with most between 30 & 60 points, though Sturt Vale got only 10 and Oakbank recorded 82.

Rats. A recipe is given for getting rats to eat cork soaked in fat which then expands inside them and kills them.

Post War Projects

The Government is calling for ideas for post war development schemes and has asked the local Council to submit ideas. The paper suggests freezing works, flour mill, canneries, butter factory and spinning mills. There is a fine climate to the east for a sanatorium.

St Joseph’s. The Annual catholic Ball in the Institute last Wednesday was largely attended. Lindsay Jettner’s Band played. During a very successful evening time was taken to make a presentation to Sgt Pilot Len Bence.

63, 24 (3), 15 June 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 June

Joan Crawford & Melvyn Douglas in A Woman’s Face

Associated feature Blonde Inspiration

63, 24 (3), 15 June 1943, page 3

Presentation to Sgt Pilot Len Bence. The presentation at the Catholic Ball is reported. Rev. Dr Toal explained the reason for the break in dancing at 10 p.m. The speakers were the Mayor, B.A. Riggs and M.T. Fuller representing the RSL.

Mt Bryan East. A second dance was held in the ‘Glen View’ woolshed for Miss Red Cross entrant Miss Evelyn Dare and raised over £2 on 9 June.

Burra Town Council, 8 June

A letter from the Minister of Local Government asking for suggestions for post war development projects will lie on the table for the time being.

The Minister of War Organisation says the reduction to one market day a month was a voluntary act of the Stock & Station Agents & the Livestock Salesmen’s Assoc.

Lieut. Courtenay of HMAS Burra-Bra wrote suggesting the wording for the plaque for the ship. He also no comforts had yet been received from Burra people. The Mayor will call a meeting to organise money for a wireless.

Mr Richards, Leader of the Opposition, said on his recent visit that he had interviewed the Minister of Defence concerning a munition annex for Burra. He was told a representative had not interviewed people in Burra or asked to be shown the buildings like the bulk store near the Bon Accord Bridge, or the empty garages. Mr Making will be written to concerning what had taken place.

63, 24 (3), 15 June 1943, page 4

Mrs John McLaren late of Burra turned 85 on 10 June.

WO Don Humphrys has been home on leave.

Lieut. C. Crosbie has been in Burra on leave.

Sister Jean McDonald AIF has been home on leave.

Booborowie FFCF held its AGM on 9 June and it is reported in c. 11⁄2 columns.

Income for the year was over £141 and £126-12-11 was sent to headquarters compared with £105 the previous year. Elected were President, Mrs D. Keynes; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. McIntyre & L. Pearce; Secretary, Mrs F. Catt & Treasurer, Mrs L. Gill.

63, 25, 22 June 1943, page 1

Mrs Ethel Phillips nee Flower of Robertstown* and formerly of Springbank has five sons in the service:

Keith Colin Phillips enlisted in AIF in 1939 and served in England, Tobruk, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, New Guinea, etc.

Donald Phillips RAAF enlisted in 1940 and served in the Middle East & Syria.

Hartley Norman Phillips enlisted in AIF in 1941 served in Australia, not going overseas due to illness.

Leonard Clare Phillips enlisted in 1941 and is on active service somewhere in Australia.

Lyal Phillips RAN was rejected in November 1942, but is now a stoker in RAN.

[*Corrected in the next issue to Waterloo.]

Sheep. Many sheep from J.P. & L.J. Lewis’s ‘Nelyambo’ near Broken Hill were dead when the train reached Terowie and many more died at Burra or en route last Friday. A poison weed encountered near Steven’s creek is suspected.

Jack Lloyd, son of Mr & Mrs Reuben Lloyd, who will be 17 in July, is doing very well at accountancy studies. He came third in the honours list in Accountancy I in SA in exams held in April.

AC1 Morris Woollacott, youngest son of the Mayor, received a presentation at the Council chamber on Wednesday evening. Mr S.C. Genders of the RSL presided. His sister Joyce Woollacott was in the AIF and elder brother Noel Woollacott paid the supreme sacrifice. Dr Steele, F.T. Sara & A.L. Bence, Roy Jeffery & Cr S. Kellaway also spoke.

Mr & Mrs C.J. Pearce will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on 28 June. They were married in Adelaide be Rev. James Bickford 28 June 1873. Mr Pearce is the only surviving son of Mr & Mrs William (tailor) Pearce and was born at Springbank (Burra) 2 March 1856 and lived in Burra until retiring to Malvern a few years ago. Mrs Pearce is the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Andrew Thomas, Government Analyst of Adelaide and was born 12 August 1859. She was head milliner for Samuel Drew & Co. at Burra before her marriage. Surviving members of the family are Lisle Pearce (Burra), Andrew Pearce (Sydney), Mrs Flint (Robe), Mrs E. Howarth (Willunga), Miss Annie Pearce & Sister M.A. Pearce (Malvern). Mrs Max Pearce & daughters of Burra also hope to attend the celebration.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its AGM and reported a successful year of aiding the needy. Elected were President, Rev. A.S. Barrett; Vice-Presidents, Rev. M.P. Cowle & Mrs A.B. Riggs; Secretary, Miss H. Wilkinson and Minute Secretary & Treasurer, Mr A.H. Strong.

Road Transport is to be cut by government restrictions so that where three trucks or buckboards are now used only one will be allowed. A meeting will inform the public in the Institute Lodge Room on Friday 2 July.

63, 25, 22 June 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 June

Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour in Caught in the Draught

Associated feature The Frontiers-man

Obituary. Kathleen Edith Walker nee Opperman died at Mt Gambier 15 June aged 48. She was the second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Opperman, a niece of Mr & Mrs Bert Opperman of Burra North and wife of Colin Walker. [Born 25 June 1895 at Redruth. See further information at 63, 27, 6 July 1943, page 3.]

63, 25, 22 June 1943, page 3

Burra North FFCF held its AGM 10 June. It reported meeting twice a month in the Memorial Hall’s Primary Room and had 80 financial members. Two large hampers were sent to Adelaide Cheer-Up Hut. Christmas parcels were sent to soldiers. A Christmas party raised £19-2-6 for 51 parcels and 8 hampers were donated after the party. The unit donated £27-15-0, the value of 74 hampers, being 1 for each member at the time. (7/6 per hamper) [Reports on other money-raising activities follow.]

In the annual effort the unit decided to raise money by opening a shop on the premises known as the betting shop. [This now-demolished shop was in Best Place facing east opposite the Royal Exchange Hotel.] Altogether £412-18-11 was raised in the district and each unit was credited with one third of this. [The election of officers is not reported.]

Obituary. A daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Kevern of Gum Creek died last week aged 21⁄2. The funeral was on 17 June. [Not found on SA Deaths CD.]

Mongolata Gold Field

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 12 June.

Farnden’s Hill. Continued working off rise in stope. The leader is narrow, consisting of clay and decomposed iron with consistent values.

63, 25, 22 June 1943, page 4

Petrol Drums. Holders of drums for 24, 44 or 64 gallons are required to return them when empty, or if holding less than 10 gallons, by 1 June.

63, 26, 29 June 1943, page 1

Burra Town Council, 21 June

Mr Makin Minister of Munitions is making enquiries concerning the inspection of certain buildings suitable for a munitions annex, including Drew & Crewes’ old store at Aberdeen, garages, etc.

The Town Clerk reported Mr Fowler had visited and inspected the building.

The Mayor felt he should have been informed, as Council had been working on the matter for twelve months.

HMAS Burra-Bra will be sent a wireless receiving set from the people of Burra. The Council has donated £5 and following a public meeting last Friday 800 buttons will be sold to raise the money needed. A donation list will be published in the paper and any surplus funds will go towards comforts for the sailors. The cost of the wireless is less than £30.

POWs in Java. Three Burra boys are reported to be POWs in Java:

Pte Robert Lee was reported missing in February 1942. He is the son of Walter Lee.

Pte Albert Kerin, the second son of Mrs Edgar Kemble has been reported missing.

Dennis Harris a son of Mr & Mrs Jack Harris previously of Burra was also reported missing.

The Burra Mill of which only the walls are left standing is considered dangerous. One of the walls is badly cracked and falling stones might inflict serious injury. Cr Bevan pointed out the problem. Cr Harvey said the Council had not been advised of any transfer of ownership from Messrs Thomas & Co. Cr Bevan moved they be asked to pull the walls down. Carried.

Ratepayers’ Meeting. The Mayor said it seemed the ratepayers did not seem to want a meeting. He said he regretted the election in West Ward as unwarranted and an unnecessary expense.

63, 26, 29 June 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 July

Irene Dunne & Robert Montgomery in Unfinished Business

Irene Harvey & Kent Taylor in Frisco Lit

Obituary. Edwin Roderick Gill died suddenly at Spalding on 24 June aged 73. He was the husband of the late Margaret Mary Gill, father of Leo, father-in-law of Mary and grandfather of Flora & Brian.

[Born in England.]

Peggy Dollman AWAS has four days’ leave in Burra.

Pte John Schutz is on final leave in Burra.

Pte Fred March, son of W. March, is on leave in Burra.

Tpr Will Nankivell is on interstate leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Wilfred Nankivell of Burra.

Sgt Clyde Moore is on leave in Burra.

Tpr B.J. Dearlove is at home on leave at Ketchowla.

63, 26, 29 June 1943, page 3

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 29 May

Joan Miller, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Fred Miller of Hallett, married

Les Scholar, son of Mr & Mrs Scholar of Mallala.

Pte John Schutz received a presentation at Baulderstone’s Fruit Palace on Sunday evening. He is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs Edgar Schutz of Burra and a grandson of the late Mr & Mrs Charles Schutz. Speakers were the Mayor, Mr S.C. Genders for the RSL, Mr P.J. Byrne for St Joseph’s Church, Messrs A.L. Clode, P.W. Hogan, W. Carpenter & E.T. Baulderstone.

F.H. Pledge, Chief Observer, Burra Observation Post, writes to appeal for more observers to fill the roster at the observation post.

63, 26 (2), 6 July 1943, page 1 [Second use of No. 26 in this cycle of the volume.]

Mr & Mrs Charles J. Pearce celebrated their diamond wedding on 28 June. The family (see paper of 22 June) was present. Mrs Max Pearce took her daughters Jill & Judith along and the nieces the Misses E. & L. James also attended. The couple received 62 telegrams and almost 50 letters and about 80 visitors dropped in during the day. Among old Burraites to visit were: Mrs J.M. McBride (well over 80) [89 when she died in December 1943], Mrs C.C. Williams (88), Mrs Horace Steele (79), Rev. J.H. Nield & Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook.

Road Transport

Mr E.D. Scammel and Mr McMillan of the directorate of Emergency Road Transport addressed a meeting of primary producers and carriers to explain the situation and receive suggestions to overcome shortages of parts and tyres.

Mr McMillan said reverting to horse power was not an option as the necessary farriers and saddlers had disappeared.

Mr Scammel said they were not there to impose restrictions, but rather to ask citizens to co-operate and so far schemes already initiated in other areas were going well. They were not concerned with private cars because owners of them would not get new tyres when the present set wore out. The question of car tyres was that used tyres were of little value – thousands were currently awaiting treatment. Cars had to be kept on the road in case they were needed for emergency troop movement. Car tyres were not suitable for heavier use anyway.

S. Hawker said that in this area utilities were widely used and they did use car tyres, so why were city people within half a mile of trams still driving cars. And what of cars on blocks? Their tyres were just rotting.

Mr McMillan confirmed that the Act they operated under did not have the power to limit the use of private cars.

Mr Bednall said almost everyone here had priority four rating, which meant no new tyres, so they would have to develop a plan for district transport. There were two main things to consider: firstly the transport of wool and wheat and secondly dairy produce. He hoped a voluntary scheme would work.

A.D. Sellars said the article on 22 June created a false impression that where three trucks or buckboards ran there would be one in the future.

The editor maintained that that was so and Sir Richard Butler has used almost the same terms.

Mr Sellars pointed out that only a few carriers did all the moving of wheat, wool etc. and if they did not get tyres it would be impossible.

Mr Scammel said they had learnt of the importance of utilities.

Mr McMillan also said recommendations from a local committee would exceed priority numbers.

The question of wood carting should be tackled at once.

Burra Town Council Election

West Ward W. Carpenter 58 elected

F.T. Marston 55

District Council of Burra Burra Election

Baldina Ward E.L. McWaters 15

Reg. Warnes 27 elected

63, 26 (2), 6 July 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 July

Clark Gable & Lana Turner in Honky Tonk

Ray McDonald & Bonita Granville in Down in San Diego

63, 26 (2), 6 July 1943, page 3

Obituary. Mrs Kathleen Edith Walker aged 47, the wife of Colin R. Walker, died at Mt Gambier Hospital on 15 June. She was a daughter of Mr & Mrs Opperman and born in Burra on 25 June 1895. She was married at St Mary’s Burra on 3 March 1921. There were no children, but she is survived by two sisters: Gussie Mrs Sid Pearce (Leighton) & Constance Clare Mrs Laurie Innes (Perth WA). Two brothers predeceased her. The deceased was very fond of music and a member of Christ Church Choir for seven years.

Obituary. Mr E.R. Gill died suddenly at the residence of his brother Mr E.E. Gill of Spalding. Edwin Roderick Gill was born in Torquay, England in 1870. He migrated with his parents the late Edwin & Jemima Gill and six Brothers in the Camperdown 66 years ago. The family settled in the Hallett district. Schooling was hard to come by in the area and the young Gill brothers worked at various farms. On becoming an adult the deceased worked at Cappeedee Station and later on Booborowie Station. In 1896 he went to Broken Hill as a miner for about 13 years. Also in 1896 he married Margaret May Bannan of Blumberg (Birdwood). In 1909 he moved to Spalding and became the proprietor of the Spalding Hotel. After three years he came to Booborowie and was a farmer for about 15 years. He was a very genial and popular man and had a mass of information on minerals and rocks. His wife died 13 months ago. Of three sons only Leo at Booborowie survives. He is survived by two brothers and one sister: George (WA), Arthur (Yorketown) & Mrs Smith (WA).

[Died 24 June 1943 at Spalding.]

Obituary. Benjamin [James] Bourman died in Adelaide 3 July after a long illness. He was born at Kooringa and lived here till illness forced him to Adelaide for treatment. He was 64 and is survived by a widow, four sons and two daughters: Roy, Fred, Len, Les (AIF), Nell (Mrs Chivell) & Selma (Mrs Bannear). There are several grandchildren. [Birth apparently not registered.]

Miss Frances Dollman, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs G.H. Dollman, who has been on the staff of the Bank of Australasia at Kooringa, has been transferred to Adelaide.

Cpl Gloria Buderick WAAAF spent the weekend with Mr & Mrs E.E. Angel.

Harry J. Williams of Mylor writes asking that his two sons be put on the Burra Honour Roll. Both were born at Kooringa. They are LAC R.H. Williams and AC1 H.W. Williams. Mr Williams was born in Thames St in a house where the croquet green is now and is a son of the late Mr & Mrs W. Williams of Paxton Square. His mother was for 45 years the caretaker of St Mary’s, an office his sister Edith now holds. When in Burra he was a teamster carting wool for I.J. Warnes and A.J. & P.A. McBride. He married Miss Hilda E. Williams of Ironmine.

PO H.J.B. Jennison is home on leave.

Red Cross Aids (formerly VSD) sponsored a dance on Friday and realised £63 that will aid the POW Fund. It was the most outstanding dance of the season both socially and financially. Supper was well organised, but some means will soon have to be devised to handle the rationing problem when one thinks of the constant drain on patriotic workers’ stores.

63, 26 (2), 6 July 1943, page 4

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 26 June

Farnden’s Hill. Extended the rise off the stope, which at present is showing two leaders. The eastern leader shows no values and the other is very small.

63, 27 (2), 13 July 1943, page 1

Burra Town Council, 5 July

The new Councillors were welcomed.

The Mayor’s allowance was set at same sum as last year.

Highways & Local Govt Dept advises that signposts can be replaced and costs debited to the Main Roads Grant.

Thomas & Co. reply that the old mill site is now owned by R.G. Howard & Co.

Council will get in touch with the owners to see it made safe.

Simpson & Sons quote £9 plus sales tax + 1% for a 19” x 14” plaque for HMAS Burra-Bra.

R.J. Fairchild writes complaining that grazing sheep in the reserve near the Burra Saleyards had eaten and damaged certain trees and as secretary of the Burra Tree Planting Committee he considered it a discourtesy of Council to allow sheep there at all.

The Mayor said the sheep owners had suggested the sheep would reduce the threat of fire and flood. He had looked at the damage and some trees might recover, but 12 to 15 were eaten down short. The owners of the sheep will be requested to replace the trees.

Cr Bevan said no tenders were received for the repair of the Victoria Park Wall. Posts and wire around the playing area had not been replaced and the general appearance was a disgrace and a slur on the Council.

Cr Kellaway said there was so much work on the books that it was impossible to repair Victoria Park.

A Red Cross Concert at Mt Bryan netted £26 in the continuing Miss Red Cross drive.

Football at Hallett on Saturday resulted in a win for the visiting Military Team (playing Hallett) by 3 points. The game and following dance produced £52-11-0 for Miss Red Cross contender Miss I. Weber.

Post War Development Schemes for Burra

The Council forwarded idea to the Local Govt Dept as requested. The Council believes industry should be decentralised, immigration encouraged and preference given to returned soldiers and their dependents. Suggestions were:

All roads and footpaths in Burra to be resurfaced and where necessary new ones to be built. Cost £3,000.

25 substandard houses to be removed and the SA Housing Trust or similar, with local contractors to build new houses using bluestone. Cost £15,000 over two years.

Re-afforestation work costing £3,500 to be undertaken along three miles of Burra Creek in reserves.

The policy of closer settlement be pursued on the great lucerne flats and similar places around the district to encourage dairying and for the construction of a factory in the locality for dairy products.

Other suggestions embraced a new police station to be built and a grant of £500 towards a swimming pool and for the water mains in the town to be standardised.

Victoria Park

Following on from Cr Bevan’s remarks. It is true the place is in a bad way. The stone wall is falling down and has huge gaps in it. Posts around the playing area have rotted and the cable around it is on the ground. The seats have been used as firewood by gentlemen of the road. The attempt to plant and water couch grass on the oval failed. An offer to build a cycle track was allowed to pass. If Burra wants to hold population after the war it has to be made attractive.

63, 27 (2), 13 July 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 July

An Sheridan & Jeffery Lynn in It All Came True

George Brent & Virginia Bruce in The Man Who Talked Too Much

Notice. The Orinda Dairy Milk Round in Kooringa is closing on 31 July 1943 owing to manpower difficulties. E.A. Threadgold.

Mrs Klaffus (97) thanks the Benevolent Society for a surprise load of cut wood by her back door last week.

POWs. Old Burraites are among those members of the AIF repatriated after two years from an Italian POW camp. Among them are Staff Sgt Ray L. Jones who worked for many years for T.W. Wilkinson as a chemist and Cpl Max Jarvis, elder son of the late Rev. Stanley Jarvis & Mrs Dunn of St Peters. Both are looking well.

63, 27 (2), 13 July 1943, page 3

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 7 July in the Croquet Hall. Mrs F. Sara presided. It was two years since foundation. Membership stood at 53. The Burra North Dance Committee handed over £30-18-6 from dances in the Oddfellows’ Hall. W.J. Thomas continues his pot making etc. and has handed in another £16. Various money raising activities produced £211-14-0 for Burra North. Knitting and sewing has been less prominent this year. The treasurer showed a credit balance of £66-1-10. Elected were Patron, Mrs W.H. Gare; President, Mrs F. Sara; Vice-President, Miss Rogers; Secretary, Mrs H. Jennison; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Miels & Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop.

Willalo Red Cross AGM is reported.

Hanson Red Cross AGM is reported.

Mr J.G. Sara celebrated his 80th birthday on 5 July.

Bednall & Worth write acknowledging it was their accidental error that Mr R.T.F. Rogers did not file a tax return for the year ended 30 June 1942. They of course paid the fine.

Crfn Max Miels AEME has been on leave in Burra.

Spr M.F. Connors is home on leave.

Capt G.H. Dow is home on leave.

Cpl Norman Ellery is on leave at Burra & Booborowie.

63, 29 (2), 20 July 1943, page 1 [No. 28 not used in this volume.]

CWA held its AGM 16 July with 23 present. Elected were President, Mrs Reg. Warnes; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant & A.L. Kellock; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss M. Rogers and Minute Secretary, Mrs F.T. Sara. Member ship stood at 63. Ten meetings had an average attendance of 22. During the year the association secured a Rest Room close to the general meeting room. Activities other than meetings included a badge day for the Cheer-Up Society in August, International Day (China), Shop on 3rd Friday of the month courtesy of the FFCF Unit 109 & Burra Red Cross. Total proceeds were £198-2-7. Hampers were sent to the Cheer-Up Hut and the shop proceeds went to the Adelaide Children’s Hospital. Thanks to Capt. C.L. Phillips for the use of shop premises. Thanks to the school children for making camouflage nets of which 128 were sent to headquarters, including 8 large ones 24ft square. The boys have a target of 100 for this year.

Redruth Methodist Social & Entertainment on 15 July in the Memorial Hall aided debt reduction on the manse.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 19 July.

Farnden’s Hill. Continued rise in stope. Values are consistent (1oz). The leader is small. No values in eastern leader. A parcel of ore is booked for the battery.

Mrs Arthur Gask was farewelled from Leighton on 8 July. She is to live in Adelaide.

G. Wohling spent three hours in a tree one day last week when attacked by a bull while rabbiting on ‘Princess Royal’. The bull is to be destroyed.

AC1 Bob Selth failed to realise how sharp the turn was coming out of Ridgway’s Lane and crashed into the wall at the approach to the Black Bridge at Redruth. Luckily it is strongly built and prevented a 20ft drop. Both wall and car were badly damaged. [Ridgway’s Lane? Perhaps Helen Terrace?]

63, 29 (2), 20 July 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 July

Madeline Carroll & Fred MacMurray in Virginia

Richard Carlson & Ann Shirley in West Point Widow

Ada Gallagher AWAS is home on leave at Pualco.

L.H. Thomas and his fiancée Miss Jean Sumner are on leave in Burra.

AC1 Bob Selth visited Burra while on leave.

LAC Fred Brandt, son of Mrs F. Filmore & the late August Brandt, is in Burra on leave.

Pte & Mrs Fred Voumard are on leave in Burra.

Cfn Lyell Eustis is on leave with his sister Mrs Syd. Johnson.

W. Young had a strange experience at 3 a.m. last Thursday morning when going on duty at the power house. A ball of light green fire in a strange misty formation came from the west and rolled over him. It felt like a heat wave and had a flinty, sulphurous odour. It continued northeast after the slag heap. Perhaps a meteorologist can explain the phenomenon.

A Methodist Overseas Mission service was conducted at Redruth Memorial Hall by Rev. Redden on Sunday 18 July. Lieut. L. Thomas sang.

63, 29 (2), 20 July 1943, page 3

Burra Red Cross held its AGM 13 July. President Mrs D.M. Steele presided. In August the Government prohibited the Red Cross from making socks and scarves. In September the branch nominated Rosemary Reed, Betty Launer, & John Tamblyn for the Red Cross Baby Competition and £440-2-9 was raised. Rosemary Reed was the successful candidate for this branch and also the winning baby for the Burra Red Cross Executive when £1,000 was raised. The takings from the shop for six weeks were donated to the latter cause. The Red Cross Fighting Forces Tea Shop is well established and has contributed handsomely to funds. Capt. C.L. Phillips has lent his premises rent free for 12 months. We record with profound sorrow the death of one of our most valuable members, Mrs S.C. Genders. Elected were Patrons, Mesdames John Tennant & E.F. Marston; President, Mrs D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & W.H. Sandland; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery & Treasurer, Mrs C.J. Butler.

Leighton Red Cross AGM on 14 July is reported.

63, 29 (2), 20 July 1943, page 4

Obituary. Mrs William Stockman died at Burra North on Monday aged 70. She leaves a husband and family of five: Hedley Stockman, Nayda Mrs C. Thamm, Algernon Stockman, Kathleen Mrs Glen Finch & Murray Stockman. [Born Emma Emilia Bradtke 1 September 1871 Spring Gully (Clare): died 19 July 1943 Burra North.]

63, 30 (2), 27 July 1943, page 1

Burra Town Council, 19 July

The Minister of defence advises that Mr Fowler’s recent inspection of premises had nothing to do with the Council’s recent enquiry.

Col. Shaw now advises that normal street lighting can be resumed if provisions for a complete blackout were made if such became necessary.

Goldsbrough, Mort say the trees in the creek were damaged before their sheep were placed there and stray stock had been in the reserve.

Mr Howell writes that he is not the owner of the old mill, but that it now belongs to Mr A.D. Sellars.

Messrs Simpson & Son say the plaque for HMAS Burra-Bra will be ready in 21 days.

Burra Electric Supply Co. suggests Council supply two men and a truck to assist one of their technicians in removing masks from streetlights.

A sign indicating ‘To Burra’ will be placed at the Bon Accord Corner at the request of the District Council.

A bill for £10-10-0 will be sent to the person [Bob Selth] who damaged the wall at the Burra North Bridge.

Mr Frahm offers to repair the Victoria Park wall for 2/9 an hour. He will supply scaffolding and the Council the material.

Various repairs to paths and roads were approved.

Cr Bevan sought permission for a military team to play football for patriotic funds on Victoria Park on a Sunday afternoon. He said the team could not get away on a Saturday.

The Mayor said they had had quite a lot of trouble over that kind of thing before.

Cr Bevan thought things had changed and that quite a lot of things were now done on Sundays.

The Mayor said they were ruled by a set of by-laws.

Cr Kellaway was much opposed to any desecration of the Sabbath. The team had played at Hallett on a Saturday and could do so here.

The Mayor said no one had the right to charge admission to Victoria Park or any of the parklands without Council permission and this had already been done once or twice and if it occurred again he would take action.

Cr Fisher had no objections to the request. Soldiers did not stop fighting on Sundays.

The Mayor said a lot of petrol would be used and that was not patriotic.

Cr Lee would not support the match personally, but thought people should be allowed to choose for themselves.

Cr Harvey thought it was all right, but that more money would be made on a Saturday because it could be followed by a dance. The question of petrol did not come into it: the Government was allowing 40,000 gallons extra for electioneering purposes.

[The outcome remains unclear, as the paper article ends with ‘This closed the discussion.]

Electrical Disturbance. A local citizen’s compass pointed south on the evening of Wednesday 14 July and when corrected it swung back. It was normal again in the morning. Considering W.E.D. Young’s strange experience within a few hours of this it appears there was some electrical disturbance in the vicinity during the night in question.

Manchester Unity IOOF. Grand Lodge & District Officers visited the Juvenile Lodge, Burra North on Monday last. After that the Adult Lodge was visited. The visitors were highly pleased with the way both lodges were carried on.

Rev. W.J. Bailey & Miss Coventry of the Methodist Young People’s Dept paid a visit to Methodist Sunday schools and churches at the weekend and on Saturday afternoon a demonstration was held in Redruth memorial Hall with a public meeting in the evening. On Sunday the visitors conducted services at Redruth and Ironmine.

Black Springs & Porter’s Lagoon Red Cross AGM of 22 July is reported.

63, 30 (2), 27 July 1943, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell on 6 August under instruction from William Stockman, household furniture, two cows, 160 fowls etc. at the house property in Jessie St, allotments 96-100. Also a stone residence of six rooms etc. with blacksmith’s shop, cellar, 12,000 gallon underground tank, and two [sic] vacant allotments 94, 95, 121, 122.

[Lots 96-100 are the allotments at the bottom of the hill between Jessie & Taylor Streets and the other four mentioned are nearby across Elder St.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 July

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Ann Gwynne in Ride ’Em Cowboy

Eddie Albert & William Frawley in Treat ’Em Rough

63, 30 (2), 27 July 1943, page 3

Oddfellows’ Lodge held a Children’s Gala & Dance on 20 July at the Institute. No less than 130 children were in fancy dress. Prize winners:

Children under 4 Patricia Bailey a fluffy chicken

Douglas Easson a drum-major

Grade I Fay Irlam witch

Barry Allen Boy Tex Morton Cowboy

Grade II Joy Bourman Queen of Hearts

Frances [sic] Kilsby Red Indian Chief

Grade III Margaret Bruce Xmas Stocking

John Heinrich Elfin

Grade IV Sue Martin doll in a box

Rodney Bailey camouflage soldier

Grade V Shirley Bartlett New Guinea girl

Frank Ford Cinderella

Grade VI Carliene Davies Hungarian lady

Colin Sellars Mixed Doubles

Grade VII Patty Parker Swaggy

Norman Wilson Period lady

High School Mary Pearce Buy British Goods

Judy Pearce Yachtsman

(Only four girls represented the High School.)

£100 was raised for Red Cross

[Details extend for about 22⁄3 columns.]

Sapper Albert Hughes is on leave at Mt Bryan East.

Pte Ross Day and his wife visited Burra recently.

Lieut. K.R. Crewes is home on leave from ‘somewhere in Australia’.

Pte Roy Kuchenmeister is in Burra on leave.

63, 30 (2), 27 July 1943, page 4

Booborowie Red Cross AGM of 14 July is reported.

An Air Training Corps is to be established in Burra.

[In an article under this headline there is just less than 11⁄2 columns devoted to an outline of what the corps do and how & why they are important, but absolutely nothing to say about their being established in Burra.]

63, 31 (3), 3 Aug. 1943, page 1

Hallett Miss Red Cross Competition ended on 23 July and had by then raised £1,270 which was divided up:

North Valda Prior 314-16-1

East Evelyn Dare 143-15-10

South Ivy Weber 285-7-11

West Nita Honan 266-6-1

£1,010-5-11

Other general donations etc. brought the total to £1,270.

Leighton Miss Red Cross, Miss Joan Hogan, raised more than £90* in an effort that concluded with a dance on 28 July. [*Corrected in the paper of 10 August to £70.]

HMAS Burra-Bra Appeal has so far raised £14-6-6 for the wireless.

Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee held a badge day that raised £11-7-0.

Farrell Flat Red Cross AGM on 27 July is reported.

Burra FFCF Units have forwarded £456-8-10 to Headquarters for the Empire Appeal.

Fred Gebhardt turns 80 on 8 August. He is one of our oldest locally born residents and was once one of the town’s leading bakers.

Hanson Church Aid Fund benefited by £6 from a concert in Hanson Methodist Sunday School Hall on 28 July.

Obituary. Mr W. Stanley Field died at Burra Hospital on 1 August aged 53. He was the eldest son of Mrs A.S. Field of Adelaide and the late W.H. Field of ‘Westbury Farm’ near Burra. He is survived by his widow, one son and two daughters: Will Field, Dorothy Mrs George Kellock & Miss Mary Field.

[William Stanley Field born 10 February 1890 Westbury (Burra).]

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 24 July

Farnden’s Hill. Have discontinued rise in stope and preparing to start another stope. The necessary timber has been put in.

63, 31 (3), 3 Aug. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 7 August

Joel McCrea & Barbara Stanwyck in The Great Man’s Lady

Ken Murray & Rose Hobart in A Night at Carroll’s

Notice. E.J. Foord, returning officer for the Electoral Division of Wakefield advises that:

John Grant Duncan-Hughes of Watervale, pastoralist, and

Albert Edward Smith of Medindie, service station proprietor,

have nominated for the election for the above House of Representatives seat for an election on 21 August 1943.

63, 31 (3), 3 Aug. 1943, page 3

Senator McBride & Mr Duncan-Hughes addressed a meeting of electors at Burra Institute 29 July.

Senator McBride spoke of the bombshell effect of the talk of the Brisbane Line and the accusation by Labor that their predecessors had not done their job with respect to defence.

‘Despite Australia’s British traditions [Curtin] had appealed to America for help, which was the greatest possible invitation he could have offered Japan to attack this country.’

He then attacked Dr Evatt’s role in dealing with America.

There were still too many industrial strikes. Too much was being raised by Bank Credits. The cost of living had doubled. The Government was definitely socialist and his party believed in social services, but not in the orgy of them presently being carried out.

Mr Duncan-Hughes agreed. He was against Unification [of Government]. The Government had not done well with respect to Manpower – too much went to munitions and too little to the fighting services and Primary Industry. Men were not put in jobs for which they were best qualified. Rationing was needed, but many irritations were caused by unnecessary restrictions. It was the Trades Hall that ruled Australia, not the Labor Party.

‘Australians were glad to have American aid, but would have been more so if their leaders had not squealed so hard for it.’

Rev. A.S. Barrett & ‘A Mug that was smashed in the Last War so that Others Might Live’ write separate letters supporting the Mayor’s stand against a football match on Sunday.

‘Industry’ writes suggesting a woollen mill for Burra after the war.

AC1 Mark Lee and his friend Cpl Tom Conlon RAAF spent a couple of days in Burra last week.

PO Tom Seckar spent the weekend in Burra.

Pte Sid Willmott is home on leave.

63, 31 (4), 10 Aug. 1943, page 1 [Second use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Burra School Children will plant and tend shrubs at Victoria Park. Cr Bevan said galahs were killing trees on the drive to the park and they will be topped. [The trees not the galahs!]

A Ministers’ Fraternal was formed at the Rectory on 3 August. It comprises the Rev. M.P. Cowle (Anglican), Adj. Cresswell (Salvation Army), Rev. S.J. Martin (Methodist) & Rev. A.S. Bennett (Methodist).

Pte Ben Kotz has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in New Guinea. His brother Jim Kotz was awarded the DCM & MM some weeks ago. Pte Ben Kotz is presently in hospital in Brisbane.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 7 August.

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced stope from shaft and advanced 6ft. East leader carrying no values and west leader about 18dwt per ton.

Obituary. Sgt Maxwell Robert Walker, only surviving son of Mr A.L. Walker of Burra, has been killed in an air accident at Mildura. He was 22. Before enlisting he worked for Lenrocs Ltd. He was buried at Mildura on Sunday. Chief mourners were his father, his youngest sister Miss Molly Walker and his uncle Mr L. Walker of Adelaide. His mother predeceased him in May 1942.

[Born 15 November 1920 at Kooringa, died 5 August 1943 near Mildura, Victoria.]

Flt-Lt Roy Woollacott has distinguished himself in the bombing of Munda when he landed a Beaufort Bomber after the raid with the elevator of the control shot away.

63, 31 (4), 10 Aug. 1943, page 2

Burra Town Council has declared a rate of 2/6 in the pound for the year ending 30 June 1944.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 August

Ann Southern& Robert Young in Lady Be Good

Gracie Allen & William Post in Mr & Mrs North

63, 31 (4), 10 Aug. 1943, page 3

Burra Town Council, 2 August

The present assessment of £13,779 rental value was adopted with necessary alterations.

A rate of 2/6 will produce £1,722 and that was adopted.

The plaque for HMAS Burra-Bra has arrived.

Obituary. Mr W. Stanley Field who died on 1 August at Burra Hospital was born 10 February 1890 at Burra and was the eldest son of Mrs A.S. Field of Prospect and the late W.H. Field and a grandson of Mr & Mrs R. Field of ‘Monavea’. He was educated at Copperhouse School and on leaving assisted his father at Westbury Farm before taking land on his own. While retaining his interest in farming properties he started a café and sweets business in premises next to the Savings Bank, which he held for 16 years, managed practically by his wife and son. He sold the business upon acquiring further farming property at Springbank. He was a keen bowls player and a prominent Freemason, being Worshipful Master at the time of his death. On 21 November 1917 he married May Hunt, the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs A.J. Hunt of Kooringa. He is survived by a widow, his son Will and two daughters: Mrs George Kellock & Miss Mary Field. There are two granddaughters. He is also survived by his mother Mrs A.S. Field (Prospect), two brothers and two sisters: Jack (Leighton), Colin (Prospect), Mrs Bert Finch (Burra) & Mrs Reuben McBride (Tarmoola Station WA).

[William Stanley Field born 10 February 1890 Westbury (Burra).]

Booborowie Centenary

The first settlement in the area occurred in 1843 when William James Browne & John Harris Browne arrived. J.H. Browne accompanied the explorer Sturt to Depot Glen on one of his expeditions and kept his eye open for suitable pastoral land. The land was held on annual licence. In the Government Gazette of 12 February 1846 the Browne Bros. applied for additional land westward of the Mt Bryan Range and in that of 10 February 1848 a licence was granted for further adjoining land. The site of the original homestead is not known, but in 1846 James Browne purchased section 1000 comprising 80 acres, at £1 an acre and decided to make a permanent headquarters. In 1857 Waste Lands of the Crown Leases were granted in lieu of occupational licences and lease 130 Booborowie was granted to W.J. & J.H. Browne. It was originally of 153 square miles at 15/- per square mile per annum. In 1860 the Hundreds of Ayers and Anne were proclaimed and lease 130 was reduced to 28 square miles and assessed at £2-2-6 per square mile. In 1863-4 the Hundred of Ayers was divided into sections. Ayers is named after Sir Henry Ayers MLC from 1851-93. Sections were offered for sale in 1864 and from 1864 to 1867 Messrs Browne bought 4,978 acres for £57,821 – ample proof of their faith in the grassland of Booborowie. [Continued 63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 4.]

Pte C.G.M. Byles visited Burra. He and his mother visited his grandmother Mrs R. Bruce Sen.

Mr Kingsley Herbert, grandson of Mr & Mrs George Herbert visited before he joined the RAN.

AC1 Dick Pascoe is on leave in Burra from an interstate depot.

Sgt Noel Baylis & wife nee Melva Wohling spent time in Burra recently.

AC1 Bill Phin is home on leave.

LAC Don Watson has been home on leave.

63, 31 (4), 10 Aug. 1943, page 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross AGM of 21 July is reported.

63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 1

Christmas Hamper Appeal Launched. A hamper for a soldier will include a tin of fruit, a tin of cream, a Christmas cake, raisins, chocolate, toothpaste, 20z tobacco, cigarette papers, shaving cream or stick, a handkerchief, face washer, chewing gum, lead pencil and two stamped airmail cards. Total value is 17/6 retail, but a donation of 7/6 will buy one for despatch.

St Mary’s. Forty candidates were presented for confirmation on Saturday evening when the ceremony was performed by Bishop Robin of Adelaide. A social and supper in honour of the Bishop followed. After an 8 a.m. Holy Communion on Sunday the Bishop proceeded to Clare.

The Buffalo Ball netted over £50 last Friday at the Institute. Darrel Field’s Orchestra provided the music. Proceeds will aid the Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee.

LAC Ernie Rowan has been home on leave from a battle station.

Burra Red Cross Executive held its annual meeting on 15 August and elected Chairman, Mrs A. Tennant; Secretary, Miss M. Rogers & Treasurer, Miss P. Genders.

Booborowie School Arbor Day saw a sudden change from Aleppo Pines to Sugar Gums when the former failed to arrive. Cr Keynes did the rounds and got the substitute trees arranged.

63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will offer 13,490 sheep on 20 August.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 August

Fred McMurray & Patricia Morrison in Rangers of Fortune

Chester Morris & Jean Parker in No Hands on the Clock

Obituary. Polly Hocking died 31 July at Burra Hospital aged 65. She was the sister of Mrs Fred Dew (Addie) of Burra North and of James Cullen of Broken Hill. She leaves one son Nicholas Hocking of Broken Hill. [Born Polly Cullen 15 July 1878 at Hampton (Burra). See a little more on page 3 of this issue.]

Tpr Syd. Willmot returns to duty after leave.

ACII Darrell Young has been on leave in Burra.

Sgt H.J. McWaters has been involved in bombing Milan.

63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 3

Burra High School Annual Sports Day was held last Friday at Victoria Park. Results are printed.

Obituary. Mrs Polly Hocking who died on 31 July at Burra Hospital was the youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs James Cullen of Hampton. After her marriage she lived at Broken Hill. About three years ago she returned to live with her sister (Addie) Mrs Fred Dew. Her husband predeceased her. She leaves one son Nicholas in Broken Hill. [Born Polly Cullen 15 July 1878 at Hampton (Burra).]

Obituary. Mr William Allen died at Burra Hospital on 14 August of heart trouble. He was born 23 December 1872 at Kirkley in Suffolk, England, the second son of Mr & Mrs Alfred Allen and he migrated with his parents when 6. They came almost directly to Aberdeen. In 1900 he married Miss Sarah Rogers who died 32 years ago. There were four children: Mr Herbert Allen (New Queenstown), George (deceased), Pte Len Allen (AIF, Darwin), and Millie Mrs Roy Scroop (Kensington). There are three grandchildren. The funeral was conducted by Adjutant Cresswell of the Salvation Army of which the deceased was a consistent attendant. Of 17 children of the late Mr & Mrs Alfred Allen 12 survive.

63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 4

Football. A match was arranged between a visiting team of soldiers and Burra for last Saturday in aid of Red Cross Funds.

Military 0.2 2.5 3.5 5.8 (38)

Burra 3.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 (33)

[The description of play does not seem to match the figures cited.]

AC1 Richard (Dick) Pascoe received presentations on 10 August. He is the eldest son of Mrs & the late Mr Claude C. Pascoe. Speakers were the Mayor, Mr S.C. Genders for the RSL, Rev. A.S. Barrett, W. Carpenter & M.T. Fuller. Mrs J. Kellock & Mr A.B. Riggs made the presentations.

Booborowie Centenary 1843-1943. [Continued from 63, 31 (2), 10 Aug. 1943, page 3.]

The purchase in 1864-67 seemed to set Booborowie apart as a sheep station permanently and much work went into station buildings, fencing, etc.

In 1875 a township was surveyed on Section 464 in the Hundred of Ayers and named. A few allotments were sold and the township remained till 1911 when the remainder were sold to the late John Quinn Hogan of Leighton. In 1875 a movement to survey a site for the town on Section 210 was made (near Ayers Forest Reserve), but for some reason this site was abandoned and in 1876 the present township was surveyed and proclaimed on 29 March 1877 and allotments were offered for sale in 1877. The average price paid for allotments was c. £5-5-0. No buildings were erected, so presumably speculation was the motive. By then about 60,000 sheep were being shorn annually. It appears the property was taken over by W.J. Browne as no mention is made of J.H. Browne in 1894 when W.J. Brown died. The executors then disposed of the northern portion to Henry Dutton of Anlaby & George Melrose of Ulooloo and in 1897 the Dutton & Melrose section became known as North Booborowie. In 1910 a portion of Booborowie Station was sold for closer settlement and in 1912 the remainder was also sold for closer settlement. In 1910 North Booborowie was offered to the Government for closer settlement and the Government purchased the land and the property was subdivided. Booborowie Station slipped into oblivion. Steady progress followed with huge quantities of cereals produced and thousands of acres of prolific lucerne in production.

[Warning. I would not take the above as fact without further checking. W.J. Browne set out the town of Baldry on Section 454 (not 464) in 1875 and this became the site of the Booborowie Eating House and Booborowie DC Chamber. It sounds very like the place mentioned above.]

[Continued 63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 4.]

63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 1

Inter-High School Sports this year were held at Riverton and four High Schools participated:

Riverton 1101⁄2

Clare 873⁄4

Burra 413⁄4

Kapunda 25

Individual results will be printed next week.

Mr E.J. Davey the Town Clerk will resign his position next June after more than 30 years in the job. He had to give six months’ notice and says he will formally do so in December.

Obituary. Pilot-Officer Colin Twist is now believed killed, having previously been reported missing. He is survived by his wife nee Lotus Bence and young son Michael. His father Mr Frank Twist was manager of the National Bank in Burra for many years.

Christmas Hamper Appeal: so far donations have been received for 33 hampers.

Girl Guides held their AGM in the CWA Room on 10 August. President Mrs J. Barker presided. The Girl Guide Association thanks Mr L. Phelan for use of his sample room to store collected waste and the Burra Council for carting it to the station.

Owing to the resignation of Mrs Cliff Lott as Guide Captain and Miss Frances Dollman as leader of the Brownies both groups have had to go into recess until a suitable leader is found. Elected were President, Mrs John Barker; Vice-Presidents, Matron Robinson & Mrs D.M. Steele; Secretary Mrs R. Jeffery & Treasurer, Mrs G. Dollman.

Military Football. The semi-final of this was played last Sunday between the Garrison and the ASC.

ASC 10.12 defeated the Garrison 9.11.

Next Saturday ASC will play a local team on Victoria Park.

W.J. Thomas has taken a weekly basket of fruit to Burra Hospital patients for some years and it is much appreciated by patients and staff.

A Wool Classing Demonstration was given at Messrs C.W. Gare & Sons’ ‘Glen View’ while shearing was in progress on 11 August and nearly 40 sheep men attended. J.C. Smith, an Instructor from the School of Mines took charge.

63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 August

Robert Taylor & Brian Donlevy in Billy the Kid

Robert Young & Felix Bressart in Married Bachelor

Obituary. L-Cpl Claude G. Attrill previously reported missing is now reported k.i.a. at Tobruk 25 April 1941. He is survived by a widow Mrs Mary Attrill. Before enlisting he had been working at the South Mine in Broken Hill. [Claude Grenfell Attrill born 21 July 1900 at Kooringa.]

63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 3

Burra Town Council, 16 August

The Burra North water trough needs replacing. Mr Sara offers one at cost price, but the Council has one in stock and will use that.

The Finance Committee will consider the tender of £200 to paint the town woodwork.

A slow down sign is to be erected in the lane alongside Mr Coverdale’s pharmacy.

Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, Grote St, Adelaide, recently

George E. Frost, youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs E. Frost of Gawler, married

Miss Decima E. Warner, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs T. Warner of Gawler and late of Burra.

Lieut. L.H. Thomas has been visiting Burra.

HMAS Burra-Bra wireless appeal reaches £27-15-6.

63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 4

Booborowie Centenary. [Continued from 63, 32, 17 Aug. 1943, page 4.]

To the south and east of Booborowie Station was an expanse of flat and undulating country well suited to agriculture and mixed farming. Apparently this was never part of the station or it was resumed when the Hundred of Ayers was created and in the late 1860s intrepid pioneers moved in with names like McWaters, Giles, Finch, Spencer, Skewes, Holder, McEllister & Gemmel. They clearly intended staying as they asked for a DC and the petition of 1874 saw the first DC meet in 1875. The first members of it were H. Skewes, W. Hastie, A. Pearce, A. Spencer, J. Finch & R. Giles and the last was elected Chairman with William Novice as first District Clerk. A rate of 9d in the pound was declared. On 26 February 1876 M. Terry, mail contractor on the route from Burra to Blinman, applied for repairs to the road between Devil’s Hole Creek and the Booborowie Eating House. The mail then crossed the creek near the end of Forest Reserve and continued down the valley near J. Howard’s property, through A.T. McWater’s and past the Council Office.

In 1876 the Burra-Booborowie Road was declared a main road. Booborowie was to be the junction with the Farrell’s Flat and Stone Hut Road. A pound was erected in 1875 and entrusted to Thomas Reynolds 7 October 1875.

On 18 December 1876 James Burden became the first pound-keeper, though without remuneration. There was a move to give the Council a permanent home at Baldry in 1876 and tenders were called for the erection of a Council Office there. Mr H. Jolly won the tender for £125 and the first meeting was held there 20 June 1877.

In the election that followed the secret ballot was used for the first time and elected Messrs J. Armstrong, W.J. Langsford, J. Finch, A. Threadgold & J. Spencer. John McAskill was appointed Clerk at 10/- a week. Thomas Reynold was overseer. A post office was first mentioned in 1877 and in 1878 R. Giles was appointed Council Clerk at £50 p.a. and for another £30 acted as overseer.

[Continued on 63, 37, 14 Sep. 1943, page 4.]

63, 34 (2), 31 Aug. 1943, page 1

Red Cross. A meeting at the Institute Lodge Room last Wednesday made arrangements for the Annual Red Cross Appeal. The town and district will be divided into areas with sub-committees.

Mrs M. Klaffus celebrated her 97th birthday last Friday.

Football. The ASC again visited Burra on Saturday and the results were –

Burra 4.1 5.2 6.3 6.3 (39)

ASC 1.1 2.1 2.4 3.8 (26)

Christmas Hamper Appeal now has funds for 54 hampers.

Weather. Mt Bryan East had a nice fall of snow on Thursday about 5 p.m. Showers and hail had fallen through the day. Some newly-shorn sheep succumbed.

63, 34 (2), 31 Aug. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 September

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Martha Raye in Keep ’Em Flying

Ona Munson & Stewart Erwin in Drums of the Congo

Seaman Raymond Collins RAN visited Burra with his parents, Mr & Mrs Bert Collins, last week. Now of Broken Hill, Mr Bert Collins once worked here for Sara & Co.

[And Raymond Hamilton Collins was born at Kooringa 30 September 1924.]

Pte Len Wahlert has been in Burra on leave after service overseas and in New Guinea.

Pte Ben Kotz has been in Burra on leave.

Pte Keith Tamblyn has been in Burra on leave.

Cpl Joyce Halliday WAAAF has been in Burra on leave.

Mr Stanley Lane has visited Burra from his home in Paskeville after an absence of 15 or 16 years.

[He left Burra in 1927.]

Pte Alf Bowen who served overseas and in New Guinea was in Burra recently, having been in hospital wounded. He was previously employed here by C.J. Pearce & Son.

Tpr Ted Woodman is visiting Burra after serving in New Guinea.

Cpl Will Holman is on leave in Burra.

Pte Harry Prior is on leave in Burra.

Betty Potter AWAS is staying with her sister Mrs J. Brennan.

63, 34 (2), 31 Aug. 1943, page 3

Weather. Rain has fallen in August and to the end of last week 234 points were registered. Last week was very cold and on Thursday there was rain, hail, sleet and a few flakes of snow in Burra. Hallett had a heavier fall of snow for about 15 minutes and there were light falls around the outskirts of Burra at places like Abberton Park.

Mr A.H. [or A.N.?] Strong was rendered unconscious on Friday when his bicycle fork broke while he was riding on the top road near the station. He was found by Messrs Preiss & Fillmore of the Telephone Repair Dept and taken to the Burra Hospital where he is progressing.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 21 August.

Farnden’s Hill. The stope advanced 6ft to 12ft on one leader only with approximate value per ton of 18cwt [sic! Read dwt.]

63, 36 (2), 7 Sep. 1943, page 1 [No. 35 not used in this volume.]

Mt Bryan Stand Up & Sing Quiz on 27 August saw the Mt Bryan Hall packed. Richard Moore of wireless station 5AD conducted the Quiz in aid of Miss Dawn Simpson, candidate for Miss Red Cross. Over £100 was raised. Miss Annie Murray of Mt Bryan won the contest. Supper and a dance followed. 285 people paid admission.

Obituary. Newton Fuss, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Lyal Fuss of Prospect, has been killed in an air accident over Yorkshire. [Newton Hasalby Fuss born 8 June 1920 at Redruth.]

The Christmas Hamper Appeal has now funds for 92 hampers.

Visit of a Lancaster Bomber. The visiting bomber, which was recently flown from England to Australia by an Australian crew created great interest. It flew over the town on Tuesday almost at roof height. The noise of its four engines was deafening as it showered the town with recruiting leaflets for the RAAF & WAAAF. It circled the town twice before heading for Clare.

Mrs Elizabeth Davey of Broken Hill, sister of R.D. Pascoe and well-known in Burra, has knitted 123 pairs of socks for Red Cross. She is over 79.

Mrs F.T. Sara and family were farewelled at Redruth Methodist Memorial Hall on Friday. Rev. A.S. Barrett presided. They will live in the city.

Telephone linesmen Messrs Preiss, Priest & Fillmore opened up the telephone cable pit in front of the District Council chamber last Monday and found it completely filled with a white ant nest. The pit is about 2’6” x 2’6” x 2’6”.

63, 36 (2), 7 Sep. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 September

Errol Flynn & Brenda Marschall in Footsteps in the Dark

Dennis Morgan & Jane Wyman in Bad Men of Missouri

Craftsman Ted Riggs AMAE is on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Arthur Riggs.

Pte Des Pexton is on leave in Burra.

Cpl Walter Nankivell is home on leave.

63, 36 (2), 7 Sep. 1943, page 3

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 4 September.

Farnden’s Hill. No. 4 stope continued 5ft to 17ft. The leader is small with irregular values c. 18dwt per ton.

Obituary. Mrs James Henderson died at Gawler Hospital on 31 August. She had been staying with her daughter Nell at Gawler. She had long been an esteemed member of St Joseph’s Church at Burra and married James Henderson, son of one of Burra’s pioneer blacksmith’s, in 1894. Mr Henderson died in April 1940. Eight children survive: W. Henderson (Gawler), Jack Henderson (Farrell Flat), Pat Henderson (AIF), Kitty Mrs H. Osborne (Adelaide), Roy Henderson (Adelaide), Laurie Henderson (Adelaide), Nell Mrs J.C. Lloyd (Gawler) & Jean Mrs Dudley Salter (Mannum). There are several grandchildren. [Born Margaret Kathleen Kannane & died aged 70. Birth not traced on SA Births CD.]

Obituary. Mrs Ellen M. Smith of Leighton died at Burra Hospital last Wednesday 1 September aged 63. She is survived by two sisters and one brother: Mrs Przibilla (Booborowie), Miss M. Smith & Tom Smith (both of Leighton). [Neither birth nor marriage found on relevant SA CDs.]

Miss Janet Craig is 87 on 8 September.

Mr Stasinowsky of Chapel St is 85 on 9 September.

63, 37 (2), 14 Sep. 1943, page 1

Mt Bryan Red Cross raised £105 in a concert, auction, trading table and dance on 10 September.

Burra North Dance Committee raised £159 according to the headline, though the article suggests that £186-9-11 was distributed.

The Christmas Hamper Appeal has raised enough for 145 hampers.

Burra Town Council

No tenders were received for the lopping of the trees leading to Victoria Park.

So far the offer of the school to plant and care for shrubs there has not been taken up.

Ratepayers will be told they must act to destroy wild onions.

63, 37 (2), 14 Sep. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 September

Cary Grant & Joan Fontaine in Suspicion

George Sanders & Wendy Barrie in The Gay Falcon

Obituary. Alfred Ernest Pearce, third son of the late John & E.J. Pearce of Kooringa, died at Fullarton 8 September. He was the brother of Gertrude, Edgar, Norman, Nell & Os.

[Born 9 April 1881 Aberdeen: died 8 September 1943 at Fullarton Estate. See a more extended obituary at 63, 38, 21 Sep. 1943, page 3]

Flt-Lieut. Roy Woollacott has been reported missing in action in New Guinea. He is the second son of Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott.

63, 37 (2), 14 Sep. 1943, page 3

Red Cross & Leighton Hall Funds shares £23 from a concert and dance at Leighton Hall 8 September.

Leighton FFCF has donations for 53 Christmas hampers.

Football. At Victoria Park on Saturday Pt Adelaide Colts 15.21 (111) defeated Burra 2.5 (17).

Tom Kellaway coached the Pt Adelaide side. The proceeds of £18-12-6 aid Burra Red Cross.

Burra Town Council, 6 September.

The Military acknowledge receipt of the plaque for HMAS Burra-Bra which will be forwarded to the ship.

The balance sheet for the year showed the collection of £1,863-19-0 from rates, arrears, fines, etc.

Cr Carpenter said he would not support a motion to reduce the area of Holder Garden. Both it and Lane Garden were presently a disgrace, but he would rather see them cleaned up at his own expense than see them reduced.

Cr Kellaway blamed the war.

Cr Carpenter said if the fences were removed they would become a romping ground for children and dogs.

Cr Lee said the plan was to keep the cyclone fence and remove the picket fence on the creek side of the garden.

Cr Bevan said it would be dangerous for children who played in the garden.

Cr Lee withdrew his motion pending a Council inspection.

Lieut. Keith Butler is in Burra on leave.

Birth. To Mr & Mrs R.T. (John) Bowles of Magill, twin daughters.

Craftsman Max Miels AEME is on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs M. Miels of Burra North.

LAC Darrel Young is home on leave.

AC1 Ron Kellock has been in Burra on leave.

63, 37 (2), 14 Sep. 1943, page 4

Booborowie Centenary [Continued from 63, 33, 24 Aug. 1943, page 4.]

Apparently the erection of a school at Baldry had been considered, but at a meeting of Council on 2 August 1879 residents asked that the school be placed on Section 495 Hd of Hanson, as it was more central. This site was chosen when Leighton School was built.

4 February 1882 James Loudon was elected to Council.

1881 was a lean year.

5 August 1882 Council bought a road roller for £42.

Star thistles were of concern and in 1886 local Members of Parliament were advised some form of compulsion on their removal was needed.

In 1887 The Council supported the payment of MPs.

In 1887 the DC of Mt Bryan tried to amalgamate with Hallett and the Hundreds of Ayers & Anne. Booborowie DC Chairman at a meeting on 3 September 1887 opposed the move and instead managed to get the Hundred of Anne placed under the Booborowie DC and on 4 February 1888 the dept. of Lands requested that three Councillors be appointed for Anne Ward.

The District Clerk got an additional £30 for looking after Anne Ward and an additional £50 for services as an Inspector of Vermin and an Overseer.

Messrs W.A. Murray & James Craig became the first Councillors for Anne Ward on 24 March 1888. The Council Chambers were not centrally located and in 1888 it was decided to build new ones north of the Booborowie Eating House. Tenders were called and Sara & Dunstan’s tender was accepted on 4 August 1888 for £131-4-0.

A petition asked for the mail to be made twice weekly.

The first general election for both wards was held on 8 June 1889.

Messrs Loudon & Finch were returned for Ayers and Messrs W.A. Murray for Anne.

I.J. Goodridge was appointed Ranger 26 July 1890.

[Continued 63, 38, 21 Sep. 1943, page 3.]

Aberdeen Ballast Quarry. A.D. McDonald asked in Parliament why ballast was being sourced further south in a time of rolling stock and coal shortage.

Hon. M. McIntosh replied that the Aberdeen Quarry lacked mechanical appliances and manpower for intermittent work at the site and Burra had no locomotive for shunting purposes and to work the quarry line, but as the Department would soon need 2,000 tons for the broad gauge lines at Terowie the use of the Aberdeen Quarry would be investigated.

Ian Penrose is reported missing after air operations on 2 September. He is the son of Mr & Mrs L.S. Penrose of Aldgate and late of Burra.

63, 38 (2), 21 Sep. 1943, page 1

Rev. P.C.W. Eckersley President of the Methodist Conference visited Burra on 17, 18 & 19 September. The Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott welcomed him on Friday and Rev. S.J. Martin welcomed him to the circuit at the Methodist Church in the evening and Rev. A.S. Barrett welcomed him to Redruth on Saturday evening. On Sunday he preached sermons at Redruth, Farrell Flat, Ironmine and Kooringa.

Weather. Sheep have died in their hundreds, if not thousands, in a cold snap following early shearing due to zoning. These regulations have brought shearing four to six weeks early in the district.

After the recent dry spell rain fell last week in cold conditions. 132 points were recorded locally. Agriculturalists welcomed a soaking for the subsoil with over an inch generally reported. To the east falls were patchy and reports so far show Ketchowla received 43 and Collinsville with 80 points was the highest figure.

Red Cross Section 2 Dance raised £50-£60 despite the rain last Friday.

The Christmas Hamper Fund closes with funds donated for 207 hampers.

63, 38 (2), 21 Sep. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 September

Bette Davis & George Brent in The Great Lie

Roger Pryor & Joan Perry in Bullets for O’Hara

Miss Irene Milligan, after an almost life-long residence, left Burra on Monday. She came as a child to live with her aunt, the late Mrs John O’Leary. On leaving school she became a music teacher. Her only sister died recently and Miss Milligan has gone to stay at least for a time with relatives at Wallaroo Mines. St Joseph’s loses a faithful member.

Pte Len Wahlert returned to duty yesterday after leave. He has served in the Middle East, New Guinea and elsewhere.

Pte Ted Woodman has been home on leave.

Lieut. Don Humphris is home on leave.

63, 38 (2), 21 Sep. 1943, page 3

Obituary. Mr Alfred E. [Ernest] Pearce who died at Fullarton Estate on 8 September was the third son of Mr & Mrs John Pearce of Kooringa. He was born at Aberdeen on 9 April 1881 and was educated at Burra Public School. Unlike his brothers he did not join the family firm of builders & contractors, but went to Broken Hill and afterwards to Pt Pirie where he worked for H.A. & W. Goode for some years and was later secretary for Prest Bros. Afterwards he was on the clerical staff of A.J. & P.A. McBride in the city for nearly 20 years. In 1909 he married Miss E.M. Farley of Melbourne who survives. The funeral was at Mitcham. For over three years he was a member of the voluntary staff at the Cheer-Up Hut.

Obituary. Mrs W.H. Chant of Southwark died last Sunday 19 September. She was Evelyn, fourth daughter of the late Joseph Davey of Croydon, late of Burra and before leaving Burra she had been for many years employed by the late Charles Parks, baker and confectioner. [Born Mary Evelyn Davey 3 September 1887 at Kooringa: died Adelaide, residence Southwark.]

Obituary. Mrs Alfred Woodman died in Burra Hospital Friday 16 September aged 81. [Friday was the 17th.] [‘The Family History of Thomas Sargant & his wife Ellis/Alice Packham’ says Bridget Maud Evans married Albert Woodman 14 November 1891 at the residence of Mrs Foster Kooringa. Bridget Maud Woodman died 17 September 1943 at Burra according to Deaths CD. BUT the SA Marriages CD says Albert Woodman married Bridget Bertha Evans on 14 November 1891 at Mrs Foster’s Kooringa. Albert Woodman died 14 March 1921 at Burra. There seems to be no record of births in SA for Albert Woodman, Alfred Woodman, Bridget Bertha Evans or Bridget Maud Evans and no marriage or death for Alfred Evans.]

Booborowie Centenary. [Continued from 63, 37, 14 Sep. 1943, page 4.]

On 15 June 1891 Tim Ward was elected Councillor for Anne Ward.

Notices were served on owners in Booborowie township on 7 May 1892 to kill rabbits on their properties.

23 June 1892 Thomas Somerville becomes a councillor. The District Clerk gets £120 p.a.

9 July 1892 James Lucas is appointed Ranger at £72 p.a.

In 1893 it seems that the Council’s bank failed and on 24 June 1893 they applied for a £100 rate subsidy to meet obligations.

G. Giles replaced James Craig as Councillor in Anne Ward.

W.J. Jenkins was appointed a Councillor on 16 June 1894.

John Quinn Hogan becomes District Clerk for £72 p.a.

Cr Somerville died in November 1895 to be replaced by T. Work and in June 1896 Messrs George Finch & W.J. Langsford were elected for Ayers Ward.

J.F. Hogan became pound-keeper at Leighton in May 1897.

M. Murphy was elected to Council in 1901.

T.L. Kell was elected to Council in 1902.

William Pryde was elected to Council in 1904.

Cr Loudon died in 1905 and was replaced with F.J. Nicholls.

The Booborowie Pound opened in August 1906 with C. Baldock as pound-keeper.

Cr Pryde died in 1907 and T. Reynolds filled the vacancy.

E. Wall became pound-keeper in 1908.

Council defeated a move to divide Ayers Ward into two wards.

[Continued at 63, 39, 28 Sep. 1943, page 3.]

63, 39 (2), 28 Sep. 1943, page 1

Aberdeen Ballast Quarry. Tenders are called by SAR for 2,000 tons of ballast, but they are due in by 30 September. As the paper is not fully distributed till 29th September, how a person is expected to get a tender done is beyond us. Is it that the Railways do not desire to receive local tenders?

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School held its 71st anniversary recently and drew a good attendance. Rev. A.S. Barrett officiated with the tea meeting the following day.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM on 2 September

They had a successful year and the green is in good order. Mrs E. Finch was elected President and Mrs W.H. Gare is Secretary with Miss L. Bartholomaeus as Treasurer.

Football. Tom Kellaway gave an outstanding performance in the ruck playing for Port-Torrens in the second SANFL semi-final.

Sgt Pilot Glen Kakoschke received a presentation on Friday evening last. He is home on leave. Speakers were the Mayor, PO Horton Jennison, Rev. H.K. Bartlett, M. Morton & F.T. Sara.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate, for fortnight to 18 September.

Farnden’s Hill. Advanced 5ft to 22ft on two leaders in blocky country. 5 tons of ore on hand at c. 1oz per ton.

Burra Town Council, 20 September

The Government main road grant this year will be £200 with the Council to contribute £65.

The wall around Victoria Park is to be repaired and shrubs are to be planted.

Complaints were received about the bridge being used by cyclists. Rails are to be placed to force riders to dismount and anyone riding is to be prosecuted. A letter notifying this is being sent to the head teachers of the schools. [The context suggests the bridge was the Kooringa swing bridge.]

The Smelts Bridge is to be repaired.

Cr Carpenter said there were problems with stray cattle, to which Cr Harvey added sheep.

There was no pound at present that could hold sheep and pig wire was unprocurable at present.

63, 39 (2), 28 Sep. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 October

Randolph Scott & Marlene Dietrich in The Spoilers

Virginia Bruce & Broderick Crawford in Butch Minds the Baby

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. advertises a land sale for 22 October of holdings in the estate of the late W.H. Sandland.

‘Aldina’ Sections 243-246 Hd Kingston comprising 392 acres 2 miles from Mt Bryan Railway Station.

‘Boggy Flat’ Block 528 Hd Kingston comprising 232 acres 2 miles from Mt Bryan Railway Station.

A five-roomed stone house in Bridge St.

A 5-roomed stone house in Hill St.

Block 15A of 91⁄2 acres 21⁄2 miles from Burra Railway Station.

63, 39 (2), 28 Sep. 1943, page 3

Red Cross Section 3’s Cabaret & Dance produced over £100 profit.

Booborowie Centenary. [Continued from 63, 38, 21 Sep. 1943, page 3.]

Cr Fairchild was a foundation member of Council and gave sterling service.

By 1909 the rate had gradually risen from 6d in the £ to 8d.

Part of Canowie Estate was then subdivided and in 1910 the rate rose to 10d and the Clerk’s salary to £110 p.a.

I. June 1912 George Earle and J.W. Smart were elected for Anne Ward and H.A. Mayfield & D.E. Williams for Ayers. W.S. Murray was elected Chairman.

There was agitation for a railway from Farrell’s Flat to Willalo Corner, but it was unsuccessful.

A petition on 7 June 1913 asked for the fencing of part of the north parklands for use as a recreation reserve.

Mr M.L. Fennessy was elected Councillor 4 July 1914 and in August a petition asked for a telephone line to be erected to Booborowie.

Cr Browne died in 1915 and was replaced by Cr R.E. Browne, his son. A.D. MacDonald became Chairman on 2 July 1915.

Till now the school had been held in the Methodist Church (from 1892) and on 9 August 1915 a petition asked for a school to be erected.

A telephone line was opened on 6 December 1915.

J.Q. Hogan was granted leave as District Clerk on 10 June 1916 due to failing health and J.F. Hogan became acting clerk.

On 12 June 1916 a meeting was held to organise the first Australia Day in aid of Patriotic Funds and J.Q. Hogan resigned as District Clerk. J.F. Hogan took over at £125 p.a.

On 11 September 1916 the rate was declared at 1/- in the £.

It was decided to build a bridge over the creek at Baldry.

In 1917 the Council transferred its bank account from Burra to the Bank of Adelaide at Booborowie.

R. Morris resigned from the Booborowie Pound to be replaced by F.W. Finlay until October and then by G. Pryde.

The first assessment for the Booborowie Hotel appeared on 9 February 1918.

The Recreation reserve came into being with Messrs F.H. Collins, W.J. Cousins & J.F. Hogan appointed trustees for a term of 40 years.

63, 39 (2), 28 Sep. 1943, page 4

Rev. H.K. Bartlett has resumed missionary work and is appointed to a South Sea Island. His family will remain in Burra.

Frank Preiss who is a POW of the Japanese sends a lettercard saying he is well. This is the first news for nearly two years.

Adjutant Cresswell who has been in charge of the local Salvation Army for a short while has been transferred to Red Shield Hostel, Adelaide. Adjutant Short comes here from Kapunda.

LAC Eric Field is on leave at home after 21⁄2 years’ service in West New Guinea, New Guinea and Darwin.

WO Dudley Field RAAF has been in Burra on leave.

Signalman Lance Voumard & Mrs Voumard have been on leave in Burra.

Gnr Will Bass is on leave in Burra after a spell in hospital.

PO Horton Jennison is home on leave.

British & Foreign Bible Society deputation Mr E.F. Derbyshire has just visited Burra on the Society’s business.

63 (2), 40, 5 Oct. 1943, page 1

Robert Lee who has been missing since 1941 has sent a card to his mother reporting he is well in Java. [POW]

Kooringa Methodist Church celebrated its anniversary last Sunday with services by Rev. S.J. Martin & Rev. A.S. Barrett.

Arbor Day at Burra Primary School last Friday saw addresses by Mr Rice, Mr S. Kellaway & Rev. Barrett. Twenty myrtle slips were planted on the eastern fence in the hope of providing a hedge in time. A half holiday followed.

Burra Bowling Club AGM 27 September. President A.B. Riggs presided. The Secretary reported that they started in credit £22-16-10 and ended in credit £22-10-0. Membership had fallen and subscriptions brought in only £66 against £75 the previous year. There were no night members this year. Receipts from the Croquet Club were down £11-10-0. The greens are in good order. The Championship went to Mr J.E. Pearce. Elected were President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, S.C. Genders & O. Finch and Secretary & Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe.

Red Cross Section 4 raised £23 at a concert in Burra North Memorial Hall.

63, 40 (2), 5 Oct. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 October

William Powell & Myrna Loy in The Shadow of the Thin Man

Loraine Day & Barry Nelson in A Yank on the Burma Road

11 October

Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe

Supported by short features.

63, 40 (2), 5 Oct. 1943, page 3

FFCF. Throughout the year the unit ran a shop on Fridays which was a key way of raising funds.

I have not noted it each week as it was reported.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Fanny Smith of Booborowie, evidently at Burra Hospital. [Fanny Smith, born Threadgold, died 18 September 1943 at Burra, residence Booborowie aged 79. At marriage her father is cited as Anselm Threadgold who was certainly a Burra resident, but the only registered birth of a Fanny Threadgold has a father called Henry. Anselm has three children registered, but none is Fanny. Nevertheless the death of her mother and other evidence suggests she was this Fanny born 26 March 1863 at Stanley Flat. See Obituary next page of this issue for another variation.]

Obituary. Brian Hans Kiellerup died 26 September at Burra aged 11 months. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Erasmus Hans Kiellerup of ‘The Gums’ Station Mt Mary.

Obituary. Mrs S.A. Reynolds of Adelaide and late of Booborowie died 15 September. She was born at Mintaro on 22 May 1853 and married Thomas Reynolds 22 February 1876 at the Ironmine Church. After living in that district for some time they moved to the Melrose area, but soon returned to the Leighton District. They settled in the Booborowie District from 1888 to Mr Reynolds’ death in 1914. There were seven children. Mrs Reynolds then moved to Adelaide. The pair were pioneers of the Booborowie Methodist Church where both were Sunday school teachers. Two sons, George & Will predeceased their mother and four daughters and one son survive: Thomas (Hindmarsh), Mrs E. Penrose (Adelaide), Mrs A. Thomas (Reade Park), Mrs M. Waterman (Gilberton) & Mrs I. Parker (Helmsdale). There are 21 grandchildren & 18 great-grandchildren. [Born Sarah Ann Willmott, but birth not found on SA Births CD.]

63, 40 (2), 5 Oct. 1943, page 4

Obituary. Mrs A. Smith of Booborowie died in Burra Hospital on 18 September. She was born at Clare 21 March 1863 and was Fanny, second daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Threadgold. The family later lived at Springbank and from there moved to Ironmine. In 1894 they moved to Booborowie. Mrs Smith was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and assisted in all manner of things pertaining to the welfare of the district. There were two children: Charlotte Mrs B. Denson & Albert Smith of Booborowie. There is one grandson AC1 Lyall Denson.

Cr I.J. Warnes has been visiting his stations out East and attended meetings of the Burra Hospital Board and DC of Burra Burra on Monday.

Sgt Percy Carpenter is home on leave.

LAC Cliff Lott is home on leave.

Pte C. Kelly is home on leave.

Will Pearce, second son of the late Mr & Mrs William Pearce (of Bath & Pearce) paid a visit to Burra after an absence of 29 years. He is a resident of Sydney.

63, 41 (2), 12 Oct. 1943, page 1

Sections 4 & 5 held a successful dance as part of the Red Cross Drive Appeal. Over £30 was taken at the door.

Football. On Saturday a team from Ethelton visited Burra and played a composite team to aid funds for Section 1 in the Red Cross Drive Appeal.

Ethelton 1.2 2.5 5.8 6.11 (47)

Burra 0.3 1.3 2.4 3.5 (23)

Aberdeen Ballast Quarry. After a question in Parliament the Commissioner of Railways will accept tenders from locals for ballast for the SAR up to 20 October.

Red Cross Section 1 has made a good profit from the pie cart at the picture show and the dance in Burra on Saturday night.

HMAS Burra-Bra has received the bronze plaque sent to it from Burra citizens and the wireless has been forwarded, but has not yet arrived.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 2 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Advanced 6ft to 28ft. Stoping has continued with no alteration in the country. Values irregular and country broken. Averaging c. 18 dwt per ton.

Marriage. St Mary’s Church, Burra, 6 October

Sgt Alex L. Ritchie of Strathalbyn, married

Phyllis Richardson, daughter of Mrs M. & the late Mr Richardson of Booborowie.

Pte Albert Kerin, a POW in Java, has sent a postcard after nearly two years.

Pte Cyril P. Moore, a POW in Burma, has sent a postcard. This is the first news in almost two years.

Dennis Harris, a POW in Java, has sent news to his parents Mr & Mrs J. Harris of Kensington and late of Burra.

63, 41 (2), 12 Oct. 1943, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. under instructions from E.R. McWaters whose property they have sold will sell his stock and plant on 19 October.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 15,108 sheep on 22 October.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 October

Gary Cooper & Madeline Carroll in North West Mounted Police

Supported by short features.

63, 41 (2), 12 Oct. 1943, page 3

Sgt Joff Hill RAAF has been home on leave.

Ron Carpenter RAAF has received his wings and his commission.

Rev. F.B. Hewitson, a former Rector of St Mary’s, visited last Sunday and conducted the morning service there and also the centenary services at St Edmund’s, Booborowie.

Burra Town Council, 4 October

The Local government Dept reports that the Inspector has examined certain bridges in Burra and necessary repairs will be made as soon as possible.

The Fire Brigade wrote asking Council to have sleeping quarters at the local fire station kalsomined and the crack in the room repaired.

Council noted that it only rented the building and will enquire who is responsible for repairs.

£1-1-0 was donated to Minda Home.

63, 41 (2), 12 Oct. 1943, page 4

Hallett Flower Show in aid of Red Cross & Comforts Fund on 6 October is reported at length.

Tpr Len Dare is on leave at Mt Bryan East.

Gunner George Lomman has been discharged from the army on account of his father’s ill health and is home.

63, 42 (3), 19 Oct. 1943, page 1

Black Springs CWA held a Garden Party Patriotic Effort at the home of Mr & Mrs G.G. Hawkes, Koonoona 2 October and raised £152.

Pte Les Kemble, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr D. Kemble, was recently wounded in New Guinea. He has previously spent two years overseas.

Red Cross Section 2 held a successful bridge evening.

Red Cross Sections 4 & 5 held a Children’s Day at Burra north Playground and netted £50.

Local Rams have done well at the WA sales.

Koonoona Proprietors set a WA record of 800 guineas for Stud Ram No. 176.

The four special rams entered averaged 350 guineas.

John Collins & Sons sold one ram for 360 guineas.

M.S. Hawker & Co. Ltd of North Bungaree sold a ram for 295 guineas.

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened its season on 9 October.

The Hallett Flower Show that was reported last week produced a profit of over £60.

The Lord Mayor’s Chinese Relief Fund has received £11-16-0 from Burra donors.

63, 42 (3), 19 Oct. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 October

Ray Bolger & Ann Neagle in Sunny

Charles Lang & Fay Wray in Wild Cat Bus

Molly Walker youngest daughter of A.L. & the late Mrs Walker is visiting Burra. She has been working for the Zinc Corporation at Broken Hill for 21⁄2 years before which she worked for the Mothers & Babies’ Welfare Dept to which she now returns.

Mr & Mrs A. Palmer are visiting their niece Mrs Courtney Pearce. Mr Palmer was a member of the Prince of Wales 10th Hussars.

Cpl Bob Lee RAAF spent some leave with his parents Mr & Mrs W.J. Lee.

63, 42 (3), 19 Oct. 1943, page 3

Booborowie Centenary Celebrations: 9, 10 & 11 October.

The celebrations were a huge social and financial success. Something like £320 was collected.

The main part of the town was decked in bunting.

On Saturday morning 9 October old scholars assembled at the school, some garbed as they would have appeared 40 years ago. Mrs McDonnell nee Miss Clark, who taught there in 1902, was in charge. The roll was called and the lesson proceeded. Lunch was taken at the local hall a la picnic. In the afternoon children’s sports were organised and a mock court was held.

North Booborowie played South Booborowie at Cricket. In the evening a Welcome Ball was held and over 400 attended.

On Monday there was a Gymkhana with stalls and sideshows and keenly contested horse events.

Another ball was held in the evening.

[The report extends for 2 columns.]

Obituary. Richard John (Dick) Grant died at his residence in Burra 12 October. He was the younger son of Mr M. Grant and the late Mrs Grant of Pt Pirie and in 1928 married Miss A. Harris of Sydney who survives. He was born at Pt Adelaide 10 August 1895 and spent his early adult life in the Darling River country and for some years was book-keeper at Weinterga Station. Later he was Shell Co. Agent at Broken Hill and Burra till forced to resign due to ill health. He was interested in the Racing and Bowling Clubs and a member of the RSL, having enlisted in the Great War without seeing overseas service. He was a member of the Home Guard and a founding member of the VDC.

[Birth CD says born at Portland (Pt Adelaide) 1 August 1895.]

Obituary. Mrs Richard Hill died at her residence in Burra on Friday last 15 October. She was born near Porter’s Lagoon 29 October 1860 as Mary, third daughter of Mr & Mrs John White of Koonoona Station. After leaving school she was employed by Mr & Mrs James Cater, first headmaster of Burra School. She married Mr Richard Hill 8 May 1881 and her husband died 10 February 1929. In the Great War four of her five sons saw overseas service in Palestine and France. George died of wounds in France and Sam died of pneumonia. Horace, late AIF, died two years ago. She always gave generously to church and patriotic affairs. Her illness in recent months took her to the city for treatment. Three children survive: Ben Hill, Mrs John Quinn (Adelaide) and Mr Charles Hill (of Waterworks Dept Pt Pirie). There are 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

[Mary White’s birth is hard to confirm, but a Mary White, daughter of John White was born at ‘Gum Station’ (District of Burra) 30 October 1861, which is a suggestive date. Her mother was cited as Jane Mavis, but possible siblings have mothers cited as Myers & Mair, which could make them victims of bad writing or illiteracy, or could mean another woman as mother. The third daughter statement can’t easily be confirmed.]

Obituary. Mrs Arnold Heinrich died at Burra Hospital on 6 October aged 26. She was born at Booborowie 22 January 1917, the second daughter Freida, of Mr G.A. & the late Mrs Heinrich of Burra. She married her cousin Mr Arnold Heinrich, son of Mr & Mrs G.C. Heinrich of Burra 15 February 1939 and they lived at Koonoona. She was an active worker in the Black springs Red Cross, FFCF and CWA and a faithful church member. Mr & Mrs Heinrich came to Burra North to reside in April. [Born Frieda Elsie Dorothy Heinrich 22 January 1917 Kooringa: died Freida [sic] Elsie Dorothy Heinrich 5 October 1943 Burra, residence Burra North.]

63, 43, 26 Oct. 1943, page 1

Red Cross Appeal Drive, now in full swing, saw Burra raise over £300 in one week across all sections.

Obituary. Edward Spackman died at his daughter’s residence in Burra last Saturday aged 61. He had come to reside in Burra from Koonoona. A widow and family survive. [Birth CD records the birth as Edward Sparkman 9 June 1881 Black Springs: died 24 October 1943 Burra.]

Mt Bryan Sheep Dog Trials to aid Miss Anne Murray in the Red Cross Queen Competition were held on 2 October.

Open Trial won by Mr Harold Burton.

Local Trial won by Mr A.L. Collins.

A dance followed and the day raised £90.

Burra Town Council, 18 October

The commanding officer of HMAS Burra-Bra writes thanking citizens for the gift of a wireless set.

Drainage from Mr Reed’s around Bentley’s corner and along Young St is to be improved.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 16 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Stope continued 6ft to 34ft. No change in nature of country and the leader is very small and decomposed with clay. Averaging 18dwt per ton.

63, 43, 26 Oct. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 October

Wallace Beery & Marjorie Main in The Bugle Sounds

Bonita Granville & Jackie Cooper in Gallant Sons

Golden Wedding. The 50th anniversary is celebrated of the marriage of George, second son of the late Mr & Mrs James Parker & Rebecca, eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph Flower of Stony Gap, which took place on 25 October 1893.

Pte Louis V. Rowe is reported wounded in New Guinea.

Sgt C.A. Bleeze AWAS has been visiting her aunt Mrs H. White.

Pte C. Kelly returned to duty after leave with his wife and family. He has over three years’ service in the Middle East and New Guinea.

Cpt. Les Phillips sends a cheerio from somewhere in Northern Australia.

63, 43, 26 Oct. 1943, page 3

Red Cross Section 1 put on a Big Entertainment at the Institute 2 October. It included Stand-up & Sing and a Quiz followed by a dance till 2 a.m. The report extends for almost 2 columns. £187 was raised.

Red Cross Section 5 raised £50 in a Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic at the Aberdeen Lodge Hall on Friday night.

63, 44 (2), 2 Nov. 1943, page 1

Jim Sheedy of Sydney was wounded in the arm at the landing at Finschhafen in New Guinea. His mate Les Kemble, who is formerly of Burra, but enlisted from Waikerie, was shot in the leg. The two saw service together in the Middle East at El Alamein and have been at Milne Bay and Lae.

Mr & Mrs George Parker of Booborowie celebrated their golden wedding on 25 October. The party included their daughters Millie Mrs Herb. Collins, Cass Mrs J.O. Earle, Lil Mrs Bert Cornelius & their grandchildren.

William Francis Carter, son of Mrs A. Carter of Payneham and late of Farrell Flat Hotel, has been awarded the Military Medal. He saw service in the Middle East and Ceylon before returning to Australia in September 1942 and then going to New Guinea in October 1942. He was educated at the Sisters of St Joseph Convent in Clare, at Farrell Flat and at Riverton High School, before taking up farming at Farrell Flat.

Burra Racing Club meeting of last Thursday was abandoned when only three persons attended. This is unfortunate for although the club cannot at present hold meetings, it does have a fine course and assets which are deteriorating and require maintenance.

Marriage. Terowie Methodist Church, Thursday 30 October

Delphia Jean Edwards of Terowie, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs H.R. Edwards of Terowie, married

Barton Hunt Williams, eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Williams of Bristol, England.

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, 30 October

Edmund John Fuss, younger son of Mr & Mrs Robert Fuss of Burra North, married

Chloris Hilda Fillmore, younger daughter of Mr F. & the late Mrs Fillmore of Burra.

63, 44 (2), 2 Nov. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 November

Margaret Sullivan & Charles Boyer in Appointment for Love

Andy Devine & Richard Arlen in The Devil’s Pipeline

63, 44 (2), 2 Nov. 1943, page 3

Pte Mervyn Kemble, youngest son of Jack Kemble, is home on leave.

Len Harvis RAAF Medical Corps, second son of the late Rev. Stanley Jarvis, spent the weekend in Burra.

Pte Stan Moore, son of Mrs A.H. Moore, is home on leave from New Guinea.

Cpl Bill Brown is on leave at Farrell Flat.

RAAF Picture Show. To create more interest in the local Voluntary Aid Observation Corps work Flight-Lieut. Westmore & PO Ashby brought a selection of films taken in the war zones of the Bismarck Sea Battle, Paratroop Training, Pt Moresby under bombing, Battle of Milne Bay, the Kokoda Trail, etc. to be screened at the Institute last Thursday. The Mayor also made an appeal for support of the 4th Liberty Loan, supported by Dr Steele.

63, 44 (2), 2 Nov. 1943, page 4

Methodist Mid-Northern District Synod

Rev. A.S. Barrett remains at Burra-Redruth for a second year.

63, 45, 9 Nov. 1943, page 1

Vandals have damaged trees in the town.

R.C. Lott RAAF has received a presentation in the Council Chamber where the speakers were the Mayor, S.C. Genders, Cr Carpenter, Cr Kellaway & Mr A.B. Riggs.

Mr & Mrs Rol. Dare were given a welcome to Mt Bryan East after their recent marriage.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church celebrated its anniversary 24 October when Rev. Ellison of Terowie preached two fine sermons. A community tea was held between the two services.

Burra Railway Station. Representations have been made to shorten the travel to the station for people from Gum Creek and Copperhouse by placing a crossing at the Adelaide end of the station. The possibility is being investigated.

Burra Town Council, 1 November

Mr Blunt applied to purchase a piece of land adjacent to his residence in St Just St. It was thought that this was not within their power. The Town Clerk is to interview Mr Blunt.

The Minister for Public works invites applications for post war projects between £5,000 and £10,000.

Cr Fisher wanted a light placed in the street leading to the Burra North Oddfellows’ Hall.

It will be ascertained if a light is available.

63, 45, 9 Nov. 1943, pages 1 & 4

The Red Cross Drive ended last Wednesday.

A final great sports day had been organised at Burra Showground with a list of Children’s Events, Novelty Events, Adult Events, Horses in Action and an Auction Sale. The weather was unfortunate with a howling gale and occasional showers. Despite this attendance was excellent, but many more would have come from the district in good weather. Entries were also reduced as a result. There was also a flower show and cookery exhibits. The report extends to page 4, running to 43⁄4 columns. Results of the events and exhibits are printed. The total raised by the five sections was £1,250 with some amounts still to come.

63, 45, 9 Nov. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 November

Ray Milland & Constance Moore in I Wanted Wings

Supported by short features.

63, 45, 9 Nov. 1943, page 3

Obituary. Raymond F. Thomas of ‘Glenburnie’ Hallett died 2 November at Burra hospital aged 38. He was the eldest son of Mr & Mrs H.N. Thomas of ‘Craiglea’ Manoora and is survived by a widow and three young sons. [Raymond Frederick Thomas born 2 November 1905 at Auburn.]

Obituary. Mr William Scovell, who has for some years lived with his nephew & niece Mr T. Scovell and Miss Scovell at the Commercial Hotel, Burra, died at Burra Hospital last Wednesday 3 November aged 95. He was born at Southampton, England in 1848 and came to Australia in 1876.

Sgt Bert Broad is home on leave from interstate.

Pte Colin Bruce Jnr has been home on leave.

Marriage. Hallett Church of England 30 October

Joan Weber, daughter of Mr & Mrs L.P. Weber, married

Herb. Kelly, son of Mr & Mrs J.D. Kelly.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 30 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 6ft to 40ft. The leader is widening with values erratic. Showing some micaceous iron at 18dwt per ton. 21⁄2 tons or ore on hand.

63, 46 (2), 16 Nov. 1943, page 1

Burra Racing Club. At a meeting held on 11 November elected were President, Andrew Tennant; Chairman, M.W. Bednall & Secretary, R.A. Bevan. A track committee was appointed with the power to take action to maintain the assets.

Armistice Day was observed at 11 a.m. last Thursday. The broadcast from Adelaide was relayed courtesy of Mr Edward Steven and wreaths were laid by the Mayor and S.C. Genders as President of the RSL Sub-Branch.

LAC Don Watson received the usual presentation in the Council Chamber on Friday evening. Speakers were the Mayor, A.B. Riggs, S.C. Genders, R.H. Smith & M.T. Fuller.

A Horse Riding Club is being formed in Burra. Those interested are asked to assemble on the vacant land on the south side of the Kooringa Hotel between 2 and 2.30 p.m. for a ride to a popular picnic spot (c. 5 miles). A meeting there will elect officers.

Hallett Red Cross Gala Day on 6 November raised c. £85. Results of events are printed.

Strawberry Fetes. The dept of Commerce and Agriculture has advised that no cream permits will be made available for strawberry or other functions this year. FFCF units are planning to use ice cream instead and expect no affect on attendances.

63, 46 (2), 16 Nov. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 November

Gary Cooper & Joan Leslie in Sergeant York

Supported by short features.

Obituary. FO Ian Stoeckel has been reported k.i.a. in air operations in England. Prior to enlistment he was a member of staff of the National Bank in Burra. He was the only son of Mr & Mrs O.H. Stoeckel of Glandore. [Oswald Ian Hamilton Stoeckel born 25 April 1923 Gawler.]

Connie Crewes WAAAF is home on leave.

AC1 Len Jarvis is in Burra on leave.

63, 46 (2), 16 Nov. 1943, page 3

CWA International Day this year features Russia and at the meeting next Friday the speaker will be Miss Cashmore.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata Gold GM Syndicate for fortnight to 13 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 8ft to 46ft in blocky country with erratic values averaging 15dwt per ton.

63, 46 (2), 16 Nov. 1943, pages 3 & 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross Drive raised over £1,150 this year. Details occupy c. 31⁄2 columns.

63, 47 (2), 23 Nov. 1943, page 1

CWA International Day was held in the Institute last Friday when Mrs Reg. Warnes took the chair. The report extends c. 12⁄3 columns.

Burra Horse Riding Club held its first outing on Saturday. 19 riders left the Kooringa Hotel at 2.30 p.m. and went to Johnson’s Creek, which is a continuation of Burra Creek. About three miles out of town the creek was crossed and another creek followed for c, 2 miles westerly where the club’s first meeting was held. Elected were President, M.F. Humphrys; Joint Secretaries, N. Marston & P.J. Humphrys; Riding Master, G.C. Heinrich; Deputy Riding Master, F.T. Marston; Riding Mistress, Mrs J. Reilly & Deputy Riding Mistress, Miss C. Humphrys.

A cross country ride returned the group to Burra.

Bowls & Croquet Season opened last Saturday. The greens are in great shape. Regret was expressed at the loss to the club by deaths of Stan Field & Dick Grant.

Vandalism. Two boys fronted the Council with respect to trees recently damaged. They were admonished by Council and promised not to repeat their offences.

63, 47 (2), 23 Nov. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 November

Clark Gable & Rosalind Russell in They Met in Bombay

Marsha Hunt & Robert Sterling in I’ll Wait for You

Obituary. Mrs George Brown of Burra North died at Burra Hospital 21 November aged 75.

[Born Mary Dunning 8 March 1868 near Auburn. See extended obituary at 63, 48, 30 Nov. 1943, page 3.

Burra Town Council, 15 November

The Town Clerk said he had sent letters to parents of various boys alleged to have damaged trees in the streets.

HMAS Burra-Bra’s commanding officer writes thanking citizens for the wireless set sent to them.

The matter of a new railway crossing is to lie on the table to the next meeting. The Railway Commissioners would have to be interviewed before anything could be done.

Extensive damage to the Bridge St Bridge will placed in the hands of the police. It could not be the work of small boys.

Two small boys who attended concerning tree damage were interviewed.

Connie Crewes WAAAF returned to duty.

PO Jim Warnes visited Burra and Koomooloo recently. He has just gained his commission.

Primo Alf. T. Turner was given a birthday party by the Buffalo Lodge on turning 89 on 16 November.

63, 47 (2), 23 Nov. 1943, page 3

The Annual Methodist Concert at Booborowie on 13 November was a great success and is reviewed in 1 column.

Black Springs Gala Day raised £114-0-4 for Red Cross on 30 October. The report extends c. 1⁄2 column.

Leighton Annual Gala Night on 17 November realised about £70 to be divided between the Hall and Red Cross Funds. Report in c. 1⁄2 column.

63, 47 (2), 23 Nov. 1943, page 4

Red Cross is running a War Prisoners Appeal from 1 December to Sacrifice Day on Sunday 12 December.

63, 48 (2), 30 Nov. 1943, page 1

Burra Police Court, 25 November

J.C. Murrray pleaded guilty to common assault on G.G. Lines. The fine with costs etc. amounted to £49-12-6. The trouble had arisen over the fact that Lines had been driving sheep over a road rented by Murray. It was alleged that Lines had also cut certain fences and the sheep of the two had become mixed.

Fire. Dunnage at Burra Railway Station caught alight on Saturday morning. It belonged to the Australian Wheat Board and about £20 damage was done. Permanent way men had been burning off grass when wind blew the fire into the dunnage heap.

Fire also caused about £25 damage to the wheat stack at the station. The fire appears to have started about 80ft from the southwest corner and burnt the protective curtains and some bags, causing them to burst. On investigation it was found it actually started on top of the stack, possibly caused by a cinder from a locomotive.

A.D. McDonald has won LCL endorsement for the next election.

Burra Horse Riding Club went to the Burra Showgrounds on Saturday, where they were put through some formation drill. They returned to Burra via the railway station and the back road.

Mr & Mrs Lindsay Thomas were welcomed home at the Redruth Memorial Hall on 24 November. They will live at ‘The Pines’.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate, for fortnight to 27 November.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 5ft to 46ft. The leader is squeezed and values c. 18dwt per ton.

63, 48 (2), 30 Nov. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 December

Anna Neagle & Robert Newton in Wings & the Woman

George Sanders & Wendy Barrie in A Date with the Falcon

Sgt Bert Broad has returned to duty.

Lieut. Keith Butler is on leave in Burra.

Pte Bill Kite is on leave in Burra.

Pte Eddie Nankivell is in Burra.

63, 48 (2), 30 Nov. 1943, page 3

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a social afternoon last Wednesday to close the year. Unable now to have fetes and fairs, they have raised money through the year by various activities and realised just over £100. The report of the year’s activities runs for just less than 1 column.

Obituary. Mrs Mary Brown died at Burra Hospital 21 November. She was born at Leasingham near Clare on 8 March 1869, the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Dunning of that district and was married on 2 November 1889 to George Brown of Jamestown who died in October 1928. She came to live in Burra North many years ago. Five of the six sons saw active service in the Great War. She and her daughters Maude & May were keen supporters of the Soldiers’ Aid Society. She was also a member of Burra North Red Cross & FFCF up to her death. Her youngest son and seven grandsons enlisted in the present campaign and the son and one grandson have recently been discharged leaving the six others on active service. One son died as a result of the war, some years after his return. She had been failing for some time and died of heart failure in her sleep. Five sons and two daughters survive: Tom (Baldina), George (Adelaide), Harry (Gum Creek), Clarrie (Adelaide), Walter (Jamestown), Maude (Adelaide) & May Mrs Clarrie Woodman (Burra North). There are a number of grandchildren. [Born Mary Dunning 8 March 1868 near Auburn.]

63, 48 (2), 30 Nov. 1943, page 4

A Mock Debutante Ball at Booborowie is reported in 1 column. It raised £30 for CSG & CUSA.

63, 49 (2), 7 Dec. 1943, page 1

Mrs Klaffus who is 97 has won the Brodie Trophy which is a beautiful chair.

Mr Andrew Brodie donates a chair each year. One year it goes to the oldest mother of a soldier in Unley and the alternate year it goes to the oldest mother of a soldier in SA. Mrs Klaffus won by 1.3 months.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held anniversary services on 28 November when Rev. Rex Brook preached in the afternoon and evening. The Mt Bryan Choir visited. A community tea between the services replaced the usual Monday night Bun Struggle.

Booborowie Centenary Celebrations showed a profit of £250-18-7 which has been paid into the Booborowie Hall Fund.

Obituary. Cpl Clyde Sellars was k.i.a. in New Guinea 19 November 1943. He enlisted in June 1940 and sailed for the Middle East on 17 November. He was one of the Rats of Tobruk and fought in the Battle of El Alamein. He was aged 22 years 11 months. He was the son of Mrs E.A. Sellars of Burra North. [Clyde Russell Sellars born 28 December 1920 Exeter. He was the grandson of Mrs E.A. Sellars.]

Obituary. Pte Irvine S. Ogilvie was k.i.a. New Guinea 17 November 1943. His brother Gunner Stewart Ogilvie died at Tobruk 29 June 1941. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Ogilvie of ‘Caithness’ Booborowie. [Irvine Stanley Ogilvie born 3 May 1917 Cowell.]

A Pet Show at Hanson on 20 November raised £10-7-0 for Red Cross.

Pte W.E. (Bill) Sellars is reported wounded in New Guinea.

63, 49 (2), 7 Dec. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 December

Robert Preston & Ellen Drew in Night of January 16

Fred McMurray & Mary Martin in New York Town

Notice. Superphosphate Rationing. Applications are to be in by 15 December.

Mt Bryan Red Cross Social on 27 September raised £3-9-0.

63, 49 (2), 7 Dec. 1943, page 3

Burra Horse Riding Club held a learners’ day at Burra Showgrounds on Saturday. The return to Kooringa was via Smelts Road.

Miss Joyce Brooks of Burra High School staff left suddenly for the city on Wednesday and does not anticipate a return to Burra.

Pte Cecil Edwards of Burra, who has seen service in New Guinea, returned to his unit last week after spending most of a long leave in Burra.

F.L. Worth visited Burra last weekend looking fit in uniform.

PO Secker & Mrs Secker were in Burra last week.

Bob Wilson visited Burra last week. He received a knee wound in the Middle East and is still on the sick list.

Cpl Syd. Kuchenmeister is home on leave.

63, 50 (2), 14 Dec. 1943, page 1

Burra Red Cross Appeal Committee has handed over £1,466-3-9 to the executive.

The Mayor believes talk of post war projects is just ‘Hot Air’. As far as he could find out the Councils themselves would have to find the funds.

Burra School Visiting Day last Friday drew many parents to the school. The new Progress Certificate came in for review. To get one three things are considered:

A pass in an examination set by the headmaster in November each year.

The last two years’ scholastic record.

The teacher’s estimate including evaluation of speech, alertness, attitude and general ability.

Burra Horse Riding Club has its last outing for 1943. 18 riders went over Brewery Hill and along the Morgan Road to Mr Harry Mann’s residence and then on towards the Baldina Road, stopping for a while at ruins of an old residence where there is still a fine fruit garden. A program for 1944 will be drawn up after a break for harvest with the next outing planned for 15 January. The riders returned on a back road and across open country.

Burra School’s collection of bones, paper and cardboard has been successful for their Patriotic Fund. The load of 53⁄4 tons sent in December included 331⁄2 cwt of bones, over 3⁄4 ton of cardboard and over 2 tons of paper. They have made over 100 camouflage nets and paid £332-18-10 in War Savings, bringing the total owed to students to £1,135-18-10. The value of waste products was £328 and money given directly to the SPF was £185.

A Social at Booborowie on 10 December was arranged for Pte Lloyd Reynolds and Pte Norman Webb. Unfortunately the former was unable to attend. Speakers were W.J. Shattock, Ron Dewhirst, D. Keynes for the RSL, A.C. Woodgate and Rev. Leske.

Burra Town Council will ask the Railway Commission to build cattle pits at the south end of the ganger’s residence. After that it should be an easy matter to get a crossing south of the station.

Mrs E.J. Davey & Mrs E.C. Hopkins spent six months making toys for the Red Cross Shop and they had a fine display on Friday. No doubt they will all go before Christmas.

63, 50 (2), 14 Dec. 1943, page 2

Notice. Australian Wheat Board re licences to grow wheat and applications for seed wheat.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 December

Randolph Scott & Marlene Dietrich in Pittsburgh

Dick Foran & Mary Wickes in Private Buckaroo

Salvation Army. Major Ham will conduct the Children’s Anniversary services next Sunday & Monday. She comes from headquarters.

63, 50 (2), 14 Dec. 1943, page 3

Lloyd Jefferies, son of Mr & Mrs F. Jefferies of Mt Bryan, has received his call for the RAAF.

AC1 Basil Billings is staying at Booborowie with his parents.

Mr C. Dormer RAAF is home in leave.

LAC H. Truscott spent leave with his mother-in-law Mrs Beaton of Burra North.

Sgt Gil. Builder is on leave in Burra.

Lieut. K. R. Crewes is on leave in Burra.

Pte Tod Brown is home on leave.

Zac Humphries in on leave in Adelaide.

Mt Bryan East Annual Christmas Tree was held on 11 December. The entertainment put on by the children was very creditable. Father Christmas followed.

Salvation Army. Capt. Cox the relieving officer in charge has organised a youth section for those over 13 years of age and recently organised a mystery hike – about three miles on Princess Royal Station.

Hallett Girl Guides Pet Show is reported. It aided the Children’s Hospital and raised £10-6-0.

63, 50 (2), 14 Dec. 1943, page 4

Sister Stella M. Phillips AIF was accorded a social at Leighton on 11 December. Speakers were Mr Barrett & Mrs D. Keynes.

Burra Town Council, 13 December

Council agreed to donate £5 to the Salvation Army War Services and also to urge Burra People to donate more.

Action is to be taken against people shepherding cows around the town streets.

Persons are to be warned against riding horses across the Bridge St footbridge.

63, 51 (2), 21 Dec. 1943, page 1

Burra High School Speech Night & Prize Giving

The entertainment portion was a great success.

Headmaster’s report by Mr L.N. Easson.

The school opened 30 years ago. This year the library had been renovated. 28 new students enrolled at the start of the year to bring the enrolment to 62. The highest enrolment during the year was 66, one more than the previous year. By exam time it was 59, an improvement on 1942, as was the average attendance of 57. The school was thankful to the Town Council for the use of Victoria Park for sport. For Patriotic Purposes the school raised £83 in cash, £24 in waste products, £23 in toys and £220 was invested in War Savings.

Two old scholars, Lt L. Thomas & PO Brian Riggs had particularly distinguished themselves in the war effort and unfortunately four had died on active service: Clyde Sellars, Noel & Roy Woollacott and Robert Walker, while Ken Fuller was reported missing.

Eight students passed the Intermediate and others had gained subjects in that and in the Leaving and Leaving Honours Examinations. He gave recognition to the work of the staff. Miss Brooks would not return in 1944. Mr Goldsworthy would attend Teachers’ College. Dr Steele presented the prizes.

Intermediate Certificates went to:

R. Aughey Maisie Pearce Eileen Hogan

Doug. Satchell June Bourman Keith Bailey

Lloyd McInnes Beth Pearce

Dux of the School was June Dollman.

Dux of Intermediate Commerce was Jill Pearce.

Dux of Intermediate General was Ruth Hannaford.

Other prizes are printed.

Weather. Last Friday in the early hours of the morning there was a severe electrical storm followed by a downpour of 108 points by dawn. It was even heavier towards World’s End where falls of 11⁄4 to 2 inches were recorded. To the west, north and south falls were mostly 30 to 50 points. Further east falls varied from 20 to 50 points with 75 at Thistlebeds. The northeast missed out.

St Joseph’s School

Qualifying Certificates went to Sylvester Preiss & Catherine Preiss. Music results are printed.

Black Springs School break-up is reported. Qualifying Certificates went to Natalie White with 557 marks and to Adrian Hersey & Harold Kelly both with 508 marks. The prize list is printed.

Gum Creek & Leighton Schools’ Christmas Tree on 16 December is reported. Father Christmas came, prizes were distributed and cool drinks, ice cream and good things to eat followed. Dancing continued to 2 a.m.

LAC Lyell Denson was tendered a social at Booborowie on 18 December. Speeches were by W.J. Shattock, D. Keynes & L. Gill.

Mt Bryan East Qualifying Certificates Results:

Margery Dare 552 Reuben Thomas 551 Glenda Dare 528

63, 51 (2), 21 Dec. 1943, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 December

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland in Babes on Broadway

Robert Young & Marsha Hunt in Joe Smith American

27 December

Ronald Reagan & Olympe Bradna in International Squadron

Jeffrey Lynn & Jane Wyman in The Body Disappears

28 December

John Wayne & Betty Field in The Shepherd of the Hills

Leon Errol & Mildren Coles in Hurry Charlie Hurry

Burra School. The Welfare Club entertained scholars at luncheon on Thursday.

Qualifying Certificates went to:

Colin Nankivell Robert Crewes John Richardson

Les. Liebeknecht Robert Allen Norman Wilson

Clinton Kakoschke Don Allen Valerie Ferrett

Jean O’Brien Trenna Kellock Connie Brown

The prize list is printed.

Pte Jack Schutz has sent a model of a ‘Lacator’ – a cargo-bearing canoe – from New Guinea.

Obituary. Mrs Nannie Prior, wife of Elisha Prior, died 15 December at Semaphore aged 79. She was born in Cornwall and arrived in SA 4 October 1884 and lived at Mt Bryan East. She was married at Burra 31 May 1886. There were ten children: Mrs Boyce, Mrs Reid, Mrs Evans (Semaphore), Mrs Poole (deceased), Mrs Archer (Hallett), Mr R.J. Prior (Hallett), Mr A. Prior (Hallett), Mr E.E. Prior (Semaphore), Mr S. Prior (Semaphore) & Mr G. Prior (Cottonville). There are 29 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. [Born Nannie Dunstan 22 November 1867 Cornwall: died 15 December 1943 Semaphore, residence Hallett.]

63, 51 (2), 21 Dec. 1943, page 3

Concert & Dance in Aid of St Joseph’s School is reported in c. 11⁄4 columns. Though plans had been for an outdoor event in the Presbytery Garden the weather turned cool and it was thought safer to go to the Institute; a change which did not mar the occasion.

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, 16 December

Tpr Eric C.S. Smith, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Stanley Smith of Hart, married

Phoebe M. Genders, eldest daughter of Mr S.C. & the late Mrs Genders of the National Bank, Burra.

Sister Stella Phillips AIF has returned to duty.

Jack Hammer of the Bank of Australasia has received his call-up to the RAAF.

Sgt Charlie Herbert AIF spent his leave with his parents.

Sgt Clem Davey is expected home for Christmas.

63, 51 (2), 21 Dec. 1943, page 4

Noel Woollacott will have his name perpetuated in some form of memorial for beginning the Annual Age Tennis Championships at Memorial Drive, Adelaide.

Kooringa Methodist Church held a Christmas Choral Service on last Sunday evening. The choir was led by Mr G.E. Dane and the performance included four well-known Cornish Carols. Rev. Barrett gave the short address on the coming of the Messiah. Mrs Max Pearce produced the gem of the evening when she sang I Know that My Redeemer Liveth from Handel’s Messiah.

63, 51 (2), 21 Dec. 1943, Supplement

A Calendar for 1944

Note: The 1943 Burra & District Roll of Honour listing those serving in the 2nd AIF was printed on the following dates:

8 January 23 March

2 February 6 April

9 February 4 May

16 February 11 May

23 February 24 August

2 March 31 August

9 March 30 November

16 March

Characteristics of the paper in 1943.

Page 1.

A solid page of local news.

Page 2.

Advertisements for auctions, etc., public notices, and very small ads. Sometimes a small amount of local news.

Page 3.

A third or more of the page is advertising. The articles are mainly local news, with some general wartime news, information or propaganda.

Page 4.

About half the page is advertisements. The articles are a mixture of local news and wartime information and propaganda.

Numbering of Issues in 1943.

The year began with Volume 64, Number 1 on 5 January 1943 and continued to

Volume 64, Number 4 on 26 January 1943

However, the volume number then reverted to 63 Number 5 on 2 February 1943 and the numbering using that volume continued to the end of the year, with Volume 63, Number 51 (2) 21 December 1943.

This means that most Volume 63 numbers are repeated, but with anomalies caused by the anomalies already recorded for 1942.

There were however, several additional irregularities in 1943:

Number 5 (2) appeared on 2 February, followed by Number 5 (3) on 9 February.

Number 6 was not used in this cycle of Volume 63.

Number 26 appeared on 29 June (that number not having been used in the first cycle of Volume 63) and Number 26 (2) appeared on 6 July.

Number 28 was not used in this cycle of Volume 63.

Number 31 (3) appeared on 3 August and Number 31 (4) on 10 August.

Number 35 was not used in this cycle of Volume 63.

64, 1 (2), 4 Jan. 1944

Advertisements, page 2

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

______________ Burra Talkies, Burra Institute

A.D. Sellars Chevrolet Agent

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Paint, Varnishes, Upholstering, Undertakers

Advertisements, page 3

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Advertisements, page 4

Ted Baulderstone Fruit Palace, Fruit & Vegetables, Confectionary & Smallgoods

W.G. Terry Practical Tailor

A.P. Rogers Grocer & Shell Agent

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Gas Producers, Charcoal Supplies, Agent for Dodge, Chrysler, Austin, Renault & Horwood Bagshaw

Tom Scovell Commercial Hotel

Fred M. Pearce Timber & Hardware, Builder & Contractor, Caltex Products

64, 1 (2), 4 Jan. 1944, page 1

Air Training Corps. Cadets from Burra Flight go to Victor Harbor tomorrow to enter one of the 5 Toc H Camps held between 4 December and 25 January. The six are Bob Seaford, Jeff Nankivell, Max Pascoe, Keith Gare, Peter Bald & A. Beinke. Each camp runs for one week.

Three cadets from the Burra Flight have been called up and are in training: S.G. Beinke, L. Jefferies & H. Quinn.

Rev. Principal P.C.W. Eckersley President of SA Methodist Conference visited Booborowie on 10 December. The President was welcomed to the town and district by Cr D. Keynes and entertained at a tea. In the evening he gave an address, received eight candidates into membership and held a sacramental service.

The late Charles Gebhardt, pastoralist of Mt Bryan, left £1,000 to the Burra Hospital among a list of bequests amounting to over £30,000.

Accident. On Monday evening Mr R. Melrose was riding his motor cycle south on Paxton Terrace [sic, but clearly Bridge Terrace is meant] towards the Black Bridge [Kingston St] when Mr Bourman was driving east across the bridge. They collided at the end of the bridge. Mr Melrose is suffering head injuries and a fractured rib, not thought to be serious.

Burra High School. The annual party given to scholars by the Parents & Friends Assoc. was held on the afternoon of 14 December in the Assembly Hall. There were the usual tasty delicacies, speeches, toasts & ice cream.

64, 1 (2), 4 Jan. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 January

Red Skelton & Eleanor Powell in Ship Ahoy

Robert Stirling & Charles Winninger in The Getaway

Cpl L.R. Hirschausen has been on leave in Burra North with his parents, accompanied by his wife and baby daughter Margaret.

Pte H. Garrard is spending his leave here with his wife and little sons at Mrs E. Bass’s.

Pte Clarrie Lomman is home on leave.

Pte Hartley Aberg is back from New Guinea and spending leave with his wife and family at Burra.

Sgt Clem Davey AMC did not make it home for Christmas, but got back last Wednesday.

Hedley Parks, eldest son of the late George Parks, made a quick visit to Burra last week after an absence of 35 years.

Driver Roy Pearce is home on leave after 17 months’ absence.

Coder Arnold Liebeknecht RAN has been home on leave.

Birth. Mrs I.J. Warnes has been in Burra to welcome her new granddaughter Chrystobel Warnes, daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Warnes of Old Koomooloo.

Cpl S.C. Krulti & wife of Norwood are guests of Mr & Mrs M.S. Edwards.

Mrs K.R. Crewes has gone to join her husband Lieut. Crewes somewhere in NSW.

Dr T.P. Dearlove of the Royal Adelaide Hospital is spending leave with his parents at Ketchowla.

Pte & Mrs S.E. Truscott are holidaying at Waikerie. Pte Truscott is on leave from the NT.

Lieut. Keith Davey, who has seen service in New Guinea, has been in Burra.

64, 1 (2), 4 Jan. 1944, page 3

FFCF Unit 109 held its 4th AGM. President Mrs A. Tennant reported the year’s activities.

Parcels went to headquarters every month, though rather less than last year’s. The main money-raising effort was direct giving in March and April with a dance on 9 April. The appeal raised over £450 of which our share £152-2-11. [Presumably this means the rest came from other FFCF Units in the district.] The Christmas Hamper Appeal raised money for 207 hampers.

The FFCF & Red Cross Shop is the unit’s steady source of funds.

Our unit sent 39 parcels to Burra men in the Forces as well as a parcel to each man on departure.

We thank Mrs Butler who has been treasurer for four years, but is not offering to stand again. Elected were President, Mrs A. Tennant and Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & O. Finch. The secretary’s and treasurer’s positions remain to be filled at the next meeting.

Burra Red Cross resolved on 14 December that of the £1,516-8-9 raised and forwarded to headquarters, 50% would go to aid POWs and 50% to general funds. There was also £206 of POW money. [I presume this means there was another £206 raised specifically to aid POWs.]

Basic Fuel Rations for Gas Producer users is printed.

Obituary. Mrs R.J.M. McBride, relict of the late Robert James Martin McBride, has died in her 90th year after a short illness in hospital. She was highly esteemed for her graciousness and was a wonderful help to her late husband. She had a long association with Kooringa Methodist Church and Sunday School. Since her husband’s death she has lived in Adelaide, but kept in touch with Burra Friends.

64, 1 (2), 4 Jan. 1944, page 4

Mt Bryan FFCF held its AGM on 15 December. The report runs to 11⁄2 columns.

64, 2 (2), 11 Jan. 1944, page 1

Mrs Klaffus received the ‘Brodie’ chair yesterday morning. For some years Mr Andrew Brodie, a furniture manufacturer of Unley and an old digger, has given an armchair to the oldest Australian born mother of a son serving in the last war. Mrs Klaffus has actually held this distinction for three or four years, but it was only realised recently. The chair, of dark wood, is upholstered in a rich ruby shade of embossed velvet and while not large is very comfortable. The Mayor congratulated her on receiving the award. Mr Brodie has recently died at the early age of 58.

[Andrew Brodie died 2 January 1944 at Unley aged 56.]

Fire. On Friday afternoon between 3 & 4 p.m. a fire started in two places on Bert Finch’s property after the passage of a train. Mr W. Nankivell, harvesting on his property, tried to extinguish the fire. The alarm was soon raised. The fire burnt 168 acres of grass and sheep yards and damaged two miles of fencing. Mr Best lost 18 acres. A wind change saved more country by turning the fire back on itself.

Salvation Army Sunday School Picnic was held at Sod Hut on 3 January. Difficulties with petrol were solved when Mr Nankivell lent a spring trolly and Mr Irlam a horse team. (The trip down took two hours.) Sports were held after lunch. They started back at 6 p.m. after tea and ended with an ice cream at Mr Wandke’s restaurant, courtesy of Mr R.T. Cox, Capt. Cox’s father.

Leaving Examination. Two Burra High School old scholars did well.

Doreen Collins, now of Woodlands, gained 6 subjects with one credit.

Ray Jennison, now of Prince Alfred College, gained 6 subjects with two credits.

A.E. Young an old Burraite has written to the radio paper Listener-In complaining that 3UZ compere Clem Brown claimed Burra was only a spot in the bush and was no longer in existence.

Weather. Rainfall figures for 1943 show how dry it was. The total in Burra was just 14.71”. To the east registrations were very low with some centres recording between 3 and 4 inches.

Burra Burra DC now has 19 Fire Control Officers and fire fighting equipment spread through the district, including 26 fire tanks with from 100 to 200 gallons, 190 fire beaters and 80 knapsack sprays.

Rosa D. Rogers, formerly of Burra and now of Thebarton, recently was dux with 655 marks in the Qualifying Certificate. She won a scholarship worth £10 p.a. Her sister Moreen received the same award in 1942. She attends the Girls’ Technical School.

Christmas Hampers. Several serving men have sent thanks for hampers.

Mr H.T. Wandke has sold his baking and smallgoods business to Mr K.F. Halls of Naracoorte. He has been in Burra for ten years, working first for Mr C. Parks and then for his sister Mrs E. Brown. About seven years ago he bought the business himself.

HMAS Burra-Bra’s Commander has written thanking the town for the radio receiver.

Qualifying Certificate Exhibition Scholarships have been awarded to:

Marjorie W. Dare (Mt Bryan East)

Natalie E. White (Black Springs)

R.E. Potts (Farrell Flat)

Rite E. Gregurke (Hd of Bright)

H.L. Ruediger (Hd of Bright)

64, 2 (2), 11 Jan. 1944, page 2

Matron E.R. Robinson has resigned from Burra Hospital after 18 years’ service. She has served the hospital well and faithfully. The Acting Secretary Mr J. Jopkins invites contributions for a presentation to her.

Notice. J.G. Carpenter of Burra North advises that due to insufficient help he has had to cease wood delivery.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 January

John Garfield & Nancy Coleman in Dangerously They Live

Eric Blore & Marie Lohr in A Gentleman’s Gentleman

Red Shield Badge Day raised £20-15-0 and a dance held in association with it raised another £12.

Reg. Davey & Don Turnbull, two soldiers, send New Year greeting through the Mayor.

64, 2 (2), 11 Jan. 1944, page 3

Sgt Colin Dormer has returned to RAAF duty after leave.

FO Colin Morrison is on leave at World’s End.

FP H.J.B. Jennison is on leave in Burra.

Capt. Les Phillips visited Burra on leave.

L-Cpl Norman Henriks AIF has been on leave at Booborowie.

Jim Terry, son of Mr & Mrs G. Terry, has enlisted in the RAAF and is now in camp.

Pte George Bass is on leave in Adelaide from interstate.

Sgt Noel Bayliss has been here on leave.

Pte Bill Parker has returned after leave in Burra. He was given a farewell social in the Council Chamber on New Year’s Night.

64, 3 (2), 18 Jan. 1944, page 1

Miss Gertrude Pearce retired on Friday after 261⁄2 years with the Burra Record. Her knowledge of the local area and its people was encyclopaedic and invaluable to a country newspaper. She was farewelled by staff and through the proprietor Mr E.F. Marston was presented with suitable gifts. As well as the paper her interests included the Kooringa Methodist Church and Sunday School and she had been the organist at morning Sunday school from the age of 10 till April last year. She has also been pianist and secretary as well as a teacher there. She was a long time member of the choir before becoming organist for many years until giving up the job last year, bringing to an end 75 years of the Pearce family supplying the church organist. The late Mr John Pearce was organist for 35 years, to be followed by Miss Alice Pearce, Miss Trix Pearce and Miss Gert Pearce, with Miss Jean Herbert for morning services. When the latter was married [1932] Miss Gert Pearce took over all services. In the Great War she was an enthusiastic worker for the Cheer-Up Society. At present she is living with her sister Mrs A. Dearlove at Ketchowla.

Fire Brigade. Mr O. Finch has complained to Council that when the recent fire occurred on his property it entered the Town Council area and yet the Fire Brigade did not attend. As a town ratepayer he felt entitled to its attendance and had the fire not been stopped it would very soon have endangered town buildings.

Cr Lee said the Fire Brigade was not permitted to attend fires beyond the area covered by water mains. Had the members gone they could not have taken fire fighting equipment with them.

Cr Kellaway said it was heading for the railway cottages and many people thought prevention was better than cure.

It was resolved to get a ruling from the Fire Brigades’ Board on the extent of the Council’s power to order action in such an event.

SAR has refused to allow a crossing at the south end of the station. Such a crossing would shorten the station yard which was already too short for shunting purposes. A suggestion that it be placed 4/5 of a mile towards the creek would make it the responsibility of the District Council. While Mr Roberts of the SAR was inspecting the site he was asked to get the station road repaired. He said he would try, but advised the Council also to send a written request to the department.

Brawl at Robertstown. A fight between a visitor and locals at a dance is recounted in over 1⁄2 column. His wife apparently joined in and acquitted herself almost as well.

Burra North Police Court

F.T. Sara (Sara & Co.) was fined £12-10-0 + £3-13-0 costs for having appropriated petrol other than as authorised by a retailer’s licence. He was also fined £10 + £2-12-0 costs for having obtained petrol without surrendering consumer’s tickets.

64, 3 (2), 18 Jan. 1944, page 2

Notice. A large and detailed notice concerns the introduction of meat rationing and the use of ration coupons for it. A full ration varies from 11⁄2 lb to 4 lb per week according to type of meat.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 January

Dorothy Lamour & Jon Hall in Aloma of the South Seas

Jackie Cooper & Susanna Foster in Glamour Boy

Obituary. Mary Anna (Polly) Hutson, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Hutson of Burra and sister of Harry, died at Burra Hospital 13 January aged 77. [Born 24 August 1866 at Kooringa. More details on page 3 of this issue.]

64, 3 (2), 18 Jan. 1944, page 3

Burra Town Council, 10 January

The Railway Commissioner writes not entertaining an entrance to the station on the south.

Local Govt Dept has surveyed Lewis’s & Redruth Bridges with a likelihood of their being rebuilt.

The Mayor reported a bequest of £1,000 to Burra Hospital from the late Mr Carl Gebhardt. Council recorded a minute of appreciation.

Obituary. Miss Mary Anna (Polly) Hutson died 13 January. She was a daughter of Mr & Mrs John Hutson and was born at Burra 24 August 1866 and lived in Burra practically all her life. She was educated at the local school and afterwards was a dressmaker until ill health forced her to retire. When younger she was a teacher at St Mary’s Sunday School and a keen church member. Physical disability largely confined her to her home in the last 20 years. If John Hutson’s family of three sons and three daughters now only Mr Harry Hutson survives.

Pte Norman Finch is home on leave.

Mrs I.J. Warnes has been visiting her sons at Koomooloo & Old Koomooloo.

E.C. Hammond (Ted) now of Mile End send a cheerio to friends.

Driver A.G. Woodman, son of H.R. Woodman of Burra, has been home on leave.

LAC Ron Fuller, son of P. Fuller, has been in Burra.

Sgt Clem Davey left for Adelaide on Monday.

64, 3 (2), 18 Jan. 1944, page 4

Kooringa Methodist Church records its appreciation of the services of Miss Gertrude Pearce and hopes for her recovery from ill health and for many years of happy life.

64, 4 (2), 25 Jan. 1944, page 1

Salvation Army. Whilst in Adelaide last week Capt. Cox was appointed Commanding Officer of the Burra Corps. He had been acting as such for 8 weeks. Among other activities, she has started a Youth Movement which has attracted new members and she is an energetic and helpful officer.

The Youth Section held a hike to the Burra Station and back on Friday night.

Crows in their hundreds have descended on Mongolata and cleaned up a minor plague of grasshoppers there according to a report from Jim Schwier.

Red Tape. J.V. Lord of Pine Valley Station recently needed a spark plug urgently for the engine used to pump water for stock. He was instead sent certain forms to be filled out before he could be supplied. We understand he was able to surmount his difficulties by other means before red tape left the sheep to perish.

Burra District Boys in London have visited the Boomerang Club and SA House. They include PO H. McWaters (Burra), WO H.H. Woodgate (Booborowie) & FO A. Parry (Hallett). They are all well and send greetings to friends & relatives.

Weather. Rain fell to the east on Saturday in very variable amounts. Most places got less than 30 points, but a few did well. Sturt Vale recorded 70 and filled 4 dams, Faraway Hill with 32 half-filled two dams and Pine Valley reported 63 points.

Mrs Roy Scroop’s cat took six months to return to Burra when she moved to Adelaide. She collected him recently and we are waiting to see if he repeats the 100 mile walk.

Rabbit Plague. Pastoralists are confronted with huge numbers of rabbits and some are distributing poison baits from carts. Some complain that the phosphorus baits kill birds with consequences in increased insect troubles. Rock wallabies are also killed. Others embrace the poison cart as the only solution before rabbits ruin the country.

64, 4 (2), 25 Jan. 1944, pages 1 & 4

Burra Institute held its Annual Meeting on Friday last. President F.T. Sara took the chair. The Institute had a credit in the National Bank of £42-19-9, but paid the State Bank £145-6-9 in interest. F.T. Marston had been appointed to the committee as the representative of the Town Council.

Subscribers Double 105

Single 74

Juvenile 44

Total 223

At 31 December 1943 there were 5,718 books in the library.

Financially the position of the Institute is difficult. Apart from the picture shows most activities were war efforts for which a 331⁄3% discount had been allowed, though this had been discontinued in the latter part of the year. The Council Chamber rent had been increased to £65 p.a. with exclusive use of the room and three free nights’ use of the main hall. Hall rental has increased by £54-19-7. Though casual repairs have been made, the building needs general renovation inside and out. Elected were President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-President, F.T. Marston; Secretary, Rev. M.P. Cole & Treasurer, J. McGrath.

64, 4 (2), 25 Jan. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 January

Priscilla Lane & Richard Whorf in Blues in the Night

Jeffrey Lynn & Melvyn Douglas in The Body Disappears

31 January

Bud Abbot, Lou Costello & Kathryn Grayson in Rio Rita

Greta Garbo & Melvyn Douglas in Two-Faced Woman

Burra Rifle Club. Secretary R.G. Bernhardt has received a letter from the Inspector of Rifle Clubs requesting details of the state of the range. It may be wishful thinking that this may suggest a resurrection of clubs in the not so distant future.

64, 4 (2), 25 Jan. 1944, page 3

Weather. The dry spell has reduced many people to the use of hard tap water.

Good Neighbours. When Quondong recently ran out of stock water Lilydale gave Quondong the use of a dam four miles inside the boundary fence.

Obituary. Mrs Stanley Kellaway Jnr, died at Burra Hospital on Thursday night 20 January. She was formerly Miss Anne Thomas before her marriage in 1933. She is survived by a husband and two sons: Victor (9) and Kevin (6).

[Born Gladys Ann Thomas 23 May 1910 Sturt Vale Station: died 21 January 1944 Burra.]

Cpl Clarry Lomman has returned to his unit after leave.

Pte Edward Nankivell is in Burra on leave.

LAC Richard Nourse has been in Burra on leave.

Pte Ivan Hirschausen has been on leave in Burra North.

Mrs Crewes leaves this week to join her husband Lieut. K.R. Crewes.

Pte Stan Truscott has been in Burra on leave.

64, 4 (2), 25 Jan. 1944, page 4

Burra Horse Riding Club met for the first time in 1944 on Saturday when they went for a ride across country and along creeks.

64, 5, 1 Feb. 1944, page 1

Rabbits are so numerous that George Kakoschke got 600 in two nights when he fences the dam behind Mr Tiver’s.

Intermediate Exam Results

Jill Pearce (BHS) 6 subjects

Ruth Hannaford (BHS) 6 subjects (1 credit)

Ronda Bourman (BHS) 5 subjects

Margaret Jeffery (MLC) 5 subjects

Margaret Steele 5 subjects

Peter Humphrys 6 subjects

Bob Nankivell 6 subjects

Peter Torr (Clare HS) 6 subjects

Dean Tiver (PAC) 6 subjects

Max Earl 3 subjects (Completed a Certificate)

Reg. Warnes has been appointed a JP.

Burra Town Council, 24 January

A letter from the Commissioner of Highways re the Redruth & Cave’s Bridges.

Council decided to join the Mid-North Local Government Assoc.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for Miss G. Pearce – specifically in respect to her reporting Council business for so many years.

Marriage. Black springs Methodist Church 16 December 1943

Marjorie Jeffry*, elder daughter of Cpl L. Jeffry*, married

Pte Douglas Gray of Adelaide.

[*Presumably ‘Jeffery’]

‘Free Thinker’ writes suggesting that the pastoralist who got red tape from Adelaide instead of a spark plug would probably have got the plug plus the forms had he applied to a local supplier.

64, 5, 1 Feb. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 5 February

Gary Cooper & Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees

George Sanders & Lynn Bari in The Falcon Takes Over

Advt. Miss Ivy Bagnell notifies clients she is relinquishing her business in approximately three weeks. [Ladies’ Hairdresser in Pearce’s Building.]

Advt. Mr K.F. Hall notifies the public he has taken over the baking and smallgoods business of Mr H.T. Wandke.

64, 5, 1 Feb. 1944, page 3

Kapunda Rock Phosphate is being ground and mixed with equal parts of superphosphate and sold under the name of 50/50 Phosphate.

Pte Robert Spackman is on leave in Burra.

Don McDonald RAAF has just received his commission as PO. He enlisted in May 1941.

Miss Melva Woollacott is going to her new school at Venus Bay on Monday.

Darrel Young is on leave in Burra.

64, 6, 8 Feb. 1944, page 1

Australian Wheat Board: Election of growers’ representative.

Mr A.O. Badman JP & Mr T.H. Dunsford had already been campaigning and now Mr J.M. Howard of Black Springs has also nominated.

Schools have restarted. A list of first time students is printed for Burra Primary.

‘The Gums’ a station of about 74,000 acres belonged for a long time to Mr N.H. Pearse and before that to Hiles Pearse and later to the late Tom Pearse & Sons. It was sold by auction on Friday at the Adelaide Wool Exchange and was bought by a well-known Pastoral Company at 9/- per acre. Previously run in conjunction with ‘The Gums’ was ‘Glenbower’. This property of 17,000 acres was sold to Herbert Hatherly for 10/- per acre. (Located c. 10 miles north of Bower Railway Siding.)

Legacy Club Badge Day raised £11-14-0.

Fire broke out on Thursday in the wormwood hedge between Mr C. Fuller’s and Mr A. Trueman’s houses in Burra North. The fire brigade attended and damage was slight.

Weather. Rain at the weekend was general, but insufficient to make water run in most places, but falls were quite varied, ranging from 14 at Black Springs to 124 points at Pulpara. Some pastoralists unexpectedly found some dams full on investigation.

Anzac & AF Club in New York has been visited by PO Jim Warnes & LAC Fred Brandt.

Salvation Army Women’s Home League met for the first time this year last Thursday. A Book of Remembrance was dedicated containing the names of local men and women serving with the forces.

Guy Dollman writes denying that he was ‘Free Thinker’ who wrote last issue, but agreeing that the suggestion therein was sound.

Matron Robinson & Mrs Butler were given a farewell at ‘Heathmont’ on Tuesday afternoon by members of Red Cross & FFCF.

Burra Horse Riding Club went to Princess Royal on Saturday.

64, 6, 8 Feb. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 February

Ray Milland & Claudette Colbert in Skylark

John Howard & Ellen Drew in Texas Rangers Ride Again

Mrs V.M. Ratcliffe was given a presentation of a wallet containing £38 prior to her departure from Burra. The Mayor said that in the 18 years of her tenure at the Royal Exchange Hotel she had kept an excellent house. A presentation was also made to her son, Bob.

64, 6, 8 Feb. 1944, page 3

LAC Harry Quinn, son of T.J. Quinn, is home on leave.

Cpl Len McKay is in Burra on leave.

Cpl Jack Davey is in Burra on leave.

Pte Roy Pearce is in Burra on leave.

Margaret Pearce is in Burra on leave.

Fl. Lieut. John McBride is in Burra on Leave.

Gnr Spackman spent his 21st birthday at home.

Lawrie Ward is in Burra on leave.

Staff Sgt Ron Smith is in Burra on leave.

Cpl Ivan Wohling is in Burra on leave.

Pte Fred Lewis is in Burra on leave.

Pte Lou Rowe is in Burra on leave.

Sgt R. Liebeknecht is coming home this week.

Cpl H. Seaford is coming home this week.

Pte Darcy Bolton is coming home this week.

Matron Robinson was given a farewell in the Board Room of the Burra Hospital on Friday evening, when a substantial cheque was a gift from the Board. She has been connected with the hospital for 18 years as Sister and Matron. Speeches of appreciation were made by C.W. Gare, the Mayor, E. Finch, S. Kellaway, Dr Steele & Dr Steven. [Her retirement from the position was due to ill health.]

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 29 January.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continues in broken country with a very small leader. Backs secured with timber. Advanced 6ft to 59ft. Value about 15dwt per ton.

64, 7, 15 Feb. 1944, page 1

Fire Brigade & Grass Fires

The Fire Brigade Board advises that the equipment is designed for fighting building fires. No definite instructions could be given. Firemen could attend grass fires only if it was within a reasonable distance of a water main, also removing a brigade to fight a grass fire raises questions of what would happen if a town fire occurred while the men were away. Cr Kellaway said all this missed the point that the fire that provoked the question was within the protected area. A second letter clarifying this will be sent.

River Murray Water for Burra?

A citizen has suggested Murray water be extended to Burra. The Mayor said before any move could be made the cost of the pipe from Hanson and the Government’s attitude towards such a supply would have to be ascertained. The Mayor thought it would result in a flat £5 rate for water and with so many demands on the pipeline it might not have enough water for another town. The cost to get the water to Burra would be about £140,000. Water rates would rise about 75%.

Cr Bevan said Clare was getting up a petition to have the matter raised as a post-war project.

Cr Kellaway thought it worth considering.

All possible information is to be obtained.

Tyres & Tubes are in very short supply and there is no possibility of making more available. Local committees must ensure their recommendations indicate the cases of special consideration. It is a necessity tyres be retreaded before they wear too far for this to be done.

Councils are not permitted to donate to Patriotic Bodies says a ruling from the Local Government Assoc., as they are not covered by National Security Regulation 482 (1942), though this ruling does not seem to apply to appeals on behalf of servicemen or their dependents suffering hardship as a result of the 1914-18 war.

Pte Freddie Lewis has presented a silk Japanese flag to the RSL sub-branch. President M.T. Fuller received it with thanks.

Burra Oddfellows MUIOOF was visited by Grand Lodge Officers on Saturday 5 February. The lodge meeting was followed by supper, a social and a dance. During the meeting the lodge was presented with the Young Shield. This was presented by PGM Director Bro. L.E. Young of Paskeville in 1919 for yearly competition and goes to the lodge showing greatest progress for the year.

The DC of Burra Burra discussed the erection of a Freezing Works for Burra and the Country Freezing Works Commission will be requested to visit Burra to take evidence on the subject. Cr Kellaway of the Town Council said at its meeting that they should co-operate with the District Council and Council supported this suggestion.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 12 February.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping has continued, advancing 6ft to 65ft. Values are irregular on a small leader and average 15 dwt per ton.

64, 7, 15 Feb. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 February

Diana Wynyard & John Gielgud in The Prime Minister

Wayne Morris & Brenda Marshall in Smiling Ghosts

Notice. The Mayor & G.S. Hawker of the Legacy Club call a public meeting for Wednesday 16 February to advance the cause of the £25,000 Legacy War Orphans Appeal.

Obituary. Jean Erna Motherall, wife of Edwin John Motherall and a daughter of Mr & Mrs John Allen Sen. of Burra died suddenly on 12 February at Burra aged 36.

[Born 21 August 1907: appears on SA Deaths CD as Jean Erna Motherwall. See a little more on page 3 of this issue.]

Burra High School re-opened last Tuesday. Two new members of staff are Miss M. Talbot & Mr A. Millikan, replacing Miss J. Brook & Mr R. Goldsworthy. The intake of new students is low this year with only 14 in First Year and 3 in Second Year.

64, 7, 15 Feb. 1944, page 3

Sgt Mervin Allen and his wife have been in Burra on leave.

Pte W. Robinson has been visiting his uncle Mr S. Garrard.

Cpl W. Holman RAAF is in Burra on leave.

Lieut. K. Butler has been in Burra on leave.

Fred Doddrell AIF has been spending a few days with his brother Mr T. Doddrell.

Cpl H. Seaford is home on leave.

Cpl Jack Bogish spent the weekend with fiancée Jean Villis & her parents.

Pte Fred Lewis is on leave in Burra.

Lou Rowe is on leave in Burra.

Darcy Boulton is on leave in Burra.

Bill Kotz is on leave in Burra.

Keith Evans is on leave in Burra.

Alec Kotz is on leave in Burra.

LAC Dick Pascoe has been on leave in Burra.

Capt. Fergusson and his wife visited his sister-in-law Mrs Max Pearce.

FO Jennison is on leave with his family.

Dvr Dudley Jacka is on leave in Burra.

Ron Pascoe, son of J.T. Pascoe, has obtained a position with the SAR at Burra.

Obituary. Mrs Edwin Motherall, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Allen Sen. of Burra was born 21 August 1907. She married Mr Motherall in October 1939. She was a member of the Kooringa Methodist Church and of the Ladies’ Guild. [Born Jean Erna Allen: died 12 February 1944 at Burra.]

Burra Town Council, 7 February

SAR cannot at present repair the Station Road due to a lack of bitumen.

SAR is considering a gateway for vehicular traffic across the line opposite the water tank.

Cr Kellaway considered such a crossing would be unsafe.

Council will inspect the site before replying to the letter.

The Salvage Commission wrote about the desirability of a local committee.

They will be informed that Council considers the present collection system is efficient.

The Mayor thought many old houses in the town should be rebuilt and made suitable for men returning from the war.

Council will use one of its free nights for use of the Hall for the Legacy Orphans Appeal.

64, 7, 15 Feb. 1944, page 4

RSL held its AGM on Saturday night when 38 members attended.

Treasurer M.T. Fuller’s report showed the sub-branch to be financially sound.

Doug Keynes reported on obtaining pension benefits for a number of applicants.

President S.C. Genders reported on the year’s activities. The Anzac Service and March was celebrated as usual and the Salvation Army Band from Croydon attended. Armistice Day was also commemorated in Market Square, though attendance was small.

Membership is at a record high. The branch has assisted in many patriotic appeals and worked in connection with graves of deceased soldiers, pensions, military allotments and recruiting work. Sympathy is extended to families who have members reported missing or killed. Elected were President, M.T. Fuller; Vice-Presidents, D. Keynes & E.C. Collins; Secretary, A.L. Bence & Treasurer, A. Coverdale.

64, 8, 22 Feb. 1944, page 1

Fire. A spark from a goods train caused a fire on Saturday night at A.L. Collins ‘Stud Park’ Mt Bryan at c. 8 p.m. Fire fighters soon assembled and controlled the blaze before much damage was done. The stud rams in the paddock were promptly removed by Mr Schuyler. About 20 acres of grass and lucerne was lost.

Burra RSL has pointed out tax anomalies concerning exemptions from taxation given to those serving in combat zones in Northern Australia. This anomaly has been difficult to solve and a cabinet decision will be sought.

City Rackets Hit Country People & Traders

A 3⁄4-column article attacks rackets which give city folk plenty of chocolate and biscuits etc. but packing difficulties in warehouses keep the same items from being delivered to the country. Furniture suppliers use 3d worth of packing and charge 25/-, but cannot by regulation be passed on to the consumer. The profit margin on the wholesale price is also regulated.

Garden hose is available in small quantities, limited to 30ft per applicant and priced at 1/- per foot. Oddly enough heavy industrial hose is able to be purchased in any quantity at 2/2 per foot without application.

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church, recently

Jean Simpson, second daughter of Mr V. Simpson, married E. Zanker.

64, 8, 22 Feb. 1944, pages 1 & 4

Legacy Appeal. A drive will be made locally to collect £200 for Legacy in 2 weeks. This was the decision at a public meeting called by the Mayor on Wednesday evening. The report in almost 22⁄3 columns outlines the work of Legacy in caring for war widows and their children.

64, 8, 22 Feb. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 February

Robert Taylor & Lana Turner in Johnny Eager

John Shelton & Virginia Grey in Blonde Inspiration

Obituary. Alfred William George Brandt died at Adelaide Hospital on 16 February aged 68. He was husband of Rose Maud Brandt, father of Sylvia, step-father of Les. Hill and a brother of H. Brandt of Burra. [Born 1 January 1876 at Kooringa. Marriage untraceable on SA CDs Rose Maud Celester nee Radford would seem to be the wife, but her marriage[s] and children also untraceable on SA CDs.]

Joy Riggs, daughter of Mr & Mrs V.A. Riggs of Lord’s Well Station, who attended Thebarton Girls’ School, passed 5 subjects with 3 credits in her Technical Intermediate Certificate & University Intermediate English.

The Legacy Appeal stands at £29-6-0.

Burra Horse Riding Club had a short ride on Saturday and practiced for a coming gymkhana.

64, 8, 22 Feb. 1944, page 3

Sgt Ron Smith is on leave in Adelaide.

Cpl W. Holman is on leave in Adelaide.

Lieut. Don Humphrys is home on leave.

AC Roy Threadgold is on leave at Copperhouse.

Sgt Jack Pengelly is on leave in Burra.

Jack Earle RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Sgt John Riggs RAAF visited New York recently.

Pte Mick Hogan is on leave at Booborowie.

Pte Jack Sumner is on leave at Booborowie.

Miss Dorothy Hogan AWLA is on leave at Booborowie.

64, 8, 22 Feb. 1944, page 4

Volunteer Air Observation Corps showed a series of topical war films at the Institute on Thursday 10 February. FO E.J. Ashby, Zone Officer for VAOC Adelaide, addressed the large gathering. Though the threat from enemy aircraft had passed, the role of the corps was important in the training flights of young airmen. The Burra post had a good record for the last two years under chief observer Mr F. Pledge. Extra volunteers were needed. Several volunteers were enrolled and it is hoped others will come forward.

64, 9, 29 Feb. 1944, page 1

Burra Hospital Matron McNeil arrived in Burra today to replace Matron Robinson.

Mr Brian Halls was accidentally shot through the hand with a .22 bullet while out rabbiting on Saturday. He placed his hand over the muzzle while getting through a fence and the gun went off.

The Legacy Appeal now stands at £245 with a week to go.

TB Soldiers’ Badge Day Appeal realised £9-2-3.

Burra Institute Committee concluded recently that although the Institute was paying its way, it was not possible under existing circumstances to reduce its debt and payment of interest to the State Bank was using funds that should be devoted to improvements and repairs. A delegation was elected to discuss the matter with the Town Council. The State Bank has declined to reduce the interest from 5% to 4%. The request was for the sale of the Institute to the Council. The debt was £3,159. Mr F.T. Marston supported the move outlined by Mr A.B. Riggs and said that Council could get a long term repayment loan from the Bank which meant the Institute would eventually belong to the town. The building did benefit the whole town and the responsibility was a t present being carried on the shoulders of a small section. The committee simply wished the Council to purchase the Institute for the amount of the mortgage on the day of sale. The Mayor asked if they were aware of the amount of red tape involved. Mr Riggs outlined the procedure needed. The Mayor said the Council would consider the matter.

Obituary. Mrs Tom McBride died at Calvary Hospital North Adelaide on 20 February after a long illness. She was born in Cornwall on 2 February 1862 as Miss Rosina Bullen. Her parents and family sailed to Australia in the Lady Joclyn when she was aged 4. On arriving at Pt Adelaide they came straight to Burra where her father was engaged by the Burra Copper Mining Co. as a blacksmith. In 1890 she married Mr Tom McBride and they took up residence in Broken Hill. Later they returned to the district to manage Oakleigh Station. Later Mr McBride acquired Redcliffe Station where they lived until retiring some years ago to Adelaide. Mr McBride died in 1938. There are 9 sons and 3 daughters: 3 children predeceased their mother. Norman was killed in the 1914-18 War. Others are Reuben (WA), Clem (Naracoorte), Claude (Sydney), Keith (Burra), Jim (Caroona), Charles (Naracoorte), Jeffery (2nd AIF), Mrs C. Bull & Mrs S. Webb (both of Perth WA). There are 18 grandchildren.

64, 9, 29 Feb. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 March

Robert Cummings & Priscilla Lane in Saboteur

Don Porter & Constance Bennett in Madame Spy

Advt. George Herbert notifies his customers that owing to health reasons his business premises will be closed until further notice.

64, 9, 29 Feb. 1944, page 3

Sgt C. Dormer spent some leave with his sister Mrs Claude Pascoe.

Pte Carl Pearce is home on leave.

Pte Ron Rooke is home on leave.

Pte Lin. Jesser is home on leave.

Pte Tom Allen is in Adelaide on leave.

Sister Ballinger has resigned from the Burra Hospital.

C. Barrett is in Waikerie on leave from New Guinea.

Cpl & Mrs Bob Simms are on leave in Adelaide.

Jack Lines (Ex-AIF Tobruk) visited Burra at the weekend. He has been discharged from the army.

Sgt Clem Davey is home on leave.

Wally Williams is home on leave.

Pte Cox is home on leave.

Lindsay Hood is home on leave.

Sgt John Lovegrove is home on leave.

George Gallagher is home on leave.

Bill Johnson is home on leave.

Pte Gordon Smith & Sgt Ron Smith have been on leave with their parents Mr & Mrs W.J. Smith of the Kooringa Hotel.

Leap Year Ball. The first such for 1944 was held in the Burra Institute last Wednesday night and Burra North Red Cross benefited by £46.

Marriage. All Souls Church of England, St Peters, last Saturday

Joan Liebeknecht, eldest daughter of Mrs R.E. & the late Mr A.F. Liebeknecht, married

Rex Moran, son of Mr & the late Mrs J.P. Moran.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving last Sunday. Services were conducted by Rev. A.S. Barrett & Rev. S.J. Martin.

64, 9, 29 Feb. 1944, page 4

Sgt J.L. Riggs reports his trip to New York in c. 13⁄4 columns.

Burra Town Council, 28 February

Mr Lewis, Council’s representative on the Fire Brigade Board, said the foreman had done the right thing in not attending the fire recently. The correct step would have been to sound the alarm a second time when the fire crossed the Council boundary.

The District Council will take no action over a crossing south of the Burra Station.

The District Council will keep the Town Council informed over any Freezing Works development.

64, 10, 7 Mar. 1944, page 1

River Murray Water. A.D. McDonald MP has advised that the Engineer-in-Chief will go into the possibility of Murray water for Burra. At present the question of supplying suitable water for locomotives at Terowie and Peterborough is being considered and there are two suggested routes: via Burra and Hallett and from Beetaloo via Laura & Jamestown.

A Leap Year Ball was held at Leighton on 29 February.

Cpl Noel Woollacott has given his name to the SA Lawn Tennis Assoc. Shields for the Age & Junior Tennis Championship Tournaments to be held in SA. Cpl Woollacott is credited with having inaugurated the age tennis championships in SA. He was a leading tennis coach. He was killed in action in New Guinea and the Tennis Assoc. has decided to perpetuate his name in this manner.

Flight Sgt Len Bence sends back praise for the Comforts Fund Christmas Hamper.

Birth. A son for Mr & Mrs P.M. Collins: born 27 February 1944.

Obituary. Mrs George B. Morgan, better known as Sister Villis, died at her home in Kangaroo Street on 29 February. That day she had been helping out at Burra Hospital which had a staffing shortage. She was a double certificated nurse who had trained at the Adelaide General Hospital and later founded a Maternity Home in Burra. She was a daughter of Mr & Mrs Isaac Villis of Baldina (Priscilla Emily) born in August 1887 and married George B. Morgan 27 July 1934.

[Birth not found in SA Births CD and the marriage was 27 June 1934.]

Soldiers Entertained. A group of soldiers were entertained at a social and dance at Burra North Oddfellows’ Hall last Friday. Among the soldiers present were Wally Williams, Harry Seaford, Don Kerin, Carl Pearce, Sid Willmott, Lin Jesser, Bill Sellars, S. O’Brien, Darcy Bolton, B. Cox and Miss Brown (WAAAF). The Mayor greeted the guests of honour.

Legacy Appeal in Burra raised over £400 in 17 days.

FFCF ‘Watch the Odds Appeal’ raised £33-13-6 from Burra plus £36-19-10 from Burra North for a total of £60-13-4.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church celebrated its Harvest Thanksgiving with services on 27 February when Rev. Rex Brook preached.

Fire. A grass fire on E. Finch’s property ‘Wandillah’ about midday last Wednesday destroyed about 12 acres of grass. The origin is thought to have been a driver’s gas producer.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 26 February.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping advanced 6ft to 71ft. Conditions as before.

AC1 Bill Richards was given a farewell social at Mt Bryan. Speakers were T.J. Quinn, Rev. Dr Tohl, Horace Edwards & Frank Jefferies.

64, 10, 7 Mar. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 March.

Susanna Foster & Allan Jones in Magic in Music

William Boyd & Eleanor Stewart in Pirates on Horseback

Obituary. Annie E. Hirschausen, wife of August Henry Hirschausen and mother of Florence, Daphne, August, Bertram, Ronald, Leslie, Ivan, Valma & Merle died at Burra Hospital 3 March aged 60. [Born Anna Eliza Voumard, 12 February 1884 at Copperhouse. See more on page 4 of this issue.]

64, 10, 7 Mar. 1944, page 3

Thelma Creighton WAAAF is spending leave with her mother Mrs W. Callahan of Burra North.

Sgt Ron Murray is on leave at Cartapoo.

Miss Brown WAAAF is on leave at Gum Creek.

Mr & Mrs G. Parks left Burra on Wednesday to live in Adelaide where we understand Mr Parks has a position with Oates & Co., auctioneers.

Flt-Lieut. John McBride and his wife have visited Burra & Kia Ora.

Sgt John Lovegrove & Mrs Lovegrove are in the city.

Cpl Ivan Wohling has been in hospital and is now in Burra.

Pte Mick Kotz is home on leave.

FO J. Gall is spending leave in Burra with his wife and family.

Pte Rex Opperman is coming to Burra on leave.

Lieut. Murray Reid is in Burra on leave with his wife.

Sister Phillips has been at Braefoot on leave with her family.

Rev. M.P. Cowle has returned to duty after several weeks in camp.

Pte C.L. Martin is on leave in Burra with his wife and family.

C.J. Pearce of Malvern & formerly of Burra celebrated his 88th birthday on 2 March.

64, 10, 7 Mar. 1944, page 4

Rabbit Plague. There is a report on steps taken to improve the availability of poisons including ordering strychnine from India, increasing production of phosphorus baits and importation of cyanide materials.

Progress in SA. There is a half-column article praising the Playford government for its promotion of the munitions industry in SA, its work for education, etc. It all reads like an advertisement for the LCL.

Obituary. Mrs A.H. Hirschausen (nee Annie Elsie Voumard [sic]) died at Burra Hospital on 3 March. She was the younger daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Voumard of Burra and was born at Copperhouse on 12 February 1884. She married A.H. Hirschausen 11 June 1901 and lived in Broken Hill for a short time before coming to Burra where they lived for 32 years in the old home of the late Mr & Mrs W. Hirschausen, parents of A.H. Hirschausen. Mrs Hirschausen was active in the Burra North Red Cross and FFCF. Nine of ten children survive: Florence Mrs Sid Scroop, Daphne Mrs Allan Sellars (Burra North), August (Adelaide), Bertram (AIF), Ronald (AMF), Leslie (AIF), Miss Valma & Miss Merle. One son William predeceased her and there are 8 grandchildren.

[Born Anna Eliza Voumard 12 February 1884 at Copperhouse: died Annie Elsie Hirschausen 3 March 1944 at Burra.]

64, 11, 14 Mar. 1944, page 1

Weather. About half an inch of rain fell at Mt Bryan on Thursday, but it was gentle, with no run-off for dams.

Fire brigade. A test call out by Mr White, the visiting Fire Chief, has earned the local brigade praise as one of the best in country districts.

Redruth Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving on 12 March when Rev. A.S. Barrett preached in the morning and afternoon with Rev. S.J. Martin in the evening. A social and coffee supper was held on Monday night.

LAC Ron Fuller was given a presentation on Friday night in the Council Chamber. Mr A.B. Riggs presided and other speakers were A.L. Bence, F.T. Sara, P.W. Hogan & Rev. Barrett. Sgt Clem Davey made the presentation.

Black springs Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival on 20 February when Rev. C.D. Davis of Riverton conducted the service.

64, 11, 14 Mar. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 March

Michele Morgan & Paul Henreid in Joan of Paris

Lupe Velez & Leon Errol in The Mexican Spitfire’s Baby

Advt. Patriotic Auction Sale & Sports Entertainment at Black Springs, 18 March.

To be opened at 3 p.m. by the Premier Hon. T. Playford.

Notice. G. Herbert announces he has decided to close his shop from 18 March. Would persons having repairs please claim them by that date.

Leighton Leap year Ball. Though reported originally on 7 March, this is said to be a more correct report in certain details. The takings amounted to a nett £17-12-0: presumably aiding Red Cross, since they organised it.

64, 11, 14 Mar. 1944, page 3

Pte Stan Timms is on leave in Burra.

Tpr Syd Willmott has returned to duty.

Pte Rex Opperman is on leave.

Lieut. Bob Tanner is on leave in Burra with his wife.

Sgt Ron Smith has returned to duty.

Fred Lewis has returned to duty.

Harry Seaford has returned to duty.

Lieut. Glan Tiver is on leave in Burra with his wife and family.

Pte Bill Sellars is on leave in Burra.

Cpl Ivan Wohling was in Adelaide last Week.

Bob Lomman is on leave in Adelaide with his wife.

Pte Alan Kemble is home on leave.

Cpl Jack Holmes is home on leave with his wife and family of Burra North.

Charlie Kellaway, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Stan Kellaway, joined the RAAF last Saturday.

Mr & Mrs Norman Kotz & family left Burra on Monday to live at Whyalla where Mr Kotz will be an oxy-welder.

AC1 Colin Garrard has been in Burra on leave.

Pte Fred Seaford is home on leave.

Burra Town Council, 13 March

Cr Fisher drew attention to the fact that Council owned water meters were being damaged.

The Highways Department was rebuilding the bridge near the corner of Commercial & Kangaroo St.

Cr Bevan thought the Council should rebuild the old footbridge there. The old footbridge would be much lower than the new bridge for traffic and a new bridge would overcome problems of water lying in pools at its entrance as it does now after rain.

Cr Carpenter was not in favour, as it would come out of West Ward funds.

It was pointed out that no special funds were set aside for any one particular ward.

It was resolved the matter be carried over to the next meeting and that the overseer get an estimate of the cost.

It was resolved there be a special meeting of Council to consider the Council’s purchase of the Institute.

64, 11, 14 Mar. 1944, page 4

SA Government Initiative. A half-column article extolling the virtues of the SA Government in building the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline is acknowledged at the end by a small ‘Avt’ as being a Government paid advertisement. The previous week’s article in a very similar style lacked this acknowledgement, but is suspiciously like this one.

The Legacy Appeal wound up with a dance in the Institute on 6 March which is reported here in c. 11⁄4 columns.

The Salvation Army held a Harvest Festival on 5 & 6 March. The weekend activities were under the leadership of Adjutant Scrivener of the Red Shield War Service Dept. and are reported in some detail in c. 11⁄4 columns. (The local officer in charge is Captain M. Cox.)

64, 12, 21 Mar. 1944, page 1

Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott are offering free entry for up to four Burra boys or girls who wish to enter the junior Hard Court Championships to be held at Easter. This is a tribute to their late son Cpl Noel Woollacott who was a prominent tennis player.

Pears & plums have been stripped from trees in the town. Today with fruit scarce and dear, stealing it is beyond a joke.

Cats. Several cats have died recently and poisoning is suspected. Laying baits in town is both dangerous and a serious offence.

Obituary. Mr A.T. Turner died at Royal Adelaide Hospital on 20 March. He was 89 and had been spending a holiday in Adelaide with his son Gordon when he was taken ill. [Alfred Tavender Turner died Adelaide, residence Kooringa.]

Fish. With dams drying up ‘mud fish’ are being easily caught with rakes and some people find them palatable. One pastoralist who noted many in the last six inches of water in his dam returned to get some a day or two later, but found not a single one had escaped the rake of some other visitor.

The Partially Blinded Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Trust Fund benefited at £11-12-10 from a sale of badges last Friday.

Hallett FFCF held a Leap Year Ball and realised £26-7-6.

St Joseph’s Church Funds benefited by £45-11-6 from the St Patrick’s Day Leap Year Ball in Burra Institute on 17 March.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 11 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping has continued 6ft to 77ft. The leader is small and irregular with unchanged values.

64, 12, 21 Mar. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 March

Bing Crosby & Mary Martin in Rhythm on the River

Lloyd Nolan & Constance Moore in Buy Me That Town

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church, 7 March

Hazel Lillian Edwards, third daughter of Mr & Mrs H.R. Edwards of Terowie, married

Sapper R.J. Jarmyn AIF, third son of Mr & Mrs W.J. Jarmyn of Kilkenny.

64, 12, 21 Mar. 1944, page 3

Pte Mick Ward is on leave in Burra.

Capt. Glan Tiver is on leave in Burra.

Cpl Duldig RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Ted Gibbison RAN is on leave in Burra.

Sgt Noel Ditty is on leave in Burra.

Sgt Tom Secker is on leave in Burra.

Mr C. Barrett is on leave in Burra.

Miss S. Fairchild is on leave in Burra.

Sgt Norman Allen is on leave in Burra.

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, recently

Joyce Eileen Pens, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Murray G. Pens, married

John Gransden Cox, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J.D. Cox of North Adelaide.

64, 12, 21 Mar. 1944, page 4

Burra School Welfare Club held its 7th AGM.

President Mrs Jennison reported 35 members with an average attendance of 20. Mr Davis as head teacher was replaced by Mr Rice after the latter had served several years’ military duty. During the year the Club bought some sporting equipment for the school and a nice set of encyclopaedias. So many patriotic functions were held last year by other groups that we decided against an end-of-year concert. The usual party for students was organised for 16 December. The financial statement by Mrs Dollman showed a credit balance of £13-9-6. Elected were President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents Mesdames A. Ford & S. Scroop; Secretary, Mrs R. Bernhardt; Assistant Secretary, Mrs A.L. Clode and Treasurer & War Savings Secretary, Mrs G. Dollman. A school concert is planned for early in the year.

Legacy Fund Statement

Previously acknowledged lists total £245.

This list adds donations to a total of £412-17-7 and with various other sources the total raised was a nett £441-12-6.

Total Donations: Burra 264-1-1

Mt Bryan 101-5-3

Booborowie 39-8-3

Farrell Flat 9-7-0

Total £412-17-7

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held a Harvest Festival 12 March and Rev. Rex Brook the Circuit Minister officiated. A fair congregation attended.

64, 13, 28 Mar. 1944, page 1

Merchant Seamen benefited by £6-7-6 from a badge day on Friday.

Historic Plate in Possession of Burra School

The school has an old cracked brass plate reading:

MEMORY LEAVE

H.M.S. Investigator

M. Flinders, Cmr.

Anchored here Feb 22, 1802

Mr John Thistle, Master

William Taylor, Midn.,

and six able seamen were

unfortunately lost in

Storm Passage from

Being upset.

A small plate attached says it was presented by William Stodder 20/8/24.

Rumour says it was found in the Baldina District. It would be interesting to know its origin. The three fragments of the plate originally placed at Memory Cove are preserved in the National Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide.

Freezing Works

The DC of Burra Burra has decided to proceed no further with this matter and has handed all correspondence to the Town Council. The Freezing works Commission will visit on 31 March. The Mayor had been staggered to discover how many fat lambs were produced in the district and also by the amount of cream being sent away. Pigs were also shipped from the station in large numbers. The Stockowners’ Assoc. recommended a freezing works here and at Pt Augusta. As much evidence as possible will be collected for presentation by 31 March.

Red Cross benefited from a Leap Year Ball at Hanson on 23 March.

Burra High School. The Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM on Tuesday and elected President, Mrs F.T. Marston; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs & Mrs Pearce; Secretary, Mrs H. Jennison; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Miels; Treasurer, Mrs C. Pearce & War Savings Secretary, Mrs V. Davies.

Hallett FFCF Fete & Dance raised £119 on Saturday 25 March.

Ironmine Methodist Church held its 73rd Anniversary last Sunday. Rev. A.S. Barrett conducted the single service at 3 p.m. A social was held on Monday.

Flt Lieut. Roy Woollacott who lost his life in action against the Japanese was Mentioned in Despatches for bravery. A copy of the citation, which was announced by the Government General on 11 March, was sent to his mother on 17 March and is printed in the paper. Flt Lieut. Roy Hubert Woollacott served from 12 June to 5 November 1943 [sic: error for 5 September] as Captain of a Beaufort aircraft in No. 100 Squadron operating from Milne Bay. As well as mentioning his final attack at Gasmata Airstrip on 5 September, his courage and resourcefulness in getting a badly hit plane back from an earlier attack at Gasmata is also mentioned.

Burra Institute. At a meeting of Town Council on 20 March the Mayor suggested that if Council did take over the Institute the building be turned into a Memorial Hall. He suggested the Institute Committee and Council (with the permission of the ratepayers) have drawn up by Mr Bednall, solicitor, conditions for a negotiated sale. Then the matter of interviewing the Institute Association, Minister and Municipal Assoc. be left to Mr Bednall. If the matter proceeded in the right spirit and the Institute became a memorial Hall, he was sure the public would stand behind it and the debt would be paid off.

Cr Kellaway asked about costs (which the Mayor said would not be great) and said there would need to be a ratepayers’ poll.

The Mayor said the matter had been around since about 1934 and in 1941 the Council had agreed, but the deal fell through over petty obstacles raised in the Institute Committee. The matter will be fully discussed at the next Council meeting.

Obituary. Mr Alfred Tavender Turner died 20 March at the Royal Adelaide Hospital aged 89. He was better known as ‘Bill’ and was born in Geelong, Victoria, 6 July 1888. [Sic: clearly this is incorrect and 1855 is more likely.] In his youth he managed branches of the National Bank at South Broken Hill, Pt Augusta, Georgetown & Salisbury, being 11 years at the last named. He was a keen athlete with particular aptitude in cricket and rowing. He was a musician of note and an organist at the Church of England at Geraldton WA. He married Miss M. Mally, [actually Lally not Mally] second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Patrick Mally of Burra. Late in life he left the bank and spent a good deal of time in the pastoral country to the east of Burra. When 62 he walked from Redcliffe to Burra (c. 40 miles) to farewell his sons who were leaving for overseas with the AIF and he walked back the next day, taking 12 hours in either direction. He is survived by a wife and children: Rose Mrs Forrest (Mordialloc, Victoria), Madge Mrs R. Pocock (Pt Adelaide), Gordon (Torrensville), and Doris Mrs Anderson (Sunbury, Victoria). Two sons, Frank & Lawrence, predeceased him. There are 12 grandchildren & 1 great-granddaughter.

64, 13, 28 Mar. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 April

Dennis Morgan & Ann Sheridan in Wings for the Eagle

Ronald Reagan & Joan Perry in Nine Lives are Not Enough

Advt. State Elections

ALP Candidate E.A. Bristoe.

Dates of addresses to be given in the electorate are printed along with some brief biographical details.

He was 14 years as an officer with the Agricultural Dept. inspecting, valuing and recommending for selection some 1,000,000 acres of West Coast land. He also managed Turretfield Experimental Farm and North Booborowie Experimental Farm. When the Government gave this up in 1918 he was allotted part as a farmer. He has been chairman of the local District War Agricultural Committee, a Member of the Agricultural Bureau and of the VDC for two years.

Black Springs Patriotic Fund Special Effort on 18 March in the local hall raised £273. The gathering was addressed by the Premier Hon. T. Playford and the Chief Secretary Hon. McEwin & Mr McDonald MP.

64, 13, 28 Mar. 1944, page 3

Edna Voumard WAAAF is on leave in Burra.

Jack Earle RAAF has been on leave in Burra.

Pte Murray Kakoschke AIF has been on leave at World’s End.

Sgt Norman Villis AIF has been on leave in Burra.

Pte Mick Ward is on leave in Burra.

Sgt B. Rogers RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Sgt Lindsay Quinn is on leave in Burra.

Capt. M. Heinrich is on leave in Burra.

Pte Stan Timms AIF is on leave in Burra.

Cpl W. Williams is on leave in Burra.

Pte Launer is on leave in Burra.

Cpl Ivan Wohling is on leave in Burra.

Sgt Clem Davey has returned to Adelaide.

Pte Lindsay Hood AIF is on leave in Adelaide.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, last Thursday night

Westley Miller AIF, younger son of Mr & Mrs W.G. Miller of Hallett, married

Edna McWaters, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs R. McWaters of Burra North.

Marriage. St Augustine’s Church, Unley, 15 March

Maureen Collins, only daughter of Mrs Collins of Hyde Park and the late Mr Collins of Broken Hill, married Pte Rex Opperman, (AIF Returned) younger son of Mr & Mrs B. Opperman of Burra North.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 17 March

L-Cpl Hobba, son of Mrs & the late Mr Hobba of Broken Hill, married

Mona Taylor, youngest daughter of Mrs A.P. Taylor.

Burra Town Council, 20 March

The Highways Commissioner reports the completion of the rebuilding of the bridge and Loudon St. [Sic: perhaps ‘in Ludgvan St’?]

And the commencement of rebuilding that in Commercial St.

The District Council of Burra Burra sends a questionnaire about the proposed Freezing Works, saying it would give all possible assistance if the Town Council decided to give evidence to the Commission.

A questionnaire for the Housing Scheme was also in the Mayor’s hands.

The construction of a new footbridge in Commercial St will be deferred till the road bridge is completed.

64, 14, 4 Apr. 1944, page 1

Poison. The poisoner has struck again and victims include cats and a champion Cocker spaniel.

FFCF Ball on Friday in the Institute grossed £36-4-0.

Fire. A small fire on W. Quinn’s property at Mt Bryan destroyed about 15 acres of grass on Thursday. It is believed to have been started by a spark from a train.

Shearing cut out at Sturt Vale on Thursday and the team of ten shearers moved on to Koomooloo (also the property of I.J. Warnes & Sons). Shearing has also finished at Oakbank and the team moved on to Gallagher & Sons’ Property of Quondong.

Rev. Rex & Mrs Brook were farewelled from Hallett Methodist Circuit recently. Rev. Brook joins the AIF to go overseas.

Drought has seen the removal or death of almost all the sheep in the district to the south of Menindie and the area has become a barren waste.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 2 April. Preachers were Rev. S.J. Martin & Mr L.C. Faggotter of Manoora.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 25 March.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 7ft to 84ft and has connected through to Farnden’s Shaft. The leader is very small on the eastern wall.

64, 14, 4 Apr. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies Good Friday

Victor McLaglan & Joan Perry in Call out the Marines

Sir Cedric Hardwicke & Lucille Ball in Valley of the Sun

Saturday 8 April

Nelson Eddy & Rise Stevens in The Chocolate Soldier

John Carroll & Ruth Hussy in Pierre of the Plains

Monday 10 April

Joan Bennett & Franchot Tone in A Yank in Dutch

William Wright & Marguerite Chapman in A Man’s World

64, 14, 4 Apr. 1944, page 3

Sgt Merv Allen & wife have spent a few days at Burra North with his parents.

Pte Ray Nourse is on leave in Burra.

Pte R. Creighton is on leave in Burra.

Pte L. Rowe is on leave in Burra.

Pte Bill Johnson was in the march of the 7th Division.

Pte Davey Boulton was in the march of the 7th Division.

Pte Darcy Boulton was in the march of the 7th Division.

Pte R. Creighton was in the march of the 7th Division.

Pte Bill Sellars was in the march of the 7th Division.

Pte Allan Kemble was in the march of the 7th Division.

Sgt Lindsay Quinn has been on leave in Adelaide.

Pte G. Launer has been on leave in Burra & Adelaide.

Sgt M. Cox is on leave in Burra from New Guinea.

FO H. Jennison is on leave in Burra.

Matron Siegele visited Burra recently from Perth WA.

Ross Humphrys has passed the entry examination for the RAN.

Pte Tom Allen is in Burra on leave.

L-Cpl C.L. Martin is on leave in Adelaide.

Sgt Daniel Young is home on leave.

Pte Carl Pearce probably took part in the march of the 7th Division.

Flt-Lieut. John McBride is in Burra.

The freezing Works Commission visited Burra last Friday. The Commission of five members was led by Mr G.A.W. Pope. The Mayor put forward the advantages of Burra as a location for the works.

There would be plenty of labour available.

There were many Master-Merino Stud Breeders within 10 miles.

Potential existed for increased local breeding of lambs, pigs and the production of milk.

Water was readily available.

A site close to the railway station was available that was also close to the stockyards.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. could provide the power required.

Drainage was good.

Burra exported 230,000 forward to fat sheep p.a.

54,000 gallons of cream

13,000 pigs

300 tons of rabbits

7,000 bales of wool

3,000 eggs per month

Burra imported 1,600 lb butter per month

1,800 lb fritz per month

200 lb of other cooked meats per month

The Mayor in answer to questions said no butter factory had been erected in the district and little ice cream was produced and Burra had no cold storage facilities for fruit and no local abattoirs. A lot of casual labour was likely to be available after the war.

Mr Pope said and works established would provide only seasonal work and it would be paying 4% on capital in competition with older works whose interest charge was only 1%. This disadvantage could be minimised by spreading the charge between the abattoirs and the freezing works.

W.D. Davies spoke as manager of the Burra Bacon Factory which had been going for three years. He had been there for 12 months. All his manufactures were being canned. He would like the Government to lease him a portion of the factory, as had been done at Pt Lincoln. There were sufficient pigs to keep a factory going all year. With a radius of Hallett, Robertstown & Clare/Kybunga he could get 300 pigs a week. He was currently handling 150.

G.S. Hawker said it was more profitable to send lambs to market by road at 1⁄4 a head than by rail at 10d per hear because they got less knocked around on a lorry.

64, 14, 4 Apr. 1944, page 4

RSL Wives & Relatives Group FFCF held its AGM recently. The financial results for the year were good through the shop and pie cart on alternate months. A report on garments produced is printed. The fund-raising drive in conjunction with other groups raised £456-8-10 of which this group’s share was £152-2-11. Elected for the coming year were President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R.L. Steele & H.J.B. Jennison; Secretary, Mrs C. Pearce & Treasurer, Mrs R.J. Lloyd.

64, 15, 11 Apr. 1944, page 1

Dead Animals. The practice of some people of disposing of dead fowls, cats and dogs into creeks must stop says the Local Board of Health.

Burra Town Council, 3 April

The Local Government Department reports the reconstruction of Cave’s Bridge [i.e. the bridge on the eastern approaches to Redruth at Snake Gully.]

The request of K.F. Hall for a prohibited parking area outside his shop was rejected.

The SA Housing Trust requests a reply to certain housing questions as soon as possible.

Crs Harvey, Bevan & Fisher were nominated for the Burra High School Council.

It was noted that nothing had been done to make the old mill safe.

Rev. S.J. Martin will continue in the Kooringa Methodist Circuit for another year.

Weather. Some patchy light falls were recorded over Easter. The best falls were in a strip from World’s End to ‘The Gums’. Studholme registered 80 points and there were good falls at Chalk Cliffs and Thistlebeds. Other falls were generally below 25 points. Burra received 29.

Rev. Brook was farewelled from Mt Bryan East on Saturday 1 April.

Burra Town Council, 3 April

The Council met in a special meeting to discuss purchasing the Burra Institute. The balance sheet and other financial details were presented to the Council. The Institute showed an absolute loss last year of £3. [This figure was corrected in the paper of 18 April to £36.] Interest on the overdraft was at 5% and in order to pay off interest etc. it would be necessary for the Council to strike a rate of 3d in the £. Renovations and new seating would bring the debt to £4,160. If this could be procured at 41⁄2% and £186-15-0 was paid off in interest only, a rate of 31⁄2d in the £ would pay off the principle in 20 years. The Mayor said that £200 would clean up the building and the other £1,000 could stand over for the time. He was keen to have a solicitor draw up a form of agreement and the solicitor could see the State Bank and the other authorities necessary. He said in answer to a question from Cr Kellaway that the reason the Institute was in debt was that some years ago additions were made in the expectation that the Government subsidy then being received would continue and clear the debt. The Government then suddenly cut out the subsidy.

Cr Kellaway said that one bugbear was that they would have no control over the library.

The Mayor said they had to face the fact that sooner or later they would have to take over the Institute. Councillors were generally in favour of taking over the Institute provided reasonable terms could be obtained and it was resolved that the Town Clerk ascertain from the State Bank whether the rate could be reduced to 41⁄2% it the Council took over the loan.

The Crippled Children’s Badge Day raised £7-13-0 last Thursday.

64, 15, 11 Apr. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 April

Ray Milland & Paulette Goddard in The Lady Has Plans

Preston Foster & Patricia Morison in A Night in New Orleans

Advt. A Public Meeting of endorsed LCL Candidate A.D. McDonald MP will be held in Burra on Wednesday 19 April [& other places in the electorate as stated].

Notice. H.J.B. Jennison advises that as from 10 April he has again taken over his old business, which had been leased to A.D. Sellars, who has had to relinquish it due to ill health.

Mr Jack Allen Sen. will conduct the business on his behalf.

Notice. A.D. Sellars, having terminated the lease on the premises previously known as Jennison’s Tyre Service Station, advises that outstanding jobs will be completed till 22 April when unsold stock will be transferred to his Burra North premises from which he will continue to operate.

Notice. Burra Town Council. Councillors retiring on 1 July:

Mayor: Thomas Henry Woollacott

North Ward: Gilbert Philip Sherlock Harvey

East Ward: Robert Alexander Bevan

West Ward: William Joseph Lee

Nominations called by 6 May with elections where needed on 1 July.

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra

Councillors retiring:

Farrell Flat Ward Harold Carter Atkins

Mongolata Ward Isaac James Warnes

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Nominations are called by 6 May with elections where needed on 1 July.

64, 15, 11 Apr. 1944, page 3

William Henry March turned 79 on 2 April. He came to Burra when aged 3 with his parents. His father was a shepherd. His first job was to mind sheep for Mr O’Leary, butcher of Burra. He shepherded sheep around the hills of Burra, bringing them in at night. He did this for six or seven years. He then went to work for Isaac Chivel where Mr W. Finch’s farm now is. He worked there for 25 years, driving a milk cart in the mornings and doing general farm work in a 14-hour working day. He then became a van driver for Alex Harris who had a shop near the Kooringa Hotel and after several years started cab driving from the Burra Railway Station. He then drove the Eastern Mail for 12 years and worked on the property of Mr I.J. Warnes. He was for over 40 years a member of the Foresters Lodge and a handicapper for athletic events. He had also been a Town Councillor. [He represented East Ward from December 1931 to November 1933 & from July 1940 to June 1941.]

Cpl Len McKay is on leave in Burra.

A.R. Bernhardt RAN [son of R.G. Bernhardt] is home on leave at Burra North.

Sgt G.E. Heinrich RAAF is home on leave.

Driver Herb White is in Burra on leave.

Pte Peter Lockett is home on leave.

64, 16, 18 Apr. 1944, page 1

Sgt Air-Gunner Darrel Young was farewelled in the Council Chamber on Tuesday. Speakers were the Mayor, M.T. Fuller (RSL President), R. Smith (Manager of Elder, Smith & Co. for whom Sgt Young had been working) and Mrs R.H. Smith. Dr Steele made the presentation.

The Hallett RSL Sub-Branch was formed on 15 April and elected were President, A.G. Owen-Smyth; Vice-Presidents, D. Fitzgerald & N.G. Tiver; Treasurer, B.L. Thomas, Secretary, F.W. Sumner & Committee Messrs R.S. Honan, D.R. McInnis, E.M. Murray, J. Parker & R.A. Dare.

Burra War Loan & National Savings Committee met on 12 April and was addressed by W.L. Scarborough. Burra’s quota was £18,000. Already £3,350 has been received from 33 subscribers.

Mt Bryan FFCF Drive raised £208.

WO Colin A. Peake is reported missing in action over France on 11 April. He was the pilot of a Lancaster. He was born in Burra, the youngest son of Mrs R.B. Peake of Tusmore. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and on enlistment was working for W.D. & H.O. Wills.

Aberdeen Croquet Club’s Easter Tournament has been won by Mrs E. Finch & Mr Davey.

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Society held its annual meeting on 4 April at the Institute. The Burra North Dance Committee was thanked for £53-4-3 donated in the year. Cheques will be sent to 10 soldiers not publicly farewelled. A Burra Soldiers’ Entertainment Committee was formed. All money received will henceforth go to the Entertainment Fund unless otherwise stipulated.

64, 16, 18 Apr. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 April

Robert Cummings & Jean Archer in The Devil & Miss Jones

Guy Kibbee & Dorothy Moore in Scattergood Rides High

25 April

Leslie Howard & Francis Sullivan in Pimpernel Smith

Roy Rogers & Linda Hayes in South of Santa Fe

Advt. Burra Institute 27 April

Harold Raymond & his popular Merrymakers of 1944

Proceeds aid the Blind, Deaf & Dumb Children’s Home, Brighton.

Obituary. Annie Turner died on 15 April at the residence of her daughter at Pt Adelaide aged 81. She was the wife of the late Alfred Turner and mother of Rose & Doris (Melbourne), Madge (Pt Adelaide) & Gordon (Torrensville). [See extended obituary 64, 18, 2 May 1944, page 3.]

64, 16, 18 Apr. 1944, page 3

Gil. Builder AIF is home on leave in Burra.

Pte Arthur Garrard RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Pte Bill O’Connell is on leave in Burra and Adelaide.

Pte Rex Opperman has returned to Burra after his honeymoon.

Sgt Clem Davey is on leave in Burra.

Pte A. Kotz is on leave in Burra.

Cpl Ivan Wohling & Pte Don Kerin have returned to duty after leave.

LAC H. Truscott is on leave in Burra.

Elliott Kellock is home on leave.

John Lovegrove is home on leave.

Ken Walker is home on leave.

Joff Hill RAAF is home on leave.

Bill Sellars has returned to duty.

Sgt Rod. Liebeknecht is on leave in Burra.

Pte Lindsay Hood is presently in hospital.

Capt. Hurtle Morphett (formerly of the Shell Co. in Burra) has won the MC.

Driver Ian Sutton AIF of Victoria is on leave in Burra.

Marriage. Holy Trinity Church Adelaide, 1 April

Henry Brown (AIF Ret.), eldest son of Mr & Mrs H. Brown of Hanson, married

Marjorie Jeffery, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Jeffery of Croydon.

A Fashion Parade was staged at Burra on Wednesday by Mrs Innes to aid POWs.

64, 17, 27 Apr. 1944, page 1 [Irregular date because the regular date was Anzac Day.]

Sid Johnson of Burra on Saturday night fought a 10 round draw in a boxing bout with Joe Celeste.

The Anzac Day Badge Appeal raised £14-3-9.

Burra Mine. It is reported that Mr Dickinson, Director of Mines, will come to make another survey of the Burra Mine before long.

The Mayor has been cited by the Hon. A.L. McEwin as being the hardest working Mayor in SA. His greatest success to date is the scheme for bringing ‘unessential’ families to Burra and thus freeing housing in the city for war workers.

St Mary’s. The Church of England Ball in the Burra Institute on Friday evening was successful in taking £36.

Obituary. Dudley Armstrong, second son of Mr & Mrs H.V. Armstrong, died last week in an air accident. Mr Armstrong was once in charge of the Burra Police Station and Dudley spent most of his childhood in the town. He was a clever boy who did well at Burra High School and later joined a banking institution before he joined the RAAF and became a bomb-aimer.

[Horace Dudley Armstrong was born 23 January 1925 at Peterborough. The SA Deaths CD is in error in citing the death date as 20 April 1943. The age cited is consistent with a death 20 April 1944 at Kappawanta Station, residence Nuriootpa. See also 64, 19, 9 May 1944, page 1.]

Burra Town Council, 24 April

The Mayor & Crs Bevan, Harvey & Lee have all agreed to stand again for Council.

Cr Bevan complained that the street light near the railway crossing in Burra North had been out for nearly a month despite being reported.

The company will be asked to fix lights as soon as they are notified.

A light will be placed in front of the Aberdeen Lodge Hall to be maintained by the lodge.

‘Stud Park’ held an inspection day recently at the invitation of Mr A.L. Collins and about 100 rams were at the shearing shed for the occasion. Since the day a number have been sold at prices from 150 to 500 guineas.

64, 17, 27 Apr. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 May

Jeanette McDonald & Brian Ahearne in Smilin’ Through

James Craig & Patricia Dane in Northwest Rangers

64, 17, 27 Apr. 1944, page 3

Sgt R. Crang is on leave in Burra.

Mr Dixon RAAF has been home on leave.

Pte Doug. Bowen has been home on leave.

Ross Humphrys has gone to Adelaide to join the RAN.

Lieut. & Mrs Arch. Bourman are visiting Burra.

Capt. & Mrs Les. Phillips have been in Burra.

Sgt Reg. Davey is in Burra on leave.

Tom Ryan RAN is in Burra on leave.

L-Cpl C.L. Martin is in Burra on leave.

64, 17, 27 Apr. 1944, page 4

The Annual Show run by the Black Springs-Porter’s Lagoon Red Cross was held at the Black Springs Hall on Saturday 15 April and the takings of over £100 were double the amount of the similar event in 1943.

64, 18, 2 May 1944, page 1

The Hindmarsh Citadel Band (previously the Bowden Band) arrived in Burra on Saturday in the charge of Bandmaster Heaven and accompanied by Adjutant Gibbons and Envoy Winfield. A concert was given in the evening at the Salvation Army Hall. On Sunday morning the band visited Burra Hospital and at 11 a.m. was at the Salvation Army Holiness meeting and also at the evening meeting led by Adj. Gibbons. This is the band’s fourth trip to Burra in five years.

Anzac Day was commemorated with a meeting on the 24 April be the students of Burra High and Primary Schools where Mr S.C. Genders gave an address on behalf of the RSL.

State Election.

The remaining 300-400 postal and absentee votes cannot affect the outcome.

Mr A.D. McDonald (LCL) 1,965

Mr E.A. Bristow (ALP) 1,567

(In Burra itself Bristow won 319 to McDonald 260.)

In the Legislative Council the results so far:

McEwin (LCL) 931

Edmonds (LCL) 46

McQuoid (ALP) 121

Threadgold (ALP) 321

As it is expected that all McEwin’s 2nd preferences will go to Mr Edmonds, it appears that the LCL will take both seats.

Mr A.P. Rogers has sold his business to Mr Rowe of Adelaide. We understand Mr & Mrs Rogers are moving to the South East.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 8 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping has continued. Have broken into stope from Hagon’s Shaft and cleaned up between there and Farnden’s Shaft.

For fortnight to 22 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Have driven 5ft on small leader from Farnden’s Shaft: currently no values.

Mrs E. Hobby is 82 on 2 September and there are four generations of the family born and living in the town: Mrs E. Hobby, Mrs Edgar Kemble (her daughter), Mrs Ben Kotz (Mrs Kemble’s daughter) & Ray Kotz (son of Mrs Ben Kotz).

The Royal Institution for the Blind Appeal on Friday raised £12-10-0.

Weather. Rain fell in the agricultural areas in the past week with registrations from 50 to 100 points. (Burra 73 points.) The pastoral country to the east got much less with maximum falls of about 20 points. In Burra rain is falling as we go to press.

Mr John Rowe is 84 on Thursday. He was born in Adelaide on 4 May 1860 and reached Burra by himself in 1874. He got a job with Mr Tom Lamb at the original Burra Hotel (now the hospital). For most of his life he has been a drover with much experience at Paratoo, Mutooroo & Teetalpa Stations and also in WA. He went to WA in the gold rush and when Paratoo was subdivided in 1897 he bought a mob of 20,000 sheep to Burra for Elder’s.

64, 18, 2 May 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 May

Robert Preston & Veronica Lake in This Gun for Hire

Jimmy Lyndon & Mary Anderson in Henry & Dizzy

Advt. Mr W. James wishes to notify his clients that he is unable to fix wristlet watches owing to health reasons, but still continues to mend pocket watches and clocks.

James Jowett of Nedlands WA and formerly of Burra is 90 tomorrow. He was once a well-known wheelwright in Burra and a staunch member of the Burra Oddfellows Lodge, which he joined 21 March 1877.

Anzac Commemoration Service. The 29th anniversary of the Anzac Landings was commemorated at the Monument in Market Square last Sunday afternoon. The Hindmarsh Salvation Army Citadel Band attended. The combined church choir was conducted by L.H. Thomas AIF Ret. The march from the RSL rooms was led by the band and went to the hospital before returning to the square. M.T. Fuller & Sister L. Keynes led the returned men from the Great War followed by members of the ATC & VDC led by Capt. E. Murray & Lieut. F.H. Reed (Burra), Lieut. T. Bailey (Booborowie) & Lieut. Allen (Spalding). They were later joined by the local Red Cross Aids. Roy Lloyd & Albert Bruce acted as sentries. The service was conducted by Rev. M.P. Cowle (Anglican), Revs. S.J. Martin & A.S. Barrett (Methodist) & Capt. Cox (Salvation Army). Rev. A.S. Barrett gave the address. Wreaths were laid by M.T. Fuller for the RSL, The Mayor and Sister Keynes.

Black Springs Show. The prize list is printed.

Obituary. Mrs Mary Ann Lord died at Cross Road, Kingswood on 23 April. She was born in Burra in 1863, the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Samuel Baker. In 1885 she married Mr John Vivian Lord who died in 1935. He was a pioneer pastoralist of the Barrier District and acquired his original 10,000 acre lad lease over 50 years ago and later acquired ‘Silverdale’ and ‘Wandavale’ and in 1923 bought ‘Thackaringa’. In 1904 he acquired ‘Pine Valley’ and in 1909 ‘Oakvale’. They left the Broken Hill district in 1912 and bought Sandergrove Estate near Strathalbyn and lived there till it was sold in 1924. In 1923 J.V. Lord formed a partnership with his sons – eventually six of them joining the partnership. The firm acquired Kalkaroo Station near Mingary in 1926. Six sons and two daughters survive: Harold V. Lord (Pine Valley), Hurtle Lord (formerly of Balcanoona), Percy Lord (Thackaringa), Sylvester Lord (Pinnacles), T.L. Lord (Oakvale), Eric Lord (Kalkaroo) and Miss Alice & Miss Mabel Lord (Eureka Station). [Born Mary Ann Baker 19 December 1863 Welsh Mound, Redruth (Burra).]

64, 18, 2 May 1944, page 3

Cpl Bill Robinson is on leave in Burra.

Pte Cecil James (son of Bert James) is on leave in Burra.

Les. Kemble is on leave in Burra.

Pte Allan Harry is on leave in Burra.

Ron Hopkins has become a police cadet.

Pte A. Kemble has returned to his unit.

LAC Jim Terry has been on leave in Burra.

Pte Murray Turner has been on leave at ‘Pinehurst’ Mt Bryan East.

Obituary. Mrs A.T. Turner died at the home of her daughter Mrs Pocock of Pt Adelaide on 15 April. She had previously been an inmate of Burra Hospital for a long time. She was born Annie Theresa Lally 20 May 1863 at Clarinbridge, Galway, Ireland. She came to Australia with her parents and in 1863 [sic] was married to Mr Alfred Tavender Turner who predeceased her by a fortnight. She had lived with her husband in WA & Victoria and spent the last three years in Burra. The family comprise Frank (deceased), Rose Mrs Forrest (Mordialloc, Victoria), Madge Mrs Pocock (Pt Adelaide), Gordon (Torrensville), Lawrence (deceased), Doris Mrs Anderson (Sunbury, Victoria) and 12 grandchildren & 1 great-grandchild.

64, 18, 2 May 1944, page 4

H.J. Stevens of ‘Station House’ Burra North writes the story of the plate left by Flinders at Memory Cove, but it adds nothing to solve the puzzle of how a copy of it got to be at the Burra School and indeed he believes it to be the original, though the earlier report had stated the original was in the Art Gallery in Adelaide.

64, 19, 9 May 1944, page 1

Burra Town Council, 1 May

The Highways & Local Government Department will make an assessment of the Bon Accord Bridge at a later date.

Obituary. Dudley Armstrong of the RAAF, who died in an aircraft accident recently, was buried at Pt Pirie on Anzac Day. His father, Mounted Constable H.V. Armstrong, was once in charge of Burra Police Station [19935-39] and is a Gallipoli veteran.

[Horace Dudley Armstrong was born 23 January 1925 at Peterborough. The SA Deaths CD is in error in citing the death date as 20 April 1943. The age cited is consistent with a death 20 April 1944 at Kappawanta Station, residence Nuriootpa.]

Burra Town Council Elections

All the Town Councillors and the Mayor were returned unopposed.

Mayor: T.H. Woollacott

West Ward: W.J. Lee

East Ward: A. Bevan

North Ward: J. Harvey [Actually G.P.S. Harvey, but known as Jack.]

District Council of Burra Burra Elections

Farrell Flat Ward H.C. Atkins

Mongolata Ward I.J. Warnes

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward D. Keynes

C.J. Williams

An election for Leighton Ward will be held on 1 July.

SA State Election

At the declaration of the poll at Burra on Friday Mr A.D. McDonald MP announced that this would be his last term in Parliament, as by then he would be well into his 70s. [He was born in 1872.]

Final figures were A.D. McDonald (LCL) 2275

A.E. Bristow (ALP) 1793

About 10 postal votes were yet to come in.

Hallett Red Cross & FFCF have raised £300 from a special appeal. [There is about 3⁄4 column of details.]

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate report for fortnight to 6 May.

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced another stope in backs and advanced 7ft. The leader is carrying a fair amount of lime. Average value c. 18dwt per ton.

64, 19, 9 May 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 May

Gary Cooper & Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire

Tim Holt & Marjorie Reynolds in Dude Cowboy

Plus a special speech by General McArthur.

64, 19, 9 May 1944, page 3

Hallett Red Cross Concert on 5 May raised £48. [Details in 1 column.]

The Palmer Bros (AIF & RAN) have been home on leave.

Clarrie Whitney visited Burra with his family last week. He has just returned from three years’ service with RAAF in the Middle East.

Art. Garrard (Paratrooper) has been on leave in Burra.

Ted Wilks RAN has been home on leave.

Weather. There have been good opening rains with Burra recording 177 points so far this month. Some of the falls extended to the pastoral country.

‘Thoughtful’ writes about the annual drive for Red Cross & FFCF units

Queen competitions are a decided success and gains outweigh temporary and petty jealousies.

Last year’s division into sections might be hard to repeat with the problem of gaining leaders, and pitting one section of the town against another is perhaps not in the best interests of the community.

Perhaps a better solution would be a series of small committees with specific tasks such as:

A patriotic race meeting or a trotting picnic meeting

A Rodeo

A series of balls

A concert or two

Refreshments at the above.

65, 20, 16 May 1944, page 1 [Note irregular volume number.]

Burra Bowling Club wound up the season on Saturday last. A.B. Riggs as President presented the trophies:

Singles Handicap M.S. Edwards

Pairs Handicap J.T. Pascoe & A. Bruce

Championship O. Finch

Consistency A. Bruce

Mr & Mrs Maxted & family were given a farewell from Mt Bryan East on 29 April. They have been residents for 16 years and have now moved to Mt Bryan.

Sid Johnson of Burra won a 10 round boxing match on points at the Grenfell St Stadium on Saturday night.

A.P. Rogers, grocer, will not be leaving Burra after all. Some hitch in the sale of his business will result in his remaining here.

Mothers’ Day was celebrated in Burra with special services at the Methodist Churches and the Salvation Army Hall.

Weather. The opening of the season has been the best since 1933 with so far over 2 inches of rain this month. Some falls have extended to the east with recent recordings of from 20-45 points since Friday morning.

Flt-Lieut. Robert Pratty made a forced landing at Mt Bryan on Friday. He became the guest of honour at the dance that evening.

65, 20, 16 May 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 May

Cary Grant & Jean Arthur in The Talk of the Town

Plus News, Short Features & Community Singing

Advt. Burra Salvation Army Hall, Saturday 20 May

Films of the AIF in Malaya & Singapore; including the Fall of Singapore.

21⁄4-hour program in aid of the Red Shield Appeal

65, 20, 16 May 1944, page 3

Wool Industry. Mr Goddard of the School of Mines spoke at Mt Bryan on 2 May about ‘The Wool Industry After the War’. There would be great competition from synthetics and a good soft handling wool would be needed to compete. The Australian wool 20 years ago was 80% produced under pastoral conditions and is now 80% from farming conditions. The farmer is not a good wool grower and often failed to take advice on the subject. Australia has a stockpile of 8,000,000 bales of inferior wool. Where will the market come from for this? Fabrics combining artificial and wool fibres require even quality wool. Other problems discussed were water supply and clearing problems in mallee lands.

Sgt Reg. Davey has returned to Adelaide.

Sgt Air-Gunner Darrel Young was home on leave at the weekend.

Cpl Geoff Hill [sic: for Joff. Hill] has been home on leave.

Staff Sgt Roy Craig once of Burra has been here on leave.

Pte Ron Pryde of Spalding has been on leave at Mt Bryan East.

Italian POWs. There is a 2⁄3-column article reprinted from the Adelaide Stock & Station Journal on the use of POW labour on farms – strongly in favour of the practice.

Marriage. St Joseph’s, Burra, 2 May

Shirley M. Butler, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Butler of Burra, married

Able Seaman Thomas Francis Ryan, third son of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra.

65, 20, 16 May 1944, page 4

FFCF Adelaide Conference is reported in c. 21⁄3 columns. Burra delegates were Mrs Reuben Lloyd & Mrs A.B. Riggs.

Forced Landing near Mt Bryan

A pilot made a forced landing at dusk on Friday at Mt Bryan. He landed in a fallow paddock, but unfortunately struck a soft patch just on pulling up and the plane stood on its nose and bent the propeller, but overall little damage was done. Two other machines have landed since to inspect the damage and it is hoped to repair the machine here.

The Editor replies to H. Stevens’ letter on the Flinders’ copper plate, pointing out that the Archivist in Adelaide reports the original is in the National Gallery on North Terrace. So, who is William Hodder? How came he by the plate and to whom was it presented?

64, 21, 23 May 1944, page 1

Rev. Bartlett, formerly of Burra, writes a letter to Mrs Woollacott telling of his experiences since returning to New Guinea. The letter extends for some 2 columns.

76 Stud Rams were sent from Burra on Wednesday 17 May for the Sydney Annual Merino Ram Sales. 16 came from Koonoona; 22 from M.S. Hawker & Co. Ltd, North Bungaree; 7 from R. Hawker, Bungaree; 13 from John Collins & Sons, Collinsville; 5 from C. & E. Murray, Cartapo and 13 from Murray Thomas, ‘Stradbrooke’.

Salvation Army. Red Shield officers Adjutant & Mrs Rob Roy visited Burra on Saturday and were given a reception at the Kooringa Hotel by the Mayor. Adj. Roy has experience as a transport driver in the AIF in Malaya & New Guinea. He conducted services on Sunday and a lecture on the 7th Division’s campaign in New Guinea. The appeal benefited by £20-5-6.

64, 21, 23 May 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 May

Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan in Tarzan’s Secret Treasure

Robert Montgomery & Ingrid Bergman in Rage in Heaven

Obituary. Flower Humphrys died in Adelaide 22 May aged 81. He was the husband of Alice and the late Mary. [Born 14 April 1863 Stony Gap: died 24 May 1944 North Adelaide, residence Medindie Gardens. He married first Mary Rogers who died 1929 and then Alice Finch who died in 1950.]

G. Tennant responds to ‘Thoughtful’ saying that though the Queen competitions or baby competitions raise money well, the jealousies are an undesirable strain, if only temporary. They involve a series of entertainments which are increasingly difficult for housewives, especially as they are already maintaining a Red Cross/FFCF shop and the pie cart on sale days. She likes the idea of small committee, but would prefer one big gala day rather than having it spread over three months and would supplement the takings with an appeal for direct giving which avoids a huge amount of work that generally falls on the same few.

64, 21, 23 May 1944, page 3

Cpl Ben Kotz is on leave in Burra.

Pte Charlie Kelly is home on leave.

Pte Alex Kotz is home on leave.

LAC Jim Terry has been in Burra on leave.

Local Board of Health

A recent meeting was concerned with bread deliveries and the dog nuisance.

The Mayor said other towns had deliveries and it did not seem right to see children carrying unwrapped bread home. Others also thought it inflicted hardship on the elderly. The bakers will be approached in the matter.

The dog nuisance was discussed and the Inspector said that all that could be done was to impound the dogs and if they were unclaimed they could be destroyed. It was decided to give notice in the local press that the Dog Act would be enforced after 14 days. [The notice appeared on 30 May.]

Burra Town Council, 15 May.

[Council appears to have previously sent a letter to the Minister of the Army complaining about the use of POWs on farms, probably fearing competition for jobs and the following reply clarified the situation.]

The Minister for the Army replied to Council’s letter stating that the use of POWs was relieving a labour shortage and at the war’s end they would be repatriated and the Government always had the interests of returned soldiers in mind.

64, 21, 23 May 1944, page 4

Mr P. Tilbrook who has been in charge of the Mt Bryan East School for 21⁄2 years has been transferred to Monarta Junction [sic: presumably Monarto Junction] and Miss D.P. Burchard has been appointed in his place.

64, 22, 30 May 1944, page 1

The Wool Clip in the last season was much reduced in the eastern country due to drought and in some instances was 70% down.

Empire Day was celebrated at Burra School on Friday.

LAC Les. Schuyler was farewelled at a social at Mt Bryan on 20 March. Speakers were Mr Quinn & Mr Stanley Hawker. Dancing followed the speeches.

Black Springs Leap Year Ball was held on 19 May and raised a substantial sum to aid the Miss Red Cross Competition.

Miss Gertrude Pearce was presented with a wallet containing c. £20 and with a Methodist Hymnal last Wednesday in a function arranged by Kooringa Methodist Church members. Rev. S.J. Martin presided. Mr G.E. Dane was unable to be present, but sent a letter expressing his appreciation of her assistance over many years. Miss Pearce in replying said her family had been associated with Burra Methodism since 1847 and also her late grandparents Mr & Mrs Frank Simons. Her late father had been church organist for 35 years and her sisters had followed him. Friends will be glad to know that Miss Pearce’s health has improved since her retirement from business. She is now living at Ketchowla Station.

The 12th Wool Appraisement of the 1943-44 season was completed in Adelaide on 22 May and the Sandland Estate ‘Balah’ received the highest price of 201⁄4d for 2 bales of AAA.

Other good prices went to G. Tennant (Redcliffe) 4AA 181⁄4d

Oakbank Ltd 1AAA E 18d

G.M. Howard (Morgan Vale) 3AAA W 173⁄4d

Gallagher Bros. (Quondong) 1AAA W 17d

G. Warnes (Glen Orros) 1Sup. AAA W 18d

Oakbank Ltd 43 Flc 18d

I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd Flc top 171⁄4d

64, 22, 30 May 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 June

Robert Montgomery & Carole Lombard in Mr & Mrs Smith

Lupe Velez & Leon Errol in Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Notice. Mr W.B. James advises clients he is giving up all repairing of clocks and watches for good. He thanks clients for their past patronage.

Notice. R.J. Headland notifies the public he is prepared to carry out repairs done heretofore by W.B. James.

Notice. VDC, 10th Pl. D. COY. BURRA

Parade for all members at the Drill Hall 4 June at 0900.

Meeting to discuss future policy of the unit. Equipment to be returned.

64, 22, 30 May 1944, page 3

Bob Lomman RAAF is home on leave.

‘Mick’ Schutz RAN, son of Mr & Mrs E. Schutz, is home on leave.

Sgt & Mrs Crang have returned to Burra from Wentworth.

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, recently

Florence L. Brady, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Brady of Semaphore Park, married

Mervyn G. Pens, younger son of Mr & Mrs M.G. Pens of Park Terrace, Hillside and late of Florieton.

Obituary. John Henry Honan died in Burra Hospital 5 May aged 86. He was born on the ship Utopia when his parents were coming from England to Australia in 1858. The family lived at Burra and then at Mt Bryan where Mr Honan later began farming. Before the railway went to Broken Hill he carted goods from Burra to Broken Hill with horse teams and carted the first boiler to the mines there. In 1882 he married a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs James Prior at Mt Bryan East. Some 38 years ago he went with his family to reside at Hallett and for c. 30 years was overseer of works for the Hallett Council. He was for a long period the Hallett correspondent for the Burra Record. He leaves a widow, seven daughters, two sons, two brothers, 26 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Two grandsons have fallen in the present war.

64, 22, 30 May 1944, page 4

Large Notice for the New Ration Book Issue Next Saturday & Sunday, 3 & 4 June. Places of Issue: For Kooringa the Institute, for Burra North at the Court House.

64, 23, 6 June 1944, page 1

St Joseph’s Annual Ball was a brilliant success at the Institute on 2 June in aid of St Joseph’s Church funds.

Ram Sales. There is a half-column article advocating the holding of ram sales in Burra. Local sheep do not appear to best advantage after a long interstate trip to the Sydney sales.

The Salvation Army held a Monster Youth Rally on Wednesday night.

Mr C.J. Butler, Manager of the Bank of Australasia in Burra will retire on 22 June after 43 years of service with the bank. He joined it at Creswick, Victoria in 1901. He has been in Burra since 1930. Mr M.G. Dobson from the Adelaide branch will succeed him.

Sydney Ram Sales. 15 Koonoona Rams sold for an average of 166 guineas each. Three specials on offer averaged 370 guineas each. John Collins & Sons got top price on the day of 310 guineas and might have got more had the ram been offered earlier. Messrs C. & E. Murray withdrew their rams from the sale and sold privately.

Reg. Warnes, who is a Volunteer Air Observer, reported an Avro Anson plane over Woolgangi and found it to be flying in the wrong direction. When he saw it was going to make a forced landing he indicated a suitable place and then took the pilot to his home until a relief plane with fuel arrived.

64, 23, 6 June 1944, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. The Corporation will enforce the Dog Act within the Municipality and dogs arrested and unclaimed after four days will be destroyed.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 June

Madeleine Carroll & Sterling Hayden in Bahama Passage

Eddie Bracken & June Preisser in The Sweater Girl

12 June

Clark Gable & Lana Turner in Somewhere I’ll Find You

Lloyd Nolan & Donna Reid in The Apache Trail

64, 23, 6 June 1944, page 3

A Golf & Social Afternoon at Hanson is reported in 3⁄4 column.

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 27 May

Joan Canny, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs T.J. Canny of Gum Creek, married

John Roberts, eldest son of Mr & Mrs J.M. Roberts of Whyalla.

Pte Charlie Kelly is on leave & visiting Gladstone.

Mr Jack Bogisch is in Burra.

Cpl & Mrs Ben Kotz have gone to Pt Pirie for part of his leave.

Sgt & Mrs Reg. Davey have been in Burra.

Servicemen home on leave:

Bert Davey John Lovegrove Jack Robins

Darby Williams Ron Smith Zac Humphris

Lindsay Hood Ken White Alex Kotz

Elliot Kellock Peter Williams (RAAF)

Mrs Colin Morrison has joined her husband PO Morrison in Sydney.

Thelma Creighton WAAAF is home on leave.

Sgt Mervin Allen & his wife are staying with his parents at Burra North.

Keith Gare of Mt Bryan East, son of Mr & Mrs Lewis Gare, has joined the RAAF as a fighter pilot.

‘Fox Terrier’ writes reckoning there are more important matters that should concern the town fathers that the catching of stray dogs. Properties in Commercial Street need paint and renovation and ‘What about that old service station isn’t it time it was either pulled down or built up? The fire insurance must have been paid on it years ago.’

Obituary. Mr William (Augie) Pohlner died on 17 May at Mannum. He was born at Hallett 51 years ago, the eldest son of Mr & Mrs A. Pohlner of ‘Tooralie’ Hallett and was educated at Mt Bryan East School. He has been in Mannum for 23 years. In World War I he served overseas with the 32nd Battalion AIF. He went to Mannum in 1921 to work at the David Shearer factory. Later he moved to Karoonda as a PMG linesman for some years, returning to Mannum in 1932 on the staff of the Mannum Club. He was a keen follower of local football and rowing and in 1932 became secretary of the Mannum RSL and guided the sib-branch to better days. He relinquished the post in 1943 due to ill health. He was the first member to be interred in the returned soldiers’ reserve at the Mannum Cemetery. He is survived by a widow, nee Kathleen Bock of Mannum, by four sisters and four brothers: Hilda Mrs Harry Jones (Nackara), Agnes Mrs Greenololee [sic: for Greeneklee] (Adelaide, Clara Mrs O’Leary (Hallett), Stella Mrs M. Stockman (Burra), Fred (Bencubben WA), Charles (RAAF Wagga), John (Peterborough), Theo (Peterborough). Another brother, Louis, is deceased.

[Born August Fredrick William Pohlner 5 January 1893 Banbury: died as William Pohlner 17 May 1944 Mannum.]

64, 24, 13 June 1944, page 1

A Dance at Leighton on Friday 9 June in aid of Miss Red Cross raised over £9.

Red Cross FFCF Drive Meeting was held at the Institute Library on Wednesday. Mrs A. Tennant in opening the meeting hoped to do as well as last year, but said the idea was not to hold too many functions because of transport and catering difficulties. A.B. Riggs then took the chair. It was resolved to split the proceeds 40% to FFCF and 60% to Red Cross. The meeting decided on a target sum of £1,000. There would be a big drive for direct giving and a gala event to wind up affairs and other functions as the committee saw fit. The town will not be divided into sections for the direct giving which will end on 23 September with a gala day.

‘Bull Pup’ writes as another dog in response to ‘Fox Terrier’ – taking the position of a better mannered, well-brought-up middle class dog that ends up regretting that he recently saw a Fox Terrier emerge covered in mud and blood and smelling awful after a fight down the creek, only to be welcomed by a good-looking lady dog with open arms. As the rival Red Setter observed, ‘Humph! Preference to returned soldiers again.’

64, 24, 13 June 1944, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 16,470 sheep on 16 June. And Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 8,670 sheep.

Advt. Free Picture Show at Burra Institute 15 June.

Air Force Films in support of the Air Training Corps.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 June

John Wayne & Binnie Barnes in In Old California

Dennis O’Keefe & Jane Frazee in Moonlight Sonata

64, 24, 13 June 1944, page 3

Peggy Dollman AWAS is in Adelaide.

Pte Bert Davey was married last Wednesday.

Zac Humphris was in Adelaide in the week.

Mr & Mrs Crosby and their baby son have left for their new home at Henty NSW.

Pte Jack Schutz is home on leave for the first time since going overseas.

L-Cpl Darby Williams AIF is on leave in Burra.

Mark Lee RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Burra Town Council, 5 June

The Petrol Control Board has granted an extra 10 gallons for the purpose of road making.

The Highways Dept notifies that Commercial St Bridge has been rebuilt.

K.F. Hall says he will deliver bread to the elderly if they have no neighbours to assist.

Burra Electric Supply says enquiries have found no street light has been out for more than two nights after they received notification. The Company seeks instructions concerning a light near the Oddfellows’ Hall in Burra North.

There was a sometimes humorous discussion on the dog problem and in the end the Overseer was given the power to employ a dog-catcher.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 3 June.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued without a change in the country. It advanced 6ft to 20ft with the leader broken and values about 18dwt.

64, 25, 20 June 1944, page 1

Mr W.S. Murray was given a smoke social recently in the Hallett Hall Supper room when over 40 gentlemen farewelled him on the eve of his departure to live in the city. In the past he had been captain of the local cricket team and had taken a polo team to Broken Hill. He had had a connection with almost every organisation that worked for the good of the town. He was a Councillor on the Booborowie DC for 20 years and became a foundation member of the enlarged Hallett DC and was Chairman for the last 3 or 4 years. In reply Mr Murray gave an interesting talk on the Hallett he knew from 1902 to the present.

Hallett RSL intends to build a club room on land donated by the Institute Committee alongside the hall.

The Salvation Army staged its 4th Youth Rally this week, organised by Miss Valarie Ferrett.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society Annual Report. The Society continues to supply wood to needy recipients in winter and gives practical help at Christmas. [This year’s report lacks specific details.]

64, 25, 20 June 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 June

Mickey Rooney & Marta Linden in A Yank at Eton

Edward Arnold & Donna Reed in Eyes in the Night

64, 25, 20 June 1944, page 3

Rev. Bartlett, Methodist Missionary in Papua, and formerly of Burra-Redruth Circuit, is returning to Australia for health reasons.

Kevin Harry AIF is on leave in Burra.

Ross Humphrys (son of Mr & Mrs M.F. Humphrys) has joined the RAAF.

FO Jack Gall RAAF is home on leave.

Edna Voumard WAAAF is home on leave.

Fred Lewis AIF is spending a holiday up north with his family.

Gunner Bob Spackman AIF has been on leave in Burra.

Cfm Max Miels AIF is home on leave.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for fortnight to 17 June.

Farnden’s Hill. Preparing to stope section north of Hogan’s Shaft. Have put in the necessary timber and started a rise.

Football. At Hallett on Saturday the Hallett District Team 9.18 defeated Terowie ATC 5.2.

Obituary. William Thomas Dixon died at Burra 15 June. He was born at Koonoona Station on 8 June 1864. He was a son of the late Mr & Mrs George Dixon. He worked at various centres around the district and was employed on Gum Creek Station and also worked for the SAR on the permanent way. In later years he was a share-farmer with the late Mr John Peake. He was connected with the Methodist Church and at his death was the sole surviving member of the original trustees of the Hanson Methodist Church. On 3 September 1891 he married Miss Ellen White of ‘Oladdie Estate’ near Orroroo. Twenty years ago the couple retired to Burra. There were five children: John (Hanson), Albert (Caltowie), Oliver (RAAF), Gladys Mrs Forester (Islington) and Thomas who was killed in the Great War. There are 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.

64, 25, 20 June 1944, page 4

Booborowie FFCF held its 4th AGM, which is reported in 12⁄3 columns.

64, 26, 27 June 1944, page 1

Mr & Mrs John G. Oates of Burra North celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on 25 June. Mr Oates is the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Philip Oates of Ironmine, late of Prospect and Mrs Oates is the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs W. Langsford of Ironmine. They were married at Ironmine 25 June 1884. The family of six attended the celebrations: Miss Oates (Prospect), Mr P.V. Oates (Poonunda), Mrs Walter Finch (Lower Light), Mr Oscar Oates (Burra), Mrs A.G. Williams (St Peters) & Mrs J.W. Pickering (Cheltenham).

The Dog Nuisance. The Council has had difficulty in getting a dog-catcher, but four dogs have been run over recently by cars and a number have been impounded and hurriedly claimed. Numbers on the loose have substantially decreased.

Frost. There was a very severe frost out east last Sunday. Icicles hung from trees. One driver reported that water boiling from his car radiator formed ice on the bonnet. In Burra pipes froze and burst.

Shearing has been completed at Pulpara & Ketchowla and the clip is better than expected, though the wool is carrying more dust than usual.

A Concert at Mt Bryan on Friday 16 June raised £24 for the Mt Bryan Methodist Trust Funds.

The Mayor is endeavouring to get bread deliveries in Burra and a letter is being sent to the man-power officer to see if it were possible to get man-power to deliver bread.

64, 26, 27 June 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 July

Deanna Durbin & Edmond O’Brien in The Amazing Mrs Holliday

Harriet Hillard & Ken Murray in Juke Box Jenny

Notice. The District Council of Burra Burra

An election will be held on 1 July in Leighton Ward to elect one councillor. Nominations:

Douglas Keynes

Clarence John Williams.

Obituary. Martha Williams, wife of Charles Thomas Williams, died at Burra 27 June aged 55.

[See more at 64, 27, 4 July 1944, page 2.]

Pte Elliott Kellock has returned to duty.

Cpl Charlie Kelly has returned to duty.

Signaller Harold Timms has been in Burra for the weekend.

Gordon Smith has lately been discharged from the AIF and has taken up his old position with Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. at Riverton.

M. Wilson RAAF has been on leave in Burra.

Miss May Quinn of Mt Bryan has just received her Fellowship Certificate from the London College of Music for Pianoforte.

Driver Glen Craser is on leave in Burra from Alice Springs.

Driver Jim Andrew is on leave in Burra from Alice Springs.

Sgt Zac Humphris has returned to his unit.

Pte & Mrs Bert Davey have been in Burra. Bert recently married Helen Mummy [sic: for Helen Elizabeth Mumme].

64, 26, 27 June 1944, page 3

Redruth Methodist Church celebrated its 93rd Anniversary on 4 & 5 June. Rev. Curry from Clare officiated. The choir under Mr W.H. Gare gave excellent service.

Burra Town Council, 19 June

Commission of War Organisation of Industry advises that the £25 limit on renovation and repair has been cut out and no alterations, additions or repairs are to be made without special permission.

St Mary’s Club held a ball at the Burra Institute on Tuesday, which was one of the brightest and best organised for a long time. It was a complete success and raised c. £20 for patriotic funds.

64, 27, 4 July 1944, page 1

The Salvation Army. The Commissioner for the Southern Territory will visit Burra on 24 July. Commissioner Dalziel is a well-known personality and it is the first time such a high ranking officer has visited Burra since Commissioner McKenzie about 20 years ago.

A Bachelors’ Ball was held at Black Springs on 23 June in support of the Miss Red Cross Competition.

The Annual Cheer-up Hut Appeal in Leighton District raised £25.

Mrs Lindsay Thomas gave a piano recital in the Memorial Hall at Redruth on Friday 30 June. Proceeds were in aid of the church and were very satisfactory.

[The favourable review extends for 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Burra District Council. Election for Leighton Ward:

D. Keynes 29

C.J. Williams 25

Football. On Saturday afternoon:

High School Old Scholars & Local Juniors 7.5 defeated Burra High School 3.5.

Salvation Army. Local officer Capt. Cox has been much helped of late by Major Reese of Adelaide who was here to aid the Annual Self Denial Appeal, but was delayed by car troubles. He subsequently conducted several meetings and a most successful youth rally.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church recently

Elaine Klaebe, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.B. Klaebe of Hallett, married

Walter C. Sharple, third son of Mr & the late Mrs T.J.H. Sharple of Hamilton.

‘Factotum’ writes objecting at some length to the measures apparently taken by Council to overcome the dog problem. If indeed a bitch was used to lure dogs it was a vile and indecent act and ratepayers should ascertain how Councillors came by the right to use a decoy and if all dogs so captured were indeed stray of committing a nuisance. It is a clear case for the SPCA.

Obituary. Mrs W.A. Stasinowsky died at her home in Burra on Sunday 2 July aged 85. She was born at Seppeltsfield 9 September 1858 as Wilhelmina Annie Schier. She married Mr C. Stasinowsky in 1887 and they lived at Baldina where they carried on farming. Her husband died in 1905. Of eight children, three predeceased their mother. The deceased and her children came to live in Burra in 1906 and she acted as a nurse and mid-wife. She is survived by five daughters: Lina Mrs A. Abbott (Pt Pirie), Martha Mrs T. Lihou (Burra), Emma Mrs H.J. Wilson (Burra), Clara Mrs A. Lomman (Burra North) & Mary Mrs H. Young (Pt Pirie).

64, 27, 4 July 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 July

Spencer Tracy & Hedy Lamarr in Tortilla Flat

Franchot Tone & Marsha Hunt in Pilot No. 5

Obituary. Mrs Charles Thomas Williams who died 27 June at Burra Hospital was the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs A. Burgess of Broken Hill and was born at Silverton in 1887 and spent her childhood at Broken Hill. In 1913 she married C.T. Williams on 22 February and they lived at Broken Hill for about four years and then went to Adelaide. They came to Burra about two years ago. She never enjoyed good health since coming here. There was one daughter who predeceased her.

64, 27, 4 July 1944, page 3

Mr C.J. Butler, the retiring manager of the Bank of Australasia, was farewelled on Friday afternoon when he was presented with a roll of notes totalling £50 from the citizens of the town. The Mayor presided over the function in Pearce’s Buildings. He had lived in Burra for 14 years. Through the depression he had been very fair with all his dealings and would be greatly missed in the sporting and social life of the town. The new manager Mr Dobson was welcomed as an old Burraite. Other speakers were Mr R. Smith, Mr S.C. Genders (Manager of the National Bank), Mr Bednall, Mr L.H. Thomas, Mr Ken Drew (Goldsbrough, Mort), Rev. Barrett, Mr Len Gordon, Mr Mickel (Farrell Flat) & E.C. Collins (Mt Bryan).

Pte W. Williams has returned to duty.

FO Jennison is home on leave and expects to be soon discharged.

Cpl Mayo is in Burra on leave with his family.

Sgt Rod Liebeknecht is in Burra on leave.

Peg Dollman has returned to duty.

Pte Jack Robins has returned to duty.

Capt. Barrett (son of Mr & Mrs Barrett of the Royal Exchange) is in Burra on leave.

Miss C. Brown (WAAAF) has returned to Parafield after leave in Burra.

64, 27, 4 July 1944, page 4

Burra North FFCF, 4th Annual Report

The year started with 64 members and ended with 71. The members have been knitting seamen’s socks and helmets among other items. There has been a variety of fund-raising activities [which are listed] and we entered heartily into the Christmas Hamper Appeal. 43 parcels were sent at Christmas. A parcel was sent to the Cheer-up Hut for Christmas Celebrations. Each first Thursday in the month was a social afternoon. A Christmas Party was held on 30 December. For the year much good work was done in money-raising and knitting. The need for our group remains great. The major output for the year comprised 329 pairs of socks, 45 mufflers, 22 helmets, 197 face-washers and 160 handkerchiefs. Receipts for the year were £116-5-10. £65-17-6 was paid to headquarters.

Secretary Alison Bentley & President Myrtle Riggs.

64, 28, 11 July 1944, page 1

Mr M.A. Radford writes from ‘Canegrass’ countering statements that severe frosts were in any way unusual out east. Recent frosts he believed equalled a visitation about 1927 when the lowest reading was 22°F [-5.5°C] in the air and 16°F [-8.8°C] on the grass. At times 32 consecutive frosts have been recorded. What was rare on 24 & 25 June this year was the extra cold combined with fog which then froze on the trees.

Air temperatures at Canegrass in late June were:

Date: 24 25 26 27 28 29

Temperature °F 28 28 31 23 22 25

°C -7.2 -7.2 -0.5 -5.0 -5.5 -3.8

On 28 June the grass temperature was 16°F (-8.8°C). On two of the nights water in the dams froze over and numerous pipes burst.

Obituary. Mr J.H. Young died in Melbourne on 30 June aged 85. He was well known in Burra in the 1870s. He was particularly well known in pharmaceutical circles and was the founder of the Pharmacy Society and its first registrar in SA. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs Dyers in Burra and served here for quite a number of years before leaving about 1879 to conduct a dispensary in Hutt St Adelaide. In 1896 he left there to edit the trade newspaper The Chemist & Druggist of Australia which later became the Journal of Pharmacy.

[James John Henry Young born 23 July 1859 Ashmore (Burra).]

Local Board of Health, 7 July

The Inspector reported that the Manpower Authorities would probably forward a report on bread delivery later.

Cr Fisher thought the local proprietor had been dealt with unfairly in that only the Council’s side of the matter had been published and his letter to the Council had not been printed in full.

Crs Harvey & Fisher thought the proprietor should be invited to give his side when a reply was received from Manpower.

The Mayor was strongly opposed, but a motion to that effect was carried.

The ladies’ public lavatory had been inspected and found to be filthy. It was resolved that the Overseer clean it every Saturday morning.

Burra Town Council & Burra Institute

The Committee has put a new proposal for the purchase of the Institute to the Council. The conditions are extremely reasonable. The Committee has agreed with the State Bank to the following conditions:

The Capital Debt on 1 October 1944 would be £3,160.

The interest would be 4%.

The debt would be repaid over 20 years at the rate of £112-14-2 every six months.

If payment were not made by the 8th of the month when due the interest would rise to 41⁄2%.

Already the Institute was paying £160 p.a. in interest so the Council would have to find £65 p.a. for 20 years to pay off the debt. This was a saving of £1,700 on the previous proposal.

It was decided to have a special meeting of Council on 10 July to decide the matter.

Burra Town Council, 10 July

The Corporation decided to purchase the Institute subject to the approval of ratepayers and the Minister and that a proviso be inserted into the agreement allowing the Council to pay off principal to the State Bank at any time.

A Social at Hallett on 4 July for four young men in the Forces:

LAC Bill Phin who was on embarkation leave.

Gunner Keith Hanlin who was discharged after service in the Middle East & Northern Australia.

Cpl Howard Hooper who had served in the Middle East & New Guinea.

Sgt Jack Hooper who served in a Commando Company in New Guinea and on one of the Pacific Islands.

After several speakers there was a short entertainment, supper and a dance.

Basketball. On Saturday Burra High School Girls 30 defeated Burra-Redruth Comrades 10.

St Joseph’s 16 defeated St Mary’s 10.

64, 28, 11 July 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 July

Betty Grable & Don Ameche in Moon Over Miami

Stanley Clements & Brenda Joyce in Right to the Heart

Obituary. Catharine Williams, wife of C.C. Williams, died 6 July at Royston Park aged 89. She was the mother of Alice (Mrs Peake) and Gertrude and grandmother of Edith.

[Born Catharine Watson. See also 64, 32, 8 Aug. 1944, page 1.]

64, 28, 11 July 1944, page 3

Mr A.P. McBride addressed a meeting in the Eastern Telephone Building on 19 August on the coming referendum on the Powers Bill. He urged a ‘NO’ vote. He said the Government did not need more powers for repatriation after the war. There were sufficient under the Defence Act. Concerning employment and unemployment he argued that in the last depression it was world wide and unitary powers like the UK & New Zealand suffered just as much as the Commonwealth. The US has similar powers to Australia and does not require more power.

Staff Sgt M. Cocks, son of Mrs G. Smith and the late Mr A. Cocks, has returned to Victoria after leave with his mother in Burra North.

Gunner Stacey AWAS has been on leave in Burra.

Sgt Mayo has returned to his unit.

Capt. Ben Kotz has returned to his unit.

Pte Allan Harry has returned to his unit.

Pte Lindsay Hood has returned to his unit.

Pte Roy Kuchenmeister has returned to his unit.

Mr R. Reed AIF is on leave in Burra.

Pte J.M. Cleary is in hospital.

Sister Smith is on leave at Mt Bryan East from a Military Hospital in the northern Territory.

Burra School held a concert in the Institute on Friday evening which raised £56. Items are described in a report extending 11⁄3 columns.

64, 28, 11 July 1944, page 4

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church recently

Ivy Heinrich, daughter of Mr & the late Mrs G.A. Heinrich of Burra North, married

Sapper Tom Wooton AIF. Pastor Hoff of Emu Downs (Lutheran) officiated.

Burra Town Council, 3 July

The Mayor’s allowance was fixed as for 1943-44.

Committees were appointed.

Cr Kellaway was elected the Council’s representative on the Hospital Board.

Dept. WOI replies to a query saying additions etc. to buildings can be carried out without a permit if the cost is not over £25.

Cr Harvey asked if Council was going further into the matter of the ownership of the old Burra Mill, as it was in a very dangerous condition. The Town Clerk was instructed to find out who owned it.

64, 29, 18 July 1944, page 1

Hallett Red Cross & FFCF held an AGM on 5 July and the report extends 2⁄3 column.

A Welcome Home Social at Leighton was held on 8 July for Geoff Gask & Arthur Lloyd who have been discharged from the army. Jack Field chaired the meeting. Other speakers were Roy Earle. Phil Byles, Pte Cliff Phillips was home on leave and was farewelled by L.M. Gordon in a few words, after which dancing followed.

Basketball. St Mary’s 26 defeated Burra High School Girls 11.

St Joseph’s 22 defeated Redruth Comrades 9.

Burra Red Cross held its AGM 11 July.

The main activity for the year was support for the Red Cross & FFCF Shop 109. This provided afternoon tea on Friday’s despite rationing and permit difficulties. Red Cross half-share amounted to £174-8-2 for the 12 months. On the 3rd Friday in the month CWA members run the shop and on the 4th Friday Soldiers’ Wives Group.

£125 was donated to the Red Cross Annual Appeal. A Christmas Gift & Clothing Shop raised £16-15-6.

Mrs R.H. Smith consented to act as Treasurer when Mrs C. Butler had to leave.

Leighton Red Cross has sent £50 to POW Fund and £25 to the Cheer-Up Hut in Adelaide.

64, 29, 18 July 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 July

Anna Neagle & Richard Carlson in No No Nanette

Victor McLaglen & Dorothy Lovett in Powder Town

Sgt C. de N. Lucas is home on leave.

LAC Eric Field is at Leighton on leave.

Pte Bert Davey is in Burra on leave.

Mr Joe McLennon AIF is on leave in Burra with his mother Mrs Voumard.

AC2 Ross Humphrys RAAF has visited Burra Briefly.

64, 29, 18 July 1944, page 3

Mt Bryan East held a Red Cross Social on 1 July which was successful both socially and financially. Nett proceeds were £6-18-9.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 1 July.

Farnden’s Hill. Commenced north stope and advanced 6ft. Country very blocky with leader each side of stope. Value 1oz per ton.

For fortnight to 15 July.

Stoping north of Hogan’s Shaft advanced 6ft to 12ft. Values unchanged.

Booborowie Red Cross held its AGM which is reported in just under 1 column.

Hanson Red Cross AGM is reported in 1⁄2 column.

64, 29, 18 July 1944, page 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross AGM is reported in 11⁄3 columns.

64, 30, 25 July 1944, page 1

FFCF makes a call for 250,000 books for the forces.

Mr & Mrs L.M. Gordon of Leighton held a party at ‘Wahroonga’ on 15 July in aid of ‘Miss Leighton’, Neila Haese. About 150 attended. Bridge and other games combined with dancing and £25 was raised.

Sid Johnson has had another win on points at the Stadium on Saturday, defeating Pt Pirie fighter Laurie Geyer in a 10-round bout.

Basketball. Saturday

St Mary’s 49 defeated Redruth Comrades 9.

St Joseph’s 11 defeated Burra High School Girls 10.

Burra Town Council, 17 July

The assessment will be as for 1943-44.

The Cemetery is to be tidied up.

The Town Clerk is to seek to employ a man for three months with permission of Manpower.

Local Board of Health

The Ladies’ Lavatory is to be cemented and drained and the Burra North facility is to be repaired and returned to use.

64, 30, 25 July 1944, page 2

Advt. There is a large advertisement occupying over 1⁄4 page for the ‘NO’ vote in the coming referendum.

Notice. W. Carpenter advises the drought and cost of hand feeding has caused the rise in the price of milk to 5d a pint.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 July

Ann Sheridan & Jack Oakie in Navy Blues

Bruce Cabot & Constance Bennett in Wild Bill Hickock Rides

M-C Doddrell who has been in charge of the Burra Police Station for six years has been transferred to Robe.

64, 30, 25 July 1944, page 3

Bread Deliveries in Burra

The Local Board of Health discussed the matter with the local baker K.F. Hall on 17 July. The Department of Labour had advised there was no embargo on bread deliveries and authority could be granted to employ either a male or female bread carter.

The Mayor said that in asking Mr Hall to deliver bread the Council was attempting to fall in line with other Councils and get back to pre-war conditions. The township covered an area of 22 miles [sic: meaning? The corporation area was about 2.75 km x 4.25 km or 11.69 squ km: equivalent to about 4.3 squ miles. Perhaps there were 22 miles of roads within the area.]

Mr Hall said he had bought the bakery when it was advertised as having no delivery or opposition. He had since found the previous owner had stopped deliveries on his own accord not long before selling the business. Other places were being treated in a manner similar to Burra and even with 1,500 ratepayers in a town it was found impossible to get a man to deliver bread. If he had to deliver bread he would have to close his shop at Burra North. It would take two days to deliver bread in the town.

The Mayor said that for 10 years there had been 5 bakers and no troubles with the deliveries of bread. The Mayor said Mr Hall was saving £15 a week through non-delivery and charged 1⁄2d more than the delivered Adelaide price. He could get 240 loaves from a bag of flour. Mr Hall said he only got 100. His Worship said grocers deliver their goods, why can’t bakers.

When Mr Wandke was in town he had told the Mayor he would have to get help or else there wouldn’t be any bread for Burra. (There were then two bakers in the town.) Then the other baker left and Wandke took over the vacated bakery and closed it down. [The Mayor’s remarks as reported don’t exactly make a very coherent argument.]

Mr Hall said he had two businesses and was doing all the work at one place. If he delivered he would have to put on another man and the National Service Officer had said there were more important jobs for men than to deliver bread.

Mayor: Girls deliver bread in the city and there are plenty of boys about.

Cr Carpenter said Council was not satisfied with the price of bread. One good man could do the deliveries in a day.

Mr Hall said there were 600 houses in town.

Cr Carpenter said he’d do it for £6-10-0 a week.

Mr Hall said he was prepared to help old people with difficulties. He could not work himself because of ill health. He could not see his way clear to deliver bread at present, though he would be quite pleased if he could.

Pte C.J. Millard AIF on leave in Burra.

Arnold Liebeknecht RAN is home on leave.

H. Jennison is on leave at Henley Beach.

Sgt Lindsay Quinn is home on leave in Burra.

Lieut. Griffen is home on leave and is married.

Cpl Auhl is home on sick leave.

Black Springs Miss Red Cross was crowned at a ceremony preceded by a concert on 14 July. Over £200 was credited to the winner Miss K. Cowan.

E.J. Davey is 75 on 27 July. Mr Davey was first employed by Drew & Crewes, but later worked at Butterworth’s Mill where the Shell Co. is now. For seven years he worked as a miner at Broken Hill and then was in Melbourne for eight months before returning to Burra where he worked for 2 or 3 years at the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry and on the Railway Gang. Later he went to the WA goldfields and worked on most of the mines on the Golden Mile at Kalgoorlie. On returning to Burra he worked as a tributer in a mine for 2 or 3 years with Mr Bill Kellaway. He was again employed by Drew & Crewes as a grocer, but later became a wheat buyer for Dalgety & Co. In 1911 he became Town Clerk from Mr Steele who resigned and he has therefore been Town Clerk for 33 years.

64, 30, 25 July 1944, page 4

CWA held its AGM 21 July.

Elected: President, Mrs Reg. Warnes; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant & A.L. Kellock; Secretary, Miss M. Rogers & Minute Secretary, Mrs H.L. Riggs.

Members were asked to make plum puddings for the Cheer-Up Hut at Quorn.

Membership was 68 with twelve new members in the year. Russia was the country for International Day and Miss M. Cashmore, Assistant State Secretary was the speaker at the Institute.

Over 50 toys were sent to the Adelaide Children’s Hospital and a toy was given to each child at the Burra Hospital at Christmas.

The State President visited in May and spoke on CWA work.

The CWA Shop generated £212-1-4.

Three valued members left the district in Mrs F.T. Sara (Minute Secretary), Mrs G.G. Hawkes (a Past President) and Mrs Grant, who had convened camouflage netting.

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM in the Aberdeen Croquet Hall on 5 July. The 3rd Annual Report was presented. There are 49 members. Mr W.J. Thomas continues to make cement pots. Our President Mrs F.T. Sara went to live in Adelaide in September and Mrs Jennison has filled the vacancy. Jumble sales brought in £45 in November & December.

64, 31, 1 Aug. 1944, page 1

The Cheer-Up Hut has received donations of meals from Hallett & Willalo residents in the past weeks. A dozen sheep have been sent to the Hut. [Donors are listed.]

The LCL held its annual meeting on Friday and elected: President, Mr O. Finch; Vice-Presidents, Messrs N. Vowles & A.D. McDonald.

Black Springs School held its Visiting Day on 21 July.

Salvation Army. Commissioner Dalziel, in charge of the Salvation Army in the Southern Areas, visited Burra on 24 July. The Mayor entertained the Commissioner at a dinner at the Kooringa Hotel, after which the party adjourned to the Salvation Army Citadel, where the Mayor extended a civic welcome to the Commissioner. Two previous Commissioners had visited Burra: Commissioner Roy in about 1922 and Commissioner MacKenzie in 1932. Cr Kellaway spoke in support of the Mayor’s remarks. The Commissioner said a number of Burra’s citizens could be ranked among prominent Salvation Army officials, including: Brigadier Bruce in Cottesloe, WA and Brigadier Adams.

[The Commissioners speech is reported at length.]

Red Cross & FFCF Drive Ball. This annual effort was held on Friday, with Mr Darrell Field’s Band in attendance. The gross proceeds were £43.

Leighton ‘Miss Red Cross’ Drive realised £340. The three candidates were Miss Leighton, Nella Haese (£99-15-4); Miss Ironmine, Dorothy Hams (£104-15-0) and Miss Gum Creek, Lily Lynch (£118-2-0). Each of them had a committee of three ladies and raised money in a variety of ways leading up to the evening of 19 July, with the crowning ceremony, a concert, dance and supper. Miss Lynch was crowned in a ceremony at 10 p.m.

Obituary. Mr James A. Pearce died suddenly at his residence at Payneham on 2 July. He had been born in Kooringa 24 December 1873, the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs William Pearce (of the old Burra firm of Bath & Pearce). He was educated at the Burra Model School and afterwards at Prince Alfred College. He was also a clever pencil artist and was a pupil of the late James Ashton of Adelaide. He was a highly regarded caricaturist, with works accepted by leading SA and interstate magazines. After leaving college, he and his brother carried on their father’s business for some time. After the business was dissolved, Mr Jim Pearce left to reside in Adelaide. For some time prior to his retirement, he was employed by the State Government. While in Burra he was keenly involved in sport and was one of the earliest members of the Burra Rifle Club. He is survived by a widow (nee Miss Ethel Powell), two brothers, Mr Will Pearce of Chatswood NSW and Charles Pearce of Strathalbyn and one sister, Mrs James Bentley of Tusmore, Adelaide.

Hallett RSL received its charter as a sub-branch on 22 July.

Basketball. Saturday.

St Mary’s 16 defeated St Joseph’s 7.

BHS 22 defeated Comrades 5

The Referendum. Mr A.L. Bence is at the head of a committee in Burra to support the ‘No’ cause.

64, 31, 1 Aug. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 August.

Johnny Weissmuller & Maureen O’Sullivan in Tarzan’s New York Adventure

Lionel Barrymore & Susan Peters in Dr Gillespie’s New Assistant.

Advt. Hon. N.J.O. Makin MHR will speak at the Burra Institute on Wednesday 9 August in support of the YES case in the Referendum.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Selina Goodridge, wife of A.E. Goodridge. [Born Selina Eig, she married Arthur Emmanuel Goodridge in 1925 and died at Burra, residence Booborowie, 20 July 1944, aged 45.]

64, 31, 1 Aug. 1944, page 3

Miss Phyllis Lee & Mrs D. Pexton went to Adelaide last week to meet Ptes Des Pexton (AIF) and Miss Lee’s fiancé, Pte V. McWaters [sic: error for N. McWaters – see 64, 33, 15 Aug. 1944, page 1 for their marriage.]

Keith Tamblyn is in Burra on leave from AIF duties.

Capt. Fergusson has been the guest of Mrs Nell Pearce.

W/O Weeks (RAAF) spent the weekend in Burra.

Capt. G.H. Dow was in Burra on leave over the weekend.

LAC Bruce Morton is home on leave.

Melvin Wilson (RAAF) has been in Burra on leave.

Pte Eric Spackman is home on leave.

Pte Pat Johnson is home on leave.

Gnr Ron Berryman (RAN) has been in Burra for a few days.

Cpl Dick Barratt has been granted extension of leave to take his father’s place. The latter, who is a veteran of Gallipoli and France, is in the Burra Hospital.

Obituary. Cr J.J.L. Smith of the Hallett DC. Cr Smith was a member of the Terowie DC before the Council amalgamations and had since served for Whyte Ward on the Hallett DC.

[John Joseph Lawrence Smith died 12 July 1944 at Jamestown, residence Yarcowie, aged 65.]

Obituary. Fred Rayner, who represented the Cappeedee Ward for a short while has died.

[Fred Rayner, born 14 March 1870 at Marrabel; died 19 July 1944 at Glenunga.]

64, 31, 1 Aug. 1944, page 4

Black Springs CWA held its annual meeting 20 July. 29 members attended.

A Recipe for Rabbit Pudding in a time of rationed meat.

Suet Crust: 8 oz flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1 oz grated raw potato, 2 oz suet or fat, salt.

Mix into a dry dough with very little water and roll thinly. Line a pudding dish with two thirds, reserving the rest for the lid.

Contents: 1 rabbit, 1 chopped onion or leek, 2 diced large potatoes, 1 tsp of sage or 3 cloves, salt and pepper.

Joint and if possible bone a rabbit and place in the pudding dish in layers with the potatoes, leek, sage and seasoning. Add a little stock or water, cover with the suet crust and steam for about 2 hours.

64, 32, 8 Aug. 1944, page 1

Hallett Red Cross & FFCF report sending £840 to Red Cross Headquarters since July 1943. FFCF resolved to send £60 to Headquarters for Christmas parcels.

Hallett Miss Red Cross effort ended with a ball on 28 July which with donations realised over £155. Miss V. Prior was Miss Red Cross.

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Appeal has acknowledged donations to £161-1-6.

Burra High School held its Annual Sports last Friday. Outstanding performers were:

Brian Richards, who won every Junior Boys’ Cup event.

Mary Pearce, who won four Junior Girls’ Cup events & tied for a fifth.

Kelvin Bruce, who cleared 5ft in the open high jump.

Bob Nankivell, who ran well in winning the 100, 220 & 880 yard events.

Results are printed.

Marriage. St Mary’s last Wednesday

Phyllis Lee, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Lee, married

Dvr Norman McWaters (AIF), younger son of Mrs & the late Mr C.M. McWaters of Morgan.

Obituary. John Joseph Lawrence Smith died 12 July at Jamestown Hospital. He was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs P.J. Smith of Farrell Flat where he was born in 1879. In 1910 he took up land at Canowie where he stayed till his death. In 1915 he married Catherine Francesca Howard, daughter of Mrs M. & the late Mr J. Howard of Yongala. He took an active part in local affairs and was a member of Terowie & Hallett DC for over 17 years and also served for a period on Hanson DC. At his death he was a member of the Jamestown Hospital Board. He was a devoted member of the Catholic Church and a member of the Catholic communities at Farrell Flat and Whyte Yarcowie. He leaves a widow, two sons and three daughters: Rev. Bro. Benedict CP (St Paul’s Glen Osmond), Mr Ronald Smith, Sister M. Gabriel, Miss Gabriela & Miss Sheila Smith. One son, Desmond, predeceased his father. [Birth registered as John Joseph Smyth 12 June 1879 Hanson: died 12 July 1944 at Jamestown Residence Yarcowie.]

Obituary. Mrs C.C. Williams who died in Adelaide recently was an old Burra resident. She was 89. She arrived in SA from England in the Oakland in 1876. En route she acted as a trained nurse, having trained at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. On arrival in SA she found the Burra Hospital had just started and agreed to come to Burra as a nurse. After two years she married C.C. Williams. During her life and especially in the early days she did a great deal of work in the district as a nurse, especially among the poorer people. We understand she and the late T.W. Wilkinson and the late Lady Holder were the prime movers in the Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society, founded when the late Mr Gebhardt left £500, the interest from which was to be distributed among the poor. [Born Catharine Watson. See 64, 28, 11 July 1944, page 2.]

Farrell Flat Red Cross Annual Report is printed.

64, 32, 8 Aug. 1944, page 2

Notice. William Carpenter announced the discontinuation of his dairying business from 31 August due to the drought, the scarcity of fodder and the controlled price of milk. A clearing sale of all stock etc. will be held 1 September.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 August

Bob Hope & Verna Zorina in Louisiana Purchase

Richard Harlen & Jean Parker in Torpedo Boat

Advts There are two large ‘VOTE NO’ advertisements relating to the referendum on 19 August.

Hon. Norman Makin will visit Burra tomorrow evening to support the Prime Minister’s ‘YES’ campaign for the referendum. The Mayor and Councillors expect to also discuss the town’s future with him.

Tpr Ray James AIF is on leave in Burra.

Sgt & Mrs Gill Builder are in Burra.

Pte Stan Brown AIF is home on leave.

Pte Ken Walker is home on leave.

Mrs Nelson Hann has gone to Paskeville to join her husband.

Cpl Ted Lynch AIF is at Gum Creek on leave.

64, 32, 8 Aug. 1944, page 3

Essington Lewis has presented two pictures to the Town Council. They are two prints of ‘Kooringa’ and the paragraph report suggests they are of historical importance, but is otherwise unhelpful about their nature.

Burra School Welfare Club. At a meeting on 1 August the President Mrs Jennison presided over a good attendance. The recent concert raised £53-6-4.

64, 32, 8 Aug. 1944, page 4

Liberal & Country League. Burra Women’s Branch met on 4 August. In the future it will meet on the first Friday each month. Elected: President, Mrs T.B. Ashton; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.L. Kellock, A.B. Riggs & O. Finch; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss H. Wilkinson and Assistant Secretary, Miss Rogers.

Mr A.P. McBride spoke on why you should vote ‘NO’ at the referendum.

64, 33, 15 Aug. 1944, page 1

Hon. N. Makin (Minister for the Navy and Munitions) and party were welcomed to Burra on Wednesday 9 August by the Mayor, with a civic reception in the Council Chamber. The Mayor took the opportunity to press the Minister for homes in Burra for returning servicemen under the Commonwealth Housing Scheme. Cr Kellaway supported this and also stressed the need for industry in the town. Cr Carpenter added the hope that the Aberdeen Ballast Quarry could be opened again. They party then adjourned to the main hall for the address on the referendum.

Burra Town Council.

Cr Harvey said that apparently the SAR had decided to get reticulated water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline to the railway station for their locomotives. He was under the impression that they were to build new tanks there for it. He thought it would be an opportunity to pump the water to the empty tanks on a nearby hill and from there gravity feed it to the town. The Mayor thought the cost of such water would be at the rate of £5 minimum charge and then so much per thousand gallons. He wondered how some old people with water rates of 15 shillings of £1 would view such a scheme. It was resolved to get Mr McDonald MP to obtain particulars of the possibility of reticulating Murray River water to Burra.

Burra Coach for Adelaide

George Hiles of ‘Petherton’ had a very handsome family horse conveyance built about sixty years ago by Messrs Barlow & Sons for c. £135. Some time ago it was bought by the family of Mr R. Fuss for use as a mourning coach. [That is to say, by the firm of C. & A. Fuss, Carpenters, Builders and Undertakers, the father and uncle of the R. Fuss mentioned above.] When the Fuss family gave up their undertaking business [in 1922] the coach was placed in the shed and pensioned off.

Recently an Adelaide firm of buyers inspected the coach and informed Mr R. Fuss they were anxious to buy it, having found it to be in good order, except for the hood. Mr Fuss sold the vehicle for £35 and it has subsequently been sent to Adelaide by train, to do service there as a cab.

[Note: information from R. Fuss was that it served in particular to convey people from the Adelaide Railway Station to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. This was obviously a response to wartime petrol rationing.]

State Housing Scheme. Members of the Housing Trust have visited Burra with details of the scheme. The Mayor was not impressed with the information available. He was told that the lowest rental would be 17/6 a week for four rooms and about £1 for five rooms. The representatives visited some Burra housing and considered the homes a disgrace. With a waiting list in Adelaide for about 10,000 houses, it was not clear how long before any proposed houses would be built in Burra.

Weather. The eastern country has been dry, with most dams dry, many for at least 18 months. Rain early last week has changed all that. The rainfall figures indicate that falls were between 40 points and up to 134, with most in the 50 to 90 point range. Dams are now full.

Basketball, Saturday.

St Mary’s 28 defeated Comrades 10.

BHS 11 defeated St Joseph’s 10.

The Referendum Meeting. Hon. N. Makin, Senator Nicholls and Mr A.E. Smith MHR addresses the meeting to speak in favour of the YES case for the coming referendum.

There was a fair attendance. The referendum would give the Commonwealth Government powers to carry out post-war reconstruction.

Leighton School and Residence has been recently painted throughout.

64, 33, 15 Aug. 1944, page 2

Notice. The Corporation of Burra has declared a general rate of two shillings and sixpence in the pound.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 August.

Charles Laughton & Peggy Drake in The Tuttles of Tahiti

Lupe Velez & Leon Errol in Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost.

Notice. Hon. A.S. Melrose MLC and Hon. G.F. Jenkins MP will speak at Burra on Wednesday 16 August for the NO campaign in the coming referendum.

Mr T. Doddrell, who has been the Mounted Constable in charge of the Burra Police Station for the past six years, was given a farewell in the CWA room last Thursday afternoon. The Mayor and others spoke of his efficiency and courtesy in carrying out his duties and the Mayor presented him with a wallet of notes. Mounted Constable Sparrow, who replaces Mr Doddrell, was welcomed by His Worship.

64, 33, 15 Aug. 1944, page 3

Willalo Red Cross held its annual meeting on 1 August, with fifteen members present.

Marriage. Peterborough, 17 July

Nellie Casey, daughter of Mr & Mrs W.P. Casey of Peterborough, married

LAC Frank Lloyd, eldest son of Mr & Mrs R.J. Lloyd of Leighton.

[Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Marriage. Ironmine Church, 22 July

Sylvie Lloyd, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.J. Lloyd of Leighton, married

Lieut Howard Griffin, only son of Mr & Mrs T.P. Griffen of Mt Bryan.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Town Council.

At present some Council work cannot be done due to shortages of materials and labour. As a result the Council has a credit balance and it was resolved at the last meeting to invest £150 in the next Victory Loan.

AC2 John Canny RAF has been home on leave.

Pte Howard Edwards AIF has been home on leave.

Spr Michael Connors AIF is on leave at Mt Bryan.

Lieut Keith Davey, son of Mrs M. Davey of Payneham is well and has now gone north after spending part of his leave in Burra.

64, 33, 15 Aug. 1944, page 4

Willalo School Arbor Day was held on 4 August. About 100 shrubs were planted around the perimeter of the school grounds.

64, 34, 22 Aug. 1944, page 1

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Annual Appeal acknowledges donations to a total so far of £328-13-6.

‘Greenacres’ Red Cross Branch held its AGM. [‘Greenacres’ was the home of Mrs Newton Collins of Booborowie.] In the year no materials were purchased, so it was decided to donate £30 to the Red Cross Fund and £24 to POWs. This left £13-12-2 in the bank.

Black Springs & Porter’s Lagoon Red Cross AGM is reported. In 12 months £306 had been raised.

Details of the year’s work are given in 1 column.

Mrs Klaffus will be 98 on Sunday.

A Dance on Saturday night in the Burra North Lodge Hall raised £12 for the Burra North Red Cross.

Keith Gare RAAF has been home on leave at Mt Bryan East.

Len Dare AIF is home on leave at ‘Pinehurst’ Mt Bryan East.

Basketball. St Mary’s 22 defeated Joseph’s 9.

Burra High School 21 defeated Redruth Comrades 13.

The Referendum. On Saturday the Kooringa District figures were NO 1,235 & YES 892.

64, 34, 22 Aug. 1944, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. The rate for 1944-45 will be 2/6 in the pound.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from W. Carpenter of Ayres St [sic: for Ayers] will sell on 1 September seventeen cattle: 10 cows (6 in milk & 4 to calves), 3 calves, 1 quiet 3-year-old Friesian Bull, also 60 fowls, 12 turkeys, 7 breeding geese and sundry items of household furniture.

Advt. Burra Talkies 26 August

Eric Portman & Hugh Williams in One of our Aircraft is Missing

Jane Withers & Patrick Brook in Johnny Dough Boy

Salvation Army. The self-Denial Badge Day Appeal raised £12-3-9.

Mr Jim Bentley, an old Burraite, visited the town in the past week.

Pte Keith Tamblyn is on leave in Adelaide.

Jack Dowd AIF has been in Burra on leave.

Capt. Cox of the Salvation Army is on leave from Burra visiting another centre.

Noel Baylis AIF has been in Burra on leave.

Sgt & Mrs Gil Builder have returned to Adelaide.

LAC Jack Aughey RAAF was in Burra at the weekend.

64, 34, 22 Aug. 1944, page 3

Obituary. Mrs Edwin J. Harris died in a private hospital at Glenelg on Wednesday. Mr & Mrs Harris retired to the city from Burra about seven years ago. The deceased was the second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs George Gillett and was born in Burra. She had been a member of Lily of the Valley Tent of the Rechabite Lodge for 61 years. She is survived by a husband and three daughters: Miss Thelma Harris, Dorothy Mrs J. Murison & Amy Mrs Clarke. There are three grandchildren: Lieut. Barry Clarke AIF, Bill Murison RAAF & Miss Heather Murison. Walter Gillett of Burra is a brother and Mrs James Pearce of Maylands, formerly of Burra North and Florence of Sydney are sisters. [Born Emma Gillett 23 May 1864 at Hill River and died 16 August 1944 at Glenelg.]

64, 34, 22 Aug. 1944, page 4

Burra Town Council. Statement of receipts and payments for 1943-44 is printed.

64, 35, 29 Aug. 1944, page 1

Inter-High School Sports were held at Riverton on Friday. Overall points: Clare 1041⁄2

Riverton 79

Burra 57

Kapunda 32

The outstanding Burra performer was Joy Pascoe who won the 3 Senior Girls’ running events.

Other good results came from R. Nankivell, N. Marston, B. Richards, C. Lloyd & K. Bruse.

Results are printed.

Burra Clothing Factory

It appears a clothing factory will shortly be opened in Burra and an appeal is being made for 25 girls aged over 14 to work in the factory which will probably be located in the SAFU building. This is a direct result of the recent visit of Hon. N. Makin, Minister for Navy & Munitions & of Mr A.E. Smith MHR. Wages will range from 20/- to 75/- depending on age and experience. The factory is being sponsored by the Commonwealth Government in the interests of decentralisation. Five or six factories have already been opened and the local one should begin within three weeks.

Burra Institute

The State Bank has agreed to allow the Council to pay off any money owing on the Institute at any time if the Council purchases the building. Council is now able to apply to the Minister for permission to purchase the building. It was a good opportunity to act, as interest rates were sure to rise once hostilities cease.

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Ball was held in the Institute on Friday and the gross proceeds were c. £40. Dancing continued to 2 a.m.

Burra Town Council, 20 August

There was some dispute with Council employees who believed they were not being paid the correct rates, given that they did different work on different days. This matter will lie on the table.

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Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Walter Tonkin Ley of Farrell Flat on 2 July 1944. [Born 18 January 1882 Farrell’s Flat: died 2 July 1944 Farrell Flat.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 September

Robert Taylor & Charles Laughton in Stand By for Action

William Lundigan in Sunday Punch

64, 35, 29 Aug. 1944, page 3

Obituary. Richard James Nourse died at the Burra Hospital on Friday 25 August after a long illness contracted in the Great War. He was 49. He was born at Copperhouse 6 June 1895, the son of R.J. & the late Mrs Nourse. He enlisted in 1914 on the outbreak of war and joined the 3ed Light Horse, being No. 171 in the Regiment. He took part in the Gallipoli landing and was a machine gunner in the Mesopotamian Campaign. He contracted malaria which was the ultimate cause of his death. After the war he worked for a period in Adelaide where he met and married Miss Winnifred Sturm of Mitcham. They returned to Burra many years ago. He was a member of the Oddfellows & Buffalo Lodges. He is survived by his widow and six children: Ray (AIF), Bill (AIF), Joan, Nancy, Patty & Peter.

Obituary. Mr John Rosewall died 25 August at Burra Hospital aged 81. He was born in Newcastle NSW on 20 March 1863, the son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Rosewall and he came to Burra with his parents as an infant. On 23 January 1889 he married Miss M. Taylor, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Taylor of Burra. Mrs Rosewall died shortly after their golden wedding in 1939. His first job was minding cows at the age of 8. The owner of the cows was interested in Modern game Fowls and gave him a setting of eggs. Mr Rosewall was keenly interested in this class of fowl and from then on took many prizes over the years at agricultural and poultry shows. Later he worked in the Burra Mines and when the mines closed he got a job as Shift Boss at the Smelting Works, then in full blast.1 After that he worked on stations in the north of SA and was at Broken Hill before the discovery of the mines there. He had a number of dangerous encounters with Aboriginals. He tells of watching corroborees near where the Burra School now stands and he and other students were much more frightened of the Aborigines’ dogs than of the natives themselves.2 About 1915 he gave up station life to become Overseer of Works for the Burra Town Council and he held this position till he retired about 1931. He was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge sine 1882. He is survived by two sons and three daughters: Mrs Watson (Highgate), J. Rosewall (Burra), T. Rosewall (Woodside), Mrs R. Owen (Elliston) & Mrs G.M. Rosenthal (Myrtle Bank). There are three brothers and one sister: Messrs Josiah, Thomas & Henry and Dora.

[1 Since the Burra Smelting operations ceased in 1864 and in any case could hardly have continued at full blast after the closure of the mine this doesn’t fit in with either the history of the mine, or the age of Mr Rosewall. He was only 14 when the Burra Mine closed.

2 This reference to Aborigines at Burra is a rare observation. Other sources such as Ngadjuri by Warrior, Knight, Anderson & Pring (2005) suggest that by 1870 there were few if any Ngadjuri living in the Burra area. Mr Rosewall could be relating stories he heard of the 1850s when such events are recorded by other pioneers, but given that he could hardly be reporting events from personal observation from before about 1868 the evidence above should be taken with great caution.]

Pte Jim James is on leave at Burra North.

M. Wilson RAAF has been on leave in Burra.

Pte & Mrs Lindsay Hood returned to Burra on Saturday.

Cpl Bob Lee RAAF has been home on leave.

Mrs Klaffus celebrated her 98th birthday and was given a party and a visit from the Mayor.

Mt Bryan Annual Catholic Ball on Wednesday last raised £19 for church funds.

Basketball, Saturday

St Mary’s 33 defeated Burra High School 20.

St Joseph’s 24 defeated Redruth Comrades 18.

64, 36, 5 Sep. 1944, page 1

Cpl Auhl was tendered a social at Mt Bryan on Saturday evening. He has seen 16 or 17 months’ active service in the Pacific.

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Drive Appeal has reached £454-14-0.

Fire. The home of Mr H.H. Brown of Gum Creek was destroyed by fire on 29 August while the family were at the circus. They lost all furniture and personal effects. The house was the property of the Soldiers’ Settlement Department and was covered by insurance. The furniture was insured for £100 and the total damage was £500-£600.

The National Day of Prayer to mark the 5th anniversary of World War II was marked by a Prayer Service on Sunday morning at the Redruth Methodist Church where Lindsay Thomas sang a solo. There were morning and evening services at the Kooringa Methodist Church and a service also at St Mary’s.

Salvation Army. Brigadier Brimblecombe came to Burra on Saturday and dedicated the recently renovated Primary Hall and opened a Pet Show. In the evening he gave an address Pen & Camera. On Sunday he was in charge of the public meetings.

Leighton Red Cross AGM is reported in 2⁄3 column.

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Advt. Burra Talkies 9 September

Ray Milland & Paulette Goddard in Reap the Wild Wind

William Boyd & Andy Clyde in Border Vigilantes

64, 36, 5 Sep. 1944, page 3

Obituary. John Clive Sangster MB BS, husband of Mrs Marjorie Sangster of North Adelaide and formerly of Clare, was killed in an aircraft accident 25 August 1944 aged 42. He was born at Kooringa to Dr John Ikan Sangster [Jnr] and Mrs Sangster nee Miss Turnbull. He married Miss Marjorie Phillips of Adelaide 6 February 1929. He is survived by a widow and two sons, Peter (14) and Michael (9). He came to live in Clare in 1929 where the two boys were born. He enlisted from Clare as a Flying Officer early in the war and had extensive experience in several states. He later became a pilot and about two years ago Squadron-Leader and for more than three months had been flying in a Flying Doctor Squad in the northwest of Australia and it is supposed it was there that the accident occurred. Details are unavailable. He was a great mixer and a fine sportsman, prominent in tennis and golf at Clare. He was educated at St Peter’s College and Adelaide University. In Clare he was in partnership with Dr Geoffrey Wein-Smith. [Born 18 December 1903 Kooringa.]

Pte Ken Neale AIF has been on leave with his brother.

Tprs Frank & Jack Griffiths have been in Burra on leave.

Bill Griffiths AIF discharged has also been in Burra.

WO Bob Gallagher is reported missing in air operations over Germany. He left Australia in December 1942 and was serving in a Lancaster Squadron.

Sgt Darrel Young RAAF has been wounded in action over the Timor Sea. He is a Wireless Air-Gunner.

64, 36, 5 Sep. 1944, page 4

Burra Bowling Club AGM was held 1 September. Elected Patron, C.D. Wilkinson; President, O. Finch; Secretary & Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe.

The previous season started in credit £22-10-0 and finished in credit c. £90 and was financially the best season for at least 13 years. The Croquet Club contributed £32.

64, 37, 12 Sep. 1944, page 1

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM in the Croquet Hall 2 September. The year had been very successful and the financial position was satisfactory. Elected were: President, Mrs E. Finch; Vice-President Miss Bartholomaeus; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss Bartholomaeus; Captain, Mrs R. Davey & Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Steer.

Burra Clothing Factory

Mr S.H. Walters, who owns numerous clothing factories, proposes to establish one in Burra in the SAFU Building. He has found the site to be ideal. It will produce mainly military requirements and some civilian lines. He expects these factories to continue for some time after the war and will endeavour to make them permanent. Applications for positions have almost been sufficient.

Sheep have been admitted to the Bon Accord Reserve without permission and some trees have been damaged.

The Annual Buffalo Ball was held at the Institute on Wednesday and £45 was taken at the door. This was one of the biggest crowds at the hall for a long time.

Burra Institute Committee is calling two special meetings of subscribers on 22 & 29 September. The first meeting is called to discuss the proposed transfer of the Institute to the Council and to pass a motion to that effect. The second meeting will approve or otherwise the proposition passed at the first meeting.

Miss Janet Craig celebrated her 88th birthday at Burra Hospital with a party and cake etc. There were 27 guests. [The previous issue had announced the event as her 87th birthday: since she was born Janet Hore Craig 15 September 1856 at Booborowie, she was 88. She died 1 April 1948 when the death registration was for Janet Orr Englis Craig.]

Obituary. Cecil Quinn aged about 22, son of Mr & Mrs Quinn of Adelaide and formerly of Burra, died in Adelaide Hospital on Sunday after being struck by a car near the North Adelaide Railway Station while riding his bicycle. He did not regain consciousness. He was employed at the Post Office and was married about 9 months ago. [Cecil George Quinn, born 17 May 1922 Kooringa: died 10 September 1944 North Adelaide.]

Essington Lewis has presented the town with two prints of Kooringa in the early days. He will formally hand them over on Monday night to the safe keeping of the Burra Town Council.

[These are most likely watercolours by S.T. Gill, presently in the Burra Regional Art Gallery, though this needs to be verified.]

Obituary. Carl (Charlie) Bartholomaeus, who was a prominent resident of the district before he retired to Adelaide in 1923, died in Adelaide on Friday. He was born in Burra 24 March 1860 and was the son of the late Mr & Mrs August Bartholomaeus. He was a pastoralist and owned the property of ‘Pine Creek’ near Cockburn. He was much involved with the Burra Burra Show Society and once owned the property which is now the Burra Show Ground. He and Mr I.J. Warnes donated the 30 acre site to the Society. He was the Society’s patron. He was also associated with the Hospital Board, the Burra Institute and the Burra Town Council. [He was North Ward Councillor from March 1919 to November 1922.] He married Elizabeth Jane Reed who predeceased him about two years ago. He leaves 10 children: Mrs F.M. Pearce (Burra North), Mrs Frank Sara (Adelaide), Mrs J.A. Helling (Yankalilla), Mrs E.R.C. Pearce (Malvern), Miss Clara Bartholomaeus (Glenelg), Mr C. Bartholomaeus (Pine Creek Station), Robert (Farrell Flat), Andrew (Glenelg), Cliff (Sydney) & Jock (Sydney). [Carl Bartholomaeus, born 24 March 1860 Hampton (Burra): died 8 September 1944 Glenelg.]

The Broken Hill Express was three hours late on Saturday morning reaching Burra. This followed the breakdown of the diesel-powered Silver City Comet which runs from Parkes to Broken Hill and which had to be brought in by steam.

H.H. Brown Distress Appeal Meeting

A meeting in Burra Council Chambers on 7 September discussed ways to assist the family which lost everything in a recent fire. It was well attended and many returned soldiers were among those at the meeting chaired by the Mayor. A committee was appointed to oversee the appeal. Committees already established will co-operate with this committee. [There was a Leighton & Gum Creek Committee.] Subscriptions will be acknowledged in The Record.

Marriage. Rosefield Methodist Church 16 August

Ida Thomas, daughter of Mr & Mrs G.R. Thomas of Hogback Station, married

Felvis Heinrich, only son of Mr & Mrs H.T. Heinrich of Oulnino Park Station, Mannahill.

[Sic: for Oulnina Park?]

Burra Town Council, 4 September

Letters received concerning the transfer of the Institute to the Council from the State Bank & the Institutes Association.

The Bon Accord Reserve gate is to be locked.

If, after inspection, damage to trees at Bon Accord Reserve has occurred it will be placed in the hands of the police.

Note. Until this date the Burra VAOC Notice had listed shifts from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. From 12 September the 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. shift was dropped, but without any comment on whether this was due to reduced need or lack of volunteers.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 September

Robert Preston & Nancy Kelly in Parachute Battalion

Hugh Sinclair & Jean Gillie in The Saint Meets the Tiger

Advt. Trotting Entire Roberts’ Echo will travel the surrounding districts.

Particulars from Perce Brook, Phone 18, Booborowie.

Notice. Burra Institute. Two special general meetings of subscribers are called for 22 & 29 September to consider the sale of the Institute to the Corporation of Burra.

Advt. Red Cross & FFCF Flower Show: Burra Showgrounds Saturday 23 September.

64, 37, 12 Sep. 1944, page 3

Pte Rex Opperman AIF visited Burra recently to see his father. He was on compassionate leave to visit his mother who has been seriously ill in Booleroo Centre Hospital and is now staying with her daughter and son-in-law Mr & Mrs A.W. Andrews of Mile End.

Mr & Mrs S. Kuchenmeister AIF have been in Burra on leave.

Miss Nancy Pearce, teaching at Quorn High School, has been home for the holidays as have Miss Melva Woollacott and Miss Nellie Byles.

Burra Soldiers home on leave include:

Jack Robins

Don White

Bob Lomman

E. Spackman

Hartley Aberg

And from RAAF

LAC Doug Robinson

LAC Roy Threadgold

‘Factotum’ writes calling for more community letters of a constructive type in the paper. He is concerned about the disgraceful houses still allowed to be tenanted in the town when their condition is known the LGAM Administrators: also interested in free reading rooms, a community club room, garden allotments, trees, seats around the square and a beautified creek area.

Mid-North Local government Assoc. The Annual Meeting is reported in 23⁄4 columns. The Assoc. covered 15 Councils: Angaston, Burra, Clare (Corporation & District), Eudunda, Freeling, Kapunda (Corporation & District), Mallala, Riverton, Robertstown, Saddleworth, Tanunda, Upper Wakefield & Truro.

64, 38, 19 Sep. 1944, page 1

Mt Bryan Red Cross raised over £50 at the second of a series of entertainments held there on 8 September.

Hallett School Welfare Club. First annual report is printed.

Burra Clothing Factory. The proprietor Mr S.H. Walters is aiming to open in record time. The present record is 14 days from the job interviews. These will be conducted on 22 September.

Brown Distress Appeal. Donations total £58-15-0 and there are also gifts of clothing and household goods.

Football. City footballers will visit from Pt Adelaide Colts and Ethelton Football Club on 7 October. Mrs Nourse, whose husband was a WWI soldier and died recently, will benefit from the match.

Obituary. James Dearlove, pastoralist of Ketchowla and Worumba, died 11 September at a private hospital in Adelaide of heart disease [residence Worumba]. He was a son of the late Mr & Mrs William Dearlove of Ketchowla and was born [23] July 1876 [at Redruth SA]. In 1927 he and his youngest brother Archibald S. Dearlove purchased Worumba Station near Hawker where he afterwards resided. He was a keen judge of sheep. In his prime he was a keen cricketer and tennis player. He was a generous donor to patriotic and philanthropic appeals. He was single and leaves five brothers and five sisters. He was buried on 13 September at Terowie.

Basketball. Semi-finals

St Mary’s 17 defeated St Joseph’s 13

Burra High School 40 defeated Redruth Comrades 26

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Appeal will conclude next Saturday with a Gala Day: arrangements are well in hand.

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened the 1944-45 season on Saturday 16 September.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate: manager’s report for period to 9 September.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping advanced 5ft to 34ft. The leader is coming closer with a fair amount of micaceous iron. Value c. 1 oz per ton.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 September

Edward Arnold & Fay Bainter in The War Against Mrs Halliday

Marsha Hunt & Richard Carlson in The Affairs of Martha

Mr A.H. Hirschausen of Millerton has returned from a holiday in Broken Hill where he attended the Sturt Centenary and the Silver City Show. He had a reunion with his brother, Fred, who is very ill and with his sister Mrs Louisa Dreyer of Griffiths NSW who has returned with him. She is also a sister to Mrs W. Carpenter Sen.

Charlie Herbert AIF and his wife have been in Burra recently.

Cpl Dick Barrett of Burra North has returned to his unit.

Mrs George Frost nee Decima Warner has paid a visit to Burra over the weekend.

LAC Jim Terry is home on leave.

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The Mid-North Local Government Assoc. The report is continued from the previous issue and runs a further 32⁄3 columns. There was considerable discussion on the desirability of communal abattoirs and in all 20 propositions are reported on.

Advt. A.P. Rogers will relinquish his business on 30 September to Donald Kerr.

64, 39, 26 Sep. 1944, page 1

Lisle Pearce was moving a heavy coffin on Friday when he tripped or slipped and in trying to save the coffin from damage crushed two fingers when it fell. He is recovering in hospital.

Red Cross & FFCF Gala Day brought their current fund raising effort to a close on Saturday. It was held at the Showground. There was a fine flower show and cake competition. There were other displays such as Arts & Industries and antiques in the Centenary Hall. There were stalls for drinks, lollies, afternoon tea and games in the Centenary Hall. Sports and horses in action were held in the ring. Gross takings were c. £200. Results are printed and conclude on page 4.

Brown Distress Appeal benefited by £11-6-3 from a dance in the Burra North Oddfellows Hall last Saturday.

Local Board of Health

Odour from the drainage pit at the bacon factory was very offensive and the owner, Mr Davies, will be asked to discuss the matter with the Board.

The Chairman, Mr Woollacott, said Mr Davies had spent about £80 sinking the pit on the site chosen by Council. He could not be asked to go on spending money.

Cr Carpenter said the pit posed a health danger to the community – he feared malaria if infected soldiers returned and mosquitoes could spread the infection.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 September

Brian Aherne & Rosalind Russell in Mt Sister Eileen

William Gargan & Margaret Lindsay in No Place for a Lady

Red Cross & FFCF Gala Day

The official opening is reported in 1⁄2 column. In his speech the Mayor drew attention to the need for such fund-raising to continue even though the European War was drawing to a close. War with Japan would continue and the return and rehabilitation of thousands of POWs would create on-going needs.

Ross Humphrys RAAF is home on leave.

PO David Genders is home on leave. He is the son of S.C. Genders and is a navigator in the RAAF.

Pte & Mrs Mayo visited Adelaide at the weekend.

Lindsay Hood & Roy Kitchen-Meister [sic: for Kuchenmeister] are home on leave.

Brown Relief Appeal reaches £86-15-0.

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Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church last Wednesday

Gladys Kellock, only daughter of Mrs F.M. Kellock, married Cpl Harry Campbell RAAF of Perth.

Mr Essington Lewis visited Burra on Monday evening 18 December [sic: for September] and handed over to the town two historical pictures of the town painted in 1843.* Unfortunately only three private citizens joined the Mayor, Councillors & Town Clerk for the ceremony. [Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs & Mr H.J.B. Jennison.) Mr E.J. Davey, Town Clerk, said he himself could remember a time when he was chased by blacks in this locality. He also said he would not be carrying on for much longer as Town Clerk. Mr Riggs was disappointed that more people were not present and Mr Jennison thought it a disgrace. The Council now owns three pictures painted by the same artist. [S.T. Gill.] [*Obviously the date 1843 is an error, since the copper deposit at Burra was not found till 1845.]

Obituary. George Henry Thomas died at Burra Hospital on 21 September after an illness of six to eight months. He was 65 on 18 May and is survived by a widow, two daughters and eight grandchildren. In 1902 he married Miss Emily Pens and from this marriage there were three daughters: Mrs Loechel (Mt Gambier), Mrs Claude Attrill & Mrs Stan Kellaway Jnr (dec.).

[Born 19 May 1879 Yongala.]

Obituary. John Archibald Prosser died at the Burra Hospital after a short illness 17 September aged 67. He married Miss Harriot [sic] Moore in September 1921. She died about two years ago. There were no children. [Birth not registered in SA. Death CD wrongly records the death of John Archibald Grosser 17 September 1944. He married the widow Harriett Stewart nee Moore in 1921.]

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Burra Town Council, 18 September

A minute’s silence was observed for the late C. Bartholomaeus, a former Councillor.

Ironmine Sunday School held its 72nd Anniversary on 17 September. Two services were held for the first time since the war began and both were well attended. Rev. A.S. Barrett officiated. The children’s tea on Monday was followed by a public tea and meeting.

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The Buffalo Lodge held a ceremony on Saturday evening at which Bros. R.A. Bevan & E.T. Baulderstone were elevated to the rank of Knights of Merit of the 3rd Degree. The ceremony was performed by Knight Megaw of Pt Pirie assisted by Knight May.

PO D. Genders was presented with a cheque during the ‘Amateur Hour’ on Monday 25 September at the Institute. He is the eldest son of Mr & Mrs M.S.C. Genders, a well-known townsman.

The Brown Relief Appeal closes at £120-10-3.

The Burra Clothing Factory will open tomorrow just 12 days after those seeking jobs were interviewed. Mr Walters is very pleased with the premises. At present 19 machines are installed. Anyone is welcome to visit the factory at any time.

Burra Red Cross & FFCF Appeal reaches £536-15-9.

Mr Donald P. Kerr has purchased the grocery business of Mr Angus P. Rogers and commenced business on 2 October. Until recently he was in the wholesale grocery trade with Messrs S.C. Eyles & Co. and was a traveller for a number of years.

Burra Institute. The subscribers met last Friday and unanimously approved the minutes of the previous meeting at which it was agreed to sell the Institute to the Council and it is now expected that the transfer will go ahead, as we understand the Councillors are unanimously in favour of the move.

Air Gunner Lloyd Jefferies has been in Mt Bryan on leave.

Obituary. Mrs Elsie Bernice Schutz died 19 September at Burra Hospital. She was born 11 May 1882 at ‘Lady Alice’ Mine near Williamstown SA. In 1917 she married M. Edgar Schutz. There are six sons: John (AIF), Walter (Adelaide), Herbert (Adelaide), Gilbert (RAN), Keith (Burra) and [Alfred] deceased. She was a member of St Joseph’s Church and helped with various social activities around the town. [She was registered born as Elise Bernice Polkinghorn 11 May 1882 at Humbug Scrub SA and the death is registered as 26 September 1944 at Burra. The marriage was on 2 April 1918 when her name was given as Elsie Bernice Polkinghorne.]

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Advt. Tenders are called for the remaining portion of ‘The Gums’ Station known as ‘Grassville’ & ‘Dartmoor’ situated 25 miles southeast of Burra and comprising 27,759 acres of Crown & Perpetual Leasehold. ‘Grassville’ of 14, 575 acres and ‘Dartmoor’ of 13,184 acres.

Advt. Lindsay Fletcher Portraits. Visiting Burra for a short period. Studio next door to the Savings Bank in Bence’s old store.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 October

Gene Tierney & George Sanders in Sundown

David Niven & Loretta Young in Eternally Yours

9 October

Naunton Wayne & Mary Clare in Next of Kin

Roy Rogers & Helen Parish in Sunset Serenade

Obituary. Flt-Lieut. R.H. Woollacott has now officially been reported k.i.a. 5 September 1943.

64, 40, 3 Oct. 1944, page 3

Amateur Hour. The final function for the Red Cross & FFCF Appeal took the form of an Amateur Hour at the Burra Institute on Monday 25 September. The hall was filled to capacity. In the Junior Section the winners were:

Fay & Avis Irlam who sang You are My Sunshine & Goodbye, Goodbye Little Darling.

The winner of the Senior Section:

Miss Joan Davies sang Alice Blue Gown.

The appeal benefited by c. £119.

The full program is printed.

Bob Seaford & Max Pascoe went to the RAAF recruiting depot last week.

Edna Voumard WAAAF has been on leave in Burra.

AC1 E.A. Heinrich has been home on leave.

Sgt Martin Heinrich RAAF has been home on leave.

Arnold Liebeknecht RAN has been on leave in Burra.

Roy Threadgold RAAF has been on leave in Burra.

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AC1 Jack Lloyd was recently given a farewell social at Leighton. LAC Robert Steele, Pte Don White & AC1 Don Lomman were on leave and attended. A cheque was presented. Dancing followed.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate report to 23 September.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 5ft to 39ft. Values are irregular.

Marriage. Mildura Methodist Church 7 July

Lorna Nunn, daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Nunn of Morkalla, Victoria, married

LAC Eric Field RAAF, eldest son of Mr & Mrs J. Field of Burra.

Basketball. Semi-final on Saturday:

Burra High School 13 defeated St Joseph’s 5.

64, 41, 10 Oct. 1944, page 1

Burra Clothing Factory opened on Wednesday evening with distinguished guests: B.S. McCarthy (representing the Department of Supply & shipping), E.W. Davis & S.L. O’Connor (who accompanied Mr McCarthy), A.E. Smith MHR, Mr McGregor (Secretary of the Clothing Union), A.G. Morris (Proprietor of the Standard Manufacturing Co. of Gawler Place & Kapunda), Tom Clark (National Service Officer), Mr Ekins (Manpower Officer) & S.H. Walters (Proprietor of the Burra Clothing Factory). About 300 people came to see Mr A.E. Smith MHR open the factory. He outlined the steps leading to this event:

10 August. A proposal for a factory was put to Hon. Norman Makin & Mr Smith MHR by the Mayor.

30 August. Applications for women to work in it were placed in the local press.

14 September. Jack O’Connor for the Department of Supply & Shipping inspected the SAFU Building, which is one of the best available in the state for the purpose.

2 September [sic: error for 22 September]. The applicants were interviewed by Mr & Mrs Walters.

4 October. Work started at 8 a.m.

The machinery had been installed in 12 days.

Cr Kellaway supported the Mayor’s remarks and said it would bring in £50-£60 a week in wages to the town.

Mr McCarthy hoped the factories would continue in peace time and thought they would.

Mr Smith congratulated the Mayor on his efforts and turned on the machinery.

The Mayor gave a dinner party for 20 guests at the Kooringa Hotel on Wednesday in connection with the opening of the clothing factory.

The clothing factory could be heard operating in the main business part of the town on Wednesday. Approximately 20 are employed there.

Burra’s Centenary

As the first move in the centenary celebrations in 1945 the Mayor has moved to have an honour roll in the Council Chamber to record the Mayors and Town Clerks of Burra. Council has endorsed the move.

Mr Angus Rogers received a presentation of a chromium ink stand from his staff on his leaving the district after selling his business to Mr Donald P. Kerr.

The Davey family has collectively 88 years as Local Government Clerks; probably an unbeaten record in the country.

William Davey served 30 years as District & Town Clerk.

A.A. Davey served 25 years as Clerk of the Burra District Council.

E.J. Davey served 33 years as Town Clerk for Burra.

(E.J. & A.A. Davey are sons of William Davey.)

Local Board of Health

The matter of the odour from the Bacon Factory overflow pit was discussed at length with Mr V. Davies the proprietor, but no definite resolution to the problem was found.

[Several options are discussed in the 1⁄2-column report.]

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 October

Randolph Scott & Ella Raines in Corvette K225

Donald O’Connor & Gloria Jean in Never Been Kissed

64, 41, 10 Oct. 1944, page 3

Arbor Day at Burra Schools was held last Friday. The opportunity was taken to fill in the air raid trenches at the school. Mr Tom Rice, Head Teacher, intends to plant suitable trees on the sites. The avenue of Currajongs leading to the school is growing well. Addresses were given by Rev. Barrett & F.T. Marston before a half holiday.

Ted Woodman AIF is home on leave.

Jim Terry RAAF has returned to his unit.

Roy Kuchenmeister has been on leave in Burra.

Lieut. & Mrs Bob Crewes have returned to Burra after a considerable absence and hope to take up residence in the district soon.

Capt. Phil McBride, son of Mr & Mrs P.A. McBride, visited Burra at the weekend.

Burra Town Council, 2 October

The Masonic Lodge was granted the use of the Council Chamber on the night of the Installation Ball, for the convenience of distinguished guests.

The Ministers Fraternal sought some Council finance towards the cost of a Thanksgiving Service when hostilities in Europe cease. The Mayor thought this was premature.

The other Councillors disagreed and it was decided to pay half the cost of necessary printing.

Mr Opperman wrote asking Council to forego his rates if he looked after the garden in [St] Dye St. Granted.

£1-1-0 was granted to the Minda Home Appeal.

Burra Institute Committee wrote saying subscribers have approved the sale of the Institute to the Council. The consent of the Minister & secretary of the Institutes’ Assoc. will now be sought.

64, 41, 10 Oct. 1944, page 4

Football. Victoria Park on Saturday. Proceeds for the Nourse Benefit Fund amounted to £35-7-6.

Pt Adelaide Colts 12.11 defeated Burra District 8.3.

A dance in the Burra North Lodge Hall followed in the evening.

Black Springs CWA Annual Fete & Special Effort on 30 September raised £205. Details in c. 3⁄4 column.

64, 42, 17 Oct. 1944, page 1

Weather. Dust Storm. On Friday one of the worst dust storms ever seen covered the Eastern Country when a howling gale raised thick dust. The conditions extended to Broken Hill and beyond. In that district buildings lost roofs. A cool change brought relief in the evening.

On Sunday night rain fell and the pastoral country recorded 20-45 points. Burra registered 27 points.

Basketball. Final. Burra High School 36 defeated St Mary’s 25.

A.P. Rogers was farewelled at the Kooringa Hotel on Tuesday. Mr S.C. Genders took the chair. Speakers were Mr Bence, Mr E.C. Collins, R.A. Bevan, G.H. Dollman, J. McGrath, K. Hill & L.J. Easson. A presentation of a cheque and travelling rug was made. Mr Rogers thanked all and especially Mr Bence who had helped him from a business point of view and enabled him to move his business across the street to its present site. Mr D.P. Kerr, who ahs bought the business, was welcomed on the same occasion.

Obituary. George Bald died in Adelaide after a long illness and was buries at Hallett on 2 October. He was at different times choirmaster of Redruth Methodist Church and Hallett Methodist Church.

[Born 6 September 1877 Kooringa: died 30 September 1944 Eastwood, residence Hallett.]

Kooringa Methodist Church celebrated its Anniversary on Sunday when Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook preached three times. Mr G.E. Dane led an augmented choir. Attendance was good.

A Gymkhana & Sports at Booborowie on 9 October is reported with results.

64, 42, 17 Oct. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 October

Dorothy Lamour & William Holden in The Fleet’s In

Richard Arlen & Jean Parker in Power Dive

Combined Schools Picnic for Hanson, Copperhouse, Leighton & Gum Creek Schools was held on 12 October at Gum Creek Station. Results of sporting events are printed.

64, 42, 17 Oct. 1944, page 3

Mr N. Allen AIF & his wife spent some time at Burra North with his sister Mrs M. Jones.

Rev. Cole who is on military duty spent a few days in Burra last week.

Pte E. Smith & his wife nee Phoebe Genders spent his leave in Burra & Clare.

Pte Angus McInnes is on leave at Mt Bryan East.

Marriage. St Bede’s Semaphore 16 September

Kathleen Griffen, only daughter of Mr & Mrs T.P. Griffen of Mt Bryan, married

Maxwell Mudge, elder son of Mrs & the late Mr Harold Mudge of Streaky Bay & Whyalla.

64, 42, 17 Oct. 1944, page 4

The Nourse Benefit Fund has reached £37-13-6.

Hallett Flower Show of 7 October is reported in c. 11⁄2 columns. This very successful day aided Red Cross & FFCF. Nett proceeds that were split equally were £67-7-1.

Salvation Army. The Young Persons’ Anniversary services were held recently. The Wednesday before last Major Leggett, Divisional Young Persons’ Secretary, arrived in Burra. He visited the Legion and Youth Group and conducted the Ladies’ Home League on Thursday and chaired the Youth Rally program in the evening. On Saturday Adjutant Cox (sister to Captain Cox) conducted the Children’s Anniversary. This busy period ended with the Annual Picnic which took the form of a War-time picnic with the children carrying their own supplies to the Burra North Playground where games and races were held.

64, 43, 24 Oct. 1944, page 1

Mr M.S. (Bert) Edwards has been appointed Town Clerk at Jamestown. He came to Burra in 1923 and has held a number of public positions in the town. He is perhaps best known as secretary of the Burra Burra Show Inc. He has more recently been Clerk of the Burra Burra DC and lately been acting secretary of the Burra Hospital Board. He has taken a keen interest in the LCL and was for many years its District Secretary. He has been a keen member of the Bowls Club and one year was Club Champion. Mrs Edwards was Treasurer of the Burra FFCF.

Local Board of Health

The Mayor corrected a statement made recently by Cr Carpenter that the Bacon Factory drainage pit posed a threat of malaria. The climate here was not suitable for the breeding of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

A Victory Loan Rally was held in the Institute on 16 September to a small audience due to the hasty arrangements and lack of publicity. There were films, some of which were of the war in Russia and were very gruesome.

Methodist Church, Annual District Synod is now being held in Burra North.

C.H. Richardson, who will soon retire, has written to the Mayor thanking him for his work in transferring families to the country. [Freeing needed accommodation in the city for war industry employees.]

Farrell Flat FFCF took £16-14-0 at a successful concert and dance on 13 October.

Black Springs Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 15 October. It was conducted by Rev. W. Hounslow.

Miss Mary Howard was farewelled from Black Springs on 4 October. She goes to enter the nursing profession at Calvary Hospital.

Salvation Army. Last Sunday the meetings were conducted by Major & Mrs Reese and daughter, Captain Reese.

64, 43, 24 Oct. 1944, page 2

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Fred Rayner, late of ‘The Bluff’ near Hallett, a sheep farmer who died at Glenunga 19 July 1944. [Born 14 Mar 1870 Marrabel.]

Notice. VDC Parade Sunday 29 October at 1000 hrs Burra Drill Hall.

Issue of .303 rifles. Return of 310 rifles. Frank H. Reed (Lieut.)

Advt. Burra Talkies 28 October

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello & Nan Wynn in Pardon My Sarong

Robert Stack & Anne Gwynne in Men of Texas

64, 43, 24 Oct. 1944, page 3

Mt Bryan Sheep Dog Trials were held 14 October successfully in A.L. Collins’s paddock and other events were held in Mr Blinman’s paddocks. Winners:

Local Class: A. Clark’s Makota.

Open Class: J. Walsh’s Cassimo

The rest of the events and activities are reported in the 11⁄4-column article.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit has invited Rev. Barrett to stay for another year. Mr Dunhill is sincerely thanked for his 53 years of service as a local preacher.

Mrs J. Gall has gone to Adelaide to meet F/L Gall who is on leave.

Mr E. Schutz & son Jack went to Adelaide last weekend after Jack’s visit home on leave.

Mr Liebeknecht has been on leave in Burra.

Mr & Mrs Bill Anderson have spent leave in Burra North.

Burra Town Council, 16 October

£1-1-0 was donated to Morialta Children’s Home.

Profits from the dance at the opening of the Burra Clothing Factory amounted to £8-8-9 and had been handed to the Town Clerk.

Cr Bevan reported that the swing bridge was in urgent need of repair.

Cr Carpenter said St Joseph’s wall was undermined, as the embankment fretted and was a danger to the public.

64, 43, 24 Oct. 1944, page 4

Hallett RSL Military Presentation Ball is reported.

Spalding will celebrate the opening of the Morgan-Whyalla water reticulation in the town with a big sports meeting on 28 October.

Glendore Methodist Sunday School & Black Springs School held a combined picnic on Rowan Bros. property on 6 October. Sports results are printed.

64, 44, 31 Oct. 1944, page 1

Final Red Cross & FFCF Drive Meeting

£346-14-6 representing 40% of the funds will go to FFCF.

£520-1-10 representing 60% of the funds will go to Red Cross.

Cricket. The season opened with a game in which Jim Dempsey’s Team 137 defeated Ron Pascoe’s Team 98.

Salvation Army. The Divisional Commander for SA, Brigadier Brimblecombe & Mrs Brimblecombe with Captain Gladys Calliss arrived on Friday and took part in the open air service in Market Square. At 8 o’clock the Brigadier conducted a public gathering at the citadel.

Hallett Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 8 October. Rev. John Warren conducted two services. The annual picnic was held on 14 October.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Wpl Bro. E.L. Steer as the new Wpl Master on 24 October after which a Grand Ball was held in the Institute.

The Methodist Synod was held at the Redruth Methodist Church on 24 October. Rev. William Hounslow was recommended to be advanced a year in his probation. Rev. Bartlett, who has returned from missionary work in New Guinea, attended.

Mr K.R. Crewes has been appointed acting District Clerk to the Burra Burra DC to replace Mr M.S. Edwards who has resigned to become the Town Clerk at Jamestown.

Marriage. Beulah Road Church of Christ, 21 October

Kay Cowan, 2nd daughter of Mr & Mrs S.F. Cowan of Tranmere, married

Gordon Harding, eldest son of Mr & Mrs S.G. Harding of Black Springs.

64, 44, 31 Oct. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 November

Paul Muni & Ana Lee in Commandos Strike at Dawn

Jinx Falkenburg & Bert Gordon in Laugh Your Blues Away

Second Victory Loan closes today and by this morning Burra was nowhere near its target of £15,000 and 180 subscribers. There were only 71 subscribers and £8,160.

64, 44, 31 Oct. 1944, page 3

POW & Institute Funds benefited from a variety concert organised by Mrs T. Corry at the Institute on Friday. £62 was raised. The event is reviewed in c. 13⁄4 columns.

Jack McWaters RAAF has returned from overseas and is on leave with his parents at World’s End.

Mrs I.J. Warnes is visiting the Burra District and Mr I.J. Warnes is in the Burra Hospital.

Tpr Brian Dearlove is on long leave at Ketchowla and will visit Worumba before returning to his unit.

AC2 Jack Canny RAAF is home on final leave.

Keith Dyer AIF has been on leave in Burra.

AC1 Charlie Kellaway has been home on leave.

Pte Angus McInnes has rejoined his unit.

Keith Gare RAAF is home on leave.

The Nourse Fund realises £39.

Obituary. Mr A.J. Rasmus died at Farrell Flat recently aged 73. He was the second son of the late John Rasmus of Ucolta. In 1895 he married Fanny Mann of Whyte Yarcowie and for many years was a farmer at Ulooloo, but later took up land at Porter’s Lagoon where he resided till about three years ago when health reasons forced him to retire to Farrell Flat and leave the farming to his son. He has suffered poor health for the last 25 years. As a young man he was a keen high jumper and Sheffield runner and an enthusiastic cricketer and tennis player. He leaves a widow, two sons, three daughters and eleven grandchildren. [Born Adolph Rasmus 21 February 1871 Greenock: died 21 September 1944 Farrell Flat.]

64, 44, 31 Oct. 1944, page 4

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes a long and involved letter which uses complex extended metaphor to comment on a number of town matters, including the Bacon Factory waste, child entertainers and payment for weeding the bowling green, but along the way the writer loses the reader in his hyperbole – or at least lost this reader.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate report to 21 October.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continues and advanced 5ft to 49ft. Country still large with erratic values of approximately 15dwt per ton.

64, 45, 7 Nov. 1944, page 1

The Ministers Fraternal have arranged for a united half-hour thanksgiving service once hostilities cease in Europe. If news comes at night the service will be held at 10 a.m. at the Rotunda, if during the morning at 3 p.m. and if in the afternoon at 10 a.m. the following morning.

FO Jack McWaters was given a welcome home at Ern Phillips’s woolshed last Tuesday night. He is the younger son of Mr & Mrs Hedley McWaters and has seen nearly three years’ active service in the RAAF in England. A presentation of a cheque was made and dancing followed to the small hours.

Burra Bowling Club season opened last Saturday with five rinks in full use. A.B. Riggs rolled the first kitty and Dr Steele opened play with the first bowl. Mrs H.W. Tiver declared the Croquet Green open.

Weather. Rain fell in the district in the last day or so. It is too late to be of much benefit to grain crops, but lucerne growers will benefit. Falls to the east were disappointing and insufficient for dam run-off. To the west falls of 50 points to an inch were registered with 97 points at Burra. To the east falls were very variable, but almost nowhere recorded more than half an inch.

Obituary. Mrs Mary Hogan of Booborowie died at Burra Hospital on Saturday 4 November aged 71. She was born at Mallala 6 April 1874 and was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Michael Farrelly and spent her early youth in that locality. In 1894 she married the late Edward Hogan of Booborowie and the couple took up residence there. She took an active interest in social activities in the area and until about six months ago was still helping in providing dance suppers. She was also a member of St Joseph’s Church and was caretaker and cleaner at the church at Booborowie for many years. In the Great War and the present war she was active in Red Cross and other patriotic activity. She had four sons of whom James predeceased her. She is survived by Edward, Leonard & Frank, all of Booborowie. [Birth CD gives Grace Plains as place of birth in the District of Barossa.]

Mr E.J. Davey, the Town Clerk, placed his written resignation before the Council last night, giving notice of his intent to relinquish duty on 30 April 1945. Councillors decided to let the matter stand over till next meeting.

Obituary. Mrs R. Gallagher has been advised that her husband WO Bob Gallagher who was reported missing in action over Germany on 13 August is now believed to have been killed in action on that date. He sailed for England in December 1942 and was attached to a RAF Lancaster Squadron. He was the second son of Mr & the late Mrs G.W. Gallagher of Pualco Station, Hallett. He married Miss Gladys Parker in March 1942. He leaves a son he had never seen. [Robert William Francis Gallagher born 27 February 1916 Redruth SA.]

Mr Bonython, who was in charge of the Police Station here for a number of years, has been promoted to the rank of Inspector. He was transferred to Whyalla.

[E.L. Bonython was in charge at Burra North 29 April 1941 to 10 March 1943.]

LCL Women’s Branch met on 3 November with Mrs T.B. Ashton in the chair. A letter of sympathy was ‘sent to Mrs I.J. Warnes whose husband is sick’. [This is the only suggestion that I.J. Warnes’ condition was serious.]

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 November

Robert Young & Loraine Day in Journey for Margaret

Marjory Main & Lee Bowman in Tish

Marriage. Burra North Methodist Manse 30 September 1944

Daphne Fuss, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs T.F. Robertson, married

Archie Moxham, son of Mrs W. & the late Mr W. Moxham of Burra.

64, 45, 7 Nov. 1944, page 3

Marriage. The eve of 14 October at Redruth Methodist Church.

Gladys Carpenter, second daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Carpenter of Burra, married

LAC Thomas Pens of ‘Bendigo’ Station, Hallett.

LAC Ken Kellaway & Mrs Kellaway are in Burra at present. LAC Kellaway is on leave from New Guinea.

Wheat Industry Stabilisation Board. There is an article encouraging more extensive wheat planting in the coming season to counter losses due to severe drought, though it was all hedged around with regulations.

64, 45, 7 Nov. 1944, page 3

Spalding Gets River Murray Water

The Commissioner of Public Works Mr McIntosh recently turned on the water supply for Spalding township from the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline. Spalding celebrated with a sports program opened by the Chief Secretary Hon. A.L. McEwin. The report extends for c. 1 column.

64, 46, 14 Nov. 1944, page 1

Marriage. Mt Bryan

Dave Thomas, only son of Mrs C.E. & the late Mr Edlie Thomas of ‘Hilltop’, married

Thelma Simmons, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Alick Simmons of Mt Bryan East.

The Brown Appeal has been finalised at c. £120.

Tennis. After not being used for three or four seasons the Willalo courts have been restored and play started on 11 November.

Police Inspectors. Five constables at one time in charge of the Redruth/Burra North Police Station have gone on to become inspectors:

T.W. McCarthy [26 June 1915-11 June 1918]

J.R. Johns [6 July 1921-10 June 1927]

G.E. McDonald [27 June 1927-22 February 1934] (Now Superintendent of Police in Adelaide.)

C. Kain [23 August 1934-1 November 1936]

E.L. Bonython [29 April 1941-10 March 1943]

Obituary. Mrs Arthur C. Blight of Hallett has died after a stroke. Sympathy is expressed for the family: Mr Blight, Mrs McPherson, Mrs W.B. Ashby, Lt. Clem Blight & Pte Doug Blight. The funeral was at Hallett on 12 November. [Born Mary Ellen Bosence 18 May 1881 Gumbowie: died 11 November 1944 Burra, residence Hallett.]

Second Victory Loan. Hallett has oversubscribed.

Armistice Day was observed in Burra on Saturday when the Adelaide service was broadcast over a wireless set lent by H.J.B. Jennison. A wreath was laid on the memorial by RSL Sub-branch President M.T. Fuller.

Burra Town Council has decided to purchase a Roll of Honour for Mayors & Town Clerks from Messrs Pengilly & Co. of Adelaide for £17-2-0. It is a Blackwood board 6’9” x 3’4”.

St Mary’s Club Victory Presentation Ball was held at the Institute on 10 November. The debutantes were presented to the organising committee comprising Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant, Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott, Mr & Mrs John Barker and Mrs Cowle. A list of debutantes and their partners is printed.

Burra Town Council has been advised its contribution for the year to the Burra Hospital will be £170 and they have subsequently decided to seek greater representation on the Board.

AC2 Jack Canny was given a social at Leighton Hall on 28 October. Speeches were given by J. Field, A.D. McDonald MP & S. Preiss. After leaving school he had served in the PMG Department. A dance followed.

Hallett Red Cross Fete on 2 November was a success and will yield in excess of £88.

64, 46, 14 Nov. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 November

Fred McMurray & Paulette Goddard in The Forest Rangers

McDonald Carey & Jean Phillips in Dr Broadway

Burra Town Council, 6 November

Cr Harvey said he understood if the School Committee paid half the cost the Education Department would pay the other half cost of repairing the school tennis courts. He moved the Town Council pay half the costs. Cr Fisher seconded.

The Mayor queried whether any boy or girl in the town was eligible to play on the courts.

Cr Harvey said that recently a basketball association was formed and competitive matches held on the school courts. He was given to understand that competitive tennis would also be held.

Cr Kellaway was sympathetic, but wary of setting a precedent for other sports. Also it did not embrace the Primary School. Council should carry out repairs at cost price.

Cr Kellaway moved an amendment that the Courts be repaired at cost price.

The amendment was carried on the casting vote of the Mayor.

RSL Fathers’ Assoc. wrote asking if it had been decided to form a branch in Burra.

Cr carpenter moved the Council call a meeting to form a branch. Cr Harvey seconded. Carried.

The Hospitals Assoc. notified the Council that its contribution for the Burra Hospital for the year would be £170.

Messrs Pengilly & Co. submitted prices and designs for an honour roll for Mayors & Town Clerks. Cr Kellaway moved acceptance of design 31A for £17-2-0. Cr Bevan seconded. Carried.

Lieut. Col. Shaw advised that members of VDC, VSD & Air Raid Wardens were to be placed on the Reserve List, as the danger of invasion was receding. He suggested Dr Steele be appointed honorary liaison officer between VDC etc. & the Council.

A light is to be placed over the creek bed in Burra North, as the [foot]bridge was being repaired.

Fuss’s crossing is to be built up. [Does this refer to the St Just St Ford?]

Cr Fisher reported that the Bon Accord Bridge was condemned for the use of heavy traffic.

The Town Clerk said repairs were in the hands of the Department. As the bridge-making plant was in town Cr Fisher moved a letter be sent to the Department stressing the matter. Carried.

A letter will be sent to the SAR asking the station road be repaired.

The Town Clerk gave six months’ notice of his resignation.

LAC Thomas Pens has returned to duty.

FL J. Gall has returned to his unit.

Capt. Gall has returned to his unit.

Mavis Riggs AIF is on leave in Burra.

64, 46, 14 Nov. 1944, page 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross Drive ended on 28 October with a Gala Day which raised over £100. Details are given in just over 1 column.

64, 47, 21 Nov. 1944, page 1

Booborowie Annual Methodist Fete & Concert was held in perfect weather this year and gross proceeds were c. £115.

Leighton Gala Night for Red Cross & Hall Funds was held on 15 November. There was a short concert of children’s items followed by dancing to 2 a.m. Takings of almost £70 will be equally divided.

Obituary. R.M. McBride has died aged 84. He was a son of the late J.M. McBride the noted pioneer pastoralist. The deceased was involved in the pastoral industry all his life and the first property he bought was Fingerpost Station some miles east of Burra. Later he was interested in ‘The Gap’ Station now owned by Mr Andrew Tennant and also in Devonborough Downs in the northeast. He also bought lucerne land at Booborowie when the Booborowie Estate was subdivided. He had interests too in WA, the main one being Tarmoola Pastoral Company at Leonora and the other in North Danalup district where he maintained a Suffolk sheep stud with which he was a successful exhibitor at many Royal Perth Shows. During his life he disposed of most of his SA properties and at the time of his death retained only part of the old Beefacres Estate at Gilles Plains. He was taken ill while travelling to Leonora and he intended to visit the Ram Sales in Perth. He returned to Toorak, but did not recover. He is survived by a widow, four daughters and two sons. He was buried at Burra Cemetery.

[Robert Martin McBride born 26 October 1860 Lostwithiel (Burra): died 24 October 1944 Rose Park, residence Toorak.]

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary 5 & 6 November. Rev. Arthur Jackson preached the services. A children’s tea on Monday was followed by a public tea and a meeting. Takings amounted to a satisfactory £27-2-0.

Miss Joan Davies of Burra was chosen to represent SA in the ‘Cover Girl’ Quest run by ‘Pix’ Magazine. If she wins she gets a £100 War Bond, a Pix Model Contract and an opportunity of a post-war movie career. She is the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs V. Davies of Burra. The family has lived in Burra for about five years. Miss Davies sings and whistles splendidly and has made her presence felt from the stage of the Burra Institute.

CWA International Day this year featured Canada and was held in the Institute 17 November. Miss Oliver read an interesting and instructive paper on Canada.

Obituary. Mrs Susan Jane Snell who died recently at Broken Hill was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Richard Thomas. She married the late Mr Joseph Snell whilst in Burra and the couple resided here for some time before going to Broken Hill where she lived for the last 461⁄2 years. She was a staunch member of the Lily of the Valley Tent of the Rechabite Lodge and never lost her interest in the people of Burra and their activities. [Born 1 December 1858, Tavistock Park (Burra): died 10 November 1944, Broken Hill. See more on the next page of this issue.]

Girl Guides. There is a report on the Annual Meeting of Girl Guide Thrift. This was concerned with the collection of paper, bottles etc. for the war effort.

A St Joseph’s School Frolic was held on Friday as part of the Queen Competition being organised in conjunction with the St Joseph’s Convent Break-up Concert.

Flt-Sgt Len Bence has received his commission as a Flying Officer. He is serving in the UK with the RAAF. He joined the RAAF in June 1942 and left Australia in August 1943 as a Flight-Sergeant.

Cricket. Burra Cricket Club met recently and decided to carry on. Elected: President, W.J. Smith; Vice-President R.A. Bevan; Captain, Ron Pascoe & Secretary, J. Dempsey. Mr Dempsey has been transferred to Hanson, but hoped to get up now and then for a knock. The match on Saturday next is Burra v. Koonoona.

64, 47, 21 Nov. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee has organised a social and dance (no supper) in Burra Institute on Friday 24 November to welcome home FO H.J. McWaters, PO H. Woodgate, Capt. Mavis Riggs and any soldiers home on leave.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 November

Brian Donlevy & Anna Lee in Hangman Also Die

Supported by News & short features

Advt. Public Meeting in the CWA Rooms, Pearce’s Buildings to pass a vote of confidence in the Commonwealth Bank Board and to protest any attempt to dissolve it or to interfere with its freedom of action.

Obituary. Susan Jane Snell died 10 November at her residence in Broken Hill. She was the widow of Joseph Hill and mother of Alice, Bert, Louie (Mrs H. Johns), Wilfred (dec.), Myrtle (Mrs F. Russ), Lily, Beat (Mrs N. Crawford), Clem, Bob, Stan (dec.) & Rene (Mrs C. Manuel). There are 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She was aged 85 years 11 months.

[Born 1 December 1858, Tavistock Park (Burra): died 10 November 1944, Broken Hill.]

Mr Kurt Bachli has bought Mr K. Hall’s bakery business and will commence early in December. Mr Hall bought the business a few months ago from Mr H. Wandke.

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Pte Bill Sellars AIF is home on leave.

Lieut. F.L. Worth visited Burra in the week.

Sgt Colin Dormer RAAF has been in Burra on leave.

LAC Humphrys has been home on leave.

Pte L.R. Hirschausen AIF has been in Burra on leave with his wife. He has now returned to his unit.

A. Coverdale writes expressing the expectation that a returned man will get the Town Clerk’s job when it becomes available.

Miss Rhena Thamm was given a presentation when she left Sara & Co. after nearly 3 years. She is leaving to marry Mr Burden the stationmaster at Cockburn.

64, 48, 28 Nov. 1944, page 1

Burra Town Council

Community Centre

The Council recently received a letter asking if there were any plans for a Community Centre in Burra and at the last meeting of Council Cr Fisher again broached the subject. He thought Council should get information about the community centres being established in towns throughout the country.

The Mayor said there should be a Boy Scout Troop.

Cr Fisher said centres were not just for Boy Scouts, but for the whole community, especially the young.

Burra Institute

A meeting of Council on 20 November decided to go ahead with the purchase of the Institute subject to ratepayer approval. The transfer would carry a loan from the State Bank of SA of £3,160 at 4% interest to be repaid in half-yearly instalments of £112-14-2 with the right to pay off the whole or a portion at any time with three months’ notice. A meeting of ratepayers will be called to approve the purchase. 100 ratepayers or one-twentieth of those on the roll could demand a poll be held to decide the issue.

The Town Clerk’s Resignation

This was discussed at the Council meeting on 20 November. The Mayor said that as the Council did not have a superannuation scheme he would suggest the Town Clerk be given three months’ full pay in token of his work for the Council. A similar thing had been done when Mr Rosewall resigned as Overseer after many years with the Council.

Cr Kellaway asked if the Town Clerk could carry on till the end of the financial year, as it would save the Council about 15 guineas in auditors’ fees, as they would have to come when he resigned as well as at the end of the financial year. Mr Davey said he would try to do so.

The Town Clerk’s resignation was accepted with regret from the end of June 1945.

Burra Burra DC made a presentation to Mr M.S. Edwards who has resigned as Acting District Clerk to become the Town Clerk at Jamestown. The various Councillors thanked Mr Edwards who had been Acting Clerk for over three years. They wished him well. He was presented with an inscribed walking stick.

Boy Scouts. The Mayor on a recent visit to Adelaide was contacted by people interested in the Boy Scout movement who were astounded to find the town had no troop. The Mayor said that not long ago there was a thriving troop and every facility is available, including a Scout Hall, but no one in the district capable of taking on the responsibility had volunteered for the role. ‘What about it Mr ?’

64, 48, 28 Nov. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 December

Judy Garland & Gene Kelly in For Me and My Girl

James Craig & Dean Jagger in The Omaha Trail

Notice. Burra Town Council

A meeting of Ratepayers is called for 11 December in the Institute to consider the proposal that the Council buy the Institute.

Advt. Salvation Army. Brigadier Wallace of Melbourne will visit next Wednesday.

Ladies Home League 3 p.m. and Monster Youth Rally at 8 p.m.

Pte Dollard. A medal presented by Burra Athletic Club to Pte Dollard has been found at Norwood. It will be returned if he or someone knowing his whereabouts contacts this office or Mrs A. Horne 117 Beulah Road, Norwood.

Cricket. Saturday. Burra 161 defeated Koonoona 8 for 141.

The rules for these matches were that each side made the most runs it could in 90 minutes.

64, 48, 28 Nov. 1944, page 3

Obituary. Mr Isaac James Warnes died at Burra Hospital on Saturday [25 November]. The district has lost one of its most outstanding citizens and SA one of its best-known pastoralists. For very many years he has been a leader in the town and district and has thrown his energy and initiative into anything concerning its welfare. He gave generously, especially to the Show Society, the District Council and the Burra Hospital. He had been President of the Burra Burra Show Soc. since 1914 and his total donations to it exceeded £2,000. He was mainly responsible for obtaining the present showgrounds and in building the fine Centennial Hall on the site. When the society moved to the present showgrounds Mr Warnes subscribed £100 and made teams available for the work needed.

About 38 years ago he was elected to the old Mt Bryan DC and was Chairman when it amalgamated with the DC of Burra Burra. He became Chairman of the amalgamated body until forced to relinquish the role due to failing health in 1942, though he remained a member of Council till his death. He was a member of the Burra Burra Hospital Board for many years and donated liberally towards its welfare and donated the present X-Ray unit.

He had been President of Burra Stockowners’ Assoc. & Burra District Stockowners’ Assoc. since 1891. His interests extended well beyond the local district. He was elected one of the first directors of the Stockowners’ Co-operative Shearing Co. when it was formed in 1917. He was a director of Byles Mongolata GM Syndicate and did all he could to place Mongolata Goldfield on its feet. He was a member of SA Stockowners’ Assoc. for about 50 years and Chairman from 1921-23 and President of the Graziers’ Federal Council in 1922 and for a number of years a member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society.

He took particular interest in assisting the wool industry and tried to convince small producers that to get the best financial returns they had to have their wool classed correctly. In 1924 he had students from the School of Mines class the Koomooloo clip according to types of wool and this led to general improvements in wool classing throughout the state. He extended an annual invitation to members of the Burra Burra Show Soc. to attend the shearing at ‘Sturt Vale’ to see classing in operation and many farmers availed themselves of the opportunity offered and learned much from the visits and from Mr Codrington the wool expert who was always in attendance. On arrival after the 75 mile trip visitors would be greeted by Mr Warnes and lavishly entertained. He would ensure they all had petrol for the return journey and stay by the phone at the station till he heard they had returned safely. Members of the Chow Society also received his hospitality at the annual Show Luncheon. He was a great believer in public halls and had much to do with the erection of halls at Leighton, Booborowie and Mt Bryan.

As a pastoralist he owned Koomooloo, Old Koomooloo, Lagoon, King’s Well & Sturt Vale Stations. He owned property also at Booborowie and formerly owned Wahroonga Station in that locality.

Some years ago with failing health, he and Mrs Warnes retired to Glenelg, but he retained his interest in the district and was a frequent visitor. He was a son of the late Mr & Mrs Tom Warnes, pioneers of the Burra District and was born 29 October 1871. He is survived by his widow Mrs Mary Jane Warnes OBE (nee Fairbrother) and three sons: Rex, Tom & Jim. Rex & Tom are at Koomooloo and Jim is in the RAAF. The funeral at the Burra Cemetery on Sunday was very largely attended.

[Born 28 October 1871 near Kooringa: died 24 November 1944 Burra, residence Glenelg.]

Pte Mayo visited his wife and family at the weekend.

Pte & Mrs Fred Voumard have been in Burra for several days.

Mr Codrington the Wool Inspector was in Burra over the weekend.

Cpl Carl Pearce AIF is home on leave.

64, 48, 28 Nov. 1944, page 4

Capt. Mavis Riggs & FO Jack McWaters attended a Welcome Social. PO Woodgate regretted not being able to be there due to his duties. Capt. Riggs had served five years, first in the Middle East and then in the jungles of Northern Australia. She had been one of the first to be farewelled in 1939.

FO McWaters had been an air-gunner in the RAAF in England fighting the Luftwaffe and had been on many bombing raids over enemy territory. Speeches were made by the Mayor & A.L. Bence for the RSL. The two guests responded. Dancing continued till midnight.

Burra Town Council, 20 November

The SAR says the station road will receive attention.

The Chief Secretary says he will gladly meet a deputation from Council about representation on the hospital Board, though he will not be in Burra in the very near future.

The Highways Department says it has rebuilding of the Bon Accord Bridge under consideration.

L.J. Eason, Head Teacher of Burra High School, thanks the Council for repairs to tennis courts and asks for costs so he can claim the departmental subsidy.

Cr Lee says Lewis’s Bridge was too far gone for repair and moved that a new bridge be repaired [sic: perhaps ‘prepared’] according to the estimate submitted by the Overseer. Cr Carpenter seconded.

The Mayor queried whether it was needed at once.

Cr Kellaway moved it stand over till Council had inspected the bridge.

Cr Lee said a similar motion had been made long ago and there had been ample time to inspect the bridge.

Cr Carpenter said it had been inspected and the estimate of £22-10-0 for repair had been submitted by the Overseer. The bridge was in a bad state. Amendment lost and motion carried.

[This report is confusing, with the bridge being at once beyond repair and yet to be repaired. The sum of £22-10-0 seems remarkably modest for a new bridge, but it is also not clear whether they are considering the road bridge or the footbridge. Sometimes Lewis’s Bridge refers to the one in Commercial St, but this would involve the Highways Department, so it must be a bridge in Kangaroo St.]

64, 49, 5 Dec. 1944, page 1

Obituary. Mt John Carmichael, probably the oldest former soldier in Victoria, has died at Red Cliffs aged 95. He was born in Burra SA in 1849 and went to Victoria when aged two and moved around the goldfields there with his father. The latter then joined the armed forces in New Zealand. John Carmichael later joined his father and also served with the forces there for two years, fighting in the Maori Wars. He married in 1882 and took up land at Red Cliffs [near Mildura] in Victoria. He is survived by his wife who is 87 and by nine children.

Burra Hospital Board members paid tribute to the late I.J. Warnes at their recent meeting and a minute’s silence was observed. Mr Warnes’ last gift to the hospital was a bell system enabling any patient to summon a nurse.

Salvation Army. The Burra Corps has won the Territorial Trophy which is awarded for general improvement and efficiency. This was announced by Brigadier Wallace on his recent visit. He was assisted on his visit by Major K. Leggett.

Commonwealth Bank. Burra citizens resolved at a meeting on Friday to send a petition to the Prime Minister protesting proposals to dissolve the present Commonwealth Bank Board.

Mr Sable Grivell and a party of entertainers presented an excellent program in aid of Red Cross at Black Springs on 24 November.

Booborowie Pet Show & Sports at the school is reported and results are printed.

Cricket. At Burra on Saturday Burra 234 defeated Koonoona 116. For Burra S. Kellaway scored 106.

Burra Primary School Visiting Day was held last Friday.

William Queale, son of a former Burra stationmaster, has been appointed President of the associated Chamber of Manufactures of Australia. He attended Burra School and has since been manager of Broken Hill Junction Mine & President of the SA Chamber of Manufactures and is now Managing Director of Kelvinator (Aust.) Ltd; a Director of Richards Industries and of several other companies, a member of the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and President of the Institute of Management (SA).

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate for the fortnight to 2 December.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued 6ft to total 32ft. Have broken through to old workings. Values are irregular; approximately 18dwt per ton.

64, 49, 5 Dec. 1944, page 2

Oates & Co. have received instructions from the executors of the estate of the late W.A.F. Muller to sell a stone & iron house of five rooms in Morehead St.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 December

Spencer Tract & Katherine Hepburn in Keeper of the Flame

Charles Cockburn & Beulah Bondi in The Captain is a Lady

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra; Mongolata Ward

Nominations are called by 16 December to fill the vacancy created by the death of I.J. Warnes.

Obituary. John Morrison, husband of Lucy Ann Morrison of Mile End, died 27 November aged 63. He was the father of Mollie, Lucy, Jean, Ron, Enid, Ruth & Jessie. [See more on page 3 of this issue.]

Editorial which calls for the damming of Burra Creek. A dam somewhere near the bridge by the bowling green would create a reservoir stretching back beyond the old flour mill. Perhaps the wings of the old bridge could be used as part of the dam. The dam would contain a small flood gate to allow surplus water to get away. This would create a swimming pool, a body of water sufficient for small regattas and the banks would become really good memorial gardens. The necessary knowledge and machinery is readily available. Finance could come from the swimming pool fund and the Burra Seaside Picnic Committee. Burra Town Council should take the initiative.

64, 49, 5 Dec. 1944, page 3

Pte Lindsay Hood has been in Burra on leave.

Obituary. Mr John Morrison who died in Adelaide on 27 November was an old identity of this district. He was employed at Messrs McGregor’s wool scouring works at Mile End. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Murdock Morrison who owned property at Westbury in 1881 and he spent his youth locally on sheep stations and later as a shearer. He married Miss Lucy Fry of Pt Germein and they lived in Pt Pirie where he was employed by BHP Smelting Works. Eventually they returned to Burra where Mr Morrison worked in various capacities for Messrs A.J. & P.A. McBride. He assisted the firm when it acquired Wilgena Station on the East-West Railway and other station properties and was well known in the northeast as a shearer. For family and age reasons he went to live in Adelaide about 7 years ago. He is survived by a widow, six daughters and one son.

[This obituary & the one on the previous page of the paper should be treated with caution. There is no registration of his birth on the SA Births CD and the marriage registrations say he married Lucy Ann Bowman 13 May 1908 at Pt Pirie. Strangely the daughter Jean that is mentioned is registered as born to John Morrison & Lucy Ann Fry at Caltowie. There is no Enid registered as born to John Morrison, but there is an Edith Myra. The death is registered as at Thebarton, residence Mile End and the age given of 61 suggests a birth in 1883 but his mother died in 1882. The age given on marriage suggests a birth in 1881 or 1882.]

Mt Bryan East Red Cross Social on 25 November is reported in a little over 1⁄2 column.

It raised £7-17-8.

64, 50, 12 Dec. 1944, page 1

Damming the Burra Creek

M.F. Toal writes in support of damming the creek, likening the effect on Burra to the improvement effected in Adelaide by the Torrens Weir. Expert opinion would be needed though on how to avoid stagnant water.

H.J.B. Jennison also writes supporting the idea and in favour of the possible swimming possibilities and gardens.

M.A. Radford of ‘Canegrass’ writes urging caution. In the event of a major flood coming down he says remember that Burra is at the junction of two valleys; from the north and the south. Water has enough difficulty passing through the bottleneck at Burra without taking the town with it. On at least two occasions this would have happened if the river had been dammed at the place proposed. The danger would be less with a dam below the cemetery. Since the bed is on slate the main gain from the dam would be increased flow in the spring at Princess Royal. Silting of the dam would likely be another problem and in dry times the beauty spot would become a stagnant pool to the menace of the health of the town.

The editor comments that the advice of a qualified engineer would have to be sought before proceeding.

Miss Joan Davies flew to Sydney for the judging of the final of the ‘Pix’ Miss Cover Girl Quest. She was one of the four finalists and the results of the all male judging panel will not be known for some time. She returned to Burra last Tuesday. If she were to win she would probably be asked to take part in the film Kingsford Smith to be made in Australia soon, as well as getting a ‘Pix’ model contract and a £100 War Bond. Details in 2⁄3 column.

Obituary. The late Francis James Joseph of Mt Bryan died at his residence 9 December. He was born at Gumeracha 7 January 1852. In the early days he was a driver of bullock and horse teams connecting Adelaide with Mannum, Wallaroo, Moonta & Burra. At 21 he married Sarah Warren of Watervale and after a few years went to work for Mr J.J. Duncan of Hugh’s Park Station. Mrs Joseph died at the Burra Hospital in 1910 and in 1912 he married Sarah Nourse. On closer settlement Mr Josephs went to Mt Bryan to work for Mr A.G. Gebhardt until he retired. He enjoyed good health until a final illness of about three weeks. He is survived by a widow, eight sons, five daughters and many grandchildren & great-grandchildren.

[The birth is hard to trace, but the following information from SA Births CD suggests the above in inaccurate. Franciske James Josephs born 7 January 1854 Lobethal to Joseph & Sara Eliza nee Hazell. On 1st marriage The CD says he is Francis Esker James Joseph with a father James Joseph.]

The Pie Cart. Red Cross Headquarters in Adelaide have asked to buy the pie cart and as its use there would be much greater the Burra RSL Wives, Red Cross, FFCF & Burra North Red Cross have agreed to sell. It is expected the Burra North FFCF will also consent. Consequently the familiar sight will vanish from the saleyards. The ladies thank all their supporting customers, those who donated sheep and Mr Arnold Heinrich who conveyed the cart to and fro each month.

‘Sandy’ a big half-Persian cat of Mr T. Brown of Mongolata has taken to killing foxes and has disposed of two in the last week or so.

Mr C. Radford, who is a returned soldier from the Middle East & New Guinea, has been appointed curator of the cemetery. He is also a qualified monumental mason. He begins in January 1945 and will be paid £52 p.a. to keep the cemetery in good order. He will get all the fees for digging graves and may charge for attending to individual graves and erecting and repairing tombstones. This will not impinge on current council employees who have as much work as they can handle.

64, 50, 12 Dec. 1944, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 December

Randolph Scott & Claire Trevor in The Desperadoes

Joe E. Brown & Marguerite Chapman in The Daring Young Man.

Notice. Kooringa Methodist Church. Program for a special musical pre-Christmas service conducted by G.E. Dane on 17 December is printed.

Miss Elizabeth Ashton has obtained the degree of MA at Adelaide University. She is the only daughter of Mrs R. Ashton & the late Dr Ashton.

FO Brian Riggs is home on leave after about three years of flying bombers over Germany and other enemy territory. He was awarded the DFM some time ago.

64, 50, 12 Dec. 1944, page 3

Burra FFCF Unit 109 5th AGM was held 28 November.

President Mrs A. Tennant reported. [Gwen L. Tennant.]

Membership stands at 64. Parcels of goods have continued to be sent off comparable with last year. The main money-making effort has been the Red Cross FFCF Shop. The annual appeal was run in conjunction with Red Cross and the FFCF get 40% of the total: £346-14-6. This sum is then divided between the three FFCF units to give £115-11-6 to this unit. £32 was sent to cover Christmas hampers at 10/- per hamper.

[Various lesser fund-raising activities are reported and individual people thanked. Goods despatched are listed.]

Elected: President, Mrs A. Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J.R. Barker & O. Finch; Secretary, Mrs F.T. Marston & Treasurer, Mrs M.C. Dobson.

Weather. Dust!

On Saturday the town experienced one of the worst dust storms in its history. Other storm may have carried more dust, but the duration of this storm made it unusual. It lasted from early morning to late at night and was not entirely over on Sunday morning. Farmers lost considerable grain shaken from heads of wheat and vegetable gardens were very badly damaged.

Burra Town Council, 4 December

SAR advises that it considers the station road is satisfactory for traffic at15 m.p.h. Councillors think it a disgrace.

The Minister of agriculture advises £350 is available to enable local Councils to purchase fire-fighting equipment. Council believes the fire brigade is sufficient to cover Town Council Area requirements.

Manpower seeks aid in rostering volunteers to carry out domestic work at the hospital.

[While the cause for this is not spelled out, the comments suggest there was an industrial dispute over wages.]

Emergency Fire Services write offering a trailer pump and equipment rejected as unsuitable by the Burra Burra DC.

Cr Kellaway proposed they find out if they would be allowed to send it out of the town, as the local brigade was not allowed to do so.

£5 was donated to the Red Shield Appeal.

RSL writes asking for a returned man to be appointed Town Clerk when the job comes up, with a temporary position to be created if a returned man was not then available.

The Mayor was in favour, as long as he was a front line soldier and qualified for the job.

Cr Kellaway said he hoped the sponsors of the letter ‘would follow the example re the employment of returned soldiers which would be set by this Council’.

‘His Worship – Yes and not employ “dagos”.’

Cr Lee was surprised at some returned men from the last war employing prisoners of war.

64, 50, 12 Dec. 1944, page 4

AB Seaman Phillips RAN has been on leave in Burra North.

LAC Charlie Kellaway RAAF is on leave in Burra.

Pte M. Kemble is home on leave.

64, 50, 12 Dec. 1944, Supplement: Calendar for 1945.

64, 51, 19 Dec. 1944, page 1

Salvation Army. Christmas festivities are reported.

Father Christmas visited the Primary Tots.

The Home League held a break-up social at which Father Christmas also appeared.

The Christmas Youth Rally was held on Saturday evening and almost 50 young people attended a tea at the citadel.

‘Digger’ writes expressing dissatisfaction with the level of warmth in the Council’s response to the RSL letter re employing a returned man and pointing out that the employment of POWs was sponsored by the Government and was employed when no other labour was available.

St Mary’s Club goes into recess till the first Tuesday in February, after last Tuesday’s meeting.

St Joseph’s School held its annual concert on Wednesday in the Institute. The Queen Competition raised £114-19-4. Concert items are listed in a 1-column report.

E.J. Sara writes about the damming of the creek. He suggests a lock across the creek near the Mine Bridge. She says when she was a school girl Mr Jaffery, Manager of the Bank Of Australasia at Aberdeen had a fine rowing boat and my mates and I were privileged to be rowed from Roach’s Mill to the ford near the Aberdeen Croquet Club. The boys also took some of us across in flat bottomed boats. There was a road of ford of slag across the creek between Roach’s Mill and the Mine Bridge that kept water back. Frogs are not heard in the creek today, but were a usual sound then.

Kooringa Methodist Church. A Christmas service was held on 17 December, as it was anticipated many would be away from the town at Christmas itself. Rev. S.J. Martin was ill and Rev. A.S. Barrett arranged for Mr H.J. Stevens to step into the vacancy. Mr G.E. Dane conducted an enjoyable musical experience.

Red Cross Fete at Willalo raised £104.

Mrs Chris Haag of Unley was 89 recently. She was born at Redruth and is the eldest daughter of the late C.A. Lott Sen. She left Burra 50 years ago for the city.

St Joseph’s Convent School. The Music Examination Results for 1944 are printed.

64, 51, 19 Dec. 1944, page 2

Advt. Welcome Home Dance for FO Brian Riggs DFM & others will be held in the Burra Institute following the High School Concert on 20 December.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 December

Jeanette McDonald & Robert Young in Cairo

Ann Rutherford & Guy Kibbee in This Time for Keeps

25 December

Jungle Book

George Brent & Priscilla Lane in Silver Queen

28 December

Flying Tigers

Mexicali Rose

30 December

The Men in Her Life

Counter Espionage

1 January 1945

Beyond the Blue Horizon

On Night in Lisbon

64, 51, 19 Dec. 1944, page 3

Ratepayers’ Meeting

The mayor placed before the well-attended meeting the proposal of Council to buy the Institute.

He said the total turnover for the year was £571-19-0.

Assets were £5,293.

Loss for the year was £36-17-6.

The debt being taken over was £3,160 to the State Bank plus interest. The proposal was to make payments of £225 off interest and capital for 20 years.

On the present figures the Council would only need to find a small sum annually to do this, bit if they struck a 31⁄2d rate they could pay it off in 10 years.

He hoped people would get behind the purchase and pay the whole lot off in the town’s centenary year in 1945.

Cr Kellaway supported buying the Institute, but also paying it off as soon as possible.

Mr A. Walker thought the swimming pool fund and the seaside picnic account could be utilised.

Mr Jennison as Chairman of the former was strongly against that.

The Mayor said several hundred pounds of War Loans etc. could be used.

A.B. Riggs said the present proposal was a saving of some £1,700 compared with an earlier scheme of purchase.

Mr F.T. Marston moved acceptance, Mr J. McGrath seconded and it was carried unanimously.

Alan Penrose who left Australia with 2/43rd Battalion has been promoted to Lieutenant.

Cpl Ian Penrose RAAF has been posted as missing.

Roy Blucher RAAF is on leave in Burra with his wife.

64, 51, 19 Dec. 1944, page 4

Hanson Children’s Christmas Tree was held in the Methodist hall 13 December.

Reported in 1⁄3 column.

PO Herbert J. Woodgate RAAF was welcomed to Booborowie at a social evening on 9 November. He said in his time as a Sgt Air-Gunner he had seen Britain, the Middle East, India & Burma.

The report extends for c. 2⁄3 column.

Characteristics of the 1944 paper

Page 1

Mostly news with a couple of large advertisements.

Page 2

Generally filled with smaller advertisements, sales notices and public notices for local government, churches and amusements. News sometimes finds a little space.

Page 3

A mixture of larger advertisements and news.

Page 4

Similar to page 3, but often the articles here are of more general interest; not necessarily local news.

In general the paper is a fairly good record of local activity, but there is relatively little reporting of sport, probably reflecting the reduced amount of sporting competition during the war. There is a very large volume of not very interesting detail on the activities of the local Red Cross branches and the Fighting Forces Comforts Funds. The ‘People We Know Column’ records the coming and goings of locals, including the military forces personnel on leave. Generally this movement of locals has not been noted for any of the years that it was supplied, but in the war years movements of service personnel have been recorded.

Numbering of Issues in 1944.

Numbering was straightforward in this year:

The year began with Volume 64 Number 1 on 4 January

And continued to Volume 64, Number 51 on 19 December.

There were only two anomalies:

The first four issues were the second uses of those numbers for Volume 64, due to their being first used in 1943.

The issue of 16 May was wrongly identified as Volume 65, Number 20 and as a consequence Number 20 was not used in Volume 64.

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 2

Advertisements

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers, etc.

_____________ Burra Talkies

Donald P. Kerr General Merchant, Burra

H.J.B. Jennison Jennison’s Tyre Service

E.T. Baulderstone Baulderstone’s Quality Fruit & Vegetables

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 3

Advertisements

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

A.D. Sellars Agent for Chevrolat Trucks

M. Pritchard District agent for H.C. Sleigh, Golden Fleece Petroleum Products

Sara & Co. General Merchants, Burra & Burra North

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 4

Advertisements

T.H. Villis Mobiloil Agent, Burra North

Fred M. Pearce Timber & Hardware Merchant, Builder & Contractor

Agent for Caltex Products – Texaco Oils & Grease

Guy H. Dollman Burra Motor Co. – RAA Road Service Station

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Paints, Varnishes, Upholstering & Undertakers

Charles Radford Monumental Mason & Curator of Burra Cemetery

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 1

The Burra Record changes ownership. Ernest F. Marston, who has been the proprietor for 32 years has sold the business to his son, Frank Teare Marston, who has edited and managed the paper for the past nine years.

A Welcome Home Dance was held in the Burra Institute on 20 December for Brian Riggs DFC, who had been in England for about 31⁄2 years, and for LAC Ron Kellock and Pte Norman Finch.

Obituary. [BADLY DAMAGED]

Miss Helen Wilkinson (Nell) died suddenly at Burra Hospital on January X. Miss Wilkinson was a well-known identity of the town, particularly for her good works among the less fortunate members of the community and her interest in political affairs. She was the third daughter of the late Mr & Mrs T.W. Wilkinson of Burra and was born here in 1877 and spent her entire life in this town. Although she was a member of the Liberal and Association being run for the XXXX of the community in general, her main activities embraced the Liberal & Country League and the Burra Benevolent Society. She was a capable and energetic secretary for both institutions. Until some years ago she took a keen interest in the welfare of the Kooringa Methodist Church, but owing to the loss of her hearing [the rest is unreadable.]

[Helem Wilkinson, born 5 March 1876, Kooringa; died 3 January 1945, Burra.]

[Note: There is no hard copy available in Burra and apparently the Adelaide hard copy is damaged and provides both the microfilm and Trove versions. This, of course, means that page 2 has equivalent damage.]

Leighton Christmas Tree & Break-up

The annual event combining the break-up of Leighton and Gum Creek Schools was held in Leighton Hall on 21 December. There was carol singing, and Father Christmas distributed a gift and bag of sweets to each child. Progress Certificates* were presented. The adults finished the evening with a dance. [References to the Burra Primary presentations for 1944 & presentations in 1946 say Qualifying Certificates were replaced with Progress Certificates in 1945.]

Cricket. Leighton 128 defeated Koonoona 110 on 23 December.

Marriage. Pt Pirie Central Methodist Mission, 30 December

Walter Donald Lomman (RAAF), only son of Mr & Mrs W. Lomman of Booborowie, married

Katherine Doyle, youngest daughter of Mrs & the late T.J. Doyle of Pt Pirie West.

65, 1, 9 January 1945, pages 1 & 4

Burra High School held its speech night just before Christmas at the Burra Institute.

The Headmaster, L.J. Easson said:

This year’s enrolment was unusually small, with only 14 new students compared with the usual 24 to 30. It is estimated that there will be about 24 new scholars in 1945. Social Science was a new subject introduced in First Year this year. No exams were set, but this in no way detracted from the interest and enthusiasm shown by students. Visits were paid to the Burra Record, Post Office, Burra Library and the Water Works Department. Physical Education is limited by the lack of facilities. We would be very restricted except for the permission from the Town Council allowing the use of Victoria Park. Sports Day near the end of second term was a great success. In the Basketball Association formed this year the school team were premiers. The annual trip to Riverton for Inter-High School Sports was an enjoyable outing, even though Burra did not secure the shield. School Patriotic Fund Work was pursued steadily and there was solid investment in war savings certificates. Murray Baulderstone gained a special award from the Salvage Commission.

Since the beginning of the year we have learned that Ken Fuller and Dudley Armstrong have been killed in action and Laurie Walker and my predecessor, Mr Lloyd Draysey, are both reported missing in action. We extend our sympathy to relatives.

The House shield this year was won by Blue House.

Mr Easson outlined the benefits of moving from the Qualifying Certificate to the Progress Certificate from 1945. The syllabus was less rigid and teachers could progress at more suitable rates for their students. The work done through the year also counted. There was less pressure on students and less dependence on success on one day of the year.

Dr Steele as Chairman of the High School Council spoke of the progress of the war and also of the rapid pace at which children today were growing up – too rapidly he thought – he hoped the youth would still have time ‘to act the goat’ before succumbing to the trials of the adult world.

Prizes were distributed.

Dux of the School for 1944 was Jill Pearce.

Intermediate Certificates were presented to Audrey Bown, June Dollman, Bob Nankivell and Jill Pearce.

An entertainment program was then presented.

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will conduct a clearing sale on the farm of the late A.J. Rasmus on Tuesday 1 February.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 January

Paulette Goddard & Ray Milland in The Crystal Ball

Plus Kit Carson [Damaged section of the paper]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Ern Bishop of Hanson.

[The only likely death I can trace was that of Herman Bishop who died 20 December 1944 at Hanson, aged 54, though a Return Thanks Notice of 65, 2, 16 January 1945, page 2, says he was Hubert. There is a birth for Herman Bishop on 11 May 1890 near Yongala Station.]

Obituary. A badly damaged section of the page may indicate the death of F.J. XXXX of Mt Bryan.

[This may refer to the death of Francis James Josephs who died at Mt Bryan on 9 December 1944, aged 91. BISA research gives his name as Francis Esker James Josephs, born 7 January 1854 at Lobethal. The SA Births CD records that birth as Franciske James Josephs. An error in transcribing handwriting might account for the discrepancy.]

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate, manager’s report for fortnight to 16 December 1944.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continued. Seven tons seven cwts of ore to battery 11 December, returning 6 oz 13 dwts 12 grns.

Marriage, Redruth Methodist Church, 30 December 1944

Captain Mavis Riggs (AANS), elder daughter of Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs of Burra North, married

Major Kenneth Green (AAMC) of Brisbane, Queensland.

Miss Ward (84), who has lived in Burra for 74 years, has gone to live with friends in Peterborough.

Miss Nancy Pearce, who has been teaching at Quorn High School for four years, has been appointed to Jamestown.

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 3

Burra Primary School held its annual break-up party on Thursday 21 December. The Welfare Club provided a good spread of delicacies.

Qualifying Certificates were presented to:

Max McBride Claire Lloyd Colin Foster

Lois Finch Carliene Davies Jack Bown

Dawn Bernhardt Cecile Bartlett Shirley Moore

Meryl Nelson Gordon Webster Gordon Nourse

Colin Sellars Vonnie Pascoe Lois Parker

Don Seaford

During the year the Primary School scholars purchased 1,763 War Savings Certificates amounting to £1,410-6-10. And total Waste Products worth £480.

Burra VAOC observed an Anson aircraft flying to the northwest. The plane was on a night flying exercise and became lost. The pilot contacted control in Adelaide and the Burra observation enabled it to be put back on course. The plane landed with only three gallons of fuel in its tanks.

Petherton School break-up was held at the end of the year for the 12 children on the roll there. The teacher was Miss Hawson-Clarke.

Accident. Mr J. Simpson of Mt Bryan was seriously injured when he was caught in the power tractor drive while in a party cleaning wheat at Mt Bryan on Friday. He is reported to be making progress.

65, 1, 9 January 1945, page 4

Burra High School Parents & Friends presented the annual party to scholars at the end of last year. The gathering was of almost 100 scholars, parents and visitors.

Burra RSL Wives FFCF

At the October meeting an offer from the Adelaide Red Cross to buy the pie cart was discussed. Due to the adverse season and the consequent dwindling markets, it was decided reluctantly to accept the offer, as it would achieve more in Adelaide than it could in Burra.

65, 2, 16 January 1945, page 1

John Cundy, brother of Mrs E. Sellars, of Burra North, is visiting Burra after an absence of 66 years. He was born in England and spent his youth in SA. He will be 80 in April and has come down from Mt Isa. [Further details of his life are printed.]

Obituary. Mrs J. Allen Senior died on 6 January. She was born Edith Maria Lihou, the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs H. Lihou. She was born at Terowie on 18 August 1881 and married John Allen 18 February 1899. Though not closely associated with any public body in the town, Mrs Allen will be remembered by the numerous people she assisted during their times of sickness. She is survived by a husband and four children: Myrtle (Mrs Hill) of Burra, Jack of Burra, Ida (Mrs Laidlaw) of Lucerndale and Frederick of Burra. There are 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. One child, Jean (Mrs Motherall) predeceased her recently.

[Born Edith Maria Lihou 17 August 1881 at Terowie & married John Allen in 1899.]

Flying Officer Don McDonald, son of Mr A.D. McDonald, is home on leave and was entertained at a dinner at the Burra Hotel on Wednesday night. He has been overseas for more than three years and in that time has visited USA, Canada, England, Scotland and the Middle East.

Letter. R.J. Fairchild writes to assure M.A. Radford that damming the creek to make a pool would not raise the threat of flooding to housing because, he says: ‘it is, I believe, a fact that in deep slowly flowing water that portion of water nearest the surface, only is in motion. So that assuming flood danger to be ,say, 10 to 12 ft, a weir six or eight feet in height would not increase danger at flood times.’

Burra Burra DC. At the last Council meeting on Monday, the Chairman, Cr H.C. Atkins gave notice of his intention to resign from Council. This decision follows his retirement from farming and his intention to move to Kingswood, with his wife and daughter. Mr Atkins has been active in Council affairs for some twenty years. He was Chairman of the old DC of Hanson for many years until it amalgamated with the DC of Burra Burra. Between the Hanson Council and the Burra Burra Council, he has been a chairman for about ten years. Cr Atkins has also been Chairman of the Local War Agricultural Advisory Committee, the Fuel Advisory Committee and the Emergency Road Transport Committee. He has also been a member of the Board of Management of the Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

At Farrell Flat, he has been President of the Farrell Flat LCL, the War Loan Committee and of several sporting bodies, including the Porter’s Lagoon Boat Club. He will retain some interest in the local area because his son will manage his Farrell Flat property for him.

Burra Town Council, 8 January

The Main Road Grant this year will be £200 and the Council’s contribution £60.

The Mayor said that Lane and Lewis Gardens in West Ward were an eyesore.

65, 2, 16 January 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 January

Charlie Chaplin & Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator

Plus Short Features:

Swingtime in the Movies

Dance of the Weeds

Glimpses of Kentucky

Flag of Mercy

The Greenie

The Bona Accord Hotel has changed hands. Mr J. Temby, who has managed the hotel for a number of years, has recently relinquished it to C.H.A. Groth from Pt Lincoln, who has purchased it.

Obituary. Mr & Mrs H.P. Stephens of Glenelg have been notified that their only son Flight Sergeant L. J. (John) Stephens, who has been posted missing since February 19 1944 is now presumed to have lost his life on that date. He was a grandson of the late Mr H.S. Stephens of Poonunda Station, Mongolata. [Lindsay John Stephens, born 19 August 1921, Glenelg.]

65, 2, 16 January 1945, page 3

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, Wednesday 10 January

Signal Woman Ruth Margaret (Peg) Dollman (AWAS), second elder daughter of Mr & Mrs G.H. Dollman, married Staff Sergeant Thomas David Stevenson (AIF), eldest son of Mr & Mrs D.N. Stevenson of ‘Greenslotes’, Brisbane. [Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Cricket.

RSL 123 defeated Hallett 113

Koonoona 3 for 124 versus Burra 5 for 136.

Flight Officer Jack Gall is home on leave.

Gilbert Schutz (RAN) is on leave and spent a few days in Burra.

Flight Sergeant Darrell Young is home on leave.

Flight officer Colin Morrison is on leave with his wife’s parents, Mr & Mrs H. McWaters of World’s End.

Soldiers Home on Leave are: Pte F. Lewis, Sgt Ron Smith, Pte Ivan Wohling, Pte Lou Rowe, A. Kotz, H. Seaford and LAC Jim Teryy [sic: presume Terry].

John Bourman, who was born in Burra, but has not been here for nearly 50 years, is visiting his sister, Mrs Alf Gebhardt. He lives in WA.

Mr F.W. Evans is visiting Burra for the first time in 62 years. He was 78 on 25 December 1944. His father, the late Daniel Evans, was employed at the Burra Brewery. He says he can dimly remember the mine working.

Dr D.L. Davies is Locum Tenens for Dr Steele, who has a fortnight’s holiday.

65, 2, 16 January 1945, page 4

Burra Burra DC.

J.R. Barker has filled the vacancy in Mongolata Ward, unopposed.

£300 has been granted for main roads, plus a special £1,000 grant to improve the Spalding-Booborowie road.

The Deputy Director of Manpower has advised the authorisation of the enlistment of Allen Williams.

Mt Bryan School Break-up & Christmas Tree is reported. Progress Certificates were awarded to: Edith Terrill, Avis Clark, Lois Edwards, Margaret Wardle, Bob Simpson, and Geoff Davis. The Welfare Club sponsored a large Christmas tree and Father Christmas handed out gifts. Later the hall was cleared for dancing until 1 a.m. and the children had supper and ice cream.

65, 3, 23 January 1945, page 1

Marriage. St John’s Church, Auburn, 3 January

Blanche Heinrich, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.T. Heinrich of ‘Oulnina Park’, Mannahill, married

Ivor Burdon of Mannahill. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

A Hanson Dance on 9 January benefited Red Cross funds by £21. Miss Margaret Tralaggan was chosen Belle of the Ball.

Mr J.D. Kelly, (‘Duncan’) who was born at Copperhouse and has lived at Ulooloo for many years, was pleased to get a Christmas card from an old pal from his sporting days – Albert Bagg, who now runs a garage in Detroit, Canada. Albert Bagg is a cousin of the Bagg Bros. of Burra and was born at Springbank, near Burra. Mr Bagg’s speciality was bike riding and Mr Kelly’s forte was in the pedestrian events. Albert Bagg set the first record for a bike ride between Broken Hill and Adelaide. He was paced by a pair on a tandem following the rough Pegline track through King’s Well Station and Burra. Mr Kelly once won a bicycle race, a hurdle race and the Sheffield, all in the one day. He is now 72.

Pilot Officer Don McDonald was given a social at Leighton Hall on Thursday 11 January, where he was welcomed to the platform by Geoffrey Gask (ex. 2nd AIF).

Mt Bryan Cupboard Fund benefited from a successful dance at Mt Bryan recently, to the tune of £35-19-8.

65, 3, 23 January 1945, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will hold a clearing sale for Mrs G.C.A. Smith at her property in Duncan Street north of the railway station on Saturday, 9 February. [Items are listed.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 January

Frederick Marsh & Loretta Young in A Bedtime Story

Bruce Bennett & Virginia Field in Atlantic Convoy

29 January

Kenny Baker & Patricia Morrison in Silver Skates

Leslie Brook & Angelia Glynne in The Rose of Tralee

LAC Cliff Lott was home on leave for the weekend from hospital.

Flight Sergeant Darrell Young has returned to his unit after leave.

Flight Officer Jack Gall has also returned to his unit after leave in Burra.

Pte Roy Kuchenmeister spent a few days’ leave in Burra.

Pte Cec. Edwards, son of Mr & Mrs W. Edwards is home on leave.

LAC Eric Field and his wife are spending his leave at Leighton with his parents, Mr & Mrs Jack Field of ‘Romani’

65, 3, 23 January 1945, page 3

Burra & District Honour Roll is printed.

Cricket, 20 January

Koonoona 168 defeated South Booborowie 84.

Monthly and Yearly Rainfall Figures for Burra are printed from 1880 to1944.

65, 4, 30 January 1945, page 1

LAC C. (Charlie) Kellaway was given a farewell on 22 January. The Mayor said he had hoped there would be no more farewells for servicemen, but they continued. Speakers were Mayor T.H. Woollacott, M.T. Fuller (President of Burra RSL Branch), W. Carpenter, Mr Riggs (Secretary of the Welfare Committee) and Miss Sellars.

The Hallett Institute held its AGM on 20 January. Great difficulty was experienced in getting a quorum for the meeting. The overdraft stood at £600, which considering wartime conditions was deemed satisfactory – annual fetes etc. not being held to leave the field clear for patriotic bodies.

Burra Town Council, 21 January

The St Just Street ford is to be repaired.

Straying stock within the town was a nuisance. Sheep, lambs and a donkey were causing problems.

It was decided to send a deputation to the Premier or Minister of Education urging the construction of a house for the headmaster of the High School. The Department had owned a block of land in the town for some time, but no house had ever been erected. It was also resolved at the same time to ask that accommodation be erected for railway employees at Burra North, some of whom were forced to live in Burra, due to the lack of accommodation nearer the railway station.

Local Board of Health

The Central Board of Health wrote asking what action had been taken to obviate the offensive odour from the Burra Bacon Factory refuse pit. The Health Officer had reported on the matter and ordered improvements, failing which the factory and its pit should be closed. The Mayor said the problem was difficult, as the factory was an asset to the town. Cr Bevan and Cr Lee had inspected the soakage pit on the banks of the creek and a pool of black slime was being formed where water was soaking through the bank. Cr Bevan agreed the factory premises were good, but that was no reason to allow water therefrom to run into the creek.

The present state of the drainage and septic system at the hospital was also quite unsatisfactory.

A special meeting with the Burra Bacon Factory proprietor and the Chairman of the Hospital Board has been arranged for 30 January.

Mrs E.R. Davey, sister of R.D. Pascoe of Burra, was 80 on 17 November and has resided in Broken Hill for many years. She was born in Burra and married a Burra bootmaker, Mr Davey and left the town for Broken Hill 54 years ago. Mr Davey died 45 years ago. During the war she has knitted 123 pairs of socks for soldiers and is an active member of the Red Cross and the FFCF.

[Further details of her life are printed.]

65, 4, 30 January 1945, page 2

Advt. Tenders are called for the renovation of the premises of the Savings Bank of SA in Burra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 February

John Wayne & Joan Crawford in Reunion in France

Ann Rutherford & Red Skelton in Whistling in the Dark

Notice: Ernest F. Marston thanks subscribers and asks for all debts to be settled following his disposal of the newspaper/printing business to his son, Frank Teare Marston.

Ray Jennison, son of Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, has won the ‘Longbottom Scholarship’ for 1945 at Prince Alfred College. This entitles the winner to 12 months’ tuition at the college and is awarded to candidates from the Senior Mathematics Class.

Obituary. Mr & Mrs R.J. Reynolds of Booborowie have been advised that their second son, Pte Lloyd J. Reynolds died of wounds received in action on 16 January. Before Mr & Mrs Reynolds moved to Booborowie they lived at the Burra Mine. Their elder son Pte H. Reynolds is also in the AIF and prior to their enlistment both sons worked for I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd.

[Lloyd Jarvis Booth Reynolds, born 29 December 1923, Yongala.]

Tpr Alf Woodman is on leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs H. Woodman.

Jeff Nankivell (RAAF) has spent his leave with parents Mr & Mrs W.H. Nankivell of Burra.

65, 4, 30 January 1945, page 3

Cricket, 20 January

Burra 157 defeated Leighton 151.

[But note that the totals printed in the paper are the wrong way around.]

65, 5, 6 February 1945, page 1

Burra Institute held its annual meeting on Wednesday last with President A.B. Riggs in the chair.

Takings in hall hire and subscribers fees amounted to £679 and the year ended in a credit of over £90. Subscribers increased from 233 to 245. Double subscribers 133, single subscribers 57 and juvenile 43. At 31 December 1944 the library comprised 5,646 books. Revenue increased by £96 due to increased rental from the Town Council, the office rent and the culling of all patriotic rebates for hire of the hall. The transfer of the Institute to the Burra Corporation [i.e. the Town Council] is in its final stages and the committee hopes to see the process concluded in the near future. The outstanding loan is £3,160 at 4% for a period of 20 years, as at 1 February 1945.

Elected: President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-President, F.T. Marston; Secretary, M.P. Cowle and Treasurer, J. McGrath.

Advt. Girls wanted for the Burra Clothing Factory. [Former Farmers’ Union Store, 1 Market Square.]

Pay rates: 21 years or over £3-15-0; 18 years with no experience £1-19-0 with an increase every six months and 14 years with no experience £1-10-0 with an increase every six months.

Annual and all gazetted holidays on full pay rates. Apply, Walters, Burra.

Obituary. Mr Tom Ford, and old resident of Burra was going to a meeting of the Retired Railway Officers Association in Adelaide on Tuesday afternoon and was asking directions of a policeman at the corner of King William and Hindley Streets, when his heart failed and he dropped dead. He was the son of the late Mr & Mrs Frank Ford of Burra and was born here 71 years ago. He worked and lived here as a railway ganger and was later district foreman at Mile End. He married Miss Gracie Collins at Burra, a step-sister of Mrs S. Kellaway. While living in Burra he was a great supporter of the old Aberdeen Football Club. Later he was transferred to Birdwood and did a lot of patriotic work there during WWI and played a large part in the erection of that town’s war memorial. He was buried at West Terrace cemetery and is survived by his widow, two daughters; Mrs Jacobs of Semaphore and Mrs Letton of Renmark and one son, Mr W.V. Ford of Hilton. There are six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. [Thomas Pedlar Ford. BISA evidence suggests he was born in England and came to Burra as an infant. He died 30 January 1945 at Adelaide, residence Mile End.]

Broken Hill experienced its worst ever dust storm last Tuesday according to a report in The Barrier Miner. Visibility was said to be reduced to one foot, traffic was halted and lights were needed inside as if it were night. A funeral was halted in the main street and mourners were given refuge and iced drinks in the Palace Hotel. It later moved on, but had to halt at the Globe Timber Mills for a time. It took some 21⁄2 hours to complete the funeral and service.

Booborowie Hall held its annual meeting on 27 January. After a period of difficulty, the hall’s finances are now buoyant. Receipts were £531-7-3 (including £205 in War Savings Certificates). Expenses for the year left a credit balance of £383-0-11.

LAC R.M. (Ross) Humphrys was given a farewell recently. The Mayor presented him with the usual gift and Mrs Scroop presented a Comforts parcel. Mr Woollacott said it was not a pleasure to say farewell to these boys of 18 when it was remembered they were going to fill the places of other lads who had fallen or been discharged. He wished Ross Godspeed and a safe return.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate report for fortnight ending 27 January.

Farnden’s Hill: stoping continued six feet to a total of 42 ft. Approximate value of 1 oz per ton. Leader is small and irregular.

Burra High School: Intermediate Results

K.E. Schultz 3 subjects

R.C. White 7 subjects* [Ross]

W.F. Byles 4 subjects

N.E. Marston 4 subjects

C.R. Lloyd 6 subjects* [Colin]

K.A. Bruce 3 subjects

R. Pascoe 1 subject† [Ron]

Maxine Connors 5 subjects* plus 2 from 1943

Barbara Jennison 4 subjects

Margaret Sykes 3 subjects

Helen Jefferies 2 subjects

Y.D. Harvey 5 subjects* [Though the paper of 20 February says Veronica Harvey 6 subjects.]

Roma Schwier 2 subjects

Heather Pearce 7 subjects* [The paper of 20 February says 8 subjects.]

Rhonda Bourman 1 subject†

Max Langsford 3 subjects†

Marie Crewes 1 subject†

[* students who gained certificates. † students who completed a certificate started previously – from information in the paper of 20 February 1945, page 1]

65, 5, 6 February 1945, page 2

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra

An Extraordinary Vacancy has occurred for the Farrell Flat Ward and nomination for Councillor are called by 17 February 1945, with an election to follow if required.

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra

At a meeting of the Council on 5 February 1945 Edwin Finch was appointed Chairman for the term ending 30 June 1945. [This and the extraordinary vacancy mentioned above were caused by the resignation of Cr H.C. Atkins.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 February

Paulette Goddard & Charles Boyer in Hold back the Dawn

Plus Short Subjects.

Shooting Mermaids (A sports parade)

Problem Poppy (A Pop-eye Cartoon)

Ye Old Minstrels (Our Gang)

Popular Science (in Colour)

A Pet Shop (Talking Animals)

Burra Hospital has been allocated a share of the 8 million units of Penicillin issued to country areas by the Government. This will permit a patient four injections, which is considered sufficient to effect a cure. The cost is £1 per injection.

Hanson Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving service last Sunday 4 February.

Mr A. McLaren is visiting Burra as the guest of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr & Mrs O. Walker. Mr McLaren used to have a grocery business where Sara & Co.’s Burra branch is now situated. He has not been in Burra for 25 years. He was an active member of the Burra Rifle Club while living here.

Mr Sid Johnson was one of the contestants in the main boxing bout at the Adelaide Stadium over the weekend.

Sgt Gill Builder is on leave in Burra.

Pte Carl Pearce, son of Mr & Mrs F.M. Pearce, is home on leave.

65, 5, 6 February 1945, page 3

Cricket, 27 January

Koonoona 163 defeated Apoinga 125.

29 January

Koonoona 212 defeated Booborowie 138.

65, 5, 6 February 1945, page 4

Burra Clothing Factory. Proprietor Mr S.H. Walters says the girls at the factory are doing splendid work. At first rejects were numerous, but now he is more than satisfied with both the quality and quantity of the output. Rejects are few and far between.

Soil Erosion

An article a couple of weeks previously on the clearance of mallee and the resulting erosion cited the Baldina/Mongolata area as a local example. This provoked a response by Mr Oates of Poonunda, disagreeing with the example. In this issue there are two long letters from James H. Schwier (one received too late for the previous issue) that take detailed exception to Mr Oates’ assertions, with some detailed evidence to back up the writer’s views.

65, 6, 13 February 1945, page 1

The Local Board of Health, 5 February.

At an earlier meeting Mr V. Davies of the Burra Bacon Factory had been instructed to erect pipes to carry the business’s waste water across the creek to be absorbed in a sandy area. After the minutes were read the Mayor said he wished to have recorded as a dissenter to the motion. Cr Kellaway said the minutes had been confirmed and it was now too late to effect alterations. After some further altercations about the position of the Medical Officer, the Mayor said that having raised the point, he was now satisfied.

New Burra-Hanson Road

The Highways Inspector has suggested to the Burra Burra DC that a new road to Hanson be built to meet the Kapunda Main Road about two miles south of Black Springs. It would pass along the eastern side of the railway line instead of going past G. Finch’s residence, which would obviate a number of bends and two railway crossings, as well as being much shorter. South of Hanson the road would continue past the Whyalla Water Scheme tanks, along the western side of Porter’s Lagoon and thence to the Kapunda Road as stated above.

Burra Hospital Board meeting 2 February.

A letter from the Local Board of health was discussed. In the past 12 months £40 has been spent on mosquito proofing the hospital and its drainage vents. A new pit is being dug to combat excess overflow from the kitchen and laundry.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the work of Mr H.C. Atkins, who is now severing his association with the board.

Mr & Mrs H.C. Atkins were given a farewell at Farrell Flat on Tuesday at the Farrell Flat Hall.

Mr Glen Hawkes returned from the city to chair the meeting, which began with a concert program. Mr Hawkes said that Mr Atkins had arrived there in about 1898-99 and took up land when the Old Koonoona blocks were cut up. Mrs Atkins had been born in the district. They had worked hard and not spent their income in riotous living, so that now they were able to retire in comfort. Mrs Atkins had always played a prominent part in district affairs and Mr Atkins had been most active in public and sporting affairs.

Mr R. Mickel spoke on behalf of the Farrell Flat District, Mr J.M. Howard for the Porter’s Lagoon Tennis Club and the Cavandale Tennis Association. Mr E.B. I’Anson said Mr Atkins had been a founder member of the Boat Club and its president for 18 years and had aided it financially. [The club was financially sound in 1945, but was in recess until the drought broke and there was more water in the lagoon.]

Mr H.R. Piggott spoke on behalf of Porter’s Lagoon residents and other speakers were Messrs Matt Smith, G. Neill and S.C. Genders.

Mr Atkins was presented with a wallet, Mrs Atkins with a silver tray and Miss Atkins with a table mirror. Mr Atkins and then Mrs Atkins responded to their well-wishers and Miss Atkins followed.

Burra Town Council, 7 February

Dr M.F. Toal wrote agreeing that the wall around St Joseph’s was in a dangerous condition and advised that it would be repaired.

65, 6, 13 February 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 February

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Who Done It?

Ralph Bellamy & Evelyn Ankers in The Great Impersonation

Mr H. Wilson, Burra Town Council Overseer has completed his 30th year of employment with the Council. When he started he was curator of the cemetery and became overseer on the retirement of the late J. Rosewall, some 16 years ago. Whilst curator he handled 1,107 burials.

[This seems rather a high figure for a period of 16 years and needs verifying.]

Cpl & Mrs Don Halliday have spent some days in Burra.

Mick Bernhardt (RAN) is spending his leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs R.G. Bernhardt of Burra.

Cpl Con Samuel (RAAF) spent a few days of leave in Burra last week.

Mr Pederick, the new Burra High School Headmaster and his wife arrived in Burra last week.

65, 6, 13 February 1945, page 3

Burra Burra DC, 5 February

Cr Atkins’ resignation as Chairman and as a Councillor was accepted with regret. Crs Finch, Hawker and Keynes spoke in appreciation of his valued service to the Council. Cr Finch, on behalf of all Councillors, then presented Mr Atkins with a suitably engraved walking stick.

Ironmine Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Service on 11 February.

Cricket, last Saturday at the Racecourse resulted in a draw.

Koonoona 6 for 165 and Burra 7 for 153.

Accident. Mr & Mrs A.D. Sellars and family had a narrow escape from serious injury when their car overturned on Tuesday on loose gravel near Marrabel. Mr Sellars suffered a badly cut hand, but the rest of the family escaped with bruises and a severe shaking.

Accident. Mr Colin Hughes had the top joint of his little finger on the left hand amputated following an accident while trimming pine trees with an axe at Mt Bryan East recently.

65, 6, 13 February 1945, page 4

Letter. Mr P.V. Oates makes another reply to the erosion debate.

The Burra and District Honour Roll appeared frequently throughout the period of WWII.

This version is a fair indication of its nature and extent.

65, 7, 20 February 1945, page 1

Fire. A fire on Mrs C.A. Drew’s property at Leighton on Thursday destroyed sheds, farm implements, six bales of wool and 300 bags of seed wheat. It appears that the fire started from a battery recharging plant. Despite the efforts of about 30 neighbours and friends, the fire was too hot for them to do much to extinguish it, although they did manage to save a combine, a truck, tractor and a motor car. Drums of power kerosene close to the flames posed a further danger and they did ultimately explode. Fortunately the wind was blowing the heat away from the homestead. Losses included a shearing plant, two headers, a buckboard, a Buick car, an oil engine, a buggy and many tools.

An Accident. Jim Reilly parked his car on ‘Cowdung’ Hill at Burra North on a windy day last week. He left it in gear and chocked the wheel, but apparently the wind was strong enough to lift it over the blocking stone and begin it on its way downslope towards the showgrounds. It ended up knocking down a portion of the Showground galvanised iron fence and came to rest quietly against a post. When found it was quite undamaged and could simply be driven away.

Weather. Burra received the tail-end of a large West Coast dust storm last Friday afternoon. Lights were needed in businesses for some hours, though the violent wind of the West Coast petered out by the time it reached Burra and the dust gently settled. There was a deal of thunder, but less than 20 points of rain, which brought plenty of mud with it.

Mr Richardson of the Highways Department will soon be leaving for Spalding, after a stay here of twenty months.

Mrs O. Bishop was given a farewell from Hanson on 14 February. She is moving to Adelaide. Mrs Bishop has been active in Red Cross and other public functions in the district.

Burra Primary School welcomed 28 new pupils when school began for the year on Tuesday.

[The new students are listed.]

Jill Pearce gained her Leaving Certificate at last year’s examinations.

Burra Burra DC. Mr A.R. Mickel was the only nomination to fill the extraordinary vacancy for a Councillor for Farrell Flat Ward and has been duly declared elected. He has previously been a Councillor for the old District Council of Hanson. [Andreas Rudolph Mickel.]

Burra RSL held its annual meeting. President, M.T. Fuller; Secretary, A.L. Bence; Treasurer, A. Coverdale and Pensions Officer, D. Keynes. The President said they had had a quiet year, but now needed to hold some functions to generate some income and also needed to get a clubroom in anticipation of those young members who would be returning.

Membership this year had reached a record number. He congratulated Mr G. Stanley hawker on his election as a State Vice-President. The President reported on the Anzac Day service, when they were able to get the services of the Salvation Army Band from Bowden, which helped to make the march and service such a success. He felt that more returned men could make the effort to attend the Armistice Day ceremony. It was decided that on the cessation of hostilities with Germany a Rally of Diggers would be called and a ceremony arranged in conjunction with the Burra Ministers’ Fraternal.

65, 7, 20 February 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 February

Gracie Fields & Katherine Hepburn in Stage Door Canteen

Plus Short Subjects

Pte Alf Woodman has returned to his unit after leave.

Cpl Bob Lee (RAAF) is spending leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs W.J. Lee.

LAC Maurice Woollacott, son of Mr & Mrs T.H. Woollacott is home on leave.

Mrs Garrard went to the city to meet her husband, Sgt Garrard, who is on leave from the AIF.

Mrs Doyle and Miss Olive Doyle have moved from Mt Bryan East to live with Mrs Doyle’s daughter, Mrs A.E. Willis, at Booborowie. On 3 February a presentation of an easy chair was made to Mrs Doyle (who was not well enough to attend) and that was accepted by her son Mr Harold Doyle. Miss Olive Doyle was presented with a travelling rug. Mrs Doyle had been an active community member since coming to the district to reside in 1914, whilst Miss Olive Doyle had lived there all her life.

Mr & Mrs Harold Doyle, whose have only recently been married, were presented with a cheque, as is customary in the area, instead of a kitchen evening.

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, last Saturday

Joyce Gwendoline Schultz, only daughter of Mr & Mrs T.J. Schultz of Gum Creek, married

Mervin Richard Irlam, third son of Mr & Mrs Ted Irlam of Burra.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church celebrate its Harvest Thanksgiving Service on 11 February.

65, 7, 20 February 1945, page 3

Cricket

Koonoona 133 defeated Leighton 51.

Burra 4 for 183 defeated VDC 10 for 130.

Weather. Yesterday a very localised storm delivered 27 points to the Burra Post Office, almost nothing to Burra North, 40 points about half a mile south of the post office and 88 points to Farrell Flat.

Obituary. Mrs A.W. Kerin of Brighton has been advised that her husband Pte A.W. Kerin (SX 7822) who was previously reported a POW is now reported missing, believed deceased on or after 20 June 1944. He enlisted in the AIF about July 1940 and saw service in the Middle East and Syria and was subsequently taken prisoner in Java. [Albert William Kerin, born 10 January 1920, Kooringa.]

65, 7, 20 February 1945, page 4

Letter. Another long letter from James H. Schwier continues the debate with P. Riggs over soil erosion in the district.

65, 8, 27 February 1945, page 1

The Local Board of Health has been advised by the Central Board of Health that the problem with the smell from the Bacon Factory is its own problem and it has the power and duty to deal with it itself. The Mayor said he did not understand the Central Board’s attitude – it had previously been quite willing to send its own inspectors to country towns to interfere with such items as flywire doors to shops. It clearly did not wish to get involved here.

Cr Carpenter agreed, saying that the Central Board was for ever getting involved when he was catering for miners at Mongolata.

The Bacon Factory owners had already started on the job of placing pipes across the creek for his waste water.

The Board agreed to support Mr G.C. Heinrich in his attempt to get a small covered buckboard to transport meat from the slaughter yard to his shop – an application that authorities had refused.

Burra FFCF Units Central Committee held its annual meeting recently.

The total sum raised for the FFCF by the Burra units for the year ending 31 August 1944 was £1,030-18-4. Details of goods forwarded are listed. For the coming year Mrs R.L. Steele was appointed Chairman.

Northern Country Shows Association held a general meeting of delegates on 21 February for the first time after a recess of four years. Burra, Clare, Jamestown, Eudunda, Balaklava and Saddleworth were represented. Elected: President, A.B. Riggs (Burra); Vice-President, J.C. Dux (Clare) & A.M. McArthur (Balaklava) & Secretary, A.L. Knappstein (Clare). Show dates were allocated for 1945, with Burra allotted, except for Burra.

War service Homes for Burra. The War Service Homes Department is seeking possible sites for homes in Burra through the Town Council. People seeking to sell blocks should advise the Council, which will give its opinion regarding suitability.

Burra Reunion. Last Saturday afternoon 46 old Burraites met at the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide.

[Those attending are listed.]

Burra Primary School Grade VII visited The Burra Record office last Friday and will visit other local sites of interest in the future. In about 11⁄2 hours they were shown how things were done in the past, with the demonstration of an old press, shown the latest cylinder, cutting and wire-stitching machines and the linotype. The linotype seemed to hold most interest, followed by the automatic addressograph, which addresses the wrappers used on delivered copies of the paper. They also visited the stock room, housing the various papers and pasteboards used in printing.

Letter. Following a paragraph recently reminding people to walk on the right hand side of the road to Burra North, (facing the traffic) or to use the footpath, G.A. Heinrich writes urging Councillors to try the footpath – they might then learn why people are using the road. A good footpath should be provided.

Burra Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival Services last Sunday. Mr L.J. Slee of Wesley College preached in the morning and Rev. A.S. Barrett in the evening.

High School House and Railway Cottages

A deputation from the Town Council recently waited on the Premier (Hon. T. Playford) with a view to getting a house for the High School headmaster and some cottages at Burra North for railway employees. They pointed out that the Department already owned an allotment in the ‘Toorak’ area of the town and finding accommodation for newly arriving headmasters was often difficult. Railway employees were often finding accommodation 11⁄2 miles from the station because none was available at Burra North when needed. The Premier undertook to take the matter up with the Ministers of Education and Public Works.

Obituary. Mr Billy Hill, a onetime employee of the brewery at Burra, died in Adelaide last week.

[See a more extended obituary: 65, 16, 24 April 1945, page 3.]

65, 8, 27 February 1945, page 2

Advt. Oates & Co. will conduct a house and furniture sale at Morehead Street on 9 March on instructions from executors in the estate of the late Mr W.A.F. Muller.

Notice: Mr R.H. Garrard is taking over the business of the Victory Dairy from William Carpenter.

Notice. The Burra Corporation invites people willing to sell allotments to advise the Council with details because the War service Homes Commission is desirous of securing land in Burra for the purpose of erecting homes for eligible persons.

Notice: The Local War Agricultural Committee advises any landholder in the district who is having trouble securing boring contractors to submit their names and particulars to this office before 3 March.

K.R. Crewes, Secretary.

Notice. Burra Town Council. A public meeting is called for 6 March to discuss the forming of a branch of the Soldiers’ Sailors’ and Airmen’s Fathers’ association.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 March

Hedy Lamaar & Walter Pidgeon in White Cargo

Red Skelton & Ann Southern in Maisie Gets Her Man

Ptes Darcy Boulton & Bill O’Connell (AIF) are home on leave.

Tom Ryan (RAN) and Mrs Ryan are spending a few days of leave at the Burra Hotel.

Sgt Clarry Lomman (AIF) is home on leave.

Pte Hirschausen (AIF) is home on leave.

Pte Lin Jesser (AIF) is spending leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Dick Jesser of Burra North.

65, 8, 27 February 1945, page 3

Obituary. Mr John Beaglehole of Mt Bryan died early last week. He was born at Helston, Cornwall, 30 November 1879, the third son of William and Margaret Beaglehole. He left school at a young aged and helped a relative in his butcher’s shop before being apprenticed to a grocer in his home town. At 21 years of age, he travelled to London and found employment, later becoming a traveller for his employers. He married in London on 21 July 1906 and about a year later migrated to Australia on the Cephir, landing in October 1907. In 1913 he found employment with Drew & Crewes at Mt Bryan and later managed the firm’s business there, also being the postmaster. He later became clerk of the Mt Bryan DC. He took a keen interest in the welfare of the local district and was at one time Chairman of the local Red Cross branch and was instrumental in raising £1,000 for the society on a gala day in 1942. He was Chairman of the Mt Bryan Soldiers’ Fare Committee [sic: Welfare?], Secretary of the Mt Bryan Hall Committee and a Trustee of the Hall. He was also a Trustee of the Mt Bryan Methodist Church and a JP. [Died 18 February 1945 at Mr Bryan.]

Flt-Sgt Dick Kearns, eldest son of Mrs John Kellaway has been accepted as an Associate of the Federal Institute of Accountants. He began his studies while employed by Mr M.W. Bednall and continued while employed by North Broken Hill Ltd. When he enlisted in the RAAF in June 1940, his studies were interrupted, but were completed following his return from service. He served overseas in the Solomon Islands. He is presently an instructor at Signals Training School, Point Cook.

Cricket, last Saturday

North Booborowie 8 for 210 defeated Koonoona 9 for 114.

Burra High School

Enrolment is lower this year, not because of a smaller intake, but due to the departure of a large number from the upper years. There are now 25 boys and 22 girls enrolled. 21 are newcomers.

Unfortunately there is no Leaving Class this year [i.e. Year 11].

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving services on 18 February.

Burra Hospital. A semi-official source says that the Hospital is about to receive a further £1,000 as its share of the estate of the late Mr C. Gebhardt. This follows a similar amount received a short time ago.

Burra Institute fund were boosted by a dance held on Friday last. Mr Darrell Field’s Band played and the ‘Hokey Pokey’ was done for the first time in Burra, receiving a number of requests.

Obituary. Mrs Ann Talbot aged 73, died at 88 Gilles Street, Adelaide on 1 February. She was born at Greenock and was the only child of the late Mr & Mrs Henry King of Gawler. She married the late John Talbot and later resided at Collinsville and ‘Carola’ Hallett. She lived at Morgan for the last 13 years. [Birth uncertain. Mr & Mrs Henry King had a daughter, Mary Ann, born 22 March 1873, at Saddleworth, which doesn’t quite fit with the above.]

65, 8, 27 February 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 February

The Director of Education sent the Certificate of Transfer of the Burra Institute for signature.

Messrs Bednall & Worth advise that the Council of Institute’s Association recommended to the Education Department that the Burra Institute be transferred to the Burra Corporation.

The Mayor reported on the recent deputation to the Premier regarding housing for the High School headmaster and for railway employees.

65, 9, 6 March 1945, page 1

Burra’s Centenary Year

The paper askes how the town will celebrate this event.

It assumes the Town Council will discuss it first, followed by a public meeting and the appointment of committees. Whatever is decided, any profits are made from the celebrations should go to the benefit of ‘Burra’s own fighting men, through the medium of town sporting, beautifications or recreational facilities, which can be used and enjoyed by them when they return home.’

The writer suggests that a swimming pool would be high on the list. War Memorial Gardens along the banks of the creek would be another good idea.

Clare has inaugurated a Trotting Club and Victoria Park in Burra would offer a site for a first class turf or grassed oval with a saucer track for bike races around it.

Burra Hospital Board has two new members: Messrs J.R. Barker and E. Finch.

Shirley Bartlett has won the best essay submitted on Burra Primary School’s Grade VII visit to the Record office. [The essay is printed.]

Burra Salvation Army held its Harvest Festival Services last weekend. They were conducted by Adjutant Hanson, WAAAF Officer.

Letter. Roy W. Humphrys writes in appreciation of the £2,000 legacy to the Burra Hospital from the estate of the late Mr C. Gebhardt.

65, 9, 6 March 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 March

Robert Cummings & Diana Barrymore in Between Us Girls

Broderick Crawford & Constance Bennett in Sin Town

Burra’s Stage Revue, featuring local talent, will be presented Thursday and Friday 19 & 20 April, to aid Burra Institute Hall funds.

H. Fisher of Eurovale Station, 25 miles east of Burra has produced a giant swede turnip. It is 15 inches in height and 24 inches in circumference and weighs just over 9 pounds.

Mrs H.K. Bartlett has grown a sunflower with a diameter of 141⁄2 inches.

65, 9, 6 March 1945, page 3

Burra Show Society attempted to have an annual meeting on Monday, but only 12 or so members turned up and the Chairman, A.B. Riggs ruled the meeting out of order for failing to form a quorum, which would consist of 15 financial members. Those who did attend seemed keen to hold a show in 1945 and it is hoped to hold a special general meeting later, when a quorum will be present.

Obituary. Mr S.C. Genders of the National Bank in Burra, has been advised that his son, Pilot Officer David E. Genders, has been posted as missing, probably killed while air operations over enemy territory. It is believed that his aircraft failed to come out of a bombing run and crashed into a tree. Other planes flew low over the wreckage and failed to see any sign of life. Pilot Officer Genders was aged 19 and was the eldest son of Mr & the late Mrs Genders and after a splendid scholastic career, had intended to become a Chartered Accountant.

[David Eustace Genders, born 16 May 1925, Mt Gambier.]

Miss Connie Crewes (WAAAF) is spending her leave with her parents, Mr & Mrs K.R. Crewes.

Pte Rex & Mrs Opperman returned to Adelaide after spending his leave in Burra North with his parents.

LAC Jim Anderson is spending leave in Burra with Mr & Mrs Walter Pearce.

Sgt Garrard is home on leave.

Pte Frank Pearce, son of Mrs & the late Mr Clem Pearce, is home on leave.

Sgt Gill Builder is presently home on leave.

65, 9, 6 March 1945, page 4

Marriage. Apoinga Lutheran Church, 27 January

Jean Heinrich, second daughter of O.W. Heinrich and the late Mrs Heinrich of Apoinga, married

Edgar Friebel, only son of Mr & Mrs B. Friebel of Emu Downs. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Cricket, at Apoinga last Saturday – played in appalling conditions of dust and high wind.

Koonoona 110 defeated Apoinga 75.

66, 10, 13 March 1945, page 1 [Print unclear, but volume number probably changed to 66.]

G for ‘George’, the famous Lancashire Bomber, now in Australia, will fly over Burra on Thursday between 11 and 11.30 a.m. It will circle the town three times and we understand will be accompanied by a famous Beaufighter. The trip around Australia is part of the promotion of the Third Victory Loan. Shops in Burra will close for about 30 minutes and His Worship the Mayor will possibly make a special appeal for the Loan. The aircraft will be piloted by Flt-Lt Hudson and Flt-Sgt Tickle of Unley, SA, will be a member of the nine man crew. Accompanying the crew on the tour will be Mrs Richard Gething, who is a distinguished Ferry Pilot herself and will act as publicity Officer for the tour. [This plane was installed in the Australian National War Memorial after the War.]

Letter. ‘Budd’ writes to ask why the paper did not report a stoush over the Bacon factory smell at the last meeting of the Town Council.

The editor replies that the argument referred to was over a technical matter re the conduct of the meeting and consequently neither beneficial nor detrimental to the welfare of the town.

Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Fathers Association

A branch of this association was formed in Burra at a meeting held in the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening. Elected were: President, T.H. Woollacott; Vice-Presidents, G.H. Dollman & S. Kellaway and Secretary, W. Carpenter.

[If you want to waste some time, investigate the placement of apostrophes in this title.

In a compound expression only the last word in the group conventionally gets an apostrophe –so argue about whether this is after Airmen or Fathers – the latter would seem sensible to me. You could argue that all the words before Association are merely descriptive – in which case there would be no need for any apostrophe. The newspaper reports sprinkle the apostrophes seemingly at random. If you google the title you will probably find, as I did, that the most common usage is the one that is clearly wrong, i.e. the Sailors, Soldiers and Airmens’ Fathers Association.]

Burra Centenary Celebrations

The Town Council has resolved to hold a public meeting to consider this issue.

The Local Board of Health has received a letter from Dr Steele complaining about the state of the Bacon Factory, located next door to his residence. He complains that sheep carcases have been left in the yard, of smoke coming through the doctor’s waiting room windows, and of the general untidiness of the yard. He holds that the factory needs to be removed away from the centre of town and that it has reduced the value of his residence by 25%. The Board felt it was too late to act now because the factory had been issued with instructions and the owner had gone to considerable expense to comply with those instructions.

Burra Town Council

The state of the footpath to Burra North was discussed. The Mayor thought the roughness was caused by children running along the high embankment and dislodging stones onto it. It had once been tarred, but had to be torn up and the Council did not have the equipment to tar it properly.

Cr Fisher suggested that it be cemented and moved that the Mayor and Overseer inspect it and make necessary repairs. Carried with the amendment that it be widened by trimming the embankment and that the gutter from the Church of England to Mr Bob Fuss’s be cleaned.

The Salvation Army has asked to borrow certain of the Burra Town Band Instruments. The Mayor believed that the Corporation had given £30-£40 to the band to purchase instruments on the understanding that if the band collapsed the instruments would pass to the possession of the town. Cr Lee also believed they vested in the Corporation, but said quite a number were missing. The clerk said he had nothing in writing regarding the ownership and Cr Kellaway believed the Council was merely the custodian. His Worship then suddenly remembered that the funds to buy instruments had come not from the Council, but from the Seaside Picnic Committee.

Mr J.T. Pascoe, who was the band’s secretary when it went into recess in 1937, later contacted the paper and said a minute was placed in the books stating that the Council be asked to act as custodian until another band was formed in the town. He also said many of the players owned their own instruments.

Burra Hospital

The Board of Management has been officially notified of a further sum of £1,000 from the estate of the late C.E. Gebhardt. This is to be used for Nurses’ Quarters and Private Wards.

Work proceeds on the new drainage pit. Nurse J.L. Burne left at the end of last month to continue training at the RAH.

66, 10, 13 March 1945, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions to conduct a clearing sale for G.G. Fairchild (whose lease has expired) on the farm 3 miles east of Booborowie on 20 March.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 17 March & Monday 19 March

Roddy McDowall & Dame May Whitty in Lassie Come Home

Wallace Beery & Marjorie Main in Jackass Mail

Burra Clothing Factory. S.H. Walters has obtained the services of Mr & Mrs E. Hancock of Adelaide as Manager and Manageress of the Burra factory.

Obituary. Mrs Louisa H. Martin died recently at her residence at Farrell Flat. She was born in Burra in 1865 and had lived at Farrell Flat for 54 years. She received her education in Burra at Mrs White’s and Miss Joslin’s Schools. She married Mr William Martin of Penwortham in 1885 and he predeceased her in 1916. She is survived by a family of six sons and four daughters.

[Born Louisa Henrietta Dreyer, but birth not traced on SA Births CD. She died 15 February 1945 in the Hundred of Stanley.]

66, 10, 13 March 1945, page 3

Cricket, last Saturday

Ramblers (comprising players from Burra & World’s End) 7 for 130 defeated Koonoona 7 for 128.

A Dance at Leighton on 7 March aided hall funds.

Air Gunner Bob Selth visited Burra last weekend. He was on the staff at the Burra Branch of the Bank of Australasia before enlisting. He saw a deal of overseas service and survived the crash of his aircraft into the sea.

S/Sgt Reg. Davey & Mrs Davey are spending his leave in Burra with Mr & Mrs A.A. Davey.

Pte Lindsay Hood spent the weekend in Burra.

Pte Don Fergusson was the guest of his grandparents, Mr & Mrs George Herbert for a day or two last week.

LAC Cliff Lott has returned to Adelaide after leave in Burra.

Flying Officer Keith Williams was the guest of Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison last weekend.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate, Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 10 March.

Farnden’s Hill: stoping continued, advanced 5 feet to 58 feet. Country very broken with irregular values approximating 18 dwts.

66, 10, 13 March 1945, page 4

Burra School Welfare Club held its 8th Annual Meeting 6 March.

Membership in 1944 had been 43 with an average attendance of 24 – a slight improvement on 1943.

Elected: President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mrs N. Woodards and Mrs A. Ford; Secretary, Mrs Trueman; Assistant Secretary, Mrs M. Heinrich and Treasurer, Mrs G. Tiver.

66, 11, 20 March 1945, page 1

G for ‘George’ made only a fleeting visit on Thursday morning, with only two passes over the town rather than the three that were anticipated. The first pass provided only a glimpse, but the second passed very low over Market Square, with some thinking it would decapitate the monument.

As the plane passed over the cemetery the funeral service for the late Mr Reuben Lloyd was being held and dipped the wings of the huge plane in tribute. A gesture more appropriate than the pilot knew, since Mr Lloyd was a returned soldier from WWI.

The Mayor and Dr D.M. Steele made an appeal from the Rotunda for subscriptions to the Third Victory Loan. [The speeches are reported.]

Burra Hospital Nurses’ Quarters

The Hon. A.L. McEwin (Chief Secretary) and the Inspector general of Hospitals (Dr Jefferies) visited the Burra Hospital on Friday. They met with the Board of Management before inspecting the Hospital. The nurses’ quarters are uncomfortable, inconvenient and unsuitable. The Board wishes to build new nurses’ quarters with the aid of the £2,000 legacy from the late Mr C. Gebhardt, assisted by a Government subsidy. Everyone’s speeches are reported at length and a host of motherhood type statements were made. The final outcome was that the Chief Secretary and the Inspector General went away promising a sympathetic hearing to the Board’s project.

Chaplain Donald Redding, a former Rector of St Mary’s Burra, has had a distinguished record of service with the AIF from the early days of the war. He has now been awarded the MBE (Military Division) with the citation:

‘As one of the senior Chaplains, Chaplain Redding has been constantly amongst the forward medical posts and units attending the spiritual welfare of the sick and wounded. By his personal example he has endeared himself to all.’

Combined Schools Sports. A meeting of delegates from Booborowie, Spalding, Willalo and Yakilo (with an apology from North Booborowie) was held at Booborowie School on 10 March and it was resolved to continue the sports as in previous years, with this year’s event to be held on 21 April.

The Annual St Patrick’s Ball was held in the Burra Institute on Friday night. The Black Diamond Band supplied the music and Mr Ken Murphy was MC. The ‘Hokey Pokey’ was done twice and the takings amounted to c. £30.

Obituary. Mr Reuben Lloyd of Ironmine died suddenly last Tuesday. He had appeared to be in good health, but after cycling about three-quarters of a mile to visit a neighbour, he suddenly collapsed while having a cup of tea. He was born at Erskine in July 1890, the second son of the late Mr & Mrs W.H. Lloyd. He was educated in Erskine and lived there for many years. In World War I he enlisted and was a stretcher-bearer in the 3rd 48th Battalion AIF. He saw three and a half years of military service and was awarded the Military Medal. On returning from the war he took up land at Ironmine, where he has lived ever since. In 1921 he married Miss A.L. Scholz of Ironmine, who survives him. He is also survived by four sons: Frank and Jack (RAAF), David and Robert and one daughter, Mrs H. Griffen of Mt Bryan. Burra RSL Sub-Branch provided a Guard of Honour at the funeral on Thursday. [Reuben John Lloyd, born 9 July 1890 Hundred of Morgan; died 13 March 1945, Leighton.]

66, 11, 20 March 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 March

Donald Barry & Fay McKenzie in Remember Pearl Harbour

Grant Tyler & Ann Todd in Danny Boy

LAC Don Watson, son of Mrs Watson of Burra, is home on leave.

Sgt Gil. Builder is spending a few days in Adelaide.

Sgt Herb. Garrard has returned to his unit.

Gunner Ron Berryman & Miss Betty Garrard were guests of Mr & Mrs Sam Garrard last week.

LAC Doug Robinson (RAAF) is at present home on leave.

66, 11, 20 March 1945, page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Saturday 10 March

Jean Elizabeth Villis, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Villis of Burra, married

Lance Corporal John William Bogisch, youngest son of Mr & Mrs A.H. Bogisch, late of Port Wakefield. [Details in almost 3⁄4 column.]

Bowls. On Saturday Burra visited Clare.

Clare 158 defeated Burra 143.

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes in support of ‘Budd’ from the previous week.

The editor refers the writer to his previous response.

66, 11, 20 March 1945, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 5 March

The election of A.R. Mickel to replace Mr Atkins as Councillor for Farrell Flat Ward was declared.

The Highways Department wrote with respect to the main road to Hanson and thence past the tanks and along the western side of Porter’s Lagoon to a point at Harding’s Corner on the Black Springs to Manoora Road. It is now suggested that the main road continues to Manoora and on to Saddleworth.

G.D. Moore, surveyor, advises that he estimates the quantity of slag in the Council’s slag heap to be 14,800 yards.

The VAOC rosters continue to be published.

Night observers listed are: K. Murphy, S. Sykes, O. Ockenden, A. Trueman, L. White, P. Byrne and T. Corry.

Daytime observers are listed as: Miss Stringer, Mrs R.J. Smith, Mrs J. Kellock, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, Miss M. Pearce, Miss E. Bryce, Miss J. Davies, Miss J. Bourman, Mrs A.B. Riggs, Mrs E. Pearce, Mrs S. Scroop, Mrs R. Sellars, Mrs G.H. Dollman, Mrs A. Bown, Miss I. Hogan, Mrs C. Bruce, Mrs Garratt, Miss R. Sellars, Mrs R. Scroop, Miss K. Ford, Mrs C. Pearce, Miss N. Heinrich, N. Wilson, Mrs G. Tiver and Miss D. Southall.

Night shift was 7-11 p.m. The day shifts covered the period from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

66, 12, 27 March 1945, page 1

Ironmine Methodist Church celebrated its 74th Anniversary on 18 March. Two services were held for the first time since the war, with Rev. A.S. Barrett officiating. The public tea meeting was held on Monday.

Burra Town Council, 19 March.

The Town Clerk has said he would be retiring at the end of this financial year. At present the Council is paying £274 per annum because the position is part-time. The award for a full-time position is £343 plus an allowance of 6 pence per mile for motoring.

The Clerk said Sgt E.R. Davey had approached him about obtaining the position. Cr Bevan asked if the Council had to advertise the position and the Clerk replied in the negative, but a letter from Manpower stated that the correct procedure would be to call for applications through the press. The Mayor said he thought the position could continue to be part-time and he felt sure Sgt Davey could carry out the duties satisfactorily. Cr Fisher asked if Sgt Davey was the only returned man available. Crs Bevan and Kellaway moved that if Sgt Davey could get a release from the military and permission from Manpower that he be employed as part-time Clerk as from 30 June 1945.

Crs Harvey and Fisher moved an amendment that applications be called through the Burra Record and the Advertiser – not because he had anything against Sgt Davey, but in case there was another returned man who was qualified to take the position. Crs Bevan & Kellaway then withdrew their motion and the amendment was carried.

Lotus Twist has been nominated at the ‘Pin Up Girl’ for Burra North in the FFCF Appeal.

Burra Primary School Committee held its annual meeting. The Secretary reported on various repairs to the school and then there were lengthy discussions on the renovations needed to the school year, which is considered dangerous and unsuitable for children. Estimates of the materials needed have been obtained, but investigations are ongoing re availability. Elected for 1945: President, R.J. Jeffery; Secretary & Treasurer, A.L. Clode.

Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild held its annual meeting on 21 March. Elected for 1945: President, Mrs C. Pearce; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Hobbs, Mrs Smith and Mrs M. Pearce; Secretary, Miss M. Martin and Assistant Secretary, Miss L. Woodman.

The Black Springs Patriotic Fund Annual ‘Special Effort’ realised £277 on Saturday 17 March. It was officially opened by Mr G.S. Hawker. There were horse events, sheep dog field trials, stalls and an evening concert followed by dancing. The money will be equally divided between the Prisoners of War Fund, The Salvation Army Red Shield War service and the Cheer-Up Society Inc.

66, 12, 27 March 1945, page 2

Advt. The Burra Town Council advertises for the position of Town Clerk.

Advt. Burra Talkies for the Easter Holiday

Good Friday Night

Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire in You’ll Never Get Rich

Warner Baxter & Margaret Lindsay in The Crime Doctor

Saturday 31 March

Robert Newton & Deborah Kerr in Hatter’s Castle

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Monday 2 April

Assignment in Brittany

[Van Heflin & Patricia Dane] Grand Central Murder

Obituary. Emily Thomas, aged 59, died suddenly at Burra Hospital on 18 March.

[See details page 3]

Sgt B.L. (Bert) Broad was reported to his wife Mrs E.A. Broad as missing on 20 March as the result of an aircraft forced landing into the sea. It is now reported that he has been rescued.

Staff Sgt Reg. Davey and his wife visited Burra during the week.

Pte Arch. Kellock has spent an extended leave in Burra, but has now returned to duties.

Sgt & Mrs George Bass has spent a weekend in Burra with Mrs Bass. George has not visited Burra for a number of years.

LAC & Mrs Ron Kellock have spent a few days in Burra as the guests of his parents, Mr & Mrs John Kellock.

Captain Glan Tiver (AIF) is at present in Burra on leave.

66, 12, 27 March 1945, page 3

The Annual St Patrick’s Ball at Booborowie was held on 21 March, with music by the Blue Riband Band.

Flying Officer Ron Carpenter was the subject of an article by The Mail war correspondent F.C. Folkard.

He is operating from somewhere in Belgium and at the time had just done 13 missions over the Third Reich in 14 days. The pilots rise at 5 a.m. and snatch sandwiches between briefings. They have been attacked by enemy fighters and encounter heavy flak in important areas of Germany, though elsewhere the ground barrage is meagre. Their job is to destroy the funnels through which the Germans are bringing up supplies to meet the threatened Rhine. Railway centres like Dorsten & Haltern are key targets. Both air crews and ground staff are working around the clock, with hardly time to eat. Ron reported bombing a train from end to end and not being sure before how accurate their instrument bombing was, but that event proved it. Ron is the son of Mr & Mrs John Carpenter of Medindie and previously of Burra. John Carpenter saw a lot of action in WWI.

Cricket, on Saturday at the Racecourse

Leighton 144 defeated Koonoona 94.

Shearing at Sturt Vale was halted for 90 minutes on Thursday due to a dust storm. No horses were available this year for the mustering, which was done entirely on foot and by means of bicycles.

The lack of horses is probably due to the drought.

Sgt Harry Quinn is again home on leave with his parents at Mt Bryan.

Sgt Lloyd Jefferies is also home on long leave.

Obituary. Mr Richard Collins, a former resident of this district, died at Strathalbyn on 18 March. He was born in Burra on 25 October 1863 and was educated at Stanley Grammar school, Watervale. The late C. Bartholomaeus and Mr Isaac Killicoat who still survives were the only other Burra boys to attend this school. Mr Collins later took up land at Mongolata and Mt Bryan and followed pastoral and farming pursuits. He married Miss Emily Hine of Gawler. There were three children: Mr E.C. Collins of Mt Bryan, Mr H.R. Collins of Spalding and Mrs Evans of Pt Augusta. His first wife predeceased him and he later married Miss Rosa Symons, who survives him. In 1897 he became Clerk for the old Mt Bryan District Council, a position he held for 35 years, during which time he was also Clerk of the Hallett District Council for 25 years. He took a keen interest in district affairs and was a JP. In 1922 he retired to Brighton, later moving to Strathalbyn, where he lived until his death.

[Born 25 October 1862, Kooringa; died 18 March 1945, Strathalbyn.]

Obituary. Mrs Emily Thomas died suddenly at Burra Hospital on Saturday 18 March, aged 59. Her husband, George Henry Thomas predeceased her six months ago. She was born in Burra and she and her husband lived here most of the time. There were three daughters: Mrs Loechel of Mt Gambier, Mrs Claude Attrill of Burra and Mrs Stanley Kellaway Jnr, deceased.

[Born Emily Pens, 20 June 1885 at Kooringa, she married George Henry Pens in 1902.]

66, 12, 27 March 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 March

The Highways Department reported that work on the Redruth Bridge had been completed.

It was resolved that the south side of the Redruth Bridge be netted.

It was resolved that the mortuary at the cemetery be inspected with regards to necessary repairs.

66, 13, 3 April 1945, page 1

Easter at Burra saw the town’s accommodation fully booked. Mr R.A. Bevan stated that with the aid of his new bus (quite an acquisition for the town) he shifted nearly 400 people to and from the railway station. A large number were also transferred by private cars. Many people rambled around the old mine workings and a large party, mostly from Pt Adelaide, had a picnic at the World’s End Gorge.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate, manager’s report for fortnight ending 24 March.

Farnden’s Hill: stoping continued 6 feet to 64 feet. Country large and blocky. Values c. 18 dwts. A crushing is booked for the battery.

Burra North FFCF formed a committee on 28 March to aid the cause of the Burra North entrant in the ‘Pin Up Girl’ contest, Mrs Colin (Lotus) Twist. They had but a month to raise fund because on 4 May two of the three contestants would be eliminated. Chairman, Colin Fuller & Secretary/Treasurer, H. Brooks. The committee has decided on a pasty supper on Friday 6 April and a children’s gala night is planned for 13 April in the Burra North Lodge Hall, comprising a children’s frolic and amateur hour, followed by dancing from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. On Saturday 28 April a pet show and picnic will be held at the Burra North Playgrounds. A ball will be worked up for the final week of the drive.

Booborowie School Committee annual meeting is reported. Attendance was poor and disappointing.

Elected were: Chairman, R.E. Dewhirst; Secretary/Treasurer, L. Gill. A ball is arranged for 27 April to raise funds for text books to be used in library form to save costs for parents.

[Further details in 2⁄3 column.]

Hallett Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Services on 24 March, conducted by circuit minister, Rev. John Warren. The celebration concluded on Monday evening and circuit funds benefitted by c. £42.

66, 13, 3 April 1945, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will offer for sale the property of H.E. Wood of Burra North on 20 April, comprising allotments 3 & 4 containing 2 roods or thereabouts on which is erected a stone house of 5 rooms etc.

Notice: Burra Sub-Branch RSL – Re Cessation of Hostilities in Europe

If news of the cessation of hostilities in Europe is received during any afternoon or evening, all diggers are asked to muster at the RSL Club Rooms at 9.15 a.m. on the following day, for the purpose of taking part in a thanksgiving service at the Memorial. If the news is received during any morning the muster will be held at 2.15 p.m. the same day. A.L. Bence, Hon. Secretary.

Advt. Burra Stage Revue, Thursday 19 & Friday 20 April, to aid Burra Institute Hall Funds.

Prices 1 shilling and 2 shillings. Dance to follow Friday’s show.

Advt. Willalo Hall Grand Annual Catholic Ball, Wednesday 18 April. Black Diamond Band.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 April

Brian Donlevy & Miriam Hopkins in Gentleman After Dark

Charlie Ruggles & Nancy Kelly in Friendly Enemies

66, 13, 3 April 1945, page 3

Burra RSL Wives and Relatives FFCF held its 5th annual meeting on Friday 9 March.

There were 49 members on the roll. During the year the group had forwarded to headquarters: 59 pairs of socks, 8 pullovers, 4 mufflers, 2 balaclavas, 3 pairs of mittens, 90 handkerchiefs, 272 face washers, 1 pair of seaboot stockings, 1 pair long stockings and a large quantity of reading matter. From the groups turn at operating the pie cart they had raised £22-14-0 and from their turn at managing the shop* £40-11-2. They had forwarded £98 to headquarters towards general funds.

Elected: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison & Mrs R.L. Steele; Secretary, Mrs C. Bruce and Treasurer, Mrs R.J. Lloyd.

[The shop was a joint venture of the three FFCF units and the Burra Red Cross. It was essentially a trading table where people brought in cakes, flowers, vegetables etc. to raise funds.]

66, 14, 10 April 1945, page 1

Sgt Burt Broad was in the sea 21 hours before being rescued.

The plane in which Burt was travelling crashed into the sea 150 miles from Pt Moresby. He and his companions were in the sea for 21 hours before rescue by a RAAF Crash Boat. They were wind-burnt by day and frozen at night. Sgt Broad has been in the army for 12 years, joining the AIF on the outbreak of war. He and 27 others left Pt Moresby on 20 March for Home Leave. The plane developed trouble in one engine and the pilot turned back, while the co-pilot threw out all possible gear to lighten the load. After fifteen minutes the second engine cut out and the plane descended rapidly. The pilot skilfully belly-landed the plane on the water at about 90 miles per hour. There was no panic, but the passengers slid along the form on which they had been sitting and broke through the partition into the pilot’s compartment. Fortunately they did not end up in a tangled mess and everyone was able to walk out the back door and into the sea before the plane sank four minutes later.

The 28 had only two two-man rubber dinghies and two hollow planks on which to keep afloat. Fortunately SOS calls had been made and 90 minutes later a Sunderland flew low over them and dropped ten rubber Carley floats. Four were secured by the men, but they were too seasick by then to gather the other six. They lashed the floats together and spent a freezing cold night in them. The floats contained only a few small bottles of water and some lollies. The pilot, who was in charge, gave the men a small drink as night fell and a lolly, which eased the seasickness. Soon after dawn the Sunderland returned and signalled that boat rescue was one and a half hours away. The crash boat arrived at 9 a.m. The old boomship Beryl was twelve miles away and when she arrived 25 of the party were transferred to her. Three, including Sgt Broad were rushed straight to hospital in Pt Moresby, where he reports receiving excellent treatment. He spent eight days in hospital before flying to Townsville and then Brisbane and on to Burra by train. [Further details printed.]

Pte Pat Henderson was supposed to travel on the same plane that crashed with Burt Broad on board, but it was not convenient for him to take leave when it took off, saving him a 21 hour ducking in the sea.

Sgt A.L. Jefferies (RAAF) was given a farewell social at Mt Bryan last Tuesday evening. He was presented with a parcel from the local Cupboard Fund. Dancing followed and the new floor was voted a 100% improvement on the old one.

The Variety Night in support of Lotus Twist on 6 April raised nearly £18.

The Late Cpl Noel Woollacott, son of the Burra Mayor, T.H. Woollacott, was the founder of the age tennis championships. Organisers of the tournament paid the Mayor the compliment of asking him to present the shield to the winners this year: D.W. Candy (boys) and Betty Doyle (girls).

Blood Transfusion Service. It has recently been discovered why some babies are born dead or die soon after from Haemolytic Disease. In such cases the blood of the mother has been responsible for the destruction of the infant’s blood cells. It has also been found that a transfusion of blood with particular requirements in respect of the Rh factor can save the infant’s life in many cases. It is therefore desirable that as many people as possible in Burra be identified as possible donors when such a need arises. Representatives of the SA Blood Transfusion Service will visit Burra in 15 April at 10 a.m. and all are urged to come along to be tested for their suitability in respect of the Rh factor.

Jack Harris was a great enthusiast of the Burra Rifle Club before the war and was disappointed when it had to go into recess. He later enlisted and is now somewhere in the islands and has recently represented his regiment in a rifle match in which he came fourth on the day.

66, 14, 10 April 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 April

Mickey Rooney & Esther Williams in Andy Hardy’s Double Life

Lew Aires & Laraine Day in Fingers at the Window

Notice. The Burra Town Council – Annual Municipal Elections

The following members of Council will retire due to the effluxion of time on 7 July 1945:

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott

Councillors:

North Ward John Alfred Scott Fisher

East Ward Stanley Kellaway

West Ward William Carpenter

Nominations to fill the vacancies are called by 5 May 1945.

An election will be held if necessary on 7 July.

Notice. Burra Burra District Council. Annual Elections

The following members of Council will retire due to the effluxion of time and nominations to fill the vacancies are called by 5 May 1945:

Hanson Ward John Maxton Jacka

Mt Bryan Ward George Stanley Hawker

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Baldina Ward Reginald Warnes

An election by ballot will be held 7 July if required.

66, 14, 10 April 1945, page 3

Leighton Hall Funds were aided by an Amateur Hour held on 4 April. Community Singing, led by Mr Guy Dollman was followed by thirteen items and the winning entry was a duet by Misses Barbara and Margaret Humphrys Lamplighting Time in the Valley.

Mr R. Harris & Miss Beryl Wood of Baldina Station found the remains of a meteorological balloon that came from interstate, on Thistlebeds Station, just over the fence from Baldina Station, on Tuesday last.

Tom Gregor has gone to Pt Lincoln to work for the E & WS Department.

F/L John McBride & Mrs McBride are spending a few days at Kia-Ora.

Pte & Mrs Ted Nankivell have been spending leave in Burra with his parents, Mr & Mrs A. Nankivell.

66, 14, 10 April 1945, page 4

Cricket, Easter Saturday at South Booborowie Oval

North and South Booborowie and Spalding United Team defeated a Leighton, Burra & Koonoona United Team 181 to 124.

Last Saturday at Burra

Koonoona 82 defeated Mt Bryan 68.

Burra High School. On Monday 9 April the High School Council paid its annual visit to the school. They visited classes at work and attended a school assembly, where a short program was presented by the students, including a short play written by a scholar, Ross Webster. Council President, Dr D.M. Steele gave an address, followed by a few words from the secretary, Mr J. Fisher and Mr R.J. Jeffery. Dr Steele then granted the students a half holiday for next Friday.

66, 15, 17 April 1945, page 1

‘Pin Up Girl’ Ball in aid of Miss Margaret Steele on Wednesday night was very successful. Darrell Field’s Orchestra supplied the music and Ken Murphy was MC.

Blood Transfusion Service. A team was in Burra on Sunday to search for the Rh factor in the Universal type of blood donor (Group Four O) among volunteers from Burra and District. Only 30 people came forward, which was disappointing, because the blood type being sought is rare. The test only involves a pin prick to obtain a few drops of blood and is practically painless.

Burra High School. Plans for a new house for the High School Headmaster will be prepared this month. The house will be built on land already owned by the Department.

The call for Railway Cottages has fallen on deaf ears. The Railways Commissioner says the Stationmaster has a house, as does the ganger. Other employees were renting private houses. Other towns had a higher priority than Burra.

The Council’s Roll of Honour, bearing the names of all Mayors and Clerks in gold leaf has been received. It will enhance the appearance of the already handsomely furnished Burra Town Council Chamber. It was made by Messrs Pengilly & Co. of Adelaide. At a meeting of the Council on 9 April it was decided to hang it over the fire-place.

Collinsville stud Ram Sale. Buyers from across the state and from WA attended the Collinsville ram sale. Some magnificent animals were on show. About 100 men were present to inspect the more than 90 rams on offer. Several top stud sires were purchased for high figures, with some going to WA.

A Branch of the Soldiers Fathers’ Association was formed at Hallett on 14 April.

Hallett Methodist Church held its Anniversary Services on Sunday 15 April.

Obituary. Mrs Ellen Hobby died at Burra Hospital on Monday 9 April. She was aged 82 and had lived in this locality all her life. She was the last surviving child of Henry Morgan, once a baker in Burra. She married Alfred Ernest Hobby in 1891. He died in 1907, while in WA. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs Nellie Kemble of Burra, Mrs Dorrie Brown of Pt Pirie and Miss Tessy Hobby of Adelaide. There are nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Pte Albert Kerin AIF, a grandchild, was killed in action in this war.

[Birth not traced on SA Births CD and married Ernest Alfred Hobby in 1892.]

66, 15, 17 April 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 April

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in It Ain’t Hay

Allan Jones & Gloria Jean in When Johnny Comes Marching Home.

April 25

Wallace Beery & Fay Bainter in Salute the Marines

Marilyn Maxwell & William Gargan in Swing Fever

LAC Lott spent the weekend in Burra.

F/L Riggs DFC is spending leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs of Burra North.

Air Gunner Lucas has been the guest of his brother and sister-in-law, Mr & Mrs C. de N. Lucas of ‘Braefoot’.

Captain Shelldrick has spent a short leave in Burra.

Pte Arch Kellock is spending leave in Burra.

Glen Kakoschke, who has been training in Canada, has received his commission as Pilot Officer. He is the son of Mr & Mrs W. Kakoschke Sen. of Burra North.

66, 15, 17 April 1945, page 3

The Children’s Frolic & Amateur Hour raised £55 for Lotus Twist, the Burra North ‘Pin Up Girl’.

[Fancy dress results are printed.]

Rev. H. Hobbs has been welcomed to the Kooringa Methodist Circuit. He is a returned soldier, who served with the Imperial Army at Anzac and in the desert. We understand he has been serving the church in the far north of Australia.

AB Bob Burgess (RAN) has been welcomed home to the Robertstown District. Before enlisting he was for several years employed by J.E. Rooke of World’s End. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Burgess, formerly of Robertstown.

Rev. & Mrs Martin was recently farewelled from the Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church, after a stay of three years. Rev. Martin had come out of semi-retirement to meet a need resulting from war conditions. Mrs Martin had been a splendid support for her husband. A presentation of a handsome travelling rug was made.

Cricket. At Apoinga on Saturday.

Koonoona 150 defeated Apoinga 71.

66, 15, 17 April 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 9 April

The Salvation Army wrote thanking Council for the loan of musical instruments.

Marriage. Pirie Street Methodist Church, Adelaide, 24 March

Lois Ashby Borowsky, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs L.J. Borowsky of Farrell Flat, married

Thomas Edwin Hickling, younger son of Mrs & the late Mr J.E. Hickling of Ermington, NSW.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

66, 16, 24 April 1945, page 1

Burra Salvation Army celebrated its 61st Anniversary last weekend. The weekend gatherings were conducted by Brigadier Brimblecombe of Adelaide. The proceedings began with a basket tea on Saturday night. Then an open air meeting in Market Square was followed by a program given by the local corps in the Citadel. Two meetings followed on Sunday.

Burra North ‘Pin Up Girl’, Lotus Twist benefited by the auction of about 20 lots of items at an auction at St Mary’s Hall on Wednesday evening.

A Burra Centenary Committee has been formed from a meeting held at the Council Chambers on 16 April. It was resolved to hold the celebrations in October. It was also resolved that any profits from the occasion go towards a town swimming pool.

Burra-Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on Sunday 15 & Monday 16 April. On Sunday the three services were conducted by the new minister, Rev. H. Hobbs. On Monday there was a children’s tea at 5 p.m. and a public tea at 6 p.m. This was the first such tea meeting for some years.

Mr Stanley Hawker of ‘Belcunda’ Stud Rams entertained a number of sheep men to inspect their rams in their Booborowie yards recently.

Burra Bowling Club

The Club Singles Championship was concluded recently and was won by O. Finch. A. Bown was runner-up.

Letter. A.S. Barrett writes on behalf of the Burra Ministers’ Fraternal to protest strongly against organised sport on Sundays. He considers that the cricket match scheduled for Sunday 22 April to benefit the FFCF is for a good cause, but that it would be better to be minus those few material pounds than to break in on the spiritual purpose of God’s first day of the week.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 7 April.

Farnden’s Hill. Stoping continues, advancing 4 feet to 68 feet. Country is blocky slates. Leader carrying some micaceous iron. Latest crushing of 4 tons 18 cwts of ore returned 5 oz 2 dwts 2 grs of gold.

Mary Lloyd, ‘Pin Up Girl’ for Leighton benefited by £22-0-9 from a successful dance at Leighton Hall on Tuesday 17 April.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 April

Joseph Cotton & Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt

Frances Langford & Mary Beth Hughes in Never a Dull Moment

Letter. F.W. Sumner, Secretary of Hallett RSL, writes to thank the Hallett athletic Club for its fine work in raising funds for the Distressed Soldiers’ Fund being built up in Hallett against future needs. They have increased the fund by £86.

LAC Colin Earle is home on leave.

LAC Frank Innes who visited Burra North with the RAAF recruiting officer on Thursday is an old Burra identity. He used to own a farm on Springbank Blocks. LAC Innes’s son, Peter, is a Navigator in the RAAF and hold the rank of Flight Sergeant. He is presently in Iceland.

Sgt John Lovegrove is visiting Burra.

Ptes Pat Johnson, Leo Jones and W. Parker are spending leave in Burra.

Sgt & Mrs Burt Broad are visiting Adelaide.

Sister Norma Young visited her parents, Mr & Mrs W.E.D. Young during the week.

LAC S.C. Willmott has returned to his unit after spending a few days of leave with his parents and family.

Pte Lindsay Hood is home on leave in Burra.

Mt Bryan East School Picnic was held on Saturday 7 April in one of Mr Alex Simmons’ scrub paddocks. [The sports events are reported.]

66, 16, 24 April 1945, page 3

The Burra Stage Revue played to packed houses on Thursday and Friday evening.

The acts were accompanied by Darrell Field’s Band, placed below stage level. The band comprised D. Field (piano), F. Foster (violin), K. Broad (drums) and Ray Lloyd (piano accordion).

The Program

OK For Sound The Orchestra

See What I Mean Topical Witticisms by Don Chennell

Shooting of Dan McGrue Sketch by Jock Bernhardt, F. Pontifex, Ron Pascoe, R.A. Bevan and Jimmy Auld. Mime with narration by Don Chennell.

Tap Dance Mrs Rae Corry

The Wheel-tapper’s Song Lindsay Thomas (and encore)

Tumbling Display Burra Primary School Students: Carliene Davies, Josie Jennison, Brian Bevan, Merle Nelson, Peter John Marston and Ron Bailey. [Joy Bourman’s name added 66, 17, 1 May 1945, page 4]

(Instructor Mr Corry)

Ventriloquist & Conjuring Clem Wilson of Adelaide, Son of Mr & Mrs H.J. Wilson of Burra.

Pianoforte Solo Carliene Davies

Cow Girl with Steel Guitar Gwen Dunstan

Burra Ballet Song of the Islands: Joan Fairchild, Audrey Bown, June Dollman, Mary Field, Margaret Hogan, June Culpin, Gladys Scroop and Betty Wohling. (And encore.)

‘Salome’ Alex Bevan leading Jock Bernhardt, Jimmy Auld, Ron Pascoe, Bob Jesser, John Wright and F. Pontifex as burlesque artists in grass skirts. Accompanied by Don Chennell off stage, piano.

Elocution Item W. Carpenter

Tap Dance Trio Carliene Davies, Dawn Bernhardt & June Dollman

Wireless Cookery Sketch by Don Chennell & Mrs Marston with instructions over the wireless by Alex Bevan.

Interval

Second half of the program was a naval scene on board the Burra Bra, with the male members of the cast (as listed for Salome) dressed as sailors, with Jock Bernhardt as Captain, who informed his crew that Mrs Jackson’s Concert Party (led by Mrs Marston) was to come aboard to entertain them.

Song Miss Dunstan

Sailor’s Horn Pipe Mrs Rae Corry

Conjuring Clem Wilson

Tumbling Burra Primary School Children

Swing Piano solo with gags Ron Pascoe with Don Chennell, Alex Bevan and F. Pontifex.

Burra Ballet As Above, as Joan Davies sang Alexanders Ragtime Band

Encore: Joan Davies whistling the song. Don Chennell was accompanist. (Trained by Mrs Corry.)

The Hokey Pokey The Company

A dance followed the Friday night performance and the proceeds from the supper and pasties aided Margaret Steele, the Burra FFCF ‘Pin Up Girl’.

Mt Bryan FFCF ended their 1945 drive for funds at an evening at the hall on Friday 13 April. This year’s drive raised £265-16-6, which was an increase of about £50 on last year’s effort.

The event was also held in conjunction with a social to farewell Flight Sergeant Bob Collins, who was home on leave. Mrs M. Gebhardt made the presentation on behalf of the Cupboard Fund and Eric Murray the one on behalf of the district. Mr T. Quinn spoke feeling about the contribution of our boys to the war effort and Flt-Sgt Collins suitably responded.

During the evening a two minute silence was observed in respect of the later President Roosevelt. After that Mrs Max Pearce sang the American National Anthem most majestically, the audience remaining standing throughout.

Obituary. Mr William A. (Billie) Hill, late of Burra, died at the Adelaide Hospital at the age of 76 years. For the last 30 years he was employed by Wallaroo Mount Lye Fertilizers Ltd. In the early days he worked at the Burra Brewery for three years and at Broken Hill for ten.

He was the third single son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Hill of ‘Kingston Terrace’ Burra. He leaves one brother, Ralph of Burra and two sisters, Kezia and Ethel at Broken Hill.

[William Alfred Hill, born 8 October 1868, Kooringa; died 18 February 1945, Adelaide, residence Pt Adelaide.]

66, 16, 24 April 1945, page 4

Cricket. On Sunday an all-day match was played between Burra and Terowie and there was a large attendance of spectators, with afternoon refreshments. The event aided Margaret Steele, Burra FFCF entrant in the ‘Pin Up Girl’ Contest.

Terowie 217 defeated Burra 115.

On Saturday at the racecourse Oval

Mt Bryan 7 for 121 defeated Koonoona 7 for 120

66, 17, 1 May 1945, page 1

Entertainment and Revue Club. Following the success of the recent Burra Revue, a meeting was held at St Mary’s Hall last Friday and it was decided to form an Entertainment Club. It was decided to organise entertainments such as revues to raise funds for town benefits, such as the Institute. A stage entertainment is planned for July. L.H. Thomas has been appointed Patron, with R.A. Bevan as Secretary/Treasurer, with a committee of eight.

An Anzac Service was held at Booborowie on 22 April at 3 p.m. Padre Cowle officiated, with 14 RSL members on parade and 30 VDC members.

The Combined Anzac Church Service was held at the Burra-Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday evening. Rev. A.S. Barrett conducted the service.

The Sale of the Institute. Another bit of the red tape associated with the sale has been unravelled. The Minister of Education has consented to the transfer. The Council solicitor will now have a Memorandum of Transfer and other necessary papers drawn up and it is expected the transfer will probably be in force from 1 July.

Burra Anzac Memorial Service was conducted at the Market Square Memorial on Sunday. The crowd was larger than ever. The march from the RSL Club Rooms was led by the Hindmarsh Salvation Army Band under Bandmaster Heaven. Burra VDC and Booborowie VDC members followed the returned soldiers in the march. Rev. Barrett announced the order of the service. Captain Cox of the Salvation Army led in prayer, Rev. H. Hobbs gave the address and N.C. Woodards, representing the Church of England read the lesson. Rev. Hobbs’ address is printed in part.]

Anzac Day was remembered at the High and Primary Schools last Tuesday. Dr Steele gave the address and Mr Roy Jeffery, Chairman of the Primary School Committee spoke of the significance of the day and Mayor T.H. Woollacott also spoke, after which Mr Pederick read the Anzac Day message. The ceremony ended with a silence in memory of the fallen and a recitation of the Pledge of Remembrance.

66, 17, 1 May 1945, pages 1 & 4

Anzac Day

On Wednesday last Burra citizens paid tribute to the men of Anzac. Mr ‘Doxo’ Barratt of the Royal Exchange Hotel is one of very few left who were at the original landing. He was the only original artillery observer left at the end and so could not be relieved until the evacuation.

Thirty years ago this story about him appeared in The Advertiser.

Pte B.A. Clarke of the 3rd Artillery Brigade writes from Gallipoli dated 3 August that he has just had a visit from ‘Doxo’, a well-known South Australian artillery lad, who has been stationed at ‘Lonesome Pine’ with a periscope, searching for targets and finding them too. I’ll guarantee he can find more pet names for the Turks in one minute than any other man in the line could in a week. His usefulness during a bomb attack is proverbial. I’ve lit matches off his hair and the infantry are now in on the joke and lighting fuses of their bombs. ‘Doxo’ accepted my invitation to stay to dinner and the topic of conversation turned to flies. The persistence of the Turkish fly is remarkable. You may think spreading a piece of bread and jam simple, but here it is a different matter. First cut your bread and lay it on your knee. Now get your tin in the left hand and a knife in your right. By now the bread will look interesting, with flies six or eight deep around the crust. Telling them to quit is a waste of time and pushing them off is a long job. Take your bread and turn it over and over quickly until the pests are wondering which is the top, then out with your jam. Once you have managed to spread it, get on the move and you’ll find walking up and down a great aid to digestion and between waving and walking you’ll get quite a lot of exercise.

After lunch I wandered into ‘Doxo’s’ digs: ‘through tunnels as dark as the inside of your pocket in a coal cellar. That little trip out was fine; Turkish 75’s were scattering things a foot above your head, and an occasional bomb was thrown in to create a diversion, but in spite of these little kindly attentions I managed to get a good view of the decorations lining the walls of this funny old thoroughfare. Ducking to avoid a ‘big one’ overhead I ran my head into a projection in the wall in the shape of a pair of boots with feet (or bones in them, and was informed that the owner, who still wore them, was a Turkish chap who had lost all interest in the Dardanelles question…All the way out the spectacle of arms, feet, &c., showing through the walls proved that quite a host had lost all interest in the proceedings. This [joint of] ‘Doxo’s’ was by no means a drawing room and the air wasn’t exactly sweet…The next turn in the track brought me to the observation station. I was quickly in possession of a periscope and dodging the dead hand which stuck out stiffly near my right ear I settled down to investigate. The trenches here are only six or eight yards distant…It’s over four weeks ago since our lads took this position and on that occasion there was a good deal of damage on both sides. There they are, still out there, just about sin-dried, a sprinkling of khaki mixed with the blue, shot-torn and riddled. Form after form shows up plainly in the mirror, pile after pile, mostly blue clad. To bury them is an impossibility. And in the heat of all the days – well - flies.’

[The article goes on the compare conditions on the western front, where troops can be withdrawn for rest and recreation, with the conditions at Gallipoli where for almost five months the Australians had held on under constant fire, without relief and catching snatches of sleep in spite of thundering artillery and bombardment. It continues with reminiscences of home and an appeal for men at home to ‘Come out and help to see the game through and in after years call yourself a man and meet those questioning eyes without dread or fear.’]

[The article was published in The Advertiser of 18 October 1915, page 11.]

66, 17, 1 May 1945, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd offer for sale the property of J.F. Heinrich: Township of Millerton, allotments 186, 187 & 189, each containing 18 perches or thereabouts.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 May

Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca

Richard Travis & Julie Bishop in Busses Roar

Notice: Immediately after the Thanksgiving Service to be held at noon on the day following the declaration of Armistice, a Patriotic Rally will follow, at which the singing of patriotic songs will join with the delivery of short addresses expressing rejoicing. It is asked that all flags be flown.

Obituary. Thaddeus Williams died on 25 April at Orroroo Hospital. He was the father of Tom and father-in-law of Millie. Aged 64. [Born 29 April 1881, Marrabel; died 26 April 1945, Orroroo, residence Carrieton.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs A.B.C. Ruediger, late of Robertstown.

[Born Anna Bertha Christiane Hameister, 25 February 1859 at New Mecklenburg SA (Since 1918 Gomersal). Married Theodor Ruediger in 1878 as Johanna Hameister. Death on 16 April 1945 at Burra, residence Robertstown, is registered as Anna Bertha Christiana Ruediger.]

The Anzac Appeal Badge Sale raised £20-5-7 for Distressed Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen.

66, 17, 1 May 1945, page 3

The Pet Show & Picnic at the Burra North Playground, in aid of Burra North FFCF ‘Pin Up Girl’, Lotus Twist, was a great success and it is believed the day will clear well over £50. The event is reported at length, with winners of fancy dress, sporting and other contests listed.

[The Burra Record 66, 18, 8 May 1945, page 2 gives the final total as £71-9-0.]

Cpl Jack Holmes spent weekend leave in Burra.

Pte & Mrs Doug Bowan spent a few days in Burra visiting Pte Bowan’s mother.

LAC Peter Williams, son of Mr & Mrs Fred Williams of Burra North, is home on leave.

Pte Moxham is home on leave, visiting his mother.

Pte Roy Kuchenmeister spent a few days home on leave.

Cpl Dick Barratt broadcast three numbers over Station 2AY on Anzac night, during the Commercial Radio Stations’ Combined Drive for the Victory Loan.

The Salvation Army welcome the Hindmarsh Corps Band on Saturday evening. They played in front of the Citadel at 8 p.m. and at the usual Sunday meetings. On Sunday afternoon a program followed the Anzac Service and was a fine climax to a very successful day.

[The items presented by the bands are listed.]

66, 17, 1 May 1945, page 4

The Black Springs-Porter’s Lagoon Red Cross Show is reported at length, with winners listed.

Sections included Pets & Decorated Perambulators, Produce, Cookery, Flowers, Pot Plants, Cut Flowers, Needlework, Farm Products and Vegetables, School Work and Craft Work. Sporting activities included sheaf tossing, tilting on a bicycle, tilting on horseback, pillow fight, stepping the distance and bowling at the stump. Proceeds for the day amounted to £95.

Burra Town Council, 23 April

The Minister of Education advised he had consented to the sale of the Institute to the Council.

It was resolved to instruct the solicitor to draw up a Memorandum of Transfer.

Cr Bevan asked if the library was to have three rooms in the building, free of rent.

Cr Kellaway said the Council would take over all the building and provide room for the library. The Mayor said the Solicitor had advised that the Council had to find room for the library. Cr Bevan said Council would have to watch the agreement. He did not think the Library Committee was entitled to free rent of rooms.

The Mayor said three rooms seemed a lot when the Council had only one.

It was resolved to write to the Education Department asking if it was agreeable to subsidising a Swimming Pool for the children on a £ for £ basis.

66, 18, 8 May 1945, page 1

The Centenary Committee met on Monday evening 30 April and fixed on 6-13 October inclusive as the dates for the town’s centenary celebrations. Convenors for the various sub-committees to organise the events were elected:

Back to Church Sunday Rev. Barrett

Welcoming Committee T.H. Woollacott, A.B. Riggs & E. Finch

Publicity F.T. Marston & J.T. Pascoe

Sports R.A. Bevan

Social Committee H. Jennison & w. Carpenter (Covers picnics, sight-seeing tours, Back to Lodge, etc.)

Amusement L.H. Thomas & K. Murphy (Covers Balls, Concerts, etc.)

Town Decorations A.L. Bence

Accommodation E. Steer

It was decided that the Burra Institute would be hired for all available nights for the duration of the celebrations and that the Burra North Lodge Hall be hired for the nights of Saturday 6 & Saturday 13.

Essington Lewis will be asked to attend the official opening ceremony on 10 October.

Tentative Program

Saturday 6 October Sports Meeting or Rodeo & Dance or Concert at Lodge Hall

Sunday 7 October Back to Church and similar functions

Monday 8 October Picnic & General Sightseeing, Children’s Frolic & Dance in evening

Tuesday 9 October Back to School & Amateur Hour in the evening

Wednesday 10 October Official Opening and Grand Centenary Ball

Thursday 11 October Sheep Dog Trials and Burra Stage Revue in the evening.

Friday 12 October Gossip Day, Inspection of Town Industries etc.

Burra Stage Revue in the evening

Saturday 13 October Sports Meeting or Rodeo & Dance or Concert at Lodge Hall

A Children’s Frolic at the Burra Institute on 2 May aided Burra FFCF ‘Pin Up Girl’ Margaret Steele. Total profits were c. £51.

There was an amateur hour concert, a fancy dress competition and lolly and cool drink stalls.

[Winners are listed.]

The Miss Burra ‘Pin Up Girl’ Contest

Final figures were announced by the Mayor at a dance at the Burra Institute last night. The final figure raised was £1,068-13-10. Lotus Twist was the comfortable winner, raising £558-14-6 for the Burra North FFCF Unit. She had been backed by a very strong and hard working committee, with Mr H.C. Brooks as the organising secretary.

Miss Margaret Steele with £385 for the Burra FFCF Unit was second, with a strong committee and Mr Ken Murphy as secretary.

Miss Mary Lloyd representing the RSL Wives Group finished with a total of £123. She lives a fair way out of town and consequently no big functions were arranged in town on her behalf. Mrs Sheldrick was the secretary.

The Mayor said it was a wonderful thing that such an announcement could be made on the eve of the Greatest Military Victory in History, when all were on their tip toes waiting to hear the magical words, ‘Hostilities Have Ceased’.

Mrs Woollacott presented each of the girls with a posy. Mrs Twist thanked all the people who had stood behind her with work and money.

The contest will continue for another month when every effort should be made to raise funds for ‘Miss Burra’. If Miss Burra tops the SA list we understand she will be sent to Sydney to represent this State, which would be a wonderful advertisement for Burra.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 21 April.

Farnden’s Hill: stoping continued. Advanced 6 feet to 74 feet. Leader squeezed up at present.

66, 18, 8 May 1945, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra District Council. Elections

Baldina Ward Reginald Warnes elected unopposed

Mt Bryan Ward George Stanley Hawker elected unopposed

Hanson Ward John Maxton Jacka elected unopposed

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Patrick Thomas Cousins

An election will be held for Booborowie Ward Saturday 7 July.

Notice. Burra Town Council. Elections

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott elected unopposed

North Ward Horton Joseph Barraclough Jennison elected unopposed

East Ward Stanley Kellaway elected unopposed

West Ward William Carpenter elected unopposed

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 May

Rita Hayworth & Fred Astaire in You Were Never Lovelier

Guy Kirbee & Gloria Dixon in Power of the Press

Notice. VE Day Burra Civic Arrangements – Wednesday 9 May

Combined Service

Black Springs 10 a.m.

Burra Noon

Booborowie 3 p.m.

Hallett 8 p.m.

Church Services

St Mary’s Anglican 8 a.m.

Redruth Methodist 7.30 p.m.

Salvation Army 7.30 p.m.

St Joseph’s Catholic Thanksgiving Mass 10.30 a.m. (Transferred to Public Holiday if Wednesday is not a holiday.)

Obituary. Charlotte Gertrude Hunt died at Burra Hospital on 6 May, aged 79 years. She was the widow of the late E.R. Hunt of Burra and is survived by two sons and four daughters.

[Further details page 3.]

Obituary. Arthur Harold (Earle) Bagg died at Burra Hospital on 4 May. He was the youngest son of the late Frederick & Mary Elizabeth Bagg and brother of Walter (dec.), Florence (dec.), Mable [sic] Mrs R.W. Bruce and Hector. Aged 60. [Further details page 3.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Herbert Cox of Burra North.

[Further details page 3.]

66, 18, 8 May 1945, page 3

Burra North FFCF ‘Pin Up Girl’ Ball at Burra Institute on Friday night netted £104.

The hall was marvellously decorated and packed for the occasion. The Black Diamond Band supplied the music. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

Obituary. Arthur Harold (Earle) Bagg died at Burra Hospital on Friday 4 May after a long illness. He was the youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs Fred Bagg of Baldina, where he was born 4 June 1884. His father died when the late Mr Bagg was very young and upon leaving school he worked with his brother, E.H.S. Bagg on the family farm. Owing to ill health, he could not participate in active work or sport. Later in life he went to Adelaide with his brother and lived there about ten years. He returned to Burra about three years ago.

[SA Births CD says born 10 June 1884 at Swampy Down near Kooringa.]

Obituary. Herbert Cox died at Burra Hospital on 4 May. He had been born in Burra 17 July 1874 and was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Edward Cox. He was educated at Burra, after which he was employed by his father in the saddlery business. Later he went to Adelaide for further experience in his trade and worked for three years for Messrs Holden and Frost. Whilst there he helped to make much military equipment for the Boer War. When his father died, he returned to Burra and carried on the business. He later sold this to Mr S.M. Lane, but remained in Mr Lane’s employment for many years, until he had to retire due to failing health. In 1896 he married Miss Edith Mary Clode, also of Burra, who predeceased him in 1932.

In his younger days his main sporting interest was coursing and he was a keen member of the Burra Coursing Club. He was also a member of the Burra show Society and active in the poultry and flower sections. He bred many fine birds and won many prizes for his exhibits. He was a member of the Oddfellows’ Lodge and in his time held high offices in that body. He leaves five sons: Edward (Woodville), Vincent (Kapunda), Frank (Balaklava), Melvin & Arth (2nd AIF) and six daughters, Eileen, Mrs N. Donaldson (Cunliffe), Jean, Mrs Manning (St Kilda Victoria), Amy, Mrs G. Reynolds, (Yarcowie), Edith, Mrs Siviour (Cummins) and Lorna, Mrs Ken James (Burra North). There are 22 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.

[SA Births CD gives birth on 19 July 1874 at Kooringa.]

Obituary. Mrs Charlotte Gertrude Hunt died on Sunday. She was born in Jamestown in July 1865 and was the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Perkins of Jamestown. In 1890 she married Mr Edward Reece Hunt, who predeceased her in 1926. The couple lived for a number of years in Jamestown and raised a family of six children. The family came to reside in Burra about 45 years ago. His health began to fail about three years ago and she was confined to her home. She leaves two sons and four daughters: William (Echuca, Victoria), John (Burra), Margaret, Mrs Bowen (Burra), Charlotte, Mrs Palmer (Norwood), Evylin [sic] Mrs Healey (Payneham) and Kathleen, Mrs Hutton (Largs Bay).

One grandson died serving with the AIF in New Guinea and several grandchildren are serving in the forces overseas: Doug & Alf Bowen (AIF), Robert Painter (AIF) and Jim Healey (RAAF). There are three other grandchildren.

[Birth not traced on SA Births CD. She died on 6 May 1945 at Burra.]

66, 18, 8 May 1945, page 4

Willalo Amateur Hour. This most successful event was held on 4 May, followed by a dance.

There were 14 junior and 14 senior items. Gross takings were £38-5-0 to aid the local school, which particularly desires to get a wireless. [Details of the acts are provided.]

Mt Bryan East School Concert, held on 21 April is reported, with the items and their performers listed.

66, 19, 15 May 1945, page 1

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s Report for the fortnight ending 5 May.

Farnden’s Hill: stoping continued 6 feet to total 80 feet. Country large and blocky slates. Leader not carrying much ironstone.

Burra Celebrates VE Day

On Wednesday, the official VE Day the town was gay with bunting and shop windows were decorated with the flags of the allies. Burra citizens gathered to give thanks for the cessation of hostilities in Europe. The gathering was organised by the Burra Civic Authorities and the Burra Ministers’ Fraternal. Rev. H. Hobbs read the lesson. Rev. M.P. Cowle gave a splendid address, which is reported at length.

For the Civic Ceremony the Mayor, Dr Steele and Mr H.J. B. Jennison took up positions at the foot of the monument in Market Square. G.H. Dollman led the public in the singing of The Song of Australia and There’ll Always be an England.

The Mayor delivered a speech paying tribute to Great Britain and her allies and to those who had joined the fight. He also referred to the continuing struggle against Japan and the 25,000 Australian prisoners of war in Japanese hands.

Dr Steele considered the feelings of those in liberated Europe and he also reflected that ‘a powerful nation of savage brutal yellow skinned devils had to be completely subjugated and destroyed before peace truly came to Australia’. He also made reference to the conference in San Francisco from which he hoped ‘would issue a spirit that would permeate all nations leading to the evolution of a world which would give peace and happiness, bring goodwill and abound in charity’.

Mr Jennison reflected on how long ago it seemed when he and others had stood at the Rotunda and pledged themselves to the service of their King and Country at the outbreak of war. As well as reflecting on the jubilation felt in Europe, he too referred to the tremendous task facing them in the subjugation of Japan.

Burra Town Council, 7 May

It was resolved to send the painting of Dr Brummitt to the Art Gallery of SA for assessment to see what could be done in the face of its peeling paint.

Bednall & Worth wrote stating they were proceeding with the transfer of the Institute to the Council immediately.

The Burra Hospital wrote advising they were prepared to meet the Council on 4 June to discuss the matter of drainage at the hospital.

Booborowie Football Club

After a recess of almost five years, the Booborowie Football Club was reformed at a recent meeting. Many of the former footballers are still away in the services and it will depend upon older players teaching younger players the rudiments of the game.

66, 19, 15 May 1945, page 2

Notice: The Liberal & Country League invites nominations from financial members for the selection of a candidate for the Division of Wakefield to contest the next election. Nominations to be received by Wednesday 27 June.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 May

Paul Lukas & Bette Davis in Watch on the Rhine

John Loder & Eleanor Parker in The Mysterious Doctor

Salvation Army VE Day Thanksgiving Service was conducted by Mr C. Radford, in the absence of Captain Cox, who was in Adelaide at the Annual Conference. C. Radford gave the address.

66, 19, 15 May 1945, page 3

The Salvation Army held special Mothers’ Day Services last Sunday.

Mr Jim Terry (RAAF) has gone to Whyalla to spend part of his leave.

LAC & Mrs Ron Kellock have left Burra after spending leave here. LAC Kellock has returned to his unit.

Sgt Halliday (AIF) is the guest of his sister, Miss Mavis Halliday. They spent the weekend in the city.

Pte Lindsay Hood was home on leave for the weekend.

Flt Sgt Higginbotham, once of Burra High School, spent the weekend in Burra.

Pilot Officer Tom Secker (RAAF) is spending leave in Burra.

66, 19, 15 May 1945, page 4

The Burra Burra DC,

The Clerk reported on nominations for Councillors. [See 8 May, page 2.]

Resolved that the Highways and Local Government Department be advised that the proposed road from Harding’s corner Black Springs, via Western side of Porter’s Lagoon, passing tanks at Hanson, following the eastern side of the railway to Kellock’s crossing, then proceeding through Burra passing Hospital to Burra North.

[This sentence would seem to be incomplete. Is the Council proposing this, accepting this proposal from the Highways and Local Government Department or opposing this proposal?]

66, 20, 22 May 1945, page 1

Burra Centenary Celebrations are gaining momentum. The various committees are making good progress. The Burra Show Society will be written to seek the use of the Showgrounds for a Rodeo in October, probably on 13 October.

Football Revival in Burra. A meeting in St Mary’s Hall on Friday 18 May decided to re-form the Kooringa Football Club. The club had been in recess since 1940, but had a substantial credit in the bank, which would give the re-formed club a good kick-off.

Elected: Patron, F. Reed; Vice-Presidents, M.T. Fuller, W. Carpenter, W. Kellaway and R.A. Bevan; Chairman, S. Kellaway Sen.; Secretary, M. Pascoe; Assistant Secretary, R. Pascoe; Coach, S. Scroop; Trainer, C. Radford. A match for Married v. Single to be arranged for Saturday 26 May if possible.

A Bolt. On Thursday morning a cart was being driven to Copperhouse School by Frank Beinke, with Shirley Stockman, when the harness became loose and the horse bolted. It careered about a mile, turned into the narrow road to the school at speed and continued some 300 yards up the hill before freeing itself from the harness. The shafts dug into the ground and the passengers were thrown over the front, being lucky to escape serious injury. A few yards further on a small creek crosses the road and had they encountered that the result could have been very different.

Burra Stud Rams. About 70 stud rams were loaded onto a train for transport to the Sydney Ram Sales on Wednesday. They came from a number of properties, with the biggest quotas from North Bungaree (19) and Koonoona (18). Mr Keith McBride is in charge of the rams on their five day journey and will have to find his own eating and sleeping arrangements en route as well as attending to the watering and feeding of the rams.

Burra Centenary Souvenir. The committee is seeking to include in the souvenir details of any resident who has lived here for the past 30 years and is aged over 50. They are asking such people to supply their name, year of birth or arrival, occupation, public, social and sporting activities. To be submitted by 9 June.

Burra Milk Supply is in danger. The main supplier is R.H. Garrard of Hillside Dairy and he informs us that owing to overwork and the seeming impossibility of obtaining suitable labour, he will be likely to have to close his dairy at the end of the month. This will mean at least 170 families will be looking elsewhere for their milk. The remaining milk vendor refuses to leave the main road to serve customers in Burra and in any case would hardly be likely to be able to supply 170 additional families. Mr Garrard complains of the amount of government forms to be completed, the problem of feeding so many cows in dry conditions and the trouble of finding feed for them. He has been unable to get former employees released from the army despite support from local government bodies.

A New Patriotic Society is mooted to look after the interests of returning soldiers. The Government will provide the men with good jobs and they will receive many advantages, social and otherwise through the RSL. On the other hand there will be other unmet needs – in the sphere of sports for instance and some will doubtless blow all their deferred pay on a good time and will need some back-up when they then decide to settle down. Let us know if it is the wish of Burra residents to meet and discuss this matter.

Red Cross Drive. A meeting at Burra Institute on Friday night decided to elect two Queens for a Red Cross Drive to be completed by 30 June. Mrs A. Tennant said there had been Red Cross drives in the past two years and the men had taken over most of the work of doing so. A letter from the Burra Centenary Committee asked that no subscriptions be solicited by Red Cross after 30 June, so as to give the committee a chance to make the Centenary Celebrations a success. Mr Marston said the letter had been discussed at length and the Committee was fully behind the Red Cross, but felt that the town had supported the Red Cross and the FFCF splendidly for many years and it was now time to do something for the town. Mr Bevan agreed and said with so much money raised and leaving the town, businesspeople were complaining that business was falling off. He understood that the Red Cross and FFCF had considerable funds invested in bonds etc.

Miss Rogers said Burra was in the Urban Section of Red Cross and any drive organised could continue to 11 August and Burra had to elect at least one queen or not be credited with any funds raised during the year. Mrs Tennant said there had been a drive every year and Burra should continue to support the Red Cross. The drive should run to the middle of July because the FFCF drive was still in progress.

The Mayor said Burra had done a lot for the nation and was behind all patriotic movements, but he felt it would be a gracious act for the Red Cross and FFCF to stand down for now and allow Burra to celebrate its centenary in a fitting manner. At the end of those celebrations the people would again support them. After further discussion it was finally resolved that two Queens be nominated and that the three Red Cross Branches in the town work quietly until 30 June.

Bequests from the late C.E. Gebhardt total £51,000. Burra has benefitted considerably, especially with regards sums allotted to the hospital. The executors recently announced the distribution of £7,000 to South Australian charities.

The Burra Centenary Committee is urging all households to make a special effort with their gardens this year. They intend to award prizes to the best gardens in several categories.

The Church of England Ball was held on 16 May at the Burra Institute. Darrel Field’s Dance Band supplied the music and R.A. Bevan was MC. Proceeds amounted to c. £30.

66, 20, 22 May 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 May

Maria Montez & Jon Hall in Arabian Nights

Gloria Jean & Donald O’Connor in Mister Big

Public Notice. Mr M.W. Bednall advises that owing to the release of Mr F.L. Worth from the Army, the partnership of Bednall & Worth, Solicitors, hitherto carried on at Burra, will terminate on 30 June next, after which Mr Bednall will carry on business on his own account at Commercial Street in Pearce’s Buildings.

St Mary’s Club continues to meet regularly. About 40 members attended last Tuesday evening. This week’s program included dances, games and a humorous act presented by ‘Little Topsy’. It will be presented by the Catherine Orchestra.

Staff Sergeant & Mrs Ted Riggs have returned to Burra from their honeymoon. They were married on VE Day and are spending the remainder of S/Sgt Riggs’ leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs.

Tom Ryan (RAN) and Mrs Ryan spent a few days in Burra with Mrs W. Butler.

LAC G. Nankivell, son of Mr & Mrs Wilf Nankivell, has been home on leave.

Sister Axford has resigned her position at Burra Hospital and will take up duty at ‘Torrens House’.

F/O Jack Gall is home on leave.

P/O Ron Fuller has lately returned from Canada. He was formerly employed by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd in Burra.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 19 May.

Farnden’s Hill: stope advanced 6 feet to a total of 86 feet. Leader carrying a little more ironstone. Values irregular. Approx. 18 dwts per ton.

66, 20, 22 May 1945, page 3

Sgt Dick Crang, formerly stock agent of Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra, is now in Borneo. He has been involved in the fighting on Tarakan Island, five miles off the coast. At 32, Dick is a gun sergeant in an artillery regiment and was among those who made the assault landing on Tarakan. The fighting has been intense there. Sgt Crang’s wife lives in Burra at the Kooringa Hotel.

66, 20, 22 May 1945, page 4

Football. The football season at Booborowie opened on Saturday 19 May. The teams comprised youngsters and oldsters, as many footballers are still scattered far and wide on the fighting fronts.

Spalding 11.11 defeated Booborowie 3.0.

Notice.

Occupation Survey

All Civilians in Australia aged 14 and over on 1 June 1945 are required to complete an Occupation Survey Card. Note that in order to get a new Clothing Ration Card and Food Ration Book at any Issuing Centre each civilian aged 14 or over must produce in person or by an agent:

Civilian Identity Card or Aliens Registration Certificate

Occupation Survey Card fully completed

Old Food Ration Book

66, 21, 29 May 1945, page 1

The Local Board of Health, 21 May

The Medical Officer and the Health Inspector have made adverse reports on the Bacon Factory Slaughter Yards. Both complained that the carcases of slaughtered pigs in an advanced state of decay were lying close to the slaughter house. The carcases have since been burnt. They also reported no improvement in the smell from the factory. It was resolved to write to the factory stating that if the instructions formerly issued by the board were not carried out within 14 days, the factory would be closed.* Cr Harvey asked if the factory had Council permission to make bacon. The Mayor said the place had first been a freezing works and had approval for the manufacture of small goods. He did not know if the licence covered bacon. It was then resolved that a letter be sent stating that no work other than that allowed by the Corporation Licence was to be carried out on the premises.

Carried on the casting vote of the Mayor: Crs Kellaway, Bevan and Carpenter being opposed and Crs Harvey, Lee and Fisher in favour.

It has since been decided to hold a special meeting of the Board tonight to discuss the matter.

[*In the next issue, No. 22, 5 June 1945, page 1, this was corrected to say that if the instructions were not carried out within 14 days, further action would be taken by the Local Board of Health.]

Straying Stock in town streets have generated complaints from many who have had their gardens damaged as a result. Of major concern was a certain donkey and Mrs Hogan’s cow.

Marriage. St John’s Church of England, Wentworth, 8 May.

Staff Sergeant Edward (Ted) Hamilton Riggs, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Arthur Riggs of Burra, married June Valmai Clifford, Daughter of Mr & Mrs Stan Clifford of Cadell Street, Wentworth.

The bride was previously employed at Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd at Burra. After the honeymoon the groom will re-join his unit in New Britain.

Casualty Advice. Amongst recent advices was that for Pte C.G. Halls, a son of the late Mr Tommy Halls, a well-known Burra identity. [This sparse advice was enlarged in The Advertiser of 22 May:

Obituary. Mrs Jessie M. Winslet of Pt Adelaide has been advised that her 5th son, Pte Claude Grenfield Halls (20) was killed in action on Tarakan on 15 May. He was born in [Redruth] Burra on 17 October 1924 and enlisted on his 18th birthday, serving in the 1/48th Battalion. (Photo)]

Burra Bowling Club. Close of season & presentation of trophies, last Saturday.

Club Champion 1945 O. Finch

Singles Handicap W.G. Terry

Pairs Tournament O. Ockenden & E. McWaters

Consistency G. Terry

Rinks Tournament W.H. Tiver

Leighton Football Club. After a lapse of several years, the Leighton Football Club has been re-formed and the first match will be on 2 June on the home ground, against Spalding.

Burra Football. In preparation for the season a practice match was played at Victoria Park on 26 May. A match versus Booborowie will be played next Saturday.

Alf Bevan recently told a joke against himself. He said that when aged about 16, he completed a lengthy working period at Netley Station some 70 miles out of Broken Hill. He collected a substantial amount of pay and decided to make for Broken Hill. It was suggested he take the stage coach, but fearful of bushrangers, he decided to walk, eventually arriving safely in Broken Hill with his money intact. The stage coach also arrived without mishap.

Goats are proving to be a problem ‘Out East’. Large mobs are roaming the area and despite the dry conditions are keeping fat, though in the process they cause a lot of damage to herbage. Graziers are paying well for their scalps. We hear that over 700 have been destroyed at a dam on Mr Reg. Warnes’ ‘Gluepot’ Station in recent months. One hunter shot 120 in seven days. They are said to come from straying domestic goats from the River District.

Burra Tone Council has appointed Staff Sergeant Reg. Davey as the new Town Clerk. He was selected from three applicants. Prior to enlisting he was employed by Sara & Co.

His grandfather, the late William Davey was Town Clerk for ten years and he was followed by the present Town Clerk, who is his son, Mr E.J. Davey and who has served for 34 years. Staff Sergeant Davey is a nephew of Mr E.J. Davey.

Sgt Ron Murray, son of Mr & Mrs Cyril Murray of ‘Catarpo’ Station has proved himself a fine marksman in recent competition against seven competing teams. He scored 170 out of a possible 180, with the next best score being 160. [Details of the contest are printed.]

Burra Fire Brigade costs for the coming year for the local Council are set at £351, which includes uniforms, painting and general maintenance. The Fire Brigade Board generally overestimates the cost and often makes a substantial refund at the end of the year.

A.D. Carter, who comes from Laura, has bought A.D. Sellars’ Service Station [Burra North]. As well as being an experienced motor mechanic of 20 years practical experience, Mr Carter is highly qualified as a radio engineer, holding an A Class licence for Federal Government Radio Servicing and is a member of SA Electrical Contractors’ Association. [An advertisement appears on page 2, in which he says he intends to open a branch at Burra later.]

66, 21, 29 May 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 June

Brian Donlevy & Veronica Lake in The Glass Key

Richard Arlen & Arline Judge in Wildcat

Obituary. Arthur Joseph Abbott, husband of Anna Caroline Abbott, died suddenly at Pt Pirie on 22 May, aged 67. Father of Annie, Lena, Dolly, Nita, Ben, Bill & Tom (AIF).

[Birth not traced on SA Births CD. Died 22 May 1945 at Pt Pirie, residence Pt Pirie Estate.]

Advt. Burra Institute 5 June

Harold Raymond, blind violinist with his Merry-Makers of 1945

In aid of the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children’s Home, Brighton.

Publicly voted one of the finest shows yet staged by the organiser.

[Program of acts printed.]

Pte D.J. Kerin was wounded on 22 May while in action at Tarakan. He is the step-son of Mr E.J. Kemble and this is the second time he has been wounded in action.

66, 21, 29 May 1945, page 3

Advertisement. Half page advertisement announcing a Victory Sale at Matthew’s Emporium, starting 1 June. Clothing, millinery, manchester and hardware.

Staff Sergeant Ted Riggs & Mrs Riggs have been staying in Burra with Mr & Mrs Arthur Riggs and left the town on Tuesday.

Flt Sgt Darrell Young has returned to duty after leave in Burra.

Miss G. Owen on the staff at Burra High School, has been transferred to Murray Bridge.

Obituary. Mr Everard Earl Williams, second son of Mr & Mrs Thomas Williams of ‘Buckland Hill’ Burra, died at a private hospital in Adelaide on 16 May. He was born at Jamestown 27 July 1912 and came to Burra with his parents in 1927 and remained on the farm with them until about 12 months ago, when illness saw his removal to Adelaide. He had taken an interest in the Ironmine Methodist Church and participated in the sporting and social life of the district and had been a member of the VDC until his illness. He was not married. [Birth not traced on SA Births CD. Died at College Park, residence Burra.]

66, 21, 29 May 1945, page 4

Sapper T.G. Wooton, who before enlisting lived in Burra, is part of the forward engineering company that has made the Australian advance down the New Guinea coast from Dagua to Kerawop Bay and Wislang, possible. The group is charged with making existing roads trafficable and where none exist, to make them. [There is an article of just over 1 column describing the work of engineering companies in the New Guinea advance.]

66, 22, 5 June 1945, page 1

‘Pin Up Girl’ Drive. The final effort for the Burra ‘Pin Up Girl’ was a Ball held in the Institute on Friday night. Darrell Field’s Band supplied the music and takings amounted to £30. During the evening Mr J. McGrath, as Treasurer of the Central Committee [of the FFCF in Burra] announced that the drive had raised £1,160.

Empire Day was celebrated at Burra Schools on Friday. In the past this meant large number of parents and friends visited the school and listened the the pupils singing patriotic songs and watched them Saluting the Flag. One or two leading citizens would deliver speeches that were either short and to the point or sometimes long and boring. A half-holiday was declared, but students were duty bound to attend school sports in the afternoon, whether as competitors or spectators. Now it amounts to a broadcast over the wireless and a half-holiday.

Miss Margaret Burford of Gum Creek has been nominated as Leighton Branch’s Miss Red Cross candidate.

Burra High School

At the end of first term Mrs Spark resigned and Miss G. Owen was transferred to Murray Bridge.

So far only Miss K.R. Butler has been appointed in their place, leaving the school short staffed.

The school has not of late been noted for its academic success and understaffing has much to do with this state of affairs. Teachers are often called upon to teach two or even three classes simultaneously and this cannot do justice to either the teacher or the students. Results of the 1944 examinations were not at all brilliant.

At present the staff comprises only two senior teachers, assisted by one junior and the possibility of another. There should be at least three senior teachers and one junior teacher.

Burra Hospital. Sister E.E. Axford has resigned as Senior Charge Nurse after five years here, to continue her training in Infant Welfare at Torrens House.

A New Patriotic Body was not required in Burra according to the discussion at a meeting of the Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee. Such a body had been mooted, but the committee has pledged itself to watch carefully all future legislation and regulations concerning the rehabilitation of returned men in every way possible.

66, 22, 5 June 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 June

Laurel & Hardy in Saps at Sea

Douglas Fairbanks Junior & Ruth Warwick in The Corsican Brothers

Alan Walker, youngest son of Mr & Mrs O.G. Walker, has received his Pilot Officer’s commission. He has been stationed ‘somewhere in England’ since completing training in Canada.

F/O Jack Gall has returned to his unit after leave in Burra.

Pte Dudley Jacka was home on leave at the weekend.

Sgt Barney Rogers (RAAF) spent the weekend with Mr & Mrs Dick Jesser.

Pte R.A. Hirschausen is home on leave. He has been with the AIF in New Guinea.

L/Cpl Ivan Hirschausen is home on leave, having been stationed in Darwin.

LAC Charles Pohlner (RAAF), Wagga Wagga, Victoria, is spending leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs A. Pohlner of ‘Tooralie’, Hallett.

66, 22, 5 June 1945, page 3

Football. Leighton played their first game of the season on Saturday.

Spalding 9.17 defeated Leighton 2.8.

In another first game for the season Booborowie 7.6 defeated Burra 3.3.

Burra Primary School observed Empire Day on Friday. Lessons dealt with the growth of the Empire and local pioneers. The Minister of Education, Mr C.L. Abbott delivered an address on the wireless, after which pupils assembled in the yard to salute the flag and observe a silence for the fallen. They then had a half holiday.

66, 22, 5 June 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 21 May

The Civil Defence Department advised that all lighting restrictions had been lifted except in areas under military control.

Burra Football Club was granted use of Victoria Park for the season, but the Council refused to grade the oval.

W.J. Smith complained of wandering stock and the Council resolved to take action.

Burra RSL Wives’ Red Cross Branch held its AGM on 25 May, but due to poor publicity only nine members attended (there was a total of eighteen members). The main effort in the past year had been the pie cart and the shop, until the pie cart was disposed of to Red Cross Headquarters in Adelaide to be used to greater advantage. The total amount raised by the group in 11 months was £70-13-8.

Elected: President, Mrs Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs R.L. Steele & Mrs Roy Lloyd; Treasurer, Mrs Coverdale. No Secretary was elected at the meeting, but Mrs Steele agreed to act in that capacity temporarily.

66, 23, 12 June 1945, page 1

Redruth Methodist Church celebrated its 94th Anniversary on Sunday 3 June. Rev. J.C. Richmond of Clare took the three services and delivered very interesting addresses. W.H. Gare led the choir. There was a public tea at 5 p.m. on Monday and a public meeting at 7.30 p.m. Treasurer S.J. Woollacott showed that the Trust had a satisfactory working credit balance. Rev. Richmond gave a very interesting talk on the early days of his ministry in the mining fields of Tarcoola, after which there was a general adjournment to the supper room.

Burra Local Board of Health & The Burra Bacon Factory. 4 June

Cr Kellaway had given notice he would move to rescind Cr Harvey’s motion of 20 May be rescinded. Cr Harvey’s motion would have restricted the factory to producing only goods for which a licence or permit had been issued. Cr Kellaway said the manufacture of bacon was important to the town. The turnover was about £700 weekly and about £60 was paid out in wages each week. Closing such an industry would be a great loss to Burra.

Cr Harvey said he did not want to see the factory closed, but he was sick of hearing complaints about the state of the premises and the health of people of the town was more important that the factory. The Inspector and Medical Officer had both reported adversely on the factory and despite orders by the Board the owner had made no attempt to improve things. If his motion was rescinded it would not be worth having a Board of Health in Burra. Unfortunately the curing of bacon was not the only thing being carried out on the premises. Recently pigs’ heads had been washed there and the blood sent down the drain into the creek. The smoke from the smoke house was also a big nuisance. He would stick to his guns as far as his motion was concerned.

Cr Bevan said the proprietor of the factory had advised him that the piping to carry the used water across the creek had arrived and the work of erecting it would be carried out promptly. When he could get permission to do so he would erect a shed over the factory yard and install a high chimney stack to get rid of the smoke nuisance.

Cr Kellaway said if the proprietor had committed any sin, it had been condoned by the Board.

Cr Harvey said the Board had never given permission for many things done at the factory and many had been done in defiance of the Board. The Clerk said no licence had been issued for the curing of bacon.

Cr Carpenter said there was nothing wrong with washing pigs’ heads at the factory – the same things would be done in the manufacture of small goods. The whole problem was that the orders of the Board were not being carried out. He thought Cr Harvey’s motion was too extreme. The Board should give the owner a chance to carry on and if the smell remained further action would have to be taken.

The Mayor said the proprietor would not be able to get permission to make additions to the building. Cr Carpenter said there had been some suggestion of moving the factory to Drew & Crewes’ old store at Burra North, but that would merely shift the smell.

The motion to rescind Cr Harvey’s motion was lost on the casting vote of the Mayor.

Cr Carpenter gave notice that at the next meeting of the Board he would ask if this Board of Health had power to issue a licence to the owner of the Bacon Factory to manufacture. He had a slaughter licence for the slaughter yards.

Editor: We have now been given to understand that the Local Board of health has no power to issue a licence for the curing or manufacture of bacon and that the Commonwealth Licence is the only one which it is necessary for the owner of the factory to possess.

Mr P.A. McBride will stand for the LCL Plebiscite in the District of Wakefield. If Mr McBride wins the plebiscite and then the election, LCL supporters will have a very experienced Member of Parliament, with strong connections in both Houses of Parliament. Mr McBride had a splendid career in Parliament until he was beaten by the ALP representative for Gray in the last Federal Elections for the Senate. He was at one time Minister for Commerce and later Minister for the Army.

Burra Butcher, Mr G.C. Heinrich was recently granted permission to purchase only about half his normal quota of fat sheep from the abattoirs. The quota for beef remains unchanged. As a result Burra customers can expect a shortage of meat in the near future.

Football, last Saturday.

At Spalding: Spalding 8.17 defeated Burra 3.3.

Welcome Home for Servicemen at Mt Bryan

A welcome home social was tendered at the Mt Bryan Hall on 2 June for Bombardier Schuyler (now Mrs Howard Hooper*), Cpl Howard Hooper, Sgt Jack Hooper, Sgt George Fowlstone and Lieut Howard Griffen.

[* This seems an unlikely statement.]

Burra Town Council intends to renovate the Town’s gardens in preparation for the centenary celebrations in October.

Salvation Army. The Young People’s Secretary of the Salvation Army, SA Division, Major Leggett visited Burra in the last week.

66, 23, 12 June 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 16 June

Ellen Drew & Richard Denning in Rhythm on Ice

Helen Parrish & Dick Purcell in Mystery of the 13th Guest

Monday 18 June

Bob Hope & Paulette Goddard in Nothing but the Truth

Doomed Caravan (Hopalong Cassidy Series)

Harold Raymond & His Merrymakers performed to a crowded Burra Institute on Tuesday evening and presented a night of bright entertainment. Proceeds of the evening of c. £35 will aid the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Children’s Home.

Football.

Booborowie 1.7 defeated Leighton 1.2.

66, 23, 12 June 1945, page 3

Burra Town Council, 4 June

Education Department advised that the Government was not at present prepared to subsidise swimming pools.

Sgt Davey thanked the Council for his appointment as Town Clerk and advised that he would obtain his release from military duties as soon as possible.

Mr McGubbin of the Sa Art Gallery advised that the painting of Dr Brummitt was in a hopeless condition and virtually nothing could be done to prevent it flaking; the problem lay in the priming. A copy would cost a deal of money.

It was resolved to contact Mrs Forsythe (Dr Brummitt’s daughter) to see if she was prepared to do anything in the matter.

Letter. ‘Burra North Ratepayer’ noticed that a certain person had been asked by Council to do up the fence. Councillors should look around in a few more places.

Sgt & Mrs Stevenson are the guests of Mrs Stevenson’s parents, Mr & Mrs G. H. Dollman.

Mr M. Hegarty has returned to Burra after being on the Postal Department relieving staff at Jamestown.

Mr Jack Heron of the Burra Post Office, has been appointed Postmaster at Carrington.

LAC Dudley Field was on leave in Burra, and left on Wednesday with his sister ‘Midge’ for Mildura, where they will be the guests of their brother LAC Eric Field and his wife.

Basketball. Saturday, St Joseph’s 14 drew with Redruth 14.

66, 23, 12 June 1945, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 4 June

Commissioner of Highways has said the new road via Hanson Tanks was a proposal only.

The South Australian Emergency Supplies Committee advised that it no longer required the old Council Chamber at Hanson and thanked the Council for placing it at their disposal gratis.

Resolved to secure a flagpole and obtain permission from the Burra Town Council for the erection of the same in line with the kerbing in front of the District Office.

66, 24, 19 June 1945, page 1

Football, Saturday. Burra 11.8 defeated Leighton 3.8.

Red Cross Queen, Mrs N. Pearce raised c. £13 by means of a penny drive on Friday afternoon.

The King’s Birthday Honours List included an MBE for the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott Esq. This is the first time a Burra Mayor has been honoured while in office. A former Mayor, Sir Frederick Holder was knighted [later in life]. Thomas Henry Woollacott was born in Burra in 1882 and entered the public life of the town in 1922 when he was elected to the Town Council as a representative for North Ward. He held that position for eight years before being elected Mayor in 1930, a position he held until 1937. This was a difficult period for the town, due to the depression and Mr Woollacott worked very hard to alleviate distress among the townspeople. In 1936 the state’s centenary celebrations coincided with the Diamond Jubilee of the Burra Corporation and His Worship organised a drive to have the Council Chamber furnished in an appropriate manner with the handsome furniture it now contains. In 1937 Mr Woollacott retired as Mayor, but again sought election in 1939. Again he was in office during a difficult period, as war broke out. Since then he has carried out his pledge of loyalty to King and Country and has steered the town through those difficult years. He and the Lady Mayoress have sent three sons and one daughter to the fighting front and two of those sons have paid the supreme sacrifice. In 1940 His Worship was inspired with the idea of getting non-working city dwellers to come to the country to live, thus providing housing accommodation for munition workers in the city. He handed this idea to the Chief Secretary, who saw the opportunity offered and put the plan into operation. As a result there was an influx of soldiers’ wives and others to Burra, where Mr Woollacott was kept busy finding accommodation for them, meeting them at the station, and helping to get their furniture into their new homes, and generally seeing them settled in. The idea has spread to other country towns. In 1944 he asked the Hon. Norman Makin & Mr A.E. Smith MHO to arrange for a clothing factory to be established in Burra. Since the outbreak of war he has been the chairman of all recruiting committees and War Loan committees connected with Burra and is also chairman of the Burra and District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee and the Burra centenary Celebrations Committee. It is only fitting that he should be Mayor during this important year and we congratulate him on the honour conferred upon him.

An Exhibition of Stud Rams is mooted for the centenary celebrations. This was suggested by Mr Andrew Bartholomaeus, Stud Stock Inspector for Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. Even though the celebrations are a bit late in the year for the rams to be at their best, committee members feel sure that district breeders will co-operate to make the exhibition a success.

A Huge Birthday Cake is planned for the town’s centenary celebrations. The cake has been placed in the hands of local bakers, Bachli Bros. It is expected to be in three tiers and some three feet in height.

The Annual Catholic Ball was held in the Burra Institute on Wednesday night. Music was by the Black Diamond Band.

The Proposed Centenary Rodeo has run into difficulties and may have to be abandoned. The dry nature of the season is making it difficult to provide feed for the horses. The organisers of the Marrabel Rodeo report difficulties in getting steers for their rodeo. [See also notice on page 2 of this issue.]

66, 24, 19 June 1945, page 2

Notice. Chaff & Hay Acquisition Committee

Notice to Distributors and Consumers

As from 13 June 1945 Chaff and Hay will be supplied on a rationed scale only to animals within the following categories and in the order of priority shown.

Dairy cows being used for production of whole milk for immediate human consumption.

Farm horses being used in cereal seeding operations where no other power is available.

[C] Horses engaged in essential delivery, pastoral, station or market garden work where it is not considered practicable to transfer to motor transport.

[The means of obtaining an allocation are then listed. All existing allocations are cancelled and no other applications should be forwarded.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, Friday 22 June & Saturday 23 June

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland in Thousands Cheer

Plus Gazettes, Reviews and News.

(This picture is run for two nights to avoid undue crowding.)

ACW Connie Crewes, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs K.R. Crewes, is home on leave, accompanied by her brother Bob. ACW Crewes has been stationed in WA for over a year, and has now been transferred to Melbourne to join a medical unit.

Flt/Lt Brian Riggs DFC is spending leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs of Burra North.

Sister Norma Young has been home for the weekend with her parents, Mr & Mrs W.E.D. Young.

Miss Rhonda Smith, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs R.H. Smith, was recently appointed to the nursing staff of the Peterborough Hospital.

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, 7 June

Miss E. Barnes, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Barnes of Firle, married

Pte E.V. Goodridge, second son of Mr & Mrs T.E. Goodridge of Gum Creek.

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Mrs Lotus Twist was tendered a social afternoon by members of the Burra North FFCF last Thursday. The President, Mrs Riggs thanked Lotus for allowing herself to be nominated and for the way in which she and her parents had worked to make the drive the success it was. Although she had not been the section winner, she held a creditable position.

Hanson Red Cross Queen, Miss Aileen Rogers, benefitted from a Frolic and Amateur hour held at Hanson on 9 June.

66, 25, 26 June 1945, page 1

Advt. Almost 2⁄3 page is taken by an advertisement for a sale at Bence’s, beginning on Friday 29 June.

Local Red Cross Queen, Mrs Nell Pearce received c. £15 from the efforts of a lorry load of ‘gypsies’ drove around the town on Friday afternoon singing popular song hits.

Among the ‘gypsies’ were Mrs Nell Pearce, Mrs V. Davies, and Mesdames R. Jefferies, R. Crewes, G. Tiver, J. McBride and O. Walker, with Misses Helen and June Dollman, Margaret Steele, Joan and Diana Davies and Sylvia Thomas. Mrs White played the piano.

The Market Square Rotunda. It was not long since the Council had removed the fence around the rotunda and at the last meeting of the Town Council Cr Bevan suggested that the ground be terraced, planted with flowers and enclosed. Cr Harvey said it would look nice, but as the Council had no gardener, the question was how were the flowers going to be kept looking nice.

Cr Carpenter moved that the guard [sic: presumably for ground] round the Rotunda by terraced and planted with flowers. He offered to look after the garden for twelve months. He also offered to give five bags of cement for the necessary concreting. Cr Harvey then offered a further five bags of cement. Cr Bevan seconded the motion, which was then carried.

Burra Town Council, 18 June. After the completion of ordinary Council business the Town Councillors took the opportunity of congratulating the Mayor for having the title of MBE conferred upon him.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 June

Allan Jones & Judy Canova in True to the Army

Albert Dekker & Susan Hayward in Among the Living

Obituary. Phillipa Jane Williams, widow of the late William Joseph Williams, died at Burra Hospital on 17 June, aged 79. She was the mother of Godfrey, Joe, Jim, Vera, Hilda and Harriet (dec.).

[Born Phillipa Jane Richards but no birth record in SA.]

66, 25, 26 June 1945, page 3

Football at Spalding on Saturday, Spalding 10.14 defeated Leighton 1.2.

Burra Red Cross Queen, Mrs Nell Pearce benefitted from a Bridge and Games Evening at ‘Heathmount’ on Friday evening, courtesy of Mrs S.M. Sandland and from A trading table on Friday afternoon.

Burra North Red Cross Queen, Miss Gladys Scroop benefitted from a Penny Drive on Friday afternoon, which was a success in spite of the adverse weather conditions.

Booborowie FFCF’s 5th annual meeting of 7 June is reported.

66, 25, 26 June 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 18 June

Mr McGubbin of the SA National Gallery wrote on the subject of the painting of the late Dr Brummitt, which is in a bad condition. Mrs Forsythe (Dr Brummitt’s daughter) wrote on the same subject and enclosed a photograph of the painting, which she suggested be enlarged. She said the photograph was a good one and much superior to the painting.

It was resolved to have the photograph enlarged.

Mr & Mrs Alfred Collins celebrated their Golden Wedding at a family dinner party at ‘Wandilla’ Marlborough, on 3 June. The couple were married in the Methodist Church at Millicent, SA, by the late Rev. W.J. Mortimer in 1895. Mrs Collins was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Samuel Skewes of ‘Nantithet’, Millicent, SA. And Mr Collins the fifth son of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Collins of ‘Lucerndale’, Mt Bryan. After spending some years in farming and pastoral pursuits at Mt Bryan East, Mr & Mrs Collins went to the Singleton district of NSW, where they carried on farming on an extensive scale. Later in 1914, with their six sons, they selected land at Marlborough, Queensland, where they are still actively engaged in the grazing industry.

Burra North Red Cross Queen, Miss Gladys Scroop will be aided by a Bridge & Games Evening at the Royal Exchange Hotel held on Wednesday 20 June.

Football. First Booborowie & District Association game for the season.

Burra 4.3 defeated Booborowie 2.4.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its annual concert on Friday 15 June. An excellent program was presented to a very appreciative audience. [Items are reviewed.]

Pte Lindsay Hood returned to duties on Friday morning after being on leave.

Don Watson (RAAF) has spent leave in Burra and has now returned to duty.

P/O Jack McWaters & Mrs McWaters spent the weekend at World’s End with Mr & Mrs H. Daters.

Ron Pascoe has passed the examinations to become a Junior Clerk in the South Australian Railways. He will remain at Burra.

Paratrooper Arthur Garrard & his Wife are spending part of his leave at Burra with Mr & Mrs Sam Garrard.

66, 26, 3 July 1945, page 1

Burra Girl Disqualified from ‘Miss Australia’ Contest

Burra’s Pin Up Girl Mrs Lotus Twist was disqualified after being selected as one of the seven finalists on the ground she was born in Malaya and not Australia. None of the forms that came to the local committees mentioned any such requirement, but apparently one in Adelaide Headquarters says entrants must be over 17 years of age, born of British parents and born in Australia. It all seems ridiculous to allow a candidate to get to the position Mrs Twist reached before disqualifying her on such a technicality. She was born to British parents and came to Australia aged twelve months. Her father (Mr Bence) fought in WWI, her brother is serving with the RAAF in England and her husband, also serving with the RAAF has been missing for over two years. We understand that rules need to be adhered to, but we consider that those rules should have received much greater publicity and could certainly have been improved. Under the circumstances the supporting public should be informed how such an error in organisation occurred and suitable apologies made to Mrs Twist.

Lieut. Graham Dow, son of Mr & Mrs G.H. Dow formerly of Burra, has been reported accidentally wounded while serving in Borneo. News spread quickly and apparently his brother Reg., W.O.1. Clem Davey and Rev. Redding MBE (one time Rector of St Mary’s) all met at the scene of the accident to see if they could help. It is quite a coincidence when one recalls that both Reg. and Graham Jnr were choirboys at St Mary’s when Rev. Redding was Rector there and Clem Davey was organist.

Mr Essington Lewis, who was born in Burra, has tentatively accepted the invitation to open the Burra centenary Celebrations.

Leighton Hall will be free of debt this year thanks to the generosity of the late Mr I.J. Warnes and the wholehearted support of the people of the district. The people first came into possession of the hall in 1909 and since then have raised over £1,600 to pay for the original building, to improve it and to furnish it. The Hall President, Mr A.D. McDonald is the only original committeeman still on the committee and he and his brother J.M. McDonald the only two originals still living. His son Mr Colin McDonald is the present Secretary.

The Burra Centenary Committee has decided to hold a Children’s Sport Day, Maypole and Fancy Dress Procession to mark the first day of the celebrations. This change in arrangements is the result of the fact that seasonal conditions have made running a rodeo impossible.

Burra Revue Co. is to hold a Night Club Ball in the Burra Institute on Friday 13 July. Funds raised will be devoted to installing a public address system in the building. The cost is estimated at c. £30.

Mrs Nell Pearce has won the Burra Miss Red Cross Contest. She and Miss Glad scroop, the other contestant, have been hard at work raising funds over the past few weeks. In the past the Red Cross drive has seen outstanding efforts from people in Burra, but two things have resulted in a smaller sum this year, of £360. Firstly, Burra had just completed a FFCF Drive that raised £1,160 and secondly the Centenary Celebrations Committee asked that the Red cross Drive be completed by 30 June to enable all future efforts to be made on behalf of those celebrations. The ball on Friday night was not very well attended, but those there had a happy time dancing to the music of the Black Diamond Band. Mrs Pearce had raised £245-4-3 and Miss Scroop £112-8-9. The mayor congratulated both on their efforts and declared Mrs Pearce the winner.

A Meeting of Kooringa Methodist Church Trustees on 19 June reluctantly accepted the resignation of Mr E. Pearce due to ill health. A very satisfactory balance sheet was presented. Arrangements were made for the forthcoming anniversary services on 7 October. Mr A. Best was elected to the position of Secretary/Treasurer.

66, 26, 3 July 1945, page 2

Notice. A.D. Sellars announces he has disposed of his business interests in Burra, thanks past clients and hopes the same support will be given to his successors, Messrs A.D. Carter, S.A. Irlam and N.O. Jesser.

Notice. A farewell social will be tendered by the citizens of Burra and District to Mr & Mrs A.D. Sellars and family at the Lodge Hall, Burra North on Tuesday 10 July at 8 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 July

George Sanders & Doris Dudley in The Moon and Sixpence

Adolphe Menjou & Carole Landis in Turnabout

Pte L.R. Hirschausen and his wife and two children spent part of his leave with his father, Mr A. Hirschausen of Burra North.

LAC Jim Anderson spent a few days leave as a guest of Mr & Mrs Walter Pearce.

Dave and Albert Morrison left Burra yesterday to spend some time working for the Waterworks Department in Pt Adelaide.

Ian Stevens (RAN) is spending leave in Burra with his parents Dr & Mrs W.E. Steven.

John Carey of Broken Hill, a grandson of Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara, has become a Pilot Officer. He is presently with the RAAF in England.

Keith Gare (RAAF) is home on leave.

Pte & Mrs Frank Thompson were recent guests of Mr & Mrs Harold Doyle. (Mt Bryan East.)

66, 26, 3 July 1945, page 3

The Burra centenary Committee is endeavouring to get the SA Police Band to attend the opening day of the centenary celebrations.

The Burra Institute has been taken over by the Town Council. A couple of signatures all that is needed now to finalise the transfer. At the Red Cross Ball on Friday night the Mayor said that it was probably the last function to be held in the Burra Institute whilst the hall was owned by the Burra Institute Committee. Discussions concerning the transfer have been going on for some years and the unravelling of the red tape involved has taken several months and is not yet quite complete.

Last night Mr A.B. Riggs as President of the Institute Committee and Secretary to the Trustees, waited upon the Town Council and produced the Deed of Conveyance, to which the Mayor and the Town Clerk affixed their signatures and the Council Seal. The Trustees of the Institute had already affixed their signatures. The document set out that the Council would take over the management and assets connected with the building from 1 July and the necessary transfer of the property and the finalising of the whole business would take place at the end of the current quarter – 30 September.

Mr A.J. Heron was farewelled by the Burra Post Office staff on Friday. He has been promoted to postmaster at Carrieton.

Baldina Gold Mining Syndicate. Report of Manager for the fortnight to 30 June.

Farnden’s Hill – commenced to drive south. Advanced 4 feet. Leader mainly ironstone country. Approximate value 1 oz per ton.

Mongolata Gold. Despite wartime conditions and the difficulty of getting labour, gold is still being won from the ‘Curlew’ Mine. In the last week were shown a 7 oz ingot in the possession of Mr T. Villis. It is worth about £70 at present day values.

James Brady of Mt Bryan East is 84 years old and has just sharpened his sheep shears in preparation to shear his own sheep.

66, 26, 3 July 1945, page 4

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its annual meeting on 21 June.

During the year several needy cases have been assisted. Wood has been provided in the winter and Christmas Cheer for the aged and infirm. Birthday gifts were given to two very aged ladies. Early in January the society lost its beloved secretary, Miss Helen Wilkinson after many years of service. She became a member in 1933, Assistant Secretary in 1935 to the late Miss Coglin and Secretary in 1936, a position she held until her death.

Association Football, Saturday last.

Booborowie 7.6 defeated Spalding 6.7.

The Burra versus Leighton match was cancelled due to the death of the prominent Leighton resident, Mrs Max Jacka.

66, 27, 10 July 1945, pages 1 & 4

Burra & Hallett Branches of the Fathers’ Association met on Friday night at the Burra Town Hall. President T.H. Woollacott read a remembrance ‘to the memory of our sons and daughters who have given their lives for their King, Country and Home’ and the audience responded ‘We Shall Not Forget’. He said these sort of social occasions cemented a feeling for the common good of the members of the services and of the country. The Fathers’ Association represented support given to thousands of service men and women throughout the Commonwealth and its membership was growing rapidly. He was supported by Cr Kellaway, Mr G.H. Dollman, the President of the Hallett Branch, Mr Miller and Vice-President, Mr W. Phin. [Speeches are reported.]

The Burra Branch had c. 28 members and much of its success was due to the enthusiasm of the Secretary, Mr W. Carpenter. They expected soon to have a Women’s Branch.

The evening also had musical items.

Mr A.B. Riggs moved the vote of thanks and in doing so noted that the Burra Town Council had only taken over the hall on the previous Monday and this was the first function to be held in the [newly named] Burra Town Hall. Mr Alf Walker seconded the motion and Mr Fitzgerald and W. Carpenter responded. Mr H.J.B. Jennison spoke on behalf of the RSL. Mr Fitzgerald said the boys never got a good spin after WWI and they were determined that after the present war they would get a fair go.

Mr Jennison recounted his own experience after WWI. He was just over 18 when he enlisted and 31⁄4 years in the army and was wounded twice. After the war he wanted to take up a trade, but could not be apprenticed because he was over 21 years of age. He took up wool classing under a vocational training scheme of the time and was paid 42 shillings a week while learning. Having got his certificate he applied for a job, but the firms concerned went back on their promises to employ returned men and he spent three months at Mt Barker doing nothing. One day he took a motorcycle trip to Burra and Mr George Thorpe of Eyles & Crowle [sic: for Eyes & Crowle] had given him a job as grease boy at the magnificent salary of 25 shillings a week – not much a reward from the people of the country for such long service in the army. Such things would happen again if the RSL and the Fathers’ Association did not fight for better. Supper followed.

Cr Fisher was farewelled after the Council meeting this month. After three years he did not stand for re-election for North Ward. The Mayor thanked him for his service and was supported by the other Councillors.

Mr K.F. Newman, Public Relations Officer for the Department of Post War Reconstruction, will speak at special meetings at Redruth Hall and Church on 22 July at a Pleasant Sunday afternoon. Mr Newman is a keen churchman and active in Post War Youth Problems.

Tpr R.H. ‘Jimmy’ James has been a gunner on one of the Matilda tanks during the Labuan campaign. This is the first time in 4 years that he has been away from Australia and he took part in the landing on Labuan Island on 10 June. He is the son of Mr W. James of ‘Bleak House’, Burra North.

Association Football at Spalding on Saturday.

Spalding 10.11 defeated Burra 1.1.

Booborowie 6.7 defeated Leighton 5.3.

Weather. Burra has had a severe cold snap recently. On Saturday morning temperatures in side houses fell to 40oF [4.4oC]

Mr E.J. Davey retired officially as Town Clerk on 30 June, but is continuing as Acting Town Clerk until Sgt E.R. Davey is released from military duties. The Council will interview the Director of Manpower to try to facilitate that.

Burra Burra District Council. Election result from last Saturday.

Booborowie Ward W. Lomman 60

P.T. Cousins 33

Mr W. Lomman has been Councillor for Booborowie Ward for the past six years.

Burra Institute is now Burra Town Hall

After the signing of the conveyance at the Town Council Meeting on 2 July, the Council has taken over the running of the Burra Institute.

A letter from Mr Bednall, Council Solicitor, explained that the existing mortgage between the Institute Committee and the State Bank would be cancelled from 30 September next. Pending this cancellation and transfer of the property the Council would pay the interest until 30 September at 4% on the amount owing of £3,161-15-9. He had not received notification as to who was responsible for the collection and payment of moneys from 1 July.

Mr Riggs then presented the Deed of Conveyance that had already been signed by four of the trustees. The necessary Council signatures and the Council Seal were duly affixed and witnessed.

Mr Riggs said he was glad that this had been achieved during the town’s Centenary Year. He had been working for it for 20 years and had always thought the Institute should be the property of the ratepayers, whom he believed were truly getting their money’s worth.

[The paper does not report any official motion changing the name of the building, though it is stated in the headline and logically follows from the change in ownership.]

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 July

Kathryn Grayson & Van Hefflin in Burra Talkies.

Lionel Barrymore & Donna Reed in Calling Dr Gillespie

Pte George Brandon (AIF) is home on leave.

Pte Bob Seaford has spent a few days leave in Burra.

LAC Jim Terry, son of Mr & Mrs W.B. Terry has returned to duty after spending leave in Burra.

LAC Denson, son of Mr & Mrs Denson of Burra, has returned to duty.

Sister Norma Young spent the weekend in Burra with her parents, Mr & Mrs W.E.D. Young.

LAC Doug Robinson is spending leave with Mrs Carpenter Sen. of Burra North.

Mr Tom Phelan (RAAF) is spending part of his leave with his brother Mr Lance Phelan of the Burra Hotel.

Advt. Mr R. Cotterill, Watchmaker, has commenced business on the corner recently occupied by W.G. Terry (Tailor) in Commercial Street.

66, 27, 10 July 1945, page 3

Burra High School. At the end of last week Miss D. Smith, the new Junior Teacher, received notice of her transfer to Kapunda High School. This has again left the school very short staffed.

Mr E. Finch has been re-appointed Chairman of the Burra Burra DC for a further term of twelve months.

The Local Fuel Advisory Committee met on Monday and thanked Mr A.D. Sellars for his valuable work since becoming a member of the Committee and extended their best wishes for his success in his new venture in the South East.

Basketball. Saturday 7 July.

St Joseph’s 31 defeated Redruth 10.

St Mary’s 28 defeated High School 16.

The previous week St Joseph’s 25 defeated High School 19

St Mary’s 29 defeated Burra North 6.

66, 28, 17 July 1945, page 1

Mostyn Burton (RAN) was given a farewell social on Wednesday evening. The usual speeches were made and Mrs Stolte presented a parcel from the Cupboard Fund and Mr C. Collins made a presentation on behalf of the district. The hall was then cleared for dancing.

[No statement of where this occurred, but was presumably at Mt Bryan Hall. Mostyn had previously been riding his bike to BHS for three years, where he had been a commendable scholar.]

LAC Bill Richards is home on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs F. Richards of Mt Bryan, after spending six months in the North.

Pte Ross Burton is staying with his parents Mr & Mrs Alex Burton of Mt Bryan, while home on leave. He has been away for over two years.

Sgt Harry Quinn has returned to duty after being home on leave for a week or two.

Mr & Mrs A.D. Sellars & Family were given a farewell at the Burra North Lodge Hall on Tuesday night. They will in future reside at Keith. The Mayor presided. Speakers were Dr Steele and, Mr H.J.B. Jennison. The latter said that Allan Sellars had been a most caring and popular Eastern Mail deliverer and that without petrol rationing many from the east would have been in to farewell him. Allan had tried hard to enlist in the present war and when that was impossible, had carried on Mr Jennison’s business in Burra, enabling him to do his bit. Other speakers were R.H. Smith, K.R. Crewes and the Mayor. His Worship handed over a wallet containing £60 in notes. Mrs Jennison on behalf of the ladies of Burra North presented Mrs Sellars with a handsome wall mirror. She said Mrs Sellars had been one of the best patriotic workers in the town. Mr Sellars responded and supper followed, after which the evening was concluded with dancing.

Association Football

Leighton 8.10 defeated Burra 4.6.

Night Club Ball organised by Burra Stage Revue Co. at Burra Town Hall on Friday last drew a large crowd. Darrell Field’s Orchestra provided the music and c. £29 will aid Town Hall Funds as a result.

The novel entertainment included a number of musical performances, a sketch and a ballet. The big piece of the evening was ‘Toreador’ involving splendid singing by Mr L.H. Thomas accompanied by Mrs Thomas, the ballet and the entrance of Signor Martino attired as the Toreador and then the ferocious ‘Ferdinand the Bull’ with Jim Auld and Ron Pascoe inside. The bull fight took place on the stage. Supper was served cafeteria style with choices from a ‘sav and roll’ for 6d down to cake for 2d.

Obituary. John Arthur Riggs died in his sleep at home on Thursday morning. He was the eldest son of the late John A. and Elizabeth Riggs of Mullaby Station and was born in Burra in 1877. For many years he managed Mullaby Station for his uncle Mr H.J. Riggs of Gawler. When the station was sold, he took up pastoral pursuits in the vicinity of Burra and later retired to live in the town. He took an active interest in the Methodist Church and Sunday School and represented the East Ward on the Town Council for several years. His main sporting interest was the Burra Rifle Club, of which he was a prominent member and Captain for some time. He married Alice, the eldest daughter of the late Captain and Mrs Polkinghorne of Williamstown. He is survived by his wife, three daughters; Mrs John Marsh, Mrs Jim Marsh, Gladys and three sons: Linden (AIF, discharged), Alwyn and Ted (AIF, New Britain.)

[Born 22 November 1877 at Lady Alice Mine (Barossa District): died 12 July 1945, Burra.]

The ‘Miss Australia’ Disqualification Protest.

Mrs V.H. Shepherd, Honorary Supervisor of Units of FFCF writes in appreciation of the great efforts made by Burra units of the FFCF and regretting any difficulties arising from the ‘Miss Australia’ Contest. However, she assures Mr Bence that their Organiser’s Department despatched from Headquarters to all Units taking part in the contest a circular which set out the required qualifications of entry, and that these were also advertised in the FFCF News Column of the Advertiser of 24 February 1945.

Mr Bence replied thanking her for her letter and expression of thanks to the Committee and Burra people. He says he received the circular in question only last week after two phone calls asking for same and our secretary assures him that this has never been received by the Burra Unit. As far as the press notice is concerned, the Burra Pin Up Committees were not organised until the beginning of April and so would not have been interested in a notice inserted in February. He considered the Burra criticism fully justified.

Burra North FFCF held its annual meeting on 28 June.

A minute’s silence was observed for the late member Mrs P.J. Williams.

Elected: President, Mrs Riggs; Vice-President, Mrs A.L. Clode; Secretary, Miss A. Bentley and Treasurer, Mrs E.J. Reed.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 July

Joan Bennett & George Brent in Twin Beds

Richard Dix & Jane Wyatt in Buckskin Frontier

Advt. Mt Bryan Hall. Tenders are called for the purchase of 170 sheets of re-conditioned iron recently removed from the hall roof. Tenders close 30 July 1945.

Notice. Mr F.L. Worth advises he has resumed practice as a Barrister and Solicitor and will for the time being visit Burra weekly. He may be consulted at Pearce’s Buildings each Friday or by appointment.

Obituary. Areta L. Grace Gunn died 10 July at Booborowie, aged 65. She was the wife of William Garden Gunn. [Areta Lizzie Grace Gunn born Chantrill and married William Garden Gunn in 1924. Birth not registered in SA.]

Accident. Mr Harry Collins of Spalding, brother of Mr Cyril Collins, yesterday met with a serious accident when he was run over by a tractor. He is presently an inmate of Clare Hospital.

LAC Don Watson has returned to his unit.

Cpl C. Kelly spent the weekend in Burra. He has obtained his release from the Army and is taking a position with the Tramways Department.

LAC Dick Pascoe is spending leave with his mother, Mrs A. Pascoe.

Cpl Norman Allen & Mrs Allen are spending leave in Burra with Mrs Hamson of Burra North.

Pte Ted Woodman (AIF) is home on leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Herb Woodman.

Pte Stan Truscott is spending leave with his wife and family in Burra.

66, 28, 17 July 1945, page 3

The Salvation Army has secured the use of the Burra North Lodge Hall for Evangelical Work at Burra North. Captain Cox, Commanding Officer in charge of the Burra Corps is leading the charge.

‘Australia’s Amateur Hour’ Mrs Lotus Twist and her group of singers comprising Misses Roma Sellars, Glad Scroop, Merle Hirschausen, Von Harvey, Roma Clode and Berna Maple will visit Adelaide on Wednesday to audition for an appearance on ‘Australia’s Amateur Hour’.

Pte S.T. Timms has been wounded in action during the invasion of Balik Papan on 1 July. He is the son of Mr & Mrs S.O. Timms of Norwood and enlisted from Burra in 1941. He sustained injuries to his head and hand while on a man of war, but his condition is said to be satisfactory.

Trooper ‘Bill’ Parker, son of Mr & Mrs Ben Parker of Burra North, is reported wounded in action on 25 June. He is a member of the 2/10 Cav. Commando Squ.

Basketball, last Saturday

High School 16 defeated Comrades 10

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Miss Roma Sellars was given a farewell on Friday evening at the home of Mr & Mrs S. Scroop.

Burra Town Council, 2 July

Notification was received that Sgt E.R. Davey’s release from the Army had not been recommended yet and consequently Mr E.J. Davey was appointed acting Town Clerk until Sgt Davey’s release.

The necessary signatures were affixed to the conveyance of the Institute building to the Council.

[Details noted elsewhere.]

Resolved that the caretaker of the Institute be asked to stay on till 30 September at the current rate of pay.

Burra Red Cross held its AGM 10 July. The 1944-45 year was reported as most satisfactory, with membership up to 83 from 68. The main source of income has been from the Burra Red Cross Shop and FF Unit 109. Mrs Kellock as Secretary of the Shop is doing a wonderful job. The most outstanding effort for the year was the Queen Competition for the Annual Drive, when Mrs M. Pearce kindly consented to be nominated as Queen.

During the year, long service medals were presented: Mrs E.F. Marston (18 years as Secretary) and to Mesdames J. Tennant, O. Finch, G. Herbert, A. Clark, J. Barker, A. Davey, L.M. Gordon, W. Finch, S.M. Sandland, E. McLaren, G. Hawkes and Miss Barker.

Elected: President, Mrs D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, Mrs S.M. Sandland & Mrs J. Barker; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery & Treasurer, Mrs G.H. Tiver.

66, 29, 24 July 1945, page 1

Association Football, at Booborowie last Saturday.

Booborowie 12.16 defeated Burra 5.7.

Kooringa Hotel. Mr W.J. Smith of the Kooringa Hotel has sold the business to Mr Scott of Mt Barker. Mrs & Mrs Smith intend to live in Burra after taking a holiday. Mr Scott takes over from 1 August. He has been in the hotel business in Mt Barker for some time and is a returned man from this war and the last war.

Miss Red Cross for Mt Bryan, Miss May Quinn, benefited from a dance held there on 11 July. Proceeds amounted to c. £18.

Burra Town Council.

The Manpower Office has not given any indication of when Sgt E.R. Davey will be released from military service and a considerable delay now looks possible.

Marriage. St Dymphna’s Church, Booborowie, 14 July

James J. Kerin, eldest son of Mr & Mrs M.J. Kerin of Caltowie, married

Susannah H. Hogan, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Hogan of Booborowie.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

World’s End School was closed about 12 months ago due to the shortage of teachers. Since then some parents have been boarding their children at Point Pass, from whence they attended Eudunda Area School. Some children took correspondence lessons. From this morning six of them will be coming to Burra each day under the care of Mr A.G. (Tom) Heinrich. Mr Heinrich is not the permanent contractor for the conveyance of children and Mr W.E.D. Young has the contract. Area Schools are still in the experimental stage, but are proving most successful and Burra Primary School could be made into one such institution without much alteration.

Burra Town Council, 16 July

The Burra Institute Committee has replied to Council, saying it would meet them on 18 July to discuss the Council’s taking over of the Institute.

A letter from the Secretary of the Nuriootpa Band offered to buy the Burra Ban Instruments.

It was decided not to entertain this idea.

Cr Jennison was welcomed as the representative for North Ward, before business began and Cr Carpenter and the Mayor were also congratulated on their election.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 July

Olivia de Haviland * Errol Flynn in Thank Your Lucky Stars

Plus short subjects.

66, 29, 24 July 1945, page 3

Letter. ‘Ratepayer’ writes to say there should be a bylaw against throwing orange and banana skins in the streets. Nasty falls can and have resulted.

Basketball, Saturday.

St Joseph’s 23 defeated High School 13

Redruth 31 defeated St Mary’s 15.

[Corrected 66, 30, 31 July 1945, page 3 to read St Mary’s 31 defeated Redruth 15.]

Association Football at Leighton.

Spalding 6.1 defeated Leighton 3.3.

Burra North FFCF held its AGM. Secretary, Miss A. Bentley reported they had had meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Membership had started at 65 and ended at 70 for the year. A number of members had adopted a ‘boy’ and corresponded with them, also becoming responsible for that particular ‘boy’s’ Christmas parcel. Instead of an annual drive in 1944, the FFCF combined with the Red Cross to hold a Gala Day at the Showgrounds in October. The pie cart had operated until December and the Burra North FFCF had two sale days for that period, raising £10-4-9. The 1945 Drive has just ended. This year it took the form of a ‘Pin Up Girl’ Contest, in which the Burra North candidate was Mrs Lotus Twist. The Unit raised £99-10-8 independent of her committee’s efforts. Goods made and sent to Headquarters this year were: 240 pairs of socks, 5 pairs of seaboot stockings, 20 pullovers, 40 mufflers, 3 pairs mittens, 182 face-washers, 1 bundle of gun cleaners. A large quantity of books and magazines was also despatched.

66, 29, 24 July 1945, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 2 July.

The Clerk reported the election of Cr W. Lomman for Booborowie Ward, after he had defeated Mr P.T. Cousins.

Cr Finch was elected Chairman for the year.

The Highways & Local Government Department advises a grant of £500 to recondition the Andrews-Burra main roads 140 & 379.

Burra Town Council granted the DC permission to erect a flagpole in front of the District Office.

66, 30, 31 July 1945, page 1

Glendore Methodist Church celebrated its 80th Anniversary on 14 & 15 July. Rev. E.H. Woollacott, the eldest surviving minister who had previously been in charge of the Circuit, presided at all the services.

Burra Men’s Branch of the LCL held its annual meeting on Friday in the Eastern Telephone Building. President Mr O. Finch read the annual report. He referred first to the progress of the war, the Commonwealth Government and the death of Prime Minister Curtin, the prevailing serious drought and the formation of the Liberal Party of Australia, before moving on to consider local issues.

Locally they had been honoured by the visit of Mr P.A. McBride to outline the perils of the Referendum and urging the necessity of a No vote. On 27 October Mr M.S. Edwards had resigned after being their secretary for 22 years, due to his leaving the district. They had also lost the secretary of the Women’s Branch when Miss Wilkinson died. A plebiscite was currently underway to choose between P.A. McBride and H.H. Shannon to contest the Wakefield Division in the next Federal Elections.

Guest speakers were Mr A.P. Blesing, former Minister of Agriculture and Mr A.D. McDonald MP. The former spoke mainly on anomalies regarding prevailing wheat prices and the latter on the recent achievements of the state government, especially the Mr Bold Reservoir, the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline and the development of the Leigh Creek Coal Field. Future problems being addressed included a Government Housing Scheme and the general modernisation of hospitals.

Fred Brandt, a Burra boy and now a member of the 10th Squadron of the RAAF recently attended a dinner on HMAS Australia and was surprised to find one of his hosts was another Burra boy, in the person of Alec Wilksch. They were delighted to renew acquaintanceship and exchange Burra news. Sailor Alec Wilksch is a son of Mr & Mrs W. Wilksch of Koonoona Station and Fred is the son and stepson of Mr & Mrs Frank Fillmore of Burra.

An RAF Mosquito Aircraft flew over Burra & Mt Bryan areas on 24 July. Piloted by F/Lt Garrard, the plane the plane proceeded to ‘Belcunda’ homestead with F/O Maxwell as passenger. F/O Maxwell and F/Lt Bowley, both of the RAF, have been spending their leave with Mr & Mrs Stanley Hawker. F/O Maxwell went to Adelaide to meet his friend F/Lt Garrard of an RAF Mosquito Squadron and as F/Lt Garrard had some refresher flying to do, he was able to fly his friend over ‘Belcunda’. This is probably the first time one of these Mosquito planes has flown over the district. F/O/ Maxwell and F/Lt Bowley were guests of the Burra RSL at their last meeting.

[The paper has F/Lt Howley on his second mention.]

Burra Hospital

The Board of Management has estimated the cost of new Nurses’ Quarters at £8,000. The present accommodation for nurses is both uncomfortable and inadequate. The Chief Secretary has discussed the scheme with the Board and viewed it with favour. On applying for a £ for £ government subsidy, the Board was asked for a new estimate of costs. While this was being obtained the Board had purchased a block of land adjoining the Hospital grounds on the western side for the erection of the intended buildings. J.R. Barker presented a rough plan of the proposed buildings, based on the fine hospital, which was built at Barmera some time ago.

Dr Steele also outlined a plan, which he had in mind and Mr Woollacott, as a builder, pointed out that building costs would be reduced considerably if the new building were erected on a broad front. The site purchased would involve considerable excavation work if the building were to be placed far back from the main road. No decision on the plan has been made, but it will include separate bedrooms for all nurses, fitted with bathrooms and shower cubicles, a modern laundry, sleepouts for the nurses and separate sitting rooms for Charge Nurses and Probationers.

We understand that the Board will need to raise further funds before the new building could be free of debt, even if the Government grants the sought for £ for £ subsidy.

66, 30, 31 July 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 August

Gene Tierney & Walter Huston in The Shanghai Gesture

John Litel & Esther Dale in Murder in Times Square

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs J. Harrison and an In Memoriam Notice gives the date as 21 July 1945. Survived by daughters Kathleen, Dorothy and Elsie and only son, John.

[Born Alice Allen 18 March 1877, Belaugh, Norfolk, UK, and married John Harrison in 1898. She died 21 July 1945 at Burra North.]

The Centenary Committee is seeking hundreds of photographs that would be of interest to Burra District people and returning former residents.

Captain G.H. Dow visited Burra during the weekend.

66, 30, 31 July 1945, page 3

Association Football, at Leighton, Saturday.

Leighton 7.14 defeated Booborowie 4.7.

At Burra

Spalding 13.6 defeated Burra 2.0.

Ironmine Sunday School celebrated its 22nd birthday with a concert.

Obituary. Mrs J.M. Jacka, nee Daisy McWaters, of Gum Creek, died at Burra Hospital on 28 June [residence Leighton]. She was the only daughter of Mr & Mrs A.T. McWaters of Leighton. She was born in 1905 at Terowie and educated at the local schools and then Methodist Ladies’ College in Adelaide. She married Mr J.M. Jacka of Leighton 10 September 1932. She took a great interest in matters pertaining to the Ironmine church and was a member of the Ladies’ Guild. She was also a member of the Burra CWA and a supporter of the district’s patriotic bodies. She is survived by a husband and one son, John Alfred, aged 5 and a brother, Roy, in Victoria.

[Born Daisy Jean McWaters, 17 December 1905 at Terowie; married John Maxton Jacka in 1932.]

Basketball, Saturday

St Mary’s 23 defeated High School 15

Redruth 19 defeated St Joseph’s 14

66, 30, 31 July 1945, page 4

Burra CWA held its AGM 20 July.

Membership stood at 70, though not all are regular attenders. [The year’s activities are listed.]

Elected: Joint Presidents, Mesdames Reg. Warnes & A. Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.L. Kellock & M. Marchant; Secretary, Miss Rogers and Treasurer, Mrs A.L. Kellock.

Leighton Red Cross held its AGM 11 July. [Annual report printed.]

Elected: President, Mrs R. Humphrys; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames, M. Hogan, A. Drew & A. McWaters; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss Margaret Humphrys and Assistant Secretary, Miss Joan Hogan.

Mt Bryan Red Cross held its AGM 18 July. [Annual report printed.]

Elected: President, Mrs F. Jefferies; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Hawker, Quinn & A.L. Collins and Treasurer, Mrs T. Jeffery.

[Secretary not named. Perhaps Mrs A.L. Jefferies carried on from 1944-45.]

66, 31, 7 August 1945, page 1

Burra High School held its Annual Sports Day last Friday. This year saw a pleasing increase in the attendance of parents and friends. Winners of the cups were:

Senior Boys B. Richards

Senior Girls M. Pearce

Junior Boys D. Allen

Junior Girls D. Bernhardt

In the House Competition Browns 176 defeated Blues 121.

[Results of each event are printed.]

Association Football. First Semi-Final

Leighton 5.4 defeated Burra 3.5.

Booborowie Red Cross held its AGM on 19 July. The Secretary reported a successful sixth year of operations. Elected: President, Mrs W.S. Phillips; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Frahm & Keynes; Secretary, Mrs C.J. Williams; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Summers and Treasurer, Mrs G. Harris.

Burra Hospital. The Board of Management has been re-elected unchanged by the various Councils. Mr E. Finch was re-elected Chairman in his absence. Two committees were elected to oversee the building of the nurses’ quarters. One is the Building Committee and the other the Finance Committee.

Nurse Slater has resigned because of her mother’s ill health and Miss Joan Carter commenced duties as probationer nurse on 23 July.

Obituary. Mr Tom Scovell of Burra died on Thursday at a private hospital in Glenelg. He was widely known in the Northern and Mid-Northern parts of SA. As the owner of the Commercial Hotel in Burra, he proved himself to be both popular and generous. He was born at Auburn on 1 July 1884 and was educated at Watervale. Later he was first employed as a grocer’s assistant in various businesses, before entering the employ of the old Saddleworth firm of Bee & Hill, for whom he worked for about 18 years. He then acquired the Exmouth Hotel at Saddleworth, now known as the Hotel Saddleworth. He successfully manage that hotel for more than 19 years and in that time took a keen interest in the sporting life of the community. He was President of the Saddleworth Football Club for a number of years, but his special interest was in coursing, a sport in which he achieved great success, winning many trophies. He was particularly proud of winning the Burra Coursing Club’s 1927 Cup with ‘Just Bell’. Another of his dogs was runner-up in the famous Waterloo Cup. He purchased the Commercial Hotel in Burra seven years ago and accompanied by his sister, came to live in this town. He took an interest in the sporting life here also, but in recent years failing health left him unable to play an active role. He never married and is survived by his sisters, including Miss E.A. Scovell of Burra and two brothers. [Thomas Edward Scovell, born 5 July 1882, District of Upper Wakefield; died 2 August 1945, Glenelg, residence Burra.]

66, 31, 7 August 1945, page 2

Advt. Special Announcement. Mr H.J. Topsfield has purchased the butchering business of Mr G.C. Heinrich at Burra and Burra North and from 11 August 1945 will supply customers with the finest quality of meat and smallgoods obtainable, on a cash basis. For the past 9 years Mr Topsfield has been a Meat Inspector for the Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

The new firm will trade as ‘Burra Meat Stores’ under the motto ‘Courtesy, Quality and Service’.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 August

Judy Garland & Van Hefflin in Presenting Lily Mars

Red Skelton & Ann Rutherford in Whistling in Dixie

Advt. A welcome home will be extended to Cliff Phillips and Frank Lloyd at Leighton Hall on Saturday 11 August.

Flying Officer Len Bence, son of Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence, who has been serving in England with the RAAF for some time, is expected to arrive in Burra by the Broken Hill Express on Saturday morning.

Bob Morton (RAAF), after spending four and a half years in England, has returned to Burra. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Max Morton.

LAC Don Watson and two of his RAAF pals spent a couple of days in Burra last week.

Sapper Michael Connors is at present spending leave with his parents, Mr & Mrs J.L. Connors. He has been with the 6th Division in New Guinea and has spent some time in Northfield Hospital.

Pte Ern Beaglehole, with his fiancé, Miss Joan Hardy, are at present the guests of his sister, Mrs Charles Radford and family of Burra.

66, 31, 7 August 1945, page 3

Obituary. William Frederick Gebhardt (‘Casey’) died at Burra Hospital on 25 July. He was born in Burra 11 August 1863 and remained in this town all his life. He was educated at Burra Primary School and on leaving there, he learnt the bakery business under his father, the late Mr F. Gebhardt, one of the town’s old pioneers. Later he was in partnership with his father and on the latter’s death, carried on for some years alone, before handing the business over to two of his brothers, Messrs Alf and William Gebhardt. Altogether this business was carried on by the Gebhardt family for 65 years.

In his younger days he was a keen sportsman with respect to hunting and coursing. Some 25 years ago the small daughter of the late Mr D. Pizzo fell down a well where Mr Alf Gebhardt now resides. A rescue party was organised and the late Mr Gebhardt volunteered to be lowered down by means of a clothes line. He remained below while the girl was hauled up and was then recovered with some difficulty. For this feat he was later presented with a sovereign case, filled with sovereigns at a ceremony at the Burra Institute. He was twice married. He first married a daughter of the Late Mr George Jordan of Saddleworth and they had two children: Mr Fred Gebhardt of Adelaide and Evelyn, Mrs Pudney of Adelaide. Later he married the daughter of the late James Wilton of Adelaide and there were seven children from that marriage: Myrtle, Mrs Timms of Adelaide; Tilly, Mrs Taymidices of Sydney; Carrie, Mrs William Nankivell of Burra; Gladys, Mrs O. Pearce of Adelaide, Ivy, Mrs Tilbrook of Clare, and Allan and Ken Gebhardt of Burra. There are seven grandchildren. Two sons, Fred and Allan went to WWI and Ken has just returned from the present war.

[Despite above information the apparent relevant registered birth was for William Frederic Gebhardt 15 August 1864 at Kooringa.]

Mt Bryan East has experienced severe frosts lately and the quondong trees have shed what was promising to be a good crop. The local school will celebrate Arbor Day on 10 August.

Basketball, last Saturday

St Mary’s 24 defeated St Joseph’s 20

Redruth 21 defeated High School 16

A ‘Miss Red Cross’ Dance at Leighton in aid of Miss Margaret Burford was held on 1 August.

Letter. A Coverdale writes re the new nurses’ quarters to say that surely, with so much public money involved, the only correct way forward would involve the services of a qualified architect to draw the plans, get out the specifications and supervise the building.

Burra Rifle Club. It seems likely that the Rifle Club will soon be able to be re-formed. Its Honorary Secretary, Mr R.G. Bernhardt has the matter in hand.

66, 31, 7 August 1945, page 4

Burra North Red Cross held its 4th AGM on 18 July. Meetings had been held in the Aberdeen Croquet Club Hall on the first and third Wednesday of each month. For the annual drive last year they had combined with the FFCF and takings had amounted to £875-7-4. The drive in 1945 was run over just one month because of the decision to allow the Burra Centenary Committee a free run from July to October. Miss Gladys Scroop was our ‘Miss Red Cross’ entrant and members raised £112-8-9. In the last twelve months the branch had raised £359-3-3 compared with £283-3-8 in the previous twelve months. Elected: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-President, Miss M. Rogers; Secretary, Mrs E.J. Reed; Assistant Secretary, Mrs M. Miels and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop.

Black springs CWA AGM is reported.

66, 32, 14 August 1945, page 1

Uranium was apparently discovered at Mt Painter in 1911 by an old Burra identity, Mr Bentley Greenwood. Mt Painter is some 400 miles north of Adelaide in the Flinders Ranges and is said to have uranium in large quantities, making it potentially of great value to SA. This week Mr R. Fuss came into the office with a small tin containing some of the ore from which uranium is extracted. He said the ore had been brought from Mt Painter by his father, the late Mr Charles Fuss. Charles Fuss was very interested in geology and any sort of mining and made frequent trips to the northern areas in pursuit of his hobby. On one occasion he brought back the sample mentioned. The ore is in greenish yellow flakes or crystals. The late Mr Fuss sent some of the ore to Douglas (now Sir Douglas) Mawson, who became extremely interested in the deposit and visited the field. An article in Smith’s Weekly of 28 February 1931 said that the Mt Painter deposit was extensive and valuable. Together Sir Douglas, Mr Fuss and Mr Bentley formed a company and Sir Douglas is reported to have stated that these extensive low grade deposits could produce large profits when concentrated. The company did considerable development work and then WWI broke out. Sir Douglas was in Antarctica and probably due to wartime difficulties the company went into liquidation even though at the time there was a good lode showing. Last Thursday, just before the news about the new use for uranium was published, Mr R. Fuss presented the Adelaide University, through Sir Douglas Mawson, with a collection of specimens that his late father had brought from Mt Painter on several of his trips.

A Woolshed Dance at Mr G. Gask’s new woolshed on his ‘Gilrose’ property at Gum Creek on 7 August was held to aid Leighton Miss Red Cross, Miss M. Burford. Takings amounted to £10.

The Hallett Red Cross Queen Drive has raised £600. [Further details are printed.]

Football. A scratch match between Burra and Hallett was played at Hallett on Saturday.

Burra 10.8 defeated Hallett 6.9.

Burra High School Students attended the Town Council meeting on Monday evening 6 August in connection with the Social Science subject now being taught at the school.

Hanson Red Cross Queen Drive culminated in a Grand Ball at the hall on 31 July. The winner of the competition was Miss Dorothy Hams who raised £124-5-8. Miss Aileen Rogers raised £121-17-10. [Further details are printed.]

Burra Centenary Celebration are to be postponed to the week of 13 October to 20 October inclusive because Blyth Sports are being held on 13 October. This move will make bike and motor bike riders available for the Burra Centenary Sports, which had originally been scheduled for 13 October. The move will also enable the Premier of SA to be present, when he could not have been on 13 October.

Burra Town Hall. The Town Council has been in control of the hall for about one month and in that time has cleaned out the drainage system and tidied the surrounds. The piano was sadly out of tune and needed repairs, which were to be seen to.

Obituary. Mr Maurice Collins died in an Adelaide private hospital on Tuesday last. He was the seventh son of the late Mr Henry Collins and was born at Mt Bryan 65 years ago. In the early part of his career he lived at Hallett and was a member of the Terowie District Council for 11 years. He moved to Burra in 1919 and lived for many years at Abberton Park, where he bred stud Merino sheep. In 1922 he was elected to the Burra Town Council and in 1923 became Mayor, a position he held until 1928. Apart from sheep breeding, Mr Collins had many other interests. He was a member of the Hospital Board and for a time President of the Bowling Club. For a period he was also a Member of the House of Representatives for this district. [17 November 1928 to 12 October 1929 for the Country Party.] After leaving Burra, Mr Collins was a special writer for The Mail, contributing articles on agricultural topics and the stock market. Mr Collins had been in ill health for some time. He leaves two daughters. [Born 8 May 1876, Mt Bryan Flat and died 7 August 1945, Adelaide]

Mr E.J. Davey, currently acting Town Clerk, was congratulated at the Council meeting of 6 August on reaching his 76th birthday. He has been clerk for 34 years.

Burra Town Council has declared a rate of two shillings and sixpence in the pound.

66, 32, 14 August 1945, page 2

Notice. Victory Celebration Arrangements

Burra Town Council gives notice that a Thanksgiving Service will be held in the Town Hall at 2 p.m. on the first Holiday, to be followed at about 2.30 p.m. by a Civic Celebration and a Public Jubilation in the Streets. Business people are asked to leave lighting on for the evening and that flags and streamers be displayed.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 18 August

Alan Ladd & Loretta Young in China

Richard Carlson & Nancy Kelly in Fly by Night

The noted Belsen Camp Horror Film will be screened immediately before the interval.

Notice. Church of England, Victory Thanksgiving Celebration of Holy Communion.

Burra 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on First Holiday

8 a.m. on Second Holiday.

Advt. Sale of property. Tenders are called for the purchase of the property situated on the corner of Bridge Terrace and Kingston Streets, known as Morgan’s Bakery, being allotment 298A, containing 1 rood or thereabouts. Tenders to P.W. Hogan, Secretary of the Oddfellows Lodge, Burra North by 4 September.

Pilot Officer Len Bence arrived home on Friday night after an absence of two years in England piloting bombers.

Pte Ted Woodman returned to his unit on Thursday.

Mr & Mrs John Hill, accompanied by Mr Ralph Hill have gone to Melbourne to be present at the wedding of Mr Geoff Hill (RAAF). [Sic: error for Joff Hill – Arthur Joffre Hill.]

Pte Callary of Booborowie has returned to his unit after spending leave with his parents.

Flying Officer John & Mrs McBride recently spent a few days in Burra.

LAC Ron & Mrs Kellock spent leave in Burra with his parents, Mr & Mrs John Kellock.

LAC Colin Garrard (RAAF) has been spending part of his leave with his parents Mr & Mrs Sam Garrard.

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Burra Town Council, 6 August

Much of the time for general business was taken up debating an increase in fees for the cemetery curator for digging graves. In the end it was resolved that he get the increase he sought for digging graves on the eastern half of the ground, where the ground was harder, but that the price be unchanged for graves in the western half.

Straying stock remained a contentious question. Mrs Spackman was to be written to asking her to keep her sheep off the streets and the owner of the donkey was to be warned that he were not willing to get rid of the animal the Council would take action.

Pte Cliff Phillips and LAC Frank Lloyd were tendered a social at Leighton Hall on 11 August. They have both been discharged from military service after four and three years respectively.

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The End of World War II

News of the Japanese surrender was broadcast at 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday 15 August. The news nearly caught Burra on the wrong leg, because all organised celebrations had been very hurriedly arranged. Nevertheless, within 15 minutes flags were being run up and pennants strung across the streets. Market Square and Commercial Street began to fill with excited people. Children heard the news on the way to school and either gave school ‘a miss’ or on arrival were told it was a holiday. They were among the first to march up and down the streets singing and, lacking streamers took spare rolls of sanitary paper as a substitute. Business people soon had windows decorated with symbols of Victory. After the Thanksgiving Service in the Town Hall people really began to realise that Peace had descended on the Pacific and celebrations really got going. Mrs S. Sandland, who had brought along bags of pennies, threw them to the youngsters, who were happy to scramble for them, chasing them from one side of the road to the other, quite unperturbed by the tooting of motor horns. Traffic was held up for some time. The hokey pokey was being danced in Market Square and flag bedecked cars were soon driving around and even a decorated spring cart, with its horse urged on by the tooting of some sort of ‘musical instrument’.

Unlike the city barmen, those in Burra were not on strike and the hotels were well patronised all day. At night the shops were lit for the first time in many years and streets were bright.

In the evening there was a welcome home social at the Town Hall for F/O Len Bence, Corporal Bob Morton of the RAAF and Able Seaman Tom Ryan. F/O/ Jim Warnes had been invited, but was unable to attend. The Mayor, T.H. Woollacott welcomed the guests home.

The Burra Welfare Committee had carried out a splendid job (under the secretaryship of Mr A.B. Riggs) of seeing that the boys leaving for overseas were suitably farewelled and now that hostilities had ceased would see to it that they were welcomed home by the townspeople.

Mr M.T. Fuller spoke for the RSL and Mr Jennison for the Burra Welfare Committee.

Musical items were given by F/O/ Bence, Mrs Twist and Mr Garrard, who sang a ‘French Rumba’. Mrs Twist and the Burra North Winsome Warblers then rendered their well-known number, Is ʼe an Aussie’. Dancing followed into the early hours of the morning. This spilled out into Market Square, where the crowd dances the Hokey Pokey and formed crocodiles and generally made merry to the strains of an orchestra mounted on a lorry. A few hoarded fireworks were produced and the occasional rocket set off. Later the crowd returned to the Town Hall, where eventually the proceedings concluded.

On the following day things were considerably quieter and during the daytime there was little action. At night a band of young people did lift a piano onto a lorry and drove around the streets singing various songs and included a visit to the hospital to entertain the patients.

The members of the newly formed Salvation Army Band also marched to the Hospital and back and entertained the inmates.

Thursday night saw another dance at the Town Hall.

Thanksgiving Services

On Wednesday afternoon members of the RSL and the VDC, with representatives of the Red Cross, marched through the streets to the Town Hall where one of the largest audiences ever seen in Burra gathered to join in thanksgiving for the declaration of peace, which had been made earlier in the day.

Rev. Cowle opened the meeting by announcing the times for Church Services. The audience rose and sang the National Anthem, followed by the Doxology and a hymn. Captain Cox gave an appropriate scripture reading and Rev. Hobbs delivered a Prayer of Thanksgiving, which was followed by The Lord’s Prayer. Rev. Barrett gave an address on the steadfastness and loyalty of those who had brought victory and of the great sacrifices made and the gratitude earned.

Another hymn followed and then all sang The Song of Australia.

Dr Steele gave an address on behalf of the Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee and paid tribute to the work of the Mayor throughout the war. He paid tribute to all the service men and women who had contributed to the victory. Peace would see not only the return of servicemen and women, but also of those who had suffered terrible privations and cruelty as prisoners of war. The Soldiers’ Welfare Committee would be doing its best to see that service men and women were given employment, good homes and the best educational facilities for their children and to see that the Government carried out its responsibilities to them.

The mayor then introduced Dr Toal [the Catholic priest for Burra] who paid tribute to the fallen and rejoiced with the victors.

Mr G.S. Hawker spoke on behalf of the District Council.

Mr Dollman sang Long Live the King and the audience joined in the chorus.

Mr Jennison, in speaking for the RSL asked people to pour out their money to help rehabilitate service men and women on their return to civil life. An appeal would soon be made to create comfortable club rooms and it would be a disgrace if that appeal was not fully subscribed.

The Mayor, Mr T.H. Woollacott gave a stirring speech in which he said that promises made to the service personnel as they left would now have to be honoured. He also paid special tribute to those who had halted the Japanese only 25 miles from Pt Moresby and pursued them through New Guinea and beyond. He also acknowledged the efforts of Mr Churchill, the late President Roosevelt and the late Mr John Curtin PM.

The service ended with Mrs N. Pearce singing Rule Britannia, with the audience joining in the chorus, followed by a final rendition of The National Anthem sung with much feeling.

The Salvation Army & Victory in the Pacific

Immediately after the broadcast on Wednesday morning Les Gregor sounded Reveille on his cornet, the Citadel doors were thrown open and the drum and flag placed outside. The children took the Sunday School bells and disturbed the neighbourhood with their ringing. When the Captain went to ride her bicycle, she found it decorated with flags and streamers. After the Thanksgiving Service at the Town Hall the Band formed up and marched to the Hospital, where a service was held for the benefit of the patients. At night an open air service was held, followed by another in the Citadel. On Thursday the women held a Thanksgiving Service in the afternoon and invited their menfolk to join them with a cup of tea. A special Victory Cake had been made and all enjoyed the sociability. There was another march to the Hospital to play hymns to the patients and another open air service at night, this time followed by a social and supper in the Citadel Hall.

The SA Police Band of 28 members will take part in the Centenary Celebrations on 13 October.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 August

Shirley Temple & William Gargan in Miss Annie Rooney

Joan Blondell & Roland Young in Topper Returns.

Advt. Burra Centenary Program, 13-20 October inclusive

Saturday 13 October 1. 00 p.m. Fancy Dress Procession from the Burra Hospital to Victoria Park, followed by Children’s Frolic, Sports and Maypole. To be opened by the Chief Secretary, Hon. A.L. McEwin.

Police Band in attendance.

7.50 p.m. Pictures at Burra Town Hall

8.00 p.m. Dance at Burra North Lodge Hall

Sunday 14 October 11. 00 a.m. 3.00 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. Special Services in all churches.

8.30 p.m. Sacred Concert in the Town Hall by the Police Band.

Monday 15 October 10.00 a.m. Visitors meet at Rotunda and are escorted over the Old Burra Mine and Workings.

5.00 p.m. Church Teas at Burra and Burra North Methodist Churches and Sunday Schools; followed by Social Evenings in the Sunday Schools.

7.50 p.m. Centenary Talkies in Burra Town Hall.

Tuesday 16 October 10.00 a.m. Back to School

Morning Bowls, croquet and tennis

2.00 p.m. Visitors meet at Rotunda and inspect Centenary Gardens and judging of same.

3.15 p.m. Afternoon Tea with Mrs S. Sandland at ‘Heathmount’ Burra.

4.00 p.m. Opening Burra North Croquet Green

Bowls, croquet and tennis.

8.00 p.m. Amateur Hour at Burra Town Hall.

Wednesday 17 October Morning Bowls, croquet and tennis

Noon Civic Welcome to guests at the Town Hall

2.30 p.m. Official Opening by Mr Essington Lewis and cutting of the Centenary Cake by the Mayoress, Mrs T.H. Woollacott in Market Square

Afternoon Bowls, croquet and tennis

8 .00 p.m. Centenary Ball

Thursday 18 October 9.00 a.m. Sheep Dog Trials – continuing all day.

7.30 p.m. Masonic Lodge Meeting in Masonic Temple

Buffalo Lodge Meeting at the Lodge Hall

8.00 p.m. Children’s Frolic, Amateur Hour & Quiz (Children Only).

Friday 19 October 10.00 a.m. Inspection of Churches, Public Buildings and Town Industries. – Gossip Day. Visitors to meet at Rotunda.

2.00 p.m. Mock court in Market Square

8.00 p.m. Stage Entertainment and Revue.

Saturday 20 October 12.30 p.m. Cycle, Athletic Sports, Horse Racing and Speed Meeting. To be opened by the Premier, Hon. T. Playford.

8.00 p.m. Dance at Burra North Lodge Hall

8.00 p.m. Concert at Burra North Methodist Memorial Hall.

8.00 p.m. Pictures at Burra Town Hall.

FREE BUS SERVICE TO VISITORS FOR TOWN INSPECTIONS.

Advt. Annual Variety Concert

Thursday and Friday 30 & 31 August at 8.00 p.m. Burra Town Hall

Dancing to 1.30 a.m. after Friday’s performance. Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Visit of Missionary Salvationist. Miss Elsie Daddow, for many years a missionary in China, visited Burra over the weekend. She delivered an interesting, poignant and at times humorous account of her experiences. He messages were delivered in a true evangelistic style, inspiring and encouraging to all.

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Association Football

Semi-Final played 11 August

Spalding 4.9 drew with Booborowie 4.9 [Strangely not reported in the paper of 14 August.]

Re-match last Saturday

Booborowie 7.12 defeated Spalding 2.11.

Burra Centenary Sports will feature Motorbike Races and Stunt Riders.

Black Springs Red Cross Queen Competition was won by Miss Joyce Lomman.

[The sum raised by her is poorly printed, but seems to be £230 – the second figure being unclear.]

Crfn Max Miels is spending some leave with his parents Mr & Mrs M. Miels of Burra North.

Mrs Klaffus will celebrate her 100th birthday next Monday.

Black Springs School Children celebrated VP Day with sports and games at Black Springs Hall.

The school also celebrated Arbor Day on 3 August.

Obituary. Flying Officer Francis C. Sanders, who has been missing in air operations since September 1944 is now officially presumed dead. He was an employee of the Bank of Australasia in Burra from August 1940 to April 1941.

[Francis Carstairs Sanders, born 20 July 1920, North Adelaide; enlisted 31 March 1941. Mother Elsie Madge Sanders of Jamestown. Killed in air operations over Italy 26 September 1944.]

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Burra Bowling Club, held its AGM at the Burra Hotel 8 August 1945.

Elected: Patron, C.D. Wilkinson; President, L.H. Thomas; Vice-Presidents, E. Finch & M.T. Fuller; Secretary and Treasurer, J.t. Pascoe and Greens-manager, W.G. Terry.

CWA, Warnes Group held its inaugural conference at Burra Masonic Hall on 10 August. Delegates attended all Warnes Group branches: i.e. from Burra, Spalding, Black Springs, Cadell, Clare, Kapunda, Saddleworth, Smithfield, Gawler and Riverton.

Hallett Red Cross & FFCF AGM of 8 August is reported.

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Mid Northern High School Sports was held on Riverton Oval on 24 august. A large crowd attended. Five schools were able to attend and with the ending of the war each school travelled by bus. The day began sunny, but windy and there was a shower towards the end of the day, but all competitions were completed after a short interruption. Scores:

Clare 1461⁄3

Riverton 77

Burra 482⁄3

Balaklava 361⁄6

Kapunda 195⁄6

[Results are printed.]

Burra Institute Librarian, Mr A.A. Davey was presented with a substantial cheque on Friday evening in acknowledgement of his long service and for outstanding services rendered. He is largely credited with making the library one of the three best in country SA. The members of the old Institute Committee said they hoped he would carry on under the new management.

The Annual Buffalo Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday last. Darrell Field’s Orchestra provided the music. Dancing continued till 2 a.m.

Mrs Klaffus celebrated her 99th birthday on Saturday 25 August. A number of people attended a party convened by Mrs Wohling, who made the cake, which was iced by her daughter, Miss Betty Wohling. The Mayor and Mayoress sent their apologies, as they were in Adelaide welcoming home their son.

Cr Jennison has suggested that at least four floodlights be installed in Market Square to floodlight the place for special occasions. He admitted that this might not immediately be possible because things were not particularly buoyant at the moment.

Burra VP Celebrations were well over on Monday 20 August, when one of Burra’s soldiers on Bougainville sat down to write a letter home – saying that he and his comrades felt that peace must be near and they were looking forward to receiving the news at the weekend. Two or three days later he wirelessed that news of the Peace had been received.

Mt Bryan School Children celebrated VP Day on Friday 17 August, when they were given flags to remember the occasion, along with oranges and sweets. Mr & Mrs G. Stanley Hawker came along for the presentation and Mr Hawker said a few well-chosen words for the occasion.

War Service Homes are being erected in Adelaide and Cr Harvey said they should be in Burra too. The Mayor said the matter was in hand, but he could not say more at present.

Burra Rifle Club will be re-formed. The Club Secretary, Mr R.G. Bernhardt has called a meeting for next Saturday evening at the RSL Rooms. This is a response to a request from Headquarters concerning the state of the range and the names of the committee.

The Late Tom Scovell featured in a story that came to light from Saddleworth this week. On one occasion he was in the bar of his hotel at Saddleworth when it was mentioned that there was a child in the town with typhoid fever and although there was a nurse in attendance, the child should really be in the Auburn Hospital. But no one would volunteer to drive the child there. Mr Scovell promptly loaded the nurse and child into his car, sank a couple of his best whiskeys, and conveyed them both to Auburn. The sequel was that the nurse (Mrs Wright) caught the complaint and died, while the child survived. Tom later maintained that no fever could survive against the best brandy he had in stock.

The Rotunda Gardens. These are looking very good and several business people have volunteered to look after them. Cr Kellaway said they would probably compete for excellence, which would be no bad thing. Cr Carpenter said there was a minute on the books by which he had the right to look after the gardens for twelve months and he intended to exercise that right. The gardens are certainly a credit to him and he has suggested that the enthusiasts look after Lane or Holder Gardens instead. Or perhaps some people would like to look after the Market Square rockery.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 September

Joan Crawford & Melvyn Douglas in They All Kissed the Bride

Chester Morris & Richard Lane in After Midnight with Boston Blackie.

Mt Bryan East School held its Arbor Day on Friday 10 August. B.H.K. Dunstan attended and gave a short talk on ‘Trees’. Nine pine trees were planted, afternoon tea was served and a trading table also featured. £3-10-0 was raised, which will be donated to the Tubercular Soldiers Appeal.

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VP Day Celebrations at Mt Bryan were held on Thursday 16 August. A Thanksgiving Service was held in the Hall, convened by Mr Gordon Maxted and conducted by Rev. Cowle of Burra, assisted by Rev. Warren of Hallett. Rev. Cowle gave the reading and the address. A two minute silence was observed out of respect for the fallen and Mr Jack Hooper, a recently returned soldier, recited the verse from Remembrance. A few minutes interval was followed by the civic part of the evening’s proceedings. Dr Toal spoke of the Peace and joy of victory and also of the debt of gratitude owed to those who fought and above all ‘to the imperishable dead’. Miss Anne Murray then sang Trees. Mr T. Quinn remarked on how much was owed to the various services, including the Home Guard.

Mr F. Jefferies then sang Land of Hope and Glory. The final speaker was Mr G.S. Hawker.

Mt Bryan had done its best for the war effort and the amounts collected locally during the war were: Red Cross £3,959; FFCF £1,055; Soldiers’ Farewell £136; Schools’ Patriotic Fund £480; for a total of £5,630. The Band then played Rule Britannia.

A fireworks display was held outside, while the hall was prepared for dancing and a big bonfire was lit. Mrs E.E. Edwards kindly provided the fireworks display. Dancing commenced at 10 p.m., with Darrell Field’s Band providing the music. Supper was served and later, at about midnight several carloads of people arrived from Burra and Hallett, anxious to continue their celebrations, taxing the Hall to its utmost.

Booborowie Football Association. Preliminary Final at Leighton.

Spalding 18.15 defeated Leighton 4.2.

Ladies’ Meeting for the Centenary

On Tuesday night only sixteen turned up for this important meeting and given the amount of work the Centenary would involve, it was decided to meet again tomorrow night, when each woman present was asked to bring her friends along to spread the tasks among all the ladies residing in Burra.

Burra Centenary Photographic and Curio Display

Quite a lot of material has been contributed, but convenor Mr A.L. Walker would welcome more. The latest item was a 20 pound piece of pure copper found at the old blacksmith’s shop at the mine by Mr W. Voumard. It is also hoped to have an Honour Roll in pictures, so relatives of service personnel are requested to hand in photographs of their sons, brothers, husbands, sisters or daughters who volunteered for the war just completed.

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Burra Rifle Club has been in recess for some years as a result of wartime restrictions. Recently a letter from Headquarters asked for the state of the range and the names of committee members, etc. A general meeting was therefore called for last Saturday in the RSL Rooms.

There was a good attendance of old and intending members. E.C. Collins was elected Chairman of the Club.

He said no word had yet been received of when shooting was likely to start again, but it seemed likely not to be far off. Also elected were: Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, P.W. Hogan; and for the committee: F.T. Marston, F.H. Reed, W.G. Woodman and J.H. Schwier.

Football

A scratch match of Girls versus Footballers was arranged to raise funds for the Footballers benevolent Fund. The men players were not allowed to bump or throw an opponent, use their weight and only interfere with the ball occasionally. The girls were not allowed to slap or scratch. The game was rough and tough and the 36 girls not only won in the end by about three goals, but also inflicted considerable damage on the male players. Ray Bevan received a cracked elbow and Kelvin Bruce a sprained wrist. Other players received numerous scratches and other minor injuries.

A Successful Variety Concert was staged at the Burra Town Hall by Mrs Corry on Friday night. Proceeds were to aid the new Nurses’ Quarters at Burra Hospital. The nett result was c. £55.

[The concert is reviewed item by item.]

An Urgent Appeal

Now that the war is over there will be many returned and returning servicemen in the town and there is an essential job to be done in supplying them with suitable Club Rooms for general relaxation and social purposes. With this object in view the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL is determined to get going quickly to reach this objective within three months. The aim is to build or furnish suitable premises and this will cost a considerable sum. The aim is to raise £2,500 quickly. The appeal has been started with the following donations:

Estate of the late John Tennant £500

R. Reed & Son £100

Mr & Mrs E.C. Collins £100

Mr Stanley Hawker £100

Mrs Stanley Hawker £100

Mr L.W. Gebhardt £100

The Ladies for the Centenary Celebrations

Forty ladies responded to the call on Wednesday night, for the purpose of making arrangements for the part they were to play in the Burra Centenary Week.

Mrs H.J.B. Jennison chaired the meeting, with Miss M. Davey acting as secretary.

[The roles allocated to those present are listed.]

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 September

Robert Donat & Valerie Hobson in Adventures of Tartu

Ann Sothern & Red Skelton in Panama Hattie

Burra will be featured in a broadcast by Miss Elizabeth Ashton over Station 5CL next Friday. The show is one in a series: A Country Town in South Australia.

Hallett has formed a Welcome Home Committee to see that returning servicemen are met at the Hallett Station and an entertainment is arranged at a convenient time.

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Burra Burra Hospital Inc. Board of Management 31 August.

Mr E. Finch was elected Chairman for the coming year.

Enquiries are being made to secure a washing and drying machine. Manufacture of this type of machinery is still controlled, but the Board hopes for a satisfactory report soon. In the meantime the Board thanked Mr Bachli for lending a wringer until the Hospital property could be repaired.

For August there was a daily average of 25 patients and on 31 August there were 33 patients.

Obituary. Mrs E.G. Flower of Burra North died at Burra Hospital [residence Burra North] 25 August after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Dunn of ‘Barton Hill’ Black Springs and was born on 19 February 1865. In 1887 she married the late Mr James Flower of Stony Gap in the Black Springs Methodist Church. They went to reside at Yongala for about 20 years. Mr Flower then bought land at ‘Braefoot’, Burra, where the family stayed until Mr Flower’s death about 8 years ago. Mrs Flower then moved into Burra North. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Church and President of the Ladies’ Guild at Ironmine for about ten years. At the time of her death she was President of the Redruth Ladies’ Committee of the Redruth Methodist Manse. She did much good work in the district and frequently visited the sick and distressed. She is survived by four children: Effie, Mrs J.S.B. Holmes of Burra; Ivy, Mrs W.H. Lloyd of Burra; Cliff Flower of Pt Augusta and Emily, Mrs G.G. Murray of Alawoona. Another son, Ray Flower was killed in WWI.

[Born Emily Selina Dunn 19 February 1865 at Black Springs.]

Obituary. Mrs Louisa McBride, an old Burra identity died at a private hospital in Adelaide on Wednesday night last, aged 77. She was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Phillip Lane. The late Mr Lane was the first Mayor of Burra. She married the late Mr James Albert McBride in Burra in 1891and went to live in Adelaide with her husband about thirty years ago. She is survived by: Messrs P.A. & A.J. McBride of Glen Osmond; Mesdames A.H. Waugh of Burnside, H.W. Swift of Fullarton, E.C. Collins of Mt Bryan, C.E. Taylour of Kingoonya and H.E. Pellew of North Adelaide.

[Born Louisa Lane 11 June 1868, Kooringa; married Albert McBride in 1891 and died 30 August 1945, North Adelaide, residence Fullarton.]

VP Day was celebrated in Hallett with a Thanksgiving Service at the Soldiers’ Monument and then a public gathering at the Hall, which was filled to capacity. Rev. John Warren gave a splendid address. The choir led the community in singing and there were also solo items. On the second day a children’s sport meeting was held and a Victory Social and Dance followed in the evening. A call was made for the names of service men and women who served in the present war, to be inscribed on the monument. In the evening the Glee Club rendered items and Mrs Northmore presented another spectacular tableau. The evening finished early and some residents continued their celebrations at the Mt Bryan Hall. On Sunday 19 August Rev. Warren conducted a Thanksgiving Service at the Hallett Methodist Church.

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Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for the fortnight ending 25 August 1945. Farnden’s Hill: south drive continued, advancing 5 feet to total 22 feet in large blocky slates. Values irregular; approx. 15 dwts per ton.

Black Springs-Porter’s Lagoon Red Cross Branch held its AGM 27 July.

There were 36 financial members. The branch had raised £352 in the twelve months.

Elected: President, Mrs H.J. Dunn; Vice-President, Mrs Bruce Kelly; Secretary, Mrs G. Rowan; Assistant Secretaries, Mrs H. Hersey and Miss L. White; Treasurer, Mrs W.H. Turner and Assistant Treasurer, Mrs T. Rowan.

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Burra Town Council, 3 September

It was resolved to send the Town Hall piano to Mr Boehm in Adelaide to be repaired for £14.

It was decided to ascertain the cost of installing flood lighting in Market Square, from the Electric Supply Co.

[An interesting insight into attitudes and ideas of the day is revealed in a complaint by Cr Bevan over people leaving the pictures just before the interval, while the gazettes were being screened – to the annoyance of those wishing to view same.

Cr Bevan: perhaps a clause could be inserted into the agreement with Burra Talkies to prevent their leaving. Or perhaps the proprietor could screen the gazettes immediately after interval.

The Mayor said those leaving were showing bad manners and perhaps the police could take some action in the matter.

Cr Kellaway thought those leaving could be prevented from returning until after the interval.

It was resolved to write to the proprietor requesting him to rectify the matter.]

Sgt E.R. Davey had written with another request that the Council write to apply through Manpower for his release. It was resolved that a letter on the subject be sent to the authorities and a copy be sent to Mr E.A. Smith MHR for the district.

Cr Bevan moved that an advertisement be placed calling for applications for the Town Hall [cottage]. He believed it should be occupied by the caretaker and that the duties of the caretaker should include care of the hall’s surroundings. A special meeting to discuss this issue is to be called.

It was resolved to paint the Rotunda for the Centenary Celebrations. The front of the Town Hall will also be painted and the entrance gates at Victoria Park will be painted black and the pillars, white.

The RSL Appeal for Donations has reached £1,378-12-0. The target is £2,500.

‘Bronco’ George White, aged 67, has written from Nedlands, WA, asking to be remembered to old Burra friends. He spent his youth in Hallett and later worked in the district. He was a champion buckjump rider, showman colt-breaker and steeplechase rider. He was also a noted poster artist and musician. Today he is almost blind, but says he can still stand on his head and perform acrobatics. He recalls that when he was about seven, his parents went to Burra shopping and in their absence he climbed on the roof of the school, walked all around the guttering and ridge capping and stood on his head on the chimneys, just to amuse the other children.

Peterborough Trades and Labour Council has purchased an ambulance for £300. It will serve the Peterborough and Hallett districts. A Peterborough and District Ambulance Committee has been established.

Adelaide Ram Sales. John Collins & Sons have received 215 guineas for a 21⁄2-year-old ram – the top price at the Annual Stud Merino Ram Sales at the Abattoir. [Other sales are reported.]

Burra Civil Defence received some funds from the Town Council in the darkest days of the war, when invasion seemed a real possibility. They have now returned a cheque for £15 as it was not necessary to use the funds and this represents most of the money advanced.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 September

Bud Abbot & Lou Costello in Hit the Ice

Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce in The Spider Woman (Sherlock Holmes)

Obituary. Marianne Waddell died at Burra Hospital on 1 September, aged 65.

[Husband John. Birth not readily traced.]

Jack Knight, who before the war worked as a wool, hide and skin buyer with the late Gordon Prisk, has been discharged from the AIF. He enlisted in October 1939 and served for 5 years and 11 months, seeing service in Libya, Syria, New Guinea and Bougainville. He will endeavour to call on all clients monthly

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The Mid North Local Government Association held a meeting recently. Mayor Woollacott was a delegate and spoke strongly about the government muddle over the demobilisation process. On all sides they heard of shortages of homes, neglect of roads and bridges, shortages of supplies and lack of materials, but thousands of men in the forces had jobs to go to and could not be discharged because of a ridiculous points system instituted by the army. A man with four years’ service and a job to go to with 99 points could not be released, but a man with five years’ service and no job to go to could be released. The whole process needed speeding up and the senseless red tape needed cutting.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 8 September.

Farnden’s Hill: Southern Drive extended and broke through into Riggs old stope. Advance 5 feet to total 27 feet. Approximate value is 15 dwts per ton.

Soldiers Home on Leave: Fred Seaford, Len Wahlert, Alec Kotz, Bill Johnson and M. Woollacott.

Cpl & Mrs Don Halliday and their daughter spent the weekend in Burra with Mr & Mrs Lloyd Parks.

Sgt Dick Crang is in Adelaide and about to receive his discharge from the AIF.

Sgt C.F. (Zac) Humphris, who has been a member of the AIF for five years, has been discharged and is expected home on Tuesday night.

LAC Dick Pascoe RAAF after spending a month’s leave with his family and grandfather, has returned to his unit in WA.

Maurice Woollacott, home from overseas, met his parents in Adelaide recently.

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Burra Town Council.

The statement of receipts and payments for the year ending 30 June 1945 is printed.

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The Thrift Campaign, which was started as a wartime effort, has collected much material needed for the war and has raised £65,000 to date. There will be some thousands more before the close. The Burra Guide Group thanks all who helped and will close from 6 October. Special thanks to Mr Phelan for the use of his room as a depot and to Mr Dick Harris and Mr Bill Woodman, who have spent most Saturday afternoons packing and labelling goods and to the Town Council for taking them to the railway station free of charge.

Burra Centenary Fancy Dress and Window Dressing Competition

District people will have the chance to enter floats and decorated vehicles in the procession and many are expected. It is desired to see the outlying districts well represented. Generous prizes are offered in a number of categories, including best float, most humorous and most original. The procession will depart the Hospital at 1 p.m. for Victoria Park and will be led by the SA Police Band. A special Maypole Dance has been arranged by schools of the Burra District.

The Window dressing Competition will have sections for best decorated for type of shop, best decorated shop premises (outside) and best decorated Centenary Window – i.e. displays featuring phases of Burra’s development.

Souvenir Burra Centenary Buttons have arrived and are on sale for one shilling each.

The design in light blue and black features the buildings used in connection with Morphett’s Shaft.

The RSL Rooms Appeal has reached £1,629-14-0.

Prisoners of War who have been released include the following from the district -

From Burra: Bob Lee, Stan Eig, Frank Preiss.

From Farrell Flat: L/Cpl R.S. Benham and L.R. Matthews.

From Mt Bryan: C.E. Beckwith.

The Centenary Photograph and Curio Display has not received photographs in the numbers expected. Please hand in any promptly to avoid a last minute rush.

Very few photographs of this war’s service personnel have come to hand for inclusion in the photographic honour roll.

R. Holmes of Ironmine captured a porcupine at the weekend in his garden. He brought his rare discovery into Burra School on Monday morning to show to the pupils.

[An echidna.]

66, 37, 18 September 1945, page 2

Advt. Victory Carnival at Black Springs Hall. Saturday 29 September

Horse events: tilting, flag race, bending race, musical chairs, child’s pony, gent’s hack, walk, trop and gallop.

Athletic events: 100 yards Sheffield Handicap, stepping the distance, bowling at the stump, wheelbarrow race and pole vaulting.

Stalls. High Tea at 5 p.m.

Variety Concert at 8 p.m. with dance to follow.

Proceeds to aid Black Springs Branch CWA Emergency Work Fund.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 September

Bob Hope & Madeleine Carroll in My Favourite Blonde

Chester Morris & Richard Arlen in Aerial Gunner

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Sam Prior.

[Born Ivy Ethel Nourse 15 May 1911 at Redruth. Burra Families Database says she died 8 August 1945, but no death is found on SA Deaths CD.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Ernest White.

[Born Helda Gertrude Turner 19 June 1884 near Black Springs. She died as Hilda Gertrude White 19 August 1945 at Burra, residence Farrell Flat.

Obituary. Mr Fred Wride died unexpectedly on Friday. He had been conducting a garage at Booborowie for some years. He was born at Pt Adelaide 32 years ago and spent the greater part of his life in that district until moving to Booborowie. He is survived by his wife, nee Miss R.H. Love formerly of Peterborough, and two young children, Ian and Nola.

[Frederick Arthur Wride, born 29 December 1912 at Semaphore; died 14 September 1945 at Burra, residence Booborowie.]

Servicemen seen home on leave or discharged: Sgt Dick Crang, Sgt ‘Zac’ Humphris, L. Hood, F. Seaford, F/O Don McDonald and Robin Bros [sic - ?]

66, 37, 18 September 1945, page 3

Obituary. William Satchell died on 10 September [Burra, residence World’s End]. He was a well-known resident of the district who resided here all his life. He was born 15 June 1861. In his youth he was a shearer and sheared his first sheep at Ketchowla Station when he was aged 10. He worked on many cattle and sheep stations and travelled extensively in the northern areas of SA. He married and went to live with his wife at World’s End, where he remained until his death. Mrs Satchell predeceased him some years ago. He was able to build and repair most farm appurtenances. With his sons he built the Satchell homestead at World’s End, which is unique in having no square corners and many labour saving devices and the roof was constructed to form a semi-circular shape. He is survived by three sons and three daughters: Mrs B. Symons of Brady Creek, Mrs G. Symons of Robertstown, Mrs E. Spackman of Whyalla, Mr E. Satchell of Burra, Mr Len Satchell of Ardrossan and Mr Horace Satchell of Booborowie. [William Edward Satchell: birth not found in SA records.]

Football. At Burra last Saturday, Burra 4.8 defeated Terowie 3.9.

Marriage. St Dymphna’s Church, Booborowie, 18 August

Ellen Callary, third daughter of Mr & Mrs J.W. Callary of Booborowie, married

Walter Harold Fairchild, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr A.T. Fairchild of Birdwood and late of Booborowie. [Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Marriage. Burra, 12 September

Frances Jean Dollman, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs G.H. Dollman of Burra, married

Robert James Breeze, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J. Breeze of Renmark.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

66, 38, 25 September 1945, page 1

RSL Appeal Fund has reached £1,772-12-0, leaving £747-8-0 to go to reach the target of £2,500.

Burra Town Council, 17 September

The Burra Electric Supply Co. Secretary said it was hard to give an estimated cost for floodlighting Market Square without knowing how many lights were desired. He undertook to meet with Councillors and demonstrate with one floodlight.

Mr A.E. Smith MHR wrote to say he was taking up the matter of Sgt E.R. Davey’s release with the Minister of Labour and National Service.

State Bank advised that a payment of £31-12-5 was due on the Institute loan on 30 September.

The [SA] National Gallery forwarded an enlarged photograph of Ex-Mayor, the late Dr Brummitt.

Cr Bevan said an Adelaide firm was offering a 15 Watt Public Address System that had been used for demonstration purposes, for £55 as against £79 for a new machine.

Cr Jennison said such an amplifier would be too large if it was to be used only in the hall.

It was decided to let the matter lie on the table for future reference.

Burra Centenary Speed and Cycle Sports were receiving a lot of interest from speedmen in Adelaide and elsewhere.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM 12 September.

Elected: President, Miss Bartholomaeus; Vice-President, Mrs E. Steer; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss Bartholomaeus and Captain, Mrs R.E. Davey.

It was decided to open the lawns on 16 October.

Cpl C.L. Earle, who was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese at Singapore, has cabled his brother, Mr Roy Earle of Leighton, to say he is well and hopes to be returning to Australia soon.

66, 38, 25 September 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Football Club Ball, Burra Town Hall, 26 September.

Welcome Home to Servicemen on leave or recently discharged.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 & 29 September

Joan Leslie & Alan Hale in This is the Army

Plus Short Subjects:

King of the Archers

Voice that Thrilled the World

Dave Appolan

King of the Turf

Sail Oh

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Edward Phillips of ‘Braefoot’, Burra.

[Edward Phillips was apparently born 18 March 1863 at Tothills Creek and died 1 September 1945 at Burra.]

66, 38, 25 September 1945, page 3

Football.

Leighton 21.14 defeated Burra 3.4.

Representatives of the Motor Cycle Club of SA inspected the Burra Racecourse circuit to be used in the speed races on 20 October. They were satisfied with the proposed surfacing as outlined by Messrs A. Bevan and H. Jennison.

Sgt Noel Ditty spent a few days in Burra during the week.

F/O Glen Kakoschke has returned from Canada.

Miss Connie Crewes (WAAAF) spent a few days with her parents, Mr & Mrs K.R. Crewes last week.

Pte Jack Robins, who has been spending leave in Burra, has returned to his unit.

L/C Maurice Dixon has advised his parents Mr & Mrs Jack Dixon of Hanson that he is on his way home from Bougainville after nearly four years as a soldier. We understand he intends to return to his old job with the Waterworks Department.

Obituary. Mrs Fanny Elizabeth Kellock died at her home in Kangaroo Street on Friday. She was born in 1862 and had been an invalid for many years. She married the late Mr George Kellock and there were two children, both of whom predeceased her. In earlier days she had taken a keen interest in the Kooringa Methodist Church.

[Died 21 September 1945 at Burra; married George Kellock in 1879. She was born Motherall and BISA research says in 1863, but the birth is not on SA Births CD.]

66, 39, 2 October 1945, page 1

Mr & Mrs Jack Hooper were farewelled from Mt Bryan on 22 September. They are moving to Adelaide after about 30 years in the district. Mr Hooper was a Councillor for Petherton Ward for two years and a keen sportsman. A presentation was made of a cheque and a short program of items was followed by dancing.

The Fathers’ Association held a special meeting on 28 September in the Burra Town Hall and a decision was made to form a Ladies’ Auxiliary.

F/Sgt Harry Quinn has written to his sister May concerning POWs. He is one of the crew of a Liberator flying supplies from Sydney to Darwin and returning with POWs. While in Darwin he went to see the Oranje, which had just arrived with a new load of former POWs. After the able bodies had left the vessel he went to see the stretcher cases, many of them missing limbs. He described some horrible cases and says people are ‘mad…to think the Japs are getting away scot free’. He also described a remarkable forced landing of a Liberator when two engines had failed.

The Burra RSL Appeal has reached £2,004-11-0.

Obituary. Mrs C.J. Pearce died in Adelaide on Wednesday, aged 87. The late Mrs Pearce married C.J. Pearce in 1876. Prior to that she was Miss Agnes Morton and was employed as a milliner by Drew & Crewes Ltd. In her younger days Mrs Pearce was a keen worker in many things to do with the welfare and advancement of the town and took a particular interest in the welfare of the Kooringa Methodist Church. During WWI she was President and hard worker for the Red Cross. She was of a kindly and charitable disposition and no one went in want of clothes if she knew about it. She and her husband left Burra for Adelaide in 1939. There were ten children: Evelyn (Mrs Flint of Kingston S.E.), Annir (Adelaide), Leah (deceased), Lisle (Burra), Unita (Mrs Howarth of Koonunga), Colin (deceased), Andrew (Sydney), Courtney (died of injuries in WWI), Millie (Malvern) and Max (deceased).

[Born Agnes Morton Thomas 12 August 1859 at Kooringa. Died 26 September 1945 at Malvern. She married in 1883 not 1876 as stated above.]

The Red Cross and FFCF Shop will close at the end of October. It opened on 24 April 1942 and has since raised nearly £1,000, all of which has been devoted to patriotic purposes.

The 5 & 12 October will be the last days on which it will be staffed by members of the Burra Red Cross and FFCF. The CWA will staff the shop on 19 October and the Soldiers’ Welfare Group on 26 October. The total sum raised to date is £995-5-6 and so it should be easy to reach the £1,000 mark next Friday. Many thanks are due to Mrs J. Kellock, who has been in charge almost from the start. Now the war is ended there is not the need for so much fund-raising and members have decided to close the shop and make way for private enterprise.

[The shop operated from the premises of C.L. Phillips in Commercial Street and its provision of competition to other businesses, without of course their overheads, did not pass without controversy: see Vol. 63, 14 (2), 10 November 1942, page 4.]

The Fancy Dress Procession on 13 October has undergone a change of route.

It will now start at Burra North from near Sara & Co. and then proceed to Victoria Park.

[Presumably via Market Street, Kingston Street and Smelts Road.]

Burra Centenary Shop has been receiving photographs and mementos, but more are still required.

66, 39, 2 October 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 October

Maria Montez & Jon Hall in Gipsy Wild Cat

Donald O’Connor & Susanna Foster in This is the Life

8 October

Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland in Girl Crazy

Van Hefflin & Marsha Hunt in Kid Glove Killer

66, 39, 2 October 1945, page 3

Obituary. L/Cpl L.W. Mumme died on 2 March 1945 while a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.

He was the son of Mr & Mrs Harry Mumme. [Leonard Warren Mumme born 10 December 1918 North Adelaide.]

Basketball. Grand Final. St Joseph’s 35 defeated St Mary’s 33.

Cpl Dick Barratt is expected home this week.

F/O Herbert Woodgate who returned to Australia in October last after three and a half years abroad, and who has spent the last eight months in the Pacific area, was in Burra on Saturday and Monday to see his mother, Mrs A.C. Woodgate, who is an inmate of Burra Hospital.

The Centenary Garden Competition has attracted only four in the Cottage Garden Section and none at all in the Residential Section. The date for entries has therefore been extended to 10 October. There are plenty of worthy gardens in the town – the conveners recently identified at least 20 – so give it a go.

A Welcome Home Ceremony was held at the Burra football Ball on Wednesday evening for 8 returned soldiers and airmen:

LAC Maurice Hughes Woollacott, youngest son of the Mayor and Mayoress, who has been serving in New Guinea and Dutch New Guinea.

LAC H. Truscott, a well-known Burra boy.

F/O Glen Kakoschke, youngest son of Mr & Mrs w. Kakoschke, who won a commission and a bride while in Canada.

Pte Charlie Kelly, who was farewelled in 1939 and has since seen service in the Middle East and New Guinea.

Pte Ken Gebhardt, who has been home for some time now, but served in the Middle East and other theatres of the war.

Cpl Len Wahlert, who was one of the first to enlist from Burra and was on the first ship to leave Australia for the Middle East. He served in the Middle East and Greece.

Pte Alan Kotz, who served in New Guinea.

Pte Fred Seaford, who had been among the first to volunteer and had been one of the ‘Rats of Tobruk’.

The Mayor welcomed them all in a suitable speech and Mr S.C. Genders spoke for the RSL.

Mr H. Jennison and A.B. Riggs spoke for the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee and the Fathers’ Association.

Apologies were received from Lieut. L.H. Thomas and Pte Jack Schutz, who were unable to attend.

66, 39, 2 October 1945, page 4

The Burra Football Ball was a great success on Wednesday night. Darrel Field’s Band supplied the music. (Darrel Field (piano), Ray Lloyd (piano accordion), Mrs D. Field (banjo), Bill Field (drums) and Frank Foster (violin).

Before supper awards were presented:

Most consistent player Max Pascoe

Most improved player Tom Hogan

Runner-up most improved Don Allen

[Further details printed.]

66, 40, 9 October 1945, page 1

Burra High School & Burra Primary School celebrated Arbor Day on Friday. 31 tamarisk trees were planted. They were planted in the former air raid trenches, which had been filled in by the students on Arbor Day in 1944. Rev. H. Hobbs gave a talk on trees. The trees had been given to the school by the Pt Pirie town gardener.

Burra Town Council

The Government has asked the Council its opinion concerning betting shops. The mayor said he did not think it would be right for the Council to make this decision and it was rather a matter for the ratepayers. He did however, agree with the Mid North Local Government Association that if Councils were going to have to be responsible for betting shops, then they should also have the profits from such shops. When they existed in Burra Cr Harvey said the Government was reaping about £50 a week in taxes and Cr Kellaway said that sum should go to the town if the shops were to return.

Cr Jennison said that he thought the Centenary Committee was having some difficulty in getting sufficient light to brighten the town for the celebrations.

It was resolved to ask the Electricity Co. to install three 500 C.P. lights at Burra and Burra North and that the Town Hall be lit up with the strings of lights the Council has on hand.

The Burra RSL Appeal has reached £2,108-14-0. [Donors are listed.]

Obituary. William Eli Jones died on 13 September as the result of an accident. For many years he worked with his father on a farm in the district. Later he found employment at Broken Hill and Wallaroo. Eventually he took up land at Meribah and lived there for 26 years. He had a registered Border Leicester Stud and won many prizes in various shows. He was aged 62.

[William Eli Jones, born 16 September 1883 at Baldina and died at Narrung.]

The Back to School Celebrations are to be held on 16 October, not the Thursday of Centenary Week.

Thousands of Golden Carp are dying through lack of water in the Government Dam on Block A in the Hundred of Baldina. It is likely some ova will remain unhatched in the mud for a considerable time, allowing the dam to again fill with fish when water returns. The fish, dying or dead, weigh from two pounds to the tiniest of wrigglers. When cooked they are not relished by people who know anything about edible fish.

Football. Port Colts Football Team visited Burra on Saturday.

Port Colts 13.9 defeated Burra 5.10.

Miss Carliene Davies, the young Burra pianist, will give a piano solo at Australia Hall on 17 October in a concert arranged by the London College of Music, featuring the most outstanding pupils of the recent Senior Examinations. Carliene will play either the First Movement of the Moonlight Sonata or the Warsaw Concerto.

Many Speedmen Register for Burra Sports

The Director of Emergency Road Transport, Sir Richard Butler, has granted special permission for the racing machines belonging to the City speedmen to be conveyed to Burra by road for the motorcycle races on 20 October.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 22 September.

Farnden’s Hill: Commenced to stope backs in the south drive off the shaft. Advanced 5 feet. Value 10 dwts per ton.

The Salvation Army conducted a Youth Talent Quest and Handicraft Exhibition in Adelaide in September. Three country corps competed and Burra came first. [Individuals are listed.]

66, 40, 9 October 1945, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from Mrs E.O. Clark, who is leaving the district, to auction her property and furnishings etc. at Kangaroo Street on 26 October.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 October

Alan Ladd & Helen Walker in Lucky Jordan

Richard Arlen & Jean Parker in Wrecking Crew

15 October

Joan Blondell & Mervyn Douglas in The Amazing Mr Williams

George Formby & Linda Travers in South American George

66, 40, 9 October 1945, page 3

Mt Bryan Hall has a pleasing balance sheet with a handy credit. This is very pleasing, given that in the last year the hall has had a new jarrah floor installed at a cost of c. £75.

A.L. Collins and J.L. Connors were elected to replace the late I.J. Warnes and the late John Beaglehole as trustees and Mr James Beaglehole was elected to the committee.

Mr Roy Humphrys has been most successful at the Jamestown Show. He gained three first prizes with three of his stud rams.

Spalding Cricket Club has been re-formed.

Two Burra Airmen have been awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses.

F/O Jim Warnes, who is the second son of the late I.J. Warnes and Mrs M. Warnes OBE of Burra.

F/O L.F. Lillecrap, was prior to enlistment in the RAAF, for two years the manager of Koo-owie for Dr Steele.

College Students to Attend Centenary Celebrations

The Centenary Committee wrote to all Adelaide Colleges asking that local pupils be granted leave from 12 -15 October so they could attend the first weekend of the Centenary Celebrations. Each college has replied granting leave if parents make a written application.

Cpl W. Holman & Mrs Holman are on leave at Hoylton.

WAAAF Connie Crewes spent a few days leave in Burra.

F/O Jack Gall is home on leave.

Mr Harding (RAAF) spent the weekend home in Burra.

66, 40, 9 October 1945, page 4

Burra Town Council, 1 October

Council agreed to charge the Institute Library 5/- a week for electricity. (This obviated the need to install a separate meter for the library.)

A.A. Davey notified the Council he was prepared to accept the position of caretaker/cleaner of the Town Hall.

Burra Hospital

The Board resolved that the appointment of an architect for the building project should be given to a returned soldier.

Nurse Carne has received her call to the Royal Adelaide Hospital and will commence duties there at the end of October.

Mrs M. Hobba has resigned as laundress.

66, 41, 16 October 1945, page 1

Burra Centenary Celebrations Begin

The Centenary Committee has been working hard for months to make the week a success. The organisation of the celebrations has been much harder than in the pre-war days, when foodstuffs, liquid refreshments and other items were not rationed of in short supply. Arrangements have been made to secure all such things. Strings of electric lights and flags were secured with difficulty, but were in place in time to make the town look like Fairyland at night. The Rotunda and the Welcome sign near the Post Office are particularly pleasing and the Town Council has co-operated by picking out the Town Hall façade in lights. The celebrations certainly got off to a good start.

The Fancy Dress Procession was the opening event and exceeded the most sanguine hopes of the Committee. It delighted the many hundreds of spectators who saw its progress from Burra North to the Hospital and thence to Victoria Park. Mr Dick Smith did a great job as Marshall and had the procession underway only fifteen minutes late, which was a splendid effort. Mr Jack Allen led the procession as John Bull, as he has done for so many processions previously. The SA Police Band followed him and then the floats and individual items. The floats were outstanding, considering the restrictions on crepe paper and such like articles that go into making floats.

Floats included:

Burra Monumental Works

Burra’s Bellowing Belles – 8 young cowgirls on a decorated lorry

Negro Minstrels on a decorated float with piano and string instruments

Burra Post Office staff on a float decorated with many paper roses

Burra Red Cross - float decorated in red, white and blue, with little girls in white

Burra North Red Cross & FFCF – float depicting an old copper mining scene (and Johnny Green)

A German Wagon containing miners’ wives dressed in black

The ‘School Band’ comprising dignified ladies dressed as little boys in a drum & fife band

Lloyd Park’s spring cart with a bridal couple standing in it & the parson on a rail sticking out the back

Winners:

Best Decorated Float Burra Red Cross

Best Decorated Vehicle Burra Post Office

Most humorous The ‘School Band’

Most Original Miners and their Wives

Special Prize Mr L. Parks

Best Decorated Bicycle Miss Joan Pritchard

Best Decorated Tricycle Peter Bachli

The Centenary Shop in charge of Mr Alf Walker is proving very popular with its hundreds of old photographs and curios.

Mr Frank Harris, who has long been known for his fund-raising abilities has already sold hundreds of souvenir buttons and mirrors.

Mr Essington Lewis will be welcomed on Wednesday as one of the town’s most eminent sons. Now the head of BHP, during the war he had the task of organising the War Industry in Australia. He will officially open the Burra Centenary Celebrations.

66, 41, 16 October 1945, pages 1 & 4

Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic & Sports

This was held at Victoria Park and was attended by a huge crowd. The weather was ideal and the committee had catered for all ages from 5 upwards. Even though the committee had only arranged a day for the children, the event proved to be a big financial success. Many of the children were dressed ready for the Maypole Dances and that reduced the number in fancy dress, but it is hoped to see them all in fancy dress at the Thursday evening Frolic.

[Results of the Fancy Dress Competition and of the children’s races are printed.]

Four groups competed in dancing of the Maypole. First Prize went to the High School Girls and second place to Redruth Methodist Sunday School Girls.

The other two groups were Burra Red Cross and Sporting Girls of 1945.

Mrs S. Scroop convened a very popular stall dispensing a wonderful collection of home-made sweets, jellies, peaches, ice-cream and soft drinks.

Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, Mrs N. Pearce, Mrs A. Clode and Mrs Jeffery convened the afternoon tea, served in the pavilion with many varieties of savouries and cakes.

The Mayor, Mr T.H. Woollacott introduced The Chief Secretary, Hon. A.L. McEwin, who declared the first day’s events open. He also welcomed Mr W.F. Johns, Superintendent of the SA Police and the Police Band.

The Mayor and Hon. A.L. McEwin in their speeches both recounted events from Burra’s past, including the mining period and Burra’s later efforts in two great wars.

Superintendent John also spoke, recalling that his youngest son, now a Lieutenant on HMAS Hawkesbury at Singapore, had been born at the old Redruth Police Station and his own memories of the town were very pleasant.

66, 41, 16 October 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 October

Walter Pidgeon & Maureen O’Hara in How Green Was My Valley

Charlie Ruggles & Lynn Bari in The Perfect Snob

Advt. RSL Centenary Smoke Social at the Royal Exchange Hotel 8.30 p.m. Saturday night 20 October.

Advt. Monster Sports – Burra Racecourse Saturday 20 October starting at 12.20 p.m.

Athletic Events:

75 yards sprint

130 yards Sheffield

220 yards handicap

Cycle Events

1⁄2 mile cycle race

1 mile cycle race

2 mile Centenary Wheel Race

3 mile Centenary First Class Scratch Race

3 mile Second Class Scratch Race

Motor Bike Speed Events

Solo three lap

Sidecar three lap

Solo three lap

Side car three lap

Solo three lap

Special stunt with sidecar

Horse Events

Four furlong flutter

Six furlong sprint

One mile Centenary Handicap

Cpl R. Broadbent & Pte Berriman, both of Burra are among a recent batch of returning POWs from Siam.

66, 41, 16 October 1945, page 3

RSL Appeal has reached £2,216-8-6.

A Dance was held at the Burra North Lodge Hall on Saturday night, when Darrel Field’s Orchestra supplied the music. Proceeds will aid the Centenary Celebrations Fund.

Mine Visit. On Monday 70-80 visitors and old Burraites spent an interesting time visiting the old mine workings and picking over the ground for pieces of malachite and bits of ore.

The Hallett Red Cross Flower Show is reported and its prize list is printed.

66, 41, 16 October 1945, page 4

SA Police Band

On Sunday night the band gave a sacred concert in a crowded Burra Town Hall.

Lindsay Thomas introduced the members of the band, which was in charge of Bandmaster Mr A. McL Radclifffe. The program:

The Song of Australia

Sacred March, Songs of Praise (Wright)

Hymn tune, Stella

Hymn tune, St Anne

Hymn tune, Melita

Cornet solo, Thanks be to God (Dickson)

Waltz, Mello (Waldtenfel)

March, March of the Heralds (Nicholls)

Mrs Max Pearce sang Land of Hope and Glory

Mr Guy Dollman sang Mother McCree (Mrs White on piano)

Song by Mrs A. Harris (nee Bessie Woollacott) with Mrs Ted Reed on piano.

Cornet solo by Constable Woollacott (son of the Mayor)

The National Anthem.

Welcome Home at Booborowie

The first Welcome Home Evening was arranged for 4 October for four returned boys. There was a large attendance. An Onkaparinga Travelling Rug would be presented to each man, when they were procurable. The speeches were followed by supper and dancing until midnight.

The returned men were:

F/O/ Hubert Bailey

F/S Basil Phillips

Vic Stopp

George Brandon

Black Springs School held its annual picnic on grounds lent by Messrs Rown Bros on Friday 5 October. Results of the sporting events are printed.

Centenary Week Window Displays

The town’s businessmen excelled themselves in the Window Dressing Competition.

Most Suitable Window for Type of Business was won by Mr Donald P. Kerr, Grocer.

Coloured groceries had been arranged to form an intricately patterned carpet, backed by a large bank of flowers.

Most Artistically Decorated Shop Premises went to Bence’s Ltd.

One window reflected the fashions of 1845 and the second the snappy designs of the latest millinery and frocks. Masses of flowers filled large cement jardinières in front of the premises.

Messrs Sara & Co. of Burra North won Best Centenary Window. This window depicted the activities in Burra in the mining days and through to the present day with wheat and wool industries.

Other windows of note included:

Matthews Emporium – an artistic modern design

Bachli Bros – Burra Mine in sponge cake and biscuits

H.J.B. Jennison – the old Burra Mine and specimens of malachite

E.T. Baulderstone – fruit and ice-creams

Burra Motor Co. – a garden effect and children’s party

Many other premises featured flowers and flags.

66, 42, 23 October 1945, page 1

The Burra Centenary Celebrations were a great success. They were the culmination of months of hard work by committees and conveners. A huge part was played by the Ladies’ Committee as well and by a large range of individuals throughout the town and district.

Mr Essington Lewis officially opened the Centenary Celebrations.

Splendid weather prevailed when Mr Essington Lewis, Chief General Manager of BHP Ltd attended and declared the celebrations officially open on Wednesday last. Market Square was crowded for the occasion and gay with decorations. The Mayor introduced Mr Lewis and presented a brief history of the town in doing so.

Mr Lewis expressed his pleasure in being able to be present and recalled Burra in the days of his boyhood. He also spoke of the town’s mining heritage, but also of WWI and then the lead-up to WWII and his role in it. He hoped that the leaders of today would recognise the need to win the peace as they had won the war and that they would retain sufficient of their wartime capacity to defend Australia in any future war. He congratulated Burra on its progress in the last 100 years and said that if anything would stand by the country in the future it was hard work. He congratulated the centenary Committee and declared the whole event officially open.

Mr Woollacott also congratulated the Committee and apologised for the absence of the Mayoress, who was too sick to attend. He introduced his two daughters-in-law, widows of the late Noel and Roy Woollacott (killed in action) and invited them to assist Mrs E.F. Marston, (daughter of the first Mayor of Burra, Philip Lane Esq.) to cut the Centenary Cake.

This four tier cake was decorated with 100 candles and it was cut into pieces and distributed to those present. Pieces were preserved for patients at the Hospital and for members of the SA Police Band.

Afternoon tea was served in the Farmers’ Union Building, convened by Mrs J. Kellock and Mrs W.J. Lee, assisted by members of the Ladies’ Committee. A beautiful afternoon tea of cakes and dainties was provided for about 300 people.

Mr Essington Lewis was welcomed to Burra at the Town Hall on Wednesday. Prior to the public meeting in the hall, the Mayor introduced Mr Lewis to the members of the Centenary Committee in the Council Chamber. The Town Clerk Mr E.J. Davey said he had been in the town for three quarters of a century and had attended the local school as a boy with Mr Lewis.

[Given that E.J. Davey was born in 1869 and Essington Lewis in 1881, this claim seems unlikely to be true.]

The Mayor welcome Mr Lewis and all the old Burraites who had returned for the celebrations.

Cr Kellaway, as senior town councillor, also welcomed Mr Lewis.

The Town Clerk then presented Mr Lewis with a beautifully made paperweight, crafted from Burra malachite that had been donated by Mr R.D. Pascoe.

Mr Lewis then responded.

The Centenary Ball was attended by 650 people on Wednesday evening, probably the greatest crowd ever in the building at the one time. It was impossible to dance with ease, but that did not seem to stop those present having a very enjoyable time. The hall was wonderfully decorated with flowers.

The gorgeous supper was served on long tables covered with pale green cloths, lit with brass candlesticks. Oblong and round gold troughs of flowers were arranged down the lengths of the tables. Supper sittings extended for 10 p.m. to well after midnight. Mr Essington Lewis was called upon the officially open the ball and did so with a few well-chosen words. The music was provided by Mr Darrell Field’s six-piece dance band and MC was Mr Ken Murphy.

[The report lists those who contributed to the success of the evening in various ways.]

The Centenary Shop proved popular with visitors and some 650 people visited the display of photographs and curios during the week. Mr Alf Walker organised the display of at least 500 photographs plus mine and other curios.

The Mock Court was held on Friday afternoon. Mr A.B. Riggs was in charge as ‘Commissioner of Police’ and M.W. Bednall acted as the judge in wig and gown. Messrs R.C. Lott and Williams were the constables. The ‘charges’ were many, for example: Lisle Pearce (funeral director) was charged with trying to drink the ‘bier’ at a funeral; Frank Harris, a sterling seller of badges during the week, was charged with ‘harassing’ the public. The proceedings were broadcast through the public address system provided free of charge by Mr A.D. Carter.

66, 42, 23 October 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 October

James Cagney & Brenda Marshall in Captains of the Clouds

Craig Stevens & Charles Lang in Secret Enemies

Advt. After an absence of some years with the AIF Don Halliday wishes to notify the public that he will be re-opening his plumbing and tinsmithing business in Chapel Street shortly.

The RSL Appeal has reached £2,357-4-6.

Fire. A fire broke out on Sunday morning at the rear of Sara & Co. at Burra North. The Burra Fire Brigade soon had the blaze in empty packing cases and charcoal under control.

Advt. The RSL has arranged a screening of the Famous Film Sons of the Anzacs

At Burra Town Hall 7.45 p.m. Wednesday 31 October.

Proceeds will be equally divided between RSL Funds and the Canberra [National] War Memorial.

Sheep Dog Trials, last Thursday

Record entries were received for the Burra Centenary Sheep Dog Trials on the Showgrounds. Mr A.B. Riggs was convener.

Winners

Open Class W. Crozier’s Rally

Preliminary Local Trials J. McBride’s Lady

Centenary Garden Competition

Winners:

Residential Section Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence from Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison

Cottage Garden Mr & Mrs Eddie Hopkins from Mr & Mrs Thompson

Vegetable Garden Mr & Mrs Clemson from Mr & Mrs D. Barratt.

Salvation Army, Centenary Weekend

Major L. Fischer was the weekend guest at the Citadel. Attendance on Sunday was a record and on Monday afternoon comrades and friends met for tea. After an open-air service friends and visitors met at the Citadel for a Get-together, led by the Major. Envoy Cox, father of the Captain also visited over the weekend.

66, 42, 23 October 1945, page 3

Centenary Variety Entertainment

This concert in the Burra town Hall on Friday night was an outstanding financial and entertainment success.

Mrs Lindsay Thomas & Darrell Field’s Orchestra The National Anthem

Mrs Lindsay Thomas & Darrell Field’s Orchestra Bracket of Popular Dance Tunes

Rev. A. Barrett, L. Thomas, A. Trueman & I. Gare Laugh and Grow Fat

Mrs F.T. Marston, Colin Fuller & Ron Pascoe Sketch: Birthday Present

Mr L. Thomas accompanied by Mrs Thomas The Little Minstrel

Darrell Field and Banjoists Put Your Arms Around Me

Don’t Worry Baby

Good Luck

Meet Me in St Louis

The Barrett Sisters & Mrs Thomas My Dreams Are Getting Better all the Time

It’s Foolish, But It’s Fun

Josie Jennison, Joan Nelson, Peter Marston, Don Acrobatics & Tumbling

Bailey, Ray Bown & Brian Bevan (Trained by Tom Corry)

Mrs Max Pearce & Mrs H. White accompanist The Key To My Heart

My Hero

Mrs Corry, Joan Fairchild, Mary Field, Betty Wohling, Ballet to Marche Militaire

Glad Scroop, Margaret Hogan, Audrey Bown & June

Dollman, with Mrs V. Davies piano accompaniment

Miss Florence Davey with Mrs Thomas piano accompaniment Pipes of Pan

Mrs Pearce, Miss M. Halliday, Mr S. Sykes, Mr Guy Dollman Home Sweet Home

With Mrs H. White, piano accompaniment Long Long Trail

Lead Kindly Light

Come All Ye Faithful

Poor Old Joe

Home on the Range

Interval

Darrell Field’s Orchestra Dance numbers

Mrs Howie McIntosh with Mrs Thomas piano accompaniment Homing

A Little Old Garden

Rex Rosman with Mrs Davies piano accompaniment Really and Truly

And then Ballroom Dance with Mrs Corry

Ron Pascoe Exercise in dance music ‘Contrast in Rhythm’

Mrs Howie McIntosh, L. Thomas accompanied by My Heart’s Delight

Mrs Thomas Your Eyes Have Told Me So

Mrs F.T. Marston, Mrs N. Pearce & Mr Jack Fisher Humorous sketch

Guy Dollman accompanied by Mrs White The Floral Dance

Brian Bevan Tumbling

Josie Jennison, Joan Nelson, Peter Marston, Don Acrobatics

Bailey, Ray Bown & Brian Bevan

L. Thomas & F.T. Marston accompanied by Mrs Thomas Humorous sketch

Joan Fairchild, Mary Field, Betty Wohling, Ballet A Soldier Dreams

Glad Scroop, Margaret Hogan, Audrey Bown & June

Mrs Corry & Rex Rosman accompanied by Mrs Davies Tap Dance

The Barrett Sisters accompanied by Mrs Thomas Don’t Fence Me In

Swinging on a Star

L. Thomas, G. Dollman, S. Sykes & Mrs F.T. Marston Rustic scene

Entertainments By the Celebrations Committee

On Tuesday afternoon a convoy of 39 vehicles took visitors on an inspection of the gardens in the Gardens Competition.

Mrs S. Sandland entertained some 300 visitors at a very dainty afternoon tea at ‘Heathmount’.

The convey then went to the opening of the Burra North Croquet Lawn, where the Mayoress declared the season open and Mrs J.G. Sara hit off the first ball.

On Friday morning about 30 of the visitors took the opportunity to inspect the Burra Hospital at the invitation of the Chairman of the Hospital Board, Mr E. Finch.

A move was then made to the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd, where Senior Director E.J. Pearce welcomed them. Visitors then requested to visit some of the churches and groups then visited St Mary’s and the Burra and Burra North Methodist Churches.

Mr Jack Fisher then welcomed visitors to the Waterworks.

A visit to the residence of Mr W. Thomas followed, to see by what methods he has made so many cement garden ornaments to be sold for patriotic purposes during the war years.

Friday afternoon was set aside for Gossip Day and a Mock Court and many familiar faces were seen around the streets recalling old times.

The Committee wishes to thank all who made their vehicles available to transport visitors around on the occasions mentioned.

Burra Centenary Sports was opened by the Premier, Hon. T. Playford at Burra Racecourse on Saturday.

The Mayor, before asking the Premier to declare the event open, paid tribute to Mr R.A. Bevan who had worked so hard as convener of the Centenary Sports and had also played a big part in the big fancy dress procession and Maypole etc. the previous Saturday. He also wanted to thank the Joint Secretaries, Mr F.T. Marston and Miss M. Walker. The Premier congratulated the organisers of the Centenary Celebrations and also congratulated Burra on its patriotic efforts during the war.

Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church Anniversary Celebrations were held on 14 & 15 October. The morning services were conducted by a former circuit minister, Rev. S.J. Martin and the afternoon and evening services by the present minister, Rev. H. Hobbs. The Monday celebrations took the form of a reunion High Tea sponsored by the Ladies’ Guild. About 270 people sat down to the tea.

The Back to School Celebrations

On Tuesday morning these celebrations drew a very large attendance. Many visitors dressed in school attire of former days. They congregated in the school yard and played games and quarrelled in the best traditional spirit. Later they formed a line and marched into school. Lessons were abandoned as they proved too unruly to teach. A morning tea was served in the assembly room by members of the Parents and Friends’ Association.

Present Head Teacher of the Primary School, Mr T. Rice addressed the gathering and the Head teacher of the High School Mr Pederick thanked the people for their attendance. All visitors were asked to sign the Visitors’ Book as a record of historical interest.

Amateur Hour and Quiz at Burra Town Hall

This took place on Tuesday night and was convened by Mr L.H. Thomas and Mr K. Murphy, with Mr Guy Dollman as compere. Items:

Miss Margaret Humphrys accompanied by Mrs Thomas The Kerry Dancers

Miss Theresa Hogan & Mrs R. Bevan Banjoists

Josie Jennison & Mrs Davies on piano Tap dance

Mrs N .Pearce, Miss M .Halliday, Guy Dollman & S. Sykes Limericks in Song (Re well-known locals)

Miss May Quinn Piano solo Waltz Caprice

Miss Fayth Hawson-Clarke & Miss Carliene Davies, piano When Twilight Weaves

Johnny Carpenter Banjo solo Shores of Tripoli

S. Sykes & P. Streatfield Humorous dialogue

Les Daley (from Adelaide) Comedy, poem & song An Old Tin Helmet

Mr Beilby State War Loan representative

Interval

Miss Barbara Humphrys with Miss Carliene Davies, piano When I Grow Too Old to Dream

Mr Gordon Maxted Artist: some lightning sketches

Miss Lorna Broad accompanied by Mrs Davies, piano Really and Truly

The Burra Quartette with Mrs H. White, piano Further Limericks

Ron Pascoe Piano: Twelfth Street Rag

Helen Dollman with Mrs White, piano Irish Lullaby

Mr Guy Dollman then conducted the Quiz Session of the night.

The questions focused on Burra’s early history.

The Mayor then introduced Pte Cyril Moore and Cpl Norman Villis, who had just arrived by the evening train and assured them a proper welcome home would be accorded them at a dance on 2 November.

The program then continued:

Mr W. Frost (of Booborowie) A clever running description of the Adelaide Cup of 1944.

Miss Joan Pritchard Piano solo: Beautiful Ohio

Ray Bown Banjo solo & yodelling Way Out Where the White-Faced Cattle Roam

The judges awarded the points for the three place-getters as follows:

Ron Pascoe 461⁄2

Josie Jennison 43

Barbara Humphrys 42

tied with Ray Bown 42

66, 42, 23 October 1945, page 4

Burra Centenary Sports

Results are printed.

Centenary Services were conducted at Burra-Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday 14 October.

The morning service was conducted by Rev. J.C .Jennison, a former circuit minister.

A Pleasant Sunday Musical Feast was held in the afternoon, chaired by Rev. Barrett.

In the evening Rev. E.H. Woollacott conducted the service.

66, 43, 30 October 1945, page 1

The Annual Gymkhana Sports Carnival and Ball at Booborowie was held on 8 October and was easily the most profitable to date. [Results are printed.]

Burra Town Council

At a recent meeting the Mayor said a suggestion had been made that they erect a memorial in Market Square to the discoverer of copper, Pickett. It would cost about £50 and could, he said, be financed by a Shilling Fund through the columns of the Burra Record. It was resolved to proceed and that the Council kick it off with a £1 donation.

Cr Jennison said he would like to see the lights that festooned the Town Hall for the Centenary Celebrations permanently installed for use on special occasions. The Clerk will make further enquiries of the Burra Electric Supply Co. concerning costs.

Civil Defence Headquarters wrote concerning firefighting equipment being issued to Councils, in all probability without cost. It was decided to accept the offer.

Mr A.E. Smith advised that the Minister of the Army was now moving in the matter of the release of Sgt Davey.

It was decided to leave the ‘Welcome’ sign at the Post Office, from the centenary Celebrations, in position for some time as a mark of appreciation for returning servicemen and women.

Appreciation was expressed for all the men and women who had helped make the Centenary Celebrations so successful.

Prisoners of War

The latest former prisoners of war to return to Burra are Pte Dennis Harris and Pte Frank Preiss. The return of Pte Cyril Moore has already been reported and we now hear that Bob Lee, son of Mr & Mrs W.R. Lee, formerly of Burra and now of Adelaide, has also returned.

F/Lt Brian Riggs is currently a pilot in a Liberator taking supplies to Manila and returning with prisoners of war. He writes to his parents, Mr & Mrs A.B. Riggs, describing Manila as seen from the fifth floor of what was once the city’s most luxurious hotel. Now every building is damaged and gaunt walls and rubble show where modern buildings acted as a foil to fifteenth century architecture. He describes the carnage of the last stand of the Japanese in the old city and where American soldiers fell in a green morass. The bridges were all destroyed, though they have now been replaced with Bailey Bridges. He talks of the frenzied activity of the Americans and the business of the loading and unloading of supplies. He left Manila with 20 prisoners of war, three other passengers and Matron Sage.

Mt Bryan staged a social on Tuesday night for Cpl Manning, Sgt Ron Murray, Cpl Arthur Jarmyn and Driver Cecil Beckwith. Cpl Arthur Jarmyn had been a prisoner in Germany for more than three years and Dvr Cecil Beckwith had been a prisoner in Singapore for a similar period. A travelling rug was presented to each of the men on behalf of the district.

Burra High School will get a sports ground following the decision of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. to donate three acres of ground to the school. This will meet a long felt need. Although the school is otherwise well equipped inside, sporting facilities have been lacking.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Senior Warden, Bro W.J. Lee as its new Worshipful Master on Tuesday night, 23 October. A Masonic Ball followed at the Burra Town Hall.

The Fourth Victory Loan has been undersubscribed in Burra. The target was for 170 people to subscribe £12,000. So far only 19 people have subscribe £2,820.

The Adelaide Electric Supply Co.

The SA Government is proposing to make a compulsory acquisition of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. The statement to stock and debenture holders by the company’s Chairman is printed on page 4.

Obituary. Mr C.J. Pearce died on Sunday morning 21 October. The late Mr Pearce was born 90 years ago at Springbank and was a son of the late Mr & Mrs W.H. Pearce of Burra. In his youth he was apprenticed to Mr H.W. Bruce, who was a cabinetmaker and undertaker. In 1876 he married Miss Agnes Morton Thomas and set up in business on his own. The business prospered and with his son, Lisle Pearce, he carried it on until about six years ago, when he and his wife retired to Adelaide. The late Mr Pearce was very interested in his home town of Burra, and although not particularly active on committees etc., he gave generously to anything pertaining to the welfare of the community.

In the Rechabite Lodge circles he was known for having been the secretary of the Rose of Sharon Tent of the Lodge for 63 years. The late Mr & Mrs Pearce lived together as husband and wife for 69 years, until Mrs Pearce died about three weeks ago. They are survived by four daughters and two sons: Evelyn (Mrs Flint of Kingston), Nita (Mrs Howarth of Koolunga), Misses Annie and Millie (of Malvern), Lisle (of Burra) and Andrew (of Sydney). [Charles James Pearce, born 10 March 1856 at Springbank (Burra) and died 21 October 1945 at Malvern, making him 89 rather than 90.]

66, 43, 30 October 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 November

Gloria de Haven & George Murphy in Broadway Rhythm

Plus short subjects

Patrolling the Ether

Fox in Tricks (Pete Smith)

That’s Why I Left You (Passing Parade)

Yosemite the Magnificent (Travel Talk)

Soaring Stars (Miniature)

Gazettes, Reviews and News.

Cpl Frank Preiss (AIF) was welcomed home on 23 October after three and a half years of captivity in Thailand. He was greeted at the train by his mother, Mrs B. Preiss of Burra. He has been a prisoner of war since the fall of Singapore. He was also met by his sisters, Vonnie (Mrs Bourman), Rene (Mrs Opie) and her three children, and his brother, Mr C.S. Preiss, with his wife and three children and his nieces Kath and Carmel Moore. Throughout his captivity Cpl Preiss preserved the hat badge that had belonged to his elder brother, Sylvester, who had carried it through WWI. He returned the badge to his mother for safe-keeping. Cpl Preiss looks thin, but fit and is in good humour.

66, 43, 30 October 1945, page 3

RSL Appeal now totals £2,426-0-6, only £74 short of its goal.

[The complete list of donors is published. Personal interest: Mr & Mrs R. Fuss £5-5-0. It is of some interest to note that many of the donations are in guineas rather than pounds.]

Tribute was paid to Mr & Mrs G.G. Hawkes on Thursday at Black Springs Hall in recognition of faithful service to the district over their many years of residence. There was a large and appreciative audience and a long list of speakers is printed. Mr & Mrs Hawkes both responded, referring to their happy associations in the district.

Letter. M.P. Cowle, H. Hobbs, M. Cox and A.S. Barrett write as the Burra Ministers’ Fraternal, concerning proposed legislation on betting shops now before the House of Assembly. They believe betting shops to be a pernicious system, highly detrimental to the development of young people and a menace to the economic stability of the community. The system is also detrimental to the team spirit in all competitive sporting activities. They give their support to the Burra Town Council and the Burra Burra District Council who think as they do. In withholding their support for a betting shop in the town they believe the Councils will truly represent the majority of opinion in the town and district.

66, 43, 30 October 1945, page 4

Compulsory Acquisition of the Adelaide Electric Supply Co.

A statement by the company’s Chairmen on this matter is printed at length in an article extending some 41⁄2 columns.

The Government is about to have the Bill debated in the Parliament.

The Bill provides that the undertaking will be seized by the Government without any payment whatever to the company.

Of course the Government will say that they are paying the shareholders for the full value of the assets.

This is not true.

The compensation is not purchase money. The compensation is to be measured by the Stock Exchange value of the different classes of shares as at 1 August last.

This represents much less than the value of the assets.

The Chairman then goes on to explain how the process will affect the different classes of shareholders.

He gives the history of the bill before Parliament and how it is related to the history of Leigh Creek Coalfield.

He outlines the arguments the Government had advanced and dismisses them as specious.

He goes on the discuss the position of Debenture Holders – as far as he can see the debenture holders have rights under a contract made in England that cannot be overridden by the Government, meaning that the Government will have to find about £2,000,000, of which about £805,000 will be payable in England. The Bill does not say where this sum is to come from.

The meeting passed a resolution strongly protesting against the proposals contained in the South Australian Electricity Trust Bill for the compulsory acquisition of the Adelaide Electric supply Co. Ltd.

66, 44, 6 November 1945, page 1

A Canadian Convoy

In Friday a convoy of 66 vehicles and 300 Canadian servicemen was heading to Adelaide from Terowie. As it was passing through Burra the Mayor grabbed a Union Jack and stood in front of the leading Jeep and refused to budge. He introduced himself to the Adjutant (Captain Reid) and said the town wanted to give the men a Civic Welcome, drinks and ice cream. The schools had been dismissed to see the convoy and soon the streets was filled with ‘lean brown hard looking soldiers from the place on top of the globe’ mingling with townsfolk and children. The autograph books came out and the soldiers soon made friends when they distributed chewing gum. The mayor extended a Civic welcome at the Rotunda with a patriotic speech and was supported by H.J.B. Jennison. Lieut. Colonel H.D.W. Wehtey had been bringing up the rear of the four-mile-long convoy and arrived just in time to respond to His Worship’s address of welcome. The hour’s delay kept the Lord Mayor of Adelaide and other dignitaries there waiting to welcome the Canadians, but neither Mt Woollacott nor the Canadians knew of the Adelaide plans. The Canadians only became aware of that when they reached Kapunda. On Sunday morning another convoy of thirty vehicles and more than sixty men received a similar welcome in Burra.

[Note from page 3. Mr E.T. Baulderstone and Mr Bachli were asked, with about 20 minutes notice, if they could supply the several hundred ice-creams required and not only could they, they did so at cost price.]

Brian Bevan, formerly of Burra and now of Adelaide, sustained a broken arm while practising tumbling with the Mitcham School squad on Tuesday.

Big Welcome Home Rally at Burra Town Hall

Nine returned men were welcomed at a dance at the Town Hall on Friday. The mayor began by reading letters and telegrams from men unable to be present: Frank Preiss, Cyril Beckwith, Don Halliday, Dick Smith, Robert Lee and Mark Lee.

He then introduced the men present:

LAC Tom Rogers

Pte Fred Lewis

Pte Johnson

Pte Dennis Harris

Signaller Harris

Pte Jack Harris

Sgt Carl Pearce

Lt Campbell

Sgt Reg. Lee

Following Mr Woollacott’s welcome, speeches were delivered by Dr D.M. Steele on behalf of the Burra Soldiers’ Welfare Committee, M.T. Full for the RSL, A.B. Riggs for the Fathers’ Association and H.J. B. Jennison on behalf of the Town Council. Sgt Carl Pearce responded for the men and was seconded by LAC T. Rogers, supported by Pte J. Harris.

The Mayor drew the attention of the gathering to the poor response of Burra to the Fourth Victory Loan.

The formal part of the evening ended with the singing of The National Anthem, The Song of Australia and For They are Jolly Good Fellows. Dancing followed until midnight to the music of the Black Diamond Orchestra.

The RSL Appeal is now within c. £13 of the target of £2,500.

Obituary. Mr Henry Brandt of Burra was getting through a fence near the Pig and Whistle Ford on Tuesday morning, when he collapsed. Help was quickly to hand, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at Burra Hospital. He had recently spent about a fortnight in the hospital. Mr Brandt had worked for about 40 years in the Broken Hill Mines and retired only about three months ago after spending about three years working on the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline. [David Henry Brandt, born 5 March 1880, Kooringa; died 30 October 1945, Adelaide, residence Boolcoomatta Station.]

Mr Essington Lewis has written to Mr R.D. (Dick) Pascoe to recall old days and to thank him for providing the piece of malachite that Mr Lewis was recently given while in Burra.

A Welcome Home Social was given at Booborowie on Saturday 3 November for the following servicemen: P/O Woodgate, Sgt A. Strathern, Cpl Bert Beinke, LAC D. Morris (all of RAAF), and Pte M. Hogan, Pte W. Leader and Pte N. Fairchild (all of the AIF). Mr T.J. Bailey took the chair and other speakers were W.J. Shattock, R.E. Dewhirst and Mr D. Keynes for the RSL. Dancing and supper concluded the evening.

The Burra Bowling and Croquet Greens were officially opened for the season last Saturday by L.H. Thomas, President of the Club.

Mrs A.L. Kellock hit off the first ball for the croquet season. It has been customary for two of the ladies to throw up the first kitty and bowl the first ball, but this year the only two remaining foundation members still playing were asked to do so. Mr E.F. Marston threw the first kitty and Mr C.D. Wilkinson bowled the first ball.

66, 44, 6 November 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 November

Bing Crosby & Paulette Goddard in Star-Spangled Rhythm

Richard Arlen & Wendy Barrie in Submarine Alert

Obituary. A funeral Notice reveals the death of Miss Mary Hannah Thomas of Railway Terrace, Burra North.

[Born 27 December 1867 at Copperhouse; died 3 November 1945, Burra.]

Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

The Board has appointed Mr Dean Berry as architect for the new Nurses’ Quarters.

Miss Heather McNeil has commenced training as a probationer nurse.

Obituary. Mr Walter Pearce died at the Burra Hospital on Friday. He was born at Mintaro in 1862, the son of the late Mr & Mrs Henry Pearce, who resided in Mt Bryan for many years. He left school at an early age and worked on farms owned by his father at Mt Bryan and Baldina. Later, before the railway reached there, he and his brother Fred accepted contracts to convey good to Broken Hill. Later he went share farming and dam-sinking, but eventually sold his plant. He was then employed for about 30 years by Drew & Crewes and retired many years ago, to reside in Burra. In 1887 he married Ann, the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Rogers of Baldina, who survives him. There were six daughter and five sons, of whom six daughters and one son survive: Ella (Mrs Bown of Burra), Edie (Mrs Neate of Adelaide), Laura (Mrs Duffty of NSW), Miriam (Mrs Davey of Adelaide), Vera (Mrs Dolling of Pt Broughton), Miss Edna Pearce (of Burra) and Mr Hedley Pearce (of Burra). [Born 31 July 1862, Mintaro; died 3 November 1945, Burra.]

Cricket. Saturday, 3 November: Leighton 107 defeated Koonoona 89.

66, 44, 6 November 1945, page 3

The Combined Schools Picnic was held at gum Creek Station on 24 October. Sir Walter Duncan kindly leant the picnic ground again. The participating schools were Gum Creek, Hanson, Leighton and Copperhouse.

The results of the sports are printed.

A Welcome Home to Hallett was recently accorded twelve returning servicemen and Miss Janet Melrose WAAAF. Each was presented with either a travelling rug or a kit bag.

The men welcomed were: Owen Smyth, Wes Miller, K. Hanlin, F. McRae, L. Furst, Johnson, L. Peters, W. Watkins, Rol Dare, D. Jenkins, H. Dunstan and Keith Gare.

W.G. Miller was chairman and other speakers were Mr Noel Tiver for the RSL and Mr W. Phin for townspeople. Dancing followed.

66, 44, 6 November 1945, page 4

The Black Springs Victory Carnival was very successful and the results of events contested are printed.

66, 45, 13 November 1945, page 1

Mt Bryan Gymkhana and Sports Day on 3 November was a huge success and total takings amounted to £170.

The results of the events are printed.

Weather. Splendid rains fell from Thursday night to Saturday morning, with gaugings ranging from one to just over two inches. The falls extended right across the eastern districts and will provide feed and water for months to come. Burra recorded 152 points and Koomooloo 180. Morganvale at 212 was among the higher recordings and Ulooloo at 110 was at the lower end.

The RSL Appeal has now reached £2,556-17-0 and the RSL hopes to be able to present an outline of its plans next week.

An former well-known resident of the district, Mr N.H. Pearse, has written to the Burra RSL complimenting citizens of Burra on a splendid effort and contributing his ‘widow’s mite’ of £1-1-0, while regretting that ‘These days are not quite the same as the good old station days’.

Burra Cricket Club held its AGM at the Burra Hotel on 4 November. Attendance was poor and as a consequence it was decided to elect the Captain and Vice-Captain at the first meeting. Other officials elected: Patron, Lance Phelan; President, M.G. Dobson; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr T. Rice and Assistant Secretary, Mr N.E. Marston. There are a host of Vice-Presidents listed.

Weather. The last week provided the whole gamut of weather types for Burra.

The week started with pleasant spring conditions, followed by heat and dust storms on Wednesday and then a cool change on Thursday. Overnight more than a quarter inch of rain fell and Friday was very cold, with useful showers in the afternoon. On Friday night rain set in steadily and continued for some eleven hours. At about 6 a.m. large flakes of snow fell with the rain. Snow continued to fall at intervals through Saturday morning, but rain meant it did not linger on the ground. Heavier falls of snow have been reported from Hallett and Mt Bryan and the hills east of Belcunda carried a mantle of white. It may be recalled that snow fell in this locality about three days before Christmas about nine years ago.

[I can find no newspaper reference to such an event. The nearest reference seems to be in the paper of 8 December 1936 when snow is reported for the Mt Bryan area, though none fell in Burra.]

Armistice Day was observed in Burra with a ceremony in Market Square conducted by Rev. H. Hobbs. M.T. Fuller placed a wreath on the Monument as President of the RSL and Mr T.H. Woollacott placed one as Mayor of Burra.

Glendore Methodist Sunday School celebrated its Anniversary Service on 28 October. Rev. Hobbs of Burra gave the address.

Mokota Cricket Association. 27 October and 3 November.

No play was possible on 27 October due to inclement weather and results from the 3 November were:

Leighton 6 for 107 versus Koonoona 9 for 89. [Details of the match are given on page 3.]

North Booborowie 155 versus Spalding 96,

South Booborowie drew with Mt Bryan

Burra forfeited to Hallett.

Since then Burra has managed to form a team.

Hallett Red Cross was able to raise more than £5,240 duirng the war.

66, 45, 13 November 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 November

Bette Davis & Monty Wooley in The Man Who Came to Dinner

Plus Short Subjects

At the Stroke of 12

California Orchestra

Trail of Mt Wolf

Rescued from Shangri La

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd have instructions from Mr K.R. Phillips to conduct a clearing sale on 27 November in the property known as ‘The Gums’ 30 miles east of Burra.

[The major items were two four-roomed wood and iron cottages, a detached maid’s room, a school room, two wood and iron huts with fireplaces and three galvanised iron implement sheds.]

66, 45, 13 November 1945, page 3

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary services on Sunday 4 November, when Rev. W. Hounslow of Saddleworth gave the addresses. The tea and public meetings were held on Monday when Mr Dunhill as Superintendent of the Sunday School was chairman. Rev. Hounslow gave an interesting talk.

An anonymous Burra Member of the AIF writes from Bougainville as a member of the ‘forgotten 3rd Division. Basically the letter complains of the delay in returning them to Australia, blaming the government, assisted by the wharf labourers and coal miners who were causing additional delays above those imposed by shortages of transports.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for fortnight ending 20 October.

Farnden’s Hill: continuing to take out blocks of country with value of approximately 10 dwts per ton.

66, 45, 13 November 1945, page 4

Burra Burra District Council, 5 November

Resolved to donate £5 towards the Town Council’s project of a memorial to John Pickett, the founder of the Burra Mine. [It would have been better had they know he was Thomas Pickett, the discovered of the lode.]

Obituary. Mr & Mrs C.J. Pearce. The deaths of Mr & Mrs C.J. Pearce has left a gap in Methodism that will be keenly felt. Mr Pearce lived only three and a half weeks after his wife’s death.

Both were born in Burra, Mr Pearce in 1859 and Mrs Pearce in 1856. [Sic. Error: the dates should be reversed.] Mr Pearce was the youngest son of Mr William (Tailor) Pearce and his wife was the daughter of Andrew Thomas, Government Assayist at the Burra Smelting Works. They were married in 1883 and lived together for 621⁄2 years, 56 of which were spent in Burra. Both were very active in patriotic work during WWI. They had five sons and five daughters and four of the children predeceased them: Colin, Courtney, Max and Leah (Mrs T. James).

Mr Pearce was Secretary of the Rechabite Lodge in Burra for 58 years.

[This was 63 years in his obituary in Vol. 66, 43, 30 October 1945, page 1. And 62 years on his leaving Burra as reported Vol. 60, 8, 21 Feb. 1939, page 2.]

Burra Town Council, 5 November

The Burra Electric Supply Co. advised that it would cost approximately 4/6 per night to light the façade of the Town Hall if 50 lamps were used. A decision on the matter was deferred.

66, 46, 20 November 1945, page 1

The Hallett Institute Fete on 10 November realised £201.

Burra RSL has announced its plans for new club rooms. Their appeal for funds has now reached £2,573-18-6.

The Club has an option for the purchase of the SA Farmers’ Union Building for the sum of £2,000 and on the fixtures, counters, partitions and shelvings, etc. for a further £150. The building and plant cost three time as much and the RSL is believed very fortunate to be able to obtain such a fine building at a bargain price. It can be turned into fine and up to date club rooms for a very reasonable cost. The purchase is subject to the existing tenancy – the Clothing Factory – but with the expiration of military contracts, we believe it is probably the whole building will be available before very long. In the meantime the intention is to secure the premises and make at least half the building available for the use of RSL members.

It is expected that the furnishing and alterations required will require a further £500 to be raised over the next few months.

CWA. International Day for 1945 was celebrated on 16 November in the Masonic Lodge Hall. The country chosen for this year is the island nation of Malta. Mrs Reg. Warnes, President, presided. Mrs Max Pearce sang the Maltese National Anthem and Mrs Marchant read a paper on Malta.

Burra Airmen (un-named) were involved in the rescue of five men from a crashed aircraft that had been flying to Balikpapan via Truscott. The article occupies 1 column.

Letter. A.B. Riggs writes as Chairman of Committees for the Burra Show Society, appealing for interested people to get the showgrounds and buildings in order for a 1946 show.

Leighton Hall held its annual meeting recently. Election: President, Roy Humphrys, who replaces Mr A.D. McDonald after four years; Secretary, Mr Colin McDonald and Treasurer, Mr Bert Scholz. An appeal is launched for fund to assist in paying for a new floor, the timber for which has recently arrived.

Burra centenary Photographs. The scarcity of film made it impossible to take many photographs of the celebrations, but an appeal is made for those who obtained snaps to lend them to the committee for display.

Obituary. Wilfred J. Martin died recently at Mt Barker Hospital in WA. He was the eldest son of the late William and Louisa H. Martin of Farrell Flat and was born at Erskine 58 years ago and then educated at Mintaro School and Prince Alfred College. In 1918 he married Florence, younger daughter of Annie and the late James Seal of Burra. He has lived for the last eleven years at Kendenup, WA. He is survived by five brothers and four sisters. [Wilfred Jeffrey Martin, born 23 March 1887 at Erskine.]

66, 46, 20 November 1945, page 2

Notice. A large notice is printed outlining how to obtain a War Gratuity for those entitled to same under the War Gratuity Act, 1945.

For overseas service at the rate of £3-15-0 per month and for certain other continuous service at 15/- per month.

The complicated provisions for eligibility and for payment to those entitled in the event of the death of the serviceman are outlined.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 November

Deanna Durbin & Franchot Tone in His Butler’s Sister

Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce in The Scarlet Claw (Sherlock Holmes)

66, 46, 20 November 1945, page 3

Hallett held a second Welcome Home evening on 2 November. Again a large crowd attended. The men being welcomed were: Gordon Statton, Lance Matthews, Charlie Pohlner, Ross Bald, Sam Prior and George Lomman. Lance Matthews had been a prisoner since the fall of Singapore. Each man had the choice of receiving a kit bag or a travelling rug.

Baldina Mongolata Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s report for the period to 17 November.

Farnden’s Hill: continued taking out blocks left in old stope. No values at present.

Weather. More heavy rain fell in the agricultural areas in the 48 hours preceding 9 a.m. Monday. Farmers were not keen to see this because of possible crop damage, but most seem to have come through OK. Little fell to the East. Burra 121 points, Booborowie 140, Hanson 162, The Gums 22, Koomooloo 25 and Old Koomooloo 3.

Burra has received 321 points for the month and the November record is 380 in 1905. With ten days left in the month, the record could be broken.

Cricket.

Leighton 5 for 94 (and J. Gask retired) in the allotted time versus Burra 6 for 37 with two rain interruptions before the match was abandoned.

66, 47, 27 November 1945, page 1

A Food for Britain Appeal was launched in Burra at a meeting at the Council chamber on Wednesday evening. The Mayor convened the meeting at the request of the Lord Mayor of Adelaide. A committee was formed and a button Day organised for 21 December. An appeal is being mad that on Sunday 9 December every family will have an empty plate at the table to represent a ‘British Guest’ and on the plate there will be an envelope to receive the contributions of the members of the household. In the country more than 70,000 envelopes will be distributed through schools with the co-operation of the Director of Education.

Mushrooms have appeared plentifully across the district in the wake of the recent heavy rains.

Burra Town Council

The Council has been without a Town Clerk at the last two meetings due to the ill health of the Acting Town Clerk Mr A.A. Davey and the problem of getting the new Town Clerk, Sgt E.R. Davey released from his military duties. This has significantly inconvenienced the Council.

The Mayor visited Adelaide in an effort to expedite the release of Sgt E.R. Davey and we are now informed that the new Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey commenced his duties yesterday – Monday.

World’s End Methodist Church celebrated its Anniversary on 12 November. Circuit Minister, Rev. H. Hobbs conducted the service and the Choir of the Kooringa Church assisted.

Mr Tom Piggott late of the AIF has now left Keswick Hospital after six weeks there and is making satisfactory progress.

The Fathers’ Association has passed a protest motion objecting to the way in which some servicemen and returned prisoners of war were being discharged from the services while being in an unfit state of health to return to civilian life. There were also complaints about ex-servicemen being charged excessive prices for furniture. Mr A. Walker moved that the State Council form a committee to advise soldiers on the purchases and another to assist them with the purchase of business/business properties. There were also questions concerning the provision of houses for ex-servicemen on blocks in the district.

Tennis

Before the war there was a fine set of grass courts at the racecourse. Maintenance costs were fairly high and playing fees reflected that. After several years without use during the war, they are in need of costly restoration. The Tennis Club at Burra North has been re-formed and the asphalt courts at Burra North will soon be restored to a playable condition.

Cr Jennison said there was also a need for courts at Burra. He thought the Council Depot block next to the Bowling Green would be an excellent place. The Mayor agreed with the general sentiments, but said the Depot Block ran east-west and is was desirable that the courts run north-south.

There were foundations for courts in at least two places in the Burra end of town and perhaps one of these could be used when the Council decided to act – as it certainly will.

66, 47, 27 November 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 December

Victor Mature & Betty Grable in Song of the Islands

John Payne & Claudette Colbert in Remember the Day

Advt. Mid North Car and Tractor Service opened for business in Burra on Monday 5 November.

Proprietors C.N. Bushell and R.A. West.

66, 47, 27 November 1945, page 3

Burra Primary School

The Education Department is in the process of getting an independent valuation of some land adjacent to the school with the view to compulsory acquisition of it for a playing area for the school. It had been unable to reach an agreement with the owner for the purchase of the site.

The Annual Methodist Concert at Booborowie was held on 17 November and was a success although the cool conditions reduced the sales from the strawberry, cool drinks and ice cream stalls and the deluge of rain made it hard to hear the artists.

The Annual Gala Night at Leighton hall on 19 November was held in ideal weather and realised £40 to be split between Leighton Red Cross Branch and the Hall Committee.

66, 48, 4 December 1945, page 1

Donations to Burra RSL Club Rooms will not qualify for tax deductions. This was made clear in a letter from the Federal Treasurer, Mr J.B. Chifley.

Burra’s Food for Britain Appeal has opened with donations reaching £45-9-6.

The Booborowie appeal has so far raised £41.

Bowls. Inter-Club matches have resumed after a lapse of about five years.

Kapunda 110 defeated Burra 92.

Gum Creek School had an average attendance of about 10, but throughout the war this little school collected £257 towards the Schools’ Patriotic Fund.

The Music Exam Results for pupils of St Joseph’s School at Burra are printed for both the London College of Music and the Australian Music Board.

66, 48, 4 December 1945, page 2

Cricket.

Koonoona 164 defeated Burra 147.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 December

Paulette Goddard & George Reeves in So Proudly We Hail

The Memphis Belle [Documentary of bombing raids over Germany.]

Notice: W. Carpenter has opened the Burra Labor Bureau

W. Carpenter would welcome any information from any person requiring labor, stating the class of work offering. Returned soldiers seeking employment are requested to register and state class of work they are prepared to do.

66, 48, 4 December 1945, page 3

The Salvation Army held its Children’s Anniversary over the last weekend. Envoy R. Winfield proved a popular leader during the weekend, with adults and young alike.

[3⁄4 column of details are printed.]

Captain Cox recently received news from Adelaide that Lieut. V. Fernihough had been appointed to assist her at Burra Corps. Lieut. Fernihough was welcomed on Saturday evening and she responded to the welcome, which was followed by supper.

66, 49, 11 December 1945, page 1

Burra Town Council

The Aberdeen Tennis Club wrote asking the Council to repair one or two of the courts at Burra North. The Council is willing to do so at cost price, but pointed out that it was having difficulty in obtaining the necessary supplies of Colas.

The Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church wrote asking the Council to make courts and lease them to the Church. Cr Carpenter said the foundations of courts were already in existence near the bowling green. The Mayor said if public funds were used then the courts would have to be open to the public and not just one section of it.

It was decided to lease the courts to the Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church at a peppercorn rent, as they stood.

In the absence of colas it should be pointed out that there is an alternative method of building courts. We understand one was constructed by the late Noel Woollacott near the Adelaide Railway Station and is proving popular. The foundation to a fair depth is mostly cinders and the playing surface is of brick dust and sand. The courts are sprinkled frequently with water, because the wetter they are the better they play. The water is quickly absorbed. While dearer to put down than asphalt or bitumen courts, their upkeep is negligible. The bounce is similar to grass courts, but they can be used all year round and there is less wear on balls than on asphalt.

The CWA has opened a new branch at Hanson. The inaugural meeting was in the Hanson Hall on 28 November.

Baldina Gold Mining Syndicate. Manager’s Report for the period to 1 December.

Farnden’s Hill. Continued on the old stope.

Lean’s Hill. Prospected the western leader in slates with only traces of gold.

Willalo Red Cross Branch decided at its December meeting to close down. It has operated for six years and in that time collected over £720 for Red Cross.

Burra Burra Hospital Inc. Mr Dean Berry visited the hospital on 22 November and has drawn the ground plans for the new Nurses’ Quarters.

The Board accepted Nurse Cattle’s resignation on account of ill health.

Burra Primary School held its Visiting Day on 7 December.

Progress Certificates have been awarded to:

Josephine Jennison Heather Morgan Ken Phillips

Robert Reed Shirley Gare Joan Williams

Frank Ford Alan Robinson Alvin McLean

Joe Herewane Frieda Holman David Edwards

Joan Pritchard David Ford Don Bailey

Mavis Broad Pattie Nourse John Heinrich

Thelma Seaford Howard Taylor Hazel Radford

Valma Woodman Peter Kakoschke.

Mr W. Voumard has resigned as Burra Town Council Dayman After many years of faithful service. At the last Council meeting he was wished good luck in his retirement and a minute of appreciation for his service was recorded.

Burra Town Council, 10 December

The new Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey was welcomed. The Mayor said the Council had been working hard to secure his release from the military. [The remarks of each of the Councillors are reported.]

66, 49, 11 December 1945, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 December

Frederick March & Martha Scott in One Foot in Heaven

Jeffrey Lynn & Constance Bennett in Law of the Tropics

66, 49, 11 December 1945, page 3

Burra Town Council, 3 December

Aberdeen Tennis Club asked the Council to put one or two of its courts into playing order. The club intended to repair one of its courts from its own funds. The Council agreed to do the work at cost – if the necessary material could be obtained.

Colton, Palmer7 Preston advised that the wire netting ordered by the Council would not be obtainable for eight to twelve months.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. wrote enclosing an estimate for current for the proposed lighting of the Town Hall façade. It was resolved to get a quote from an electrician for the installation of the lights in conduit.

It was resolved to make necessary repairs to the swing bridge.

It was resolved to remove the Welcome sign in front of the Post Office – because the hay carting season was upon them and the sign was too low.

Mr Ken Drew, who has been associated with Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd as the manager of their Burra branch for many years, has resigned. At a farewell on Thursday afternoon, the staff presented him with a handsome mulga inkstand and pen.

The Food for Britain Appeal has reached £60-5-6.

Burra Red Cross held a Christmas Tree and Social on Friday.

Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara celebrated their Diamond Wedding on Sunday 9 December.

Mokota Cricket Association, 24 November.

North Booborowie 259 defeated Mt Bryan 157.

South Booborowie 91 defeated Leighton 81.

Koonoona 164 defeated Burra 147.

Hallett 184 defeated Spalding 102.

Father Christmas arrived at Matthews Emporium last Friday at 2.30 p.m. for the first time in five years. Many children were amazed that with trains not running Father Christmas could still keep his appointment. He arrived in Mr Bevan’s decorated bus and carried a large bag of sweets. He took orders for the 24th, provided a postal service for 142 letters and distributed 400 bags of sweets before departing for Matthews Emporium at Riverton at 5 p.m.

66, 49, 11 December 1945, page 4

Burra Welcomes Home 16 Returned Servicemen

A large crowd at Burra Town Hall on Friday night welcomed home sixteen returned servicemen. Dancing to Darrel Field’s Band began at 8.30 p.m. and at 9 p.m. the men marched into the hall and onto the platform, escorted by Mr S. Genders and Mr S. Hawker. After the singing of the National Anthem and The Song of Australia, the Mayor, T.H. Woollacott Esq. introduced the men. They were:

Pte Kerin, who had served in the Middle East, New Guinea and Borneo.

Pte D. Boulton, who had been in the AIF for about 5 years.

Lt. Frank Worth, who had seen service in the Middle East and has now returned to his practice in Burra.

Sgt Hosey, who is now manager of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. in Burra.

Pte Bower, who had served 41⁄2 years with the AIF.

Sgt. H. Campbell of the RAAF.

W/O Clem Davey, who had been a great asset to the town before serving 51⁄2 years with the AIF.

S/Sgt Reg. Davey, who had served 51⁄2 years with the AIF and has returned to be Town Clerk in Burra.

Pte Rex Opperman, who had served in the Middle East and New Guinea since the outbreak of war and had now returned to Sara & Co. Pty Ltd.

Pte Lloyd of Ironmine, who had served with the 10th Division that had done a great job when Australia was faced with Japanese invasion.

P/O Henderson of the RAAF.

P/O Bob Collins of Mt Bryan, who had been one of the pilots in the defence of Britain.

P/O Ron Carpenter, who had won his wings and his spurs and done a great job flying between Europe and England.

F/O Smith, who had been one of the pilots in the Battle for Britain.

F/O D. Young, who had been farewelled over two years ago.

Sgt Barney Rogers, who had served in the RAAF for 41⁄2 years.

M.T. Fuller spoke for the RSL and H.J.B. Jennison for the Soldiers’ Welfare Committee and T.H. Woollacott spoke for the town.

Dancing continued until midnight.

66, 50, 18 December 1945, page 1

Burra FFCF Unit 109held its annual meeting on 27 November

The President presented the 6th annual report. The unit had been the first formed in Burra, in December 1939 and had raised altogether £1,937-0-6. During the year they had forwarded to Headquarters: 46 pairs of socks, 11 pullovers, 2 pairs of mittens, 8 pairs of seaboot stockings, 114 facewashers, 12 handkerchiefs and six scarves.

66, 50, 18 December 1945, pages 1 & 4

Burra High School held its speech night on Wednesday 10 December at the Burra Town Hall.

Headmaster H. Petherick delivered his report for 1945.

He began by referring to the end of the war and the fact that about 100 old scholars had joined the various services – a proud record for such a small school.

He said the concert had been prepared in haste and the Intermediate exams had only finished two days before.

The year had started with only 46 students – 12 less than in 1944. This was the result of the depression years and was expected to be the year of lowest enrolment. Also no student had continued beyond Intermediate level. This he considered a great pity because Leaving level was now required for entry into any profession and students would benefit from the extra time spent at school.

The staff had been himself and two assistant teachers, with one junior teacher. At the May vacation Miss Owen was transferred to Murray Bridge HS and Mrs Spark resigned from the Department. They were replaced by only Miss Butler. A junior teacher came half-way through the term, but lasted only a week, because she said she had too much work to do. After September we were granted another assistant, Mr Blight. These changes and understaffing have not been in the best interest of students.

Miss Maddern, who has been Domestic Arts Teacher here for three years has now resigned and Mr Blight has been transferred to Pt Augusta.

In the 1944 Intermediate Exams full certificates were gained by four students and four others completed theirs. One student gained a Leaving Certificate. Eight gained an Intermediate Craft Certificate in Woodwork and nine more in Home Science.

This year all students have participated in plays and there have been a number of debates.

Three visits were undertaken by students this year: to the Waterworks, the Burra Record office and to the Town Council. These were most instructive and now the war has finished it is hoped visits can be extended, perhaps to Adelaide, Pt Pirie and Whyalla and in future years even beyond the state.

It is intended to introduce drawing as an Intermediate subject and an effort will be made to extend the library. This year there have been regular House Matches, but it has not proved possible to arrange matches with other schools. With the easing of petrol and rubber restrictions in 1946 it is hoped Inter-School matches will be resumed. Burra did come third in the Mid Northern High Schools Sports at Riverton in August – a creditable result for the smallest of the five competing schools.

The BHS Sports Day was held at Victoria Park and was very successful. Cup winners were:

Senior Girls Mary Pearce

Senior Boys Brian Richards

Junior Girls Dawn Bernhardt

Junior Boys Donald Allen

The school took part in Burra’s Centenary Celebrations and gained the first prize in the Maypole Competition.

The High School Council has negotiated with Goldsbrough, Mort Pty Ltd and as a result has been given free of cost about three acres of almost flat land below the school. It is intended next year to have this graded and have a cricket pitch and running track installed. The firm is thanked for this magnificent gift.

It is thought likely that in 1946 there will be a transport service from Willalo, Hallett and Mt Bryan, which will be an asset for the school.

Dr Steele as Chairman of the High School Council also addressed the meeting. He said raising the leaving age to 15 was going to come about, though it would have to wait until the Department could arrange for additions to schools and for more teachers. The new transport arrangements could see the addition of 60 or more students to the school and that in turn would make it easier to argue for more staff.

The mayor distributed the prizes. [A list of recipients is printed.]

The Dux of the school was Fayth Hawson-Clarke.

A program of items [also listed] was then presented.

66, 50, 18 December 1945, page 2

Notice. R.H. Garrard announces that, having again acquired the services of W. Robinson (2nd AIF), the Hillside Dairy will be delivering at Burra North from 1 January 1946.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell for the executors in the estate of the late M. Thomas on 21 December, allotment 4, New Aberdeen, containing three roods 5 perches, on which is erected 2 semi-detached cottages of 5 stone rooms and 2 stone rooms, 1 galvanised iron room respectively. [Railway Terrace.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 December

Spencer Tracy & Irene Dunne in A Guy Names Joe

25 December

Carole Lombard & Jack Benny in To Be Or Not To Be

Adolphe Menjou & Carole Landis in Roadshow

28 December

Alice Faye & John Payne in Hello Frisco, Hello

Lloyd Nolan & Mary Beth Hughes in Blue, White and Perfect

29 December

Bette Davis & John Loder in Old Acquaintance

Plus news reels and supporting shorts at each performance.

66, 50, 18 December 1945, page 3

Burra Primary School Headmaster

Mr T. Rice, who was headmaster for some years prior to the war and returned after his discharge from the Army, has now been transferred to Kilburn School. During his stay here Mr Rice took a keen interest in a number of things pertaining to the town, especially the Cricket Club. His replacement will be Mr Kirby from Kilburn School.

The Burra Record. Owing to a late rush of advertisements and the scarcity of paper, we have had to hold over a number of news items.

The Food for Britain Appeal has reached £114-16-3.

St Joseph’s School Annual Concert was presented at the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday evening.

[The program is printed.]

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 1

Advertisements

Bence’s Ltd Drapers & Clothiers

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 2

Advertisements

Elder Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers Etc.

___________ Burra Talkies

Donald P. Kerr General Merchant

Jennison’s Tyre Service

Allen J. Gluyas Certified Optician, Late with Laubman & Pank – visits Burra

W. Young Agent for Electrolux Refrigerators & Dalgety & Co. Ltd

Carter’s Motor, Radio & Electrical Services

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 3

Advertisements

Carter’s Motor, Radio & Electrical Services, Commercial Street & Burra North

Matthews Emporium Drapers, Clothiers & Furnishers, 6 Market Square

Sara & Co. Burra & Burra North

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 4

Advertisements

Charles Radford (Late 2nd AIF, M.E. & N.G.) Burra Monumental Works, Commercial Street

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Carpenters, Builders, Contractors. Timber & Hardware Merchants

C.N. Bushell & R. A. West Mid North Car & Tractor service

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co.

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Putty, Paints, Varnishes, Upholstery, Undertakers

Baulderstone’s Burra Quality Fruit Store

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 1

D. Macdonald Steele writes urging the revival of tennis and golf clubs in Burra. He hopes especially for the revival of lawn tennis on the courts of the Sports Ground Syndicate at Burra North.

He says the good length of hose queried by a recent correspondent was sold to the Bowling Club and the motor mower was sold to the agents. The Burra Lawn Tennis Club has a credit account of £36-13-0. The courts were established and bought into service by the Burra Lawn Tennis Syndicate, which also erected the enclosure and both were then leased to the Burra Lawn Tennis Club. All that is required to resuscitate the club is some enthusiasm and energy on the part of a few. As President of the Burra Lawn Tennis Club and of the Burra Golf Club when they went into recess, Dr Steele calls a meeting in February of all interested in the revival of both clubs.

A Welcome Home Social was given to six returned soldiers of Hallett & District on 4 December. Those returning were: Mervyn Longford, Vin Simpson, Joe Klaebe, Bill Hopkins, Bob Slatter and ______ Haggar.

[Allan Keith Haggar]

Hallett Red Cross & FFCF

The Red Cross shop will not open in January or February, but will continue in March if possible. The Headquarters of FFCF has ordered all branches to close. Hallett FFCF has decided to donate all funds in hand to the Food for Britain Appeal.

Black Springs School children gave a concert in the hall for their break-up on 12 December. Miss Lomman is congratulated on the efforts of the twelve students.

Marriage. Balaklava Church of Christ, 24 November

Annie Shrubsole (WAAF discharged), youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs A.C. Shrubsole of Balaklava, married

Arthur Cox (AIF discharged), youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs H. Cox of Burra.

[Details in c. 2⁄3 column.]

Marriage. Mt Bryan East Methodist Church, recently

Miss Evelyn Dare, Eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs C.W. Dare of ‘Pinehurst’ Mt Bryan East, married

Murray Jack Turner (late AIF) 3rd son of Mr & Mrs E. Turner of Somerton.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Obituary. Mr W.J. Edwards died recently aged 79. He was well known in Burra and visited during the centenary celebrations. He was born 30 March 1867 at Burra and was one of the first boys to enrol at Burra School. He then served as a men’s mercer with Drew & Co. at Burra and in 1886 was managing their store at Cockburn. The next year he went to Broken Hill to work for Murton & Buck, leaving for Melbourne the day before the big fire in Argent Street. He always boasted that he was the first man to ride a bicycle through Argent Street. He worked at the crystal Palace on the corner of Bourke & Swanson Streets in Melbourne and then for R.T.B. Howie in Hindley Street, Adelaide, before returning to Drew & Co. in Burra for 91⁄2 years. In 1905 he returned to Broken Hill where he worked for H. Krantz and after twelve months opened his own shop in the Democratic Club Building, subsequently relocating a couple of times. In the last 15 years the business has been conducted by his son Rorrie [sic: but below a Horrie is listed] who was later joined by his brother Keith. On 16 December 1889 he married Miss M.T. Murray, daughter of Constable Murray of SA. He is survived by a widow, six sons and four daughters:

William Roy Edwards of Broken Hill

Mrs Harry Nankivell of Merrylands

Mrs Cliff Peady of Newcastle

Mr Donald Edwards of Stirling West, SA

Mrs Cyril Hylton of Charlton, Victoria

Mrs William Dawes of Northmead, NSW

Mr John Edwards of Coburg West, Victoria

Mr Tom Edwards of Broken Hill

Mr Horrie Edwards of Broken Hill

Mr Keith Edwards of Broken Hill

There are 18 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. In his youth he was keen on running, coursing, rifle and gun shooting and was always interested in racing. As recently as last October he shot a hare at the Burra Centenary Celebrations.

[William John Edwards, born 30 March 1868 at Kooringa.]

Leighton & Gum Creek Schools held their annual Christmas tree on Thursday 13 December.

Cricket. South Booborowie 162 v. Burra.

Burra Hospital. The Board’s architect Mr Dean W. Berry has drawn up plans for the proposed new Nurses Quarters, but could not get them printed on account of power restrictions.

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 January

Fred Astaire & Marjorie Reynolds in Holiday Inn

Chester Morris & Jean Parkin in I Live on Danger

Notice. The business conducted by Fred M. Pearce, carpenter & builder will after 1 January 1946 be conducted as Fred M. Pearce & Sons. F.M. Pearce, C.F. Pearce & G.R. Pearce.

Notice. Food for Britain Appeal reaches £214-19-1.

Obituary. James Henry Nicholas died 28 December 1945 suddenly at Menindie, NSW. He was the husband of Alice Nicholas. [Neither birth nor marriage traced in SA records.]

Burra Night Bowls opened last Wednesday.

Mongolata Goldfield

Baldina Mongolata GM Syndicate: Manager’s report for fortnight ending 15 December 1945.

Farnden’s Hill – continued old stope to go between Farnden’s Shaft and Hogan’s.

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 3

Hallett Institute New Year’s Eve Ball saw 391 tickets sold at the door.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School revived the Christmas Party for 1945. Father Christmas arrived loaded with presents at 3 p.m. and a generous supply of ice cream was consumed.

68, 1, 8 January 1946, Page 4

Mt Bryan East School held its Annual School Concert and Christmas Tree on 8 December. [Program printed.]

Carmen Dare received her Progress Certificate (which replaced the Qualifying Certificate this year.)

68, 2, 15 January 1946, Page 1

Accident. A car driven by Mr Percy Lewis of Broken Hill, with Mrs Lewis as a passenger, crashed into the Bon Accord Bridge in the early hours of Friday morning. The car stopped with one wheel hanging over a twenty foot drop to the creek. The couple were treated for minor injuries.

Burra RSL Wives & Relations FFCF held a meeting on 14 February and will meet for the final time at a social afternoon on 8 February when the organisation will be wound up.

Food for Britain Appeal now stands at £243-10-0.

Burra Town Council is concerned to see bread and meat deliveries resumed in Burra. No replies had been received from retailers on the subject. The Mayor thought that if nothing was done they should take the matter up with the Federal Government though the local Member.

Cr Jennison said that quite a number of visitors came to Burra for the Easter break and some returned, but the locals had done nothing to make their stay more enjoyable. It was suggested that efforts could be made to offer some entertainment such as a picnic to The Gorge.

The Morgan-Burra Road

Proposals to bituminise the road to Morgan are being discussed. Three routes have been considered:

Morgan – Robertstown – Burra

Morgan – Eudunda – Burra

Morgan – ‘The Gums’ – Burra

The Government seems likely to favour the first of these, while locals in Burra favour the third, which is some six miles shorter. The Government would favour the first because it would follow the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline, would feed Robertstown and passes through more occupied country. The Eudunda choice has little support.

A Welcome Home Dinner-Dance was held at Hanson on 28 December 1945 to honour M de N. Lucas, D. Gray, T. Rogers, M. Dixon, H. Brown and M. Mitchell.

Leaving Exam Results

Bronte Bunney – 6 subjects (4 with credits)

Margaret Jeffery – 6 subjects (1 credit which was 4th place in the state for Botany)

David Steele – 4 subjects

Mr James Laidlaw, formerly of Burra and now of Brixton in Central Queensland, wishes to be remembered to his friends.

Cricket. South Booborowie 162 & 6 for 48 defeated Burra 95.

Burra Town Council resolved to place 100 c.p. globes at Sara’s Corner, the Railway Crossing and the SAFU Building.

A Returned Man in Burra cannot get permission from Canberra bureaucrats to start a business for which he has the necessary capital because it was not what he was doing before the war. We believe the Town Council is taking it up.

68, 2, 15 January 1946, Page 2

Advt. Miss Jacqueline Hogan will be present at the ladies’ hairdressing salon from 17 January.

Burra Town Council has received the Bedford Stork Trailer Pump and 1,300 feet of 21⁄2 inch hose for fire fighting from the Civil Defence Force. A demonstration of its use has been arranged at the Burra Fire station next Friday.

Weather. A heavy thunderstorm deposited an inch of rain between Ulooloo and Whyte-Yarcowie on Monday causing creeks locally to run bankers.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 January

Robert Taylor & Susan Peters in Song of Russia

Frank Morgan & Jean Rogers in A Stranger in Town

Back Seats and Circle 2/- + 7d tax. Children under 12 1/- + 3d tax.

Front Seats 1/- + 3d tax. Children 6d with no tax.

68, 2, 15 January 1946, Page 3

‘Whom Do You Think’ writes agreeing that tennis should be revived in Burra, but not at Burra North. Transport will remain a problem for some time to come and in any case the Lawn Tennis Club was never a financial success and the war merely provided its coup de grâce. Courts must be erected at this end [i.e. the south end] of the town.

I also enquired about the hose and would like to know when the Centenary Funds are to be distributed and whether they might aid the tennis courts.

[The Editor considered that the likely writer under this name gave no practical physical support to the centenary, but it is only to be expected that he would be anxious to assist in spending the profits.]

‘Bow Wow’ writes urging the Town Clerk to find out who is laying strychnine baits all about Paxton Square and asserts that dogs have as much right to have a run down the street as bipeds.

Hallett Red Cross raised over £80 for Food for Britain with a concert on 22 December.

Petrol Rationing may end in August.

Tobacco Rationing may end soon.

Obituary. Mr R.D. (Dick) Pascoe has died after a long illness that confined him to his room and more recently to his bed. In his younger days he was a keen rifle and gun shooter and even after retiring from active involvement, he took a keen interest in the sport and in the Burra Rifle Club. He was also an enthusiast for coursing and was well involved when Burra ran coursing meetings.

[Richard Delbridge Pascoe, born 10 October 1866: died 14 January 1946.]

68, 2, 15 January 1946, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 January

The Department of Civil Defence is forwarding a trailer pump and 1,000 feet of hose for fire fighting.

Permission was granted for M. Pearse & Sons to extend a storage shed in Morehead Street.

Mr W. Voumard has resigned as Council Dayman. Five persons have responded as a replacement and from them Mr B.L. Hirschausen was selected – preference being given to a returned soldier.

Burra Burra DC will be asked to repair the fence in front of its Kingston Street Depot.

There was a Welcome Home Social at the Burra Town Hall on Friday for ex-servicemen – some ‘said a few words, which would not have been very palatable to serious thinking members of the community.

Sgt Malcolm Cox – enlisted in 1939 and left Australia in 1940, serving in the Middle East and the Islands.

Cpl Wally Williams – 5 years of service – seen much action and proved himself a splendid soldier.

Cpl Ivan Wohling – son of Mr & Mrs E. Wohling with 5 years of service – had been at El Alamein & in the Islands.

Pte L. Ward – 4 years of service as a transport driver.

Staff Sgt Ted Riggs – son of the late Arthur Riggs & Mrs Riggs. Had seen a lot of service.

L. Steele – one of the first to volunteer for the RAAF from Burra. His father had been a returned soldier.

Cpl Bob Lee – 4 years of service in the RAAF.

Cpl Don Halliday – went to the Middle East in about 1941 and recently discharged after service in the Islands. He was starting a business in Burra.

Sgt Burt Broad – well known in Burra before enlisting at the start of the war. He had seen much service in the Islands and was a member of the famous Gold Fish Club.

L-Cpl Dick Barratt – had seen 41⁄2 years of service and was the son of Mr & Mrs Doxo Barratt of the Royal Exchange Hotel. His father was a returned soldier.

Captain Don Warren – a visitor from Queensland who had seen much service in the Middle East & New Guinea.

Pte Launer – of World’s End – enlisted early in the war and had seen service in the Islands.

Mr M.G. Dobson spoke on behalf of the RSL, followed by Rev. Barrett.

Sgt Malcolm Cox felt that ‘the fellows who returned were not getting their just dues.’

Captain Ivan Wohling said ‘it was about time the people got together and started to do something for the boys because there were thousands of them still to come back. It was just as well for the future prosperity of the boys that there was an RSL to stand behind them.

Pte L. Ward said ‘Burra wanted rubbing out and drawing again. It was alright for the boys when they were going away, but now they were back and the war had been won it appeared as if it cost two bob to say good day to them. They asked for hospitality and got none. If it were not for one or two people like the Mayor, fellows would hardly know they were home.’

Staff Sgt Riggs thanked the people of Burra for what they had done for him and all those organisations which had assisted with comforts etc.

Similar views were expressed by R.L. Steele, Bob Lee, Don Halliday, Burt Broad, Cpls Barrett & Warren and Pte Launer.

68, 3, 22 January 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council has a trailer pump and 1,000 feet of hose and other accessories on indefinite loan from the Civil Defence Force. Their only expense is the erection of a shed 10 feet by 12 feet near the existing Fire Station to house the equipment. They have decided to house it in the Ambulance Shed. It was demonstrated to an interested audience by Mr T.J. Meaney, Deputy Director of the EFS.

[The equipment is then listed and a description of the demonstration is printed.]

Marriage. St John’s Anglican Church, Ashfield, NSW, 10 December 1945

Lucy Newns, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.N. Smith of Vaucluse, married

Sgt Percival William Carpenter (late AIF) eldest son of Mr & Mrs W. Carpenter of Burra.

[Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Mt Bryan FFCF held its closing meeting on 14 January with Mrs E. Murray in the chair. Money raised 1940-45 totalled £1,082. [Goods made are also listed.]

Weather. Rain fell over the past week and was a mixed blessing. Crops not yet harvested suffered and some fallow was eroded. On the other hand pastoralists had many dams filled. Most creeks ran bankers – especially in the World’s End area where flows are said to have exceeded the 1941 floods. Sample rainfall figures:

Burra 157 points to this morning, Koomooloo 205, Quondong 108, Woolgangi 209, Mt Bryan 152, Canegrass 141, ‘The Gums’ 161, Braemar 186 and World’s End 150.

Cricket. Mokota Association

Koonoona 116 & 2 for 136 defeated Mt Bryan 84 & 4 for 73

South Booborowie 162 & 6 for 48 defeated Burra 95.

North Booborowie 109 & 65 defeated Hallett 62 & 106.

Spalding defeated Leighton on the first innings.

Bachli Bros. Bakers respond to the Council’s call for bread deliveries.

Bread delivery in Burra is not practical because:

By motor it is not possible because motor vehicle restrictions still exist.

The horse float is impractical as we have been unable to obtain tyres and tubes.

The Council wrote a threatening letter and we leave it to the public to judge whether it merited a reply – it ended:

‘failing a favourable reply the Council feels it can do no other than seek opposition.’

Burra bread consumption is less than 400 loaves per day and past experience shows too many bakers are neither good for the town nor the bakers concerned. If the Council would like to buy our business we invite them to enter into negotiations. As for wrapping bread; though restrictions have been lifted, we have been unable to obtain supplies of paper.

Burra Show Committee wants 30 nominations for people to organise the next show.

Electricity. Eudunda Dc has been at loggerheads with the Mid North Electricity Co. of Clare over costs and tried to get the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. to take over, but it could not do so. The Government has forced the parties to agree on a twelve month contract under National Security regulations.

The Government said it expected to take over the supply of electricity throughout the state within twelve months and it is expected a big generating plant will be erected at Pt Pirie using Leigh Creek coal. It is expected power prices would then fall.

68, 3, 22 January 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 January

Franchot Tone & Ella Raines in Phantom Lady

Plus Top Man

28 January

Ann Sheridan & Robert Cummings in King’s Row

Plus short features

CWA held its Christmas tree in the RSL rooms on 21 December 1945.

68, 3, 22 January 1946, Page 3

Obituary. Mr Richard D. Pascoe died on Saturday 12 January.

He was born in Burra 10 December seventy-nine years ago as the son of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph W. Pascoe. He was educated at Burra School and then apprenticed as a barber to Mr Jimmy Doe* who is living in Adelaide. At the age of 21 he opened his own business in the premises now occupied by Mr George Herbert. He later occupied part of Messrs drew & Crewes’ premises. In 1910 he purchased the premises now known as R.D. Pascoe & Sons. He took a keen interest in the Burra Rifle and Coursing Clubs and also played cricket. Outside Burra he was best known for his famous collection of stud sheep [photographs] bred in the district. The walls of his shop are literally covered with a wonderful collection of these famous sheep [photographs] embracing all types from 1910 to now. His collection of mineral specimens was also of interest. In 1887 he married Miss Ellen Parks of Burra who died in 1910. He is survived by two sons Messrs J.T. Pascoe (Burra) and Frank Pascoe (Adelaide) and two daughters Milly, Mrs Plane (Norwood) and Vera, Mrs Ockenden (Burra). Miss ‘Sis’ Parks has lived with the family for very many years.

[Richard Delbridge Pascoe, born 10 October 1866 at Kooringa: died 12 January 1946 at Burra.

*James Edward Doe died 9 April 1948 aged 97.]

D. Macdonnell [sic] Steele writes in response to ‘Whom Do You Think’ to dispute that the Lawn Tennis Club was on the way out when the war came along.

At the end of April 1940 the Club’s bank credit was £35-16-10 and it possessed assets of no mean value. It was not then, I believe, in debt to the Burra Lawn Tennis Syndicate. Despite depleted membership due to wartime enlistments, an attempt was made to continue playing, but with reduced subscriptions the club was in debit balance early in the 1941 season. Many generous donors kept the courts watered and maintained till the end of the 1941-42 season when activities were suspended. Actually just prior to the outbreak of the war the club was successful enough to be considering enlarging its playing area. The transport difficulties are exaggerated by ‘Whom Do You Think’.

Food for Britain Appeal now stands at £247-3-10.

Cricket. Spalding 7 for 189 v. Burra.

68, 3, 22 January 1946, Page 4

‘Hors-de-Combat’ writes suggesting there is a proposal for a Community Centre Trust in Burra that as well as aiding sporting facilities for money collected could consider a Women’s Rest Room, art classes, a free library and reading room, etc.

The RSL AGM was held in the CWA Rooms on Saturday 19 January. President M.T. Fuller presided. League matters and the rehabilitation of ex-servicemen were discussed. Elected: President, M.T. Fuller; Vice-Presidents; L.H. Thomas & M.G. Dobson; Secretary, A.L. Bence and Treasurer, Arthur Coverdale.

The President reported on an active and memorable year:

Parades were held for both V.E. Day and V.P. Day. The Anzac March was held as usual with the Salvation Army Band from Adelaide. Rev. H. Hobbs gave the address before a large assembly at the memorial. There was an evening service by Rev. A.S. Barrett at Redruth Methodist Church. Armistice Day was held on 11 November and was one of the best attended for many years. This year the membership reached record levels as returning members of the 2nd AIF joined up. The Sub-Branch supported many appeals for kindred patriotic bodies. We congratulate Mr G.S. Hawker on being re-appointed as Country Vice-President of the League. The Sub-Branch has been represented at all the Welcome Home Socials for the boys. Last year I reported that a drive should be made to get new clubrooms. A sub-committee was established and an appeal for funds launched. I can report that we are just now waiting to finalise the purchase of the SAFU building for the Clubrooms. The conversion of the premises will take a great deal of time and money. The incorporation of the Sub-Branch is also being undertaken.

68, 4, 29 January 1946, Page 1

Hallett RSL AGM is reported. Elected: President, A.G. Owen-Smyth; Vice-Presidents, N. Tiver & D. Fitzgerald; Secretary, F. Sumner; Treasurer, Bert Thomas. Committee D. McInnis, R. Dare (2nd AIF), R. Honan, W. Miller (2nd AIF) and Howard Hooper (2nd AIF).

Burra Town Council, 21 January

Council as trustee of the Bon Accord Bridge will inform the Highways Department that an accident has damaged it.

Burra Electric Supply Co. advises that streetlights are now 75 c.p. because 50 c.p. globes are unobtainable. The directors are trying to get 200 and 300 c.p. globes for testing at the three locations the Council wanted better illuminated.

Council adopted recommendations made at a special meeting of Council about repairs at the Institute.

Local Board of Health, 21 January

Mr Topsfield, butcher, wrote that under the present Federal Award he could not deliver meat in Burra. Present coupon ratings would complicate the matter and though it would cost him £12 a week to provide the service that could not be recovered from customers. He also stated that he ‘had yet to learn where any council of Board of Health had authority to interfere in the domestic affairs of a private business.’

The Mayor took exception to this statement.

Cr Carpenter agreed with the Mayor.

Cr Harvey considered the £12 cost cited to be absurd.

The Mayor said other towns had bread and meat delivered and could not see why Burra should not have such a service.

Messrs Bachli Bros. expressed astonishment at the tactics adopted by the Council. They had always endeavoured to provide the best service and considered the threat by the Council to look for opposition bakers ‘was quite out of order’.

Price control meant it was unlikely they could get permission to increase the price of bread delivered and to deliver it in Burra for 6d per loaf was not possible, given the scattered nature of the town.

The Mayor said that the population was about 1,800 and not a house was empty, but for the first time there was only one baker. He could remember when there were four or five bakers in the town and all made a good living. Other small towns like Riverton and Auburn had two bakers and bread was delivered in both. He considered it was nothing to do with price control.

Cr Harvey said there was a baker in Burra North prepared to start if he could get premises.

The Mayor said the late Mr Park’s bakehouse was in fair condition.

Members of the Board also commented that bread was still being sold unwrapped.

Mr Arthur Coverdale wrote to the Council accusing it of imposing unnecessary hardship on dogs kept in its pound and citing a specific case. The overseer denied this and responded with details.

Mr F. Gunthorpe wrote to the Council complaining of the disturbance caused by stray cats.

Pickett Monument. Some time ago a suggestion was made to establish a monument to John Pickett ‘the founder of Burra’. One gentleman offered £10, the Town Council £1-1-0 and the Burra Burra DC £5. All then hung fire due to the many appeals for funds, but on Monday the Town Council decided to proceed with a subscription list and offered to donate £20. The total cost is expected to be about £50.

68, 4, 29 January 1946, Page 2

Advt. Mr G.W. Gallagher has instructed Elder Smith & Co. to sell his property known as Pualco comprising 19,480 acres of Perpetual Lease, situated c. 60 miles northeast of Burra in the County of Kimberley. The property has been unstocked for some time. [Details in 1⁄4 column.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 & 2 February

Charles Boyer & Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight

Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy in Nothing but Trouble

Marriage. St Margaret’s Anglican Church, Woodville, 5 January

Natalie M. Wallace, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R. Wallace of Beverley, married

Andrew R. Bernhardt (RAN), eldest son of Mr & Mrs R.G. Bernhardt of Burra.

Mr Hartley Aberg brought a Japanese sword into the office this week, having picked it up in Rabaul just after the cessation of hostilities.

68, 4, 29 January 1946, Page 3

Cricket. Mokota Association

Hallett 8 for 125 & 3 for 53 defeated Mt Bryan 58 & 147.

Leighton 6 for 174 defeated North Booborowie 52 & 109.

Spalding 207 defeated Burra 166.

Burra Town Hall. Tenders are to be called for kalsomining the hall.

Food for Britain Appeal stands at £251-10-10.

68, 4, 29 January 1946, Page 4

Booborowie FFCF will hold its wind-up meeting on 14 February.

Burra Burra DC, 7 January

B.L. Broad applied for a slaughtering licence for large and small cattle on the property of A. Ford at Diprose Creek.

The Department of Munitions advises that control over supplies of welding gases has now been lifted.

68, 5, 5 February 1946, Page 1

Booborowie RSL AGM is reported. The Sub-Branch had been formed on 24 March 1945.

The first officers were: President, T.J. Bailey; Vice-Presidents, T.J. Maitland & T.J. Canny and Secretary-Treasurer, D. Keynes. The committee comprised Messrs Player, Ogilvie, Byles, McCormack, H. Collins & P.N. Collins.

For 1946 the office bearers are: President, D. Keynes; Vice-Presidents, F. Hogan (2nd AIF) & T.J. Canny and Treasurer, R.J. Affolter (2nd AIF) with committee of Messrs Player, Fairchild (2nd AIF), T.J. Bailey & H. Bailey (2nd AIF).

Mr Burt Broad recently complained that he could not obtain a permit to start a butchering business in Burra because the Meat Industries Board said Burra was well catered for in the butchering trade and he had not been in the business before enlisting. The local RSL took up the matter and now a wire advises Mr Broad will be granted the necessary permit.

Food for Britain Appeal stands at £286-13-3.

Accident-Obituary.

Mr Les Kellock aged 27, a pastoralist of Thistlebeds and son of Mr & Mrs H. Kellock, was the victim of a drowning accident at Thistlebeds on Wednesday evening. He and his friend Mr Jack Oates went for a swim in one of the dams at about 7.30 p.m. It is thought that after working in the heat Mr Kellock suffered cramp upon the sudden change of temperature. Mr Oates tried to rescue Mr Kellock on a number of occasions, but was unable to bring him to the bank. Eventually he had to seek help from the homestead, but by then aid was too late. P.C. Brooks of Burra recovered the body from ten feet of water on his fifth attempt.

[Lesley Hamilton Kellock, born 2 July 1918, Thistlebeds: died 30 January 1946, Thistlebeds.]

The Burra-Kooringa Methodist Church is appealing for names of those connected with the church who served in the war for inclusion on an Honour Roll that is nearly completed.

A Welcome Home was accorded eight returned servicemen at the Burra Town Hall on Thursday evening. The Mayor presided.

Pte Jettner of Booborowie had seen several years of service.

H. Westulke RAN came from Spalding.

Pte Beckwith of Mt Bryan had been serving in Darwin before being taken prisoner by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore.

Pte Ray James had seen much service in Borneo and the Islands and had been away 31⁄2 years.

Pte Harding had not enlisted from Burra, but his wife had lived here for several years and Pte Harding was regarded as a Burraite.

Pte Merv Kemble had seen service overseas.

Pte Hartley Aberg had done splendid service as a cook in the Islands and various parts of the tropics.

LAC Heinrich had been helping to keep planes flying in the Islands.

K.R. Crewes spoke for the Burra RSL and Rev. Cowle for the Welfare Committee.

Pte Beckwith said that it was a thrill to know that while a POW people in Australia were still behind them and he and his comrades had got a wonderful reception.

Pte Kemble thought the boys who returned were not getting a fair do.

Pte Aberg though Burra needed to produce a few more Tommy Woollacotts.

LAC Heinrich said there were many places which had not put up as good a show as Burra and he was thrilled to see what Burra had done during the war. It was easy to come home and complain that a man was not properly rehabilitated, but it was not easy to do so, especially if a man would not help himself. There were many still left in the Islands having a lonely and boring time.

68, 5, 5 February 1946, Pages 1 & 4

Burra Institute Annual Meeting was held on Tuesday. President A.B. Riggs presided. Mr J. McGrath Treasurer read the statement of receipts and expenditures. Receipts were £580 and expenses £422.

President’s Report:

During the year the vital change long sought by the committee was finally achieved, namely the transfer of the property to the Town Council, following which in September a new committee was formed comprising six subscribers and five elected by Council.

A.B. Riggs was President of this new committee with H.J.B. Jennison as Vice-President, J.F. McGrath as Treasurer and M.P. Cowle as Hon. Secretary. General subscription rates are 16/- and 20/- per annum for two books and one magazine or four books and two magazines.

Present Membership Double 125

Single 58

Juvenile 52

235

In January 1945 there were 5,646 books. During the year 127 were added and 415 withdrawn.

I December 1945 there were 5,358 books.

The transfer of the property took effect on 30 June 1945

At the start of the year the balance in the National Bank was £110-16-11.

At the end of 1945 the balance was £157-16-10.

Elected to the committee from subscribers for 1946 were Messrs Cowle, M.G. Dobson, F.T. Marston, J. McGrath, M. Hegarty and T. Curry.

68, 5, 5 February 1946, Page 2

Advt. Clearing Sale. Mr C. Webster, who is relinquishing farming operations, has instructed Elder Smith & Co. to conduct a clearing sale at ‘Shafton’ four miles west of Burra on Wednesday 20 February.

Advt. Clearing Sale. Mr K.A. Kelly, who has sold his property, has instructed Elder Smith & Co. to conduct a clearing sale on his property twelve miles south of Burra and five miles north of Black Springs on the main Adelaide Road.

Notice. A Notice to Holders of Outstanding Accounts reveals the death of John Beaglehole of Mt Bryan.

[Died 18 February 1945 aged 69.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 February

Thomas Mitchell & Edward Ryan in The Sullivans

Richard Travis & Brenda Joyce in The Postman Didn’t Ring

‘Hors-de-Combat’ writes thanking Mr Coverdale for highlighting the distress of the dog in the pound and suggesting the Town and District Clerks should make a closer study of the Local Government Act so that administrators could be properly guided and informed.

68, 5, 5 February 1946, Page 3

Cricket. Mokota Association

South Booborowie 6 for 158 v. Koonoona 86 & 5 for 33

Burra 143 v. North Booborowie 1 for 16

Burra Institute. At the AGM Mr A.B. Riggs declined to stand again for the committee. Mr Riggs has held a variety of positions with the Institute for very many years. Mr W. Carpenter moved a minute of appreciation be recorded in recognition of his services. This was endorsed by Mr H.J.B. Jennison, Mr J. McGrath, Mr Genders and Mr Hegarty and carried by acclimation. Mr Riggs said he had to give up the position for a variety of reasons and one of the chief was that he was trying to get the Burra Show going again after the war and that would take his utmost efforts.

Burra High School Intermediate Results 1945

Seven pupils gained full certificates:

Heather Bateson, 7 subjects

Fayth Hawson-Clarke, 7 subjects with 1 credit

Joseph Ford, 7 subjects

Norman Maxted, 7 Subjects

Winifred Mary Pearce, 7 subjects

Harold J. Steele, 7 subjects

Ross H. Webster, 8 subjects with 2 credits

Brian H. Richards, 5 subjects (no English)

Lorna Simmons, 5 subjects (no English)

Ron Thamm, 4 subjects

Judith Pearce, 3 subjects

John Bourman, 2 subjects

Veronica Harvey added Shorthand to her certificate.

Margaret Sykes gained Arithmetic by correspondence.

[A certificate required a minimum of five subjects including English.]

68, 5, 5 February 1946, Page 4

Cricket. Inter-Association Match at Gulnare resulted in a draw:

Rocky River association 235 v. Mokota Association 4 for 227.

E. Ashby for Mokota scored 101 not out.

Burra Buffalo Lodge held a Sports Day at Victoria Park on 28 January. The day was very hot and probably for this reason not many attended. [Results are printed.]

68, 6, 12 February 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 4 February

N.E. Schultz of Eudunda wrote stating he and another person were interested in opening a butchery business and a bakery in Burra and asking the Council if there was any possibility.

It was reported that Mr Burt Broad had the necessary permission to open a butchery business and there was the possibility of a baker opening in Burra North.

Mr Schultz is to be informed that a returned soldier is opening a butchery business in Burra.

The RSPC wrote saying it considered the Council Pound dog kennels inadequate. The kennels will be renovated.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. indicated that stronger lights had been installed at Farmers’ Union, Keir’s, Sara’s (Burra North) and the Railway Crossing. A new lamp has been installed in front of the Bank of Australia [sic: for Australasia] and the Rotunda lights would be repaired.

It was resolved to call tenders for kalsomining the Town Hall with quotes for including the ceiling and without the ceiling.

A motion was carried calling for:

Victoria Park playing surface to be lightly graded.

Victoria Park gum trees to be lightly lopped.

Gravel to be placed at Finch’s corner on the way to Princess Royal.

The Hospital tennis courts to be repaired.

Weeds at the cemetery to be killed.

Chairs at the Town Hall are to be repaired.

A question was asked whether the Council could lease the Kooringa tennis courts to the Burra Kooringa Methodist Church Club or whether there was already an existing lease with the Kooringa Tennis Club. The Mayor said that club had walked away from the courts.

Cr Jennison wondered if the lease had been paid. The Clerk will investigate.

Phil Rule writes concerning bread deliveries:

Some years ago when the population was similar there were five bakers: Harry Goodwin, Charlie Lowe, Charlie Parks, Alf Gebhardt and Charlie Morgan. Each ran at least one cart and delivered bread at 3d per loaf. There were four butchers: Dickie Austin, Harry Rabbich, Walter Truscott and Dan O’Leary and each had two carts on the road. They made deliveries for half the price that the present owners say they can’t make pay with just one or two motors.

Mrs C. Radford’s cat brought a living two foot brown snake into her children’s bedroom last week. A scene of some action followed, but eventually Mrs Radford managed to kill the snake with a broom stick.

Burra Primary School welcomed 24 new students in Grade 1 this year. Two students were also welcomed to other grades. The new Headmaster was Mr Kirby. [New students are listed.]

Burra Centenary Celebrations have shown a profit of £500. The Treasurer Mr K.R. Crewes presented this news on Tuesday evening. Mr R.A. Bevan moved that a public meeting be called to rescind the motion (passed at a public meeting at which the committee was elected) stating that all profits had to go towards building a swimming pool in Burra.

Some members pointed out that many people were opposed to building a swimming pool because pools in other towns had proved to be white elephants and were expensive to maintain and unhealthy. It was also thought that although the profits and money in hand from before the war would total about £1,000, the cost of a pool would be in excess of £2,000. Others, led by Mr Jennison, thought that a pool could be built for £1,000 using volunteer labour and also the money raised before the war was held in trust by the Town Council and could not be used for another purpose. The motion was carried by 8 votes to 4.

Mr Marston moved that if the motion were carried then the committee recommend to the meeting that the funds be used to dam the creek and that motion was carried.

Various thanks and minutes of appreciation were recorded.

Pickett memorial Fund. To date the response has been underwhelming, with the total at £10-10-0: £5 from each of the Councils and 10/- from W. Carpenter.

68, 6, 12 February 1946, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will conduct a land and furniture sale in Commercial Street on 1 March on account of the Estate of C.G. Hunt deceased. The land is a portion of Allotment 50A.

[Allotment 50 is on the western corner of Ware & Commercial Streets.]

Advt. Tenders are called for a new jarrah floor in the Booborowie Memorial Hall.

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of John Beaglehole.

[Died 18 February 1945 at Mt Bryan, aged 69. His wife, Kate Bessie Beaglehole, died 5 November 1961, aged 82.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 February

Dick Powell & Mary Martin in Happy Go Lucky

William Boyd & Andy Clyde in Twilight on the Trail

68, 6, 12 February 1946, Page 3

Mr Jack Harvey who has conducted a successful grocery business for many years at Burra North has sold it to Mr Seccar. [He subsequently ran a greengrocer’s shop for some years at Prospect near the intersection of Prospect and Irish Harp Roads (now Regency Road).]

Burra High School began the year with a record number of 72 students: 37 in 1st Year, 18 in 2nd Year, 12 in Intermediate and 5 in Leaving.

The increase is partly due to the transport service introduced this year from Willalo, Hallett and Mt Bryan. This collects 23 or 24 students.

Staff changes:

Mr Ivor Burdon replaces Mr Blight.

Mr Colin Laubsch replaces Mr K. Parkinson.

Miss Joan Tapley is the new Domestic Arts teacher in place of Miss Maddern.

Cricket. Mokota Association

Burra 143 & 7 for 53 defeated North Booborowie 123.

Hallett 6 for 217 defeated Koonoona 88 & 3 for 116.

Leighton 165 v. Mt Bryan 8 for 226.

68, 7, 19 February 1946, Page 1

Weather. Burra recorded 410 points from Saturday night to Monday at 9 a.m., making it the heaviest February fall on record, beating the previous record of 342 points in 1928. 353 points fell in January 1941. On that occasion the rain fell rapidly, causing the creeks to flood. This time the rain fell steadily and there was no flooding. Telephone lines to the east are cut, but it is reported that water is lying everywhere in that district. Wheat farmers with standing crops will be the only losers. Falls to hand include:

Mt Bryan 399, Booborowie 289, Hanson 330, Koomooloo 341, Woolgangi 315, Baldina 450, Collinsville 364, Farrell Flat 450, Mt Bryan East 400, Poonunda 475, Sturt Vale 168 and Quondong 128.

Bowling. Kapunda 126 defeated Burra 66 to take the Bowling Cup from Burra.

Pte Bob Spackman who volunteered for the Occupation Forces in Japan arrived in that country recently. He sends a poem outlining his reasons for going.

Burra RSL Wives & Relatives FFCF held its last meeting in the RSL Clubrooms on Friday 8 February. The Secretary reported on the number of garments made over the previous six years and on the sum of £901-1-7 that had been raised. [Further details occupy 11⁄2 columns.]

Miss Margaret Jeffery, 16-year-old daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffery, has been awarded two Methodist Ladies’ College Scholarships for this year. For ability and character in the Boarding House she gained the Boarding House Scholarship and following the publication of the Leaving Results she has gained the Wattle Blossom Scholarship for highest marks in that examination.

Maureen grace Rogers, previously at Burra Primary School and now at Thebarton Technical School, passed all her subjects and gained four credits in the recent Intermediate Exams. She has been awarded a scholarship as a consequence; the second she has gained since leaving Burra. Rosa Dawn, her sister, was top of her class in each of nine subjects she studied. This year Rosa will be taking her Intermediate.

Mr Con Samuel enlisted in the RAAF in 1942 and received his discharge last week. Before the war he was the proprietor of one of Burra’s betting shops and he has now obtained signatures on a petition to the Government to enable him to resume the provision of betting facilities in Burra. The Betting Control Board will visit Burra and an inquiry will be held at a public meeting. The final decision will lie with the Board. Mr Samuel points out that all he is asking for is for his old business back again.

68, 7, 19 February 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 February

Rita Hayworth & Victor Mature in My Gal Sal

Richard Cortez & Mary Howard in Who is Hope Schuyler?

Advt. Mr L.S. MacGowan, who is leaving the district, has instructed Elder Smith & Co. Ltd to conduct a furniture sale at his premises near the Police Station at Burra North on 26 February.

Notice. A Public Meeting is called by the Burra Centenary Committee on 12 March at 8 p.m. in the Town Council Chamber to carry or reject a Notice of Motion that the profits from the Centenary Celebration not be used for the purpose of building a swimming pool in Burra. If the Notice of Motion is carried the damming of Burra Creek will be discussed.

68, 7, 19 February 1946, Page 3

A Welcome Home Social was held at Leighton for seven local boys on Thursday evening when a large number of people attended. The returned men were: Flt-Sgt Robert Steele, Cpl Os. Heinrich, Cpl Dudley Field, Pte C. Jettner, Pte Eric Field, Pte M. Hogan, Pte E. Goodridge. Mr Jack Field presided. A minute’s silence was observed to honour Cpl Roy Porter who had made the supreme sacrifice.

Mr A.D. McDonald spoke to welcome the boys back into civvies.

Mr M.T. Fuller spoke as President of Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL.

Mr H.J. B. Jennison represented the Rehabilitation Scheme.

Burra High School. An evening dressmaking class is to be formed.

Kite Flying has become something of a fad locally and many of the young lads in the town are hoping that after making the kites their fathers will eventually allow them to have a turn.

Mr Harry Mann brought a snake into the Commercial Hotel on Friday and let it wander around the bar. Patrons sidestepped while he teased it till it bit him. He took little immediate notice, but later collapsed at the Burra Market and was taken to the Burra Hospital. Mr Wakeman of Koonoona later arrived with the same snake in his pocket at the Burra Hotel where he too played with it. Just as he was about to leave the bar he collapsed and needed medical treatment. Mr Fred Leonard of the Burra Hotel then killed the snake, but knew that the four foot grey reptile had no fangs and no poison. Mr Mann is in hospital, but is not being treated for snake bite and Mr Wakeman’s fainting fit was a result of war service.

Mrs S. Scroop organised twelve tables at a Bug Evening at Barratt’s Royal Exchange Hotel on Wednesday when £4 was raised for the St Joseph’s Church Fund.

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes to raise concerns over any proposal to dam the Burra Creek, suggesting the stagnant water would soon become ‘a one way sewerage farm’ and liable to create conditions injurious to public health. What he thinks is required is a Community Centre. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

68, 7, 19 February 1946, Page 4

‘Dog Lover’ writes drawing attention to the laying of poison baits for dogs around Paxton Square in Christmas time 1944-45 and again in October 1945. All pet dogs were ruthlessly poisoned and in lambing time registered dogs were killed with strychnine. The writer holds the Council responsible and if no action is taken to stamp out this curse ‘the dog owners are going to strike back at the sheep owned by these people who apparently think they can do what they like.’

Burra Burra DC, 4 February

Council accepted joint control of the trailer pump and hose loaned to the Burra Town Council by the Civil Defence Department and agreed to purchase additional fittings.

Burra Town Council is to be advised that the District Council is repairing its depot fence.

68, 8, 26 February 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 18 February

The RAA complained that stray stock were a danger on the town’s roads at night. The Ranger will be instructed to take action.

Morgan, Burra Burra District, Burra Town and Waikerie Councils will soon meet at Robertstown to discuss improvements to the road from Morgan to Mid Northern Towns.

The George Street Ford is to be repaired.

Burra Town Council has been given title to more than three acres of land close to the Burra High School as a gift from Messrs Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd and the Council now holds it in trust for the Burra High School.

[Without checking this out, it seems likely this land was the former saleyards site east of the Unicorn Brewery site and which later became a school oval.]

Mr E.R. Davey, the Town Clerk, said that the agreement between the Kooringa Tennis Club and the Council was good for a period of fifteen years from November 1925. As a result the Council can make the courts available to the Kooringa Methodist Church Tennis Club and the Club will be advised the courts can be repaired for about £15.

A Public Meeting will be held at the Council Chamber on 5 March to consider the formation of a Pre-School Kindergarten in Burra. Such bodies are becoming numerous and are associated with the Kindergarten Union. Trained staff are in charge and fees are paid on a voluntary basis and funds are supplemented by various functions.

District Roads

In the Government’s post-war reconstruction work the Burra-Saddleworth Road has been given priority A.

Burra-Peterborough has priority B and the Burra-Spalding Road rates only priority C.

Cr Jennison asked recently whether the new lights to outline the Town Hall would be ready by Easter and the Mayor said he thought it was possible. Cr Bevan suggested a Ball on 25 June to raise funds towards renovations at the Hall. A discussion was also held about later holding monthly dances.

68, 8, 26 February 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 February & 2 March

Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon in Mrs Parkington

Plus short features.

Obituary. Mrs Esther Beatrice Walker, relict of the late John Walker, died at Burra Hospital on 20 February. She has a sister, Alice, in Melbourne.

[Born Esther Beatrice Clode 11 July 1867 at Hill Side near Burra. Became the second wife of John Walker in 1914.]

Notice. The public meeting called by the Burra Centenary Committee has been postponed from 12 March to 26 March.

Mr S.C. Genders, who has been the manager of the National Bank in Burra for about ten years has been transferred to Nailsworth.

68, 8, 26 February 1946, Page 3

Old Burraites met at the Botanic Gardens in Adelaide on 23 February. It has been customary to hold such a meeting on the last Saturday in February for many years. The oldest person present was probably Mr C.J. Tiver (85) [But see Bill Fitzgerald!]. Mr Tom Nevin (79) the first schoolmaster at Copperhouse was present. Mr Bill Fitzgerald (88) learnt his trade as an apprentice printer at the Burra Record. Until he retired he spent 40 years in the Government Printing Office. [Others who attended are listed.]

Cricket

Burra 189 defeated Mt Bryan 188.

Spalding 229 defeated Koonoona 168.

68, 8, 26 February 1946, Page 4

Booborowie FFCF held its final meeting in February. President Mrs D. Keynes outlined the work of the unit. The group applied for registration in April 1940 and were given approval to raise funds in July 1940. The branch raised over £620. [Goods produced are listed.]

68, 9, 5 March 1946, Page 1

Local Land Grab

Returned soldiers are bitterly criticising Government policy that permits large landowners in the district to acquire more land to the detriment of returned men.

Pte O’Connor, a returned soldier voiced his and his comrade’s dissatisfaction at a public welcome home in the Burra Town Hall last Friday. He said he could cite two cases in the last six months of big landowners in the Mt Bryan District buying out smaller farmers. Returned men, if given the chance, could have bought this land and made a living from it.

The Mayor agreed that the situation was unsatisfactory. Much of the first class land around Burra was passing into the hands of large landowners. Returned men were being told to go and look at land in the South East or Kangaroo Island. Much of that land was uncleared, meaning much hardship while it was prepared for farming.

The consent of the Delegate to the Federal Treasurer is required before acquiring property and this is supposed to prevent one person or company from acquiring too much, but it is clear the system does not work. When placing returned men on the land, the land is pooled and lots drawn for it. This means a man from this district might draw land in the South East, where he would have to learn new farming and grazing conditions.

Lawn Tennis

Last week Dr Steele presided at a meeting in the Town Hall Lodge Room to inquire into the chances of reviving the Burra Lawn Tennis Club. Dr Steele said that in about 1942 the Club became inactive because of diminishing membership and high costs. The power cutter and hosing had been sold. He was not sure what assets survived, but the nets seemed to be in repair and there was £36-13-3 in the bank. Other assets included two sprinklers. Mr Bednall explained that at first a syndicate with a capital of £300 had been formed and this syndicate had purchased certain assets for the club and provided the courts. Club members then paid 5% interest on the money because syndicate members wanted to see assets maintained. The arrangements had been successful up until the war and the syndicate was anxious to see the club going again. The assets of the club belonged to the syndicate.

Mr Bednall said it would cost about £20 to start the club again; mostly in labour to cut the lawns and water them.

One club had recently started in Burra North and there was talk of another in Burra. Asphalt courts were costlier to play on because they wore balls and shoes out more quickly and racquets needed more frequent restringing. The courts needed attention soon.

Mr J. Barker said there was a fair amount of couch grass in the courts now.

Mr Bednall said they should have at least £50 to start with and this would not be found from ordinary subscriptions.

Mr H.O. Pederick said people thought the courts were too far out of town and should be rebuilt near the Drill Hall.

Dr Steele said distance had not been a problem before the war – he thought the problem was that leadership was lacking in the sporting world. A committee was formed to advance the cause.

Burra Golf Club

Every Effort is being made to revive the Golf Club. A meeting was held in the Lodge Room at the Town Hall last Wednesday. Dr Steele convened the meeting. He said the club had gone into recess in 1942. Mr Pontifex as acting secretary said there were no records of activities since then, but the club had a credit balance of £3-0-5.

R.H. Smith moved the club be resuscitated and Miss Marj. Davey seconded. Elected were: President, Mr R.H. Smith; Vice-Presidents, Messrs McGrath & M.G. Dobson; Secretary, Clem Davey and Treasurer, Mr F. Pontifex.

Marriage. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Bendigo, last Saturday

Katherine Patricia (Patsy) Friswell, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs C.R. James Friswell of Bendigo, married

Donald McDonald (Ex RAAF), elder son of Mr A.D. McDonald of Leighton and the late Mrs McDonald.

A Welcome Home was accorded five returned men at the Burra Town Hall last Friday evening. The Mayor hobbled onto the stage, having recently broken his foot.

The returned men were:

FO Alan Walker, who had spent 21⁄2 years in England.

Cpl Peter Williams (RAAF), who spent a long time in the Islands after being farewelled four years ago.

Pte Ben Kotz, who had been in the Owen Stanley Ranges and in a lot worse places in the Islands since then.

Pte O’Connor, who came from Mt Bryan and was given a hearty welcome.

Flt-Lt Secker, who was not really a Burra boy, but had lately commenced business here, having seen five or six years service in the RAAF.

The Mayor said he was disappointed with the deal returned men were getting. With some 6,000 of them out of work something was wrong. Most factories were advertising for girls, yet thousands of boys who were seeking light jobs could not get one. He wanted a flax factory in the district. Of 400 recent advertisements in the Advertiser only sixty had called for boys. He also made comments on soldiers acquiring land.

[As previously noted in this issue.]

Mr R.H. Smith spoke for the RSL and so did Mr H.J.B. Jennison as local Rehabilitation Officer. After reading some bitter comments from returned men, he wanted them to know that people were prepared to help them, but they needed to tell of their requirements before he could help.

68, 9, 5 March 1946, Page 2

Advt. Mrs N. Pearce who is leaving the District has instructed Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd to conduct a furniture sale for her on 8 March.

Obituary. A public notice by the executor of her estate, W.G. Gunn, reveals the death of Areta Lizzie Grace Gunn of Booborowie who died there on 10 July 1945. [Aged 65]

[Born Areta Lizzie Grace Chantrill. Married William Garden Gunn in 1921.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 & 9 March

James Cagney & Joan Leslie in Yankee Doodle Dandy

Plus short features.

Advt. C. Leslie Phillips B.D.S. (Adel.) has resumed his practice in Burra.

68, 9, 5 March 1946, Page 3

Sgt Murray Dixon Thompson, son of W. Dixon Thompson, has recently been discharged from the AIF and has secured a position as Supervisor of the Mechanical Depot of the British Phosphate Commission at Ocean Island. He was one of the first Burra boys to enlist and has seen six years of service.

‘Greenacres’ Booborowie Red Cross Branch has given £20 to the Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

Mt Bryan East has had a wet year to date. So far 7 to 8 inches have fallen in that district and Dusthole Creek has so far seen four floods. District roads have suffered severely. On the western side quite a lot of wheat has yet to be reaped. In most cases yields have been light.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Sunday 24 February. Rev. A.S. Barrett conducted three services to good congregations. A goodbye was said to Mrs Irlam and Mrs Rawlins who are leaving here for Crystal Brook. Presentations were made. [Service details in 3⁄4 column.]

68, 9, 5 March 1946, Page 4

A Harvest Thanksgiving Service was held at Mt Bryan East Methodist Church by Circuit Minister Rev. John Warren. [Details in 1⁄3 column.]

69, 10, 12 March 1946, Page 1

Mid North Local Government Association will hold its next half-yearly meeting in Burra on 10 April. Jobs for returned soldiers and land acquisition by big landowners will feature on the agenda.

Mr & Mrs K.A. Kelly of Black Springs were given a farewell at the hall there on 22 February. Presentations were made. Mr & Mrs Kelly had been very active in local affairs. Their future home will be at Urania on Yorke Peninsula.

Burra Ministers are asking the Council to receive a deputation at its next meeting concerning the registration of a betting shop in Burra.

Obituary. Mrs Esther Beatrice Walker nee Clode died at Burra Hospital on 20 February. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs H. Clode and was born at Redruth on 7 July 1867. On 27 October 1914 she married the late Mr John Walker who died in July 1918. She had been keenly interested in the Burra-Redruth Methodist Church and Sunday School and at the time of her death was the oldest surviving past teacher of that institution. She was also a keen gardener and a prominent exhibitor of blooms at the Burra Show. She lived in Burra all her life and her sole surviving sister is Mrs Alice Young of Brunswick, Victoria.

Marriage. Solomontown Methodist Church, 2 February

Averil Thomas, second daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Thomas of Solomontown, married

Murray Brandon, youngest son of Mr & Mrs A.T. Brandon of Booborowie. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

The Burra Show will be held on 12 October. This was decided at a meeting in the Eastern Telephone Building on 12 October 1946. The society has not held a show since 1939, but the enthusiasm shown at the meeting suggests the 1946 show will be one of the best. Elected: President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, R. Humphrys & F.H. Reed. [Committee members are then listed.]

Mr M.T. Fuller read the balance sheet, which showed the Society had liabilities of about £644 and assets of c. £5,000. The Show War Committee had donated £112 to patriotic bodies in the last twelve months and all its funds had now been expended so that the committee has now completed its work.

Willalo Tennis Club held its Annual Tennis Tournament on 5, 6 & 7 March after it had been in recess for six years. 140 entries were received. [Reported with results in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Racing Club held a general meeting at Pearce’s Building on Friday. Mr M.W. Bednall presided. The Club was in a sound financial position and had been allotted Wednesday 5 June for a race meeting if it so desired. The meeting decided to accept the date.

Burra Town Hall. Mr E.L. Steer’s tender of £126 for kalsomining the Town Hall has been accepted. Cr Carpenter said a start on work on the outside of the building would soon be needed.

69, 10, 12 March 1946, Page 2

Advt. Mr N.H. McBride has instructed Elder Smith & Co. Ltd to auction Wawirra Station at Burra Market on 12 April: 27,360 acres of Pastoral Lease 8 miles from Mannahill Railway Station and 21⁄2 miles from Wawirra Railway Siding.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 March

Fred McMurray & Paulette Goddard in Standing Room Only

Chester Morris & Nancy Kelly in Tornado

Notice. A meeting is called to revive the Burra Homing Club at the Fire Station on 19 March. P.J. Byrne, Convener.

Harold Raymond’s Concert Party was to visit Burra next Wednesday evening, but has postponed the event till Monday 18 March because Sole Bros. Circus will be in Burra on Wednesday.

Cricket. Mokota Association

Hallett 280 defeated Spalding 77.

South Booborowie 118 defeated North Booborowie 35 & 9 for 181 on the first innings.

69, 10, 12 March 1946, Page 3

Burra Kindergarten. A meeting on Tuesday to consider forming a kindergarten in Burra elected a strong committee with Rev. M.P. Cowle as President and C. Fuller as Secretary. The Mayor presided at the well attended meeting. Miss Mellor as Supervisor of the Kindergarten Union addressed the meeting on toys used and the work and history of SA Kindergartens. Fees were not fixed, but parents gave from 1/- to 10/- per week towards maintenance and the Government was assisting financially. The first requirement was for a suitable building to be found. In Burra the Scout Hall or the Kooringa Methodist Sunday school were possibilities. Funds would have to be raised by community effort. A person of experience would be needed to run it and she suggested that first they set up a Play Group in the charge of an assistant who would receive a six month course of training. The Kindergarten could grow from that. A Play Group Assistant’s salary was about £130 p.a. and the course cost £4-4-0.

Mr Campbell, District Engineer for the Waterworks, inspected the proposed site for damming the Burra Creek on Thursday. He saw no engineering difficulties and believed the water would not become stagnant and the reservoir so formed would not silt up. He also said it would be expensive.

Burra High School. A large number of students visited the Burra Town Council meeting of 4 March.

Obituary. Mrs Ellen Blunt (nee Slough) died at Burra Hospital on 1 March. She was the second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs James Slough of Riverton where she was born. She spent her early years there and lived subsequently at a number of centres including Saddleworth, Terowie and Hanson. She lived for thirty years at Hanson before taking up residence at Burra North. She is survived by a husband, three daughters and four sons.

[Born Ellen Slough 11 January 1865 near Riverton. Married Edward Stephen Blunt in 1887.]

Burra FFCF Unit 109 held its final meeting in the CWA Room on 26 February 1946. Mrs A. Tennant presided. Mrs Nell Pearce, who will soon leave the town, was farewelled.

A Welcome Home Social was held at Mt Bryan on Friday for eight returned soldiers. Many people attended at the Hall. T.J. Quinn as Chairman of the Welcome Home Committee presided. Stanley Hawker, Vice-President of the RSL in SA was the first speaker. Other speakers were C. Dare, Tom Fuller as President of Burra RSL and Dr Steele. P. Griffen presented a rug to each man:

B. Jarmyn W. Richards E. Zanker

M. Connors L. Jefferies H. Quinn

B. Richards M. Matheson

[Details of the entertainment are printed.]

As Mrs Max Pearce was about to leave the district a presentation was made to her in acknowledgement of all she had done for friends at Mt Bryan and dancing to Darrell Field’s Band followed.

69, 10, 12 March 1946, Page 4

Burra North FFCF held its final meeting on 28 February at the Memorial Hall, Burra North. Thirty-six attended and Mrs Riggs presided. The President M. Riggs reported on the group’s activities from its first meeting on 13 June 1940 as a sub-branch of Unit 109, becoming a separate entity as Unit 195 in September 1941. Mrs Pascoe was the first secretary and Mrs Martin the first treasurer. Both have since left the district. On 7 February 1941 Miss Alison Bentley became secretary and has retained the office till now. On 25 September 1941 Mrs E.J. Reed became treasurer and is still in office. Mrs F.T. Sara was Vice-President till 1942 when Mrs A.L. Clode took the position. The secretary reported on goods produced and sent to Headquarters and on money raised, which had amounted to £815-1-2. (Independent of the annual efforts shared with RSL Wives and Burra Unit 109. A final party will be held on 14 March. A presentation of a reading lamp to Mrs Riggs thanked her for her six years of faithful service.

69, 11, 19 March 1946, Page 1

The Conference of Councils for the Burra Burra District, Burra Town, Robertstown, Morgan and Waikerie last Wednesday favoured sealing the direct Morgan-Burra route. The Government’s idea is to open up markets for Riverland produce. The indirect route along the pipeline and via Robertstown was considered. Robertstown delegates naturally favoured that, but others favoured the direct route via Florieton and said a splendid road already existed from Morgan almost to Florieton. The meeting passed a resolution favouring this route (with Robertstown against) and in the event that not being accepted then the route via Robertstown. The direct route involved fewer bridges and was along a three-chain road, while the Robertstown route was a one-chain road only.

St Patrick’s Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday was one of the brightest of its kind in Burra for some time. It was in favour of funds for St Joseph’s Church. Dick Barratt was MC and Darrell Field’s Band provided the music. Dancing continued to 2 a.m. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Sara & Co.’s staff of their two stores met on Thursday evening to make a presentation to Mr Robert Campbell on the even of his marriage to Miss Claire Sara. Miss Roma Clode and Miss Joyce Jefferies represented the Burra North Staff and Mr Rex Opperman the Burra Staff. Mr Campbell was formerly a Lieutenant in the AIF and holds a position of trust and responsibility with Sara & Co.

Bowling. Clare 107 defeated Burra 73.

Burra RSL met in Pearce’s Building on 16 March. Mr S.C. Genders resigned from the General & Building Committee and Messrs G.S. Hawker & F.D. Makin were elected in his place. The Sub-Branch has purchased a billiard table and equipment. It is hoped the transfer of the [SAFU] building to the Sub-Branch will be executed shortly. President M.T. Fuller is calling a meeting of ladies interested in forming a Ladies’ Auxiliary on 27 March in Pearce’s Building.

Salvation Army Harvest Festival was held last weekend. Captain H. Raven attended and led Sunday’s meetings. On Monday the Citadel was crowded for a program given by the local corps. Mr Pederick was Chairman and Captain Cox led the opening prayer. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

69, 11, 19 March 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 March

Betty Grable & Robert Young in Sweet Rosie O’Grady

Milton Berle & Brenda Joyce in Whispering Ghosts

Burra Football Club AGM was held on Tuesday evening. It was resolved to play this season and to try to revive the former Burra Football Association and failing that to join the Booborowie Association. W. Carpenter was elected Chairman, with Charlie Radford and Max Pascoe as joint Secretaries. Mr Frank Reed is the Patron and J. Fisher is coach. [Other arrangements are reported in 2⁄3 column.]

69, 11, 19 March 1946, Page 3

Ironmine Methodist Church will celebrate its 75th Anniversary next Sunday. Rev. W.O. Harris will preach at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. He was the church’s minister 17 years ago. Tea and public meeting Monday 25 March.

Burra School Welfare Club’s 9th AGM was held 5 March. Mrs Jennison presided. The club had had a busy year with 49 members and an average attendance of 22. Rubberoid had been purchased for the room in which the children do physical exercises.

A ‘Back to School’ was held during Centenary Week and there were many old scholar visitors. The usual Christmas Party was held on 13 December. There was a credit balance of £49-15-10. Elected were: President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames N. Woodards & A. Ford; Secretary, Mrs Trueman; Assistant Secretary, Mrs M. Heinrich and Treasurer, Mrs C. Pearce. Mr Kirby the new Headmaster was introduced to the meeting.

69, 11, 19 March 1946, Page 4

Burra Burra DC, 4 March

Mid North Local Government Association will hold its half-yearly meeting at Burra 10 April.

Tractor and grader to be made available for work at Victoria Park when convenient.

A.J. Hill advised he expected to be discharged on 10 March 1946 and wished to resume duties as District Clerk. It was resolved that he take over duties on 1 April, subject to his release by that date.

Burra Town Council, 4 March

Supplies of bitumen will now allow work on the Burra North Tennis Club’s courts.

Burra High School Council requested Council to borrow or hire the District Council’s grader to grade the land supplied to the school for a playing area from Messrs Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd. Agreed.

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club agreed to the amount of £15 to repair courts leased from the Council and requested that the work proceed.

The Clerk reported work repairing the Fire brigade Station as requested by the Fire Brigade’s Board had not been done and that the Institute cottage was in need of repair. Tenders are to be called for kalsomining the Fire Station.

69, 12, 26 March 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council, 18 March

The Burra Buffalo Lodge sent an amount of £3-14-10 from a recent sports day to aid Victoria Park.

Burra Cricket Club was refused permission to use Victoria Park to play a game versus Largs Bay on Sunday.

The Mayor said that to grant permission would be to infringe Council by-laws.

Cr Bevan supported the request, saying other towns permitted Sunday play.

Cr Kellaway said it was their duty to refuse the application.

Cr Bevan said it was ridiculous when they all knew that the club would simply go to the other end of town and play the match on another oval. Their attitude was holding the town back.

Cr Jennison would rather not see the town advance if it had to depend on Sunday sport to do so.

The Mayor said the Tennis Club had built courts at the other end of town because Sunday play was not allowed on Council property.

Cr Kellaway’s motion to refuse the application was carried.

Permission was granted to have Part Allotments 292 & 293 in George Street subdivided into four blocks.

[Two blocks on the northwest corner of Mitchell Flat and George Street.]

A deputation from Revs Cowle, Barrett, Hobbs and Captain Cox to protest against the opening of a betting shop in Burra was heard.

They claimed a betting shop would:

Be detrimental to sporting activity by keeping people away from playing areas and events.

Be detrimental to national efficiency.

Lead young fellows to place their bets and then go to the hotels to drink and listen to the race because no wirelesses were to be allowed in the betting shop.

Refusal would safeguard the moral and spiritual welfare of the coming generation.

[The report on the deputation and some subsequent debate extends for 11⁄4 columns.]

Mr S.C. Genders was farewelled as manager of the National Bank on Wednesday and the new manager Mr L. Hawke was welcomed.

Mr Genders had been transferred to Nailsworth and was given a farewell at the Kooringa hotel on Thursday. He had been in the town for ten years and had taken a role in a number of committees. The Mayor spoke in commendation of his service. He was also a past President of the Burra RSL and in the war had been Chief Warden for the Civil Defence. Mr Glen Finch spoke for bank clients. Mr Jennison spoke for the Burra Welfare Committee, Mr McGrath for local bankers and Mr Dobson for the Bank of Australasia. The Mayor presented Mr Genders with an envelope containing an appreciable sum and Mr Genders replied appropriately.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Mr A.E. Smith, Federal Member for Wakefield gives details of how land can be held for returned servicemen and states that financial aid is available to avoid the sort of cases of their being outbid as were recently reported.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

‘Mother of Ten’ writes recalling the Revue Co. in Burra was squashed by the unprovoked attack led by one of the Councillors on the grounds of its producing ‘shady shows’. It showed signs of improvement. Then last year came the Dramatic Club, which had a commendable production for the town’s centenary, but where is its continuing output as promised?

69, 12, 26 March 1946, Page 2

Advt. Mr S. Dunow has instructed Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd to conduct a clearing sale of furniture, household effects and surplus shop stock on the shop property in Hanson on 4 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 March

Anna Neagle & Richard Greene in Yellow Canary

Wally Brown & Virginia Mayo in Seven Days Ashore

69, 12, 26 March 1946, Page 3

The Wilkinson Family has presented a big parcel of books to the Burra Library.

The Burra High School Parents & Friends Association AGM was held on 19 March. The Association ended 1945 in credit £19-10-3. Elected were: President, Mrs F.T. Marston; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Riggs & Pederick; Secretary, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Miels and Treasurer, Mrs C. Pearce.

Cricket. Mokota Association

Hallett 5 for 160 v. South Booborowie

Burra 159 v. Mt Bryan

Largs Bay v. Burra at the Racecourse Oval: Largs Bay 240 defeated Burra 114.

(Burra started very badly with 6 for 15. D. Chennell partially redeemed the home side by scoring 50.)

69, 12, 26 March 1946, Page 4

Marriage. 6 February

Thelma Gallagher, eldest daughter of Mr & the late Mrs G.W. Gallagher of Pualco Station via Hallett, married

Allen Trowse, younger son of Mr & Mrs H. Trowse of Broadview.

Mt Bryan East Red Cross Social welcomed home Mr & Mrs Len Dare and Sapper Albert Hughes on Saturday 2 March. Ben Dunstan presided. Mr George Dare on behalf of the district presented Mr & Mrs Len Dare with a cheque for £4 and extended a welcome to Mrs Len Dare who comes from the Eastern States. Sapper Albert Hughes is home on leave after nearly two years away in the Northern Areas. A social evening followed.

[Details in 2⁄3 column.]

69, 13, 2 April 1946, Page 1

Sunday Sport

Following the recent Council decision not to allow cricket on Victoria Park on a Sunday the Record searched its files and found a report on 27 February 1940 of a Council meeting on 19 February 1940 in which the Council decided that an application for occasional Sunday Cricket at Victoria Park was approved provided play ceased by 5.30 p.m. We can find no motion rescinding this decision and believe it still stands good. Quite a large section of the community is of the view that banning play on Sundays is a narrow attitude. Most towns in Australia allow it and we know of no harm resulting. Local Government bodies are against organised sport [on Sundays] but few if any have objected to games where no admission is charged. Sport on Sunday often includes players not considered for the more strenuous weekday matches and improves their physical fitness. Some cannot get away from work in time for practice for football or cricket and so are barred from Saturday teams. Most city colleges under the trusteeship of various Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations allow students to play Sunday afternoons. Of course sport is played in Burra on Sunday, just not on parklands. The grass tennis courts, which could have been built near the bowling green, were placed at Burra North on the outskirts of the town as players wished to enjoy Sunday games. Today golf, tennis, cricket and football can be played off parklands. We wonder if, when vetoing Sunday sport, the Council is carrying out the wishes of the majority or the few.

H. Hobbs of the Methodist Manse, Burra-Kooringa, writes supporting the stand of the Council against Sunday sport.

Resuscitation of Rifle Clubs. Questions have been asked in Federal Parliament about the Government’s attitude to Rifle Clubs and when an announcement could be expected.

Mrs Max (Nell) Pearce is leaving Burra to live in Adelaide. She was given a farewell at Pearce’s Building on Wednesday when the Mayor presided. The Mayor said the Town Hall would have been more appropriate to farewell the town’s Queen of Song, who had always given of her best for church and patriotic concerts.

Mr George E. Dane spoke of the musical life of Burra and referred to Mrs Pearce’s role within that. She had been Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance and had taken the lead in productions of Elijah and Messiah when she had an orchestra accompaniment of 42 instrumentalists.

Mr T. Fuller spoke for the RSL and hoped to see her back pretty often.

Mrs R.J. Jeffery spoke for the ladies and the Mayor then presented a cheque. Mr K.R. Crewes spoke on behalf of Mrs Pearce.

St Patrick’s Day Sports were revived at Booborowie after a lapse of five years on 23 March. [Results are printed.]

Centenary Funds

A public meeting was held in April 1945 and a committee elected to organise the town’s centenary celebrations. At this meeting a motion was passed that all profits from the centenary were to be used to build a swimming pool in Burra. A public meeting was recently held to consider a motion to rescind that resolution. There was a fair attendance and Mr F.T. Marston, as Secretary, read the notice calling the meeting and reported on the interview with the District Engineer concerning the damming of the creek.

Dr Steele said the notice was out of order because people had contributed to the funds on the understanding that profits were to go towards the swimming pool and he considered the funds were trust monies and the consent of both State and Federal Treasuries would be needed to direct them to another use. People would feel diffident about contributing to causes if the funds could be diverted after being collected.

Mr Coverdale said the first public meeting had no right to decide on the purpose the profits could be used for because at that time there were no funds on hand.

R.C. Lott said if the creek were dammed a swimming pool would be formed.

Dr Steele wanted a ruling on whether the notice of motion could be accepted. The chair then decided it was necessary to get legal advice.

Mr Jennison as mover of the original motion felt the people then were well aware of what they were about and if the motion were rescinded he for one would feel he had been working under false pretences. He said it was all ‘hooey’ to say the cost of a pool would be £3,000 to £4,000. Nuriootpa had a pool whose estimated cost of £2,000 had been reduced by a third by the use of voluntary labour.

The Chairman said the plans mentioned by Mr Jennison were for a pool that would have cost over £2,000 before the war and in any case it would not be possible to get materials at present.

Mr Bevan was asked to withdraw the motion to rescind, but he refused.

The meeting was adjourned for a legal opinion.

69, 13, 2 April 1946, Page 2

Advt. Mr A.R. Stockman has instructed Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd to conduct a clearing sale at his property 6 miles northwest of Burra on 17 April as he has sold the property.

Advt. Mrs E.J. Kellock has instructed Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd to call tenders for her 431 acre property 2 miles from Burra comprising Pt Sections 55, 2264, 2281, 2236, 2237 and Sections 77, 2254, 2268 and a closed road, with improvements including a six-roomed stone house.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 April

Margaret O’Brien & James Craig in Lost Angel

Lionel Barrymore & Marilyn Maxwell in Three Men in White

Sergeant J.K. Weston was the 6th South Australian man to be chosen to participate in the Victory March in London and a newspaper report in the Advertiser said he was believed to be the only South Australian from WWII who holds both the DCM and MM and while not wishing to detract from his achievements we wish to point out that Pte Jim Kotz of Burra also won both.

69, 13, 2 April 1946, Page 3

Burra Red Cross farewelled Mrs Max Pearce on Tuesday.

Marriage. Sydney, Saturday 16 March

Lotus Bence, daughter of Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence of Burra, married David Ireland.

Lotus was previously married to Mr Colin Twist. She was notified some months ago that Colin, who had been reported missing in action for over three years, had definitely been killed.

Cricket. Mokota Association: Second day of the Grand Final

Hallett 178 v. South Booborowie 70

Final for the wooden spoon:

Burra 159 & 2 for 6 v. Mt Bryan 195

Mrs Max Pearce was given a farewell by the Kooringa Methodist Church at the close of the evening service on Sunday.

‘Let Him Without Sin Cast the First Stone’ writes re betting shops.

The Ministers Fraternal in speaking to the Council thought a betting shop would lead to young boys betting. This is misleading because at present lads of 15 & 16 may bet without much fear of detection, but on licensed betting premises no person under 21 could enter and this could easily be policed. I never bet or believe in it, but there will always be gambling and to have it controlled is better than to allow illegal betting at will.

69, 13, 2 April 1946, Page 4

The Fathers’ Association Burra Sub-Branch held its AGM on 29 March and elected President, G.H. Dollman; Vice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs & Rev. Hobbs; Secretary, W. Carpenter and Treasurer, W.J. Lee.

[Details of the meetings in 1⁄2 column.]

Ironmine Methodist Church held its 75th Anniversary Services on 25 March. Rev. W.O. Harris, pastor of the circuit in 1927, conducted the afternoon and evening services. Mr & Mrs John Oates of Burra North, who were the first to be married there, attended the occasion. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

69, [14], 9 April 1946, Page 1 [On page 1 only, this edition is incorrectly identified as 69, 13, 2 April 1946.]

Obituary. Mr Richard Reed, a respected pastoralist of the district died on 3 April aged 82. He was born at Burra, the son of the late Mr & Mrs Richard Reed Sen. who were among the district’s oldest pastoral pioneers. In 1995 [sic: actually the registration says 15 August 1894 at the home of Mr Richard Reed] he married Mary Williams in the Redruth Methodist Church. He spent all his life on pastoral holdings in the Burra District, having been taken into partnership by his father in early manhood. They owned the stations of Wandillah, Mongolata, Hogback and Loch Winnoch and also rented other large areas. The partnership was dissolved in 1902 and the late Mr Reed then launched out on his own account, acquiring freehold land near Burra. In 1921 he took his son Mr Frank Reed into partnership. The interest in Hogback was sold and the firm then purchased Kookaburra. Mr Reed was a quiet and unassuming philanthropist who helped many young men get on their feet and gave freely to various institutions. The Redruth Sunday School was built due to the generosity of the late Mr Richard Reed and the late Mr James Reed. He was also a generous donor to patriotic bodies. He was not very active in public life, but retired to Burra after building a house at Burra North. He was in good health until his final brief illness. He is survived by his widow, one daughter, Mrs H.E. Pearce of Adelaide and one son, Mr Frank H. Reed of Burra. Mr J. Reed of Spalding is a brother and Mrs W.H. Gare of Burra North a sister.

[Born 9 October 1864 at Lostwithiel (near Burra).]

Burra RSL Ladies’ Auxiliary was formed at a meeting held on 27 March. It aims to assist the Burra RSL in raising money and in catering. Elected: President, Mrs A.L. Bence; Vice-Presidents, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison and Mrs R.H. Smith; Secretary, Mrs Reg. Davey and Treasurer, Mrs R. Jeffery.

The Burra Band has been in recess for more than ten years, but there is a move afoot to revive it. The Town Council is supportive and there will be a meeting in the Council chamber on Friday night to explore the possibilities.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Anniversary was celebrated last Sunday. Rev. T. Wardle of Adelaide, who is an old Burra Boy, preached in the morning and afternoon while Rev. H. Hobbs took the evening service. The children had a sumptuous tea on Monday after which there was a public tea and meeting.

Booborowie Football Club met recently and decided to play in the Booborowie Association for this season. Elected were: Patroness, Mrs Newton Collins; President, Mr T.J. Bailey; Vice-Presidents were unchanged; Captain, E. Willis; Vice-Captain, Ken Brooks and Secretary-Treasurer, Drew Cousins.

Messrs Freer & Scott recently applied to Council for permission to operate a bus service in Burra in competition with Mr R.A. Bevan. They would use a Diamond T bus and as well as meeting trains would run two trips a day for business people between Burra and Burra North and would cater for functions at the Burra Town Hall. The Mayor sought to delay consideration, saying there was no hurry as the firm needed to get permission from the Railways Commissioner and the Liquid Fuel Control Board. The Mayor was afraid that there was too little profit in the town for two services and he did not want to see a big fellow swallow a little fellow. Cr Jennison said the Council should be careful of being accused of fostering a monopoly.

Elizabeth G. Barratt of the Royal Exchange Hotel writes to support the betting shop, not because she has any personal interest in betting, but because men in the country should have the same rights as those in the city, rather than being led into illegal activity by the absence of a legal facility. She also denies that all the young people who enter hotels do so to consume intoxicating liquors: girls delivering groceries do not and neither do young fellows who find accommodation there. Her own son was brought up in a hotel and after five years of service in the AIF enjoys his ale in moderation like his mates, his father, and his two grandfathers (both broad minded Methodists) before him.

Black Springs Red cross President Mrs H.J. Dunn on Friday presented the Burra Hospital with two easy chairs from the ladies of the Black Springs and Porters Lagoon Red Cross Branch.

Burra Town Council

Crs Kellaway & Lee moved a letter from the Betting Control Board lie on the table – the letter set out regulations for the establishment of a betting shop in Burra.

Cr Jennison said the Council should refuse to register the betting shop.

Cr Lee said the Board could establish such a shop whether the Council approved or not.

The Clerk said a letter from Council to the Board would not influence it either way. The Board would hold an enquiry about it in any case.

Cr Harvey wondered if a poll was allowed.

The Mayor said no, but he thought the Council had the last say about a site.

The motion was carried.

[The Councillors were clearly opposed and the general feeling was against any betting shop.]

69, [14], 9 April 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 July

Laraine Day & Cary Grant in Mr Lucky

Wally Brown & Joan Barclay in Rookies in Burma

Advt. Mr S. Dunow, storekeeper at Hanson, thanks customers for their patronage and hospitality shown over his 25 years residence and hopes the same will be extended to his successor Mr Sid H. Robinson.

69, [14], 9 April 1946, Page 3

Cricket. Final of the Mokota Association

Hallett 178 & 102 v. South Booborowie 70 & 4 for 70.

South Booborowie has the difficult task of getting a further 141 runs for a win.

‘Old Burra Girl’ writes condemning Sunday sport, saying it will inevitably lead to people having to work on the Sabbath as players will require cool drinks , tea, coffee and lunch.

Mt Bryan Tennis Club. A meeting was held on 29 March to re-open this club after a recess of five years. It was decided to have new hard courts and to renovate surroundings and the clubhouse.

Secretary is J.A. Beaglehole.

69, [14], 9 April 1946, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 1 April

The Salvation Army was granted hire of the Town Hall on Sunday 28 April for a Sacred Band Concert.

The Clerk reported that the permanent lights on the Town Hall Façade were being installed.

Local Board of Health

V.M. Duldig was granted a licence to open a bakery and café next to C.L. Phillips, Dentist, in Commercial Street.

69, 15, 16 April 1946, Page 1

Arnold E. Trueman, Chairman of the Centenary Stage Show Committee writes in response to ‘Mother of Ten’.

The Revue Co. through a series of unfortunate circumstances and possible misunderstandings found itself unable to supply an evening’s entertainment for Centenary Week as arranged. At a meeting called by the remaining members of the group it was decided to disband the company and a committee was formed to present a Centenary Concert. This was successfully accomplished under the direction of Mr Lindsay Thomas. So, in response to ‘Mother of Ten’: no Dramatic Club was formed and the committee made no commitment for ‘continued shows’.

Accident. Mr Dodman, visiting Liquid Fuel Control Inspector was driving between Burra & Burra North on Friday when the car skidded and struck the guard rail of the fence opposite Mr J.G. Carpenter’s and then struck a tree. The driver spent a few days in Burra Hospital, suffering from abrasions and shock.

Burra Brass Band. A small but very enthusiastic group met in the Lodge Room at Burra Town Hall on Friday to consider reforming a Town Band. Mr Lisle Pearce chaired the meeting. Mr G. Terry said there were a number of instruments held in trust by the Town Council from the old Burra Brass Band. It was resolved to form a band and a committee was appointed: Patron, Mayor T.H. Woollacott; President, J.T. Pascoe; Vice-President, H.J.B. Jennison and Secretary, C. Radford.

A learners’ class will be formed immediately and an application will be made to use the Drill Hall for practice. The band will be called the Burra & District Brass Band. Inquiries will be made concerning obtaining instruments through Army Disposals. There is quite a library of music from the old band.

A Wool Mill

The Mayor has received advice that the Australian Wool Development Co. intends to set up woollen mills costing £500,000 each in thirty centres across Australia. Four will be in SA. The company is seeking information about the suitability of towns for the location of a mill. Requirements are:

Availability of untrained labour – about 1,500.

Availability of a 250 to 500 acre site.

Adequate water, electricity and coal supply.

Wool supply.

Local rates and taxes and any concessions that may be offered to such a mill.

The company is in the process of being formed with a capital of £20 million.

Let’s leave no stone unturned in getting a mill established here.

69, 15, 16 April 1946, Pages 1 & 4

The Mid North Local Government Conference was held at the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday. There were delegates from eighteen councils. The Mayor of Burra, T.H. Woollacott, welcomed delegates and Mr Bails, Mayor of Clare, chaired the meeting.

A motion was passed calling for a bigger share of petrol tax to be directed to district roads. In 1928-29 22% went to consolidated revenue and 78% to roads, but in 1943-44 78% went to consolidated revenue and 22% to roads.

The Premier was commended on getting the State Electricity Bill passed.

There was a call to have all cows in the state tested for TB.

Mayor Woollacott’s motion that the Commonwealth be induced to expedite the acquisition of land or individual farms for land settlement was carried.

[The complaint was that big landowners and companies were buying up land that should have gone in smaller amounts to returned servicemen. Cr Kellaway said he knew of one local area that used to support seventeen families, but today was occupied by about six.]

A motion calling for women to be barred from certain industries was carried. There were a lot of returned men with physical disabilities who required lighter jobs and they were being kept out by women.

A motion calling for the appointment of civil engineers by country councils (moved by Clare Corporation) was turned down.

The addition of foxes and Bladder Ketmia (Hibiscus Trionium) to the Noxious Weed & Vermin Act was recommended.

A decision on attitudes to betting legislation was deferred.

It was recommended motor vehicles be able to be registered at local police stations or in country towns.

The Agriculture Department was called on to enforce regulations regarding the dipping of sheep.

It was recommended that vehicles with internal combustion engines be prohibited from entering any inflammable crop during harvesting operations unless an effective spark arrester was fitted.

69, 15, 16 April 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 April

Maria Montez & John Hall in Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Jack Oakie & Peggy Ryan in The Merry Monahans

20 April

Gloria Warren & Walter Houston in Always in My Heart

Jane Wyman & Jerome Cowan in Crime by Night

22 April

Mary Martin & Franchot Tone in True to Life

Richard Harlen & June Haver in Timber Queen

Notice. Burra Town Council

The following members are retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Mayor Thomas Henry Woollacott

East Ward Robert Alexander Bevan

North Ward Gilbert Philip Sherlock Harvey

West Ward William Joseph Lee

Nominations are called by 4 May with elections in 6 July if required.

E.R. Davey, Town Clerk

Advt. Burra Town Hall, Wednesday 1 May at 8 p.m. Marjanah – A Lovely Eastern Romance

Written and produced by Inez Harkness and presented by 35 Clare Red Cross Aids with Miss Marjorie Forsaith. Proceeds will aid the Burra Hospital.

69, 15, 16 April 1946, Page 3

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of a son of Mr A.E. Goodridge.

[David James Goodridge died 26 March 1946 at Burra, residence Booborowie aged 16.]

Centenary Profits

Legal advice is that the profits from the Burra Centenary Celebrations must be spent on a swimming pool. To change this:

Consent would be needed from all who contributed, which is impossible.

Or by an Act of Parliament, which is impracticable.

Or by an Order of the SA Supreme Court, which would be expensive.

BHS Students Visit Adelaide

Last Friday 68 of the school students caught the 6.55 a.m. train to Adelaide. Mr Hanlin ran the school bus two hours early to gather in outlying students. Only three students were unable to go. The ‘News’ sent a photographer and reporter to the Adelaide Railway Station to meet the party. They then split into three groups:

To the Rosella factory.

To the Amscoll Factory and the Fire Brigade.

A group of boys went to the Adelaide Joinery and Wiles’ Chromium Plating Works.

At about 1 p.m. the three groups met at the Botanic Park for lunch. A fine misty rain did not prevent a walk through dahlia beds and along the Torrens to the Art Gallery via the University Grounds. After an hour there they went to Parliament House for a tour conducted by the Hon. A.P. Blesing. At 5 p.m. the students had a brief time to visit Rundle Street shops before returning to the Adelaide Railway Station.

Cricket. Mokota Association Grand Final.

Hallett 178 & 102 (280) defeated South Booborowie 70 & 91 (161).

Leighton Hall has a new jarrah floor and a dance on 30 April will celebrate its official opening by Mr A.D. McDonald. Of the original committee who built the hall in 1909 Mr McDonald is the only one on the present committee.

69, 15, 16 April 1946, Page 4

Burra Burra DC, 1 April

Cr Warnes reported that the conference held at Robertstown re the Morgan Road had recommended the route via Florieton. The Chairman at the end of the meeting thanked K.R. Crewes for his service while acting as district clerk and made a suitable presentation.

69, 16, 23 April 1946, Page 1

The Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie and Lady Norrie are to visit Burra on 9 & 10 May.

Business in Burra

There are now over 100 businesses registered in Burra. 18 new retail businesses have started and been registered since the beginning of 1946. A couple of years ago the streets were empty and dull for most of the day, but it is a totally different state of affairs now.

Burra Rifle Club members are pleased to learn that steps are being taken to have rifles re-issued. Ex-members of the VDC may apply for rifles to destroy pests or for Rifle Club activities. First a permit to acquire a rifle must be obtained from the police.

Burra Town Council, 16 April

The RSL advised that the Anzac Day observance would be on Sunday 18 April this year in Market Square.

The highways and Local Government Department advises that the Burra-Morgan Road has been placed on the schedule of main roads.

H.E. Prior writes advising that due to ill health he can no longer be a casual employee of the Council.

The Mayor advised that he would not be standing for re-election this year.

Cr Harvey advised he would not seek re-election because he expected to be soon leaving the town.

Cr Bevan seemed unsure of his position.

A deputation from the Burra & District brass Band will be received next meeting.

The Mayor T.H. Woollacott MBE is to retire from office.

He has held the position for 14 years and says the strain of office is now affecting his health. The announcement came as a surprise to fellow councillors. We say that no man has worked harder for the town than the retiring mayor, who has carried out his civic duties most seriously and with efficiency and enthusiasm. He has guided the town through two very difficult periods; the Depression and World War II. In the Depression he was a leader in finding work, food and clothing for the destitute. When war was declared he threw himself wholeheartedly into the war effort. No task was too small or too large for his attention as long as ‘the boys’ would benefit. He spent night after night on the platform in the Town Hall and swore he would look after the interests of the soldiers going away and would also see to their rights when they returned and he is still in the vanguard of those fighting to see that returned men get their just dues. The Mayoress has stood quietly and firmly behind him. He has become known through the country for his ability to fight for Burra’s interests.

Burra Burra DC Chairman, E. Finch and District Clerk Mr A.J. Hill waited on the Town Council on Tuesday to see if that body would take action to control onion weed in the town. The weed seems to have spread from the Ballast Quarry. It seems to have been distributed in road metal from there - though some are blaming sheep from the sale yards for its introduction. The Burra Burra DC does not know of any effective weed killer. The Mayor said there were plenty of the plants in the Mine Paddock and attempts by A.J. & P.A. McBride to eliminate them had been largely unsuccessful.

Cr Harvey reported failure in trying to rid his block of the pest.

Town Clerk Mr E.R. Davey said ICI and the Waite Institute were experimenting with a weed killer.

Cr Harvey moved that notices be served on all persons having onion weed growing on their properties.

Cr Carpenter said that many were growing on Council property.

Second Bus Service for Burra

Messrs Freer & Scott advise that they held a Stand Licence at the Burra Railway Station.

[There followed some debate about legal niceties.]

Cr Kellaway moved that a licence be granted to Messrs Freer & Scott subject to the Licensing Officer’s approval. Cr Harvey seconded and it was carried.

69, 16, 23 April 1946, Page 2

Notice. SS & A Fathers’ Association Social in the Burra Institute 26 April

Mr Norman Makin & Mr A. E. Smith MHR will address the gathering on Repatriation and other matters of interest to returned men.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 April

Roddy McDowell & Rita Johnson in My Friend Flicka

Lloyd Nolan & Marjorie Weaver in Just Off Broadway

27 April

George Saunders & Marguerite Chapman in Appointment in Berlin

Joan Davis & John Hubbard in Beautiful But Broke

69, 16, 23 April 1946, Page 3

Football. On Saturday Hallett played Burra in a scratch match at Victoria Park.

Hallett 8.14 defeated Burra 9.4

Leighton Football Club will again be in operation this year and is looking for members.

69, 17, 30 April 1946, Page 1

Football. At Victoria Park on Saturday

Burra 8.11 defeated Robertstown 2.5

Welcome Home Social At Leighton Hall

Jack Lloyd, Tom Lynch, Teddy Lynch, Jim Hogan and Don Mc Donald were welcomed home on Saturday night. Mr T.J. Canny led the med to the platform.

The main speakers were Mr Jack Field, Mr A.D. McDonald MP, Mr T.J. Canny and Mr Sylvester Miller.

Mr Canny thought more needed to be done to make land available for returned men in their own district.

Dancing and supper followed.

The Late R.D. Pascoe’s Specimen case

At a clearing sale on Friday Mr Walter Tiver paid £33-10-0 for the late R.D. Pascoe’s famous specimen case of minerals. This was almost as famous as his collection of stud sheep photographs.

The Salvation Army Hindmarsh Citadel Band played a concert of sacred music in the Town Hall on Sunday night after church services. The concert was to aid the RSL. The collection amounted to £13-10-0. Major Clinch said that 13 of the bandsmen went to the war and all had returned. [Items played are listed.]

The Betting Facility Enquiry will be held in the Court House on Wednesday 29 May.

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee decided at a meeting on 23 April to hold a final welcome home for ex-service personnel and all, including those already welcomed, are invited to attend. The committee will hold its final meeting on 2 August and at that meeting all the names of eligible servicemen and women not publicly farewelled or who have not received a farewell token will be submitted and dealt with. Mrs A.B. Riggs, Secretary of the Committee, said their definition of a local serviceman or servicewoman was one who:

(a) had attended Burra School and whose parents lived in Burra at the time of enlistment.

(b) had worked in Burra for 12 months prior to their enlistment.

The Civic Reception for the Hon. Norman Makin is reported in 1 column.

69, 17, 30 April 1946, Pages 1 & 4

Hon. Norman Makin, Minister elect for Washington and A.E. Smith MHR spoke at the Burra Town Hall on Friday night.

The Mayor had previously extended a Civic Welcome to Mr Makin and Mr Smith and introduced them to the audience. Mr G.H. Dollman welcomed them on behalf of the Association.

Mr Smith said he was anxious to see that the men got a fair deal. The war had ended more rapidly than he had expected and the transition to peace was hard. Only a small proportion of demobilised men were unemployed and in some of those cases they did not know what they wanted to do. During the war some had earned up to £10 or £12 a week and now in civilian life were faced with low wages or distasteful jobs and were consequently unsettled. Some men were calling for homes and a Land Settlement Scheme and the Government was working towards that. Land Settlement could not be hurried because it involved both the State and federal Governments.

Mr M.T. Fuller thanked the speaker on behalf of the RSL.

Mr Makin said Australia’s war effort was comparable with any of the allies and the country had been united behind the gigantic effort required. It had taken three years to reach full war-time production with all the man and woman power that zeal could muster. How much longer was it going to take to readjust to peace with no such patriotic motive behind the effort? Other countries were facing the same problems. Rehabilitation of returned personnel was the main theme. He said that his appointment as Australia’s representative at the United Nations had come as a complete surprise. The UN was offering an opportunity for nations to cement an everlasting peace. He said Britain’s food ration was more austere now than in the war because they had given some of their food to the starving people on the Continent. Australians had hardly gone without anything during the war and should be more appreciative of the gifts that God had bestowed in plenty.

[There were then questions about large landowners and a debate about whether Mr Hawker was entitled to ask a question as a non-member. Eventually he was permitted to, as it was a public meeting.

His question related to the slowness in getting land into the Land settlement process.

Mr Bence wanted hostels in the city for men wishing to learn a trade.

Mr Makin said that at present housing was the priority.

There were other questions relating to available help to set up a business.]

69, 17, 30 April 1946, Page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council.

Due to the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr H.J.B. Jennison nominations are called for the position of North Ward Councillor by 4 May with an election on 6 July if required.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 May

Lucille Ball & William Gaxton in Best Foot Forward

Bobby Readick & Frank Craven in Harrigan’s Kid

The Burra RSL thanks donors for contributing £25-10-1 to the Anzac Collection last Sunday.

The Hindmarsh Citadel Band performed a total of 64 items during its stay, with performances at the Burra Town Hall, the Salvation Army Citadel, the Burra Hospital and the Anzac Service.

Obituary. A Return Thanks notice reveals a recent bereavement for J.P. McCormack of ‘Kimbo’ Booborowie.

[Beatrice Annie Baker was born 5 January 1899 at Noarlunga. She married John Patrick McCormack 2 January 1918 in St James’ Church Jamestown and died 14 April 1946 at Burra, residence Booborowie South.]

69, 17, 30 April 1946, Page 3

The Anzac Service at Burra on Sunday was one of the largest ever with over 1,000 people assembled in Market Square. The Hindmarsh Salvation Army Citadel Band led a parade of servicemen from both wars with a muster of about 98 men led by RSL Sub-Branch President M.T. Fuller. This parade differed from those of previous years with the majority being young men who marched with the snap and precision of a parade ground. The men from WWI were there as usual in force, some now showing grey hair. Three men formed the Catafalque Party: Reg Clarke (RAN), J. Kotz (AIF) and Dick Aldridge (RAAF). The service was shared by Rev. M.P. Cowle, Rev. A.S. Barrett, Rev. H. Hobbs, Captain Cox and Lieutenant Fernihough. Rev. Cowle gave the address.

Mr A.E. Smith MHR has undertaken to place an idea before the right authorities from his recent meeting with the Fathers’ Association. Mr George of Booborowie had suggested that Gift Duties etc. should be waived when the father of a returned serviceman desired to rehabilitate his son by giving him a parcel of land.

John Carpenter (13), son of Mr & Mrs W. Carpenter of Burra has won the Boys’ Section in a colouring contest in the Radio Call.

Burra Town Hall is now brilliantly lit. The façade is lit up with a string of 50 lights. They were tested out at Easter and they have now become a permanent part of the establishment.

69, 17, 30 April 1946, Page 4

Obituary. John Frederick Wilhelm Kakoschke of Burra died on Friday night after a long illness aged 58. He was born at Morgan in 1912 and was married at Robertstown to Miss Mary Hemple [sic] of Morgan. The couple came to Burra and resided here until his death. On arrival in Burra Mr Kakoschke worked for the late Mr Tom McBride and later carried on as a shearer and general contractor. 23 years ago he organised his well-known carrying business, serving the eastern pastoral country from Burra. As a result he became very well known to residents of the pastoral plains. In recent years he has carried on this business in partnership with his sons. He was an adherent of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at Burra North and took a keen interest in its activities and was also interested in the public welfare of the town. He is survived by his widow, three sons (Messrs William Clement and Glen) and two daughters (Mavis, Mrs Ron Bain of Adelaide and Jean, Mrs H. Wegner of Angaston.)

[There are a number of errors in this report:

Birth registered as John Frederick William Kakoschke in the Hundred of Lindley (which is near Morgan) 3 August 1888.

Married, as Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Kakoschke, Mary Hannah Jane Hempel at St Petri Lutheran Church Point Pass 20 September 1911 and died as Johann Frederich Wilhelm Kakoschke 26 April 1946 at Adelaide, residence Burra North.]

Mr A.D. Carter has sold his garage business to Davies Motor Co. of Adelaide who will take over from 6 May.

Mr H.C. Davies will be the engineer in charge here. He has had a long and varied career in motor engineering, having learnt his trade in London, where he spent 15 years. He came to Australia in 1940 to fill an important post with the Department of Motor Transport, Ministry of Munitions. His son Richard (late RAAF) intends to devote his full time to specialising in Radio & Electrical Sales & Repairs.

69, 18, 7 May 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council Elections

Mayor H.J.B. Jennison elected unopposed

North Ward S.J. Woollacott elected unopposed

North Ward

Extraordinary vacancy R.M. Reed elected unopposed

West Ward W.J. Lee elected unopposed

East Ward R.A. Bevan (retiring Councillor)

R.C. Lott

S. Sykes

E.T. Baulderstone

There being four nominations, an election for East Ward will be held.

Leighton Hall. The new jarrah dance floor was officially opened by A.D. McDonald MP on Tuesday 30 April. Darrell Field’s Orchestra supplied the excellent music for the dance. By the end of the evening it could be announced that the hall remained free of debt.

Burra Burra Show Inc. The committee has obtained the services of K.R. Crewes as secretary.

It has been decided to erect new sheep yards in cyclone wire and timber, in a different position. These will eventually be roofed by iron from the eastern part of the fence, which will in turn be replaced by a cyclone fence.

Burra Burra DC Elections

All retiring councillors were re-elected unopposed.

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward D. Keynes

Baldina Ward J.R. Barker

Farrell Flat Ward A.R. Mickel

The Oddfellows Ball was held on Friday night in the Burra Town Hall with dancing to the music of Darrell Field’s Band. [Details in more than 1⁄2 column.]

The Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie invited three small Burra girls to have a look through the Vice-Regal coach at the Burra Railway Station on Saturday morning.

The late Mrs Josiah Thomas has left the Burra Hospital a bequest of £286. The Chairman of the Board says it will go towards building the proposed new nurses’ quarters.

[I have not been quickly able to trace who this was. There doesn’t seem to be any wife of Josiah Thomas who died about this time. A Miss Mary Hannah Thomas died 3 November 1945 aged 78, so could the paper be confused?]

Mr H.J.B. Jennison, Rehabilitation Officer for Burra, says he has plenty of jobs for returned men in farm and pastoral work and while they may not suit family men, they are well suited to single men.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison has been elected Mayor of Burra from the start of July. [Photo.] Retiring Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott did not stand. Mr Jennison has always taken a keen interest in the public welfare of the town. He is a returned serviceman from WWI and saw service with the RAAF in WWII. He came to Burra in 1914 and enlisted from Burra. He has eight years of service as a Councillor for North Ward. He has been President of the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL, Chairman of the Burra School Council, President of the Swimming Pool Committee, Senior Circuit Steward of the Burra-Redruth Methodist Church, Master of the Kooringa Masonic Lodge, Member of the Burra Burra Hospital Committee and of the Burra Institute Committee as well as holding various positions in other patriotic and town institutions. He was made a JP in 1933. In all this work he has been assisted by Mrs Jennison.

Burra CWA arranged for the members of Clare Red Cross Aids to come to Burra on Wednesday 1 May to produce Marjarah, an ‘Eastern Romance’ in which Miss Mavis Williams as a Moon Princess introduced her Concert Troup, which then presented a show that drew on material from various Eastern Operettas. £56 was raised for the Burra Hospital. [Details in 1 column.]

69, 18, 7 May 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 May

George Brent & Ilona Massey in International Lady

Marjorie Woodworth & Victor McLaglen in Broadway Limited.

69, 18, 7 May 1946, Page 3

Advt. Davies’ Motor Co. have taken over from Carter’s Motor Radio & Electrical Services on 6 May 1946.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a furniture sale for Mr E.S. Blunt on 10 May 1946.

Notice. To all RAAF personnel: a meeting will be held on 17 May in Pearce’s Building to form a branch of the Air Force Association.

Notice.

[From Stockowners’ Association of SA re a shearing strike by some members of the AWU re the implementation of a 40-hour week. The notice points out that official AWU policy is for members to carry on working under the existing award rates and conditions pending a judgement of the Arbitration Council. The notice urges employers to only employ shearers under the award conditions. The notice includes a questionnaire re possible family members conducting shearing. (11 questions)]

Notice. Vice-Regal Visit Thursday 9 May.

Public Civic Welcome by the Mayor T.H. Woollacott and Cr Jennison

Guard of honour by RSL under President M.T. Fuller

Reserved seats for RSL, CWA and Patriotic Bodies

10.10 Wreath Laying at the Soldiers’ Memorial

Visit to Burra Hospital

11.10 arrive at Mt Bryan.

Advt. Willalo Dance to Welcome Home 19 members of the Fighting Forces. Friday 10 May. Black Diamond Orchestra.

Messrs Herb & Reg. Kakoschke have been kangaroo shooting in the far north of SA and shot thousands of kangaroos. They were in Burra last week with a load of 800 skins.

Burra Golf Associates held their 1946 AGM last Saturday and elected President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs D.M. Steele & Mrs R.J. Jeffery; Secretary, Miss M. Davey, Captain, Miss M.V. Pearce & Vice-Captain, Mrs A. Coverdale.

Burra & District Band. An appeal is made for the return of any instruments that belonged to the old Burra & District Band to the Secretary of the new Burra & District Band, Mr T.C.A. Radford. The band is also anxious to borrow or buy any available instruments. A learners’ class will be established under Mr George Terry. The band is anxious to secure employment in the town for Mr B. Malycha, formerly Bandmaster of the Renmark Band and then of the 2/27 Battalion Band AIF, so that he may become bandmaster here.

The Booborowie Anzac Service was held under the local RSL Padre M.P. Cowle and Mr M.D. Pascoe. The President and Sister Armstrong (Mrs Keynes) placed wreaths.

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Football. The first match of the newly formed North Eastern Football Association was at Booborowie on 4 May. Burra 7.18 defeated Booborowie 6.6

Spalding 5.9 defeated Hallett 0.1

Burra Football Club held its General Meeting last Thursday. The use of Victoria Park has been granted for the season.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, Saturday 20 April

Gladys M. Scroop, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs S. Scroop, married

George E. Heinrich, fourth son of Mr & the late Mrs G.A. Heinrich.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

70, 19, 14 May 1946, Page 1

The Governor, Sir Willoughby Norrie spent a week sightseeing at Mutooroo Station and other outlying areas in the company of Mr & Mrs T.E. Barr-Smith and visited Burra last Thursday evening and Friday morning. On Thursday evening a civic welcome was extended to the Governor in the Burra Town Hall by the Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott. A guard of honour was provided by the RSL under the command of Mr M.T. Fuller.

[The Mayor’s address of welcome is printed and also a brief address by the Mayor-elect Mr H.J.B. Jennison, followed by His Excellency’s reply.]

On Friday morning the Governor laid a wreath at the Soldiers’ Memorial in Market Square. Although it was school holidays, a considerable turnout of school children formed a guard of honour and His Excellency stopped to chat with them.

The Governor then visited the Burra Hospital, where he met the board and inspected a guard of honour formed by the nursing staff. He toured the hospital before having morning tea served by Matron McNeill and then travelled to Mt Bryan.

Burra Town Council, 6 May

The Betting Control Board advised it would hold a public enquiry on the subject of providing betting facilities in Burra, at the Courthouse on 29 May.

Cr Jennison moved that Council state it was not favourably disposed to a betting shop being established in Burra.

The motion lapsed for want of a seconder.

Council will advise the Betting Control Board that it had received their letter.

Cr Jennison felt that the Council was shelving its responsibilities by not taking a prominent part in the matter. The lack of a seconder suggested the Council was in favour of a betting shop, while he knew the majority of the people in the town were against it.

Cr Carpenter said he would be opposed provided illegal betting could be eliminated.

Cr Harvey said Cr Jennison has said that the people of Burra had placed them in the Council – but they had not – it was time the people of Burra took a more active interest in the affairs of the town. The Betting Control Board had prevented a local poll to decide the matter so the BCB could stand on its own hind legs and he would have nothing to do with their enquiry.

Cr Harvey moved that the Corporation be not represented as a body at the enquiry. Carried.

A Ratepayers’ Meeting of the Burra Town Council is called for 24 June to receive the Mayor’s Report and allow the four candidates for East Ward to air their views.

The Vice-Regal Carriage at the Burra Railway Station was open for inspection by about 100 children on Friday afternoon at the invitation of the Governor.

Mr Bryan East Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 5 May. Rev. Barrett gave two splendid addresses. There was a tea meeting on Monday night at 5.30 p.m. for children and 6.00 p.m. for adults and the children presented a concert at 7 p.m.

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Notice. The Mayor will preside at a public meeting at the Burra Town Hall on Friday 24 May when Labor Members will speak on ‘Current Politics’. Come and hear: Senator Sid O’Flaherty, Mr A.E. Smith MHR and Mr Jack Critchley.

Notice. A public meeting is called at the Council Chamber for 8 p.m. on 21 May to discuss Victory Day celebrations.

Advt. Bachli Bros. Bakers and Pastry Cooks, Burra, advise that owing to the easing of tyre supplies etc. they are now in a position to deliver bread in the town area, starting from 15 May. Deliveries will include bread, cakes and smallgoods.

Obituary. Joseph Daniel O’Brien, eldest son of Mr Dan O’Brien of Burra North, died at Hamilton Hospital in Victoria on 9 April aged 24. [Born 20 January 1921, Kooringa.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 May

George Brent & Bette Davis in In This Our Life

Craig Stevens & Irene Manning in Spy Ship

70, 19, 14 May 1946, Page 3

Vice-Regal Visit to Mt Bryan, Friday 10 May.

The Governor visited with Lady Norrie, Capt. Farebrother (ADC), Mr & Mrs E.T. Barr-Smith and the Mayor of Burra, Mr T.H. Woollacott. They were met outside the Mt Bryan Hall by Mr Stanley Hawker, Councillor for Mt Bryan and introduced to representatives of the local patriotic bodies. School children formed a guard of honour. H.E. also met returned servicemen. [The usual exchange of speeches followed.]

Burra High School gave a concert in the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday evening.

[Reported in 2⁄3 column.]

Burra Golf Course has been lying idle for about five years. They will be re-opened on Saturday 18 May.

Burra Kindergarten. The formation of a kindergarten for pre-school children in Burra is well underway. The committee met of Friday in the Town Hall and President Rev. M.P. Cowle presided. The Defence Department has at last replied favourably to a request to use the Drill Hall. Application will now be made to the Kindergarten Union for affiliation and the right to open a Play Centre. A fully trained teacher will not be available until September, when the present course ends and in the meantime applications will be sought from a local person until a trained person can be obtained.

Bowls. In the Championship Final the winner was Ockenden.

The North Eastern Basketball Association has been formed. The teams are: Booborowie South, Booborowie North, Spalding, Leighton and Hallett. Transport problems were resolved by following the football program. Results from last Saturday:

Leighton 16 defeated Hallett 4

Spalding 9 defeated Booborowie South 5

Booborowie North had a bye.

British Commonwealth Occupation Forces

We have heard of a second Burra boy with the forces in Japan. J.R. Kellaway AIF is the son of Mr & Mrs John Kellaway of Croydon and formerly of Burra.

Willalo Residents have tendered a welcome home social to all servicemen and women at the Willalo Hall on 10 May.

[Guests named were:

Miss O. Warner WAAAF

Miss Hazel Cook Land Army

Len Earl [sic] Ex POW AIF

W. Earl [sic] AIF

W. Henricks AIF

R. Slatter AIF

K. Hanlin AIF

V. Simpson AIF

L. Furst AIF

W. Wilkinson Ex POW AIF

Apologies were received from J. Brooks, L. Russell, S. Gaskell, P. Gaskell, R. Burford, Brian Billings, Bazil Billings, D. Lambert, M. Lambert, K. O’Brien and D. O’Brien.

Each is to receive a kitbag or a travelling rug – including apologies.]

Obituary. Mrs James Doyle of Mt Bryan East died on 3 May. She had been in poor health for some four years, but recently seemed better. She came to live in the district in 1913. She is survived by one son, Mr Harold Doyle of Mt Bryan East and two daughters, Mrs E.A. Willis of Booborowie and Mrs Ron Pryde of Spalding. There are two granddaughters.

[Born Hellen Pryde 1 March 1876 at Gum Creek. Married William Midwinter 18 November 1896 at Braeside. He died 15 April 1912 at Perth WA. She then married James Doyle at the Methodist Manse Aberdeen 17 November 1913. Her death is registered as 4 May 1946 at Gum Creek.]

70, 19, 14 May 1946, Page 4

Football

Spalding 8.15 defeated Burra 2.6

I.E. Wohling and others of the 2nd AIF submit a letter on Sunday sport in response to ‘Old Burra Girl’

[A few extracts will give the flavour.]

‘When in the army the only day we had a chance to play sport was on the Sabbath and not often at that … had to fight on the Sabbath and carry out orders… While we were away fighting in the rain with mud and slush up to our elbows, we often pictured people sitting back in front of the fire in Aussie listening to the Radio and saying “Why Worry, They’ll Save Us.” Now many of us have come back after five years of hell and we feel we are not wanted. Before going away we always understood that we would get our jobs back and that chaps who had businesses would be able to start up again. There’s even a returned man in this town who wants to restart his business, but many of the people are against him starting again. It is about time that the people of this town not the rehabilitation officer woke up and gave the Diggers some of the things they have missed during the past years. As Old Burra Girl said “Keep Ye Holy the Sabbath”; also she said it was a day of rest. It may have been for Old Burra Girl, but it was not for us, we even had to kill on that day. Did we stop to argue then? No. Yet there are people trying to stop Sunday Sport and Betting Shops.’

Burra Town Council, 6 May

The Burra Electric Supply Co. advises it has installed five lamps of 300 c.p. at main intersections and is seeking Council approval or otherwise.

Cr Lee moved that a light be placed between Pearce’s Bridge and the Methodist Church in Chapel Street. Carried.

Messrs Radford & F.T. Marston waited on Council as a deputation re the newly formed Burra & District Band. It was resolved to grant a request to use the Lodge Room and to hand over any instruments of the former band that the Council held as custodian.

70, 19, 14 May 1946, Supplement side 1

Diphtheria Immunization

The Local Board of Health for the District and Burra Town Councils will conduct a campaign to immunize children between 6 months and 12 years. In the last 40 years diphtheria has killed more than 1,500 children in SA. Parents are advised to obtain a Form of Consent from the Secretary of the Local Board of Health, (Mr A.J. Hill) or from the Head Teacher at the nearest school, complete it and return it before 31 May 1946.

70, 19, 14 May 1946, Supplement side 2

Burra Town Council Assessment

Every seven years a District Council or Town Corporation is required to have a new assessment. Consequently the Town Council asked Mr K.M. Drew to submit a price for the work. He waited on the Council on 6 May to discuss the matter. The Mayor said the Council’s rates were based upon the rental value. Mr Drew said the fairest way to reach that was to place a fair value on the property in question and then take 5% as the rental value. After discussion it was decided to ask Mr Drew to submit a price for making an assessment on that basis. It was also resolved that the Clerk write to the District Council to obtain the necessary information to enable him to compute areas of certain allotments within the town boundaries.

70, 20, 21 May 1946, Page 1

Weather. The season broke with bountiful rains across the district. Burra recorded 169 points on Thursday and Friday. Mt Bryan, 142 and Booborowie 148. To the east falls of up to 75 points were reported. Snow fell at Hallett and Mt Bryan on Friday, but was melted by accompanying rain.

The CWA Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday night was well attended despite the rain. Proceeds were £27-13-6. Darrel Field’s Band played.

Mrs John Riggs, the bride of Mr John L. Riggs (late RAAF) and son of Mr & Mrs V. Riggs of Lord’s Well Station, arrived from Scotland this morning. She was previously Miss Annie Brown of Edinburgh and in the war was a transport driver with the services.

Jack Canny & Ross Berriman have recently been discharged from the services and were welcomed home to Leighton at a social on Monday 13 May. Ross, who was a POW in Malaya, has recently come to live in the area. Jack Canny will resume his duties with the Postal Department. Dancing and supper followed the formal greetings.

Mr Jack Rowe Jnr reports a wild turkey in Radford’s paddock last week. Once relatively common, they are now rare. [Despite which the writer predicts itchy gun fingers.]

The Burra Benevolent Society benefited by £168 from the estate of the late Mrs Mary Thomas. The Society has been going for 49 years. [As for the Hospital bequest, I have not been quickly able to trace who this was. There doesn’t seem to be any wife of Josiah Thomas who died about this time. A Miss Mary Hannah Thomas died 3 November 1945 aged 78, so could the paper be confused? Mrs Mary Thomas, widow of Josiah Thomas died in 1932 – did it take that long to finalise bequests?]

Burra Golf Club reopened last Saturday after several years of inactivity.

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Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 May

Eddied Cantor & Joan Davis in Show Business

Johnny Weissmuller & Johnny Sheffield in Tarzan’s Desert Mystery

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Weather. Mt Bryan East reported a carpet of snow on Friday. 130 points of rain were recorded.

Football

Leighton 5.8 defeated Burra 3.9

Spalding 12.21 defeated Booborowie 6.6

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Mr Bryan East School held its Annual Picnic recently in one of Mr Alex Simmon’s scrub paddocks at the northern end of the district.

Burra Burra DC, 6 May

It was resolved to apply for £200 for work on the Burra-Morgan Road.

Council will support the Saddleworth Traders Association in an effort to have the Sunday night railcar to Riverton extended to Burra.

The Superintendent of Soldier Settlement advises that approval has been granted for Mr H.V. Trallagan to occupy certain sections in the Hundred of Hanson.

70, 20, 21 May 1946, Supplement

Circa Quarto size, double sided.

Burra District Brass Band will conduct learners’ classes in the Lodge Room at the Town Hall. Boys 12 years and older are eligible.

Hallett Chrysanthemum Show was held in the Town Hall supper room on Saturday 11 May.

Basketball

Booborowie South 13 defeated Leighton 10

Booborowie North 14 defeated Spalding 5

70, 21, 28 May 1946, Page 1

Victory Day

A committee is preparing for the celebrations to take place on Victory Day, 10 June. Burra Races would be held that weekend and a football match played in the afternoon.

Mr Jennison suggested a big parade of all patriotic organisations commencing at 10.30 a.m. to follow the normal Anzac March route and then a short service at the Memorial, followed by an adjournment to Victoria Park for a picnic lunch and then children’s sports preceding the football match. Business places are to display bunting and illuminations at night. The Mayor will try to arrange some sort of fireworks for the night and Mr R.C. Lott agreed to build a large bonfire on the school hill. Victory medals will be presented to school children on the Monday afternoon.

A combined Thanksgiving Service in the Town Hall on Sunday night is also a possibility.

It has been suggested that any funds raised go towards the purchase of plaques to be added to the monument in Market Square, bearing the names of those who have sacrificed their lives.

Burra Town Council, 20 May

Burra Electric Supply Co. will install additional lighting in Market Square, but they thought Chapel Street was as well lit as any.

Cr Kellaway thought the extra light was mainly to benefit those attending the Methodist Church and that the church could hang a light near its entrance.

Council will not take further action until an inspection has been made.

The Council will also support the move to get the Sunday railcar extended from Riverton to Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 15 May

Florence Parker, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.J. Parker of Burra married

John Collins, youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs W.P. Collins of Gum Creek.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Bowls. Presentation of trophied last Saturday afternoon

Championship Mr O.H. Ockenden

Singles Handicap Mr O. Finch

Consistency (Unfinished)

Pairs T.G. Corry & Ron Pascoe

Rink Tournament H. Pederick, H.W. Tiver, E. Reed and R. Harris.

Burra Races. Weights for the races on 8 June are printed.

Advt. J.O. Denton, Ford Dealer of Farrell Flat wishes to announce that H.J.B. Jennison has been appointed a Ford Sub-Dealer for the Burra District.

70, 21, 28 May 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 June

Ginger Rogers & Ray Milland in Major & Minor

Robert Preston & Ellen Drew in Night Plane from Chungking

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Mrs Areta Lizzie Grace Gunn of Booborowie, who died there 10 July 1945.

[Areta Lizzie Grace Chantrill when married to William Garden Gunn 8 October 1921. Birth not registered in SA.]

Obituary. Mrs Isabella Halls, widow of the late Mr Thomas Philip Halls Sen. died at the Burra Hospital on Tuesday 21 May, leaving two daughters: Mrs C.J. Pearce of Joslin and Mrs P.W. Lindsay of Croydon.

[Isabella Nelson married Thomas Philip Halls 5 January 1884. She was born 12 April 1861 at Anlaby; father Samuel Nelson, though on marriage the father is listed as John Nelson. Her obituary on page 4 of this issue confirms Samuel Nelson as the father.]

70, 21, 28 May 1946, Page 3

Burra Town Council will ask SAR to provide refreshment facilities for all trains. For some time they have only been available for certain trains.

Obituary. Mr Norman H. McBride was knocked down by a car on Dequetteville Terrace Kent Town on Friday night and was taken to the RAH where he died on Monday 27 May. He was well known in the district as the owner of Kia-Ora Station and other pastoral properties. He was aged 66 and upon his retirement from active work on his Burra property took up residence in East Terrace, Adelaide.

[Birth registered as Norman Harold MacBride 21 January 1880, Kooringa.]

Basketball

Booborowie North 21 defeated Leighton 9

South Booborowie 27 defeated Hallett 19

Mt Bryan East Red Cross branch has been closed with a final social. It had been established in 1939 with its first social on 9 October 1939. In the war years this small branch raised £467-8-10.

70, 21, 28 May 1946, Page 4

Football

Booborowie 13.17 defeated Leighton 2.2

Hallett 9.12 defeated Burra 7.8

Obituary. The late Mrs Isabella Halls of Burra died last Tuesday [21 May] aged 84. She was a resident of Burra for about 68 years and was well known for the help she gave to people in an unassuming and quiet manner. She was born at Kapunda [Anlaby] 12 April 1861, a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Samuel Nelson who came from the North of Ireland. Mr Nelson came to act as head stockman for the late Mr Angas, who then owned Anlaby Run. Her mother came from Co. Westmaid [i.e. West Meath] in Ireland. Mrs Halls spent her early life at Anlaby, came to Burra about 68 years ago and married Mr T.P. Halls Sen., a well known cab-driver. Her husband died many years ago and the business was carried on by her sons the late Mr Joe Halls and the late Mr Tommy Halls. Two daughters survive; Mrs C.J. Pearce of Joslin and Mrs P.W. Lindsay of Croydon. Mrs C. Davey of Orroroo is a sister.

70, 22, 4 June 1946, Page 1

St Joseph’s Convent

At the recent AMEB University of Adelaide Examinations, students of St Joseph’s received a 100% pass rate.

Eric Clode in Grade VI achieved 100%. [Other results are printed.]

Football

A special match Burra v. Burra North was organised to aid injured players. (Burra had a bye in the Association.) Burra North 11.8 defeated Burra 3.9. Money raised was £2-19-6.

Mr W. (Billy) Marsh (82) stopped a bolting horse in the main street on Friday. It was attached to a baker’s float. [Further details are given.]

Mr Dick Barratt, son of Mr & Mrs D. Barratt of the Royal Exchange Hotel, is presently in Burra Hospital after stopping a bolting horse on Wednesday. It was attached to a baker’s cart and was heading down Morehead Street. Having grasped the reins he had almost brought it to a halt when it decided to run over the kerb onto the footpath. Mr Barratt tripped and wrenched his arms and knee badly. [Not the same horse as stopped by Mr Marsh.]

Football

Spalding 9.11 defeated Leighton 3.7.

70, 22, 4 June 1946, Pages 1 & 4

Betting Control Board Inquiry – Should Burra Have a Betting Shop?

The inquiry was conducted by Col. Hanson, Mr J. Jelly & Mr A.G. Alexander.

Witness 1. C. Samuel

He was the person organising a petition requesting betting shop facilities.

Had been a resident for c. 20 years.

Was the first licensed bookmaker in Burra.

In his time no one aged under 21 had been convicted for betting.

The average number of punters had been c. 150 each Saturday.

There were at present about 5 illegal bookmakers in Burra.

The betting shop had not affected sport.

The average age of the punters had been 35-40 and there had been only one woman.

At present bets could be made in the street, making it easier for minors to bet.

2 shilling betters predominated, though richer betters contributed more money.

Witness 2. J.E. Hogan

Was a telephone linesman.

Had lived in Burra for 50 years.

Had been interested in sport, but at present local sport was at low ebb.

Had visited all three betting shops in Burra when they had been going and had found them mainly frequented by men aged over 30.

The same group now bet illegally in hotels, lavatories, one the street, etc.

All the law did was to make it more inconvenient.

The Bookmakers had learnt the game of avoiding police detection.

Witness 3. F. Leonard

A presently unemployed barman.

Knew of six illegal bookmakers in Burra.

Hotel keepers did not like betting in the bar, but there was nothing to stop a punter from betting in a hotel.

Hotel keepers that he had worked for had not encouraged illegal betting.

It was possible to get a bet in hotel lounges frequented by women.

Witness 4. J.P. Sara JP

Tendered a declaration that when betting shops were in business he had had difficulty collecting his accounts. (This evidence was not accepted.)

Witness 5. Rev. A.S. Barrett

Spokesman for the Ministers’ Fraternal

There would be a race meeting in Burra on 8 June.

Legislators were against betting shops.

In one year betters had lost an average of £146 each per shop per month to the bookmakers.

[Note. If this means, as it seems to, that each better was losing £146 a month, it cannot be correct, given that weekly wages at the time would not have been as much as £10.]

Betting shops had been banned at the beginning of the war because they were a social evil.

The closing of betting shops in Burra had not been detrimental to the town.

The proposed betting shop would not be very attractive, but people would patronise them instead of sporting bodies.

He suspected betting was going on in Burra today, but had not heard any complaints from parents about the involvement of minors.

The shop would encourage young people to bet.

Betting would never be entirely suppressed, but a betting shop would encourage it.

Seven of the town’s nine JPs had signed a petition against a betting shop.

Witness 6. S.J. Woollacott

Was a dam sinker and contracting farmer.

Had found betting shops to have a psychological effect on men he had employed.

Mob psychology led men to bet more than they intended.

He would not employ a man with betting tendencies because it had a detrimental effect on his work.

Employees had gotten into financial troubles because of betting.

He had never had to keep employees wages back to pay the grocer before the days of betting shops.

Witness 7. R. France

Was the officer in charge of the Burra North Police Station.

There were at least six bookmakers in Burra.

Most operated in hotels.

All but one hotel had a bookmaker attached to them.

It had proved impossible to detect them.

He thought a hotel would suffer in business without a bookmaker attached.

Illegal betting in the town was not noticeable except to punters.

Betting shops would not have much effect on hotels either way.

Betting shops would make it easier to control illegal betting since the legal bookmaker would be on the side of the police.

Witness 8. K. Sparrow

In charge of Burra Police Station

At least two of the three hotels had an illegal bookmaker.

At least one operated on the street on race days.

About 30 people gathered in each of the hotels on Saturdays in the main bar.

Illegal betting would stop if there were a betting shop.

Little if any betting was carried out in hotel lounges by women.

A registered betting shop would be easier to police.

Witness 9. H.J.B. Jennison

Tyre & Service Station Proprietor

Town Councillor for eight years and incoming Mayor.

Betting shops would encourage betting by minors.

Sports had flourished in the town before betting shops.

In the days of betting shops it had been difficult to get young people interested in sports because they wanted to listen to the races.

Illegal betting was better under any circumstances because young people would not be encouraged to go into betting shops.

Witness 10. Mr Max Morton

Blacksmith

Betting shops were a menace to sports in the town.

He knew of teams which had to go away short because of betting and of one young man who refused to play football because he wanted to bet.

‘Two young Salvation Army lassies’ and the Church of England Minister were ready to offer evidence, but it was not accepted as it would have been merely repetitive.

Summing up the case for a betting shop Mr Lemon said illegal betting was rife in Burra and if legal betting was an evil then illegal betting was a greater evil, breaking not only a moral law but a state law. A betting shop was the only remedy for that evil. Betting shops did not appear to have a great effect on sports and no undue influence on young people. Their effect on businesses was hard to judge because economic conditions were so different from the period before the war.

Summing up the case against a betting shop Mr Brebner said the evidence against had been given by people of repute in the town. Seven of the nine JPs were opposed to betting shops. Only one minister of religion had given evidence; the rest were ordinary citizens. Illegal betting might be apparent, but was not flagrant. Evidence showed that illegal betting was now about half what betting had been in the legal days. A betting shop would probably double the amount of betting. It had not been shown that a town was deteriorating from the lack of a betting shop. The public lost about £20 out of every £100 invested in betting shops.

Mr R.C. Lott volunteered evidence:

He did not care if there was betting on races or not.

All he wanted was fair play.

He had been Captain and Vice-Captain of the football team and was now a trainer and there had never been a problem in fielding a full team.

Mr Morton had not been connected actively with football for many years.

A decision will be announced later.

70, 22, 4 June 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra & District Victory Day Celebrations:

Sunday 9 June 1946, Combined Churches Thanksgiving Service in Burra Town Hall 7.30 p.m.

Monday 10 June

11 a.m. March of all patriotic bodies connected with the war effort.

12 noon Picnic Lunch at Victoria Park

1 p.m. School Sports

2 p.m. Presentation of Victory Medals to school children. [But note that later reports indicate this occurred on Friday afternoon – presumably postponed due to the weather.]

2.15 p.m. Lightning basketball championship.

3 p.m. Football match Burra v. Booborowie.

Basketball final during the interval.

Night bonfire on the school hill in a huge V For Victory shape. Fireworks.

Advt. Mt Bryan Victory Celebrations, 10 June

High Tea 5.30 p.m. and fireworks at 7 p.m.

Grand Dance 8 p.m. with Black Diamond Band.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 June

Walter Brennan & Joanne Crain in Home in Indiana

Laurel & Hardy in Jitterbugs

10 June

Lana Turner & Lorraine Day in Keep Your Powder Dry

Wallace Beery & Binnie Barnes in Barbary Coast Gent

Advt. Saturday 8 June & Monday 10 June – Ken Huntly & Beryl Riley’s RODEO – Huge Canvas Arena

Bullock Riding & £5 for 10 seconds on Yankee Doodle Dandy

Obituary. Notice to Creditors etc. reveals the death of Leslie Hamilton Kellock of Thistlebeds, Burra, who died 30 January 1946. [Born 2 May 1918 at Kooringa.]

70, 22, 4 June 1946, Page 3

Basketball

Hallett 18 defeated North Booborowie 17

BHS 31 defeated St Joseph’s 25

Burra Town Council

Burra Electric Supply Co. offered special rates if the Council wanted to switch on the special flood lights for Victory Celebrations.

Cr Harvey objected, saying the Council already had a £25 overdraft.

Cr Carpenter agreed.

The Clerk said the floodlights would cost £2-7-3 per night.

Cr Bevan was prepared to donate £1-1-0.

A motion to use the floodlights was lost 4 votes to 2: Crs Jennison & Bevan for and Harvey, Carpenter, Kellaway and Lee opposed.

Burra FFCF President Mrs Andrew Tennant has been advised that during the war the three Burra units sent £4,425-3-8 to Headquarters. Actually it would exceed this sum because amounts raised during badge appeals etc. for the first three years were not credited to individual branches.

70, 22, 4 June 1946, Page 4

Advt. Burt L. Broad (late AIF) Quality Butcher Commercial Street – All orders for meat delivered.

Burra Brass Band benefited by £2-5-0 from a Social and Dance in St Mary’s Hall on Tuesday night. The Catherine Orchestra played for the occasion.

70, 23, 11 June 1946, Page 1

Burra Racing Club Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall on Friday night. Darrell Field’s Orchestra played. It was most successful with dancing to 2 a.m.

Burra Racing Club held its first meeting since the war on Saturday, though that day proved to have some of the worst weather for quite some time. The wind blew a half gale for most of the day, bringing raised dust and then about half way through the program the rain set in. Despite this the meeting was a success.

[Officials are listed and the results are printed.]

Burra Town Council, 3 June

Cr Harvey was farewelled after six years’ service. A minute of appreciation was recorded and congratulatory speeches given. There will be a public tribute on 14 June. Councillors regretted that Cr Harvey was leaving the town. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

The Fire Brigades Board estimated the cost of the station for twelve months at £414 – an increase of £51 due to increased equipment costs.

Council voted not to have special lighting for the Victory Weekend.

The Betting Control Board has announced that a betting shop is not necessary as far as Burra is concerned.

The Mayor commented that he appreciated the difficulties that the Board faced. In his opinion the evidence submitted was not a true reflection of public opinion either for or against and there should have been a poll of the people. He also commented on the coincidence that the places where Betting shops are to be licensed – Port Pirie, Peterborough and Quorn – are all strong Labor centres.

Burra Town Hall Debt

Mr M.W. Bednall advised that the conveyance of the Burra Institute from the Trustees to the Corporation of Burra had now received assent. The mortgage was £3,000, on which the Council had to pay interest. He advised that on occasion the Council had substantial credit in its trading account with the Bank of Australasia [Asia in the paper] and this could be set off against the mortgage, saving considerably in interest over a twelve month period. He suggested a discussion with the manager of the Bank of Australasia Mr M.G. Dobson before the matter was settled with the State Bank.

70, 23, 11 June 1946, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd has instructions from the Trustees in the Estate of the late A.N. Mills to conduct a furniture sale on the property in Commercial Street on 14 June.

[Obituary. Born Adelaide Native James 17 June 1861 at Nelson (Burra). Married Walter Mills 22 September 1884 at Baldina. Died at Burra 1 April 1946.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 June

Joel McCrea & Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier

Warner Baxter & Lyll Merrick in The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

17 June

Red Skelton & Esther Williams in Bathing Beauty

Laurel & Hardy in Air Raid Wardens

Notice. Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee

Final Welcome Home & Dance on Friday 14 June 1946 at Burra Town Hall. Dancing 8 pm. to 12.

70, 23, 11 June 1946, Page 3

Football

Booborowie 6.13 defeated Burra 4.9

Hallett Town Hall saw a Welcome Home Gathering

Arch Jones 4 years 3 months Service in Australia

Ron Kelly 4 years 2 months 20 months in the Islands

Ron Kellock 2 years 9 months In Australia

Doug Blight 4 years 3 months 20 months in the Islands

Jack Statton 4 years Service in Australia

Angus McInnes 4 years 5 months Service in Australia

Fred Scholz 4 years 6 months

Joe Meers 5 years Service in Australia

Art Lewis 3 years 3 months Service in Australia

Ray Jones 3 years 8 months Service in Australia

Orlando Stuart 6 years 3 years in the Middle East & 12 months in New Guinea

Each was presented with a kitbag or travelling rug according to their choice.

PAX VOBISCUM [Peace be with you] writes commenting on the very poor turnout for the Thanksgiving Service in the Town Hall on Sunday night.

‘As one who has no orthodox religious views, but who tries to see things as they are, I wonder if the weather over the weekend was an indication of the Lord’s idea of our mythical peace.’

[The writer was also worried that ‘There is no peace, all that we can say is that hostilities have ceased…The last thing I saw in the press was that Russia was preparing for a third world war.’]

Marriage. Oakleigh Methodist Church (Victoria), 13 May

Edward John Woodman (ex-AIF), eldest son of Mr & Mrs H.R. Woodman of Thames Street, Burra, married

Dorothy May Foster, youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs H.J. Foster, formerly of Oakleigh.

70, 24, 18 June 1946, Page 1

Burra’s Victory Day Celebration

People turned out in force despite the inclement weather on Monday last week.

Persons from all the services marched from the old RSL Clubrooms at 11 a.m. led by ‘John Bull’ Mr Jack Allen, who has been filling this role for more years than most can remember.

Mr Lindsay Thomas led the returned servicemen, followed by representatives of all patriotic bodies and the pupils of Burra and Copperhouse schools.

The route went from the RSL rooms to the Hospital and back to the Memorial in Market Square, where a short Thanksgiving Service was conducted by Revs Barrett and Hobbs.

Mr L.H. Thomas placed a wreath on behalf of the RSL and Mayor T.H. Woollacott placed one for the people of the town.

There was an adjournment to Victoria Park for a picnic lunch – the weather saw many people enjoying themselves in the shelter of their vehicles.

Children’s sports followed. Despite a short rain break, these were completed as scheduled, but the Lightning Basketball Championship had to be abandoned in the rain.

Mr R.C. Lott had organised and had charge of the fireworks and had hoped the trench mortars set up on the school hill would land their ‘lions and tigers’ on the oval, but when the rockets exploded at their zenith the wind caught them and carried the object to and beyond Brewery Hill. Nevertheless some youngsters pursued the rockets for miles to retrieve the remains of the effigies – and returned wringing wet.

The football match, whose results were printed last week, was a good game.

No fireworks could be obtained for the evening – though strangely enough they were available for city celebrations.

The Thanksgiving Service on Sunday night featured a combined choir of 45 under the baton of Mr W.H. Gare with Mr Clem Davey as accompanist. Rev. Hobbs gave the address. Not many attended, perhaps because it followed the ordinary church services on a cold and blustery night.

Gross takings for the celebrations:

Service £5-3-8

Gate £21-9-0

Afternoon Tea £9-13-10

Sale of bags etc. £1-4-9

Total £37-11-3

Burra Institute Library is increasing its membership with the juvenile section in particular expanding.

Mr & Mrs Jack Harvey were given a farewell at Burra North Memorial Hall on Wednesday night. Also farewelled was their daughter Veronica and Miss D. Keys. [Mrs Harvey’s sister.]

[The report of speeches made and small presentations extends for 11⁄4 columns. The Harveys and Miss Keys moved to Prospect where they ran a greengrocer’s business on Prospect Road at the tram terminus for a number of years.]

Victory Medals

The school children assembled on Friday afternoon at the school to receive their medals. The Primary School Headmaster Mr Kirby introduced the Mayor who made the presentations. Mr Kirby was supported by H.S. Principal Mr H.O. Pederick. [The Mayor’s speech is printed.]

State Elections

Sitting Member Mr A.D. McDonald (LCL) has said he will be retiring from active politics at the next election.

So far three people have indicated they will contest the LCL plebiscite for endorsement for the seat:

Mr M. de N. Lucas (Hanson-Burra)

Mr N. Jamieson (Canowie)

Mr J. Gilfillan (Jamestown)

Mr Lucas has lived at Hanson for 13 years as a farmer. He unsuccessfully sought LCL endorsement for the seat of Light in about 1938. In the war he enlisted in the AIF and served in the northern waters of Australia.

The Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott was presented with the insignia of an MBE at a ceremony at Government House this week.

Mr Dean R. Bunney received a portion of his education at Burra School and was later Dux of the Kadina Public School and Kadina H.S. He won a Law Bursary for the University of Adelaide and after two years at the University he enlisted in the RAN, seeing service in the Pacific on the Warramunga. He was recently discharged and resumed his studies. He is also secretary of the University Politics & International Relations Society. Recently 260 candidates sat for examination to enter the diplomatic service. Of them 12 received appointments and Dean, who is 20, was one of 3 South Australians who were successful. He will shortly take up training in Canberra on Australia’s Diplomatic Staff.

70, 24, 18 June 1946, Page 2

Obituary. Ivy Robins nee Heneker, wife of Jack Robins, died at Burra Hospital on 6 June aged 26 years 11 months. She was the mother of Alec Robins.

[Born Ivy Lucy Christina Heneker 9 June 1919 at Hawker.]

Advt. Stan Gill’s Australian Round-Up and Circus. Burra 19 June.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 June

Bing Crosby & Dorothy Lamour in Dixie

Richard Arlen & Jean Parker in Alaska Highway

[Note. The Salvation Army had been led by Captain M. Cox and Lieutenant V. Fernihough from the start of 1946.]

70, 24, 18 June 1946, Supplement

Single sided A3

Mt Bryan Victory Day Celebrations

About 140 partook of the High Tea.

There was a good fire in the Billiard Room and many men availed themselves of it and a game of billiards between tea and the start of the dance. Others joined the fire in the Council Room. Black Diamond Band began the dance at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m. over 40 couples got up and did the Polonaise, led by Mr & Mrs Dan Seigert of Hallett. A Victory Tableau was staged at 10 p.m. [This is described in some detail.]

Nett proceeds of £27-2-7 were given to the Hall Committee to purchase an Honour Roll for the district.

Basketball

Hallett 25 defeated Leighton 11.

Advt. Commencing Friday 14 June a Shoppers’ Bus service will operate between the Hospital & the Bon Accord. The bus will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays and will depart the Hospital at 2 p.m. and travel directly to the Bon Accord Hotel. From there at 2.10 p.m. it will return to the Hospital via Morehead Street to the Burra North Playground [in Ludgvan Street], then Market Street to Market Square and then to the Hospital. Fare 6 pence. It will then depart the Hospital at 4 .30 p.m., reaching the Bon Accord at 5 p.m.

On Saturday evenings it will follow a similar route, departing Market Square at 7.10 p.m. and the Bon Accord Hotel at 7.20 p.m. There will be a return run after the entertainments.

70, 24, 18 June 1946, Page 3

Burra Welfare Committee held its final Welcome Home to Service Personnel in the Burra Town Hall on Friday night. The hall was fairly well crowded. There were about thirty servicemen and women on the stage for the Mayor’s speech. [This is printed and is followed by remarks by Dr Steele, Mr L.H. Thomas (who spoke for Burra RSL) and Mr G. Dollman.]

Mr Jennison also took the occasion to congratulate the Mayor on receiving his decoration from the Governor during the week. Mr Brian Riggs spoke for the returned service personnel and was supported by D. Humphrys and A.J. Hill. Dancing continued to almost 1 a.m. to Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Football

Spalding 9.8 defeated Burra 4.6

On Monday the Eudunda association 9.9 defeated Burra 8.8.

69, 25, 25 June 1946, Page 1 [Note the change in volume number from 70 to 69.]

Burra Town Council, 17 June

Davies Motor Co. was granted permission to install two petrol pumps on the kerb in front of its garage at the usual fee of £3-3-0 per pump.

A.D. Carter was granted permission to erect a petrol store at his service station and to move a culvert at the entrance and replace it with pipes to allow vehicular access.

Booborowie Ladies’ Club has been formed so that co-operation, comradeship and social intercourse provided by the FFCF and the Red Cross during the war years should not be abandoned. The FFCF has been disbanded and the Red Cross activity greatly reduced.

Mr & Mrs M.G. Culley were given a farewell at Hanson Methodist Hall on Saturday 1 June prior to their leaving the district.

Mr T.H. Woollacott presided as Mayor over his last Council meeting on 19 June. He expressed appreciation for the support he had received from Councillors, Council employees and the ‘Burra Record’ during his long term in office. He had been Mayor during the Great Depression, the State centenary Year, WWII and the Town’s Centenary. A minute of appreciation was moved by Cr Kellaway and seconded by Cr Jennison and supported by Crs Carpenter and Lee and carried.

Burra Town Council recently purchased a plaque showing Rev. James Wey [sic] in relief. [Actually Rev. Way] Rev. Wey was the first minister of the Bible Christian Church and the father of Chief Justice Wey.

The Town Hall Debt

The Bank of Australasia is prepared to lend the Council £3,300 on the Town Hall at 41⁄4%. The State Bank loan is at 4%, which costs £120 in interest. The Bank of Australasia loan would cost about £106-5-0 if the Council has £500 on credit in any of its accounts for part of the period and the Council has that amount for a good portion of the year. The Federal Treasurer would have to approve the change and the State Bank requires a month’s notice of intent to pay off the loan. The matter will lie on the table to be dealt with by the incoming Council.

SAR advises that refreshments will be provided at Riverton for all trains travellers when staff can be obtained – at present there have been no responses to advertisements for staff.

Burra Kindergarten was to be a Pre-School Kindergarten financed by voluntary contributions and not a Private school. Any child would be eligible to attend even if parents could not afford to contribute. Donations in hand are £11-19-0 and a further £25 is needed before a move could be made to open the Kindergarten.

69, 25, 25 June 1946, Page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell 157 acres freehold on account of J.W. Best, 2 miles northeast of Hanson, comprising sections 171/174 in Hundred of Hanson with a stone house of four rooms etc.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 June

Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland in They Died With Their Boots On

(Feature 2 hours 22 minutes plus Short Features.)

Advt. Chennell’s Store – Market Square

Cash Drapery & Men’s Wear Store

Basketball

Hallett A 22 defeated Terowie A 13

Terowie B 14 defeated Hallett B 5

BHS 19 defeated St Mary’s 16

69, 25, 25 June 1946, Page 3

Burra’s famous donkey – subject of poems and newspaper reports has been given away by its owner to a travelling Rodeo Show.

Leighton Welcome Home Social on Thursday greeted:

Sister Jean McDonald AIF

C. Earle RAAF

D. White AIF

R. Collins AIF

C. Scholz AIF

There was a good attendance despite it being an intensely cold night. They were welcomed by Mr T. Canny, supported by W.H. Lloyd.

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting

Mr R.J. Jeffery presided.

Mr Jeffery observed that in his opinion damming the creek was too big a project for Burra.

The four candidates for East Ward were invited to speak.

E.T. Baulderstone

He paid tribute to retiring Mayor T.H. Woollacott. He did not approve of Councillors carrying around their own nominations forms to be signed. He thought the two things the town needed were employment and entertainment and thus the Council needed to encourage every project that would create jobs and if that succeeded the entertainment would follow.

R.C. Lott

The incoming Mayor had mentioned better lighting for some streets. He thought the Burra Electric Supply Co. could help with the cost of this. He said some years ago the Council had the opportunity to buy the company, but had not done so. The company lived on the town and yet the Council got little assistance from it. It did not even pay rates on its poles.

If damming the creek could be done economically it would make Burra the best town in the North.

He saw no objection to councillors carrying their own nomination forms.

Mr S. Sykes

He regretted Mr Bevan’s absence. Although Mr Bevan had done a lot of work for the town East Ward ratepayers might want a change because Mr Bevan was not a ratepayer in East Ward. Ratepayers should not treat the Council Election as a joke. They should elect a person with time to carry out his duties – as was his own case. With respect to a swimming pool, his experience from elsewhere suggested enthusiasm would soon fade and in a year or two it would be mainly used by visitors.

69, 25, 25 June 1946, Page 4

Football

Burra 14.18 defeated Leighton 2.7

Booborowie 7.5 defeated Spalding 5.12

“The Man Who Sees” responds to the letter of “Peace Be With You”.

[He is mainly concerned with the lack of Christian faith and believing that if “Peace Be With You” could train his mind he would ‘certainly share in fullness of the Spirit, and become a real service to the Community in which you live.’]

Marriage. Church of the Ascension, Black Springs, 18 May

Constance M. Butler, daughter of Mrs E. Butler of Black Springs and the late Mr A. Butler, married

Leonard R. Mosey, son of Mrs A. Mosey of Emu Downs and the late Mr A. Mosey.

[Details in c. 1⁄3 column.]

69, 26, 2 July 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Ratepayers’ Meeting, Monday 24 June

Mr R.J. Jeffery chaired the meeting.

The Mayor’s Report

The town’s roads and bridges were in a satisfactory state.

The Council had taken over the Burra Institute and had spent about £200 on repairs and renovation, despite which the debt (other than the mortgage) was very small.

Goldsbrough Mort & Co. had given the Council a piece of land near the school, which would be turned into a playing field for the High School.

Town lighting had improved a lot following the lifting of wartime restrictions.

Burra Centenary Celebrations had been a success and Victory Celebrations had been held at appropriate times and every ex-serviceman and woman had received a farewell and welcome home.

He regretted that the clothing factory had been closed down due to the proprietor’s dissatisfaction with available labour. This was a loss of £100 a week in wages to the town.

A 1939 proposal for an Old Folks Home in Burra had been shelved because of the war.

Civic welcomes had been extended to various prominent visitors and to 800 Canadians who had passed through and he had also welcomed NSW and Victorian Works Committees and SA Police Force Bands.

After waiting on the Premier the latter had promised a residence for the headmaster of Burra High School as soon as possible.

In 1940 there had been 35 empty houses in Burra. He had launched a campaign to fill them with people from the city. All told 75 families had been brought to Burra and he claimed that as a result property values had increased 35 to 50% and £400 extra per week was circulating in the town. At present there were applications for 20 houses in Burra.

He praised the support the town had received from the Premier (Hon. T. Playford), Hon. A.L. McEwin, Mr A.E. Smith MHR and Mr A.D. McDonald MP, Mr E. Finch as Chairman of the Burra Burra Dc and the ‘Burra Record’ as well as all Councillors for their support.

Cr Kellaway endorsed the remarks and said that ratepayers should take into account the difficulties the Council had during the war, despite which they had surmounted all problems without penalising the ratepayers.

Cr Carpenter said that the £1,700 collected in rates was not much upon which to run a town like Burra, but the Council was financially very sound. The Mayor, he said, had done an excellent job, but sixteen years in office was too long for any one man and it reflected the lack of interest locals took in town affairs. His Worship had also done a good job at Mongolata in the time of the Depression.

Cr Lee expressed his support and Councillor H.J. B. Jennison also praised Mr Woollacott.

Mr Jennison saw the biggest challenge as the returning servicemen who would be seeking homes and employment, without which they would be lost to the city. If people wanted better amenities paying more in rates was the only way Council could spend more. He would personally like to see something done about the footpath between Burra and Burra North, which was a quagmire in wet weather. The town had to be kept attractive to business. He favoured the equal consideration of all wards.

The Institute debt was a real concern, but it was a good thing in that it had given the Council a home.

Something would have to be done as a memorial to the soldiers of the 1939-45 war.

He thought something like a park, tennis courts, gardens or a swimming pool would be more suitable than a block of marble.

S.J. Woollacott thanked his nominators and supporters. He was keen to see the Town Hall debt reduced and was keen on the general beautification of the town.

Mr R.M. Reed said he would have preferred there to have been a contest for his seat, as there was for East Ward. He would support a special rate to remove the Town Hall Debt and believed the Burra Electric Supply Co. should reduce its rate for street lighting.

East Ward candidates then addressed the meeting.

A.J. Hill asked if Council was going to improve Victoria Park.

Mr Jennison thought this might fall within his idea of a war memorial.

Mr A.L. Bence saw the new RSL rooms as a war memorial and money raised should be spent there – the rooms were a community centre.

His Worship said that plaques with the names of the fallen would be affixed to the present War Memorial and that possibly an Honour Roll would be erected.

Cr Jennison said that Mr Bence’s remarks were the first he had heard that the RSL rooms were a Community Centre.

Only the members could use them and the War Memorial should be somewhere everyone could go – their purchase had not been sponsored by either the Town or District Council.

The Victory Committee met on 21 June.

It was decided to carry on until the objects in view had been achieved, namely:

Plaques placed on the War Memorial bearing names of the fallen in WWII, for which £30-19-6 was in hand, with more to come from a concert arranged by Mr Brooks on 1 August.

[No other objects are mentioned.]

Football

Hallett 3.6 defeated Burra 3.5

The Corporation Ball in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday evening last raised £28-1-0 for the hall.

Burra Homing Club has been reformed after a lapse of several years. It currently has eight flying members.

Patron, J. Scott; President, Mr J.T. Pascoe; Vice-Presidents, Mr H.J.B. Jennison and D.P. Kerr; Secretary & Treasurer, P.J. Byrne.

So far there have been two races.

2 June from Carrieton was won by T. Broad with 1st and 2nd.

29 June from Tailem Bend was also won by T. Broad with S. Kellaway 2nd.

Black Springs Welcome Home Social in the Hall there on 21 June welcomed Messrs L.M. Jeffery, A.T. Piggott, D.L. I’Anson, C.L. I’Anson, R.R. Hopgood, W.P. Heinrich and J.H. Ruciack. Apologies were received from R.I.G. Hawkes, L.A. White, H.A. Beverstock, C.B. Winders, R.H. Winders and A.G. Wilks.

The returned men were each presented with a travelling rug.

Mr & Mrs M.G. Culley were given a farewell at Hanson Methodist Hall on Saturday 1 June prior to their leaving the district.

Mr T.H. Woollacott presided as Mayor over his last Council meeting on 19 June. He expressed appreciation for the support he had received from Councillors, Council employees and the ‘Burra Record’ during his long term in office. He had been Mayor during the Great Depression, the State centenary Year, WWII and the Town’s Centenary. A minute of appreciation was moved by Cr Kellaway and seconded by Cr Jennison and supported by Crs Carpenter and Lee and carried.

Burra Town Council recently purchased a plaque showing Rev. James Wey [sic] in relief. [Actually Rev. Way] Rev. Wey was the first minister of the Bible Christian Church and the father of Chief Justice Wey.

The Town Hall Debt

The Bank of Australasia is prepared to lend the Council £3,300 on the Town Hall at 41⁄4%. The State Bank loan is at 4%, which costs £120 in interest. The Bank of Australasia loan would cost about £106-5-0 if the Council has £500 on credit in any of its accounts for part of the period and the Council has that amount for a good portion of the year. The Federal Treasurer would have to approve the change and the State Bank requires a month’s notice of intent to pay off the loan. The matter will lie on the table to be dealt with by the incoming Council.

SAR advises that refreshments will be provided at Riverton for all trains travellers when staff can be obtained – at present there have been no responses to advertisements for staff.

Burra Kindergarten was to be a Pre-School Kindergarten financed by voluntary contributions and not a Private school. Any child would be eligible to attend even if parents could not afford to contribute. Donations in hand are £11-19-0 and a further £25 is needed before a move could be made to open the Kindergarten.

69, 26, 2 July 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 July

Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour & Bob Hope in Road to Morocco

Betty Rhodes & Johnnie Johnston in You Can’t Ration Love

69, 26, 2 July 1946, Page 3

“Pax Vobiscum” replies to “The Man Who Sees” describing his response as ‘the typical reply of a cleric, a sublime oblivion to mundane things and a vague rhetorical reference to the spiritual.’

69, 26, 2 July 1946, Page 4

Marriage. St Andrew’s Church, Unley, 19 June

Catherine Rebecca Earle, second daughter of Mr & Mrs O. Earle of Broken Hill and late of Burra, married

Eric Samuel Duscher (RAAF), eldest son of Mr & Mrs R. Duscher of Swan Hill.

Their future home will be in Swan Hill.

Burra Burra DC, 3 June

Mt Bryan Methodist Church applied to purchase part of Ullman Street in Mt Bryan, subject to Council fixing a satisfactory price.

The Commonwealth Crown Solicitor’s Office advises that Part Section 72 in the Township of Farrell Flat had been compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth on 14 March 1946 for postal purposes.

Mt Bryan Tennis Club applied to purchase a portion of Ullman Street in Mt Bryan.

S.H. Robinson applied to rent the block on which the Hanson Council chamber stands (for £1 per annum) to run a cow thereon. Granted.

69, 27, 9 July 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council Election

There was a big turnout in East Ward when 174 ratepayers out of a possible 268 cast votes. [64.9%]

Results:

E.T. Baulderstone 81

R.A. Bevan (Sitting Cr) 32

R.C. Lott 45

S. Sykes 13

Mr Baulderstone was duly declared elected.

The other positions were all unopposed:

Mayor H.J.B. Jennison

North Ward R.M. Reed

S.J. Woollacott

West Ward W.J. Lee

[Speeches by the candidates at the declaration of the poll are reported.]

Obituary. Stephen Edward Mudge died recently at Willalo. He was the second eldest son of the late Mr George Mudge of Whyte Yarcowie and was born at McLaren Vale 77 years ago. He had been engaged in farming for most of his life at Whyte Yarcowie and Baroota and had managed a property for the late Hon. John Miller of Brinkley near Murray Bridge. In 1904 he married Miss Clara Beavis of Mt Barker. A son and daughter survive. In July 1938 he married Mrs Rose Humphrey, widow of the late Mr Alfred Humphrey of Mulgundawa, Langhorne’s Creek. [Further details are printed. He was born 19 June 1868 near Noarlunga and died 24 April 1946 at Willalo.]

Mrs E. & Miss Dulcie Phillips received presentations at the Ironmine Methodist Church on Sunday. Both have now left Ironmine to reside in Burra.

Football. North Eastern Association

Spalding 10.18 defeated Leighton 3.4

Booborowie 9.17 defeated Hallett 6.2

69, 27, 9 July 1946, Page 2

Notice.

Mr F.L. Worth advises that the Legal Practice carried on by him in Burra will in future be conducted by Mr Frederick James Hawkins under the name of Worth, Mills & Hawkins. The temporary office is upstairs in Pearce’s Buildings. Mr Hawkins will be in attendance daily and Mr Worth will visit frequently.

Notice. The Air Force Association

Members and intending members are notified that representatives of the State Executive Committee will visit to officially open the branch on Wednesday 10 July.

69, 27, 9 July 1946, Page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 July

Robert Young & Lana Turner in Slightly Dangerous

Donna Reed & Dan Dailey in Mokey

Burra Burra DC

At the first Council meeting for this financial year yesterday, Cr E. Finch was re-elected as Chairman. He first took the position early last year when Cr H.C. Atkins retired. Cr Finch has been a member of Council since the amalgamation of District Councils in 1935.

Basketball

Hallett 24 drew with Booborowie 24

Leighton 27 defeated Spalding 7

Salvation Army Badge Day in Burra recently raised £11-14-10.

69, 27 (2), 16 July 1946, Page 1 [Dated incorrectly as 9 July on pages 1 & 4, but correctly dated 16 July on pages 2 & 3.]

Air Force Association

A Branch of the Air Force association was formed in Burra on Wednesday evening 10 July. Officers from the Association’s Executive Committee attended. The Past president Mr Kilsby said the Association had been formed in 1917 by 30 members of the Air Force of WWI. In the last war it had done much to work for the benefit of members of the RAAF in supplying recreation equipment for example. The Welfare Officer Mr McKenzie said the Association had a list of employers who requested the services of former RAAF personnel and had placed many in suitable positions. There was a membership of 12,000 in SA and over 120,000 in Australia. The Burra Branch was the 8th to be formed in country districts in the past two months. A committee of ten was elected and the meeting adjourned for musical items and refreshments. On the following Friday officers were elected: President, B.A. Riggs; Vice-President, W. Young; Secretary, R.C. Lott; Assistant Secretary, A.J. Hill; Treasurer, T. Secker and Welfare Officer, J. Goodridge.

Accident. A Clarkson Ltd truck carrying several sheets of plate glass for renovations at the new RSL Clubrooms in Burra overturned about 15 miles south of Burra near Koonoona. Neither occupant was much hurt, but the glass was smashed.

Cr W. Carpenter has been looking after the gardens in Market Square for 12 months, but will not continue due to the depredations of stray dogs.

Burra Homing Club

Race from Carrieton 6 July was won by P.J. Byrne from J.D. Allen.

Race from Tailem Bend 13 July saw P.J. Byrne 1st and A.H. Broad 2nd.

Burra Town Hall

The mortgage to the State Bank will be paid off. Crs Kellaway & Woollacott moved the mortgage with the State bank be paid off and arrangements be made with the Bank of Australasia. Cr Carpenter supported this, but Cr Baulderstone was opposed, saying the State bank had been a loyal supporter through the depression and now deserved their loyalty. The saving was relatively small. The Mayor said the Council had only recently acquired the building and was therefore under no obligation to the State Bank. Cr Kellaway said the State bank had not been a benevolent society to the Institute and its interest had been under discussion for years. The motion was carried.

Burra Electric Supply Co. said that it could not make a reduction in the price for running street lights. The price had been set some years ago and the cost of supplying current had since risen. They could offer a reduction in the cost of running the Town Hall façade lights from 1/3 to 1/- per unit. The cost of running them would thus be c. 71⁄2d per hour. The company could not submit a price for a light at the schoolhouse corner because of the difficulty of obtaining material. The nearest main terminated at the rectory. It was resolved to retain the new 300 c.p. at certain intersections. They were much better lights and the added cost was only c. £12 p.a.

Burra Town Council, 8 June

The new councillors and the Mayor were sworn in. Five new members is the greatest number for many years.

[Most of this report is congratulatory in nature.]

Burra Town Council on 8 July discussed the intention of the Department of Agriculture to enforce the Noxious Weeds Act within the town. There was plenty of Bathurst burr, three-cornered jacks and wild onion within the town. Cr S.J. Woollacott thought the Council was the worst offender with respect to noxious weeds. The owner of the Ballast Quarry Paddock will be informed that the Town Council is being pressed by the District Council to see that he eradicated wild onions from the property. If he did not do so, Council would act at his expense.

Mr & Mrs T. Beckwith were given a farewell social at Mt Bryan on the eve of their departure from the district where they have lived practically all their lives.

69, 27 (2), 16 July 1946, Page 2

Obituary. A notice cancelling a land sale reveals the death of J.W. Best.

[John William Best was born 28 June 1875 at Mt Bryan East and died at Burra, residence Burra North 9 July 1946. He was unmarried.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 July

Lee Bowman & Jean Arthur in The Impatient Years

Chester Norris & Janis Carter in One Mysterious Night

Mr & Mrs Alex Simmons & Miss Lorna Simmons were given a farewell social at Mt Bryan East recently. They have gone to live at ‘Westbury’ near Burra. Musical items, recitations and parlour games were indulged in. Mr & Mrs Simmons were presented with a travelling rug and a chromium plated coffee table and Miss Lorna was presented with a case containing two chromium plated serviette rings.

69, 27 (2), 16 July 1946, Page 3

Basketball, 13 July

Hallett 37 defeated Spalding 17

Booborowie North 25 defeated Booborowie South 9

Football

Booborowie 6.12 defeated Burra 6.5

Spalding 9.6 defeated Hallett 6.7

Obituary. Mr Harry Byles of Burra died at Burra Hospital yesterday aged 76. He spent his life employed on pastoral properties, but in 1931 opened up the Mongolata Goldfield and the biggest mine there was named after him. He did not actually discover the gold – that was done years earlier by Ted Bywaters.

[Henry Arthur Byles died 15 July 1946 at Burra aged 77. There is no apparent birth registration for SA.]

Mt Bryan East. Tired of waiting for a telephone service, four residents are erecting a party line 91⁄2 miles to the Eastern Terminus line of the Mt Bryan Exchange.

69, 27 (2), 16 July 1946, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 8 July

Routine matters for a new Council were dealt with. Committees were established and representatives for various bodies were appointed.

The Victory Committee sought permission to erect plaques to the memory of the fallen on the War Memorial. It asked the Council to appoint a delegate to the committee and to suggest where the plaques be placed.

Cr. S.J. Woollacott was appointed.

By virtue of his office T.H. Woollacott had been a JP for the last 14 years. Council moved to recommend to the Attorney General that he be made a permanent JP.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for Cr Bevan’s contribution to the Council.

Burra Football Club met on Thursday and decided on the program for the year. Burra delegates will move to wind up the Burra Association.

Advt. H.J.B. Jennison

As from Monday 15 July control has been lifted on the sale of all motor car and truck tubes (not tyres). I have placed heavy orders and have been advised a large part of my order will be delivered during the week.

[The advertisement includes a good photograph of Jennison’s re-treading plant.]

69, 29, 23 July 1946, Page 1

The LCL Plebiscite Candidates spoke to members at the Eastern Telephone Building on Friday. The five speakers were: Messrs S. Hawker, Gilfillan, Jamieson, Norman A. Vowles and M. de N. Lucas.

[Their views are reported at length in a little more than 2 columns.]

Football

Burra 6.6 defeated Spalding 3.11

Obituary. Harry A. Byles, who died at Burra Hospital on Monday 15 July, was born 26 August 1869. He spent his early youth on NSW stations as a bullock driver. Later he came to Burra district and became a mail driver in the Eastern Pastoral country. After that he secured the overseership of Old Koomooloo, which he held until retiring some years ago. He took a keen interest in the Rechabite Lodge, being a member for more than 50 years. In 1898 he married Miss Elizabeth Ellen Morgan and they had three children. He is survived by his widow and three children: Mrs A. Coverdale, Mrs R.A. Bevan and Herbert Byles, all of Burra.

Weather. It has rained every day from Monday last week to Monday this week. The total was 181 points and it was accompanied by high wind. To the east most stations report falls on the range 40-50 points, but Collinsville had 72, Oakvale 14, Quondong 45 and Stud Park 82.

The Church of England Annual Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall last Friday night. People danced to Darrell Field’s Orchestra and there was a sumptuous supper after which dancing continued till 2 a.m.

Basketball

BHS 33 defeated Booborowie North 6

St Mary’s 32 defeated St Joseph’s 6

Burra CWA held its AGM and elected President, Miss M. Rogers; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Reg Warnes & Mrs O. Finch; Secretary, Miss M. Walker & Treasurer, Mrs E.H. Riggs.

69, 29, 23 July 1946, Page 2

Burra Town Council

Declaration of the rate at the meeting of 22 July:

The General Rate was declared at 2/6 in the pound with a special Town Hall rate of 2d in the pound.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 27 July

Orson Wells & Joan Fontaine in Jane Eyre

Laurel & Hardy in The Dancing Masters

69, 29, 23 July 1946, Page 3

Obituary. George Parker died on 20 July at his home ‘Wynlea’ Booborowie aged 76 years 6 months. He was the husband of Rebecca and father of Vida, Mildred, Cecil, Cass, Lill and Joe (dec.)

[Born 25 January 1870 at Burra Creek.]

Basketball

Hallett 14 defeated Leighton 13.

69, 29, 23 July 1946, Page 4

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM on 3 July.

It was decided the branch will continue.

The 5th annual report was presented. With peace, meetings changed from fortnightly to monthly. There are 73 members and meetings continue to be held in the Aberdeen Croquet Club Hall. The total amount raised during the war years was £834-7-6, excluding combined efforts.

[Further details are given in a 3⁄4 column report.]

69, 30, 30 July 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council

[The debate on the declaration of the rate is rather confusingly reported. Cr Kellaway moved that the rate be 2/8 with 2d earmarked for the Town Hall. This actually meant a General Rate of 2/6 and a special rate of 2d as reported the previous week.]

The Town Clerk said he estimated costs had risen by £400 since 1939 and he considered a rate of 3/- would be needed to avoid a deficit by the year’s end. Cr Reed moved an amendment that a rate of 2/11 be struck. The original motion of Cr Kellaway was carried.

[Presumably both the Town Clerk and Cr Reed’s ideas included 2d for the Town Hall?]

The Fathers’ Association put on a very successful Amateur Hour, Quiz and Dance at the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening. The profit was £55. [Reviewed in c. 1 column.]

Eastern Wool created a dilemma at the Burra Railway Station on Monday. Two trucks loaded with wool arrived at the Station.

Coal restrictions had caused a lack of trains. The wool could not be dumped on the siding and the Road Transport Act makes it illegal to take the load on to Adelaide by road. Neither did it seem reasonable to take it back to the Eastern properties.

Burra Rifle Club

A report says Cabinet has approved the resumption of .303 rifle club activity from 1 July. There will be some delay however, before rifles and ammunition can be distributed. Clubs should elect officers. No money is to be spent on target pits until they are approved by the Inspector of Rifle Ranges. Once the clubs are reconstituted the Government will return to them funds held in trust.

Obituary. George Parker died in his home ‘Wynlea’ Booborowie on 20 July. He was the second son of the late James & Caroline Parker of Robertstown and was born there on 21 January 1870. He subsequently married Rebecca Flower of Stony Gap, who survives. His early life was spent as a contractor fencing roads, making dams etc. He was also well known as a shearer in NSW and local stations, but ill health followed and he later lived at Copperhouse, where he undertook share farming with the late M.J.C. Sandland of Flagstaff. After that he moved to Leighton and share farmed with Mr I.J. Warnes for 25 years. He was also a noted teamster and his well-known horse team carted wool from Burra 100 miles or more. He bought an unimproved block from Mr A.D. McDonald, known then as Dog Kennels Blocks at Booborowie, where he carried on a successful mixed farm combined with share farming. Of later years ill health forced him to leave a quieter life. He is survived by a widow, four daughters (Vida, Milly, Cass & Lilly) and one son, Cecil. Another son, Joe is deceased. There are also 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

[The birth is registered 25 January 1870 at Burra Creek and the death as 20 July 1946 at Leighton.]

The Burra Assessment

The new assessment for the town has only risen by £329 to £14,039. It was £8,117 in 1910 and peaked at £17,671 in 1939*. During the depression years it dropped by nearly £4,000 and has never increased again to any extent.

[*This makes no sense, given that the depression years were the 1930s. 1939 is an error for 1929.]

Honour Roll for WWII

A list is being prepared of those who paid the supreme sacrifice in WWII for inclusion on plaques to be attached to the Burra War Memorial. The Committee wants to know of any that need to be added to the following:

C.G. Attrill S.R. Borowski R. Bowen

T. Bruce M.B. Davey K.R. Fuller

R.W.F. Gallagher D.E. Genders A. Halliday

A.W. Kerin E. Ogilvie S. Ogilvie

I.L. Penrose R.E. Porter L.J. Reynolds

D. Richardson C. Sellars F. Shattock

E. Smith M.R. Walker N. Woollacott

R. Woollacott D. Wooton

Female Labour

Cr Kellaway noted female porters working at Adelaide Railway Station recently: ‘holding down men’s jobs’.

The subject was discussed at a recent Council meeting and Cr Kellaway went on to say: ‘…it was about time the Government took a strong stand against the employment of such labour and taught these females to become domesticated.’

‘He said that many of them would not be capable mothers when they were married and that lots would burn a kettle of water.’

Council decided to place the subject on the Agenda Paper of the next Mid North Local Government Association meeting.

Burra Town Council

At a recent Council meeting Cr Woollacott said Burra could do with a cracking plant. The Burra Burra DC had a crusher at the Ballast Quarry at Aberdeen, but it could only turn out large rubble. If the Town Council installed new crackers, it could produce gravel for footpaths. It was resolved that the Clerk would write to the District Council on the subject.

69, 30, 30 July 1946, Page 2

Elder Smith & Co. Ltd has instructions from trustees in the estate of the late W.H. Sandland, to sell Balah Station at the Burra Market on 16 August. It is located about 50 miles east of Burra and comprises 190 square miles of Pastoral Lease and 8,645 acres of Perpetual Lease. [Details occupy 1⁄2 column.]

69, 30, 30 July 1946, Page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 August

Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly in Christmas Holiday

Donald O’Connor & Peggy Ryan in Chips Off the Old Block

Weather. With 473 points of rain, July 1946 has to date been the second wettest July in 67 years of records.

July 1916 hold the record with 559 points and July 1917 was previously second with 415.

Football

Burra 12.10 defeated Leighton 5.9

Basketball

BHS 12 defeated St Joseph’s 10

St Mary’s defeated Burra North

Burra Red Cross held its AGM on 9 July

(The first meeting had been held in the Council Chamber on 25 October 1914.)

Elected were: President, Mrs D.M. Steele; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J.R. Barker & S. Sandland; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery & Treasurer, Mrs G.H. Tiver.

69, 30, 30 July 1946, Page 4

Burra Burra DC, 8 July

Cr Finch was re-elected Chairman.

The Commissioner of Highways has granted £200 for general repairs to the Morgan-Burra District Road.

H.L. Foote wrote suggesting a road be opened on the eastern side of the railway line from Mt Bryan East crossing to the platform side of the station. This was not entertained due to the costs involved.

69, 30, 30 July 1946, Supplement

1 full page double sided

Burra Show for 12 October 1946

The Prize List is printed.

69, 31, 6 August 1946, Page 1

Burra Showgrounds

The Burra Show has not been well patronised by stud sheep breeders. The sheep yards at the showground are in a poor state from misuse during the war years and are almost beyond repair. Covered yards could be erected at a cost of £300. At present many of Burra’s sheep are sent to Naracoorte for the stud sheep sales there. If they are bought by northern buyers they lose a lot of condition from the long journey south and then back again. If the ram is not sold the owner must bear the cost of travel in both directions. The first Royal Adelaide Show for some years will be held in 1947 and many sheep from this district can be expected there. The Burra Show could become one of the finest in the Commonwealth for sheep.

Accident. Last Saturday night Mr Bert Beinke was driving a Model T buckboard to Booborowie Hall with Mrs G.P. Beinke, Messrs Stan, Viv & Bill Beinke and Master Mick Beinke. In the township he swerved to avoid the stationary car of Mr G. J. Tohl. Simultaneously the near side front tyre burst and the driver temporarily lost control. The buckboard flipped onto its back, throwing Mr Viv Beinke clear and pinning the others beneath. Fortunately lots of help was at hand and the passengers were quickly freed. Messrs Stan, Bert and Viv Beinke were bleeding profusely from head and hand injuries and Viv appeared to be concussed. Mrs Beinke and Master Beinke escaped with bruises and shock. After medical attention it appears none were seriously injured, but the vehicle was considerably damaged.

Obituary. Mr Edward Honan died at Burra Hospital on Thursday afternoon 25 July aged 80. He was an old resident of Hallett and brother to the late Mr John Honan. He had been a regular member of the Methodist Church until failing health kept him from his accustomed place. [Born 5 July 1866 at Mt Cone.]

The Hospital Ball at Leighton Hall on 24 July had Darrell Field’s Band and a well-stocked trading table. Nett proceeds were £22.

The Burra Benevolent Society had its AGM on 18 July. Meetings are held in the Lodge Room. Through the year a legacy of £168 was received from Mrs Thomas.

Burra Hospital has received a bequest of £100 from the late Mr August Arnold.

[Perhaps from Johann August Arnold who died 7 July 1946 in Adelaide aged 90, but there is no obvious connection to Burra. He was born 26 June 1856 at Nuriootpa and was unmarried.]

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, 27 July

Betty Jean Wohling, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Wohling, married

Albert Frederick Brandt, son of Mrs F. Fillmore & the late Mr A. Brandt of Burra. [Details in c. 1⁄4 column.]

Mt Bryan CWA was formed at a meeting on 17 July at the Mt Bryan Hall. Elected were: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames F.N. Jefferies & A.L. Collins; Secretary, Mrs O. Auhl and Treasurer, Mrs G. Maxted.

Basketball

Leighton 16 defeated North Booborowie 5

St Mary’s 33 defeated BHS 23

Burra North 20 defeated St Joseph’s 6

Football

Burra 6.4 defeated Hallett 3.7

Booborowie 12.24 defeated Leighton 2.6

69, 31, 6 August 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 August

Judy Garland & Margaret O’Brien in Meet Me in St Louis

Philip Dorn & Gloria Grahame in Blonde Fever

69, 31, 6 August 1946, Page 3

Burra Primary School celebrated Arbor Day on 2 August. Speeches were delivered by the Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison, the Chairman of the School Council, Mr R. Jeffery and the District Inspector, Mr McDonald. 28 young wattle trees were planted to the east of the school boundary.

Burra Homing Club

The 20 July race from Carrieton was won by Kellaway Bros with J.L. Allen second.

The 27 July race from Tailem Bend was won by P.J. Byrne with T. Broad second.

[The first race was to have been from Parachilna and the second from Tintinara, but curtailed trains due to the coal shortages caused the above changes.]

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee held its wind-up meeting on Friday evening 2 August in the Burra Town Council chamber. It was chaired by T.H. Woollacott. The committee was formed soon after the outbreak of war and organised farewells for 222 service personnel and gave each a token of appreciation. It also welcomed home many of the servicemen and women. Of all who went only twelve have not received token and that will be remedied. The 6/4 in hand will be transferred to the Burra Victory Committee.

69, 31, 6 August 1946, Page 4

Black Springs – Porters Lagoon Red Cross AGM is reported.

A Mules Operation Demonstration was held at Mt Bryan East on 15 July when 25 men attended under the tuition of Mr Reed and learnt how to carry out the Mules Operation.

69, 32, 13 August 1946, Page 1

Burra RSL

An appeal to fund new RSL Clubrooms was launched in September 1945 and in a few weeks £2,580-6-0 was donated. The RSL secured an option on the SAFU shop premises with all fixtures and fittings for £2,150. Before the war the premises had cost £6,000 to £7,000 to build. On 20 November the RSL authorised its solicitor Mr F.L. Worth to exercise the option. The transfer proceedings were protracted and have only recently been completed. An architect had meanwhile been secured to draw up plans to convert the premises to clubrooms – they were to include a dance and concert hall with a concert platform, cloakrooms etc. as well as a billiard room, supper room, lounge and refreshment servery. A commodious kitchen was to be attached to the rear and the frontage rebuilt. The architect submitted a price of over £1,000 for these changes, which was beyond the RSL’s financial resources. Two returned men, Mr Carl Pearce and Mr Morrie Woollacott, then put their heads together and maximised the re-use of existing timber and fittings and were given the work for about £700.

So far: Receipts £2,580-6-0

Insurance on broken window £6-11-0

Sale of some fixtures £104-0-0

£2,690-17-0

Expenditure

Purchase price £2,152-1-8

Architect’s fees £12-0-0

Cost of transfer & incorporation £48-1-9

Petty Expenses £5-6-2

Renovations & alterations £700-0-0

Billiard table £25-0-0

£2,942-9-7

This means the RSL still has to raise £251-12-7 to complete the building, plus the cost of furnishing, including seating for 190, some small supper tables, lounge furniture, a refrigerator and a piano.

This will all add up to c. £600.

In the eventuality of the RSL dissolving (as is inevitable if there are no more wars) the assets will vest in the Town of Burra.

It is also intended that as well as RSL usage, the premises are expected to provide facilities for the general public for pleasure and sport.

An RSL Auxiliary has already been formed, open to all ladies for a joining fee of only 1/-.

As well as their social function the rooms will be the headquarters for all helping returned men in their battles for repatriation etc. A parchment listing all those who subscribed is being prepared by an Adelaide artist Mr N. Potter, to be displayed in the building. A list of the fallen is also being prepared.

The contractors expect to complete the building approximately in October. It is our intention to open it free of debt and this can only be done by the co-operation of all. Our objective is to raise only £600, with donations acknowledged in theis paper and with records kept in the club rooms. We would also appreciated any donations of suitable furnishings.

Burra Town Council is anxious to see the removal of some unsightly buildings around the town. The Mayor said some were sub-standard houses that were still inhabited.

Cr Carpenter, who raised the question, said he was only referring to uninhabited buildings.

The power of the Council to act will be ascertained.

The Council has voted to support the attempt by Messrs Freer & Scott of the Burra Passenger Service for permission to run a Sunday road service to and from Adelaide. It would depart Burra at 2 p.m. on Sunday and leave Adelaide on the return run at 7 p.m. This would help visitors who could come on the Friday night train and return on Sunday by coach.

At a recent Council meeting it was resolved to lop certain trees in the town. The Council has been trying for some time to get the gum trees leading to Victoria Park lopped because they were becoming dangerous. So far no one has been willing to take on the job. The Council has now called tenders for lopping all gum trees from the intersection of Welsh Place and Paxton Terrace to and including Victoria Park.

Mr G.S. Hawker has won the LCL Plebiscite to become the endorsed LCL candidate for the next election. [State Parliament.]

Burra Rifle Club

With the ending of the war rifle clubs are again permitted and a meeting of the old members and intending members is called for Friday night next in the RSL Clubrooms. The conditions governing clubs will be as before July 1941. Provision has been made for 144 clubs in SA with 6,000 members. New clubs cannot at present be begun. Plans are in hand to re-instate prize meetings etc. as before the war.

Basketball. North Eastern Association, 3 August

Hallett 27 defeated South Booborowie 11

Messrs Freer & Scott’s passenger bus was being driven along Queen Street on Monday morning when the driver, Mr Lehmann, saw flames burst out from under the bonnet. The two passengers alighted and the fire brigade attended, but a good deal of damage was done to the engine before the fire could be extinguished. The bus will be out of service for some time.

Freer & Scott’s buses have become popular with young people to get to dances and they have nicknamed them after well-known race horses.

The big one with a square body and verandah-like effect at the back is ‘King Jolly’.

The tangerine one with a black hood and big black boot at the back is ‘Gay Poet’.

The little International, which buzzes along busily is ‘Little Tich’.

It was ‘Gay Poet’ that was involved in the fire.

Burra Centenarians. Two Burraites will celebrate their centenaries this month: Mr Solomon Williams and Mrs Klaffus. Mr Williams, who celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday now lives at Glenelg, but lived for many years in Chapel Street. He was born on board a ship en route from England to Australia. Mrs Klaffus will turn 100 on 27 August and still resides in Burra.

Mr Jimmy Doe, another old Burra identity has passed his 95th year. He now lives in the City, but several of the older residents will remember him running a barber shop in the premises now occupied by Miss Halliday. Our late friend Mr Dick Pascoe learnt his trade with him.

[Solomon Williams died 30 January 1948 at Glenelg, aged 101.

Wilhelmina Matilda Klaffus died 7 January 1947 at Burra, aged 100.

James Edward Dow died 9 April 1948 at Broadview, aged 97.]

69, 32, 13 August 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Town Hall, 23 August. Victory Concert

Featuring Burra & District Leading Artists in Light & Bright Entertainment. Proceeds will aid plaques to commemorate the WWII fallen. 2/-

Advt. Booborowie School Concert

Booborowie Memorial Hall Friday 23 August.

Advt. Ironmine Tennis Club Ball at Leighton Hall on Wednesday 21 August with Darrell Field’s Orchestra

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 August

Errol Flynn & Ann Sheridan in Edge of Darkness

Richard Travis & Julie Bishop in Escape from Crime

Basketball, 3 August

Hallett 28 defeated South Booborowie 11

10 August

Leighton 18 defeated Spalding 10

North Booborowie 27 defeated Hallett 22

Obituary. Mabel Evelyn Simpson, wife of John Richard Simpson, died at Burra Hospital on 4 August aged 59. She was the mother of Eric, Ken, Roma and Colin.

[Born Mabel Evelyn Cockrum on 21 January 1887 at Mt Bryan and married in 1915.]

69, 32, 13 August 1946, Page 3

Burra High School held its annual sports day last Friday at Victoria Park in beautiful weather.

Cup winners:

Senior Boys Rex Haese

Senior Girls Mary Pearce

Junior Boys Frank Ford

Junior Girls Dawn Bernhardt

Norman Maxted was hospitalised after injuring his back in the high jump, but is now about again.

Brown House easily won the House Competition from Blue House 206 points to 96.

[Results are printed.]

Burra Institute

Subscribers have reached a record 290.

69, 32, 13 August 1946, Page 4

St Joseph’s Convent School held its sports day on Saturday at the school grounds.

[This is reported with results in just over 1 column.]

Burra Town Council, 8 August

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society Secretary thanked the Council for the use of the Lodge Room for its meetings.

Burra & District Soldiers’ Welfare Committee thanked Council for the free use of the Council chamber for its meetings.

Advice was received of the transfer of the Commercial Hotel to Miss E.A. Scovell.

Mr T.H. Villis offered to buy the parklands presently rented by him west of the Bon Accord Hotel. Council resolved not to sell the land.

69, 32, 13 August 1946, Supplement

Football. End of the minor round

Spalding 16.19 defeated Leighton 1.3

Last Saturday Burra 6.19 defeated Abattoirs 4.9. Joff Hill was top scorer with three goals.

Burra plays Hallett in the semi-final next Saturday.

Burra Buffalo Lodge held its annual ball in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday evening and it proved a great success. Darrell Field’s Orchestra provided the music with dancing to 2 a.m. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Hospital Board. All members of the Board were re-appointed for the next 12 months. Mr E. Finch was elected Chairman. The daily average for July was 27 patients in the general hospital and 3 in the midwifery wing.

Ironmine Methodist Ladies Guild was more or less dormant throughout the war years as members worked for various patriotic bodies. It has recently been revived and their first post-war function will be a concert and strawberry fete in Leighton Hall on 6 November. Officers: President, Mrs W.H. Lloyd; Secretary, Mrs E.M. Morgan & Treasurer, Mrs P. Goodridge.

69, 33, 20 August 1946, Page 1

Youth Week

The Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison, called a public meeting for the purpose of arranging Burra Youth Week to be held 5-12 October. A committee was formed in line with the initiative of the National fitness Council. Any profits will go towards the improvement of Victoria Park.

Program:

Monday Mystery Hike & Chop Picnic – in the hand of the Ministers’ Fraternal

Tuesday School Visiting Day & Children’s Frolic from 8-10 p.m. Adult Dancing from 10.30 p.m.

Wednesday Sports Day with a Grand Parade from Market Square at 11 a.m.

Thursday Open Air Frolic & Community Singing in Market Square in the evening.

Sunday Combined Church service in Burra Town Hall.

Burra Rifle Club is in the process of being re-formed following a meeting on Friday evening in the old RSL Clubrooms. Before the war the Burra Rifle Club was one of the town’s strongest clubs. As various forms have to be completed, intending members should contact Mr R.G. Bernhardt. Mr E.C. Collins as Chairman and Captain of the club chaired Friday’s meeting and explained regulation re the re-opening of rifle clubs. Elected: Chairman & Captain, E.C. Collins; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, P.W. Hogan and Armourer, A.C. Ford.

A group will inspect the range and report on repair costs to the next meeting.

Owners of the land will be asked for permission to use it for rifle shooting.

All ammunition will be pooled to the end of 1947.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 10 August

Ivy Woodman, only child of Mr & Mrs W. Woodman of Burra, married

William Nankivell, eldest son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Nankivell of Burra. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Basketball. North Eastern Association

First Semi-Final 17 August Hallett 15 defeated South Booborowie 11

Second Semi-Final 17 August Leighton 13 defeated North Booborowie 9

Football. First Semi-Final

Burra 9.8 defeated Hallett 7.8

69, 33, 20 August 1946, Page 2

Advt. Federal Elections – Seat of Wakefield

Hon. P.A. McBride (LCL) & Mr J.B. Murdoch will address electors at Burra Town Hall.

Monday 2 September 8 pm.

Advt. Burra High School Ball. Burra Town Hall, Wednesday 28 August. Black Diamond Orchestra.

Notice. Messrs Bachli Bros, Bakers, advise customers they have sold their business to Mr H. Pyke.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 August

William Powell & Myrna Loy in The Thin Man Goes Home

James Craig & Donna Reed in Gentle Annie

Notice. Salvation Army. The Envoy’s Brigade will visit Burra next weekend.

Public Notice

A Public Meeting is called for persons interested in the formation of the Burra Pre-School Kindergarten in the Council Chamber on Monday 26 August to re-organise the Committee or to wind up the present scheme.

69, 33, 20 August 1946, Page 3

Burra Homing Club

The 10 August race from Parachilna was cancelled.

The race last Saturday [from an unspecified place] was won by S. Kellaway.

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 1

Science Congress in Adelaide. Delegates visited Burra on Saturday – they comprised Botanists, Geologists and Anthropologists. They were given a Civic Reception in the Council Chamber by the Mayor. He gave them an outline of Burra’s History. They were then taken to see the Aboriginal rock carvings. Mr A. Walker was one of the guides. Mr T.H. Woollacott spoke in support of the Mayor. They made their way to Deep Creek where they inspected the carvings, which were outlined in chalk. A picnic afternoon tea was provided by the Mayor & Mayoress. The party then decided to make towards the main Baldina Road in a direct route. The cars got safely over the creek, but the coach with the visitors got its rear caught on the bank with its rear wheels suspended in mid-air. It took an hour of digging to free it with the aid of Mr Harry Mann, who lives nearby. They proceeded to an old Aboriginal camping ground on the bank of Baldina Creek, where they found a good number of Aboriginal implements. Some were of stone foreign to this country – some from stone found only in the Northern Territory, suggesting the area was a trading ground.

Persons desirous of visiting the carvings can find them near Mr H. Mann’s homestead. Drive to within about a quarter of a mile of the homestead and then hike across the paddock to the creek on the left, where they can be seen on flat rock slabs in the creek bed and on the sides of the creek. The camping ground is on the right, just as one passes over the ford at Baldina Creek and it extends a considerable distance.

RSL Appeal. £32-4-0 is acknowledged from 15 donors.

An Appeal for the Tuberculosis Association raised £9-17-0 in Burra.

Football. Second Semi-Final

Booborowie 14.12 defeated Spalding 6.11

Messrs Freer & Scott have been given permission to run a Sunday coach service to and from Riverton to connect with a train running between Riverton and Adelaide.

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 2

Advt. Federal Elections. District of Wakefield.

Mr A.E. Smith MHR, Member for Wakefield, and the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. J.B. Chifley PC, MHR will address electors in Burra on Monday 16 September at 8 p.m.

Advt. Burra Red Cross Mad Hatters’ Ball. Burra Town Hall, Friday 6 September in aid of the Burra Hospital.

Darrel Field’s Orchestra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 August

Irene Dunne & Charles Boyer in Together Again

Jim Bannon & Janis Carter in The Missing Juror

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 3

Burra Town Council, 19 August

There was a lengthy discussion concerning drainage pipes laid in Justice Lane near the Hospital.

The argument focused upon the fact that the work to construct the drains to the pipes was not specifically authorised by Council.

Cr Kellaway, as Chairman of the Public Works said he would have fallen down on his job if drains had not been made to the pipes. He called for a vote of confidence or non-confidence and without it he was not prepared to carry on as Chairman of Public Works.

Crs Kellaway & Carpenter were keen to keep the matter out of the press. The Mayor said they were not in committee and therefore had not the power to ask the press to delete the discussion.

[The paper does not report on how the matter was resolved.]

The clerk reported that Council had the power to order the removal of unsightly structures or could get a court order to remove them itself.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM and elected: President, Miss Bartholomaeus; Vice-President, Mrs E.L. Steer; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss Bartholomaeus; Captain, Mrs E. Steer and Vice-Captain, Mrs A.B. Riggs.

Regret was expressed at the removal of Mr & Mrs Stevens to Wolseley and Mr Fairchild was thanked for his work on the gardens.

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 4

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM in the Burra Hotel Lounge 22 August.

Elected were: Patron, H. Jennison; President, L.H. Thomas; Vice-Presidents, E. Finch & M.T. Fuller; Secretary & Treasurer, J.T. Pascoe.

[Arrangements for the conducting of the year’s play are printed.]

Victory Concert on Friday evening was a social and financial success. Nett proceeds were c. £40.

[The event is reviewed in just less than 2 columns.]

Program

National Anthem

Piano Quartet Over the Waves

Cookoo

The Maori’s Farewell R. Lloyd, K. Phillips, J. Oates & D. Field

Violin Solo Moto Perpetua Margaret Martin with piano accompaniment Miss K. Preiss

Vocal The Toreador’s Song L.H. Thomas with piano accompaniment Mrs Thomas

Vocal A Star Fell from Heaven Miss Irene Hogan with piano accompaniment Miss K. Preiss

Piano Solo Polonaise in A Major

(Chopin) Miss Carlene Davies

Piano, Swanny

Whistle &

Flexophone Selected Pieces Don Chennell & W.E.D. Young

Tumbling Josie Jennison, Joan Nelson, Ray Bown & Bryan Bevan

(Coach Tom Corry)

Vocal Mrs J.A. Reed with piano accompaniment Mrs Thomas

Musical Bells The Soldiers Chorus Mr & Mrs Barrett

Vocal Duet Mine Alone Mavis Halliday & Guy Dollman with piano acc. Mrs H. White

Piano Solo Rhapsody in G. Minor

(Brahms) Clem Davey

Folk Dance BHS Girls: Mary Pearce, Fayth Hawson-Clarke, Shirley Moore,

Carliene Davies, Dawn Bernhardt, Meryl Nelson, Josie Jennison

Vonny Pascoe, Barbara Humphrys. (Coach Miss Barton)

Vocal When Irish Eyes are

Smiling Miss Joan Davies with piano accompaniment Mrs Davies

Boxing Match

(3 one minute

rounds) Ardian [sic?] & Ken Johnson. Referee Mr S. Johnson (Drawn)

INTERVAL

Banjo Club Latest hits John Nankivell, Rex Pritchard, Pat martin, Teresa Hogan,

Barbara Hill, Tom Hogan, ______ Holmes, John Carpenter,

Darrell Field. Piano accompaniment Ray Lloyd.

Piano Solo Dixieland Memories Ron Pascoe

Burra Ballet

Dance & Tap Misses J. Fairchild, D. Southall, J. Dollman, A. Bown, J. Ryan

A. Young, M. Hogan & Mrs G. Heinrich. Arranged by

Mrs Tom Corry, piano accompaniment Mrs Davies and vocal

Accompaniment Mr R. Barratt

Vocal The Lass with the

Delicate Air Margaret Humphrys with piano accompaniment Mrs L.H. Thomas

Saxophone &

Violin Duet Just a Prayer Away

Sweet Dreams Sweetheart Darrel Field & Frank Foster with piano accompaniment Ray Lloyd

Vocal At the Balalaika Guy Dollman with piano accompaniment Mrs H. White

Piano Solo Turkish Rondo (Mozart) Mrs L.H. Thomas

Vocal Ave Maria Miss O. Barrett with piano accompaniment Mrs L.H. Thomas

Musical Bells Glory Song Rev. & Mrs Barrett

Vocal Duet Come Sing to Me Mr L.H. Thomas & Mrs J.A. Reed with piano accompaniment

Mrs L.H. Thomas

Piano Solo Latest Hits Don Chennell

Vocal Love Here is My Heart Miss Mavis Halliday with piano accompaniment Mrs H. White

Gymnastics

Display BHS Boys: Ross Webster, Ray Bevan, Don Allen, Bryan Bevan,

Rex Haese, Peter Kakoschke, George Oram, John Bourman, John

Heinrich, Joe Herewane, Brian Bell, Robert Reed, Colin Foster,

Pat Martin, Eric Asser. Tuition by Mr I. Burden

Banjo Hilarity Misses T. Hogan & B. Hill with Messrs D. Field & Tom Hogan

And piano accompaniment Mrs L.H. Thomas

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 5

Ironmine Tennis Club at its recent AGM elected: Patron, F.R. Wigley; President, W.H. Lloyd; Vice-Presidents, A. Morgan & C. Phillips; Secretary & Treasurer, Max Earle. Their club dance last Wednesday was a pronounced success with highly satisfactory profit.

Inter-High School Sports were held at Kapunda. One of the Burra buses broke down and delayed the start by about 30 minutes. Clare was easily the winning school with 1301⁄2 points, but Burra came second with 72, ahead of Kapunda 581⁄2, Riverton 51 and Balaklava 36.

Basketball. North Eastern Association 24 August Preliminary Final

North Booborowie 23 defeated Hallett 20

Burra Homing Club

The race on 24 August from Parachilna was won by H. Broad.

69, 34, 27 August 1946, Page 6

Burra Burra DC, 5 August

Every effort is to be made to find and use a quarry not infected with noxious weeds.

[Wild onion had become a major concern at Burra North.]

The Burra Town Council enquired about getting footpath gravel from the Ballast Quarry, but at present the crusher there is out of order, so they could not be given an answer.

It was resolved to support Freer & Scott’s application for a Sunday bus service between Burra and Adelaide.

69, 35, 3 September 1946, Page 1

Football. Preliminary Final

Spalding 10.8 defeated Burra 6.6

Mid North Inter-High School Sports. Results are printed.

Burra High School Dance on Wednesday was well organised and the younger set predominated. The dance floor was not overcrowded and all in attendance had a very good time. The profit was c. £15.

Burra Hospital Nurses’ Quarters

The Board has decided to proceed with plans and specifications and the calling of tenders for new Nurses’ Quarters. The sum in hand is insufficient and further donations are solicited.

The Burra Pre-Kindergarten School [Sic in the headline: instead of Pre-School Kindergarten.]

An enthusiastic meeting held on 5 March decided on this project, but it has now lapsed. At a meeting called in the Council Chambers on 26 August only one person in addition to the committee attended. The choice was either to re-organise the committee or wind up the project. Rev. M.P. Cowle, as Chairman of the Committee, said there was too little public support and he favoured discarding the whole idea. Hon. Secretary C.J. Fuller said £20-17-6 had been collected and yearly expenses would be about £200 plus the purchase of equipment and this lack of support and non-attendance at the meeting indicated people were not interested. His view was echoed by Rev. A.S. Barrett and Mesdames Woodards and A.B. Riggs. The project was then wound up.

RSL Appeal. A further £53 in donations is acknowledged.

Mrs Klaffus celebrates her 100th birthday.

Mrs Klaffus of Burra was born at Hahndorf on 27 August 1846. Despite her great age she lives alone and mainly attends to her needs. She has a keen wit and sense of humour. She reared a large family from two marriages and helped to clear the land. When young she could wield an axe with most men and at one stage cut six wagonloads of wood in one week. To celebrate her birthday she was visited by the Mayor (Mr H.J.B. Jennison) and Mrs Jennison, Cr Carpenter and a number of citizens. The Mayor said it was the first time he had attended a 100th birthday party. She lives alone, does most of her own housework and cuts her own wood. One staunch friend Mrs E. Wohling, visited her daily. There was a sumptuous afternoon tea provided by Mrs Wohling and Mrs Klaffus cut the beautifully decorated cake and related some of the more humorous incidents of her long life.

69, 35, 3 September 1946, Page 2

Notice. Oddfellows Lodge No. 10 Special Meeting 10 September to make arrangements for a welcome home social for those who served in H.M. Forces.

Notice. A meeting will be called at the Burra Hotel Lounge on 13 September at 8 p.m. to form a sub-branch of the Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Association of Australia.

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort will conduct a clearing sale on 13 September for Mr C. Noyce, who is leaving the district.

Advt. Mr K.M. Drew has been appointed an agent at Burra for the Union Assurance Society Ltd.

Advt. Restrictions on pork have been lifted. Get it at Burra Meat Stores.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 September

Margaret Lockwood & James Mason in The Man in Grey

Lloyd Pearson & Leslie Brookes in When We Were Married

69, 35, 3 September 1946, Page 3

Advt. Controls on tyre sales have now been lifted. Orders for new tyres will be supplied as stocks arrive, strictly in priority of order. H.J.B. Jennison.

A Final Welcome Home Social will be held at Leighton Hall on Wednesday 11 September foe all Leighton Service Personnel. The following are asked to attend if possible:

Sister J. McDonald K. Yates E. Field

Sister S. Phillips M. Milton D. White

A. Finch J. Hogan R. Collins

R. Finch M. Hogan E. Goodridge

A. Lloyd C. Earle D. McDonald

F. Lloyd J. Earle R. Steele

E. Lynch C. Brown C. Jettner

P. Lynch M. Heinrich C. Scholz

T. Lynch A. Heinrich A. Crabb

C. Phillips G. Heinrich G. Gask

J. Canny D. Field

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara was won by J.L. Allen & Son.

69, 35, 3 September 1946, Page 4

Advt. Burra Monumental Works

Charles Radford late AIF (ME & NG)

Advt. Breakfast foods are now all obtainable: Weeties, Crispies, Weetbix, Vita-brits, Granose, Flaked Oates, Rolled Oates, Oatmeal, Semolina, Allbran.

T.G. Secker, Grocer, Greengrocer & Confectioner, Burra North.

Advt. Burra Fish & Grill Café. Smallgoods, drinks, confectionery and light refreshments. H.R. Aberg.

Advt. Carter’s Radio & Electrical Services. Burra North.

69, 35, 3 September 1946, Supplement

Approx. A4 size

Mt Bryan East School Arbor Day was held recently and included a school concert. Ten pines were planted in the schoolyard.

69, 36, 10 September 1946, Page 1

Football. Grand Final

Booborowie 9.12 defeated Spalding 3.9

The Prime Minister Rt Hon. J.B. Chifley will visit Burra on Monday night next. The last occasion of a visit by a Prime Minister was the Hon. M.W. Hughes in the early 1920s*. The Mayor Mr H.J.B. Jennison intends to entertain the PM at a dinner at the Burra Hotel, after which there will be a Civic Reception at the Council chambers at 7.30 p.m.

[*This is incorrect; Prime Minister S.M. Bruce visited on 26 March 1925. W.M. Hughes had been welcomed at the Railway Station as he passed through on 28 August 1922 and he also unveiled the War Memorial 29 March 1922.]

The Farrell Flat to Burra Main Road is being reconstructed. Clare DC will do the work from the Clare boundary and in Farrell Flat township and the Burra Burra DC between Farrell Flat and Burra.

The Red Cross Mad Hatters’ Ball on Friday was the first such held in Burra for many years. Door receipts amounted to £54. Proceeds will aid the Burra Hospital Building Fund. Dancing to Darrel Field’s Band continued to 2 a.m. [The report extends for 1 column.]

H.E. the Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie has agreed to open the Burra show on Saturday 12 October.

Hon. P.A. McBride, the LCL endorsed candidate for Wakefield and Mr J.B. Murdoch, Senate candidate, addressed a well-attended meeting at the Burra Town Hall on Monday evening 2 September.

Mr Murdoch believed that in the past 20 years vocal minorities had received too much attention, to the detriment of passive majorities. Coal strikes, a shortage of transport and of power were retarding production when orders for goods were plentiful and the same causes had sent costs up. Shipbuilding at Whyalla would cost £64 per ton, but in Canada £44 and in Clydeside £34. The Government had brought in excessive taxation, which was a disincentive to work. The country needed more migrants. He also urged voters to vote NO at the referendum.

Hon. P.A. McBride also spoke against the continuation of high wartime taxation levels. Taxation should immediately be cut by 25%, stimulating production. He also spoke in favour of a Rural Industries Commission and the Pooling System to give rural industry some stability and reasonable profit. He advised a NO vote at the coming referendum.

[The speeches are reported in 12⁄3 columns.]

69, 36, 10 September 1946, Page 2

Advt. Donald P. Kerr. High Class grocer and ironmonger. General Merchant of Burra.

High Grade Dairy Produce. Agent for the SA Egg Board – Best prices given.

Advt. Duldig’s Café and Bakery

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 September

John Wayne & Jean Arthur in A Lady Takes a Chance

George Sanders & Virginia Bruce in Action in Arabia

Burra Homing Club. The race from Marree was won by P.J. Byrne.

RSL. The Appeal for £600 has reached £62-8-0.

Booborowie Hall has had a tradition of an annual ball and a sports day to raise funds for the hall. This year the sports have been abandoned in favour of an appeal for livestock, grain, dairy produce and wool or other primary produce across the district.

69, 36, 10 September 1946, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 September

[A request for K.M. Drew to provide proper gates on the stock road leading to O’Leary’s old slaughterhouse reveals that that gentleman had recently leased the same.]

T.W. Wilkinson & Co. expressed their willingness to have cement kerbing replace the timber kerbing in front of their premises, under the usual conditions.

Mr S. Irlam’s tender for lopping the trees from R.C. Lott’s corner to Victoria Park was accepted. He will carry out the work in return for the timber.

The acacia tree in front of Holder Gardens will be grubbed out.

Leighton Oval

[In reviewing the Preliminary Football Final the paper’s correspondent apparently expressed the view that a better oval than Leighton could have been found. An anonymous writer then challenges this view and made a couple of interesting points.

There were practically no improvements at the ground, but the club was formed during the war, so improvements were not possible. There is a ‘scoring end’, but quarterly changes of end render this no advantage.

The editor says the disadvantages are:

1. The ground slopes down to the ‘scoring end’.

2. It is of difficult access without a vehicle.

69, 36, 10 September 1946, Page 5

Cricket. A meeting on Monday decided to form a Burra Cricket Association comprising the clubs: Burra, Koonoona, Buffalo Lodge, Colts. All matches will be played on Victoria Park and the Racecourse. Officers: President, M.G. Dobson; Vice-Presidents, A. Tennant, O. Friebe & A. Bevan; Secretary, J.R. Wiseman.

69, 37, 17 September 1946, Page 1

Burra-Adelaide Cycling Classic

The first Burra-Adelaide race to be contested since 1940 was held last Saturday. Sixty-six competitors were seen off by a large crowd of Burra residents. This year the first prize was £45 and entrants ranged from 17 years of age to 57. The youngest, B. Feeney, had a 25 minute start (the limit was 45 minutes). T. Reynolds was 57 and had a 35 minute start. Mr Peter Borowski of Burra used to compete in the event as a junior rider. The Mayor, H.J.B. Jennison welcomed riders and officials and wished them well. Mr T. Reynolds had only missed one race since the event started in 1910 and that was the 1921 contest. His Worship saw off the first group.

After a 45 minute wait the scratch men were called to the line: Dick Humphrys, Keith Thurgood & J. Conyers. The best time was ultimately recorded by Keith Thurgood and on handicap the winner was S.A. Cameron, who had a start of 39 minutes.

Freer & Scott’s Diamond T bus, ‘King Jolly’ recently took a group of scientists to and from Mt Painter – a round trip of some 1,120 miles. Sir Douglas Mawson led the group in a buckboard. The party also visited Leigh Creek Coalfields, Blinman and Wilpena Pound.

RSL Appeal acknowledges donations to a total of £67.

Booborowie Ladies Club has been preparing food parcels for Britain.

The Director of the SA Tourist Bureau, Mr Baker, visited Burra last Sunday with a photographer. He judged the Burra creek Gorge to be a real beauty spot and a fine camping site, but too far from Adelaide for a day visit. The party also visited Hallett and Dare’s Hill. The latter earned a similar comment to The Gorge. Burra could concentrate on providing day trips for visitors staying in Burra. The old mine site is well worth half a day visit. The verdict was that Burra has more to offer the visitor than most locals realise.

69, 37, 17 September 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 September

Dick Powell & Dorothy Lamour in Riding High

Fay Bainter & Hugh Herbert in Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Advt. Boxing: Clare versus Burra. Thursday 26 September, 8 p.m. Clare Town Hall

Sid Johnson of Burra & Bill Vawser of Clare in a 10 round middleweight contest.

At least seven other contests. Other Burra representatives: Tony Ryan, Norman Marston & Pat Johnson.

69, 37, 17 September 1946, Page 3

Burra Homing Club

The race from Wolseley on Saturday last was won by P.J. Byrne.

69, 37, 17 September 1946, Page 4

Advt. Radio Repairs & Installation. J.C. Goodridge, Commercial Street next to Pascoe’s.

Burra Burra DC, 5 September

A general rate of 2/6 in the pound was declared for the whole district for the year ending 30 June 1947.

69, 37, 17 September 1946, Supplement

A3 Size

Advt. Burt L. Broad (Late 2nd AIF), Commercial Street

Adelaide Housewives To Go On Strike for Non-delivery of Meat.

Burra housewives can have their meat delivered at any time at no extra cost, just by ’phoning Burra 66.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 1

Basketball. North Eastern Association Premiership

Leighton 23 defeated North Booborowie 20

The Annual Catholic Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall last Friday evening. Music was dispensed by Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Tennis. A new club has been formed in Burra: Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club: President, Rev. H. Hobbs; Vice-President, G.E. Dane; Secretary, C. Nankivell; Assistant Secretary & Treasurer, K. Bruce.

Football. A visiting team played Burra on Saturday:

Queenstown Church of Christ 13.8 defeated Burra 3.5

RSL. In the Clubrooms Fund Appeal acknowledged donations reached £115-18-6.

Kapunda will celebrate its centenary from 27 September to 5 October with nine days of festive activities.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Pages 1 & 6

Prime Minister’s Visit to Burra

The Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Chifley, addressed a large and attentive audience at Burra on 16 September.

He was accompanied by Mr A.E. Smith MHR for this district and spoke for about ninety minutes. He gave a comprehensive outline of his party’s achievements during the war and said high taxation rates would have to be retained for some time in order to maintain financial stability, but he said little about future policy.

Mr A.E. Smith spoke first.

[His speech is reproduced in c. 3 columns and was a speech that looked back on the party’s record more than it looked forward.]

Mr Chifley’s speech also concentrated heavily on his party’s record in the war years. He spoke in support of the referendums, sought to justify high taxation, while pointing out that twice in twelve months there had been reductions and that interest rates had fallen and unemployment was at 0.5%. They had been most anxious to abolish petrol rationing, but this had not been possible without harming Britain’s financial standing in the dollar countries. [c. 11⁄3 columns.]

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. will conduct a furniture sale for Miss P. Tobin (who is leaving the district) on Friday 27 September. Property situated in Lancelot Tce.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will conduct a clearing sale for Mr G. Bails, the liquidator of Byles Mongolata Gold Mining Co. at Mongolata 16 October. Items include wood and iron cottages of three and two rooms, a store room and blacksmith’s shop along with tools and sundries.

Advt. Marrabel Rodeo on 8-Hours Day, 9 October 1946.

Advt. The First Annual Ball of the newly formed Burra Branch of the Air Force Association will be held in Burra Town Hall, Friday 27 September. Blue Riband Orchestra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Thursday 26 September & Monday 30 September. (No pictures Saturday 28 September.)

Laurel & Hardy in The Big Noise

Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews in Laura

Advt. Football Ball, Friday 4 October

Burra Town Hall. Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 3

Aberdeen Croquet Club

The new season was opened by Mrs H.J.B. Jennison.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 4

Civic Welcome for the Prime Minister

Mayor H.J.B. Jennison welcomed Mr Chifley to Burra at a civic reception, which had to be moved to the Town Hall from the Council Chambers due to the numbers attending.

Mr Jennison outlined the history of the mine and town and said there were still some living who remembered the mine at work. Mr Chifley visited Burra’s centenarian Mrs Klaffus while he was here. Mr Jennison also referred to Burra’s position at the centre of wool production and its contribution to the war effort, both with service personnel and on the home front. Cr Kellaway supported the Mayor, as did Cr Finch, Chairman of the Burra Burra DC.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 5

The Flagstaff Hill Spring

The spring about 50 yards from the summit of Flagstaff Hill on the left hand side of the road has started to flow again. As far as can be estimated, it ceased to flow about 25 years ago. Some say this is a sign of a coming good season.

Oddfellows Lodge. Bro. P.W. Hogan was installed as District GM at Renmark last weekend. Str. R.J. Clode of Burra was installed as DMG.

69, 38, 24 September 1946, Page 6

‘Nanky Poo’ writes to deplore the miserable fees paid to local dance bands – no wonder many have such poor instruments. [The argument is developed in a letter of some 3⁄4 column.]

69, 39, 1 October 1946, Page 1

Boxing Matches at Clare Town Hall, last Thursday.

Out of six fights, Burra contenders won 3, lost 2 and tied one.

Pat Martin of BHS fought Dean Vawser of Clare in three 11⁄2 minute rounds. Dean Vawser got the decision.

Doug Robinson of Burra then defeated McLaren of Clare.

The bout between Pat Johnson of Burra and Bob Vawser of Clare was declared a draw.

Bruce Maynard of Clare defeated Norman Marston of Burra.

Tony Ryan of Burra defeated Ramm of Clare.

In the big ten round fight of the evening Sid Johnson of Burra defeated Bill Vawser of Clare on a TKO.

Football. Semaphore Park Team visited Burra for a match at Victoria Park on Saturday.

Semaphore Park 6.17 defeated Burra 5.6

Burra Air Force Association Ball in Burra Town Hall on Friday night was a marked success.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Association of Australia. A local sub-branch of this organisation was formed on Friday evening 13 September. Officers elected: President, R. West; Vice-President, Syd Pearce and Secretary-Treasurer, W. Garratt.

Rats are numerous in the business area of the town. Cr Baulderstone said he had suffered about £100 worth of damage until he had secured the services of a good cat. Cr Kellaway suggested phosphorous poison.

RSL Clubrooms Appeal Fund has reached £123-2-6.

Burra Town Council has again complained to the SAR about the dangerous condition of the Station Road. The Railways are to be informed that if they can find the Colas, the Council will repair the road at cost.

69, 39, 1 October 1946, Page 2

Notice. Details of Freer & Scott’s Bus Service to Riverton, beginning 6 October are given.

Departs Burra 5 p.m. Arrives Riverton 7.15 p.m.

Departs Riverton 9.30 p.m. Arrives Burra 11.45 p.m.

Fare 8/- [Intermediate stops are listed.]

Kooringa Methodist Church Anniversary Service, Sunday 6 October

Preacher, Rev. J. Richmond of Clare

Monday 7 October, Public Tea at 5.30 p.m. with Lantern Lecture 7.30 p.m. on Cathedrals of England.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 5 October

Victor Mature & Lucille Ball in Seven Days of Leave

Sharyn Moffatt & Jill Esmond in My Pal Wolf

Wednesday 9 October

Humphrey Bogart & Conrad Yeidt in All Through the Night

Jimmy Durante & Jane Wyman in You’re In the Army Now

69, 39, 1 October 1946, Page 3

Obituary. George Finch died at his residence, 16 Marlborough St Henley Beach on 23 September. He was the husband of Tillie and father of George, Florrie and Elsie.

[Aged 77, but there is no record of birth in SA.]

Buffalo Cricket Club was formed at a meeting in the Buffalo Temple on 26 September. Elected officers: Patron, B. Groth; Vice-Patrons, O. Friebe, L. Friebe, D. Barratt, J. Scott & W. Millard; President, E.T. Baulderstone; Vice-Presidents, F. Fillmore & W. Carpenter; Secretary-Treasurer, W.E. Johnson.

This will make a fourth club in the Burra Association.

Police Constable H.C. Brooks of Burra North has been transferred to Karoonda. He has been here for a number of years.

69, 39, 1 October 1946, Page 4

Burra Primary School Pet Show was organised by the Welfare Committee for Saturday at the Burra North Playground. The financial returns were deemed good. [Results are listed in a 3⁄4 column report.]

69, 39, 1 October 1946, Supplement

c. 3 A3 sides

Burra Rainfall figures are printed for the period 1880 to September 1946.

Burra Town Council, 23 September

Burra Electric Supply Co. advises a new street light has been placed at the western end of the Black Bridge.

Highways & Local Government Department advises a grant for Main Roads this year of £400 with Council to contribute £100.

The Bank of Australasia advised the Town Hall Mortgage at 30 September stood at £3,172 – unpaid interest would be added to the total. The council was concerned as some of the clauses and resolved not to sign this new mortgage agreement until they were clarified.

Burra Homing Club

The 271 mile race from Marree on 21 September was won by T. Broad.

The race from Wolseley on 28 September was won by P.J. Byrne.

69, 40, 8 October 1946, Page 1

Aberdeen Tennis Club. The new season was declared open by President A.L. Clode last Saturday afternoon.

RSL. The Clubrooms Appeal Fund has reached £125-13-6.

Football. Hindmarsh footballers visited Burra on Saturday and played a match against a Burra combination team.

Hindmarsh 9.10 defeated Burra 8.1

Redruth Methodist Sunday School Anniversary will be held 3 November.

Burra Cricket Association met on 30 September and drew up a constitution similar to that of the Mokota Association of last year. All matches will be of two days with both days play to be on the same ground and play from 2.30 to 5.45 p.m.

Premiership points will be allotted:

Outright win 6

First Innings win 4

Draw or tie 2

Forfeit 6

The four teams participating: Burra, Colts, Koonoona and Buffs.

Marriage. Scots Church, North Terrace, Adelaide, 21 September

Mary Evelyn Pietsch, only daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Pietsch of Pomoota and late of Andrews, married

James Cadzow, eldest son of Mr & Mrs T.C. Cadzow of Spalding. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Mt Bryan East. A meeting has been held to protest the proposed termination of Wednesday mail services to Mt Bryan East, reducing the service to once a week.

69, 40, 8 October 1946, Page 2

Advt. Donald P. Kerr, High Class Grocer & Ironmonger & General Merchant, Burra.

Advt. Chennell’s Store Market Square, Burra. [Drapers & Clothiers]

Advt. Booborowie. Food for Britain Ball. Darrell Field’s Band. 5 November.

Advt. CWA Ball, Hanson Hall, Monday 14 October. Blue Riband Orchestra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Wednesday 9 October

Humphrey Bogart & Conrad Veidt in All Through the Night

Jimmy Durante & Jane Wyman in You’re in the Army Now

Saturday 12 October

Deanna Durbin & Robert Paige in Can’t Help Singing

Charles Corvia & Ella Raines in Enter Arsene Lupin

69, 40, 8 October 1946, Page 4

Advt. Burra Fish & Grill Café, Smallgoods, Drinks, Confectionery and Light Refreshments. H.R. Aberg.

Advt. The business formerly B.L. Broad, Quality Butcher, will in future trade as Modern Meat Store.

Advt. T.G. Secker, Groceries and Smallgoods, Burra North.

69, 40, 8 October 1946, Supplement

1side A3

Burra Football Club Dance in Burra Town Hall with Darrell Field’s Band was a swinging night with a splendid supper.

Burra School Welfare Club raised £86-0-5 at a pet show and a ‘Race Around Australia’ competition organised by the school children at the Burra North Playground on 28 September.

69, 41, 15 October 1946, Page 1

Proposal to Dam Burra Creek

Cr S.J. Woollacott said the creek could be dammed back from about opposite the Church of England for about £1,000. He raised this point because of a letter from the Under Treasurer about financial assistance in 1936 for a Public Works Scheme to build a swimming pool for £400. The State and Federal Governments were to provide two thirds of the sum under an interest scheme extending over ten years at 41⁄2% interest. The Under treasurer now wanted a definite statement of the Council’s intention. The Town Clerk Mr E.R. Davey said that under the scheme the Council was supposed to pay 20 half-yearly payments of £20-19-2 with the last payment due in January next. If the Council did spend the amount the money paid in (£337-6-8) would revert to the Council and the Council would lose the Government subsidy. That meant that there was over £1,000 available to construct a swimming pool in Burra: £400 from the loan, £500 from Centenary Celebrations and £140 of public donations.

The Mayor said a War memorial would be needed and so long as a swimming pool was incorporated in the scheme for a Memorial, he could see no reason why the amounts as above could not be used. They should point out that owing firstly to the war and later to the shortage of material it had not been possible to build the pool. The Council had prevaricated from the start and it was time for a decision.

The Mayor said he would suggest a weir across the creek opposite the Church of England to form a reservoir extending back to about opposite Mr Johnson Carpenter’s. [I.e. the Mine Entrance.]

General beautification then of the banks and gardens and lawns and the inclusion of a swimming pool would entitle the use of the £400.

Cr Woollacott said he had taken levels and the fall in that distance was c. 8 to 9 feet. He was sure a concrete dam could be built for the money in hand.

A dam near the bowling green would be much more expensive because the fall was too great.

When a swimming pool had been mooted, he had offered to sink the hole as his contribution. He would still do so if necessary.

Cr Woollacott said the upkeep of the dam would be next to nothing.

The Mayor said were money to come from another effort like the Centenary Celebrations a further £1,000 could be raised – lawns, gardens and tennis courts could stretch from Burra to Burra North.

Cr Woollacott estimated the dam at c. 8 feet high had 40 yards across. He was convinced that seepage would not be a problem.

A special meeting will be called to discuss the Council’s response to the Under Treasurer.

RSL. The Clubrooms Appeal Fund stands at £130-17-6.

The Town council has offered recently to repair the Station Road at cost if the Railways Department would supply the Colas. The Department has cautiously asked for a cost estimate.

Burra Ballast Quarry

There is a rumour going round that the railway line from Terowie to Broken Hill is to be converted to broad gauge and that the Burra Ballast Quarry will supply the necessary ballast.

Burra Town Council, 7 October

The Council contribution to the Burra Hospital for the current year is to be £170.

Mr P.E. Opperman requested £3 p.a. for looking after the garden in St Dye Street. Refused.

Following a request from the Burra Cricket Association Council agreed to repair the cricket pitches at Victoria Park, but not at the Racecourse Oval, because that was not Council property.

The Aberdeen Tennis Club requested that Council provide eight drums of Colas at cost to renovate the club’s fourth court. The Mayor pointed out that the land was vested in the Council and the club last year spent £70 on renovations. Request granted.

Burra Celebrated Youth Week last week.

Various affairs raised funds for improvements to Victoria Park. Unfortunately the procession and sports on Wednesday were not the financial success they should have been, perhaps because they coincided with the Jamestown Show and the Marrabel Rodeo. There was a fair attendance at the Youth Service in the Burra Town Hall on Sunday. [An outline of the service is given.]

The Tuesday Children’s Frolic in the Burra Town Hall was successful.

[The results were printed on pages 1 & 4.]

The Thursday evening jollifications in Market Square were convened by Mr R.C. Lott. The Buffalo Lodge lent a piano and Mr J.C. Goodridge supplied an amplifier. After the musical introduction a Treasure Hunt followed, which involved many of the town’s youngsters.

69, 41, 15 October 1946, Page 2

Notice. A Civic Farewell will be tendered Dr D.M. Steele and Mrs Steele at the Council Chambers on Thursday 24 October at 8 p.m.

Advt. The Fathers’ Association Welcome Home Ball will be held in Burra Town Hall on Friday 8 November.

Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 19 October

Monty Woolley & June Haver in Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Preston Foster & Ann Rutherford in Bermuda Mystery

69, 41, 15 October 1946, Pages 3 & 4

Burra Show

The first Burra Show since 1939 was held on Saturday 12 October. Mr A.B. Riggs as President of the Society was a driving force for its success. He was ably assisted by Mr K.R. Crewes as Secretary and F.H. Reed and R.W. Humphrys as Vice-Presidents, along with a host of people serving as committees, convenors and judges. [All of whom are listed.]

The weather was most unfavourable, with a strong wind and clouds of dust. Some sideshow tents had to be taken down and so some sideshows could not operate.

Flowers were fairly numerous and the schools’ display was an outstanding section.

Cooking, produce and other displays in the pavilion were all very good.

Cattle exhibits were above average.

The leading sheep men do not exhibit, despite Burra’s position in sheep breeding, but smaller owners showed quite a number of excellent quality entries.

Ring entries were good despite the difficult conditions and they kept a large audience entertained.

Gate takings of £130 were more than £20 up on the 1939 show. The Show was officially opened by the Governor of Sa, Sir Willoughby Norrie, who was accompanied by Lady Norrie.

[The speeches of Mr A.B. Riggs and the Governor are printed and the official luncheon and its toasts are also reported at length. The prize winners of the show are printed in full on pages 3 & 4.

Of personal interest: there were no Fuss entries in the Flowers.]

69, 41, 15 October 1946, Page 5

Burra Hospital Board

Dr D. Macdonald Steele was presented with a tray by the Board of Management of the Burra Hospital in recognition of his valuable service to the hospital over the last 34 years. Dr Steel’s resignation as Medical Officer was accepted with regret. Dr W.E. Steven was appointed Responsible Medical Officer and Dr R.C. Heddle was appointed Visiting Medical Officer. The daily average number of patients in September was 29 in the general hospital and 4 in the midwifery wing. Nurse B.W. Heinrich transferred to the RAH on 27 September. Misses Diana Davies and Patricia Bell commenced duty as probationary nurses on 30 September.

69, 41, 15 October 1946, Page 6

Advt. Carter’s Service Station, Burra North. Licensed Second Hand Dealers.

Advt. Duldig’s Café – Bakery.

69, 42, 22 October 1946, Page 1

Burra Town Council Favours a Weir on the Burra Creek

A special Council meeting on 17 October discussed damming the Burra creek. It was sparked when the Under Treasurer sought information on a loan granted in 1936 for Public Works. That scheme allowed the Council to borrow £400 and the State and Federal Governments would repay two thirds of it over ten years. In 1936 the money was to have been used for a swimming pool. Council obtained permission from ratepayers to borrow the amount when a poll on 24 October 1936 voted 122 to 90 against the scheme.

In August 1937 Council wrote to the Under Treasurer saying it had found that £400 was insufficient for the pool and sought permission to divert the sum to the building of a grandstand at Victoria Park and to levelling the playing area. This was granted. On 21 April 1938 Council wrote to the Under Treasurer again to say that public pressure had caused them to desire to use the money for the original purpose. This was also granted.

On 26 January 1940 the Under Treasurer wrote requesting the scheme be finalised by spending the £400 on public works. The Council said work would begin in June or July 1940. Nothing more was heard of the scheme until a recent letter from the Under Treasurer.

The Mayor was in favour of a swimming pool, but would rather see the money spent at Victoria Park than see the Council lose the Government subsidy.

Cr Woollacott wished to advise the Under Treasurer that work would proceed when materials were available.

Cr Reed said the ratepayers in a poll preferred Victoria Park.

Cr Woollacott wondered if the public would agree to spending £400 on Victoria Park and £500 or so raised by the Centenary Effort on a pool and end up owing money on both. It was time to force a decision after ten years of fooling about.

If the Council built a weir across the creek and incorporated a swimming pool in it the Under Treasurer would agree. ‘Even if we might not be able to carry on with the work for two or three years.

The Mayor had in mind a weir incorporating a swimming pool and gardens as a War Memorial.

He would like the meeting to submit a plan to ratepayers and therefore it would be a good idea to go into costs.

Cr Woollacott produced a wooden model of the weir, to scale.

It would reach from bank to bank, with 8 feet in the ground and have a concave surface on the upstream side to prevent floods smashing against an otherwise upright wall. Floodgates would be provided. There would be retaining walls either side of the weir and the whole structure would require c. 749 cubic yards of concrete – half of it would be bulldog made from boulders already in the bed of the creek and would also include slag from the heap 150 yards away and be strengthened by 20 old railway irons. About £300 worth of cement would be used. The weir would impound about 7 million gallons of water and dam about 41⁄2 acres of creek bed.

He went on to quote rainfall figures, which he said would ensure the dam being filled. Burra got on average 15 rains a year, any of which would fill it. 19937 saw 19 such falls and 1922 had 22. The weir could be sluiced out periodically. The creek would retain very little sediment and a one foot high wall built at the Black Ford would catch sediment.

Cr Baulderstone said they needed constructional engineers’ specifications.

Cr Woollacott agreed.

The Mayor said that the advice of the Hydraulic Engineer’s Department could be obtained.

There would be no flooding danger by a weir in the position proposed.

Cr Woollacott said there would be no upkeep.

Cr Baulderstone said the swimming pool was not really a community affair, but Cr Woollacott’s scheme with gardens and lawns would be.

The Mayor said a war memorial would soon be needed and this was a worthy project. They has £1,040 in hand that could be used and he felt the public would contribute another £1,000.

Cr Carpenter urged caution and expert advice before commitment and moved that Council obtain the advice of an engineer. It was a big project, but had his support. Carried.

It was resolved that a letter be sent to the Under Treasurer explaining the scheme and asking him to receive the Mayor and Town Clerk for an interview on the subject.

Football. Port Adelaide Colts Football Team paid its annual visit to Burra on Saturday and played a combination team at Victoria Park. Ports 9.13 defeated Burra 6.8.

Burra Police Capture Thief

Three men stole a car in Adelaide, the property of Harry Roy Fuss. The Burra police heard that a strange car had been seen in the vicinity of Woolgangi, headed towards Burra. On Thursday afternoon MC France noticed three strangers in town and on questioning them, thought their story a bit thin. He loaded them into his car and took them out to the racecourse where he found another man and a car. On the back seat he noticed several items among which was a clock he recognised from Murkaby Station. The men were arrested and Adelaide Police later verified the ownership of the car. At 7.45 a.m. the next morning the men were found to have escaped by making a hole in the cell wall. MC Sparrow of Burra informed the constable that a car of Goldsbrough Mort & Co. had been stolen. This was abandoned at Oodlawirra in favour of one belonging to Frank Witty of there.

This broke down after ten miles, whereupon the men boarded a goods train and MC Clarke, assisted by two Peterborough Police arrested them when they reached Yunta. They were tried at Peterborough for the theft of Mr Witty’s car and given six weeks each. They were then returned to Burra in Goldsbrough Mort’s vehicle. They were then tried and sentenced to terms ranging from six to twelve months.

69, 42, 22 October 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 26 October

Charles Laughton & Ida Lupino in Forever and a Day

Harold Peary & Marion Martin in Gildersleeve’s Ghost

Advt. Salvation Army Children’s Anniversary Saturday next.

‘Spring Showman’ writes:

The Burra Show suffered from facilities that were crude and in bad repair after the lapse of time during the war, in which no shows were held. The weather was also hot with north winds, which discomforted patrons and wilted flowers. The following week the Clare show enjoyed ideal weather in much better surroundings and with better facilities. While Clare has some natural advantages, the Burra racecourse site would surely be better than the Showground ‘with its rocky ground, steep slopes, dangerous arena and cramped treeless surroundings’.

69, 42, 22 October 1946, Page 3

RSL Ball at Hallett on 11 October attracted some 400 residents to the Hallett Hall. [Reported in c. 1 column.]

Burra Bowling & Croquet Clubs

The season was opened last Saturday. Mrs F. Kellock, as President of the Croquet Club hit the first ball and Dr Steele rolled the first ball for the season and also presented a shield, which he said he had won in Consistency Tournaments and hoped they could find a use for it.

Dr Steele is an old member of the club and would soon be leaving the town. [His speech is reported.]

69, 42, 22 October 1946, Page 4

Burra Football Club held its annual Social and Dance last Wednesday evening in the Burra North Lodge Hall.

Mayor H.J.B. Jennison presented the trophied.

Best placed man on the field Bert Hirschausen

Best attendant at practices Tony Ryan

Best junior attendant at practices Dave Edwards

Fairest & most consistent Sid Johnson

Most improved junior Don Allen

Fairest and most brilliant player Ivan Hirschausen

Most consistent junior player Kelvin Bruce

At the end of the presentations Mr & Mrs Brooks were farewelled. The Mayor presented Mr Brooks with a cheque for more than £10 subscribed by members and supporters of the club and said he had been a good police officer, a good citizen, a good sport and a good supporter of the Football Club, as well as a grand neighbour.

69, 42, 22 October 1946, Supplement

Two A3 sides

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, 21 September

Ann Jean Williams, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs F.E. Williams of Burra North, married

Hannibal Bertram Williams, youngest son of the late John Williams of Hampton. [Details are given.]

Annual Hallett Flower Show was held on 5 October. Prize Winners are listed.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Page 1

RSL Clubrooms

The transformation of the rooms is almost done. Alterations, plumbing, lighting, painting, floor surfacing, etc. will all be completed within two or three weeks. Most furnishings have been obtained – 162 chairs and 23 supper tables, a piano, large refrigerator, stove, copper, wireless set and so on – in all some £1,000 worth of equipment for an expenditure of a little over £300.

It has been decided to make the official opening on Saturday 7 December. The rooms will be available to the people of Burra and District and every woman is eligible to join the Ladies Auxiliary. The building is vested in the Town of Burra. The final appeal had the object of opening the premises free from debt, but owing to insufficient support the Diggers and the Auxiliary will have to battle for between £300 and £400 more.

Total donations received to date are £143-7-6.

Burra Town Council, 21 October

The cost for making the new road from the railway station to the station gates is estimated at £300.

It was reported that after inspection the Councillors were satisfied that the Cemetery Curator was doing his duty.

Council was responsible for keeping paths etc. clean, but weeds on graves were not included – the graves were private property. Certain shrubs needed to be pulled out, seats painted and three holes in the wall needed repairing.

The Under Treasurer would be advised that genuine efforts would be made to build a swimming pool with the £400 borrowed from the Government.

Cr Lee moved that the Brass Band equipment be stored in a shed at the rear of the Institute instead of in the Ambulance shed, where it is now. This would make room for storing the trailer pump and its fittings. Carried.

Mr A.B. Aldam submitted plans for an asbestos or iron and wood building on the vacant land adjacent to the Billiard Saloon and utilising one wall of the saloon. Not approved.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Bro W.H. Lloyd as Worshipful Master on 23 October, followed by a Ball in the Burra Town Hall. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Cricket. The season’s opening matches in the Burra Association will begin on 2 November.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Pages 1 & 4

Civic Farewell to Dr & Mrs Steele

The number attending caused the gathering to be moved from the Council Chamber to the main hall. Mayor Jennison presided. At the start Josie Jennison presented Mrs Steele with a beautiful sheaf of flowers. The Mayor regretted that they had gathered to say farewell to a pair of such fine citizens. Dr Steele had been an ideal family doctor who had an uncanny way of gaining the confidence of all the family. They all knew the great part Dr Steele had played in WWI, where he earned an MC on the field of battle. He had met Dr Steele once in France at the time of a big battle, when hundreds of cases had been brought in and he had seen him in action. He also recalled Dr Steele’s role in WWII, where he had been a brilliant speaker from the public platform and always managed to say the right thing at the right time. He also recalled all the speeches Dr Steele had made to the High School children as President of the High School Council – always giving them something solid to think about.

Cr Carpenter spoke in support and was glad Dr Steele’s continuing interest in Koo-owie Station would maintain a link with Burra.

Crs Lee & Woollacott also spoke for the Council.

Mr J.G. Sara spoke for the High School Council.

Mary Pearce and Harold Steele spoke for the students.

T.H. Woollacott spoke for the residents of Burra. He also spoke of Mrs Steele’s work as President of Burra Red Cross during the recent war and also of Margaret Steele as a worker for the cause.

Mr Ed Finch gave support as chairman of the Burra Burra Hospital Board and for the Burra Burra DC.

Mrs R.J. Jeffery spoke on behalf of Red Cross members in appreciation of the work of Mrs Steele over 20 years of service.

Mr M.T. Fuller for the RSL acknowledged Dr Steele’s work in the past as President of that body and as Co-ordinator for the Burra & District for the Civil Defence in WWII.

Miss M. Rogers as President of the CWA said Mrs Steele had given valuable service for 12 years membership of that body.

Mr L.H. Thomas spoke of Dr Steele’s membership of the Bowling Club and the frequent appearance of his name on the Honour Board there.

Other speakers were:

Rev. A.S. Barrett for the Churches of Burra

Mr M.G. Dobson re the Tennis and Golf Clubs

Miss Marg. Davies re Mrs Steele’s Golf Club membership

And Messrs R.J. Jeffery, J. McGrath, M. Hegarty & F.T. Sara.

The Mayor presented a handsome lampshade and a cheque to buy an easy chair. Dr Steele made a response thanking all for their kindness and Mrs Steele also thanked all well-wishers.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Page 2

Advt. Welcome Home Ball, Burra Town Hall 8 November. Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 November

Katherine Hepburn & Walter Huston in Dragon Seed

Plus short features.

Vice-Regal Visit to Hallett

H.E. the Governor and Lady Norrie visited Hallett on 11 October. They visited the school and were then accorded a Civic Reception at the Institute.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Page 3

Tennis

A Grade Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Ironmine 5-73

Hallett 8-92 defeated Mr Bryan 6-84

Booborowie 10-96 defeated Willalo 5-67

B Grade Booborowie 12-110 defeated Aberdeen 2-64

Burra VDC held a reunion dinner at the Royal Exchange Hotel on Saturday evening when 40 members attended.

Mr J.G. Sara retires from active business life.

Nearly forty years ago Mr J.G. Sara of Burra purchased a little business from the late Mr James Tiver, with stock valued at about £200. Today Sara & Co. has stocks valued at thousands of pounds and is one of the biggest and best known stores throughout the north of the state. On 1 November Mr Sara, at the age of 83 will hand over his share of the business to Mr R.H. Campbell (who has been managing it for some time) and Mr Thomas Pascoe of Adelaide. Mr Sara has been greatly helped by his wife and his son Mr F.T. Sara, who returned from WA to assist his parents when they first purchased the store. He will retain a half share and the firm will continue to trade as Sara & Co.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Page 4

Burra Burra DC

The Main Road grant for the year ending 30 June 1947 is £2,800, plus a Council contribution of £300.

The Hospital Department informs the Council that its contribution to the Burra Hospital for the year is £577.

The President of the My Bryan Tennis Club advises the transfer of allotments 27 & 24 from A.G. Gebhardt to certain trustees and requests Council to proceed with the closing of Ullman Street.

69, 43, 29 October 1946, Supplement

Approx. 2 sides A3

Mokota Cricket Association, 19 & 26 October

Mt Bryan 5 for 269 defeated Hallett 188.

Marriage. Scott’s Church, Thursday 24 October

Avis Ley, second daughter of Mrs S.M. Ley & the late Mr W.T. Ley of ‘Manordale’, Farrell Flat, married

James Bradley, eldest son of Mr & Mrs S.J. Bradley of Sandringham.

They will live at Kingscote, Kangaroo Island.

69, 44, 5 November 1946, Page 1

Cricket, Burra Association

Day 1 of a two day match:

Colts 114 v. Burra 7 for 44

Buffs 83 v. Koonoona 3 for 51

Tennis

A Grade Aberdeen 12-107 defeated Mt Bryan 3-68

Willalo 11-103 defeated Ironmine 4-69

Leighton 10-99 defeated Booborowie 5-74

B Grade Aberdeen 10-86 defeated Mt Bryan 5-74

Hallett 13-112 defeated Ironmine 2-57

John McGrath, manager of the Savings Bank, will shortly be transferred to the Gouger St, Adelaide branch. His replacement will be Mr Nethway from Moonta.

Second Security Loan. Burra’s quota was 85 subscribers and £7,500. It achieved £8,800 from 27 subscribers.

Burra Hospital. It is estimated a new Nurses’ Quarters will cost £11,000 to £12,000. The Government has agreed to provide a pound for pound subsidy to a maximum of £5,000. The fund currently stands at £142-2-11.

69, 44, 5 November 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 9 November

Rita Hayworth & Gene Kelly in Cover Girl

Edmund Lone & Janis Carter in Girl in the Case

Remembrance Day

The Prime Minister announced recently that the Empire Governments had agreed that in future Armistice Day would be called Remembrance Day and would be observed as a commemoration for the fallen of both World Wars. It will be observed on the nearest Sunday to 11 November.

69, 44, 5 November 1946, Page 3

RSL. Clubrooms Appeal Fund has reached £151-1-6.

Cricket

Leighton 53 & 2 for 83 v. North Booborowie 3 for 188 declared.

69, 44, 5 November 1946, Page 4

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes re the proposed weir on the Burra creek. He writes in the belief that no one seems to know about how such impounded water would behave, or what silt and rubbish would accumulate or whether the water would be suitable for swimming or what effect the water would have on the high banks. No one had suggested how the water would be kept clean or what provision would be made for adults and juniors.

‘…a swimming pool is necessary, but to place a weir across a stagnant sewage basin does not appear to be the place to form one.’

He goes on to urge that public money not be expended on such folly and if there are people who think it viable then let them raise the funds needed without any liability to the community. If the plan is to proceed the advice and services of a Town Planner and Consultant Engineer should be engaged and the decisions left to them.

Obituary. Mr Fred Turner Pascoe died recently at Burra Hospital after a long illness. He was born at Yongala on 20 October 1881 and spent his first thirty-two years in that area. He then moved to Farrell Flat and from there to Burra, where he was employed for 28 years by Messrs A.J. & P.A. McBride Ltd. In his lifetime he took a keen interest in football and basketball. He is survived by a widow and two married daughters; Mrs Stan Truscott and Mrs C. Barratt, both of Waikerie. [Frederick Turner Pascoe died 16 September 1946 at Burra. The birth appears on the SA Births CD as Fred Fenner Pascoe 20 October 1881 at Yongala, with his mother as Mary Jane Fenner. It seems likely that transcriptions from hand written documents have caused his mother’s surname to appear in the CD variously as Turner, Furner, Farmer and Fenner.]

69, 44, 5 November 1946, Supplement

Approx. 2 sides A3

The President of the Leighton Hall Committee handed over a cheque for £102 to the Burra Hospital Board and Leighton Red Cross one for £22 recently, to aid the Nurses’ Quarters Fund.

69, 45, 12 November 1946, Page 1

Sunday Rail Services

All country passenger rail services on Sundays have been cancelled. As a result Freer & Scott’s bus service from Burra to Riverton to connect with the train has also been cancelled. Free & Scott immediately applied to the Transport Control Board for permission to run a bus service to Adelaide on Sundays. The Board has declined the permission. Mr Scott waited on the Chairman and pointed out that Riverland, West Coast and Peninsula residents had Sunday bus services – even some that ran parallel to rail services. Chairman G.W. Pope refused to reconsider the matter on the grounds that the Board hopes Sunday services will soon be resumed.

Ironmine Methodist Ladies Guild held a Concert & Fete at Leighton Hall last Wednesday evening. It was deemed a great success. [Items in the concert are reviewed and participants in both the concert and fete are listed.]

Wartime Incident near Hallett

Mr Casey recently found an aeroplane door on Tiverton Run near Hallett. It recalled a wartime incident we could not then report. In a mishap a pilot (Mr Tangey) bound for the West Coast got off course. At about midnight lack of fuel meant he had to make a forced landing. He ordered the crew of three to bail out. They did so, expecting to land in the sea and to get out they had to push the door off the plane. The pilot then made a forced landing in a difficult spot on Tiverton Run. The pilot survived and walked five miles to Tiverton Station for help. The other crew members landed about three miles away and were picked up in a lorry driven by Mr Ding and were taken to Netley Gap Station.

Remembrance Day was observed in Burra on Sunday with a service conducted by Rev. H. Hobbs at the Rotunda in Market Square. Wreaths were placed on the War Memorial by M.T. Fuller representing the RSL and Mayor H.J.B. Jennison for the town.

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Courts were opened for the season by club patron Mr Jack Kellock on Saturday afternoon. President Rev. Hobbs and Mayor H.J. B. Jennison also spoke of the efforts to get the courts playable and the hopes they would help with the recreation of ex-servicemen and young people of the town.

The Fathers’ Association Annual Ball in Burra Town Hall on Friday evening saw a very good attendance. [Details in c. 2⁄3 column.]

The Swimming Pool Plan

The Under Treasurer has agreed to allow the Council to spend £400 borrowed for the purpose of building a swimming pool when conditions permit. Council has agreed to hold the matter over until the new year, by which time they will have more precise details of the plan and costs and cement might be more readily available.

69, 45, 12 November 1946, Page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort has instructions from the Burra RSL to conduct a clearing sale of materials, fittings, etc. acquired when they bought the SA Farmers’ Union Building.

Friday 22 November 2 p.m. at the rear of the RSL Clubrooms.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 16 November

Tyrone Power & Maureen O’Hara in The Black Swan

Phil Baker & Marjorie Masson in Take It or Leave It

Obituary. Francis Hogan died on 5 November at his son’s residence at Booborowie aged 83. He was the husband of Bridget and father of Jim, Jack and Bill (and of Margaret & Molly deceased).

[No birth registration in SA.]

Burra Cricket Association is appealing for funds to enable it to cover the cricket pitches at Victoria Park and Racecourse with malthoid. This will eliminate the need for matting and save much time at matched and on practice nights. The cost for both pitches will be c. £20. The Victoria Park matting is worn and replacing it would cost £25.

69, 45, 12 November 1946, Page 3

Postal Deliveries

From early in the new year letters from the local post office will be delivered in the morning and the afternoon in Burra. Whether Burra North will have a similar service is unclear, but it will have at least one delivery per day.

Burra CWA will hold its International Day on 15 November. Mrs John Riggs will give an address on Scotland.

69, 45, 12 November 1946, Page 4

Burra Town Council, 4 November

The Ambulance Shed has been cleared out and was in good condition.

M. Pritchard applied to erect a petrol depot on allotment 417. Permission granted.

69, 45, 12 November 1946, Supplement

Somewhat larger than A3. 2 sides.

Cricket. Burra Association – Conclusion of two-day matches

Koonoona 141 defeated Buffs 83 & 69 (A win to Koonoona on 1st innings.)

Burra 138 defeated Colts 114 & 90 (A win to Burra on 1st innings – surprising as they started the second day at 7 for 44.)

Black Springs School held its Annual Picnic on Friday 25 October. [The novelty events are reported.]

Tennis. Burra Association

A Grade Leighton 10-99 defeated Hallett 5-83

Mt Bryan 9-96 defeated Willalo 6-78

Aberdeen 12-108 defeated Booborowie 3-78

B Grade Booborowie 14-114 defeated Mt Bryan 1-58

Aberdeen 11-108 defeated Ironmine 4-74

69, 46, 19 November 1946, Page 1

Weather

Last Thursday thunderstorms and heavy rain crossed the district. Some drains were blocked and gutters overflowed. Crops generally benefited. Some eastern properties recorded heavy falls:

Koomooloo 141 Old Koomooloo 74 Braeside 34

Sturt Vale 59 Quondong 170 Braemar 52

Kia-ora 50 Faraway Hill 59

Lord’s Well is reported to have received 100 points in 10 minutes.

Burra Post Office recorded 138 points for the week.

Bowls last Saturday

Burra Blue 101 defeated Clare 91

Burra White 100 defeated Clare 67

Burra CWA International Day meeting is reported in 11⁄4 columns.

Tennis, Burra Association

A Grade Booborowie 12-113 defeated Ironmine 3-58

Leighton 8-91 defeated Mt Bryan 7-84

Hallett 10-95 defeated Willalo 5-62

B Grade Hallett 9-91 defeated Aberdeen 6-81

Booborowie 14-113 defeated Ironmine 1-49

AJAX writes on the proposed swimming pool.

The writer believes that unless 25% of the floodwaters pass through the floodgates the pond would silt up in two or three floods. The proposed 300 ton weir would not retain the impounded 31,250 tons of water. He then goes on to speculate on a 50 ft high weir opposite St Joseph’s that could generate HEP and allow the town to prosper as a result. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

69, 46, 19 November 1946, Page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 November

Nelson Eddy & Susanna Foster in Phantom of the Opera

Donald Woods & Billie Bourke in So’s Your Uncle

69, 46, 19 November 1946, Page 3

Mt Bryan Methodist Ladies Guild held its Annual Strawberry Fete with takings amounting to £83.

[Reported in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Homing Club. Final races for the season.

The race on 5 October from Oodnadatta was a disaster. Only one of the six birds sent returned and that after the race had closed.

The race of 13 October from Mt Gambier was also a smash. Four owners sent 17 birds and again only one returned, but this time within race time, giving victory to P.J. Byrne.

Overall the season was successful. Aggregate points for the season:

P.J. Byrne 76

T. Broad 71

S. Kellaway 41

J. Allen 32

A.H. Broad 29

J. Bourman 16

Cricket. Mokota Association. Three rounds have been completed

Round 1. North Booborowie 146 defeated Spalding 92 & 48

Leighton 176 defeated Mt Bryan 159

Round 2. North Booborowie 3 for 189 defeated Leighton 53 & 2 for 83

Mt Bryan 5 for 269 defeated Hallett 188

Round 3 Mt Bryan 140 defeated North Booborowie 125

Spalding 227 drew with Hallett 9 for 195

Games in progress:

Leighton 165 v. Hallett 0 for 47

Spalding 9 for 262 v. Mt Bryan

Burra School. During last Thursday’s storm part of the lathe and plaster ceiling in the passage leading from the High School to the Primary School collapsed. Fortunately no one was in the passage at the time.

69, 46, 19 November 1946, Supplement

Two sides of A3

Cricket. Burra Association. First day

Buffs 58 v. Burra 7 for 140

Colts 78 v. Koonoona 6 for 80

The malthoid has arrived and should be ready for play after next weekend.

69, 47, 26 November 1946, Page 1

The National Service Officer Mr Clarke recently visited the Town Council accompanied by the President of the Fathers’ Association Mr G.H. Dollman. Mr Clarke said there were ten districts similar to his in SA. Records of each demobilised person were kept. The Department gave other advice and incorporated a Legal Aid Bureau. Unfortunately at present there was more unemployment in Burra amongst returned servicemen than in any other town in his area – the total was between 15 and 20 men. Men desirous of obtaining a farm could get easy terms through the State Bank. Men discharged for more than 12 months could obtain assistance to purchase tools of trade. His department had hundreds of jobs available. The position of Burra seems to have arisen because many wives came to Burra during the war and now when the men returned they found it hard to get work in Burra and hard to get a home in the city. The Mayor said they might get the Ballast Quarry and cracking plant into operation. It might also be a good idea to get some industry started. Government assistance might be obtainable for some capital works projects such as the Cemetery Road.

‘Ante Mud’ writes on the swimming pool proposal. He too fears the Burra Creek mud and foresees a lot of expense in dealing with it. He recommends alternative sites linked to Burra by bus: ‘the Chimneys, Baldina or Baldina creek, Porters Lagoon, Black Water Hole or World’s End’.

Burra Town Council, 18 November

Council was invited to the opening of the new RSL Clubrooms.

Council agreed to supply the High School Council with sand and gravel for a cement cricket pitch at cost price.

The lane between Bence’s and Sara’s is to be bituminised from wall to wall to prevent the surface being washed into the drains and so blocking them.

Tennis. Burra Association

A Grade Willalo 8-87 defeated Aberdeen 7-84

Leighton 11-100 defeated Ironmine 4-74

Booborowie 8-83 defeated Hallett 4-67

B Grade Mt Bryan 10-91 defeated Ironmine 5-68

Hallett 13-108 defeated Booborowie 2-66

Mr A.J. Hill, who has been District Clerk for about 12 months, has resigned his position. He had successfully applied for the office of Treasurer to the City of Williamstown Council in Victoria. ‘Joff’ as he is known in Burra, was born in the town and lived here all his life except for his war service. He has been a keen sportsman and a footballer of merit.

The Burra Town Council has resolved to buy a flamethrower to obviate the hard skimming of grass on footpaths and in water tables. It will be obtained through Sara & Co. for £9-6-8.

Mr V.A. Nethway has been the manager of the Moonta branch of the Savings Bank of SA for 101⁄2 years and is now transferred to Burra to replace Mr John McGrath, who moves to Adelaide. Mr Nethway has been associated with the bank for 30 years. At Moonta Mr Nethway has been People’s Warden of the Anglican Church, a member of the Duke of Edinburgh Masonic Lodge and is presently President of Moonta Memorial Park Bowling Club and has been President of the Yorke’s Peninsula Bowling Association. He has also been active in Moonta’s musical circles. Mrs Nethway has been a member of the Church of England Ladies Guild, the Red Cross and during the war of the FFCF and the Ladies’ Hospital Auxiliary Committee. She has also been a member of the Ladies’ Indoor Bowls Association.

69, 47, 26 November 1946, Page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC. Applications are called for the position of District Clerk.

Notice. Mr J. McGrath will be tendered a farewell in the Commercial Hotel on Wednesday 27 November at 5 pm.

Advt. RSL Burra Sub-Branch

The people of the district are invited to the opening of the new clubrooms on Saturday 7 December at 3 p.m.

The opening ceremony will be performed by the Premier Hon. T. Playford. Afternoon tea will follow.

There will be a Smoke Social at 8 p.m. for members of the RSL with comedians and other artists.

Supper etc. Charge 3/6

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 November

Ronald Colman & Marlene Dietrich in Kismet

Van Johnson & Alma Kruger in Between Two Women

Burra Burra Hospital

The Building Materials Office has refused building permits for the new Nurses’ Quarters. This is very disappointing as the existing facilities are ramshackle and the Board has raised nearly enough money to meet the cost of additions to the hospital. It is also odd because buildings to house nurses are being erected at the RAH. The advice was in a letter from the architects Dean W. Berry & Gilbert. The reason given is an acute shortage of building materials with no change in sight before next year. It was implied in a telephone conversation that a permit would be granted as soon as materials were available. The decision was ‘to give first preference to the erection of homes, which are urgently required by the many families living under appalling conditions.

69, 47, 26 November 1946, Page 3

Second Security Loan

The final figures for Burra are 43 subscribers for £10,980.

Cricket. Mokota Association

Hallett 205 defeated Leighton 165 & 4 for 62

Mt Bryan 5 for 272 defeated Spalding 9 declared for 262

Cricket. Burra Association

Burra 7 for 140 declared defeated Buffs 58 & 37

Koonoona 150 defeated Colts 78 & 159

Greenacres Red Cross Branch. [A branch based on ‘Greenacres’, the home of Mrs Newton Collins.]

This branch with eight members closed recently. Last March they donated £20 to Burra Burra Hospital Inc. and their last gesture was to donate all present money to the TB Hospital Sanatorium Appeal – amounting to £28-2-4. The group will form the ‘Greenacres’ Hospital Group, which will send all subscriptions and donations to the Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

69, 48, 2 December 1946, Page 1

Black Springs-Porters Lagoon Red Cross has reached its target of raising £21 towards the Red Cross Tuberculosis Hospital. The branch will not now be functioning actively, but will continue to pay membership fees each year in the knowledge they are helping a splendid cause.

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes again, this time urging the complete demolition of all sub-standard dwellings in Burra and their replacement with suitable dwellings to meet people’s needs at an economical rent. This would also meet the needs of the unemployed. All roads and footpaths should be made dustproof. Tree planting should follow with an island garden with seats in the Square and a women’s rest room.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Wednesday 6 November

Betty Hawson-Clarke, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs M.R. Hawson-Clarke of Burra, married

William John Pens, younger son of Mr & Mrs J.J. Pens of Bendigo Station via Hallett. [Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Mr J. McGrath’s Farewell is reported in 1 column of detail. The speakers were M.G. Dobson (MC), The Mayor, F.T. Marston (on McGrath’s work as Treasurer of the Burra Library Committee), Mr Lott, Mr Hann, Mr Coverdale, Mr P.J. Byrne (for St Joseph’s congregation), Mr Hegarty, Mr L. Pearce, Mr Crewes, Mr L. Hawke & Mr R. Aldridge. Mr Dobson presented Mr McGrath with an envelope containing a substantial sum of money.

The Newly Formed Tennis Club [Not named] held a Ball in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday evening with dancing to 2 a.m.

Pextons

Most people in the district will remember the Pextons who worked a gold claim at Mongolata some years ago and they will recall the brothers Pexton having some success with gold. When the gold ran out they quit and purchased land, first in WA and later in the South East of SA. The ‘Naracoorte Herald’ reports that Mr Ron Pexton is making a real success of his venture with a dairy herd. He had much success at the recent Naracoorte Show with his Jersey Bull Takati-Inkunzi, which won first prize in the aged class and first prize in all aged classes and it was only narrowly edged into second place at the Mt Gambier Show with competition from Victoria.

69, 48, 2 December 1946, Page 2

Freer & Scott advise that their bus service on Sundays to Riverton is again operating – connecting with trains.

Departs Burra 5 p.m. to Riverton

Departs Riverton 9.30 p.m. to Burra.

Notice. T.W. Neville has opened a Boot & Shoe Repairing Business at Burra North in the premises diagonally opposite Messrs Sara & Co. Store.

Notice. D. Stott advises he is closing his watch repairing business and cannot accept further work. Work in hand can be collected from the shop now occupied by Mr D. Chennell and debts can also be paid to him.

Notice. Hurtle M. Scott, Qualified Accountant, will commence a practice at Commercial Street, Burra, on 2 January 1947.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 7 December

John Garfield & Maureen O’Hara in The Fallen Sparrow

Dennis Day & Anne Shirley in Music in Manhattan

69, 48, 2 December 1946, Page 3

Redruth Methodist Church Strawberry Fete is reported in 1 column of detail.

Cricket

The appeal to pay for the malthoid has reached £11-0-6.

Mr J. Klaebe, son of Mr & Mrs Klaebe of Hallett, has recently received an appointment as an electrician on Ocean Island with the Phosphate Commission.

69, 48, 2 December 1946, Page 4

Tennis. Burra Association

A Grade Mt Bryan 8-90 defeated Ironmine 7-77

Willalo 8-96 defeated Leighton 7-79

Hallett 10-89 defeated Aberdeen 5-78

B Grade Hallett 10-87 defeated Aberdeen 5-71

Booborowie 11.103 defeated Mt Bryan 4-74

Notice. Rationing Commission

New Ration Card Issue for Foods & Clothing

Saturday and Sunday 7 & 8 December 1946.

To obtain a new Food & Clothing Ration Card you must produce your old 1945-46 Food Ration Book.

69, 48, 2 December 1946, Supplement

Two sides somewhat larger than A3

Cricket. Burra Association

Start of a two-week game.

Koonoona 89 v. Burra 2 for 47

Buffs 133 v. Colts 0 for 57

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society is soliciting donations to purchase a hand propelled invalid chair to be the property of the society. The appeal is in the interests of Mr C.J. Lomman, born in the district and often to be seen in our streets in a chair that is difficult to propel. An almost new chair can be obtained for £37-10-0. £5-5-0 has so far been received.

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Page 1

Burra Hospital Nurses Quarters

The Burra Town Council deplores the refusal of a building permit for new Nurses’ Quarters at the Burra Hospital. The Burra Hospital Board members took the opportunity of the Premier’s visit to Burra on Saturday to interview him with respect to this denial of a building permit. The Premier pointed out that the Government cannot by law grant a subsidy to any hospital in excess of £4,000 in any one financial year and so the Hospital will receive the £5,000 subsidy in two payments; £1,000 this financial year and £4,000 in the next.

Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara will celebrate their 61st wedding anniversary on 9 December 1946.

Burra Burra Hospital has received a further £1,000 from the estate of C.E. Gebhardt, deceased, donated to the Building Fund for the new Nurses’ Quarters.

Burra RSL New Clubrooms

The new rooms were officially opened by the Premier Hon. T. Playford on Saturday afternoon. After the ceremony a stream of people inspected the clubrooms. The consensus of opinion was that they contained every conceivable amenity to make the leisure time of returned men enjoyable and profitable. The rooms are done out in cream and renovated by local contractors Messrs Carl Pearce and M. Woollacott. They were declared open with only £400 owing on an expenditure totalling c. £3,000. Further donations on the day reduced the balance owing to £238-14-0. A huge crowd gathered on Saturday to watch the opening ceremony. President Fuller called upon the Premier to perform the ceremony.

[His speech and that of the Premier are printed.]

Mr Dalwood represented the RSL in SA on behalf of the State President. Mr R.H. Smith made an appeal for donations to wipe out the £400 owing. [Respondents to this appeal are listed.]

Burra Town Council has joined the Riverton DC in urging the SAR to run a train on Tuesdays – currently a trainless day.

Matthews Emporium organised a Christmas Carnival last Friday. Father Christmas arrived at 2.30 p.m. and was greeted by the local manager Mr Ed. Poore. Matthews gave away no less than 850 bags of sweets to youngsters, many of whom had not seen Father Christmas during the war years.

1,500 people passed through the shop examining and purchasing most of the good things in Matthews well organised ‘Fairyland’. Father Christmas departed Burra at 5 p.m.

Unemployment in Burra

Mr Jennison has made a district wide search for unemployed ‘Diggers’ as reported by Mr Clarke, Employment Officer, but cannot find any. Now he has plenty of jobs available, but no unemployed men to fill them.

Cr Kellaway has alleged that an attempt was made to intimidate him. He had been told ‘that he would …be ousted at the next election if he did not carry out the wishes of the ratepayer concerned.’

He had informed the ratepayer that he was not worrying about the next election because he had no intention of contesting it. He however, was not going to be intimidated into carrying out any unsavoury action during his term as Councillor.

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Page 2

Notice. M.W. Bednall, executor in the estate of Isabella Halls, deceased.

The following properties are for sale.

1. Two cottages fronting Welsh Place.

2. The Deceased’s residence at the rear.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 14 December

George Montgomery & Betty Grable in Coney Island

Sheila Ryan & Trudy Marshall in Ladies of Washington

Obituary. Sylvia Jeanette Kelly died on 3 December at Adelaide aged 9 years. She was the eldest daughter of Ken & Sylvia Kelly of Urania and a sister to Marilyn, Clive and Coralie.

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Page 3

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society

The Wheelchair Appeal has reached £7-9-0.

£37-10-0 is required.

Burra RSL

The banquet on the Saturday night of the opening of the new clubrooms is reported in 11⁄2 columns.

Toasts were proposed by:

President M.T. Fuller ‘The King’

Howard Griffen ‘The League’

Trevor Dalwood Responded to Griffen

Item: W. Garrard (An old digger & Burraite) recited ‘Gunga Din’

Tom Reynolds ‘The Fighting Services’

Item: L.H. Thomas Vocal with Clem Davey at the piano

Brian Riggs DFC Responded to Reynolds

Item: A.L. Bence Arranged a competition among those wishing to give an item. They included Bill Sellars, Charlie Kelly & Mrs Wade (who all sang)

Jack Lynch gave a recitation and was declared winner of the competition.

H.J. B. Jennison ‘State Parliament’

Hon. T. Playford Responded to Jennison

G. Stanley Hawker ‘Visitors’

Jeffery Cooper of Burnside Responded to Hawker

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Page 4

Tennis. Burra Association

A Grade Hallett 13-106 defeated Ironmine 2-60

Aberdeen 10-100 defeated Leighton 5-73

B Grade Booborowie 9-97 defeated Aberdeen 6-70

Hallett 11-99 defeated Ironmine 4-67

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Supplement

Approx. two sides A3

Cricket

Colts 1 for 237 including C. Morrison 133 not out defeated Buffs 133 & 74

Burra 98 defeated Koonoona 89 & 9 for 91

The Malthoid Appeal stands at £12-10-6.

Burra Town Council, 3 December

SAR has proposed that in the event of the Station Road being rebuilt they would supply screenings and Colas for bitumen and wanted an estimate of the cost of cartage of materials and of labour. An estimate will be prepared.

69, 49, 9 December 1946, Additional Supplement

1 side of broadsheet

1947 Calendar with bushfire control information etc.

69, 50, 17 December 1946, Page 1

Mayor H.J.B. Jennison’s Christmas Greetings to the town are printed.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society

The Wheelchair Appeal stands at £10-1-0.

Burra High School Speech Night was held last night in the Burra Town Hall. The assembly room at the High School had previously been used, but the crowd was now too large for that venue.

The scholars opened with the School Hymn and this was followed by:

The Eton Boating Song

Away for Rio

Playing on De Ole Banjo

Headmaster H.O. Pederick then delivered his report for 1946. [This is printed in full in just under 2 columns.]

The High School enrolment of 73 for 1946 was a record; the highest previous total being 65. The 1947 enrolment is expected to exceed 80 and consequently a new room has been promised for the new year. Last year seven of nine Intermediate candidates passed the full certificate with seven or more subjects and the other two passed five subjects each.

The staff of Mr Burdon, Miss Butler, Mr Laubsch and Miss Tapley put in a great effort as an extra teacher should have been supplied. A bus service from Willalo via Hallett and Mt Bryan brought in just below 20 on average. Thanks go to Mr A.G. Hanlin as driver.

The whole school visited Adelaide early in April and among places visited were:

Wyles Chromium Works

Adelaide Joinery Works

Rossela [sic] Manufacturing Co.

Amscol

Adelaide Fire Station

Botanic Gardens

Art Gallery

Museum

Parliament House

Technical night classes in Woodwork and night and day classes in Dressmaking were instituted.

Intermediate Drawing was introduced and in 1947 Bookkeeping will be re-introduced, possibly as an alternative to Latin in First year.

Money is being spent improving Physical Education and Sports equipment and on the Library.

Regular inter-school sports matches have been played and the Annual Sports Day was held in August, in which the Senior Cups went to Mary Pearce and Rex Haese and the Junior Cups to Dawn Bernhardt and Francis Ford [Frances in the paper.]

BHS competed in the Mid North High schools Sports Meeting at Kapunda and although it was the smallest school in the competition it came second to Clare.

In 1947 this event will be hosted by Burra.

[The headmaster then went on to thank the School Council and the Parents & Friends’ Association.]

The loss by departure from the town of Dr Steele is greatly regretted. He had been President of the High School Council for about 26 years. It had been decided to name one of the two Houses at the School Steele House and the other Draysey House in honour of a previous Acting Headmaster who gave his life in WWII.

Also lost to the school community this year with regret were Mrs C. Pearce, for many years Treasurer of the Parents & Friends’ Association and Mr G.P. S. Harvey, who had been an active Council Member.

[A list of others who were thanked then followed.]

The Girls’ Choir then sang The Fleet’s in Port

The Acting Chairman of the School Council, Mr A.B. Riggs, then spoke – the first time Dr Steele had not performed that duty since the Council was formed.

[Mr Riggs speech is printed. In his speech he said the Department had a block of land on which it had for many year intended to build a residence for the Headmaster and now after much lobbying by the Council the Department now said the house would be built within six months. He indicated that the school bus service had increased the enrolment by about 20.

Intermediate Certificates gained at the 1945 exams were distributed:

Fayth Hawson-Clarke 7 subjects with 1 credit

Joseph Ford 7 subjects

Norman Maxted 7 subjects

Ross Webster 8 subjects with 2 credits

Mary Pearce 7 subjects

Harold Steele 7 subjects

Heather Bateson 7 subjects

Dux of the School was Ross Webster

[Further presentations of prizes and performances by students are then listed.]

Grasshopper Swarms are nearing Burra with sightings at Terowie and Clare and a single swarm at Booborowie, which was destroyed by the District Council.

So far they have not been inflicting great damage due to the abundance of feed.

Burra Racing Club has been allotted two meetings for 1947 and the first will be on 26 February.

Father Christmas has been busy in Burra. On Saturday he visited the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School and the Burra Hospital. Gifts were distributed and carols sung and at the Sunday School a sumptuous meal followed.

69, 50, 17 December 1946, Page 2

Notice. Redruth Methodist Church, Sunday 22 December

A large combined choir will present a fine selection of choruses from Handel’s Messiah. Solos will be presented by Mr Lindsay Thomas, Mrs J.A. Reed and Mrs R. Campbell and Christmas Bells played by Rev. A.S. Barrett.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 21 December

Alan Marshall & Lorraine Day in Bride By Mistake

Johnny Weissmuller & Frances Gifford in Tarzan Triumphs

25 December

Rosalind Russell & Brian Aherne in What a Woman

Joan Davis & Bob Crosby in Kansas City Kitty

28 December

Van Johnson & June Allyson in Two Girls and a Sailor

Plus eight short features

30 December

Yvonne De Carlo & Rod Cameron in Salome Where She Danced

Joan Davis & Leon Errol in She Gets Her Man

1 January 1947

The Way Ahead

On Approval

Notice. A meeting will be held in the CWA Rooms in Pearce’s Building on Wednesday 18 December of all interested in the restoration of the grass tennis courts at the Racecourse.

M.G. Dobson, Convenor

Burra Burra DC

At a recent meeting Mr K.R. Crewes was appointed District Clerk in place of Mr A.J. Hill. Mr Crewes had been Acting District Clerk for some time prior to Mr Hill’s discharge from the RAAF.

Obituary. Charles William Preiss, late of Burra, died on 11 December in Adelaide. He was the husband of Bridget Teresa and father of Sylvester (1st AIF), Lizzie, Maggie, Jack, Frank (2nd AIF, POW), Joe, Veronica and Irene. Aged 80. [Birth registered as Charles Preiss 16 May 1866 at Pt Gawler.]

69, 50, 17 December 1946, Page 3

Burra Primary School

All 20 children who sat for the Progress Certificate passed.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 30 November

Charles Edward Kellaway, son of Mr & Mrs S. Kellaway, married Rhonda May Thomas.

The couple have taken up residence at Peterborough.

Burra Labour Party Branch held a Ball at Burra Town Hall on Friday evening to celebrate their recent electoral victory. Music was provided by the Adelaide Rhythm Players – members of the Royal Blind Institution. [Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Miss Margaret Jeffery, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.J. Jeffery, has completed her final year at MLC by becoming Dux of the School and receiving a gold medal. She also won the Sir Frederick Holder Prize for public speaking as well as the Botany prize.

69, 50, 17 December 1946, Page 4

Burra Burra DC, 2 December

Mr A. Tennant sought permission to erect a telephone line along the Main Eastern Road from Burra to Redcliffe Station.

Riverton Dc sought support for a Tuesday train service.

SAR advises that instructions have been issued that no Leigh Creek coal is to be used in locomotives on main lines in the summer months.

SAR is to have its attention drawn to the fact that nine fires were started by the morning train from Adelaide to Terowie on 25 November 1946 within this district.

G. Bails, the liquidator of Byles Mongolata Gold Mining Co. N.L. advises he has forfeited and sold certain gold mining leases and is prepared to pay the rates on same, but not on certain others. Referred to Mr M.W. Bednall.

69, 50, 17 December 1946, Supplement

Two sides of A4

Cricket. Burra Association. Start of matches

Colts 165 v. Burra to be completed 21 December.

Mokota 274 v. Burra 71

The Malthoid Appeal stands at £13-15-6.

Buffalo Lodge Christmas Tree will be held 19 December and a large crowd of youngsters and wives of members is expected. Over 160 gifts have been purchased and Father Christmas will have a busy time distributing them. There is a rumour that there is to be a presentation of some ‘Buffalo Debutantes’ who have been in strict straining (sorry, training) in order to fit into their gowns.

Characteristics of the 1946 Paper.

Page 1.

A couple of large advertisements, but mostly solidly local news.

Page 2.

About 3 columns worth of large advertisments and the advertisements for sales, public notices and entertainment.

Page 3.

Dominated by large advertisments, but also carrying the small Cash Column ads. Some local news.

Page 4.

Similar to page 3.

In general, compared with the war years, there was much more advertising and, of course, an absence of syndicated war news, information or propaganda. Local events were well covered.

Numbering of issues in 1946.

The numbering of issues in 1946 was somewhat chaotic.

The year began with:

Volume 68, Number 1 on 8 January and this sequence continued to

Volume 68 Number 9 on 5 March.

Then there was a change of Volume

Volume 69, Number 10 appeared on 12 March

On 2 April Volume 69 Number 13 appeared as expected, but

On 9 April page 1 carried the inscription Volume 69 Number 13, 2 April, and this date also appeared on page 4. Pages 2 & 3 carried the correct date of 9 April.

The Volume Number changed again on 14 May:

Volume 70, Number 19, 14 May and this sequence ran to

Volume 70, Number 24, 18 June before reverting to:

Volume 69, Number 25, 25 June

Volume 69, Number 27, 9 July was followed by

Volume 69, Number 27 (2), 16 July, though this was dated 9 July on pages 1 & 4 and 16 July on pages 2 & 3.

There was no Number 28 in this sequence.

Issues then became regular from:

Volume 69, Number 29, 23 July to

Volume 69, Nember 50, 17 December.

70, 1, 7 Jan. 1947, page 1

Tornado Hits District

During Christmas week Burra was subjected to a most unusual phenomenon. Residents watched as an unusual cloud formation sped across the sky from the northwest. Fortunately for the town the tornado touched earth some five miles east on Mr Rooke’s property. It tore up fence posts, bushes and tussocks of grass. On top at the heart of the tornado were black clouds and beneath that a layer of white and then a huge cloud of dust with the spiral below like a weaving elephant’s trunk. This one, though frightening, was of short duration and did little damage. Before and after it there was heavy thunder and deluges of rain. One pastoral property reported 250 points of rain in 20-30 minutes. Another received 5 inches and the flood damage to eastern properties will take 12 months to repair, though on the whole the damage is not extensive and the rain will give the whole country a grand start for the year. On the western side of the town there was very little damage to farms, but damage to roads has been extensive. The Burra-Morgan road was impassable and people going via Eudunda to Morgan were no better off and in one stretch 25 cars were bogged.

Bowls. At Kapunda on Saturday 21 December Burra White 98 defeated Kapunda 93.

At Burra on Saturday 21 December Burra Blue 163 defeated Kapunda 128.

Booborowie Memorial Hall held a Gala Night on 1 January. Electric light was a great success (though the official switching on will come later). There was a very large crowd to celebrate the opening of the new dance floor by Mr G.S. Hawker.

Cricket at the racecourse 4 January: Burra 119 defeated Buffs 5 for 78.

Shearing for 1946 is over and zoning has now been repealed. Zoning was intended to spread shearing out in a period of labour shortage and its abandonment had little effect on shearing this year. Wages in the industry have never been higher.

Burra Benevolent Society Appeal has reached £16-8-0.

A Christmas Tree was held at Hanson on 19 December and the children gave a very good performance of their items. School prizes and certificates were presented. Progress Certificates went to Jeanette Rogers and Colin Bruce. Jeanette Rogers was the school dux. Father Christmas presented 36 children with presents.

The Wool Position. There is a 11⁄3-column reprint from the Herald.

Drought in NSW & Queensland in particular has seen sheep numbers fall from 125 million five years ago to perhaps 90 million or less today. Wool and stock values are high, but drought has played havoc with NSW stock welfare and the production of fat sheep, lambs and cattle. In many cases gross results per sheep for wool alone exceeded £1 per head. Only in 1924-25 were such high returns recorded. Buying of fellmongered wool has been strong from China, the Middle-East and USA and in the new selling season France, Belgium, Italy, Holland and Denmark and other European buyers have been active. America was a strong buyer for the freer types of merino. The unfortunate side of the story is the stock losses due to the drought. Not only was production down, but many areas had high agistment costs as well. Prices at saleyards have risen sharply.

70, 1, 7 Jan. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. offer for sale on account of Mrs E.A. Pascoe Pt allotment 6 Kooringa, with a frontage to Chapel St of 216’9” with a six-roomed stone house with iron washhouse detached, bathroom, cellar etc.

And on account Mr R.W. Launer Pt allotment 8 Kooringa with a frontage of 44’6” to Chapel Street on which there is a residence of 5 rooms.

Notice. Methodist Church. Special services will be presented by Rev. J. Eric Tregilgas, Assistant General Superintendent and Secretary of the Methodist Home Mission Department, illustrated with 35mm coloured slides. Redruth 11 a.m., Ironmine 3 p.m. & Kooringa 7 p.m. on 12 January.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 January

Dorothy Lamour & Eddie Bracken in Rainbow Island

Richard Allen & Jean Parker in Minesweeper

Redruth Methodist Church held its Christmas Festival on 22 December with a full choir under the baton of Mr W.H. Gare.

70, 1, 7 Jan. 1947, page 3

Cricket. Saturday 28 December at Prospect Oval

Burra District 80 & 92

Prospect 121

Notable was a hat trick by K. Miller of Hallett.

District Council of Burra Burra

Yesterday Council congratulated Mr A.J. Hill District Clerk on his appointment as Treasurer to the City of Williamstown Council in Victoria. It was his last meeting as Clerk here as he has resigned to take his new appointment after 10 years’ service to the District Council including several years’ war service. He was presented with a handsome chromium tray.

Hallett School break-up on 19 December in reported with 1⁄2 column of detail.

70, 1, 7 Jan. 1947, Supplement

St Joseph’s School break-up concert and Christmas tree was held on 17 December in the schoolroom. Mrs Jennison presented certificates. The report extends for almost 1 column.

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes a long letter on the value of proposed changes to local government that would replace 150 local government bodies with 20 regional bodies.

70, 2, 14 Jan. 1947, page 1

Obituary. Mrs Wilhelmina Matilda Klaffus died at Burra Hospital last Wednesday, 8 January, aged 100 years and 41⁄2 months. She was born at Hahndorf SA 27 August 1846 and was the daughter of a schoolteacher. She married first the late Carl Frahm and the couple resided at Light’s Pass. There were eight children of the marriage, one of whom survives in the person of Mr Oscar Frahm of Gilles Plains. Mr Frahm died in November 1886 and in 1889 the deceased married Mr Charles Klaffus. The couple moved to World’s End and farmed there for about five years. In this time she helped her husband clear the land, cut wood and load wagons. They were among the first settlers in the district. There was one child of this marriage: Walter Klaffus who lives in Earlwood, NSW. She came to live in Burra 52 years ago and over many years was employed in many families in town with regard to domestic duties. She did not take an active interest in the social life of the town, but was a strong adherent of the Lutheran Church. She could see and hear well until very recently. Some years ago she was awarded the Brodie Chair for being the oldest living mother of a son who had served in the 1914-18 war (Walter Klaffus). Her birthday as she neared the century was celebrated with due ceremony and her party last August for her 100th birthday was quite a big event. The Mayor Mr H. Jennison and members of the Burra Ministers’ Fraternal attended. Last year the PM visited her when he was in Burra and she insisted he sit in the Brodie Chair. She did her own shopping till four years ago. For 22 years she lived alone with Mrs E. Wohling coming in daily and attending to her meals. She was well until 22 December when she fell over in her back yard and though she made light of it she went to hospital where she eventually died.

[Born Wilhelmina Mathilda Seelander 27 August 1846 at Hahndorf: died 7 January 1947 at Burra.]

Burra Town Council has agreed to maintain four war graves at the Burra Cemetery.

Bowls. At Kapunda Saturday: Burra 91 defeated Kapunda 87.

At Burra Saturday: Burra White 89 defeated Kapunda 67.

This means Burra has won the Burra-Kapunda Silver Cup for this season and it is also leading in the Clare Shield.

Postal Deliveries. Beginning on 22 January letters will be delivered twice daily in Burra and Burra North. Householders are asked to arrange for the erection of a letter box where necessary.

Local Board of Health. Tuberculosis.

Dr R.C. Heddle reported a case of chronic tuberculosis. The patient’s home was later inspected by the Health Inspector Mr E.R. Davey and Health Officer Dr Steven and it was condemned as unfit for human habitation, being dirty and with totally inadequate ventilation. The owner was ordered to immediately make repairs and alterations. There are quite a number of substandard houses in the town.

Hallett Red Cross held a special meeting on 8 January and raised £21 for Bedford Industries.

Cricket. The conclusion of the Burra v. Buffs game on Saturday at the racecourse oval:

Burra 119 & 2 for 88

Buffs 127. A win for the Buffs. [Two day games that were not completed were decided on the first innings.]

Burra Benevolent Society. Appeal for invalid chair reached £19-8-0.

Burra RSL had advised the Burra Town Council that if the Sub-Branch dissolves the property it owns will revert to the Town Council.

Burra-Clare Main Road. Good progress is being made rebuilding this road within the Burra Burra DC boundary. It has been suggested that the back road which by-passes the Farrell Flat township be gazetted as the main road and this would reduce the distance to Clare by about one mile.

70, 2, 14 Jan. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co., on instruction from the trustees in the estate of the late George Parker, will sell on 24 January:

Lot 1. [Some property northwest of Burra and south of Booborowie.]

Lot 2. The property known as Slaughter House of 332 acres 1 rood 7 perches, being pt section 1, section 2266 and a closed road 11⁄2 miles south of Burra on the main Adelaide Road, comprising four paddocks with two galvanised iron huts, sheep yards, stone slaughterhouse etc.

Advt. Booborowie Memorial Hall Saturday 15 February

Final Welcome Social for Returned Members of the Fighting Forces.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 January

Lana Turner & James Craig in Marriage is a Private Affair

Regis Toomey & Adele Longmire in Bullet Scars

70, 2, 14 Jan. 1947, page 3

Tornado. Last week’s report suggested that the tornado was unique in the district, but a tornado hit the district in October 1915 and touched earth at ‘Mackerode’, the property of Mr Albert Gebhardt. It half emptied a small dam, twisted large trees off at their trunks and sent a hay stack flying.

[In fact there are three reports of tornados in the local paper:

IV, 133, 14 Jan. 1881, page 2: a tornado hit Terowie.

XV, 956, 6 Sep. 1911, p.2: a tornado snapped off telegraph poles about a mile south of the Burra Railway Station.

XXXVIII, 48, 29 Nov. 1916, page 3: actually describes the event referred to above as October 1915.]

Clare Rodeo will be held on 27 January in aid of the Clare Soldiers’ Memorial Park.

Cricket. On 4 January Mokota 7 for 187 defeated Jamestown 129.

70, 2, 14 Jan. 1947, page 4

Marriage. Mica St Methodist Church, Broken Hill on 1 January

Aileen Richards, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs R.L. Richards of Broken Hill, married

Richard Kearns, eldest son of Mrs J. Kellaway of Adelaide and late of Burra & the late Mr R. Kearns.

70, 2, 14 Jan. 1947, Supplement

Don Watson broke his ankle in two places on Wednesday last week when he had a motor cycle accident testing his machine on the motor cycle track at the racecourse.

Burra Burra DC. A further report of the presentation to A.J. Hill (Joffre) as previously noted.

CWA Christmas Meeting of 20 December is reported. President Miss M. Rogers took the chair. The association went into recess till 21 March 1947 and will then meet in the RSL Rooms.

Mt Bryan CWA meeting of 18 December is also reported.

70, 3, 21 Jan. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. The Defence Department has sent out a circular that all Rifle Clubs should be in full swing by March. Members and intending members not in possession of a .303 will receive one after signing the necessary form. Payment can be £4 cash or £4-15-0 at the rate of £1 p.a. with the 15/- waived if the member is ‘efficient’. Ammunition will be plentiful: 100 rounds free per member on enrolment and 20 rounds for each efficient member the previous year. Also on purchase, £2-10-0 per 1,000 rounds. All rounds at prize meetings and 5,000 rounds for State Teams practices.

Mt Bryan Concert Party performed at Hallett in Christmas week and is reported here.

H.M. Scott has been appointed Burra Show Secretary; K.R. Crewes having resigned recently on becoming District Clerk.

Guy H. Dollman’s Burra Motor Co. can now rebore engines, having acquired precision machinery recently for the job.

Bowls. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 117 defeated Clare 73 and so wins the shield for this year.

Burra Benevolent Society. The invalid chair fund reaches £26-17-0.

Burra RSL held its AGM on 18 January. It was the first held in the new club rooms. It was decided to reinstate the Anzac Sports and to hold them on 19 April. The club will meet each Friday and hold a general meeting on 3rd Saturday each month. The club will be open each night to 11 p.m. The President M.T. Fuller read his report.

The last year has been very successful. New club rooms were purchased and though not quite free of debt the amount owing is small. The Salvation Army Band from Adelaide played for the Anzac March and service. Rev. H. Hobbs delivered the address at the memorial and conducted the evening service in the Kooringa Methodist Church. Over 60 men formed a guard of honour for Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie in May.

On Victory Day a parade was also held under the leadership of Mr L.H. Thomas, MC. It was well attended and fallen comrades were remembered, with a wreath placed on the memorial.

Remembrance Day saw a most impressive service. Mr J.C. Goodridge supplied amplification and Mr Jennison had given a record of the National Anthem, the Last Post and Reveille.

Membership has reached record levels [though the number is not stated].

Several appeals for button days were held and an RSL Ladies Auxiliary has been formed.

Mr Jennison is the Rehabilitation Officer and Mr Keynes our Pensions Officer. Both are doing grand jobs.

Two notable departures during the year were Messrs Stan Genders and Jack Harvey, both of them members of the committee.

Mr G.S. Hawker as Country Vice-President has been a wonderful help.

Other members who had done splendid work through the year include Messrs Bence and Coverdale as Secretary and Treasurer respectively and Mr Dobson, who has assisted the Secretary and is presently acting secretary.

Elected: President, E.C. Collins; Vice-Presidents, L.H. Thomas & B.A. Riggs; Secretary, M. Dobson; Treasurer, R.H. Campbell & Pensions Officer, D. Keynes.

70, 3, 21 Jan. 1947, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from the trustees in the estate of the late Isabella Halls to auction on 24 January the land and improvements situated on allotment 302, Hundred of Kooringa, with a frontage of 84 ft to Welsh Place and a depth of 700 ft on which are located a stone cottage of four rooms, with iron ceilings and wooden floors, a stone cottage of three rooms with an iron and wood porch at the back with hessian ceilings, a five roomed house of two stone rooms and three rooms wood and iron, lined with matchboard. [Various sheds are also described.]

The two cottages at the front to be sold as one lot, as now fenced and the house at the rear to be sold as a separate lot.

Notice. W. Carpenter, Secretary of RSL Fathers’ Association re General Meeting in the Council Chambers to consider the balance sheet and other important matters.

Notice. W. Garratt, Hon. Sec. RSL re General Meeting to be held in West’s Garage Office.

[Since this does not accord with the information re the Burra Sub-Branch as on page 1, it might refer to another Sub-Branch, since none is actually named.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 January

Deanna Durbin & Ralph Bellamy in Lady on a Train

Peggy Ryan & Jon Hall in Men in Her Diary

Anniversary Day

Gene Tierney & Don Ameche in Heaven Can Wait

Michael O’Shea & Trudy Marshall in Circumstantial Evidence

70, 3, 21 Jan. 1947, page 3

Notice. A notice for the Salvation Army shows the officers in charge as Captain & Mrs McDonald.

Obituary. Walter Bendell Gillett, husband of Gertrude, died at Burra hospital 21 January aged 81. He was the father of Ray, Zoe, Beryl & Estelle. [Born 21 January 1866 Hill River.]

Tobacco worth £30 consigned by rail to Mr J.T. Pascoe has gone missing. Investigations are being made.

Cricket. Game begun 18 January at the racecourse: Colts 72 v. Buffs 4 for 69.

At Victoria Park: Burra 173 v. Koonoona 2 for 26.

In the Mokota Assoc. North Booborowie 160 v. Mt Bryan 246.

70, 3, 21 Jan. 1947, page 4

‘The man Who Sees’ writes – spurred on by the recent condemnation of a house as unfit for habitation and the illness of its inhabitant – to urge action in removing any other such dwellings and their rebuilding where necessary.

70, 3, 21 Jan. 1947, Supplement

Mt Bryan School break-up in December is reported.

Bowls. At Clare: Clare 92 defeated Burra White 80.

70, 4, 28 Jan. 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council, 20 January

The Burra Hospital Board advises it has now been granted permission to build the proposed new quarters for nurses.

The Highways Dept advises of a special grant of £100 for main roads.

Cr Lee said building rubble from the Davies Motor Co. & Northern Café had been dumped in the creek bed behind the premises. He moved that the owners be instructed to straighten things up. Carried.

Cr Kellaway (who was in the chair in the absence of the Mayor) commented on the care and attention given by Mrs Wohling over a long period to the late Mrs Klaffus. Council resolved to send a letter of appreciation to Mrs Wohling.

Mt Bryan Hall. A public meeting recently was held to discuss getting an electric light plant to replace the aging gas plant which is becoming dangerous and beyond repair. It was resolved to do so and Mr T. Beckwith was appointed collector for the district.

Sales. The slaughterhouse property on the main road to Adelaide of 332 acres was bought by Mr O.J. Oates for £10 per acre.

The town property in the estate of Isabella Halls received no bids.

Local Board of Health

Dr Heddle, Acting health Officer, reported that the Bacon Factory premises were not in as sanitary a condition as they should be. He recommended the Health Inspector examine them every week as they were so close to private living quarters.

Certain residents in Bridge St are to be informed it is against the Act to drain washing water into the streets.

Intermediate Exam Results (Numbers indicate subjects passed.)

Ray Bevan (3) John Bourman (6) Don Allen (4)

Arthur Anderson (5 with 2 credits) George Williams (5) Rex Haese (6)

Robin Samuels (4) Valerie Fernett (4) D.R. Field (1)

Accident. A car driven by Mr Ross Berriman blew a tyre while turning the corner near the railway crossing adjacent to Glen Finch’s property on the Hanson-Burra Road on Thursday evening and turned over three times. Mr ‘Buck’ Kotz (who was a passenger) and the driver suffered only minor abrasions.

70, 4, 28 Jan. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 February

Cary Grant & Janet Blair in Once Upon a Time

Pat O’Brien & Carole Landis in Secret Command

70, 4, 28 Jan. 1947, page 3

Booborowie Hall

At the last AGM of subscribers the President Mr A. Pearce announced that the last payment off the State Bank Mortgage had been made and the Hall’s financial position was sound.

Building additions and improvements are planned, but materials are hard to get and permits to proceed also need to be obtained.

The new floor was opened on 1 January and electric light has been installed.

The credit balance on 1 January was £310-0-9, with a fixed deposit of £50, War Savings certificates worth £200 and cash of £1-5-0 for a total of £561-5-9.

By 31 December 1946 this had fallen to £306-17-0 with the accounts for the electric light plant and installation yet to come in and also the account for the installation of the floor and ceiling.

Mr & Mrs Alf Morgan & girls were farewelled at Leighton on Saturday. They are leaving the district. They have served on several important committees including the School Committee, Soldiers’ Welfare Committee & Welcome Home Committee. They were presented with a travelling rug.

Cricket. Monday 27 January: Burra Assoc. 151 v. Mokota No. 2 237.

At Victoria Park Burra 173 v. Koonoona 2 for 193 (which included 102 not out by Boothby)

Saturday at the Racecourse the finish of the Colts v. Buffs match saw Buffs 105 defeat Colts 72.

Mokota v. Rocky River. Mokota 300, Rocky River 164.

70, 4, 28 Jan. 1947, page 4

Mr Joe Klaebe, son of Mr & Mrs Klaebe of Hallett, is presently an electrician with the Superphosphate Commission on Ocean Island. He writes a long and interesting account of the island extending for most of one column.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 1

NOTE. With this issue the paper changed format from a large broadsheet of seven columns (plus a supplement of smaller size) to a tabloid-like size (though larger than a modern tabloid) with five columns and eight pages.

Burra Institute AGM last Tuesday. President F.T. Marston took the chair.

The number of subscribers is greater than at any time since foundation.

Double members 118

Single members 79

Juvenile & Scholarship 90

Visitors 12

Life Member 1

300

The juvenile section has been boosted.

In the year long-serving committee members J.F. McGrath and A.B. Riggs resigned.

General subscription rates are 16/- for 2 books and 1 magazine

20/- for 4 books and 2 magazines

Juveniles pay 1/- per quarter.

Books in the library rose from 5,358 on 31 December 1945 to 5.780 at 31 December 1946.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 2

Notice. The AGM of the Air force Association will be held in Pearce’s Building 13 February at 8 p.m. R.C. Lott, Hon. Sec.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 & 8 February

Ron Randall & Muriel Steinbeck in Smithy

Jane Frazee & Robert Scott in Ten Cents a Dance

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 12 February

Marjorie Thomas, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Thomas of Gum Creek, will marry

Bill Parker, eldest son of Mr & Mrs B. Parker of Burra.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 3

Sugar Rationing is expected to end after the present fruit processing season.

The Eastern Telephone Building lost part of its balcony roof on Tuesday afternoon in a high wind and the rest was removed for safety.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 5

Copper is at £117 per ton.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 7

Marriage. On Wednesday at St Joseph’s Church, Burra

Kathleen Hogan, third daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Hogan, married

Bert O. Scholz, second son of the late Mr & Mrs F.T. Scholz of Ironmine.

70, 5, 4 Feb. 1947, page 8

Hallett RSL held its AGM 18 January and it is reported in just over 1 column. President A.G. Owen-Smyth, Treasurer, B.C. Thomas. Membership is 48.

Obituary. Walter Bendell Gillett died at the Burra Hospital on 21 January aged 81. He was born at Hill River in 1886 and came to live at Gum Creek with his parents as a youth. The family took up land on the property known as ‘Manilla’ where he continued to live until his final illness. He was also a carrier in his early days and with his late brother had many wool-carting contracts with bullock and horse teams. On 20 June 1906 he married Miss Gertrude Wise, fourth daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J. Wise. He is survived by a widow, one son, three daughters and 10 grandchildren.

[Born 21 January 1886]

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 1

The biggest gum tree in the northern part of SA is believed to be on a property of Mr Ed Finch at Bright, growing in the bed of Burra Creek. It has a girth of 32ft and an estimated height of 150ft. A photo appeared recently in the Chronicle and the Woods & Forests Dept is looking into the claim.

Burra Benevolent Society’s appeal for an invalid chair has closed at £38-14-3. The society aimed to raise £37-10-0 for a mechanically propelled chair.

Burra Hospital. To get this year’s £2,000 subsidy for the new Nurses’ Quarters building would have to start soon. If the amount is not spent by the end of the financial year the grant is void. The aim was to spend this year’s £2,000 and carry on with the aid of the grant for the year to 30 June 1948. Architects Dean Berry and Gilbert have been asked to expedite matters.

Miss C. Crewes has been appointed permanent secretary of the Burra Hospital. She has been acting as such since G.H. Dow entered the AIF. After holding the permanent position for him, Mr Dow has now advised the Board he intends to open a business in Melbourne.

Weather. Rain to the east seems to have filled all the dams. Last year’s rains allowed country to the east to be restocked after a considerable period of drought. It looks like this will also be a good year. Rains on Sunday saw Burra record 71 points, while falls to the east were patchy most places got from 20 to 60 points with a few reading above and below that range.

The rains of the last week did considerable damage to the Burra Burra DC roads from Koo-owie to the southeast, but damage is much worse in the Robertstown DC area where seas of mud from fallow have had to be removed from metalled surfaces by scoops.

Booborowie RSL Sub-Branch AGM is reported. President T.J. Canny reported a good year with well-attended meetings. R.J. Affolter as Treasurer reported a sound financial position. Elected: President, H.J. Woodgate; Vice-Presidents, P.B. Byles & R.J. Affolter; Treasurer & Secretary, D. Keynes. [Corrected in 70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 5: Mr Doug Keynes was the President giving the report, not Mr T.J. Canny.]

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 2

Advt. Clearing sales are advertised for:

Mr R. Morris

The estate of the late Edward Wall

H.E. Atkins

S.S. Sanderson, 21⁄2 miles west of Gum Creek School, who is relinquishing farming.

The estate of the late T.H. Jeffery, 41⁄2 miles west of Hallett.

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 February

Maria Montez & John Hall in The Cobra Woman

Grace McDonald & Donald Cook in Murder in the Blue Room.

Obituary. David Dearlove of Ketchowla, son of the late William & Harriet Dearlove, died at Terowie Hospital 5 February aged 72. [Born 14 October 1874 at Ketchowla. Unmarried.]

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 4

Marriage. At Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, recently

Denyse Allen, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.J. Allen of Unley, married

Arnold John Pens, elder son of Mr & Mrs M.G. Pens of Hillside, late of Florieton.

Sam Finch who lives near Gordon’s Lagoon 17 miles east of Burra says there is a wild deer on his property with quite a decent set of antlers.

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 5

Burra Hospital Inc. Board Meeting of 31 January

G.H. Dow writes resigning his position as Secretary. Miss C.M. Crewes was appointed secretary from 31 January. Sister E.M. Jeffery commenced duty as a charge nurse from 7 January.

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 6

Burra Burra DC has been given a further £2,000 grant for the Farrell Flat-Hanson Road – including the Farrell Flat by-pass.

Duck shooting season which opens on Friday should be a good one as numerous lagoons in the district are full.

Mr Seeholm was given an appreciative thank you on the eve of his transfer from Mt Bryan to Loos at meetings of the School Committee and the Soldiers’ Welcome Home Committee.

Burra Schools reopened today after the summer vacation. The Primary School had no staff changes. The High School reopened with an enrolment of 80. On the staff Miss Butler & Mr Laubsch have been replaced by Miss A. Hill, Mr K. Morley BSc & Mr G. Nerlick.

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 7

Cricket. First Semi-Finals

8 February at Victoria Park Burra 98 v. Buffs 0 for 14

8 February at the Racecourse Koonoona 135 v. Colts 2 for 29

25 January & 8 February Mt Bryan 7 for 160 defeated Hallett 153 (on 1st innings.)

North Booborowie 188 v. Leighton 102

70, 6, 11 Feb. 1947, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. Orders have been sent for a supply of .303 rifles. It is hoped to be able to have the opening shoot soon.

Mr John Hawke, son of Mr & Mrs Leo Hawke of the National Bank at Burra, has won a bursary for free tuition for 12 months at the Adelaide School of Mines and the University where he is studying engineering.

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 1

Paxton Square

An informant to the paper reports that living conditions in the square are appalling. One family cannot keep a pet alive for long because of the poor conditions and one of the children now has TB. (Though the child did not contract TB in the Square, the conditions would accentuate her complaint.) Also three elderly men living there are in very unsanitary conditions. It is said that any one door key will open the door to any of three adjacent prenises.

The square was built about 85 years ago when sanitation and hygiene did not have the same importance they do today. The houses have little ventilation and some have flagged floors. In 80 odd years dampness has crept in and vermin have made their nests there. If an epidemic broke out there it would doubtless spread rapidly and extend from there into the town.

The Square needs to be thoroughly inspected by the Health Officer and the Inspector and if the allegations are proven the buildings should be condemned or at the very least any oders realating to it must be carried out.

On the other hand, where are the residents now there going to be housed? The Housing Trust is building small comfortable homes elsewhere in SA, so surely the Council can bring pressure to bear to make the Housing Trust erect homes in the town for those in dire need of accommodation.

The biggest difficulty would be for the aged pensioners, who live there with rents that are comparatively cheap. Before the war there was a move to build an Old Folks’ Home in Burra, but would it be a success now? We fear that getting the staff to care for the residents would be a barrier. The job would be monotonous; unvarying year after year. At present we understand their presence is quite a problem at the Burra Hospital, but it is a problem that must be solved, because the elderly deserve every care and attention.

In our opinion the Local Board of Health can expect little backing from the Central Board in condemning the Square – they will be on their own. Some years ago the Secretary of the Central Board inspected the place and said ‘it was up to the Local Board to make its own decisions’.

Burra Town Council

With rising costs of materials and labour the Council is having trouble with its finances and consequently discussed making a new assessment this year. A new assessment would cost money and the Mayor favoured a higher rate on the old assessment. Councillor Baulderstone argued that to make ends meet the new rate would have to be about 4/- and people who were properly assessed at the moment would pay the piper, while those under-assessed would get of comparatively lightly. The quote last year for a new assessment was £90. The motion to get a new assessment was carried.

The Salvation Army will have a visit from Brigadier H. Rust to conduct their Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Sunday next. In 1926 his daughter and her husband were in charge of the Salvation Army in Burra and in 1939, a granddaughter, Capt. M. Rust was appointed to the Corps.

Burra Rifle Club. A general meeting will be held in the Burra Show Office on Friday night and it is hoped the rifles that have been ordered will be available that night. Shooting should commence about next Saturday week. The range has been inspected and is in good condition, with a couple of minor faults only to be fixed.

Obituary. Mr David Dearlove died at Terowie Hospital on 5 February, aged 72. He was the second son of the late William Dearlove of Ketchowla Station. As a young man, he was a keen cyclist and interested in various sports. He was an active cricketer for the Ketchowla Cricket Club. For more than 40 years he carted wool from Ketchowla, first to Burra and later to Terowie. He was a great lover of horses and was very proud of his team. He was one of the first in the district to ride a motorcycle and to drive a car and took part in the early Burra-Morgan runs. He was a bachelor and had never visited Adelaide. [David Dearlove, born 14 October 1874 at Ketchowla Station; died 5 February 1947 at Terowie, residence Ketchowla Station.]

Obituary. Mr Charles McDonald died a short time ago. He was Hallett’s oldest pioneer. His parents, who originally came from Scotland, were shepherding on Mt Bryan Station and when the land was distributed they received a portion known as McViddy’s Flat. He was born there on 22 December 1864. The family came to live in Hallett when he was a baby and he was a resident there for 80 years. He was a good farmer and willing to help anyone at anytime. He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. His wife and two sons predeceased him, but he is survived by four sons and three daughters. Charles McDonald, born 25 December 1864 at Mt Bryant [sic]; died 1 February 1947 Beulah Park, residence Hallett.]

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a land sale at Burra Town Hall on 14 March on account of J.C. Murray, who is retiring from Stud and Pastoral activities on account of ill-health. The 2,347 acres freehold are part of ‘Cartarpo’ Estate, Mt Bryan.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale 26 February in conjunction with Bennett & Fisher Ltd, for trustees in the estate of the late T.H. Jeffery, whose property they have sold.

Advt. SA Farmers’ Co-op. Union Ltd will conduct a clearing sale 27 February on instructions from S.S. Sanderson, who is relinquishing farming owing to ill-health. On the farm 21⁄2 miles west of Gum Creek School.

Advt. SA Farmers’ Co=op. Union Ltd will conduct a clearing sale for H.E. Atkins, whose farm they have sold. On the farm, three miles west of Hanson and 6 miles north of Farrell Flat on the old Clare-Burra Road.

Advt. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd will conduct a furniture sale on instructions from the trustees in the estate of the late Elizabeth Halls, on the vacant allotment adjacent to the Billiard Saloon [Market Square].

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 3

Notice. Burra Town Council advises that African Boxthorn is a noxious weed and must be destroyed within the town limits. It is exempt if grown as a hedge, provided it is kept trimmed to a width not exceeding 41⁄2 feet and a height not exceeding 7 feet.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 February

Charles Laughton & Robert Young in The Canterville Ghost

Red Skelton & Ann Rutherford in Whistling in Brooklyn

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 4

Burra Town Council met on 10 February and conducted routine business.

Cr Lee said the bridge near the Methodist Church was in a dangerous state of disrepair. He moved that a concrete pillar be placed in the centre to support it and some bolts be put through cross members. Carried.

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 6

Weather. Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday brought steady light rain and the falls extended to the east. Burra received 271 points, Mt Bryan 208, Hallett 166, but Farrell Flat only 62 and Booborowie 28. Falls to the east were also quite varied. Woolgangie received 46 and Koomooloo 49, but Oakbank got 117, Oakvale 120, Quondong 155, Canegrass 74 and Braeside 50.

Burra Town Council is enquiring into the matter of placing street names in the town. The Mayor made the suggestion and said the idea had come from a visitor. It would be quite costly and would be undertaken gradually, starting with the streets branching off the main thoroughfares. He said he had lived in the town for 25 years and did not know the names of a quarter of the streets. Prices for same are to be obtained.

Burra High School has a record enrolment this year of 83, exceeding last year’s record of 71. The school bus from Willalo, Hallett and Mt Bryan now carries 28 High School students and several Primary School students. The school has been improved with a storeroom built for timber and gravel has been laid on the western side of the yard. The yard remains rough and considerable money should be spent to make it safe.

Of the eight Intermediate candidates in 1946, four gained certificates:

R. Haese 7 subjects

J. Bourman 6 subjects

A. Anderson 5 subjects with 2 credits

G. Williams 5 subjects

Don Allen has gained a Continuation Scholarship worth £20 per annum for two years. [And £40 if he studies away from his home town.]

In the Leaving Examination one student gained a certificate: Fayth Hawson-Clarke.

Telephone Lines. It has been announced that work to place local telephone lines underground will commence soon.

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 7

Dog Attacks. Mr J.G. Carpenter lost 30 sheep when dogs attacked and killed or mauled them on Monday night. The sheep were in the Smelts and Mine Paddocks, within the town area. He has been suffering losses for some time and we believe has accounted for about 18 of the canine pests. The police cannot act as it is a civil matter. Sheep owners can kill any dog worrying sheep and can demand damages from the dog’s owner, if ownership can be proved. This can usually be done with the assistance of the Council Clerk for registered dogs. The sheep owner can also advertise that he has laid baits and it is then the dog owner’s responsibility to keep their dogs off the property.

Miss Margaret Jeffery (17), daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffery, has been advised from Methodist Ladies’ College that she has been awarded the Elizabeth Ann Gillingham Scholarship for gaining highest marks for the College in the recent Leaving Honours Examinations. This scholarship is payable for fees at the University and is tenable for three years. Margaret intends to begin University studies in first term this year.

70, 7, 18 Feb. 1947,page 8

Burra Town Council recently discussed noxious weeds in the town.

The Town Clerk said it was his duty to attend to the destruction of noxious weeds, but he needed the backing of Council. The Council needed to attend to noxious weeds on its own land. Boxthorn was present in a number of places and should be addressed first. Council was risking a heavy penalty if it failed to act. Lack of funds and manpower during the war had exacerbated the problem. The Mayor said they should begin by concentrating on Boxthorn and True Star Thistle. The Mid North Local Government Association had recently decided to ask the Government for financial assistance to combat noxious weeds and onion weed in particular. Immediate action will be taken to eliminate Boxthorn on Council and private property.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 1

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes in response to the article last week: ‘Should Paxton Square be condemned?’ He says that this case seems to be the first of its kind actually named, though it was stated that the area in question had been in existence for about 85 years. How many of the same sub-standard areas could be named? If these are sub-standard dwellings have they in the last 85 years been inspected or condemned and if so what steps have been taken to remedy or remove the cause? Who is responsible for altering these conditions that are impairing human lives? Three matters need to be addressed that affect low wage earners:

The legitimate rent that can be enforced from tenants of these low grade dwellings.

The economic rent that can be charged when rent is based on the value of the dwelling.

The proper assessment of all property based on the value of the building or the annual rental value.

V. Chapman writes saying that residents of Paxton’s Square much resent the letter of the so-called informant condemning the Square. Plenty of people in the town live in glass houses. What should also be stopped is leasing the creek as a sheep run. The Town Council should know that poison baits have been laid in the town.

The Police say it is untrue that they will not assist owners of sheep who suffer losses through killer dogs. In the matter raised in last week’s paper they cannot take action because the court proceedings which might take place between the stockowner and the owner of the killer dog come under the jurisdiction of the civil court.

The Housing Trust of SA proposes to build homes in Angaston, Nuriootpa, Eudunda, Pt Pirie, Pt Augusta and Mt Gambier, but has no plans as yet for Burra. In the war the Mayor Mr T.H. Woollacott inaugurated a scheme in which city people not engaged in war efforts came to live in Burra housing and the plan filled Burra’s accommodation to overflowing. One repercussion has been that these people are still here and likely to remain and as a result young men returning from the war and seeking to start families cannot find accommodation. The Housing Trust should lend a sympathetic ear under these circumstances. The Trust went so far as to take an option over one possible building site, but nothing more has been heard.

Burra must have some industry. Cr Carpenter said at a recent Council meeting that copper was at £116 per ton – higher than ever, and the Council should try to get the mine going again and if successful in that then to get another industry. The Mayor Mr Jennison said the old Burra Progress Assoc. had passed on a lot of information to authorities on this subject, but the replies were not encouraging. Cr Carpenter said too many young men were leaving because of lack of work. Cr Kellaway said it would be hard to get finance for the mine. He had worked there on his own account when copper was £127 and only earned starvation wages.

The matter will be brought to the attention of the MP for the district. We think it is time Burraites forgot the dream of re-opening the Burra Mine. Reports from all parties have said it is not a payable proposition. A better proposal might be a woollen mill – though they need cheap power and water – both of which should shortly be within reach of Burra: the former from the Morgan-Whyalla supply or from underground and the latter from development of the Leigh Creek scheme.

Local Board of Health, 17 February

It was decided to condemn a Burra North house. Following a previous visit the Medical Officer said no attempt had been made to clean it up. He believed the disease of TB in the house could not be eliminated without pulling it down and people living there were in constant danger of contracting it. The owner had not replied to the three options of vacating it, pulling it down or repairing it. The occupants were given 28 days to vacate.

High School Residence. Cr Kellaway said that two years ago the Premier had undertaken to see a residence for the Burra High School headmaster was placed on the estimates, but nothing had been done. A letter will be sent [whether to the Ed. Department or to the Premier is unclear] raising the issue again as urgent. Both the school and the school yard were in urgent need of money being spent on them. There was a move to purchase the old sale yards as a school yard and Cr Carpenter moved they draw the necessity for work on school floors and for a new yard to the attention of the Minister of Education. Passed.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 March

Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour in They’ve Got Me Covered

Tom Conway & Ann Rutherford in Two O’Clock Courage.

Mt Bryan East. The district has seen bountiful rains with up to six inches recorded for the month. Since last Wednesday gaugings of four inches and over have been reported.

Residents are having telephone communication installed. The residents have erected their portion of the line to the Mt Bryan exchange, a distance of eleven miles and now await the Department’s work on its section of the line – expected ‘early in the new year’.

Marriage. Willalo Methodist Church, 15 February

Wilfred Roberts, third son of Mrs & the late Mr Roberts of North Booborowie, married

Ethel Symonds, second daughter of Mrs & the late Mr Symonds of Robertstown.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 4

Burra cricket Association: semi-finals

Burra First Innings 98

Buffs First Innings 98

The match will have to be played out to decide which team enters the final.

Colts versus Koonoona

Colts First Innings 159

Leighton versus Mt Bryan

Leighton First Innings 259 declared

Mt Bryan first innings 167

Burra Town Council, 17 February

Mainly routine matters.

The Clerk reported 136 dogs registered; 46 more than for 1946. He thought hundred of dogs were not registered.

It was resolved to write to the Railways Department again complaining about the bad state of repair of Railway Road.

It was resolved to write to the Housing Trust asking them to advise the Council about the building of houses [in Burra] because the Mayor would like to see some of the housing in Burra condemned.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held a meeting in the Eastern Telephone Building on Friday last. The President reported that the Inspector of Rifle Ranges had given the club permission to shoot.

Permission had been received from Messrs George Warnes, R.C. Warnes, I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd, V. Riggs, Bob Warnes and H. Warnes to shoot on their property.

The club now had 55 members and it was allowed a maximum of 62.

The President said he hoped the rifles would come along soon.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 6

Obituary. Harry Mann was found dead in his home about six miles from Burra on Friday evening. He was aged 74. MC Carter prepared a report for the coroner, Mr H.J.B. Jennison, who gave his finding that death had been caused by a self-inflicted gun-shot wound and an inquest was deemed unnecessary. [Carl Hermann Mann born 30 December 1872, Hundred of English: died 21 February 1947 at Baldina.]

Burra Primary School has an enrolment for 1947 of 200, the largest number since 1937.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 7

Mr & Mrs H.E. Atkins were farewelled at the Hanson Hall on Friday after being residents for 48 years. They are moving to Keith. They were presented with a cheque and a gift. Mr Atkins said the move was to give his two sons an opportunity to progress on a larger property.

70, 8, 25 Feb. 1947, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade

Mt Bryan 8 February: Mt Bryan v. Hallett match unfinished due to rain.

At Ironmine 8 February: Aberdeen 15-115 defeated Ironmine 0-32

Booborowie drew with Willalo

‘B’ Grade

At Ironmine 1 February: Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Ironmine 5-57

At Aberdeen 8 February: Aberdeen 13-111 defeated Ironmine 2-54

At Hallett 1 February: Mt Bryan 8-71 defeated Hallett 7-93

At Hallett 8 February: Hallett 8-95 defeated Mt Bryan 6-64

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 1

Future Prospects

Visiting politicians and businessmen forecast a bright future for the district. One said the Government is drawing up plans for a pipeline from the Murray to the Eastern Pastoral Country with a route Morgan-Florieton-Old Koomooloo-Bazentin-Faraway Hill-Braemar-Tiverton-Yunta and later to Broken Hill. At present the Eastern pastoralists cannot really carry their stock through droughts and would be much more productive if properly reticulated.

A.P. Blesing, a former Minister of Agriculture did not like the prospects for wheat farming because the Chifley Government had a five-year commitment to sell 41⁄2 million bushels to New Zealand at 5/9 a bushel. Wool prospects were much better he said, with good potential for demand for Merino wool in the Northern Hemisphere.

Mr Mitchell, representative of a firm of wool buyers, said Australia could double wool production and still find buyers.

[Synthetics did not seem to offer serious competition in the immediate future, as they had poor wearing qualities and lacked warmth.]

Burra Rifle Club. After nearly six years in recess the club had its first practice shoot last Saturday with a 10 shot match from 300 yards. Ron Kellock top scored followed by Tom Heinrich. A number of new members came out. The secretary R.G. Bernhardt asks all VDC members who had .303 rifles issued to them to contact him as soon as possible. There will be a shoot over 200 & 300 yards next Saturday.

Air Force Association AGM was held 25 February and elected: President, M.H. Woollacott; Vice President, J.B. Gall; Secretary, E.R. Aldridge; Treasurer, T.G. Secker; Welfare Officer, W.E.D. Young; Committee, B.A. Riggs, W. Holman, J.C. Goodridge & J. Terry.

‘Fair Play’ writes a long letter urging attendance at a meeting to be held soon to change Victoria Park from an eyesore to a pleasure ground. Complaints are generally that it is too small, the trees are dying and the playing field is on a hill with a rocky base. But the oval could be levelled using a respectable road plough – the rock is not too much for that. It does not have to be dead level – Adelaide Oval has a fall of 5ft from southeast to northwest which aids drainage. Secondly it could in the process be made 15 yards longer and 20 yards wider. Thirdly the trees could be rejuvenated by lopping them. Fourthly a grandstand could be erected when enough people attend events. Improvement moves are supported by both the football and cricket teams.

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell on 21 March under instructions from G.A. Heinrich Part allotment 23 Burra North [Aberdeen] of about 30 perches with a shop and five-roomed dwelling.

‘Darton Cottage’ is for sale comprising two flats of six and four rooms respectively.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. under instructions from J.C. Murray, who is retiring from Stud & Pastoral Activities due to ill health, will sell 2,120 acres of freehold being portion of Catarpo [sic] Estate:

Lot 1 Hundred Ayers sections 405, 406, 556, 557 (811 acres)

Lot 2 Hundred Ayers sections 558, 559, 590, 563, 564, 564, 568a, pt 561, pt 562 (1,309 acres)

Advt. ‘Rockville’ residence of the late T.W. Wilkinson is to be sold shortly. Inspections next Friday & Tuesday.

Advt. Tenders called for caretaker of Booborowie Memorial Hall.

Advt. Tenders called for 3 year lease of the slaughterhouse premises consisting of dwelling house, slaughterhouse and approximately 20 acres of land from 1 April 1947.

(Estate of R.E. Liebeknecht, dec.)

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, Friday 7 March

Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie

Plus short features

SA Housing Trust representative visited Burra recently. Sub-standard housing would not influence a decision to build, but a significant number of returned men unable to find accommodation could do so. Any homes built would be for sale not rent and would likely cost £1,200 to £1,400.

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 4

Stanley Hawker LCL candidate spoke at Mt Bryan East 19 February. He stressed the importance of primary industry and strongly supported soldier settlement schemes of the LCP. He also strongly supported the RSL, in which he had been on the State Executive. There was a need to improve the railways while keeping charges down for primary producers. He was for improving housing stocks, education and the development of the Leigh Creek coalfield and also for the present ratio of country and city representation.

M.J. Cronin the Labor candidate for Burra. Biographical details of the candidate are printed. He was a farmer and grazier from Jamestown and was for 20 years on the Jamestown DC with 10 years as Chairman and was active in a long list of local organisations.

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 5

Cricket. Semi-Finals

Colts 159 & 6 for 49 defeated Koonoona 135 & 3 for 133 declared: a win on the first innings.

Burra 98 & 155 v. Buffs 98 & 2 for 46 with the game to continue on Saturday.

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 6

Hon. A.P. Blesing MLC. An election speech delivered at Hallett is reported.

70, 9, 4 Mar. 1947, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade At Ironmine 22 February Booborowie 8-79 defeated Ironmine 7-90

At Leighton, Leighton 10-102 defeated Mt Bryan 5-83

At Willalo, Willalo 8-79 defeated Hallett 7-85

‘B’ Grade At Mt Bryan Aberdeen 8-88 defeated Mt Bryan 7-78

At Booborowie, Booborowie 12-102 defeated Ironmine 3-63

The Salvation Army held its Harvest Festival with services conducted by Brigadier H.J. Rust and they were well attended. Financial results were £57 compared with £60 last year.

Obituary. Carl Herman Mann died 21 February at Baldina. He was born 30 December 1870 at Point Pass [registered as Hd of English] and his twin brother Friedrich August Mann died in early infancy. He was the eldest son of the late Friedrich August Mann and his wife Emilie, nee Klaebe. The family moved to Robertstown where he attended the Lutheran Day School. At 14 they moved to Baldina. As a lad he minded sheep for his father at a number of places from Bright to Morgan and later when his parents returned to Robertstown he took over the sheep run of 10,000 acres. In 1910 he married Martha Julia Neissen, nee Simbouski [Martha Julia Riessen, nee Simbowski] who died 25 July 1942. He then lived with his daughter Mildred and son-in-law Mr Thomas Williams. He was well known as a successful sheep breeder. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs T. Williams, a step-daughter, Mrs Jack O’Sullivan, a step-brother Mr E. Hoffmann of Prospect and a step-sister Mrs C. Houghton of Hackney.

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 1

The Burra Reunion took place as usual in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens on 22 February in excellent weather. This was the 18th year of the reunion. A list of those attending is printed.

Mr M.A. Hegarty, postmaster of Burra for 61⁄2 years has been transferred to Peterborough from 3 April. In his time here he has been active in patriotic activities and an enthusiastic bowler.

Grasshoppers have invaded the town in large numbers, but so far have not done significant damage to gardens.

Burra Burra Show Inc. AGM

President A.B. Riggs directed attention to the death of the late President I.J. Warnes, who held the office continually for over 30 years and also to the death of Mr C. Bartholomaeus who had been the society’s patron. A minute of appreciation was recorded.

When the show was revived in 1946 after a six year gap for WWII the Society had an overdraft of over £600, about half of it accumulating during the previous six years. A good deal of repairs etc. were needed to stage the 1946 show and finance was arranged through the Bank of Australasia. Work was done on the cattle yards, but the sheep yards had to be patched up and shortage of materials means they will probably have to do for this year as well. Eight loads of loose stones were raked up and removed. Part of the iron fence will be sold and part of it retained to cover a sheep shed. The sold portion suffers from storm winds and the money is better in the bank. Despite poor weather the show was a success and the profit was £158-14-1. Elected were: President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Messrs R.W. Humphrys & F.H. Reed. Mr A.G. Owen-Smyth will be asked to become Patron. To bring the asset values up to date they have been depreciated by 121⁄2%. This year’s show is to be on 11 October. R.C. Lott wanted a return to the old showground [at the Aberdeen Oval/Racecourse].

State Election Results

With postal & absentee votes to come: G.S. Hawker (LCL) 2192

M.J. Cronin (ALP) 1548

Mr G.S. Hawker is the son of the late E.W. Hawker, former Member for Stanley. He studied at Cambridge and has wide experience in pastoral & farming activities in SA, WA & NSW. He was awarded the MC while serving with the RAF in France in 1917-18 and in WWII he was in charge of the Burra VDC till 1941 when he joined the Australian Field Artillery in which he served for 12 months.

CWA. At a Burra Town Council meeting recently Cr Woollacott suggested that two seldom used adjoining rooms at the Town Hall be offered to the CWA as a Rest Room. Council after discussion agreed. [The two rooms are not clearly identified in the report, but given that the library occupied the rooms on the north side of the hall they would seem to be the old lodge room and the room next to it.]

Local Board of Health

At a meeting on 3 March a letter was received advising that arrangements have been made to vacate the recently condemned house at Burra North. No further cases of TB have been identified there and the time to evacuate the building was extended by a fortnight.

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Sale on 28 March of ‘Rockville’ under instructions from the trustees of the estate of the late T.W. Wilkinson, together with the sale of its contents. [Details are given.]

The property is allotment 7 [Kooringa] of 2 acres 2 roods 20 perches together with pt section 1 of 2 roods 12 perches. House of nine rooms etc.

Advt. Harold Raymond Varieties. Burra Institute, Monday 17 March in aid of the Brighton School for Blind deaf & Dumb Children.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 March

Barbara Stanwyck & George Brent in The Gay Sisters

John Litel & Frieda Inescourt in Father’s Son

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 3

Burra Hospital. The Building Committee has approved the plans for the new Nurses Quarters.

Trust Homes. So far there have been few names registering interest. If more do not come forward Burra cannot be included in the 1947-48 estimates and action will lapse for another 12 months.

Cricket. Conclusion of the Burra v. Buffs Semi-Final.

Burra 98 & 155 defeated Buffs 98 & 112.

J. Fisher writes strongly endorsing the previous appeal of ‘Fair Play’ for action at Victoria Park.

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 4

State Election. Figures for the Sub-Division of Burra:

Cronin 964 and Hawker 1226

Legislative Council Beerworth 267

Loveday 15

Blesing 541

Robinson 32

Redruth Methodist Church held it Harvest Festival last Sunday with Rev. A.S. Barrett.

Burra Rifle Club. Practice shoot over 200 & 300 yards on Saturday.

Best shots were H.R. Woodman, A.G. Heinrich & R.G. Bernhardt.

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 3 March

Unsatisfactory wiring at the Fire Station is to be investigated.

Burra Motor Co. is testing the Council truck for excessive fuel consumption.

SA Housing Trust says a representative will visit Burra for a preliminary investigation.

Interested persons are urged to contact the Mayor or Town Clerk urgently.

Ovals at Kooringa and Aberdeen are to be graded for a Cricket Carnival at Easter on request of the Burra Cricket Assoc. The club is to meet the cost.

Council will support the Adelaide Lord Mayor’s Food for Britain Appeal.

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 7

Tennis: 1 March

‘A’ Grade Mt Bryan 12-99 defeated Willalo 3-64

Hallett 10-85 defeated Leighton 5-74

Booborowie 8-87 defeated Aberdeen 7-88

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 13-104 defeated Ironmine 2-43

Hallett 11-96 defeated Aberdeen 4-58

70, 10, 11 Mar. 1947, page 8

Aberdeen Tennis Club variety concert in the Burra Town Hall on Friday raised about £20 to help the cost of resurfacing the courts. [It is reviewed at length.]

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 1 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Burra School Welfare Club. 10th AGM was held in the Burra School Assembly Room on 4 March.

The club is in credit £119-6-1 plus War Savings stamps of £370-6-0. In the year the main money-raising activity was the Pet Show at the Burra North Playground on 28 September which with a subsidy of £137 made a total of £207 for two new tennis courts. A new football and basketball were purchased and a Christmas parcel sent to each of the three Burra boys in the Magill Reformatory, comprising cakes, biscuits, sweets and games. A Christmas break-up party was held for the children 19 December. Elected: President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Woodards & Kirby; Secretary, Mrs Trueman, Assistant Secretary, Mrs M. Heinrich and Treasurer, Mrs C. Pearce.

Hallett Red Cross Branch raised nearly £70 for the Food for Britain Appeal at a special meeting 5 March.

Marriage. Willalo Methodist Church, 3 March

Tess Elaine Colbert, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs J.E. Colbert of Willalo, married

Donald Raymond Gericke, youngest son of Mr & Mrs A.S. Gericke of Spalding.

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 March

Rosamund John & Stewart Granger in The Lamp Still Burns

Richard Green & Patricia Medina in Don’t Take it to Heart

Obituary. Roma May Saunders, wife of Ron Saunders of Mannum and daughter of J.R. Simpson of Mt Bryan, died 13 March at Adelaide Hospital aged 27. [Born Roma May Simpson 22 February 1920 at Norwood.]

Elder, Smith & Co.’s sale of ‘Catarpo’ ewes on 17 March was very successful when 943 were sold at an average of 4.5 guineas per head. [Further details are printed.]

Notice. A meeting is called for Tuesday 25 March in the CWA Rooms, Pearce’s Buildings to discuss grassing Victoria Park and general improvements to the oval.

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 3

Burra Town Council is to hold a special meeting to discuss a swimming pool and Memorial Scheme.

Marriage. St Edmund’s Church of England, Booborowie, 22 February.

Valerie Jean Phillips, second daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Phillips of Booborowie, married

Arthur William Langsford, elder son of Mr & Mrs E.G. Langsford of Burra.

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 4

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot 15 March when the best shots were J.H. Schwier, C. Bushell & D. Field.

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes supporting improvements at Victoria Park, but urging that expert technical advice be sought first.

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 5

Tennis, 8 March

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-98 defeated Willalo 4-66

Leighton 11-90 defeated Ironmine 4-61

Hallett 9-87 defeated Booborowie 6-76

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 9-82 defeated Booborowie 6-64

Mt Bryan 15-115 defeated Ironmine 0-36

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 6

Burra Town Council, 17 March

A questionnaire about housing needs is to be filled out by the Mayor and Town Clerk.

In the matter of making a parking area on the roadway near the hospital the Town Clerk advises the area in question is the property of Burra Hospital Inc.

The Town Honour Rolls are to be insured for £200.

A.D. Carter will check out the Council truck free of cost.

The Director of Education advises the question of a house for the High School Headmaster is in the hands of the Architect-in-Chief.

Approval was granted for Burra Hospital to build a new nurses quarters. The £13-5-0 building fee is to be waived.

Crs Fisher, Bevan & Woollacott were nominated to the High School Council for three years.

In answer to a question the Mayor said it was intended to make a start or erecting names on streets leading from the main street and then gradually to extend it. The question of what type of posts etc. to lie on the table till next meeting.

SAR has not replied to three letters about the state of the Station Road.

Cr Carpenter moved that one function a month be held in the Town Hall to try and reduce its debt.

70, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1947, page 8

‘The Man Who Sees’ responds to criticism of Ex-Mayor Woollacott’s scheme that brought people to live in Burra in empty houses during the war years. He awards 12 points:

1 to the Government that welcomed the idea to reduce congestion in the city.

1 to the transferred people who welcomed the move.

2 to the Corporation which gained income from buildings previously producing little.

3 to the owners of the buildings many of which have since been rightly condemned.

4 to be distributed to general businesses and trades who as a result removed to larger premises or into retirement.

1 to those who administered to the transferred people’s sickness and bereavement.

The editor denied that the article was a criticism of the Mayor’s scheme or that it was intended that the people who came be asked to vacate their homes. It was simply an explanation of why there was now a housing shortage in the town.

Cricket. 16 March

Terowie 194 defeated Burra 148.

Spalding 102 v. Leighton 8 for 231.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 1 [Number 11 not used in this series.]

G.H. Dow was tendered a farewell at the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon 18 March. He was visiting the town for a few days before leaving for Melbourne. The gathering was small due to short notice and the afternoon time. Speakers were the Mayor Mr Jennison, S. Kellaway, Mr Bence and Mr R.C. Lott. Mr G.E. Dane sent a letter as he was ill in Burra Hospital. [This was corrected in the paper of 8 April to say that although ill he was not in hospital.] The Mayor referred to Mr Dow’s 17 years as secretary of the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL. [This figure would bear checking I suspect.] He was also secretary of the Burra Hospital, Burra Racing Club and District Clerk for the Apoinga Dc and later the Robertstown DC. In the Town Council he had been Councillor for West Ward [December 1932 to October 1938] and he had acted as auditor for many societies including the Burra Burra Show Society. He had been organist at St Mary’s.

Reunion Dinner Mid-Northern RSL Sub-Branches was held in Burra RSL rooms last Saturday night and was a great success. About 150 returned men attended. Invited guests included Mr C.S. Hincks (Acting Dep. Commissioner of Repatriation), Mr G.S. Hawker (MP elect for Burra), and Mr F.W. Bateson (Of the RSL Executive of WA). Mr Hincks gave the main address, speaking on soldier settlement. The speeches of those proposing toasts are also reported.

Walter Nankivell was knocked down by a light buckboard driven by T. Secker in Commercial St on Friday evening and was taken to Burra Hospital suffering from bruises, shock and abrasions.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 2

Notice. Mrs P.A. Hooper thanks her customers and says she will be in attendance till 4 April. Mrs P. Sunley will re-open the ‘Patrician Salon’ in new premises in the near future.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 March

Ida Lupino & Dennis Morgan in The Hard Way

George Tobias & Lucile Fairbanks in Calling All Husbands

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. AGM was held in the Assembly Room 18 March. Vice-President Mrs Riggs was in the chair. There was a credit balance of £30-18-2. Elected were: President, Mrs Marston; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Riggs & Pederick; Secretary, Mrs Jennison; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Miels & Treasurer, Mrs I. Gare.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church 8 March

Gwen Scholz, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Scholz, married

Murray Brereton, son of the late Mr & Mrs O. Brereton of Jamestown.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 4

H.M.M. Wilson, Taylor St, Burra North writes thanking ‘The Man Who Sees’ for his thoughts for the transported residents of the town. She and her daughter were living in a ‘flat’ with a harsh landlady. She found herself forced to come to Burra when ill and came to a tiny cottage of four walls and a roof for which she was grateful to the Mayor ‘for his unremitting care of my little girl and myself, but the people in general were not very kind or thoughtful to the stranger at their gate’.

Cricket. Burra Cricket Assoc. Final played 15 & 22 March.

Burra 168 & 3 for 34 v. Colts 162.

The game attracted many spectators, which is unusual.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot over 200 & 300 yards. Best shots were C.W. Edwards, P.W. Hogan & C. Bushell.

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 6

Mid-North Local Government Assoc.: half-yearly conference.

The Minister of Education and Attorney-General Hon. R.J. Randall gave the address.

Perhaps the most important item on the agenda was the noxious weed question.

The matter of payment for loss of time and the cost of sustenance of members engaged on Council business outside Council boundaries were also discussed at length.

‘Important matters which were discussed during the Conference include the recent influx of Jews and other undesirables into the country to the exclusion of more desirable immigrants.’

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 7

Annual St Patrick’s Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday 19 March in aid of church funds. Attendance was good. Dancing to 2 a.m. with Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Tennis: 15 March

‘A’ Grade Mt Bryan 13-105 defeated Ironmine 2-63

Willalo 11-100 defeated Leighton 4-70

Aberdeen 11-102 defeated Hallett 4-67

‘B’ Grade Hallett 9-88 defeated Booborowie 6-69

Mt Bryan 13-107 defeated Aberdeen 2-63

70, 12, 25 Mar. 1947, page 8

Harold Raymond’s variety Show at the Town Hall on 17 March was a wonderful success. Approximately £50 was taken at the door.

Burra Benevolent Society appealed for clothing, especially for children, as there are many homes in the town where it is needed.

Hallett Methodist Church held its Harvest thanksgiving on 9 March. Rev. Warren conducted two services.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 1

Victoria Park. At a public meeting on 24 March in the CWA Rooms a Victoria Park Improvement Committee was formed. The meeting was convened by Colin Morrison. He said the aim was to help, not antagonise the Council and to level and enlarge the oval. The Mayor congratulated Mr Morrison on the move. Mr Morrison said the oval was practically level from goal post to goal post and in order to level it from east to west he was sure the carriers would lend trucks to move the soil. The advice from the SA Cricket Assoc. on laying a cricket pitch and grassing the oval indicated that planting by October would be ready by February. Stan Woollacott said his measurements showed a fall of 14ft across the playing area. Mr R.A. Bevan said there had been a plan to level it 15 years before, but Council had stopped it. He was sure enthusiastic sportsmen would support the scheme. He moved a committee of ten be formed and Council be given full particulars. Carried.

Mr Jennison said Council was thinking of a War Memorial he suggested a new oval near the slagheap.

W. Carpenter said he supported Victoria Park as being near the school and the football club also favoured it.

Reg. Davey said when grass was planted there before, the school had watered it, but the hoses disappeared during the holidays.

Colin Morrison suggested the Drill Hall be acquired from the Commonwealth and turned into a dressing shed and the saddling paddock into a swimming pool.

Frank Griffiths. Though it is some time since the war ended it is only this week that Mr & Mrs Griffiths were notified that their son Frank has been mentioned in despatches for bravery while fighting in the Southwest Pacific. He saw four years’ war service as a Jeep driver and before enlisting worked with S.J. Woollacott of Burra North and since for Mr Downer at Woodside. Four of the Griffiths’ sons enlisted and three were accepted.

Football. Burra Football Club AGM was held in St Mary’s Hall 24 March and elected: Patron, J.R. Barker; President, W. Carpenter; Secretary, Jim Terry. Other details necessary for the organisation of the season’s activities are reported in 11⁄4 columns.

Food for Britain Appeal was not getting much response and was hanging fire at £18-3-0.

Final Welcome Home at Hallett. Four soldiers were welcomed back at Hallett when Mr Peter Bald led in the four. The others were: Ken McInnes (31⁄2 years service of which 19 months was in the Islands and the rest in Australia), Keith Jones (12 months in the Islands and 12 months in Japan) & Bronte Phin (21⁄2 years in the RAAF in Australia).

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 2

Advt. Oddfellows’ Juvenile Picnic will be held at Gum Creek Station on Friday 25 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 April

Veronica Lake & Franchot Tone in The Hour Before Dawn

Jean Heather & Robert Benchley in The National Barn Dance

5 April

John Wayne & Ella Raines in Tall in the Saddle

George Raft & Claire Trevor in Johnny Angel

7 April

Evelyn Keyes & Phil Silvers in A Thousand and One Nights

William Gargan & Janis Carter in Night Editor

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 3

Captain Glan Tiver of Burra has been mentioned in despatches for bravery whilst fighting the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific. This has just become known. He was recommended for a higher decoration, but this was not granted. He enlisted as a private from Burra in September 1940 and is still in the army.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving 23 March when Rev. John Warren preached.

Grasshoppers have consumed the pick of the feed at Mt Bryan East where millions have appeared in a local plague.

Weather. Good opening rains have been received. Burra received 182 points. Falls to the east have been quite variable, but in many cases quite heavy: Koomooloo 318, Oakvale 115, Canegrass 130, Woolgangi 190, but Pine Valley only 55 and Quondong 70.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 4

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 8 March

Jill Tiver, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Noel Tiver, married

Len. C. Catt, younger son of Mr & Mrs Walter Catt of North Booborowie.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday Captain Collins’s Team 558 defeated Vice-Captain Hogan’s Team 554.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 6

Burra Primary School. The Minister of Education has purchased the old saleyards near Paxton Square for use as a school ground for the Primary School.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 7

Booborowie School annual parents’ meeting is reported in c. 1⁄2 column.

Cricket. The Grand Final continued on Saturday:

Burra 168 & 142 v. Colts 162 & 0 for 36. Play resumes on 12 April with Colts needing 212 to win.

70, 13, 1 Apr. 1947, page 8

Tennis. Burra Assoc. 24 March

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 11-93 defeated Mt Bryan 4-76

Aberdeen 11-98 defeated Leighton 4-56

Hallett 13-106 defeated Ironmine 0-35

‘B’ Grade Hallett 15-115 defeated Ironmine 0-35

Mt Bryan 8-85 defeated Booborowie 7-91

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 1

Mr M. Hegarty, the Burra postmaster, was farewelled at the Commercial Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Messrs N.C. Woodards, Mr Marston, Mr M.T. Fuller, Mr Jim Brennan & the Mayor all spoke in appreciation of his work in Burra.

Fruit Fly. The discovery of worm-like creatures in tomatoes and grapes in Burra has been reported to Adelaide for identification, but it is feared they are an indication of a fruit fly outbreak in Burra.

Mice are around the town in plague numbers following a plague in surrounding farm country.

Burra Rifle Club will have an official re-opening 12 April.

Queen Competition Ball. The RSL Banqueting Hall was decorated on Wednesday for the Ball in aid of the Queen for the Navy, Miss Audrey Bown; run in connection with the Anzac Sports. This was the first Ball in the new rooms and came off very well.

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council members retiring on 5 July due to the effluxion of time:

Mayor: Horton Joseph Barraclough Jennison

East Ward: Stanley Kellaway

West Ward: William Carpenter

North Ward: Richard Malcolm Reed

Nominations are called by 10 May with elections on 5 July if required.

Notice. The Black Springs Honour Roll is to be unveiled 11 April 1947 by His Worship the Mayor of Burra Mr H.J.B. Jennison.

Advt. RSL Grand Ball in Burra Town Hall, Wednesday 30 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 April

Olivia de Havilland & Robert Cummings in Princess O’Rourke

Dave Clark & Janis Paige in Her Kind of Man

Advt. Burra Anzac Sports. Burra Race-Course, Saturday 19 April.

Dance in the evening at RSL Club Rooms. [Program is printed.]

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 3

Burra Easter Cricket Carnival Committee organised a picnic at world’s End Gorge on Sunday. Attendance was only fair, but those that attended enjoyed themselves.

Mr & Mrs Bill Davis (nee Hadie Rooke) [Ida Hedwig Rooke] were welcomed back to World’s End after 16 years in South Africa, on Saturday evening last.

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 5

‘Student’ contributes an article on a trip to the Adelaide Exhibition on 23 March. The school group boarded the railcar for the trip down and were photographed by The News on arrival – appearing in the afternoon edition. A visit to the museum was followed by lunch and then a special tram took them to the Wayville Exhibition Grounds. They ended the day at the Fun Park (sideshows). Return was in a special carriage on the Broken Hill express.

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 6

Burra Cricket Dance was held in the RSL Rooms on Saturday night and was an outstanding success. [Details are reported in 2⁄3 column.]

70, 14, 8 Apr. 1947, page 7

Burra Easter Cricket Carnival

Broken Hill 143 defeated Mokota 122

Prospect 91 defeated Burra 54 & 7 for 73

Burra 9 for 202 v. Broken Hill 5 for 78

Prospect 143 defeated Mokota 132

Mokota 256 defeated Burra 103

Prospect 255 defeated Broken Hill 75

Advt. Census Collectors are wanted for a few days either side of 30 June 1947. Rates of pay per day: foot 30/-, bicycle 32/6, horse 37/6, motor cycle 40/- & motor car 57/6.

Fathers’ Assoc. Burra Branch AGM 21 March. G.H. Dollman in the chair. Membership was reported at 40. The year’s work was reported. Elected: President, G.H. Dollman; Vice-Presidents, Messrs A.B. Riggs & J. Kellock; Secretary, W. Carpenter & Treasurer, W.J. Lee.

In the year 101 ‘Welcome Home’ cards had been sent. An Amateur Hour & Ball had raised funds and £27-13-4 had been sent to the State Secretary towards a chalet at Angorichina.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 1

Paxton Square. When we recently published an article on the deplorable living conditions and the dangers of unhygienic living in Paxton Square we did not intend to suggest the residents be put on the streets. We had thought that the residents would have supported us in an effort to improve their living conditions. If anyone can get the Health Officer to say the article was incorrect and get him to say it is a healthy place to live and that living conditions there are adequate for these enlightened times we will take it all back. In NSW recently we saw small modern frame houses containing all modern conveniences. This is what the basic wage earner is entitled to. Surely it is better for them to pay say 25/- a week for rent and principal and to own the house in 20 years than to pay 20/- a week for rent alone and have nothing to show for it. A letter from J. Parkes to Council on Monday gave them the opportunity to discuss the matter, but Council was reluctant to discuss the matter at all. Only the Mayor seemed willing and anxious to get better living conditions for people in Paxton Square. The mayor said no one wanted to pull the square down, rather if decent dwellings could not be obtained for its residents then the square should be made more habitable. One day a Councillor will demand a report from the Health Officer on the Square and it will not be good. Then the fight will be on for better living conditions for the basic wage earner and above all for their kids.

John Collins & Sons, Collinsville, held an Inspection Day at Stud Park on 9 April. Last year’s inspection was cancelled due to the ill health of Mr A.L. Collins, Stud Master. This year c. 80 men assembled to see the rams. There were 86 rams altogether and the whole quality was more even and of a higher standard than ever before.

Burra Football Club held a meeting on Friday in St Mary’s Hall to sort out operational arrangements for the coming season. [Details in c. 1 column.]

The Black Springs Roll of Honour was unveiled on Friday evening last in the Black Springs Hall. There was a good attendance of returned personnel. The Mayor of Burra Mr H.J.B. Jennison performed the duty, unveiling the first Honour Roll in the district for World War II. Two Black Springs men had made the Supreme Sacrifice. Other speakers were Mr Crossing, President of the Farrell’s Flat RSL, Mr Stanley hawker and Mr E.C. Collins President of the Burra RSL. A dance followed.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 April

Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennet in Woman in the Window

Leon Errol & Elaine Riley in What a Blonde

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra. Annual Elections. Retiring Councillors are:

Mt Bryan Ward: George Stanley Hawker

Hanson Ward: John Maxton Jacka

Booborowie Ward: Walter Lomman

Baldina Ward: Reginald Warnes

Nominations by 10 May with elections 5 July if required.

SAR in an effort not to repair the station road when quoted £400 to seal the surface has suggested it now be closed. The Council is strongly opposed to this as they had fought for one way traffic years ago as a matter of public safety.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 3

The Food for Britain Appeal has moved on to £78-17-1.

Queen of Air Force Dance was held on Saturday evening in the RSL Rooms. This resulted in the penny votes for the Queens being currently:

Miss Audrey Bown, Miss Navy, 3.600

Miss Mary Field, Miss Air Force 3,600

Miss Barbara Jennison, Miss Army, 600

Unfortunately there will not be time for a Miss Army Dance and we hope supporters will rally round Miss Army in the progressive penny vote totals.

Bon Accord Bridge. There have recently been eight accidents at the bridge and in the most recent one the occupants of the car were lucky to escape with their lives. Cr Woollacott said the curve to the bridge was dangerous and should be signed. The bridge will be inspected by Council.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. The rifle range was officially opened on Saturday by the Mayor after a recess of seven years. Capt. E.C. Collins introduced the Mayor and said it had taken a good deal of money to restore the facility. At present the club had 70 members which he thought was a record. Winners on the day: Ladies: Miss Dawn Bernhardt

Old Members: A.L. Kellock

Present Members: Ron Kellock

Cricket. Annual Largs Bay v. Burra match resulted in a draw: Largs bay 170 & Burra 9 for 159.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 5

Mr & Mrs E. Jettner were given a farewell at Leighton Hall on Tuesday. They had been residents for 35 years and were now retiring to Victor Harbor. A presentation of a cheque was made and the evening ended with a dance and a sumptuous supper.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 6

Rev. & Mrs Barrett & their daughter Olive were farewelled at a social evening at the Memorial Hall on Wednesday 2 April. Rev. Barrett received a wallet of notes and Olive a silver cake dish. Mr Pitman will replace Mr Barrett.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 7

A Sacred Concert was performed in Burra Town Hall on Easter Sunday. The Burra Salvation Army Brass Band played and the Burra Combined Choir under W.H. Gare sang. [A review of items is made in 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Golf Club held its AGM 9 April and elected: President, R.H. Smith; Vice-

Presidents, Messrs R.B. Martin & J. Gall and Secretary & Treasurer, C. Davey. It is hoped to have nine holes in playing condition for opening day 3 May.

70, 15, 15 Apr. 1947, page 8

Cricket. The visiting cricketers were tendered a smoke social on Easter Monday at the RSL Rooms by the Social Committee of the Burra Cricket Assoc. [Details in 1 column.]

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 1

Queens’ Competition Wind-up Dance. At the RSL club rooms on Saturday the Queen of the Navy was crowned the winner with 12,705 votes. Queen of the Army was 2nd with 11,657 and Queen of the Air Force 3rd with 8,980. All told about £138 was collected for Anzac Sports.

Burra Anzac Sports, organised by Burra Sub-Branch RSL were revived on Saturday after a number of years. The weather was ideal, but the fixture was not as financially successful as in bye-gone years. £77 was taken at the gates and the program ran smoothly. Cycle entries were poor. Foot races also seem to be declining in popularity. Results are printed and conclude on page 8.

Burra Rifle Club. The program for the coming season of trophy shoots is printed.

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 2

SAR: Restoration of Services:

Tuesday & Thursday departs Adelaide for Burra 5.45 p.m.

Saturday departs Adelaide for Burra & Peterborough 6.55 p.m.

Monday departs Peterborough 4 a.m. and Burra 6.20 a.m.

Wednesday & Friday departs Burra 6.55 a.m.

Notice. Hindmarsh Salvation Army Band will visit Burra

Saturday 26 April: concert in Salvation Army Citadel at 8 p.m.

Sunday 27 April: 11 a.m. Holiness Meeting in the Citadel

7 p.m. Salvation Meeting in the Citadel

8.30 p.m. After church service in the Burra Town Hall

Obituary. Trevor John Haese died 21 April aged 3 years 11 months; son of Olive & Harvey Haese.

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 3

Loan Pennant. At the RSL Anzac Sports on Saturday Mr Wells, Deputy Director of Loans, presented Burra with a blue pennant for exceeding the money quota in the 2nd security loan.

Obituary. Mrs H.A. Tieste, nee Mavis Tiver of Burra, died after being struck by a car when crossing Glen Osmond Road near the Fullarton tram terminus on 3 April. [Born Charity Mavis Tiver 11 May 1912, Redruth: died Mavis Charity Tieste 3 April 1947 Adelaide, residence Fullarton Estate.]

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Mrs H.A. Tieste, nee Mavis Tiver of Burra, died after being struck by a car when crossing Glen Osmond Road near the Fullarton tram terminus on 3 April.

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 4

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes in support of the paper’s efforts to get a better standard of accommodation for the poorer members of the community in such places as Paxton Square. In support too of the Mayor, but wondering why others are so silent and so reluctant to help.

Tennis. Burra Assoc.

‘A’ Grade Willalo 9-96 defeated Booborowie 6-74

Hallett 8-94 defeated Aberdeen 7-83

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 10-98 defeated Mt Bryan 4-72

Hallett 11-105 defeated Aberdeen 4-59

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 9 April

Cr carpenter moved that a series of dances be held to aid Town Hall Funds. The Town Clerk said he had tentatively booked the remaining three Fridays not already taken in the year. He will obtain prices for bands.

The Mayor reported that a recent sacred concert raised £14-9-1 for the Food for Britain Appeal.

Street signs. Cr Baulderstone suggested vertical signs.

Cr Woollacott agreed they were the modern trend.

Enquiries re costs will be presented at the next meeting.

SAR advised it did not feel justified in spending £400 on the exit road and instead proposed to make an exit to the present entrance road.

Cr Kellaway moved that SAR be advised that such a move would create a dangerous bottleneck. Carried.

Cr Woollacott moved the matter be brought to the attention of the District MP. Carried.

Joseph Parkes wrote concerning Paxton square and also asking how many cows in Burra had been tested for TB, why the Hospital could run water across the road to a stagnant pool which bred mosquitoes and why the Hospital was not obliged to cut its Bathurst Burrs.

Pools in the creek will be treated [for mosquitoes].

Parkes will be told the cows are under the control of the Central Board of Health.

70, 16, 22 Apr. 1947, page 7

Marriage. [No place or date is cited.]

Joan Ryan, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra North, married

Dick Noel Barratt, only son of Mr & Mrs Norman (Doxo) Barratt of Burra North.

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Trophy Shoot, Saturday: best results from A. Williams, D. Field & R. Bernhardt.

The Commonwealth Government is intending to have all Local Governments operate only through the Commonwealth Bank. The Local Government Association is opposed, saying it sees no reason why arrangements with the trading banks that have been satisfactory for 50 years should be changed.

Fairchild Park. In the future the plantation of trees near the Bon Accord Bridge will be known as Fairchild Park in recognition of the work done by Mr R. Fairchild in forming it. This follows a motion at a recent Town Council meeting moved by Cr Woollacott and seconded by Cr Carpenter.

Park View, Burra North. Burra Town Council has passed a motion making this the postal address for that area at the north end of Smelts Road overlooking the Burra North Children’s Playground and south to the North Ward Boundary. [Note that the paper says Park View will terminate at Morehead St; but they meant Ludgvan St.]

Street Names. It has been decided that street names will be installed as far as possible on existing posts. [Whether vertically or horizontally is not clear from the report. Cr Baulderstone favoured low down and vertical, but Cr Woollacott’s motion was carried and it (at least as reported) seems not to indicate how the names are to run.]

Football. Practice match on Saturday at the Racecourse: Burra North 9-8 defeated Burra 5-13.

Burra Town Council will ask for a new Bon Accord bridge following a spate of accidents there. Also the present bridge is barred for heavy traffic and such traffic from the north has to make a detour of 0.9 mile to get to the station.

Editorial on The Burra Town Council nearing the end of its year.

The Mayor’s job this year has been difficult due to the state of the Council’s finances. Before being elected Mayor he favoured a new assessment for the town, believing that many Burra properties were undervalued or had not been assessed at all and rates collected would be insufficient to meet commitments. This was not done and now valuers’ fees have risen considerably.

The impression had been gained that the Mayor would start with a nice credit balance*, but in fact there was a debit of £348-16-10 at the start of the financial year. The cost of wages and materials were rising. He advised the Council to increase the rates. They did so, but only for the Town Hall account and only a trifle. As a consequence the debt has grown. This has resulted from:

Seasonal conditions creating more growth that had to be controlled.

Two wage increases through the Industrial Court.

Higher contributions from the Council for the Fire Brigades Board and Government Grant Account.

As a result rates will have to rise. Also the Council truck needs replacing and other machinery is needed.

During the year the Town Hall mortgage was transferred from the State Bank to the Bank of Australasia, which entitled the Council to draw up to £3,300 as an overdraft and the Town Hall account is now offset by any credit balance in any of the current accounts, which is often the case. The Mayor and Mayoress have also had a heavy round of social activities associated with the office and relating to the welfare of the town and district. We hope he will consent to nominate for the role again.

[*The supposed credit may have been a reference to the £400 loan for the swimming pool, but this cannot be accessed by the Council for other purposes.]

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. under instructions from S.M. & R.S. Nickles will conduct a land and furniture sale of 174 acres 3 roods 36 perches freehold, being Pt sections 52 & 79, Hd of Kooringa at Copperhouse and comprising three main paddocks, several small house allotments and a six-roomed house with detached kitchen.

Advt. Organ Recital at St Mary’s Church 11 May at 3.15 p.m. by Clem Davey assisted with vocals by Miss M. Halliday, Mrs J. Reed, Mr G.H. Dollman & Mr L.H. Thomas.

In aid of the Food for Britain Appeal.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 May

George Sanders & Hurd Hatfield in The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Marx Brothers in Go West

Obituary. George Edwin Dane died at his residence 22 April aged 77.

[Born 1869 Aylesford, Kent, UK.]

Obituary. Clifford Charles (Kevin) Mezzatesta was accidentally drowned at Deniliquin NSW on 24 April aged 20 years 11 months. He was the eldest son of P. & R. Mezzatesta of Burra North and brother to Frank, Denise, David, Peter & Brian. [Born 14 May 1926, Rose Park to Pasquale & Rose nee Burnett.]

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 29 March

Gladys Watson, only daughter of Mrs L.A. & the late Mr S.M. Watson, married

Clive Jettner, younger son of Mr & Mrs E. Jettner of Leighton.

Victoria Park Improvements

A deputation from the Victoria Park Improvement Committee waited on Council last week to ask permission to effect improvements.

Mr L. Hawke said the object was to seek co-operation and permission to raise funds to improve the park and to ask the Council to make available the £400 it had in hand, previously borrowed to build a swimming pool, or to call a meeting of ratepayers to approve such a move.

The Committee believed a much better playing surface was needed along with a saucer track for cycling and running. Test holes showed 18-24 inches of soil could be removed from the highest to lowest side. They wanted to make a retaining wall from the goal posts to the main entrance gates varying from 0 to 4 or 5 feet with a safety fence. The cycle track to be 15ft wide and 3ft high on the outside. The oval to be planted in couch grass and a turf wicket laid. Water to be by underground pipe or sprinklers. Trees to be lopped and the shed remodelled in a different location. The main gate now to become a pedestrian access with a new vehicle access at the south end.

C. Morrison said the town presently had four cricket teams and the Easter Carnival could be repeated. SA Cricket Assoc. could give advice on laying a turf wicket – the local carpenter with advice had done so at Clare. He outlined how other inputs could be obtained free by donation. He had a plan which showed hoe these improvements could be integrated with a proposed War Memorial, tennis courts and a swimming pool in the future.

Cr Kellaway said ratepayer sanction would be needed to access the £400.

The Mayor said permission to raise money was not a problem, but any War Memorial proposal was in the hands of ratepayers. He feared the cost would be much higher than any of the Committee realised. The Drill Hall [part of the War Memorial proposal] would cost about £600 and the cost of water would be enormous. He also pointed out that at present piping, cement and cyclone fencing were practically unobtainable. Would the oval be large enough to park cars and leave room for spectators?

Mr Hawke said yes – and the aim at present was to improve the oval, not to press for any Memorial Scheme.

The matter will lie on the table for a fortnight.

Burra High School Annual Sports were held at Victoria Park 24 April.

Senior Boys’ Cup: Don Allen

Senior Girls’ Cup: Meryl Nelson

Junior Boys’ Cup: John Heinrich

Junior Girls’ Cup: Joan Nelson

[Full results next issue.]

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 4

Obituary. G.E. Dane died on Tuesday night 22 April after a fairly long illness. He was universally liked and respected by all sections of the community and regarded as one of Nature’s Gentlemen. He was born 16 October 1869 in Aylesford in Kent and came to Australia when 3 in search of health. [Check: this should probably be when 30!] He tried WA & Tasmania before coming to Burra, arriving in 1900 and resided here till he died. He set himself up as a teacher of music and boarded at a farmhouse in the district. He soon had pupils all over the district and travelled first on a bicycle and later on a motorcycle. Soon he was organising concerts, operettas and comic operas. Many older residents remember fondly his Pirates of Penzance which drew huge audiences for two nights in Burra. He united the residents of Clare and Burra in a production of Handel’s Messiah at a time when combined practices involved horse-drawn transport between the two towns. Through his efforts famous singers like Peter Dawson and Mrs Oldam appeared in Burra and the town gained a widespread reputation for its singers. He organised an orchestra of 30-40 members which kept going for many years. Each year he organised a concert for the Burra Hospital and the fees for the invited well-known singers came out of his own pocket, among them Elsie Woolley. Many people in the town benefited from his generosity and he contributed anonymously to every deserving cause. Singers he spoke highly of in Burra included the late Miss Alice Pearce, Tot Harris (now Mrs Greenwood), the late Nicholas Tiddy and Billy Hague and as a comic in his operas the late W.J.C. Ewins: of later years W. Spiers, the late Percy Rosman, Nell Pearce and others. He conducted the Kooringa Methodist choir for 37 years. He was also a town councillor from 1915-19. He was also the last of the founders of the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd. He managed the Burra Talkies for 25 years and was a JP. He was a keen bowler and a rifleman during the 1914-19 war and audited the Rifle Club books for 12 years. In WWI he was a staunch supported of the Cheer-up Girls.

On 6 March 1907 he married Miss Muriel Edith Pearce in the Halifax St Methodist Church. His wife died some years ago. He is survived by three children: Allan (Adelaide), D’Arcy (Sydney) and Muriel, Mrs Noel Ditty.

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 5

Burra North Red Cross met for the first time this year on 5 March and decided against closing. A list of certificates for faithful service during the war years is printed.

Anzac Day. The Hindmarsh Salvation Army Band again headed the parade of men from both wars. Mr E.C. Collins led the march as President of Burra RSL. The catafalque party at the memorial comprised Reg. Clarke RAN, J. Kotz AIF and Dick Aldridge RAAF. Rev. Pitman gave the address and the service was conducted by Rev. Hobbs, Captain & Mrs McDonald and Rev. Pitman. Wreaths were laid by E.C. Collins (RSL), Mayor H. Jennison, G.H. Dollman (Fathers’ Assoc.) & M. Woollacott (Air Force Assoc.). The church service this year was held at St Mary’s which was filled for the occasion and Rev. Cowle conducted the service.

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 6

Mt Bryan East: a social raised £14-15-0 for the Food for Britain Appeal 12 April.

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 7

The Hindmarsh Salvation Army Band with Corps Commander Major H. England arrived on Saturday evening. They gave a short open-air meeting in Market Square. On Sunday at 9.15 a.m. a Knee Drill Service was conducted at the Citadel by Major England before the band marched to the hospital for a concert for patients. At 11 a.m. there was a Holiness Meeting and there was a very large congregation for the evening meeting and an after-church meeting at the Town Hall. The Band also performed at the Anzac Service at the invitation of the RSL.

Tennis, 19 April

‘A’ Grade Final Hallett 9-98 defeated Willalo 5-76

‘B’ Grade Final Hallett 8-76 defeated Booborowie 7-77

70, 17, 29 Apr. 1947, page 8

Booborowie Anzac Service was held in the Memorial Hall on Sunday 20 April conducted by Padre Cowle.

Burra Town Council

SAR replies to the objection to closing the Station Road saying statistics of passenger numbers and parcels showed two roads were not necessary however a railway representative would visit and discuss the matter with Council.

Burra Salvation Army asked if the Council could either sell or donate the instruments of the old Burra Brass Band to the Salvation Army.

Cr Kellaway said they could not be sold as they were in trust. He moved they be loaned to the Army. Carried.

The Salvation Army was granted the right to use one or two lights on the rotunda for their Saturday night meetings.

Burra Electric Supply Co. will renew leads into the Fire Station. The inside wiring is the Council’s responsibility and tenders are to be called for that.

A.B. Aldam seeks permission for a wood, iron and asbestos structure on the vacant site next to the Billiard Saloon for a car showroom. It is to have a board floor, to be ceiled and lined. Further specifications are required before approval.

300ft of piping on the Bon Accord Reserve is to be taken up and stored.

A report is called for on the piping removed from Victoria Park – the property of the old Victoria Park Improvement Committee.

A deputation was received from the Victoria Park Improvement Committee as reported elsewhere.

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 1

Burra Golf Club. The season was declared open last Saturday.

The Food for Britain Appeal has reached £106-5-1 compared with about £350 for the last such appeal.

Burra Rifle Club. The shoot on Saturday for the Sara Trophy and the Jennison Marksman’s Trophy saw best results from R. Bernhardt, P.W. Hogan & F.T. Marston.

Football. Season’s opening match last Saturday:

Spalding 4.6 7.9 10.13 14.20 (104)

Burra 2.1 4.3 8.6 12.7 (79)

Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen’s Assoc. Ball. Hurtle Scott is President and E. Heinrich the Social Secretary. The crowd was not large, but a very enjoyable time was had.

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 2

Notice. From the Liquidator of Byles Mongolata Gold Mining Co. calling for all with claims against the company to come forward.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 & 10 May

Shirley Temple & Jerome Courtland in Kiss and Tell

Ted Donaldson & Margaret Lindsay in The Adventures of Rusty

Advt. Bootmaker at Burra North. T.W. Neville. Boot and shoe repairs at the premises next to Ockenden’s Barber Shop.

[Is this the old betting shop to the north or the small shop to the south?]

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 3

Copperhouse. Century-old house to be sold.

When the home of the late John Nickles is offered by auction by Elder, Smith & Co. on 14 May it will sever the last link of the family with the district. The house has been owned by the Nickles family for nearly 100 years and at the death of its first owner, Mr John Nickles, passed to his children and then to his grandchildren, all of whom were born and educated at Copperhouse. The last of the family to live there were Mr & Mrs J.S. Nickles and when Mr Nickles died Mrs Nickles went to live in the city.

A. Coverdale writes endorsing the call to use the swimming pool money to improve Victoria Park. ‘Swimming Pools are a thing of the past like tricycles and bows and arrows.’

Tennis: Easter Tournament

Men’s Championship Singles B. Hirschausen

Men’s Championship Doubles R. Pickering & M. Tiver

Ladies Championship Singles Miss Heather Pearce

Mixed Doubles Championship Schmidt & Miss J. Mosey

Men’s Handicap Doubles R. Pickering & M. Tiver

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles Mrs Crew & Miss Clark

Men’s Handicap Singles R. Pickering

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Miss heather Pearce

Mixed Handicap Doubles B. Hirschausen & Mrs Corry

Junior Boys Rex Anderson

Junior Girls Avis Clark

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 4 (Wrongly numbered 5)

‘The Man Who Sees’ submits another long and tortuous letter. It is a discussion of various ways in which the town’s financial problems might be improved.

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 5 (Wrongly numbered 7)

Burra High School. The sports results from their recent Annual Sports Day are printed.

Third Security Loan. For the third time Burra has filled its quota and will receive a pennant.

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 7

Burra Bowls Tournament: Winners in the 1946-47 season

Championship S. Sykes

Singles Handicap N. Woodards

Consistency Kirby

Pairs J.E. Pearce & Kirby

Rink E. Finch, K.R. Crewes, H. Pearce & L. Kellaway

Cricket. The Premiership goes to Burra Colts:

Burra 166 & 142 v. Burra Colts 162 & 149. (C. Morrison 92 not out.)

70, 18, 6 May 1947, page 8

Tennis. Burra Tennis Assoc. Grand Final

‘A’ Grade Hallett 8-90 defeated Aberdeen 7-83

Marriage. Lucindale Methodist Church, 15 March

Audrey Eileen Laidlaw, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J.B. Laidlaw of Lucindale, married

Donald Claude Day, eldest son of Mr & Mrs C.A. Day of Lucindale.

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 1

Mid-North High School Sports were held at the Burra Racecourse on Friday 9 May. Balaklava, Clare, Kapunda, Riverton & Burra took part. The weather was fairly good. Aggregate results: Clare 1141⁄3, Balaklava 98, Burra 901⁄3, Kapunda 48 and Riverton 451⁄3.

Results are printed on page 5 (numbered 7).

[For some reason the sequence of pages in this issue was 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 6, un-numbered, 8.]

Burra Town Council Elections

Mayor: H.J.B. Jennison elected unopposed

West Ward: W. Carpenter elected unopposed

North Ward: T.H. Woollacott elected unopposed

East Ward: R.A. Bevan

R.C. Lott

An election will be held in East Ward.

District Council of Burra Burra Elections

Baldina Ward: Reg. Warnes elected unopposed

Booborowie Ward: Walter Lomman elected unopposed

Mt Bryan Ward: T.D.J. Beckwith elected unopposed

Hanson Ward: J.M. Jacka

M. de N. Lucas

An election will be held in Hanson Ward.

Food for Britain Appeal is at £122-10-1.

SAR. After visiting the site the SAR engineer has agreed with the Town Council’s stand on the railway station exit road.

Burra Town Council on Monday agreed to allow the Victoria Park Improvement Committee to proceed with plans to upgrade the facility.

The Mayor reported that after a meeting with the District Council of Burra Burra the Town Council has been offered the right to purchase the 6-acre slagheap paddock for £6 per acre on the understanding that any War Memorial project will be commenced within five years.

Cr Woollacott pointed out that the District Council would not sell the piece of ground with the remainder of the slag on it until all the slag was removed.

The Mayor said the Woollacott Scheme (to dam the creek and build an oval) would be put to ratepayers for approval.

No estimates of costs of this or any other proposal had so far been made.

The Mayor was not sure that costs for the Woollacott Scheme or for the Victoria Park Improvement Scheme could be got ready for Election Day.

Cr Kellaway said the hospital would soon be appealing to the public for £7,000 for its building scheme, so it would not be wise to ask for more for some time.

Cr Kellaway moved approval be given to the Victoria Park Scheme, as any other scheme was long term.

Cr carpenter seconded, as the Woollacott Scheme was expensive and they had enough on their plates with the Town Hall Debt.

The Mayor asked why it should go ahead when Council or ratepayers had not decided yet on a Memorial Scheme. While not actually opposed, he did not want to give them carte blanche at the moment.

Cr Carpenter said all they wanted to do at present was to get the oval ready for the next season.

There was considerable debate about the sources of finance and fear of the Council becoming involved in a debt, but eventually the motion was carried 5 votes to 1.

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Cycle Club. A meeting is called for 15 May by R.A. Bevan as convenor in St Mary’s Hall for the purpose of forming the above club.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 & 17 May

The Song of Bernadette

Plus short features

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 3

St Mary’s was filled to capacity on Sunday for the organ recital in aid of the Food for Britain Appeal. Clem Davey played assisted by Mrs John Reid, Miss Mavis Halliday, Mr Lindsay Thomas and Mr Guy Dollman. £13-2-0 was raised. [The program is printed.]

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 4 (Numbered 5)

Burra Colts Cricket Team Victory Dinner following their Premiership is reported in 1 column.

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 5 (Numbered 7)

Mid-North High Schools Sports: results are printed.

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 7 (Un-numbered)

Burra Rifle Club. The three best shots on Saturday were P. Knight, F. Kakoschke & E.C. Collins.

70, 19 (2), 13 May 1947, page 8

Football. Saturday 10 May

Booborowie 2.3 5.5 9.8 13.13 (91)

Spalding 3.2 4.4 5.11 8.14 (62)

Booborowie Juniors 8.6 defeated Spalding Juniors 0.3

Burra 4.1 7.2 8.5 9.5 (59)

Hallett 1.2 2.4 3.5 3.5 (23)

A meeting of Burra Football Club on Wednesday decided that an effort will be made to form a Burra Colts Football Club.

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Shoot over 600 & 700 yards saw best results from R.G. Bernhardt, P.W. Hogan & F.T. Marston.

Bowls. The season ended with a presentation of trophies last Saturday.

[Winners were noted in the paper of 5 May, but with runners-up are also printed here.]

Burra Homing Club. Season’s program is printed.

A.G. ‘Tom’ Heinrich & Mrs Heinrich are growing outside vegetables of a huge size on spring water at World’s End: carrots from 11⁄4 to 21⁄2lb each, obelisk-shaped beetroot to 1lb and yellow quinces at 11⁄4lb each. The water will not grow cucumbers or gladioli.

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 May

Gary Cooper & Ingrid Bergman in Saratoga Trunk

With short features.

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 3

Football, Saturday

Hallett 2.1 4.1 7.5 7.7 (49)

Booborowie 2.1 3.3 3.4 6.8 (44)

Burra 4.7 8.9 10.9 11.10 (76)

Spalding 1.5 3.5 7.11 9.12 (66)

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 4 (Numbered 5) [Page 5 was numbered 7.]

Burra Cycle Club was formed at a meeting in St Mary’s Hall on Wednesday. Mr R.A. Bevan said he would like to see the club work in conjunction with the Burra Football Club. Mr Jack Goodridge said cycle races could be run at interval time at the football games. Elected: Patron, H.J.B. Jennison; Chairman, R.A. Bevan & Secretary, Jack Goodridge. The first race is to be on 31 May over 1 mile.

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 6

Food for Britain Appeal reaches £134-11-0.

Burra Primary School. The head teacher Mr Kirby, who has been in Burra only a short time, has been transferred to Underdale and will be replaced by Mr W. Heywood from Renmark. Mr Kirby said he had to transfer due to family reasons.

70, 20 (2), 20 May 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council, 5 May

The Town Clerk said the Burra Band Committee still existed, but it would soon be handing over certain instruments and funds to the care of the Council till a band was formed again.

Roy Bourman applied to erect a large workshop at the corner of Eyre & Bruce Streets. [Sic: since neither of these streets exists the former could be Ayers St, but nothing like Bruce as a name suggests itself.]

J.C. Goodridge’s tender to rewire the Fire Station was accepted.

A letter of sympathy was sent to the Dare Family on the death of G.E. Dane.

Mrs Louisa Davey had a celebration on 4 May on the eve of her 90th birthday. Now living in Henry St, Croydon, she is the widow of the late Joseph Davey late of Croydon & Burra. Her parents Mr & Mrs Rawlings were among Burra’s earliest pioneers. Though Mrs Davey’s sight and hearing are impaired she is mentally alert and has a good memory. A cake was made by her daughters [Alice] Mrs Norman Pearce and [Mabel] Mrs Ted Ridley and was cut at tea time by Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook, a very old friend. Over 50 visitors called, including four daughters and two sons: Hetty, Alice, Mabel, Florrie, Will & Jack. [Check ‘Hetty’ as I can find no birth of a Hetty, but there is a Minetta alive in 1947: perhaps ‘Netty’ or a nickname?]

Fire. The woodwork of part of the rear of the house of Mrs Ian Richardson caught alight from some unknown cause on Friday afternoon. She applied buckets of water while waiting for the fire brigade who soon had the fire extinguished.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Best scorers on Saturday were M. Finch, O. Holmes, L.L. Martin, C. Bushell, I. Burdon, R.R. Bevan, E.C. Hopkins, P. Bown & W. Hempel.

Central Board of Health Inspector visited Burra and recommended that to stop water draining into the creek and forming a breeding ground for mosquitoes it should be made compulsory for all premises to install semi-septic systems. An Act exists that could enable the Council to implement this practice. There were several sub-standard houses in the town and they should be condemned when the Housing Commission approved.

Burra Picture Show Proprietorship. In answer to a question in Council recently the Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey said that the agreement between the present proprietor of the Burra Talkies and the Council did not expire until 1950. Mr Woollacott said he would like to see the town take over the Picture Show because he saw that as a quicker way for the debt on the Town Hall to be liquidated. This would have to be prepared for, because there would have to be licensed operators. It was agreed that the current agreement be placed on the table at the next meeting.

A Topsy-Turvy Ball at Booborowie, in which many of the gentlemen appeared in ball gowns and some [though fewer] of the ladies in suits, was a considerable success.

The Burra Basketball Association will comprise four teams for the coming season: Burra High School, St Mary’s, Kooringa Methodist and Business Girls.

Leighton School has been closed due to the lack of pupils. This will scarcely boost numbers at Burra however, since three of Leightons four students were in the headmaster’s family.

Mt Bryan East School closed on 2 May. One of last year’s scholars attends Burra High School and three others are attending Hallett Primary School, leaving only three scholars on the roll. The school has closed twice for this reason since it opened about 60 years ago. The last three names on the roll were Levi Hughes, Kathleen Dare and Doreen Dare.

The 1947 ABC National Radio Eisteddfod will visit Burra. It is to be hoped that there will be some entries from Burra.

Burra Primary School has two new bitumen tennis courts, built for it by Messrs Holton & Sons during the holidays.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 May

Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennet in Scarlet Street

Alan Curtis & Lon Chaney in The Daltons Ride Again

Burra Cycle Club. Nominations for a One Mile Wheel Race to be held at the Burra Racecourse next Saturday will close at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday. [Run in the interval of the football match.]

The Food for Britain Appeal, which closed on Saturday reached £161-17-1. Late contributions will be gratefully received till the end of this week.

A Jnuior Football game was played as a curtain-raiser.

Allen’s Team 4 goals defeated Spackman’s Team 3 goals 2 behinds.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 3

North Eastern Basketball Association, 17 May

Mt Bryan 32 defeated South Hallett 18

North Booborowie 33 defeated South Booborowie 14

North Hallett 22 defeated Leighton 21.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 May

Burra CWA has written to Council concerning the possibility of making the Lodge Room at the Institute into a CWA Rest Room. Council appointed a committee to investigate same.

The Hon. Secretary of the Burra Library Committee wrote complaining of congestion at the entrance to the Institute on picture nights. The picture proprietor will be asked to open both doors instead of one and have the gangway policed.

The Burra Burra DC has offered to sel the Slag heap Paddock to the Town Council at £6 per acre, providing satisfactory access was left at the the western portion and the ground was turned into a sports ground within five years.

The Clerk advised that the tenants had vacated the Institute cottage. Resolved that the cottage be inspected.

It was decided to tar the footpaths in front of Sara’s, the barbers and the Royal Exchange Hotel at Burra North.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 5

North Eastern Football Association, 24 May

Hallett 7.14 defeated Burra 2.7

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 6

Hallett Fathers’ Association held their Annual Ball at Hallett Institute on 16 May. It was a successful and enjoyable evening.

70, 21 (2), 27 May 1947, page 7

Burra RSL. The unveiling of the Honour Roll in the Burrra-Kooringa Methodist Church will take place on Sunday 8 June.

It has been decided to hold a monthly dance on the second Saturday of each month, commencing in June.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 1

North Eastern Football Association, 31 May at Burra North Oval

Booborowie 10.6 defeated Burra 2.8

As a curtainraiser

Burra Primary School 2.2 defeated Booborowie Primary School 2.1

Burra Cycle Club

The first race of this newly formed club was run at the Burra Racecourse in the interval at the football, held at the same place. Eight riders started and the result was C. Todd 1st, R. Angel 2nd and A. Wohling 3rd. The winner received 12/6 plus one tyre donated by H.J.B. Jennison.

Mr & Mrs T.I. Williams of Baldina were tendered a farewell social at World’s End at the home of Mr & Mrs Sam Finch on Saturday 24 May.

Obituary. Mr J. Cyril Murray died suddenly at his home ‘Catarpo’ Mt Bryan on Wednesday last week. He had suffered from a weak heart for a considerable period, but his death came as a shock to friends across the district and state. He was only 54. He was born at Mt Crawford and was the son of the Late Mr & Mrs Alex Murray who pioneered the Mt Crawford property soon after arriving from Scotland. Mr Cyril Murray spent his boyhood at Mt Crawford and was educated at St Peter’s College in Adelaide. In 1919 the Catarpo Stud was established Mr Murray came to live there. He recently sold a portion of the property with the intention of retiring from active business.

He was one of the best polo players seen in Australia and captained the Mt Crawford team. When the team remained undefeated in 1925 in an International series, Sydney papers acclaimed him one of the best backmen to have played in this country.

The late Mr Murray was also one of the best fieldshots in SA and rarely missed a chance to make a kill. He loved horses and his skill as a horse trainer was outstanding.

He was also a great craftsman and had a splendidly equipped workshop at Catarpo – for example, during the war when firearms were so scarce, he made ball ammunition that could be fired through an ordinary shot gun. It was tested by the VDC authorities and shown capable of penetrating a Bren Gun Carrier. It was classified as efficient for use should the need arise. He also evolved a method of rechambering a certain type of rifle to take .303 shells for use by the VDC. At the age of 19 he built a sulky that was used on the property for 20 years or more.

He was a great judge of sheep, though he did not exhibit at shows.

He volunteered for service in WWI, but was rejected on health grounds. He volunteered for the AIF in WWII and served for six months before being discharged on health grounds.

He is survived by a wife and two children, Mr Ron Murray of Mt Bryan and Marjorie, Mrs C. Angas of Angaston.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will sell the whole of the blacksmith’s plant and sundries on Friday 13 June at the property in Thames Street, on instructions from Mr M.J. Morton, who is relinquishing business.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 June

Joel McCrea & Maureen O’Hara in Buffalo Bill

Will Fyffe & Jeni Lynn in Heaven is Round the Corner

Advt. Burra Town Council calles tenders for renovating, painting, kalsomining and repairing the walls of the house at the rear of the Town Hall.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 3

Burra Basketball Association. The season was declared open at the Kooringa Methodist Tennis Courts by Rev. Hobbs last Saturday.

Burra High School 66 defeated Kooringa Methodists 3

St Mary’s 30 defeated The Royals 17

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. Best results on Saturday were from J.H. Schwier, R.R. Bevan, R.C. Melrose, P. Knight, O. Holmes, J. Harris & Joe Robins.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 5

Mr J.G. Sara of Burra North writes some reminiscences as an 80-year-old.

Most of the article is not made up of reminiscences about Burra, but the following points are relevant:

As a lad I worked on the Burra Public School, which had the capacity for 1,000 student, beyond the requirements of the population, but later it was used for both the Primary and High Schools.

I also worked on the Roseworthy College and the Gladstone Gaol, where the firm employed over 200 men at the one time.

I remember the closing days of the Burra Mine.

I worked in one of Burra’s flour mills for several seasons.

At 19 I was joined by a Burra boy to visit WA, travelling on the old barque Ribsten of 350 tons. The crossing from Pt Adelaide to Fremantle took three weeks. (1883)

On returning to SA, I worked for Dunn & Co., millers at Quorn for 12 months.

Later I rejoined the staff of Sara & Dunstan and as a young married man was sent to their Terowie business and after 12 months to Cockburn to conduct a general store and carry on forwarding and agency work.

It was a busy time and my wife and I saw about 150 teams in the town and saw the first train cross into NSW.

In the depression [of the 1890s] Sara & Dunstan closed their Broken Hill business.

After some time at the Proprietary Mine, I went to WA again and set up with a partner in a grocery business in Perth, residing in Claremont.

I later returned to SA and took over the business in Burra of Messrs James Tiver & Sons in Aberdeen, including the Aberdeen – now the Burra North – Post Office.

With the aid of my wife and son, Frank, we enlarged and developed the business and after nearly forty years in Burra and Burra North, I retired at the age of 83 and Messrs T. Pascoe, and Robert Campbell joined with Mr Frank Sara as partners in Sara & Co.

My wife and I continue to reside in the old home attached to the Burra North store.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 7

The Burra Schools celebrated Empire Day on Friday morning. Mr H.O. Pederick the Headmaster of the High School introduced Mr McDonald, the Inspector of Schools. He also introduced Mr Haywood, the new Headmaster of the Primary School, who read an Empire Day message from the Earl of Gowrie, President of the Empire Day Movement. The celebrations concluded with the Saluting of the Flag and the singing of God Save the King.

Burra Hospital. Tenders received for building new nurses quarters were about £800 per person to be accommodated. This was considered excessive and new tenders will be sought.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 24 May

At Hallett, North Booborowie 35 defeated North Hallett 10

At Hallett, South Booborowie 21 defeated South Hallett 16.

70, 22 (2), 3 June 1947, page 8

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes commenting on recent Council actions. The gist of the letter is:

Though Council says it has not discussed Paxton Square’s sub-standard housing, alterations are being made, though whther to regulations or to a definite plan is unclear. What is known is that several Rodent families have been disturbed and as a result have taken a liking to the tenants’ best rooms. Perhaps they have been attracted by the contractors’ materials left there.

Later it is said that following the recommendations of a Central Health Inspector the Council recommends that business places install septic tanks systems as a priority, though whysuch a place would have a higher priority that a large family dwelling is a puzzle.

A third thing reported was that there were a few sub-standard dwellings that should await Housing Commission authority before they were condemned. The word few seems odd, given that the Inspector’s report of some time ago said Burra had more such houses than any other district visited of the same size. There is a serious need for a District Nurse or some one or a group who can visit homes to find out the needs of those in dire need of a helping hand.

Something needs to be done to ease the burdened citizens who need all the help they can get to make life worth living.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 1

The Air Force Ball was held on Friday evening in Burra Town Hall. The decorations were original, humorous and colourful. A huge silver aeroplane, complete with navigation lights and a realistic pilot was suspended from the ceiling. There were colourful floral displays, caricatures and patriotic flags and bunting. The sumptuous supper of poultry and salads and sweets had a suckling pig in pride of place.

The Air Force Association Dinner preceded the Ball on Friday at the Burra Hotel. The guest of honour was Wing Commander F.G. Huxley MC, the State President of the Association. He was welcomed by M. Woollacott, the President of the Burra Branch.

Burra Rifle Club. Best scorers last Saturday were J. Harris, D.H. Field, A.G. Heinrich, P. Bown, F.T. Marston and C. Edwards.

R.G. Bernhardt has won the 700 yards Trophy.

The Food for Britain Appeal. After all departments were added in and final donations included, the total was £195-2-41⁄2.

Victoria Park.

The Victoria Park Improvement Committee has asked the Mayor to hold a ratepayers’ meeting to discuss the matter of the Council handing over to it the sum of £400 now held by the Council for the purpose of building a swimming pool. The Mayor has said he was not prepared to hold a meeting for this purpose on the same night as the ordinary ratepayers’ meeting, but was prepared to hold a special meeting to discuss the issue. The money had been obtained from the Government to build a swimming pool. Permission was then obtained to divert the funds to building a grandstand at Victoria Park. Still later permission had been obtained to re-divert the money to building a swimming pool. He though a further change would make the Council look ridiculous in the eys of the Government. Cr Reed said he was against giving the Committee the £400. Cr Lee also thought such a move would make the Council look ridiculous. The Mayor has called a ratepayers’ meeting to consider the matter on 14 July.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from A.J. & P.A. McBride Ltd to offer for sale by auction the following properties on 27 June.

Lot 1. 286 acres 28 perches, being the Burra Mine, subdivided into three sheep-proof paddocks.

Lot 2. 2 roods 9 perches, being a vacant allotment adjoining the old Brewery.

Lot 3. 39 perches known as the ‘Brewery Shed’ with a frontage of 80 ft and a rear measurement of 83 ft, with an eastern boundary of 126 ft 1 inch and a western boundary of 135 ft 2 inches.

Lot 4. 35 perches known as ‘Young’s House’ having a frontage of 78 ft and a rear measurement of 78 ft 6 inches, a western boundary of 126 ft 1 inch and an eastern boundary of 117 ft 6 inches.

Lot 5. Part vacant allotment 20 having a frontage of 120 ft to Queen Streeet and a depth of 70 ft to Stock Street.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from trustees in the estate of the late Emily Morris to seel 991⁄4 acres freehold and a 1⁄2 acres town block in Booborowie on 19 June in Booborowie Hall.

[Details are printed.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from trustees in the estate of the late H.K. Wright to sell on 27 June the farming property of 634 acres located 13 miles southwest of Burra and 3 miles west of Hanson. [Details are printed.]

Notice. Burra Shops will close at 12 noon on Thursday 12 June 1947 owing to the Burra Races.

[A list of participating businesses is printed.]

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 14 June

Fred MacMurray & Marguerite Chapman in Pardon My Past

Nina Foch & William Wright in Escape in the Fog

King’s Birthday Monday 16 June

Humphrey Bogart & Irene Manning in The Big Shot

Ben Lyon & Anne Crawford in The Dark Tower

Advt. The Australian Wool Board and the Department of Agriculture present

Moving Pictures in the RSL Hall, Tuesday 17 June

Blowfly Strike in Sheep

Hydatids

Worms in Sheep

Brands in Wool

Drought Feeding

Foot Rot and Foot Abcess

And with a special appeal to women:

Fabrics with a future

Magic Carpet

Kooringa Methodist Church attracted a large congregation on Sunday evening the 8 June to see the Mayor, Mr Jennison unveil the Honour Roll bearing the names of 47 church members who served in WWII.

Burra Basketball Association

Last Saturday the unfavourable weather prevented the matches at the High School courst from being completed. They will be replayed 21 June. Next Saturday the matches have been cancelled due to the public holiday.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 2 June

The Fire brigade’s Board advises the probable expenditure for the coming year was £413, of which the Council had to contribute 25%.

Highways Department acknowledged receipt of Council’s request to erect a new bridge near the Bon Accord Hotel. It said that owing to the sub-standard nature of the original structure, the present bridge could not be repaired. They would give attention to a new bridge when materials became available.

A warning sign will be placed on the approach to the bridge.

Victoria Park Improvement Committee acknowledged the receipt of the Council’s permission to improve Victoria Park, but said the Council had not indicated whether the committee could use the £400 presently in Council’s possession to be used on public works and asking that a ratepayers’ meeting be called to discuss same. The Mayor granted a meeting to be held on 14 July.

The regular raatepayers’ meeting would be held on 30 June.

The Clerk advised that the tenants had vacated the Town Hall cottage and suggested Council inspect it with a view to having necessary repairs carried out. It was agreed to call tenders for painting and repairs.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 6

The Music Exam Results for pupils of St Joseph’s Convent are printed.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 7

Football, last Saturday, Booborowie 11.25 defeated Burra 7.4.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 31 May

At Booborowie, North Booborowie 28 defeated Leighton 13

At Booborowie, Mt Bryan 18 defeated South Booborowie 15.

Advt. At Burra Tuesday 24 June. The Great Leonard, Master Magician and Illusionist, presents

A magical extravaganza and revue:

Singing, Yodelling, Magic, Ventriloquism, Juggling, Comedy, Acrobatics, Mind Reading, Music, Trained Pigeons and Rabbits, etc.

70, 23 (2), 10 June 1947, page 8

Wing Commander Huxley MC, State President of the Air Force Association was given a Civic Welcome by the Mayor, Mr Jennison in the Council Chambers on Friday evening.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 1

Robberies. Thieves took advantage of empty houses on race day in Burra. The attempt at Mr & Mrs M. F. Humphrys’ house in Commercial Street was frustrated when Mrs Peake, the mother of Mrs Humphrys, disturbed the intruder. The robbery at Mr & Mrs Vin Dower’s resulted in the loss of some clothing and other valuables.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, Tuesday 10 June

Benjamin Frederick Jochinke of Morgan married Norah Hobbs, the daughter of Rev. & Mrs H. Hobbs of Burra. Rev. Hobbs officiated. [Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 7 June

Elva May Todd, fifth daughter of Mr A. Todd of Burra, married

Thomas William Broad, eldest son of Mr & Mrs W.T. Broad of Burra.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Racecourse Site

Two ideas are floating around about how to improve the town’s sporting facilities.

One schem, which we understand has been discussed by Council involves the purchase from the District Council of the Old Smelts Paddock with a view to damming and beautifying the creek, which runs nearby and turning the site into a sportsground. Because not all Councillors agree, no decision has been made.

The second idea is being pushed by the Victoria Park Improvement Committee. This involves improving the surface of the oval, planting a turf pitch and the building of a grandstand, etc. Either plan could become a War Memorial project if the land opposite the oval could be purchased from the Government and Goldsbrough, Mort Ltd. The Vistoria Park Omprovement Committee is also seeking to obtain £400 presently held in trust by the Town Council.

This paper cannot agree with either proposal.

The Smelts Paddock site is too small to build a large oval and it would be expensive to level. There is also some doubt about the successful damming of the creek.

The Victoria Park site has had attempts to improve it in the past. Attempts at improved grass and irrigation have failed in the past. It is currently an ugly site, with a quarry and old rubbish tip behind it so it cannot be expanded in that direction and is blocked by the road from expansion in the other direction. It is unlikely the Government would sell the drill Hall site across the road. The oval itself is on stony ground and not readily amenable to levelling.

Before deciding on either site, the townspeople should consider the Burra Racecourse, which could become a War Memorial Project. This site is held in trust by a Committee known as the Burra Sports Syndicate. It was purchased many years ago by public spirited men who left it to the citizens in perpetuity. The land is flat and the outlook picturesque. There is room on it for two large ovals and gardens. It already has a grandstand and substantial buildings as well as tennis courts, golf links and other sporting facilities. There is a splendid bicycle track and even at times a speedway track has been used. The racecourse straight is well grassed and water is well reticulated. It is in short well placed for development.

The present Committee comprises Messrs John Barker (Chairman), Frank Reed, Andrew Tennant, John Gebhardt, T.J. Ashton and M.T. Fuller as Secretary. This splendid site is largely wasted at present. The Racing Club uses it once a year. It gets occasional use for football and the local team is playing there this year instead of on Victoria Park. The cricket team also uses it.

Public funds held in Burra that could be used here amount to about £1,000. This would go far to seeing the erection of the more substantial structures needed to develop it as a sporting centre and the fertile soil would support gardens, lawns, ornamental trees and hedges.

Burra will never have these facilities while the community is divided over other sites.

The only thing against the site is its distance from the centre of town, but many other towns have their ovals just as far out of the centre and the shortages of tyres and petrol will not last for ever.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 2

Notice: From 17 June passenger train service will operate as follows:

Departing Adelaide for Burra 5.45 p.m.Tuesdays and Thursdays

Departing Adelaide for Burra 6.55 p.m. Saturdays (continues to Peterborough)

Departing Burra for Adelaide 6.20 a.m. Mondays

Departing Burra for Adelaide 6.55 a.m. Wednesday s and Fridays.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 June

Bob Hope & Virginia Mayo in The Princess and the Pirate

Robert Mitchum & Ann Jeffreys in Nevada

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of William Brady.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday best results were from E.C. Collins, P. Knight, A.C. Ford, W. Edwards, W. Hempel, F. Kakoschke, E.C. Hopkins and D. Field.

On 16 June in a match over 300 and 500 yards Burra 1258 defeated Clare1017.

Burra Cycle Club. The race on Monday was badly affected by the wind: F. Beinke 1st, D. Bernhardt 2nd and J. Herewane 3rd.

Booborowie RSL held its annual ball on 11 June. It was a great success with Darrel Field’s Orchestra and catering by Pyke’s Burra Bakery.

Burra Race Club Ball was held in the Town Hall to end a successful race day.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 4

Burra Cycle Club. Mr H.J. B. Jennison has been elected Patron.

It has been decided that juniors 15 years and under will have their own races.

Burra Football Club has received a letter from the Camden Football Club seeking accommodation and a game on 9 September. This clashes with the Booborowie Lightning Carnival. Camden will be asked if they would like to enter the carnival as Burra is unavailable for a game on that date.

Flinders and Kilburn Football Clubs have aksed for games and accommodation on suitable dates.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 7

Burra Burra DC.

It has been resolved to purchase a new D4 tractor.

Woods & Forest Dept. advises that it has exhausted supplies of Aleppo Pines and carobs for this year.

Booborowie School has c. 100 well grown Aleppo Pines for sale at 6 pence each.

Department of Lands has allotted £50 towards destruction of noxious weeds.

A letter to be sent to the Commissioner of Railways requesting:

The trailer with fixed seats attached to the railcar be turned around at Burra so that passengers do not have to face the rear car on the return journey.

A first class corridor carriage be used on steam trains other than the Broken Hill Express.

70, 24 (2), 17 June 1947, page 8

The Burra Racing Club’s meeting last Thursday was one of its most successful, despite a number of hurdles in arranging the event.

When the SAR advised it could not send a special train on the planned Wednesday, the day was moved to Thursday. Then at the last minute the railways advised they could not supply a special train. A special bus service was hastily arranged. The publican’s booth was let, but the publican called off the deal shortly before the event. [This appears to be due to difficulties in obtaining beer, because he agreed to come if the organisers could get the necessary liquid. Somehow they were able to do so and he took on the job.] No tenders were received for the luncheon booth and this was finally run successfully by Messrs Beames & R.C. Lott of Burra who do not usually engage in catering.

The course was in fine shape, though on the day the fair weather was somewhat marred by a strong wind. Last year the bookmakers handled c. £18,000 and it is thought that this year the sum was about £25,750. With only a few minor problems, the events were handled smoothly.

There were seven events. The main event was the Burra Handicap: 1st £75, 2nd £15 and 3rd £10. Run over 11⁄4 miles and won by ‘Golden Wheel’. [Other results are printed.]

The Mt Bryan Red Cross Ball recently raised £22-15-6.

The new electric light was much appreciated, as were the excellent supper and the good floor.

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 1

Letter. ‘The Visualiser’ writes re the Racecourse as a sports ground.

The writer says the idea is the sanest of the various suggestions.

Victoria Park is a useless piece of ground. It is not large enough, with too little space for parking and cannot be expanded. Currently its only facility is a derelict building suitable for catching pneumonia.

[The writer then goes on to describe the improvements that could readily be made at the racecourse to render it a suitable sports ground.]

A.B. Riggs writes re the racecourse as a sports ground.

He is concerned that the phrase ‘left in perpetuity as a sports ground for Burra citizens’ reads well, but doesn’t get us far legally. If the trustees were to transfer the freehold to the Council, in trust then we could get somewhere.

As for Victoria Park; not much has really been spent on it. It could be enlarged if the land to the south could be bought from the present owner. He says he is prepared to donate £20 if nine others are also and with the £400 Swimming Pool money a good start could be made.

There has been a lot of talk; it is time we got together and did something.

[The editor comments that the Councilwas recently notified that to get adequate water to Victoria Park the mains would cost £320 and it is doubtful if the E & WS Department would go to that expense. Water is needed for the sports scheme and is plentiful at the racecourse.]

Cr S. Kellaway was farewelled at a meeting of the Burra Town Council held on 18 June. As well as being Mayor for two yeasrs, Cr Kellaway has served under six Mayors in a term he said must extend for more than 20 years. The Mayor gave thanks for Cr Kellaway’s service and acjknowledged his valuable input over many years. Thanks were also extended to Cr Lee, who is not standing for re-election. Other members supported the Mayor’s comments.

Avis Auhl of Mt Bryan has been critically injured in a fall from a lorry being driven by her uncle, Mr F. Stolte last Friday. She was being driven to catch the Willalo-Burra school bus. She was taken to the Burra Hospital with a fracture at the base of her skull and was last reported improved, but still critical.

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. Annual Elections. As more nominations than needed have been received for East Ward, there will be an election on 5 July. Candidates are:

Bevan, Robert Alexander

Lott, Robert Clifton

Notice.

Burra Town Council. Extraordinary Vacancy.

Due to the resignation of Councillor W. Carpenter nominations to fill an extraordinary vacancy in West Ward will be received until 12 noon 6 July. Should there be more nominations than required an election will be held on 6 July.

Notice. The firm of Freer & Scott, Transport Services Ltd. Will cease business on 30 June 1947 as the company is being wound up by mutual consent.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 June

James Mason & Phyllis Calvert in Fanny by Gaslight

George Sanders & Gail Patrick in Quiet Please, Murder

Advt. Salvation Army: Programme and Pasty Supper, Wednesday 5 July.

Proceeds aid the Band Fund. Admission 1/- including supper. Children 9d.

Advt. T.W. Neville, Boot and Shoe Repairs, at the premises next to Ockenden’s Barber Shop.

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 3

ABC Eisteddfod requires local talent. Contact the Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison immediately. If entries are sufficient the broadcast will take place from Burra Town Hall.

Burra Basketball Association. High School Courts, Saturday.

The Royals 23 defeated Kooringa Methodists 13

High School 22 defeated St Mary’s 4

North Eastern Basketball Association, 21 June

At Hallett, North Booborowie 21 defeated South Hallett 12

At Booborowie, South Booborowie 17 defeated North Hallett 13

At Leighton, Mt Bryan 21 defeated Leighton 8

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 4

Football, last Saturday.

Spalding 10.11 defeated Burra 8.4

The Station Exit Road will be rebuilt by the Town Council, who have won the contract to do the work for SAR.

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 7

Burra Town Council, 18 June

Permission granted for the Commonwealth Oil Co. (C.O.R.) to place a kerbside fuelpump at Mr H.J.B. Jennison’s Service Station.

E. & W.S. Department advises a four inch main from Paxton Terrace to Victoria Park would cost £320. The existing main is 11⁄4 inches.

Mr A.B. Aldam was granted permission to erect a building 40 x 30 feet and 11 ft high on the site once occupied by M. Morton’s blacksmith’s shop in Thames Street, to consist of an office and show room.

Mr B.T. Samuels JP, Mt Bryan Postmaster, was awarded an Efficiency Medal for long service in the Army at the King’s Birthday Parade at Keswick recently.

70, 25, 24 June 1947, page 8

Letter ‘From another one who knows’ urging that there only be a District Council and no separate Towns Council, in the cause of efficiency. And calling for the £400 collected for a dam not to be used for any other purpose.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 1

[Note this paper has pages numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 7, illegible, 9, 10]

Burra Mine. Elder, Smith & Co. offered the Burra Mine site for sale on Friday for the owners A.J. & P.A. McBride. The property was passed in at £1,220 after dull bidding. Later it was disposed of to Mr T.H. Villis. The area is 286 acres.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 1 &3

Football. Hallett 5.1 7.2 9.5 9.8 (62)

Burra 0.2 3.6 3.9 5.12 (42)

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 1 & 10

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM in the RSL Rooms on Saturday.

Captain Collins said it was the 35th annual report, the last annual meeting having been held on 12 July 1941 since when the club had been in recess for six years and even in 1941 there had been no competitive shooting. In that year the club had mainly been helping the VDC on the rifle range, helping generally with their shooting lessons and, he thought, giving over £5 from their funds before going into recess. Activity this year had only been for approximately three months following permission to restart the club. He believed they were one of the first to get going again, but they had found the pits, butts, mounds, targets and telephone lines required a lot of attention. Thanks to Life Member J.E. Pearce for overseeing this work and for renovating and completely overhauling the target frames. When shooting began we found our rifles with one or two exceptions were hopeless. Mr Marston has helped us to overcome this problem. He thanked also the secretary, Mr R.G. Bernhardt; the Armourer, Mr Alick Ford; the Treasurer, Mr Hogan; the Telephone Mechanic, Mr Thomas and the Telephone Linesman, Mr Preiss. The only inter-club match was against Clare on 16 June, which Burra won easily, partly due to the fact that most Clare shooters did not have aperture sights. Membership stands at c. 75 of which 56 are financial.

The treasurer’s statement showed them to be in a sound financial position.

The Mayor then presented trophies:

Main Handicap Trophy R.G. Bernhardt

Marksman’s Trophy P.W. Hogan

Highest Aggregate for new members over 21 I. Burdon

Highest Aggregate for new members under 21 R.R. Bevan

300 yards E.C. Hopkins

500 yards Ron Kellock

600 yards F.T. Marston

700 yards J.H. Schwier

Highest Score Opening Day P.W. Hogan

Elected were: Captain, E.C. Collins; Vice-Captain, P.W. Hogan; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt, Treasurer, P.W. Hogan & Armourer, A.C. Ford.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council Ratepayers’ Meeting in the Town Hall 14 July at 8 p.m. to consider:

If ratepayers are in favour of a Memorial Scheme.

If so, of what type?

How is it to be financed?

Do ratepayers want the swimming pool £400 diverted to other use?

Obituary. A notice to creditors reveals the death of Harold Kintore Wright of Farrell Flat, farmer, who died at Clare 10 May 1947. [The death registration is for Harold Hinton Wright who died 10 May 1947 at Clare, residence Hanson, but this could be a transcription error as he was born Harrold Kintore Wright 22 March 1891 at Eudunda.]

Advt. Standing at Burra north: Pacer Con’s Son: apply K. McBride or T.H. Villis.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 July

Virginia Mayo & Danny Kaye in Wonder Man

Barbara Hale & Tom Conway in The Falcon in Hollywood

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 3

Football, Saturday

Spalding 3.3 5.4 7.9 11.13 (79)

Booborowie 0.3 2.7 ? 6.12 (48)

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 4

Burra Community Sports Centre

The idea of a Community Sports Centre at the racecourse is growing in popularity. It will be discussed at a ratepayers’ meeting on 14 July. A.B. Riggs has offered £20 if nine others will match it and if the Town Council become trustees of the land. He calls for more action and less talk. If a club or other body is not owner of the land they will not be able to obtain a bank overdraft on it. This may seem to be a disadvantage for the organisation, but on the whole is probably good for the club, too many of which get into trouble handling debts.

Burra has over £1,000 in public funds which could, with some effort, be freed for this project. Probably a full-time curator would be needed. A line of almond trees right along the road would provide a source of income as well as being beautiful when in blossom. Membership fees of say £1-1-0, similar to Adelaide Cricket Club would be another source of income.

There will be an opportunity on 14 July to thrash this matter out and to get things going.

First Trustees of the Burra Sports Association – William Pitt Barker, James Henry Gallagher, Ludwig Wilhelm Gebhardt, John Tennant, John Lewis and Thomas Sandland.

The object of the Sports Syndicate was to provide the people of the town and district with the opportunity and means of physical recreation, outdoor sports, including racing, amusement and entertainment, educational and other exhibitions and gatherings of public meetings for general welfare and to promote and encourage all such ends and purposes and for such other purposes as the Trustees may deem advisiable.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 5

East Ward Candidates’ Meeting

R.A. Bevan & R.C. Lott addressed voters at the Council Chamber last night as candidates for the Town Council.

Mr Bevan would not make any promises as he might not be able to deliver, being only one voice in seven. He was a supporter of sports and eager to raise funds for the Town Hall. Liquidating the debt on the Town Hall could be a Memorial Scheme.

Mr Lott saw a lot of work that needed to be done around the town. Certain industries needed to be pushed. The ballast quarry should be re-opened and a cement works opened.

Hanson Agricultural Bureau AGM will be held on 7 July.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society

There are 11 financial members and six or seven are active. Monthly meetings are held in the Town Hall Lodge Room. Donations of money and clothing etc. are distributed to the needy. Firewood in winter is in demand and Christmas cheer is a traditional service. Members will miss the visit to Mrs Klaffus on her birthday on 27 August, as she passed away this year aged 100. The society obtained a self-propelled wheelchair for Mr Lomman. The Chairman, Rev. A.S. Barrett, was a tower of strength till his transfer to Quorn. We welcome Rev. Hobbs as his replacement. Captain Cox of the Salvation Army was also a great worker, but has now left the district.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 6 [Numbered 4] & page 7

Advt. This two page centre spread is entirely devoted to Matthews Emporium Great Winter Sale.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 8 [Numbering unclear, but probably intended to be 6: also wrongly dated 24 June.]

Weather. Rainfall in the past week was good and general. Burra received 61 points. Falls to the east varied from 50 to100 points, but some areas received less: Kia-Ora 27, Pine Valley 45, Willara 20 and The Gums 30 points.

Burra Homing Club

First Carrieton race 31 May was won by S. Kellaway.

Second Carrieton Race 21 June was won by S. Kellaway.

Parachilna race 28 June was won by S. Kellaway.

Don Leonard and his family attracted a large audience to his concert in the Town Hall last Tuesday. Hal Turner, the young comedian, was very good.

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 9

‘Old Resident’ writes about a press report of an old mine shaft being rediscovered near the Mine Store just off the main road*. He reports a visit recently to Mr Solomon Williams of Glenelg who will be 101 in August. Mr Williams was born on a ship two months before the family arrived in SA in 1846 and they came directly to Burra and lived first at the mine and later in a hut in the creek. He attended Dr Stephen’s school and left Burra for Clare when he was 21, but had visited often since then. He recalls the Mine Stores and bridge and Morphett’s, Graves’, Kingston’s & Stokes’ Shafts, but cannot recall one near the Mine Bridge: no doubt it was a prospecting shaft. He spoke of the fire in Kingston’s Shaft when two men were suffocated and of sports at the Burra Hospital (then the Miners’ Arms Hotel) when a whole bullock was roasted. He has lived at Glenelg for over 30 years.

[Note that the Burra Hospital was the original Burra Hotel: The Miners’ Arms Hotel became the present Burra Hotel. Solomon Williams died 30 January 1948 aged 101.]

[*There are two possible references to the shaft at the Mine Bridge: XV, 966, 15 Nov. 1911, page 3

Accident. A serious accident has happened at an old disused well in Kooringa and it will be covered over as will the dangerous well at the Mine Bridge, and XXXVIII, 25, 21 June 1916, page 3

An old well near the Mine Bridge is to be filled in with rubbish. See also next page of this issue.]

Galahs. A local farmer has culled over 500 galahs that were destroying his crop. The local District Council handed out hulled oats and advice on adding strychnine to poison the pests.

Burra Basketball Assoc. On Saturday:

St Mary’s 36 defeated Kooringa Methodists 15

Burra High school 60 defeated The Royals 1

70, 26, 1 July 1947, page 10

Road Collapse Reveals Shaft

An old shaft at the side of Johnson Carpenter’s property had been covered with timber and 3 inches of soil and forgotten. Later a track was made at its edge and recently used by motor cars and laden trucks. On the night of last Wednesday-Thursday the capping fell in revealing the shaft for a depth of c. 70ft. Fortunately there was no traffic around at the time. It is only 30ft from Mr Carpenter’s fence. The shaft will be used as a rubbish dump until filled up.

70, 27, 8 July 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Best on Saturday were I. Burdon (a new member), R.R. Bevan, P.W. Hogan, J.E. Harris, O. Holmes and R.C. Melrose.

The Annual Catholic Ball on Wednesday in the Burra Town Hall was not as large as usual, owing to the unfavourable weather. The Catherine Orchestra supplied good music and dancing continued till 2 a.m.

Obituary. Mrs F.T. Sara (Annie Hazel) was born at Burra North and grew up there with her parents Mr & Mrs C. Batholomaeus. She attended Burra sChool and later Methodist Ladies’ College. She trained as a kindergarten teacher and later married Mr Frank T. Sara of Burra North. He interests and activities included the Redruth Methodist Church and Ladies’ Guild and she was a founding member of the Aberdeen Croquet Club. She was the first President of Burra North Red Cross Branch and minute secretary of the Burra CWA. She had four daughters and a son. The family lived at Redruth for many years, before moving to Payneham, where she continued her good work in the church and other activities. She is survived by her husband and Mrs T. McRae Wood (Elizabeth), Miss Ruth, Mrs R.H. Campbell (Claire), David and a grandson, Richard McRae Wood.

[Born Annie Hazel Bartholomaeus, 31 January 1890 at Aberdeen; died 25 June 1947 at Payneham.]

70, 27, 8 July 1947, pages 1 & 4

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting, 30 June

The Mayor thanked ratepayers for re-electing him unopposed. The Council was going through a tough post war time with rising wages and shortages of materials. The Local Government Association advised that working costs had risen by 40% since 1939. Last year the rates had been increased by only 2d and that had been earmarked for the Town Hall. As a result Council finances had drifted further and without an increase in rates services would have to be curtailed. The Mayor then read some estimates of the differences in costs between 1945-46 and 1946-47: Health £287 & £328, Administration £452 & £542, Parklands £63 & £58, Cemetery £117 & £132, Fire brigade £88 & £117. The total amounted to £2589-10-11 for 1945-46 and £2594-12-9 for 1946-47.

[This hardly seems a sufficient difference following the figures stated.]

The total income for the first period was £2129-10-10 and for the second £2198-15-7.

The loss for 1945-46 was £376-11-9 and for 1946-47 was £242-3-10 for a total loss over the whole period of £618-15-7. He said the rates should be increased by 6d and even then great care would need to be exercised to make ends meet.

He was glad that the CWA ladies were interested in taking over the Lodge Room as a CWA Rest Room. He was sure they would then do all they could to liquidate the Town Hall debt.

During the year the Council had done as much as it could to attend to all town roads and water tables. In future he would like to see the Cemetery Road (Ayers Street) bituminised right through.

He thanked the District Council for its co-operation. Parklands and tennis courts had been attended to so that there were now good courts at Burra and Burra North. Victoria Park had been graded and certain other parks named after prominent people in the town. The cemetery had been cleaned up and was in reasonably good order. They had a lot of trouble with noxious weeds and they were seeking Government assistance in eradicating them.

When the Housing Trust had visited Burra, Mr Pritchard had offered them the land at the south end of Victoria Park for a mere song. Therefore it was possible that new houses might be erected there in the near future. The town had more street lights and some had been made stronger. More were needed in back streets.

The Council had suggested a Town War Memorial Scheme and that matter would be discussed at another ratepayers’ meeting on 14 July. He paid tribute to the Victory Committee, of which Mr T.H. Woollacott was the Chairman. Plaques would soon be placed on the memorial in remembrance of those who had sacrificed their lives in the war. Trees that had been removed had been replaced by others. He had been informed that a new residence for the Headmaster of the High School would be erected in the next few months.

There was little unemployment or distress in the town. Burra had responded well to worthy appeals throughout the year.

His Worship thanked all Councillors and especially those retiring, Crs Carpenter, Kellaway and Reed. He congratulated the new Councillor for North Ward, T.H. Woollacott MBE.

The retiring Councillors responded.

Cr Kellaway did not regret the time spent on a series of committees, as all had contributed to the town’s progress. Some said Burra was stagnant, but good bitumen roads now extended through much of it. The only way to speed up progress was to get industry into the town. He cited Shearers at Mannum as an example of how an industry boosted the amount of money in circulation in a town.

Cr Reed Congratulated Cr Kellaway for his input over the years and supported his remarks.

Cr Carpenter said he had no regrets or apologies and felt he had accomplished some of the things he had set out to do. He knew rates would have to rise.

Cr Baulderstone paid tribute to the Mayor.

Cr S.J. Woollacott said the town was costly to service because it had a relatively small population and was scattered. The rate would have to be increased.

Cr Lee said the year had been difficult and rates would have to rise, but those living in back streets were entitled to better amenities.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said he believed the Mayor should have presented a printed report to ratepayers. He was opposed to increasing the rates. He was surprised at the consideration of handing over the £400 swimming pool money. The Government’s consent would be needed. The £400 had been put into War Bonds. That meant his Council had not left a £300 deficit – with money in the bank it could not be in debt. In fact he had left the town in credit. He would want to know where the £400 was. He said Fly-by-nights had voted the Council’s money away when they turned over the Institute to the Council. He would like to see the Town Hall mortgage paid off before any Memorial Scheme was launched. Competition for the Town Hall use now came from the new RSL Rooms. The racecourse was beautiful and the showgrounds should never have been moved from there. He would not support the scheme to develop the racecourse area while the Town Hall mortgage was hanging over their heads. Rents were pegged and had been for years, so it was unfair for landholders to pay more in rates.

The Mayor said the financial statement read was not a balance sheet. The £400 could only be used for a swimming pool without the sanction of the Government.

The Council had previously borrowed the £400 for other purposes, but had paid it back and the amount now in Bonds did not therefore belong to the Council at all. The Council and town would soon look foolish if they did not spend it on some project. A lengthy discussion concluded that the town either had to have a new assessment or the rates would have to rise.

The acquiring of the Burra Talkies by the town was discussed [as a means of paying off the mortgage] and the Mayor and Cr Woollacott were in favour.

70, 27, 8 July 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC. Elections on 5 July

Morgan de Neufville Lucas was elected Councillor for Hanson Ward for two years.

[Results see page 3.]

Notice: All persons having any claims on the funds of the Porter’s Lagoon Boat Club must forward details of such clai9ms to M.W. Bednall, Solicitor, at Burra, by 31 July 1947, after which the club will be wound up and its assets distributed.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 & 12 July

Charles Coburn & Tom Drake in The Green Years

Plus supporting short subjects and news reels.

Advt. The Fathers’ Association and the Women’s Auxiliary will present soon in the Burra Town Hall free pictures of the Davis Cup, followed by a Variety Entertainment of artists from Adelaide to be followed by a dance, for which a charge of 2/- will be made.

70, 27, 8 July 1947, page 3

Burra Town Council Elections

East Ward: R.A. Bevan 92

R.C. Lott 56

West Ward: F.T. Marston elected unopposed

District Council of Burra Burra

Hanson Ward: J.M. Jacka 26

M. de N. Lucas 30

Mr S. Kellaway has retired after 30 years as a member of the board of the Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna on 5 July was won by F. Brandt.

70, 27, 8 July 1947, page 7

Hallett Red Cross held its annual meeting on 2 July.

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 2 July in the Croquet Club Hall. Elected:

President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-President, Miss M. Rogers, Secretary, Mrs M. Miels; Assistant Secretary, Miss M. Pearce and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop.

The secretary reported they has 102 members. There had not been a great deal of fundraising this year. They had donated £10 to the local Hospital, £5 to the Food for Britain Appeal and £5 to the TB Hostel Appeal. During the year there had been several combined meetings with the Burra Branch in an effort to raise funds for local projects, but nothing had materialised.

Early in the year 27 certificates were awarded to members for faithful service during the 1939-45 war.

70, 27, 8 July 1947, page 8

North Eastern Football Association. At Burra on Saturday, Burra 4.10 defeated Spalding 3.6.

At Booborowie, Booborowie 6.9 defeated Hallett 4.3.

Burra Basketball Association.

The games scheduled for last Saturday were cancelled due to the unfavourable weather.

70, 28, 15 July 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council, 7 July

Cr Marston said that a careful look at the town finances revealed the town was ‘broke’. It should not have happened, but it was now time to look at how to fix it rather than start blaming past actions.

The Mayor requested that Council discuss its financial position. He said they had come to the end of their finances and something would have to be done. Payments that night would bring the Council beyond the limit of their allowed overdraft. The bank had suggested the £400 swimming pool sum be used as collateral for a loan. He had advised increasing the rates at the start of the 1946-47 financial year, but it had not been done. Adelaide City Council Had increased its rate from 2/9 to 3/61⁄2.

The Clerk pointed out that rates in Adelaide were payable by 30 November, but not in the country till 28 February.

Cr T.H. Woollacott suggested ratepayers be requested to pay their rates quickly after notification.

Cr S.J. Woollacott moved they raise a loan on the £400 as collateral. Cr Bevan seconded and the motion was eventually carried.

The Clerk said they would need a motion applying for an overdraft of £675 for a quarter of the Council’s revenue for a year plus £400 on the security for a total of £1,075.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said if they approached the Minister of Local Government for permission for a larger overdraft they risked a Commissioner being appointed.

The Council has offered the CWA use of the Lodge Room at the Town Hall for 20 years at an annual rental of 2/6. It is expected they will turn it into a rest room and renovate the dynamo room and the passageway adjoining.

All sections of the town had to be treated fairly and basing rates on unimproved land values had to be looked at. He believed that it would be fairer than the present annual rental value system. The present system penalised a person for building a good house and improving the town, while the person who made no attempt to improve a block was charged the minimum rate – it was possible for it to be as low as 2/8 p.a. on a rental basis of £1. The Council had to provide the same services to the empty block as it did to the improved block. He provided illustrations using Land Tax Records and using 1928 as a base year.

In 1928 unimproved value of Burra was £97,857 and annual rental value £17,394.

The highest rate on unimproved values is 1/- in the £ and on rental is 4/- in the £.

On 1928 values a 6d rate on unimproved values would give £2,446-86

A 2/6 rate on annual rental values would yield £2,174-5-0.

In 1932 the assessment of Hann dropped to £14,000 and remained there despite a big rise in property values. Many houses are assessed too lightly.

Council based its rental values on 5% of property values, so a house valued at £1,500 but assessed at £900 (as some are) returns rates on a rental value of £45 instead of £75.

To be fair the town needed a new assessment if rates were to be based on annual rental values. This would cost c. £140 (equivalent to a 2d rate).

If it is changed to the unimproved land value system they could use the Land Tax Department folios for 8d each – a total cost to Council of c. £60. Appeals and their attendant costs would be the responsibility of the Land Tax Department.

Advice is to be sought on this from the relevant Government Departments.

Wool Carting. The last load of wool from A.J. & P.A. McBride’s Braemar was 50 bales brought in on J.G. Carpenter’s Ford diesel. It is the largest load ever brought to Burra on a single tray truck without a trailer. The truck has eight wheels at the back with twin differentials.

Burra Homing Club. The first race from Marree on 12 July was won by Fred. Brandt, one of the new members. D. Chennell sent three birds none of which returned and none of S. Kellaway Jnr’s have returned either.

70, 28, 15 July 1947, page 2

Advt. The State Bank of SA is selling Part lots 45 & 126 Kooringa, 89ft x 201ft with a five-roomed stone house and conveniences known as ‘Buttons’. [Bath St between Vineyard Tce & Kangaroo St.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 July

Irene Dunne & Alexander Knox in Over Twenty-One

Jim Bannon & Ross Hunter in Out of the Depths

Obituary. William George Ellery, Husband of Ivy Pearl Ellery, died 11 June at Balaklava. He was the father of Walter. [Born 1 May 1883 Hoyleton: died 11 June 1947, Balaklava, residence Booborowie.]

Accident. Mr Leo Sheridan of Poochera, who is employed by the Highways Department in this district is gravely ill in Burra Hospital after sustaining a fractured skull when thrown from his motorbike near Schuyler’s Corner about six miles north of Burra early Sunday evening. He was found by Mr Harry Pyke of Burra who obtained medical assistance.

Salvation Army. The Citadel has been renovated and will be rededicated. A representative body of the Envoy’s Brigade will visit on the coming weekend for this purpose. Service 3 p.m. Sunday.

Basketball, Saturday.

Burra High School 30 defeated Kooringa Methodists 2

The Royals 15 defeated St Mary’s 12

70, 28, 15 July 1947, page 3

Football & Sports Carnival at the Burra Racecourse on Saturday drew a large number of spectators. £15 proceeds go to Burra Hospital towards the purchase of a washing machine. Afternoon tea proceeds go towards improving Victoria Park.

Basketball: Burra Juniors 6 defeated Booborowie Juniors 0.

Football: Booborowie Colts 5.1 defeated Burra Colts 3.4

(All Burra’s scoring came in the second half.)

Burra 0.0 2.10 2.10 6.16 (52)

Booborowie 3.3 3.3 5.8 5.9 (39)

Cycle Races: Junior Half-Mile Handicap won by E. Pontifex

Senior Two-Mile Handicap won by M. Radford

70, 28, 15 July 1947, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 July

Three new Councillors were sworn in: T.H. Woollacott MBE, R.A. Bevan & F.T. Marston.

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday shoot over 300 & 600 or 500 & 600 yards depending on which part of the report is correct. Best results were from C. Edwards, O. Holmes & J.H. Sullivan.

70, 28, 15 July 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council, 7 July

Cr Bevan moved fees for kerbside petrol pumps be reduced to 21/0 per pump p.a. An amendment to 10/6 for six months with a revue then. Carried.

Notices will be placed advising of the 25 m.p.h. speed limit that now applies in all country towns.

Committees for the year were appointed.

E & WS advise it would be expensive to lay water on to Victoria Park from Paxton Terrace.

The Commissioner of Civil Defence advises that no Military Flamethrowers for the destruction of noxious weeds were available.

The Minister of Education has approved proposed renovations and alterations to the schoolroom referred to by the Council.

Permission was granted for the Burra Cycle Club to hold road races.

F.G. Dawson was given permission to construct a wood and iron fowl shed between his property and Jessie St.

M.W. Bednall appointed Council Solicitor.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 1 & 8

Burra & District War Memorial Project

A meeting of ratepayers in Burra Town Hall on Monday 14 July resolved that the War Memorial Project be a first class sports centre at Victoria Park.

The meeting was not particularly well attended, but the discussion was thorough.

The Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison presided. The town could only afford one effort and four had been suggested:

A swimming pool for which about £1,000 could be made immediately available.

The levelling and beautifying of Victoria Park.

Development of a Community Sports Centre at the Racecourse with the co=operation of the Sports Syndicate.

Liquidate the debt on the Town Hall.

Mr A.B. Riggs moved that the town have a Memorial. Carried.

Mr T.H. Woollacott moved that the Town Hall debt be liquidated and the Town Hall be the memorial scheme. The debt was something over £3,000 and he could not recall when anything had last been paid off the capital. The State Bank valued it at £10,000 and once paid for it would be an asset against which an overdraft could be raised at any time. Last year it lost £68 and with the days of Red Cross dances etc. gone this would only increase in the future. Cr Marston said the recent rough statement of income and expenditure showed a profit of £68: not a loss. Further the Council was not charging itself rent on the Town Hall, which would cost them £65, so in reality the building last year made a profit of £133.

Mr R.C. Lott moved as an amendment that the creek be dammed. Cr S.J. Woollacott seconded.

He estimated the cost at £2,000. There was no intention to make the whole creek a swimming pool, but a small portion could be given a cement floor. Mr Morrison said there was no current to keep the creek from being stagnant. Cr Woollacott detailed a method of keeping it clean by the force of erosion, but after further debate the amendment was lost.

Mr L. Hawk/Hawke [depending on where you look] moved an amendment that Victoria Park be the Memorial. The Victoria Park Committee had not intended the work there to be the Memorial, but had sought to have the £400 from the swimming pool fund freed for the oval improvements. The site was hardly large enough for all the town’s sporting facilities, but would be used mainly for football and cricket. They envisaged:

Grading and levelling the oval.

Installing a turf wicket.

Installing a saucer track for cycling.

Removing dead and useless trees and the erection of a grandstand in the northwest corner.

The existing shed would be removed and the iron used in the new grandstand roof. The committee believed that if the £400 were used to liquidate the Town Hall debt it would not attract the two-thirds rebate which was only available if the money were spent on capital works. The racecourse option was not sufficiently central to the town and was a very windy site. It was also doubtful if the £400 could be spent there, as it was not public property. The cost was estimated at £650. Seconded by Mr C. Radford and carried.

Cr. F.T. Marston moved a further amendment that a Community Sports Centre be developed at the racecourse, as he considered the site at Victoria Park to be very impracticable. The ground was stony and infertile and seven acres was too small to accommodate all sports.

Even if it could be enlarged that would mean money taken from improvements to purchase more land. The E & WS were not willing to lay water to the site. The Sports Syndicate had not met to finalise any action, but he was confident something could be worked out. The land there was 69 acres for recreational purposes. The soil was fertile and a number of buildings already existed. The Local Government Act permitted Council to acquire a 50-year lease and all sports could be accommodated. Mr T. Fuller seconded and as secretary for the Sports Syndicate saw no reason why Council could not have a 50-year lease. The Mayor thought it a good idea.

Mr S. Kellaway was concerned about spending on improving private property. When put the further amendment was carried and the original motion was lost.

A.B. Riggs then moved that permission be sought to transfer the £400 from the swimming pool to Victoria Park and further money be raised by public subscription. Carried.

Mr Kellaway moved and Mr W. Carpenter seconded that money raised by the Centenary Committee towards the swimming pool go to the Council to assist in liquidating Town Hall debt.

[Note that the above account of proceedings does not make sense. In reading the article I formed the conclusion that the Racecourse amendment was passed and the Town Hall scheme, which was the original motion, was lost. The headline makes it clear that the Victoria Park scheme was the amendment that was finally carried. The confusion arises because the Victoria Park move is described as a ‘further amendment’ and the racecourse scheme as ‘a still further amendment’, but immediately after the racecourse discussion there is no mention of the fate of this ‘still further amendment’, but a statement does say that ‘On being put the further amendment was carried and the original motion was lost.’ It seems irregular that as the report reads, the Victoria Park option is carried and then a further amendment is accepted. In any event it is the Victoria Park Scheme that goes ahead.]

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday

P.W. Hogan scored 15 bullseyes straight. In the first shoot of the double 500 yards he got a possible and in the second another 7 bulls straight and a final close inner. This is one of the best results ever recorded on the range. It is believed Des Pexton sometime before the war score a 104 of a possible 105 off the rifle and that way back Alf Bevan had a similar score. The conditions of Saturday’s shoot were self-handicaps. If a man gave himself too much handicap and with its aid got over the possible 80 points the amount over 80 was deducted from the possible. Only A.G. Woodman got it just right and so won the day. The best four (after handicaps) were A.G. Woodman, J.R. Field, R.C. Melrose & J.E. Harris.

Basketball, Saturday

Kooringa Methodists 22 defeated Royals 19

Burra High School 32 defeated St Mary’s 11

Victoria Park Improvement Committee met on Friday to convert itself to the Burra & District War Memorial Committee following Monday’s meeting. Elected were: President, L. Hawke; Secretary, C. Morrison & Treasurer, E.R. Davey. The Mayor pointed out that any action would need Council approval. The first move would be to grade and grass the oval. The Committee so far has c. £50 in hand and £400 will come from the Council. To raise more there will be a subscription list and at least one stall in the year. A.B. Riggs has offered £20 if others will match it. Burra & District raised about £3,000 for a memorial after World War I so surely this Committee should experience no difficulty in raising the necessary funds. Waikerie, a much smaller centre, has recently raised £1,500 for a sports ground.

North Booborowie School Arbor Day was held on 4 July when six young pines were planted.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 2

Notice. Final meeting of the Leighton soldiers’ Welcome Home Committee in Leighton Hall Tuesday 29 July. G. Gask, Secretary.

Advt. K.R. O’Brien is working Mr Villis’s Mine Quarries for all metals and screenings.

Advt. Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen’s Fathers’ Assoc. Films in the Town Hall 28 July. Full length technicolour picture The Davis Cup, plus Musical & Variety Program presented by Vera Long with a Dance to Follow.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Friday & Saturday 25 & 26 July

Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp & Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet

Obituary. Edward Stephen Blunt, husband of the late Ellen Blunt of Burra North, died at Burra Hospital 16 July aged 86. Late of the SAR. [See extended obituary page 7 of this issue.]

Obituary. Alice Ada Young nee Clode died 14 July at Melbourne. Mother of Greta Mrs Collins & Grandma of Joye & Norma. Great-grandma of Sandra & John. Aged 77.

[Born Ada Alice Clode 16 November 1869 Stone Chimney Creek, Burra.]

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 3

The ABC will visit Burra in connection with its National Eisteddfod. Local talent is asked to register to perform in a broadcast from the Burra Town Hall. The entrant numbers so far are disappointing. The paper the lists its suggestions of people from Burra, Hallett, Booborowie & Mt Bryan.

The Burra list comprised:

Mr G.H. Dollman Mr & Mrs L.H. Thomas Mr Clem Davey

Mr S. Sykes Mrs John Reed Miss Halliday

Rosy Bown Mrs C. White The Irlam Sisters

Darrell Field’s Banjo Club Mrs Jack Oates Miss Margaret Humphrys

Mr W.E.D. Young Captain & Mrs McDonald Miss S. Fairchild

Mr Arnold Trueman Mr G. Foster Mr Jack Field

Miss Carliene Davies The Church Choirs Schools (for part songs)

The Church of England Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday evening with good success. Dancing till 2 a.m. Proceeds netted £18-6-6.

Mules Operation. A demonstration of the Mules Operation on sheep was held recently at K.R. Phillips’s ‘Gums’ Station. The demonstrator, Mr Reed, gave an explanatory address. A discussion of merits and otherwise followed and figures of extremely low fly strike were cited for treated sheep.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 4

Football. Saturday at Hallett:

Hallett 0.1 4.2 8.9 11.12 (78)

Burra 2.8 2.11 2.11 2.13 (25)

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 5

Burra CWA held its AGM 18 July. President Miss M. Rogers welcomed 36 members. Election: President, Miss M. Rogers; Vice Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs & Carl Pearce; Secretary, Mrs P.V. Oates; Minute Secretary, Miss Margaret Pearce & Treasurer, Mrs E.H. Riggs.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 6

Burra Cycle Club held a six-mile road race last Saturday (three miles down the Adelaide Road and back). The winner was R. Kemble.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 7

Obituary. Edward Stephen Blunt died in the Burra Hospital 16 July 1947. He was born at Sheerness UK in 1861 and came to Australia when 17 in the Tiverton. He was first employed by Mr Lang, a butcher at Riverton, and later worked for Messrs Overton & Berryman. While at Riverton he married Miss Ellen Slough and joined the staff of the SAR, beginning his duties at Terowie. After about four years he was appointed stationmaster at Hanson where he resided for 30 years and raised a family of four sons and three daughters. He took a keen interest in local affairs and was Secretary & Trustee of Hanson Methodist Church from its building to 1926. He conducted Anniversary singing and concerts for many years. On retiring to Burra North he was closely associated with the Oddfellows Lodge, filling various offices to that of Past Provincial Grand Master, having joined the lodge in 1888. He also continued his interest in the Methodist Church as steward & choir member. Mrs Blunt died about 18 months ago.

70, 29, 22 July 1947, page 8

Salvation Army. On Sunday 19 July the Salvation Army held a Re-Dedication Service to pay tribute to God for the renovation and improvement to the Burra Citadel. Envoys Marsland, Martin, Engliss, Franciss & Boterall were all present from Adelaide. Captain McDonald welcomed the Mayor, Mr Jennison & Mr Jennison responded.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday Jim Schwier & Ron Kellock both scored possibles over 600 yards. Best on Saturday with handicap were P. Bown, J. Lloyd, B. Scholz & J.H. Schwier.

Burra Town Council

At a recent meeting the Town Clerk said he had information from Renmark that the unimproved land values system of rating was working well there.

Cr S.J. Woollacott has changed his mind and thought the system would not work in Burra where there were many unimproved blocks, some of which would never be built on.

Cr Marston said that in Murray Bridge blocks that could not be improved were charged reduced rates. In Burra this could be done for the Mine Block for instance.

The Mayor was a supporter of the unimproved system.

Football. At Burra on Saturday at the racecourse:

Booborowie 2.3 2.8 4.13 6.16 (52)

Burra 0.0 2.2 3.5 4.7 (31)

Black Springs CWA AGM is reported.

Burra Mine. The Town Council recently discussed whether the mine site should be acquired by the town for its historical associations.

Cr S.J. Woollacott supported such a move if it could be got for about the figure Mr Villis paid for it. The royalties for stone would pay the interest.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said a recent officer of the Tourist Bureau was much taken with the echo there which people travelled long distances to hear in the Old World.

Mr Villis will be asked for a price.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 August

Susan Foster & Boris Karloff in Climax

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in The Naughty Nineties

Burra CWA, Annual Report – Minnie Rogers, President.

They had 75 financial members and an average attendance of 23 over eight meetings. Regrets were expressed for the death of a former minute secretary Mrs F.T. Sara.

International Day this year had been about Scotland and the meeting in the Burra Town Hall had drawn attendance also from surrounding towns.

Mrs O. Finch resigned as convenor of the Hospital Committee and Mrs W. Smith has taken charge of mending at the hospital.

Members are planning and working for a fete to raise funds.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 3

Mt Bryan East Agricultural Bureau was visited by the Premier Hon. T. Playford. The meeting was held in the Hallett Institute and over 200 attended. Three coloured films were shown:

The Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline.

Whyalla and the Blast Furnaces and Ship Building Industries.

The Leigh Creek Coal Fields

Mr Playford spoke to each of the films.

Basketball, Saturday: Burra High School 29 defeated The Royals 2

St Mary’s forfeited to Kooringa Methodists.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 4

Burra Town Council, 21 July

The CWA has accepted the offer to lease the Institute Lodge Room.

Messrs A.J. & P.A. McBride advise the sale of the Mine property to T.H. Villis to whom all royalties for rubble etc. should be paid after 30 June.

Permission was granted to the Burra & District War Memorial Committee to remove the oval fence and to proceed with grading and levelling. Cr Marston said an oval 130 x 180 yards could be made without removing the present dressing shed or trees.

Cr S.J. Woollacott wanted to see a plan of proposals at Victoria Park.

The mayor agreed that one was needed, but the present limited permission should be granted to get the oval grassed by summer.

Cr Woollacott thought the project too big to be decided by a meeting of 50-60 ratepayers. Victoria Park should not be handed over to an outside body.

The Mayor said the Council had no idea of selling the ground, but the scheme was decided at a ratepayers’ meeting.

Cr T.H. Woollacott wanted to know if it was merely going to be a piece of ground or something worthy by which to remember those who served in the last war.

The question of a plan was then discussed further and a note on this will be sent to the committee.

Cr Marston moved for an avenue of trees at Victoria Park – each one to commemorate one who had fallen in the war.

The E & WS Department is to be advised of developments and asked to reconsider its response to supplying water to Victoria Park.

Local Board of Health

The Central Board is to be written to requesting a report from a special inspection on the disposal of waste water from the Burra Hospital.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 6

Mr Dickenson, the Director of Mines for SA, and two American geologists, Dr Gustafson & Mr Benedict, visited Burra last Tuesday. They looked at the old Burra Mine records and visited the mine and the Princess Royal Mine. They were interested in boring at the Burra Mine in 1907. They did not think there were future prospects for mining here.

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, 26 July

Jean Holman, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs E. Holman of Burra, married

Dudley Field, second son of Mr & Mrs J. Field of Leighton.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 7

Hanson CWA AGM is reported.

Burra Red Cross Ball this year will be a Movie Ball on New Year’s Eve.

Burra Town Council

Permission will be sought from the Under-Treasurer for the transfer of the £400 swimming pool money to the Victoria Park project due to the impossibility of building a swimming pool now.

Cr Marston moved with respect to the Centenary money that a move in conjunction with the above be made in the Supreme Court for its transfer.

70, 30, 29 July 1947, page 8

District Council of Burra Burra. Mr H.C. Atkins, for some time Chairman of the BBDC, has presented a photo of himself to Council. The Clerk will write a letter of thanks and the photo will be placed in the Council Chamber.

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 1

War Memorial Committee Starts Work

Working bees are held on Saturday s and on 2 August all the oval fence posts, seats and goal posts were removed and stored. There has been a suggestion for tennis courts on the vacant block opposite, which the committee would happily adopt if finance is available. A plan is being drawn up by Mr F.A. Gunthorpe for the remodelling of Victoria Park. The SA Treasurer has approved the transfer of the £400 held by the Town Council and the application now awaits the Federal Treasurer’s approval. The committee appeals for a generous response to their appeal for funds for this War Memorial Project. A.B. Riggs has given £20 outright and W. Carpenter has raised £40 from Football afternoon teas. T.H. Villis has donated 100 yards of stone from the old mines for a retaining wall.

Badminton. On Friday at the Oddfellows’ Hall: Burra North 9 sets defeated Burra 1 set.

Burra Town Council

Last night the rate was increased from 2/8 to 3/8 to cover operating costs and pay off the large overdraft, which has accumulated over the last two or three years. Though the rate is high the town assessment is very low. It has not changed significantly since 1932 when property values were at a minimum. During the coming year the Council will either have a new assessment done or recommend to ratepayers a move to rates based on unimproved land values. The rate in 1939 was 3/9 comprising a general rate of 2/6 and a special rate of 1/3.

Basketball on Saturday

The Royals 17 defeated St Mary’s 11

Burra High School 18 defeated Kooringa Methodist 3

Burra Hospital Board decided on Friday to buy a new Watson-Victor X-ray machine at a cost of over £500 (with accessories) and a washing machine for £200. The present X-ray machine is obsolete and cumbersome. The Government has agreed to a £ for £ subsidy if the money is raised by public subscription. The Board so far has £65 towards the washing machine (£130 with Government subsidy). The new X-ray machine will be portable while the old one certainly is not.

Burra Cycling Club. The 7-mile road race on Saturday was won by R. Angel.

Burra Burra Show Inc.

Some members have felt for a while now that the show would be better off at the racecourse. The present grounds are rocky and spectators find walking around them tiring. Pig and sheep pens have accessibility problems and the ring is too small to allow trotting events. It would be a costly move only partly offset by the sale of the present site. One member has promised £100 of 19 others will match it. When the Show was held at the racecourse in 1923 prize money was £700. Today the society can only offer £300. The question was referred to a general committee meeting in the Eastern Telephone building on Friday with a recommendation it be investigated by a special committee. This recommendation was followed and the investigating committee will meet on 29 August.

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 2

Notice. The Legal Practice carried on in Burra as Worth, Mills & Hawkins is dissolved by mutual consent from 1 August 1947 when Mr Hawkins will retire from the firm. The practice will continue as Worth & Mills Barristers & Solicitors, upstairs at Pearce’s Buildings.

Frank Lindsay Worth & Elliott Whitfield Mills, August 1947.

Notice. Bread Deliveries. Owing to the high cost of deliveries, from 11 August Pyke’s Bakery will not deliver in Burra North and Duldig Bros will not deliver in the Kooringa end of the town.

Harry B. Pyke & V.N. Duldig for Duldig Bros.

Advt. SSA Fathers’ Association Amateur Hour, Friday 8 August in Burra Town Hall. Dance to follow.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 August

Peter Lawford & Donald Crisp in Son of Lassie

Ann Southern in Maisie Goes to Reno

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Harry Hutson died 4 August in Burra Hospital aged 77. [Born 13 July 1870 at Kooringa.]

Burra Hospital Board met on 1 August.

E. Finch was re-elected Chairman for the next 12 months with C.W. Gare as Vice-Chairman.

The building fund received £65 from Mt Bryan Red Cross Sewing Circle and £20 from the Greenacres Hospital Group.

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. Third stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy was fired over 600 &700 yards. Best results were from J.H. Schwier, P.W. Hogan, J. Robins & A.G. Heinrich.

For ‘The Gap’ marksman’s trophy the leaders were P.W. Hogan, J.H. Schwier, F.T. Marston & A.G. Heinrich.

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 5

Booborowie Ladies Club. A meeting in the Hall Supper Room on 30 July decided to re-open the Booborowie Ladies Club.

Burra Hospital Building Fund is growing, but building materials are scarce and dear and the committee did not feel able to accept the one and only tender for the new nurses’ accommodation which will now be deferred for the time being.

Burra Homing Club last race from the north for this season was from Marree and was won by Stan Kellaway Jnr.

70, 31, 5 Aug. 1947, page 8

Football at Booborowie on Saturday:

Booborowie 4.2 6.6 7.12 10.18 (78)

Burra 2.2 5.5 7.5 7.7 (49)

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 1

Burra Golf Club. The best round for the season to date was returned on Saturday by I. Richardson in the first qualifying round of the Club Championship with a score of 37 for 9 holes and 51 for 12.

SSA Fathers’ Assoc. Amateur Hour Quiz & Dance on 8 August in the Burra Town Hall filled the hall to capacity. Over 30 juniors and seniors rendered items and the winners were:

Senior: Miss Carliene Davies (piano solo)

Junior: Misses Barbara Humphrys & Margaret Jefferies (vocal duet)

Special Prize: Rodney Ball (vocal solo)

Burra & District War Memorial. The subscription list opens and reached £69-8-0.

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday shoot over double 300 yards saw best scores from F.T. Marston, H.R. Woodman, G. Webster & G. Gask.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 August

Alexis Smith & Errol Flynn in San Antonio

Brenda Marshall & Jeffery Lynn in Money and the Woman

Advt. CWA Bazaar Burra Town Hall 15 August. Dance to follow.

Advt. Tex Morton’s Circus and 1947 Wild West Rodeo. Burra 25 August.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 3

Editorial endorsing the Council’s recent decision to make no donation to the Miss Australia Quest on the grounds that charity begins at home and the town is urgently raising funds for the War Memorial Scheme, the Hospital washing machine and X-ray machine, the nurses’ quarters and the Town Hall debt.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 3 & 6

Football. First Semi-Final

Spalding 2.3 8.4 9.5 15.7 (97)

Burra 4.9 5.12 7.18 9.20 (74)

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 3

Mt Bryan Hall. For some time the inefficiency of the gas lights has been a concern and it was decided to change to electricity. On 4 August the Chairman of the Hall Committee Mr T. Beckwith officially opened the new plant at a ball that night. Donations have totalled £207.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 4

Mt Bryan Red Cross AGM is reported.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 5

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 6

Football. Spalding Juniors forfeited to Hallett Juniors.

Booborowie Juniors 2.4 defeated Hallett Juniors 1.5.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 7

Basketball on Saturday: St Mary’s forfeited to Burra High School

The Royals 20 defeated Kooringa Methodist 12

LCL Burra Women’s Branch AGM was held on 1 August.

Elected: President, Mrs M.J. Marchant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames G.S. Hawker, A.L. Kellock & S. Pearce and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs E.R. Aldridge.

Badminton at Kooringa Methodist Hall, Monday: Burra North 7 sets defeated Burra 5 sets.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council, 4 August

Cr S.J. Woollacott wanted the question of a military flame-thrower put on the next meeting of the Mid-North Local Government Assoc.

The Under-Treasurer notified his approval of the transfer of £400 to the Burra War Memorial Project.

SAR advises it was not practical for a railcar to run Adelaide-Terowie on Wednesday due to a lack of both railcars and staff.

The CWA asks for a meeting to draw up the necessary lease agreement.

Permission was granted to Mr W. Hawson Clark to erect a wood and iron shed for a laundry in Ayre [sic] St 15ft x 9ft to replace a dilapidated old building on the site.

W.J. Robins asked to erect an iron & wood wash house 12ft x 9ft in Kingston St to replace an old building. Granted under supervision of the Town Clerk.

District War Memorial Committee granted use of the Town Council Account: it ‘illiminate’ sales tax [sic]

C. Lomman complains of straying stock at night in Hampton. The Ranger to take action.

Council supported the Mayor’s decision not to support the Miss Australia Contest, as they were in the middle of a War Memorial Scheme.

A.B. Aldam wanted three trees removed in Thames St, as they block certain views and signs of his new garage. Council will inspect when the building is completed.

L.M. Gordon asked to repair tin shed or wall in Thames St.

Plans requested for additions to the house on the corner of Bridge & Ayer St [sic] before approval could be granted.

70, 32, 12 Aug. 1947, pages 9, 10, 11 & 12

Burra Burra Show Inc. Prize List for the Annual Show to be held on Saturday 11 October 1947.

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday: Jim Schwier shot a possible on the 700 yard range in the 4th stage of the E.C. Collins’ Trophy. Best shots were J.H. Schwier, I.L. Burdon, P.W. Hogan & R.J. Kellock.

Obituary. Miss Florence Ellen Parks (Cissie) died at Magill Hospital 7 August aged 64. She was a cousin of the late Mrs R.D. Pascoe and at the age of 3 years went to reside with Mr & Mrs R.D. Pascoe. On Mrs Pascoe’s death she took over the management of the household until Mr Pascoe died about 2 years ago. She then went to live with Mrs F.J. Davey at West Broken Hill until falling ill about 14 months ago. In her younger days she was a keen worker for the Church of England and a choir member. She was active in the Red Cross in World War I and did a lot of knitting for it in World War II. [Birth not registered in SA.]

Red Cross is organising a big drive for equipment for the Burra Hospital in the form of a Movie Star Competition, Fancy Dress Ball & Carnival on New Year’s Eve. [The 8 nominated ‘stars’ would raise money with each penny counting as one vote.]

Obituary. Mr Harold Doyle, a farmer of Mt Bryan East was killed in an accident on Tuesday last week. He was driving a tractor up a steep creek bank when it apparently got out of control somehow. Mr Doyle seems to have leapt from the machine and fell on a large rock in the bottom of the creek. When he did not reach home his wife asked Mr E.S. Wilks to make a search and he found the body about 8.15 p.m. M-C Wiech of Burra North investigated and reported to Mr F.M. Jefferies JP of Mt Bryan who deemed an inquest unnecessary. [Harold Colin Doyle born 12 November 1914 Redruth: died 12 August 1947 Mt Bryan East.]

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 2

Notice. The partnership of C.N. Bushell & R.A. West trading as Mid-North Car & Tractor Service was dissolved on 16 August. Mr C.N. Bushell will continue under the same name as sole proprietor.

Advt. There is a two-column by 1⁄3-column advertisement outlining how the present arrangements for delivering bread with the delivery charge included in the price is not viable. Customers have to buy 7 loaves a week to cover the delivery costs. The time has come for a change with real delivery costs being met.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 August

Betty Grable & John Payne in Springtime in the Rockies

Plus Paris After Dark

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 3

Burra & District War Memorial

To prepare for grading etc. of the oval a large working bee is called for Saturday next, as several large trees have to be removed.

Kooringa Methodist Church. Young Worshippers’ League Anniversary Service was held last Sunday. Rev. H. Hobbs officiated.

Football. 2nd Semi-Final at Burra

Booborowie 3.2 8.5 9.7 14.10 (94)

Hallett 2.2 2.2 4.4 4.8 (32)

Basketball. Burra High School 23 defeated The Royals 9

St Mary’s 27 defeated Kooringa Methodist 8

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 4

Marriage. Christ Church North Adelaide, 2 August

Audrey Eileen Hill, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.J.F. Hill of Sefton Park, married

Sydney Gordon Davis, only son of Mr & Mrs S.D. Davis of Mannahill.

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 5

Booborowie Children’s Frolic on 15 August is reported at length. The School Welfare Club benefited by c. £40.

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 6

Aberdeen Croquet Club AGM was held in the Club Hall 9 August.

Elected were: President, Mrs E.L. Steer; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs & H. White; Secretary, Mrs W.H. Gare; Treasurer, Miss Bartholomaeus; Captain, Mrs A.B. Riggs & Vice-Captain, Mrs F.M. Pearce. Opening day is to be 17 September.

Burra Homing Club. 2nd race on the fourth line [sic] was held on 16 August and was won by A.H. Broad.

70, 33, 19 Aug. 1947, page 7

Burra CWA Bazaar in Burra Town Hall last Friday was an outstanding success. Takings were c. £90. The dance in the evening was not well attended. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council will investigate the use of weedkiller to keep streets and watertables free of weeds.

Victoria Park. The War memorial Committee assembled 20 men with axes and crosscut saws on Saturday, despite inclement weather, to fell certain trees. Mr Maurice Pritchard lent a circular saw. Three large trees were felled and produced wood which is for sale. Several tons have already been bought by local bakers and others. The new oval was measured and pegged out according to plans which Mr F. Gunthorpe has almost completed. Several more trees are to go and another working bee is called for next Saturday.

The War Memorial Committee will organise a Youth Week in Burra to include a Town Fair, Children’s Frolic, a Dance in the Town Hall, a chop picnic and Dance at the Showgrounds, a combined Church Service and a School Sports Day at the racecourse. The Lightning Football Carnival is to be held on 13 October. The Mad Hatter’s Ball is on 19 October.

Weekly Street Appeals are annoying some visitors and locals. Burra Hospital wished to have one about once a fortnight, but there were applications too from the Salvation Army and the Air Force Assoc. and Youth Week. The Hospital, said the Mayor, could not have more than one a month. The matter was discussed and left in the hands of the Mayor.

Burra Primary School Arbor Day was held last Friday, but was marred by bad weather. The Mayor gave an address. The wet weather prevented any planting, but the half-holiday was welcomed.

Burra High School Annual Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday. Despite the weather attendance was fairly large and £27 was taken in admission charges. Darrell Field’s Band played and there was a sumptuous supper provided by the Parents & Friends’ Assoc.

Weather. Snow fell at Mt Bryan East on Saturday morning and lingered all day. In the Burra area 150 points of rain have been recorded in the last 36 hours.

Lightning Football & Basketball Carnival. The Mayor said it was an expression of faith in the town. The Football Club intends to donate 75% of the proceeds towards liquidating the Town Hall debt and 25% towards the War Memorial Fund. Once the debt is liquidated it will be possible to improve the hall by the addition of a supper room – it is one of the few Town Halls without one.

Cr T.H. Woollacott has placed the question of petrol rationing in the country on the agenda of the Mid-North Local Government Assoc. He says it penalises country people more than those in the city.

Impounded Stock. Someone in the town was reported as deliberately turning his cows onto the roads at night. Others object, especially when gardens are invaded. The Ranger paid the area a visit recently and succeeded in impounding 13 head of stock in one area and 2 in another.

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 August

Dorothy McGuire & George Brent in The Spiral Staircase

Leon Errol in Mama Love Papa

Red Cross Hospital Drive. A Paddy’s Market will be held in Market Square 5 September.

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 3

Bad Publicity. Cr T.H. Woollacott said a Metropolitan paper recently said Burra was attempting to raise £1,600 for the hospital. This reflected badly on the town, as the amount to be raised was £16,000. The Mayor agreed.

Obituary. Mr Harold Doyle died on 12 August as the result of an accident with a Caterpillar tractor. He was 32. The deceased was the elder son of the late Mr & Mrs James Doyle of Mt Bryan East. He was born at Burra North 12 November 1914 and was educated at Mt Bryan East where he lived all his life. His ambition all along was to become a Merino Sheep Stud Master, which he had practically accomplished at the time of his death. He was also interested in lucerne growing. At Canowie he had 200 acres of lucerne and had planted about 100 acres at Mt Bryan East that are doing remarkably well. He was a member of the Mt Bryan East Methodist Church, a member of the 1st & 2nd Degrees of the Methodist Order of Knights and a member of the Hallett Masonic Lodge and the Burra Mark Masonic Lodge and a member of the committee of the Mt Bryan East Agricultural Bureau. He married in January 1945 Audrey, fourth daughter of Mr & Mrs H.R. Edwards of Mt Pleasant and late of the Mt Bryan District. He is survived by a wife, and baby daughter Thelma and two sisters, Eileen Mrs E. Willis of Booborowie and Olive Mrs Ron Pryde of Spalding.

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race from Tintinara had only two competitors and S. Kellaway won by 52 minutes.

Football. The Final:

Spalding 4.3 5.3 2.4[sic] 6.9 (45)

Hallett 0.1 2.4 6.8[sic] 2.8 (20)

[Clearly the third quarter scores in the paper were transposed.]

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 18 August

The Town Clerk reported that the Ranger had impounded 13 head of cattle last Friday and 2 a fortnight ago.

The Town Hall Committee had ordered work on the Institute cottage to overcome dampness.

Permission was granted for an Air Force Assoc. service in Market Square 14 September with 15 September to be Air Force Day. Service in the Town Hall if weather inclement.

Northern E & WS Dept. has sent estimates for a water main from Paxton Square to Victoria Park to headquarters.

The Mayor will arrange a meeting of ladies to assist with afternoon tea at the Football Carnival on Eight Hours Day.

Permission granted for the District War Memorial Committee to remove further trees at Victoria Park to allow a grandstand where the main gate is now and for a car track part way round the enlarged oval. Further ornamental trees will be planted.

Department of Civil Defence advises arrangements have been made for Fire Fighting teams to visit Adelaide and compete with auxiliary pumps.

A.C. Bourman give specifications and plans for the erection of a building of cement blocks with galvanised iron roof on the corner of Eyre [sic] & Kingston Streets. Permission granted. [This is somewhat odd, since Ayers Street and Kingston Street do not meet.]

A letter of sympathy was sent to Cr Lee following his accident.

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 7

Marriage. Kunden Lutheran Church (i.e. Carlsruhe) 7 August

Ruby Joyce Noske, only child of Mr & Mrs Noske, married

Kelvin Murray Heinrich, third son of Mr & Mrs A. Heinrich of Black Springs.

70, 34, 26 Aug. 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council. Statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 30 June 1946.

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 1

The Annual Buffalo Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday to raise funds for the Children’s Christmas Tree. A good crowd attended. Sitting Primo Bro. D. Chennell introduced the Mayor.

The Town Hall debt has been reduced by £20 from an anonymous donor.

National Air Force Day which is also Battle of Britain Day falls on 15 September. In Burra services will be held on Sunday 14 September with one at the Memorial at 3 p.m. and one at St Mary’s in the evening.

Football. Grand Final on Saturday at Hallett

Spalding 2.1 6.8 7.10 11.11 (77)

Booborowie 3.3 3.5 8.8 11.10 (76)

In the Juniors Hallett 5.8 defeated Burra 2.1 in the Preliminary Final and Hallett will play Booborowie in the Grand Final.

Victoria Park. 25 men turned out for the working bee on Saturday and felled 12 trees in preparation for the oval work. Most of the trees were in a poor state. They will be sold as posts and firewood.

The young sportsmen were however, noticeable by their absence.

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 2

Notice. Superphosphate production has been greatly increased, but primary producers are urged to secure their requirements early, as shortages of coal and labour are affecting both the supplies and SAR’s ability to deliver promptly and delays must be expected.

Notice. A notice appears from Percy Hutton for the Australian Wheat Board outlining the process for acquiring new cornsacks for the 1947-48 season.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 & 6 September

Bette Davis, Jack Benny, Joan Crawford, Joe. E. Brown, Kitty Carlisle, Eddie Cantor and a host of other stars in Hollywood Canteen

Plus short features.

Advt. Lightning Premiership Carnival at Booborowie 6 September

Grand Final of the North-Eastern Juniors: Booborowie v. Hallett

Lightning Carnival of 2 by 14-minute halves (with a final of 2 by 20-minute halves) between:

Burra & Booborowie, Spalding & Terowie, Hallett & Camden (Adelaide).

Basketball games between: Leighton, South Booborowie, Burra High School, North Booborowie, Terowie & Mt Bryan played in 2 by 10-minute halves with a final of 2 by 15-minute halves.

Grand Dance at night. Proceeds to aid Booborowie Football Club and Burra Hospital.

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 & 13 September

The Bells of St Mary’s

Burra Hospital is very short of nursing staff. They have three probationers and are entitled to employ 8.

Burra Cycle Club. A ball will be held in the RSL rooms. Proceeds will go towards the £15-15-0 for the annual Burra-Adelaide Race to be run on 20 September.

Burra Mine. When Cr S.J. Woollacott suggested buying the Burra Mine for the town he meant the mine site itself and the adjacent quarry. He did not intend that the whole property be bought. He believed the royalties from the quarry would meet the interest payments.

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 5

St Joseph’s School students have been raising funds for their Sports Day on 6 September. Afternoon tea and stalls will also raise money for replacement desks. The school has been established for over 60 years and the desks of that period are no longer in accordance with the school’s needs.

Mt Bryan School held its Arbor Day in 15 August. Trees were planted in the school grounds and competitive sports held in the afternoon.

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 6

Burra High School had a trip to Riverton on Friday last to play football and basketball.

Basketball: ‘A’ Teams, Burra 19 defeated Riverton 9

‘B’ Teams, Burra 25 defeated Riverton 9

Football: Riverton 9.13 defeated Burra 2.1

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM at Burra Hotel 26 August.

L.H. Thomas presided. Elected were: Patron, H.J.B. Jennison; President, E. Finch; Vice-Presidents, M.T. Fuller & J.T. Pearce and Secretary & Treasurer, H. Scott.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the long service of J.T. Pascoe as Secretary.

[Page 7 gives the period as 14 years.]

70, 35, 2 Sep. 1947, page 7

Burra Races are scheduled for 22 October.

70, 36, 9 Sep. 1947, page 1

Burra CWA will make its headquarters at the Town Hall. They will use the Lodge Room, a portion of the room at the side entrance to the hall and the adjacent passageway. The CWA will furnish, paint, install a stove and sink, lay water on and generally improve the rooms.

Cold Storage & Ice Works

Huge loads of rabbits have been coming into Burra. The rabbits are put into clod storage and then shipped by semi-trailer to Adelaide. The cold storage is to be put on a proper footing by Messrs C.H. Cummins & E.G. Franklin of Adelaide, both of whom have been employed by William Angliss Ltd. Ice will also be made on the premises and the works will run 24 hours a day.

Burra Town Council

The Town Clerk Mr E.R. Davey said he had been given information that the Highways Dept. was to build a bitumen road from Booborowie & Spalding to feed the North. He wondered if Burra was being passed by. A letter from the Minister for Local Government on 4 February 1946 said a Saddleworth to Burra road via Black Springs was a priority, but nothing has been heard lately. Mr G.S. Hawker MP will be asked to find out why there is no action despite the Burra road being part of the main route to Broken Hill.

The response from the Local Government Minister on using rating on unimproved land values is non-committal. The Government was considering increasing the maximum rate permitted by 331⁄3%. Several country councils operating on unimproved land value were in a desperate financial position, though city councils seemed to be doing better.

Local Board of Health

The tendering out of scavenging in Burra was discussed, but no decision was reached.

Burra Homing Club. The Saturday race from Wolseley was won by A.H. Broad.

Burra Rifle Club. For the first time ever a possible was scored on the 900 yard range by Ron. Kellock. The 5th stage of the E.C. Collins’ Trophy saw top places go to R. Kellock, J. Robins & R. Melrose.

Salvation Army Self Denial Appeal will include a Button Day on 12 September.

A. Coverdale writes expressing the view that Burra owned enough white elephants without buying the mine. ‘The Mine is dead so is Johnnie Green, R.I.P.’ As the Bible says ‘Let the dead bury their dead.’

70, 36, 9 Sep. 1947, page 2

Notice. The Mayor H.J.B. Jennison, in response to a petition of citizens who view with grave concern the proposed Nationalisation of Banks by the Commonwealth Government, calls a Public Meeting on Wednesday 17 September at 8 p.m. in the Burra Town Hall.

Advt. P.J.E. Cummins, Chairman of Primary Producers Protection Assoc. has an advertisement opposing the Commonwealth’s Banking Legislation.

70, 36, 9 Sep. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Fanny Maria Thamm (nee Penn), wife of the late E.C. Thamm, died at her residence in Burra North on 5 September aged 77. She was the mother of Tryphena, Cecil, Tryphosa, Xenia, Rhena, Fanemily, Vida & Joyce. [Born Fanny Maria Penn 8 July 1870 at One Tree Hill, Mount Pleasant SA.]

The Booborowie Lightning Football & Basketball Carnival drew a large crowd despite inclement weather. In Basketball Burra High School 20 defeated Booborowie North 14 in their final. In football the winners were Booborowie who narrowly defeated Camden.

The Final Welcome Home at Mt Bryan was held in the Memorial Hall recently. Mr T. Quinn took the chair. The Mayor of Burra Mr H.J.B. Jennison attended as did Mr G.S. Hawker MP. The Men were presented with a rug and one will be sent to those unable to attend. Dancing and a supper followed. The men attending were: ______ Crew, [sic: perhaps K.R. Crewes?] H. Wardle, R. Collins, Ross Burton & Les Schuyler. Also Mr Miller accepted a rug for his son Gordon and Mr R. Murray accepted a tray for his sister. [Marjorie Murray]

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club held its AGM in the church vestry last Wednesday.

Mr I. Newman of Broken Hill, another old Burraite, is asking for wild flowers from the Burra District for display at Broken Hill Naturalists’ Club Wild Flower Show on 13 September. He remembers Double Jellies, Wild Mignonette, Cuckoos, Lilacs and Dandelions.

70, 36, 9 Sep. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 1 September

Permission was granted for Burra & District War Memorial Committee to hold a fair in Market Square on the east side from the Burra Hotel to the RSL rooms and asking for flood lighting for the occasion. Side shows, street dancing and items by children are planned.

Burra Hospital advises the Council’s contribution for the year is to be £170.

O.L. Heinrich was given permission to erect timber, iron and asbestos fowl sheds.

A new stove is to be installed in the Town Hall kitchen.

A new stove is to be installed in the Institute cottage. E.R. Davey the Town Clerk offered to pay the difference between a black stove and an enamel stove.

Rubberoid is to be placed on the cement floor in the Town Hall kitchen.

Royalties to Mr T.H. Villis were to be 6d a yard for skimp and 3d a yard for other material from the quarry on the Mine Property.

Mr James Brady of Mt Bryan East, who is 87, intends shearing his flock of 400 odd sheep again this year. ‘Game isn’t he?’

70, 36, 9 Sep. 1947, page 7

Superphosphate will be produced in greater quantities this year, but farmers are urged to make an early start with orders and to spread deliveries over an extended period. Shortages of coal and labour will inevitably cause delays in delivery.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church recently

Bertha (Buff) Heinrich, youngest daughter of Mr & the late Mrs G.A. Heinrich of Burra North, married Cyril Venning, youngest son of Mr & Mrs H.H. Venning of Adelaide.

Burra Golf Club. In the semi-finals of the Club Championship A. Lloyd defeated R. Smith 2 and 1. M.P. Cowle defeated I. Richardson 5 & 3. Final next Saturday.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday

Captain’s Team 728 defeated Vice-Captain’s Team 650.

Football. At the Racecourse Oval Burra 15.16 defeated Cadell 5.7 last weekend.

Bank Nationalisation. Over 300 letters and telegrams and a petition with 200 signatures have gone from the Burra District to protest the Federal Government’s nationalisation of the banks. A protest meeting at the Town Hall is called for 17 September.

Annual Lightning Football & Basketball Carnival at Booborowie 6 September.

Funds raised were to benefit Burra Hospital.

Football:

Booborowie 5.4 defeated Burra 1.2

Hallett 3.6 defeated Spalding 0.2

Booborowie 3.3 defeated Terowie 1.2

Hallett 1.3 defeated Camden 1.0

Camden 2.4 defeated Terowie 1.1

Booborowie 2.1 defeated Hallett 0.1

Grand Final: Booborowie 2.3 defeated Camden 1.5

Basketball:

Burra High School 15 defeated Hallett 4

South Booborowie 6 defeated Leighton 5

North Booborowie 19 defeated Terowie 2

Burra 10 defeated Mt Bryan 9

Burra High School 11 defeated South Booborowie 6

Grand Final: Burra High School 20 defeated North Booborowie 14

The winning football sides donated their prizes to the hospital. There was a dance in the evening. Camden Club added £3 to bring their donation to £5. The total proceeds should be c. £59.

Mid-North Local Government Assoc. has protested against the restrictions on road transport. Regulations enforcing the use of the railways result in many anomalies and the loss of both time and money to producers.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 September

Sonja Henie & Michael O’Shea in It’s a Pleasure

James Warren in Zane Grey’s Wanderer of the Wasteland

Notice. Byles’ Mongolata GM Co. in Liquidation

Notice is given of a General Meeting of the company for 16 October 1947 at the office of Gordon Bails Liquidator, in Wien Smith Building, Clare, at 11 a.m. for the purpose of laying before shareholders an ACCOUNT OF WINDING-UP for the year ending 16 August 1947, to be followed immediately by a general meeting to present a FINAL STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT OF THE WINDING-UP of the affairs of the company.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 3

Burra Homing Club. Last Saturday’s race from Wolseley was won by Stan. Kellaway Jnr.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 4

National Air Force Commemoration Day was celebrated on Sunday 14 September on the anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Spalding District Band attended and led the parade which comprised Air Force personnel, returned soldiers and other service members. Mr M. Woollacott led the parade as President of the Burra Branch of the Air Force Assoc. The service by Rev. Hobbs (Methodist) assisted by Capt. McDonald (Salvation Army) was held at the memorial in Market Square. Rev. Cowle conducted a combined service in St Mary’s at 7 p.m. and at 8.30 p.m. the Spalding Band gave a concert in the Town Hall.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 5

As Others See Us. A reprint of an article from the Kadina & Wallaroo Times of a visit to Burra by Salvation Army Envoys. They came from Adelaide via Gawler, Kapunda, She-oak Log & Greenock. [Sic: though logically Kapunda should come last in the list.] The writer comments on wide streets, frost, Paxton Square, homes that are nice and well-kept, the War Memorial & Rotunda, the Market Square Well and the bare hills.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 6

Mrs H.J. Bruce lives in a cottage near the Council Depot in Thames St. She was born a Miss Prior and lived at World’s End where her father had a farm. She married Richard Bruce of World’s End and they raised a family of eight and also several fatherless grandchildren. She used to milk cows and attend to fowls and ducks as well as being a sort of District Nurse and acting as a midwife. Today she is a great-great grandmother aged 84. He daughter [Hannah Hamilton Bruce] became Mrs Jack Byles of Adelaide. [Their daughter] Myrtle Byles married Mr [Victor E.] Treloar. [Whose daughter] Joan Treloar married and has a son – the great-great- grandson of Mrs Bruce. We don’t know how many descendants Mrs Bruce has; we stopped counting at 100.

[Note: Mrs Hannah Jane Bruce died 2 August 1953 aged 90 and her daughter Mrs Hannah Hamilton Byles died 23 January 1983 aged 100.]

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 7

Burra Burra District Council will forward an application to the Minister of Local Government for a permit to re-erect the telephone line from Burra to Redcliffe Station, as the line now complies with Aerial Line requirements. A general rate of 2.6 in the £ was declared.

70, 37, 16 Sep. 1947, page 8

Burra Golf Club. The Club Championship final on Saturday was played between A. Lloyd and M.P. Cowle with A. Lloyd winning 5 & 4.

Salvation Army. The newly appointed Divisional Commander, Brigadier F.L. Inglis, will conduct a public meeting on a visit to Burra on Monday 23 September at 8 p.m.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. 6th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy saw best results from R.R. Bevan, G. Gask, F. Kakoschke & A.C. Ford. Aggregate leaders in the trophy are J.H. Schwier 13, I.L. Burdon 10 & P.W. Hogan 10.

120-mile Burra-Adelaide Wheel Race

Officials of the League of Wheelmen & Committee of the Burra Cycling Club were entertained at dinner by the Mayor and Burra Councillors on Friday night prior to the race. Speakers were the Mayor & Mr T.H. Woollacott. The League President Mr J.A.B. Williams responded. The Mayor said he hoped that some day, next year perhaps, the race would be run from Adelaide to Burra. The President said many of his colleagues were in favour of that. It presented a number of practical advantages. The referee H. Stephens also spoke in favour of the idea. The Mayor handed over a tea & coffee service worth £10-10-0 as the winner’s trophy and a cheque for £5-5-0 for the first country competitor to finish. R.A. Bevan President of the Burra Cycling Club said he hoped the Adelaide-Burra Race would come off next year. Also speaking were V.P. Elliott (Steward) and Dean Toseland on behalf of the riders. Quite a number of people gathered in Market Square on Saturday morning to see the race begin. The race was won by R. Woolston off the 24 minute mark.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council calls tenders for the purchase of 7 cedar chairs, including one carver which may be inspected at the Town Hall. E.R. Davey, Town Clerk.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 September

William Eythe & Lydia St Clair in The House on 92nd Strreet

Stanley Laurel & Oliver Hardy in The Bull-Fighters

Broken Hill Nature Show displayed 22 varieties of wild flowers sent along from Burra – forwarded by the Mayor after receiving a request from Broken Hill.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 3

Burra & District War Memorial

Mr Frederick Gunthorpe has submitted a provisional plan for the general beautification of Victoria Park. A bulldozer will be engaged in about a fortnight’s time. An appeal is made for a working bee on Saturday to remove all timber from the felled trees.

Burra Primary School on 19 September entertained football and basketball teams from Clare. Burra won in both sports.

Burra Cycling Club has received a donation of £2-10-0 from a visiting old Burraite Mr Fred Leonard. He says he will make it an annual event for the Fred Leonard Wheel Race.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 4

Aberdeen Croquet Club season opened 17 September.

Obituary. Elsie Alice May Bass, third daughter of the late Henry & Agnes Lihou, died in Adelaide 11 September. She was born at Burra in 1883 and grew up there before going to Broken Hill where she married the late William Bass in 1906. She returned to Burra in 1909 and stayed ever since. In 1919 Mr Bass died in an accident leaving five young children. Her health began to fail about four years ago. She is survived by two sons and three daughters: Bill (Unley), George (Hilton), Ruby Mrs Les Phillips (Burra), Gladys Mrs S. Timms (Norwood) & Olive Mrs H. Garrard (Mintaro). And also by two brothers and four sisters: Tom Lihou (Burra), Lionel Lihou (Ashville), Jean Mrs Lawn (Prospect), Margaret Mrs McVicker of Victoria, Elizabeth Mrs Symons (Broken Hill) & Laura Mrs E. Wohling (Burra). There are nine grandchildren. [Born 28 April 1883 Kooringa.]

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 5

Bank Nationalisation. The Mayor Mr H.J.B. Jennison presided over a meeting in the Town Hall on Wednesday night to protest the Government’s move to nationalise the banks. Mr P.J. Pickering, who said he was not connected with any bank or political party, but had 40 years of banking experience, spoke in support of private banks. Mr L. Hawke spoke against it on the basis of the potential invasion of privacy and the difficulty in getting credit for Australia from overseas.

‘Stalin had said that once you have the banks nationalised then you have the small man just where you want him.’

M.G. Dobson also spoke of the move as unnecessary.

Mr J. Hogan strongly objected to other speakers allying Stalin with the Labor Party.

A motion expressing alarm and indignation was carried.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 6

St Joseph’s School Annual Sports were rained out on 6 September and postponed to 20 September when they were held in brilliant sunshine. The results of events are printed.

Advt. Burra Cold Stores. C.H. Cummins & E.G. Franklin, late 2nd AIF, have acquired the property previously known as the Burra Bacon Factory and intend to supply ice. Cold storage is available. Agents for W. Angliss Co. Pty Ltd, Rabbit Exporters etc.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 7

Burra Golf Club ended its season last Saturday and trophies were presented to:

Club Champion A. Lloyd

Runner-up M.P. Cowle

Eclectic Competition I. Richardson

Associates Club Championship Miss M.V. Pearce

Runner-up Mrs Wiseman

Associates Eclectic Competition Miss Pearce

Runners-up Mesdames Wiseman & Cowle (tied)

Mad Hatters’ Ball on 19 September attracted a large number of dancers and spectators. The ball was in aid of the War Memorial Fund and proceeds amounted to about £40.

70, 38, 23 Sep. 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council, 15 September

Mr G.S. Hawker has been supplied with further information about the priority of the Saddleworth-Burra Road to enable him to question the Minister about it.

Council will support the Burra High School Council in getting the Education Department to support a Technical School at Burra to provide classes in Wool Classing, Dressmaking, etc.

A. Coverdale sought permission to place a swinging verandah on the western side of his shop. He was asked to provide the specifications.

The Highways & Local Government Dept. advise of an increase in road grant from £21,000 to £70,000 and the sum of £236 to be allotted to the Corporation.

Cr T.H. Woollacott congratulated the Mayor on being elected President of the Mid-North Local Government Assoc. and the Town Clerk on being elected its Secretary.

The mayor invited all Councillors to the dinner he was giving to the representatives of the League of Wheelmen on Friday Night.

The Clerk reports an offer for seven cedar chairs belonging to the Town Hall. Tenders will be called.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 1

The Burra Hospital is particularly short of staff and girls wishing to become nurses have had to wait till the age of 17. The Government has now created a category of Nurse Assistants which is open to girls under 17. They will receive the salary of a 1st year Trainee Nurse. Their period of employment will in no way form part of the recognised training period.

The Superstition Ball held in the Town Hall on Friday aided the Burra Red Cross and proceeds were £26-13-0.

A Lightning Football Carnival at the Racecourse on 13 October will benefit the Town Hall 75% and the War Memorial Funds 25%.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy on Saturday when the best results were from Alf Woodman, G. Webster, Oliver Holmes & A.G. Heinrich.

Burra Burra Show Inc. The sub-committee recently appointed to investigate the possibility of transferring the show back to the Racecourse has decided that it would fit the site and negotiations will now take place with the Society’s bankers and the Burra Sports Syndicate. The proposal will then be put to subscribers.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 2

Advt. Senator S. O’Flaherty ALP will address a public meeting in the RSL Rooms on Monday 6 October.

Advt. The Centenary of Methodism in Burra.

Anniversary Services in the Kooringa Methodist Church, Sunday & Monday 5 & 6 October.

The preacher will be the President of the Conference, Rev. A.D. McCutcheon.

Reunion High Tea Monday (2/6)

Public Meeting 7.30 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 October

Humphrey Bogart & Laureen [sic] Bacall in To Have and Have Not

Brenda Marshall & George Brent in You Can’t Escape Forever

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Herbert Morgan, husband of the late Mary Morgan, died at Burra North 19 September aged 76. He was the father of Bert, May, Alma & Ruby. [Born 26 August 1871 at Copperhouse.]

Obituary. Lancelot Motherall, son of Mrs M.A. & the late Mr H.R. Motherall, died at Broken Hill on 29 September as the result of an accident aged 42. He was the brother of Elsie, Myrtle, Clara, Robert, Edwin & Beryl. [See further details this issue page 7.]

Rev. Cowle of St Mary’s has been transferred to Pt Melbourne after five years here. He becomes Chaplain in charge of the Seamen’s Mission. He and Mrs Cowle will leave in January next year.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 4

Mt Bryan CWA Annual Ball is reported in 2⁄3 column.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 5

Booborowie Footballers’ Trip to Nuriootpa is reported in a little over 1 column. While there Nuriootpa 11.6 defeated Booborowie 5.6.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 6

Burra School Welfare Club held its annual pet show at the Burra North Playground on 27 September. Results are printed. The show was run in conjunction with the opening of the Aberdeen Tennis Courts. About £100 had been spent in repairs to them. At the pet show sports events followed the parades and results of these are also printed.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 7

Obituary. Lancelot Motherall was killed yesterday at North Mine Broken Hill in a fall of stone. Although he was extricated with all possible speed he died about an hour later. He was born in Burra 42 years ago, the son of Mrs M.A. & the late Mr H.R. Motherall. Before going to Broken Hill about 10 years ago he was employed at Curlew Mine Mongolata as a part owner, before which he worked on his father’s eastern pastoral property. He was educated at Hanson School. He was not married.

[Born 17 February 1905 at Kooringa.]

Rainfall figures for Burra from 1880 to August 1947 are printed.

70, 39, 30 Sep. 1947, page 8

Burra CWA will cater for luncheon at the Burra Races on Wednesday 22 October. Proceeds of the luncheon will go towards liquidating Town Hall debt.

Football. Flinders Park footballers visited in the past week. Flinders Park 16.9 defeated Burra 3.6.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 1

The ABC National Eisteddfod auditions will be held in Burra Town Hall on 14 November.

Centenary of Methodism in Burra

Kooringa Church was filled to capacity on Sunday for three services of celebration. The ladies of the Guild decorated the building with flowers. Many old members of the church travelled from afar for the occasion. Mr & Mrs Clem Sampson came from WA and Mr E.C. Gould also came from there. He had not been in Burra for 44 years. Unfortunately Miss Gert Pearce was too ill to attend. She had been the organist and Sunday school secretary for many years. Preacher for the day was the President of Conference Rev. A.D. McCutcheon and Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook, a former popular minister of the Kooringa Circuit was also present. Todd Street Gawler Choir was present at each service under the baton of Mr E. Goodger.

[A list of visitors is then printed and the services are outlined.]

The Wesleyan Church was built in 1847 before which services were held in the house of John Chapman. Rev. John Harcourt was the first minister and lived in the first parsonage built by T. Thomas. The first choir was led by the late Captain Deeble. The church was enlarged in the ministry of Rev. H.A. Wilson 1854-58 and when Rev. C.R. Flock came for the second term in 1858 a gallery was erected. The present church was erected under the ministry of Rev. J.H. Nield in 1914. The present minister is Rev. H. Hobbs.

The Bible Christian Church began its work in Burra in about 1848 when Mr James Blatchford arrived and with J. Pellew and J. Halse they conducted services in turn. A society of 47 members was formed and a church and Sunday school to hold 200 was erected. The first minister was Rev. J. Rowe. A larger church was built on the corner of Bridge Terrace and Bridge Street [East]. This was closed and sold after Methodist Union.

The Primitive Methodist Church was opened as a mission in Burra in 1849 when the first church was built. It was opened by Rev. J. Long who was in charge of the Adelaide Mission. The church had to close when the men rushed to the Victorian goldfields, but re-opened in 1854 when Rev. J.G. Wright was appointed. There were 2 members – Mr & Mrs Wright. By 1857 membership was 84 and in 1885 it was 114. The church continued to make good progress till Methodist Union in 1901.

[Note that Methodist union took place in 1900.]

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Annual Show, Saturday 11 October.

Advt. Clare Show, Biggest One day Show in the State: Saturday 18 October.

Advt. Goldwyn Bros Circus & Zoo. Burra Saturday 11 October at the old saleyards.

Advt. Burra Youth Week 12-18 October. Proceeds to aid the Burra & District War Memorial.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 October

Thunderhead – Son of Flicker

E.G. Robinson & Lynn Bari in Tampico

13 October

Willard Parker & Anita Louise in The Fighting Guardsman

Nina Foch & Dame May Whitty in My Name is Julia Ross

Advt. Hallett RSL Ball 17 October: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Advt. Marrabel Rodeo 13 October.

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra. There will be a demonstration of the Trailer Fire Pump at Mt Bryan on Sunday 19 October 9.30 a.m. & at Elder’s Paddock on Saturday 25 October 9.30 a.m.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Annual Off Shears Sale Friday 17 October. 11,682 sheep will be offered.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee has received news that Mrssrs Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has decided to accede to the committee’s request and make a gift to the committee of a portion of Block 13, adjacent to the Drill Hall. It is large enough to contain at least six tennis courts. The gift is much appreciated and we understand the material for enclosing the courts has already been made available.

Burra Hospital has received a cheque for £100 for the building fund from the estate of C.H. Mann deceased.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 4

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday. The 1st stage of the Championship was fired in very poor showery conditions. Best were: Capt. Collins, Marston, E.C. Hopkins & P.W. Hogan.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 5

Burra Youth Week (In aid of the War Memorial)

Sunday 12 October 3.p.m. Youth Service in the Town Hall

Monday 13 October Lightning Football & Basketball Carnival at the Racecourse with cycling & other events. Dance in RSL rooms at night.

Tuesday 14 October Town Fair in Market Square with sideshows & a boxing display in the RSL rooms. Music from the Rotunda.

Wednesday 15 October Children’s Frolic in the Town Hall

Thursday 16 October Chop Picnic at the Showgrounds and a Dance.

Friday 17 October Sports Carnival at the Racecourse for Schoolchildren of the District.

Burra Town Council

The Aberdeen Tennis Club, having spent £150 on its courts since the war, needed another £140 to bring the four into good order. One donor offered £70 and the club can raise £35 and they appealed to the Town Council for £35. The Mayor thought it was a good investment, as the courts were Council property.

Cr Woollacott disagreed, though prepared to act as guarantor for a bank loan.

Cr Marston said the Council already had debts and Crs Bevan & Lee also supported not granting the request.

Council has refused to sign an AWU agreement for a 40-hour week.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 7

Tennis. The Burra-Kooringa Methodist Tennis Courts were due to be opened on Saturday last, but the weather caused a cancellation till next Saturday week.

Football. Sunday at the Racecourse. Burra 12.5 drew with Wallaroo 11.11.

Burra Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary was formed at a meeting at the hospital on Thursday evening. President is Mrs A.L. Clode with Mrs H. Jennison Vice-President and Miss C. Crewes is Secretary.

70, 40, 7 Oct. 1947, page 8

Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit held its quarterly meeting 4 October. The meeting passed a resolution to sell the old church at Copperhouse. [The Westbury Church.]

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 1

Christobel Warnes (aged nearly 4), daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Warnes of Old Koomooloo – some 44 miles east of Burra, disappeared from her home on Tuesday morning. Tom, Jim & Rex Warnes and helpers from their station searched for her all day. When she had not been found towards evening the police were notified and a search party from Burra was organised and departed at 3.30 a.m. on Wednesday. It began searching at dawn.

Black trackers under Murray Napier of Morgan Police Station arrived later and tracked the girl along the road to a dam. Fortunately the tracks also led away from the dam, but were then lost when she appeared to keep to the road, which had had much traffic over it by then. Appeals for more help led to over 150 people being involved by day’s end. Searching was difficult due to high grass, thick bluebush and saltbush as well as trees and prickles.

The girl was found by Messrs Bert Villis & Max McBride when she was within two or three hundred yards of the homestead at Koomooloo. Christobel suffered little from her experience. She appears to have had a drink at the dam and was not unduly hungry, though she had prickles in her feet after taking off her shoes. Apparently after the dam she had doubled back and so set the searchers off in the wrong direction. Christobel said she had gone to find Daddy.

Mr & Mrs Tom Warnes express their heartiest thanks to all who gave so much time and effort in the search and the Mayor of Burra and Constable W.R. France of Burra North also thank all those from Burra & District and from Morgan who did so much. Burra was dead during the search with shops closed and people went also from Booborowie and surrounding towns.

G.S. Hawker MP has been told by the authorities that Burra will not get a bitumen road for at least two years. The Minister blamed lack of manpower whilst the Highways Dept. thought matters might be speeded up if the Saddleworth Council could do some preliminary work, if they could obtain the necessary machinery. The Clare-Spalding road is being or is about to be bituminised, as it was built during the war and only had to be sprayed. This was also the case with the Jamestown-Clare road. Burra had earlier been told lack of bitumen was the problem for the Burra road.

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 & 18 October

Paul Muni, Cornel Wilde, Merle Oberon & Nina Foch in A Song to Remember

Lynn Merrick & Chester Morris in Close Call of Boston Blackie

Notice. War Service Settlement Land Required. Landowners willing to assist contact Director of Lands, Box 293A Adelaide. C.S. Hincks, Minister of Lands.

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. under instructions from D.F. Chennell, who is leaving the district, will sell his furniture and sundries on the house property in Chapel St 24 October at 2 p.m.

Obituary. Nannie Cherry, widow of the late S.W. Cherry and a daughter of the late Captain John & Mrs Dunstan, late of Burra, died at Broken Hill on 13 October aged 89 years 4 months.

[Born Nanny Dunstan 30 June 1858 Swansea Vale, Burra.]

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 3

Hallett Annual Flower Show is reported in 2 columns.

Burra Rifle Club visited Pt Pirie 13 October

Though actual scores are not given it reads as if Pt Pirie came first ahead of Burra with Peterborough last. Best Burra scores were by R. Kellock, P.W. Hogan & C. Bushell.

Burra Football Club held a general meeting in the RSL rooms on Wednesday evening when W. Carpenter presided. John Martins advised a full set of football togs would cost c. £40. The meeting resolved to buy 25 Guernseys and socks. A social will be held in the RSL rooms 4 November.

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 5

Burra Show was held on 11 October under ideal weather conditions. Mr H.M. Scott acquitted himself very well as Secretary for the first time, ably assisted by President A.B. Riggs and Vice-Presidents F.H. Reed & R.W. Humphrys. [Other committee members are named.]

The gate was £140-8-0 (apart from membership fees).

Draught stock and swine had no entries; otherwise exhibits were good.

The group exhibit of pastels by Mr Len. Bence was outstanding.

Poultry & bird exhibits were up to quality.

Cattle entries were not as many as they might be, but competition was stronger than last year.

The cookery entries could have been more numerous, but Mrs D. Auhl’s Christmas cake would have graced the pavilion of any show.

Flowers were good and the Ring Events well up to standard.

Dairy produce was rather disappointing and the days of smoked hams and sucking pigs etc. seem to be over.

Sheep exhibits were somewhat better, but stud masters still do not patronise their local show to any extent.

The schoolwork was not for competition and we thought the Mt Bryan & Copperhouse displays topped the lot.

Vegetables were quite good and lemons did well in the fruit section.

Wool exhibits were the lowest for many years.

Needlework and wool rugs were splendid.

The show was opened by G. Stanley hawker MP.

The President Mr A.B. Riggs gave the usual luncheon.

The full prize list is printed and runs onto page 6.

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 5(2)

Senator O’Flaherty visited Burra on Monday last week and spoke on a range of topics, but especially on the nationalisation of banking, of which he was much in favour. The meeting was not well attended. He spoke of a continuing need for some forms of price control – as in establishing a base price for wool and wheat. He also spoke on taxation to redistribute incomes and of assistance to hospitals. He then addresses the issue of the banks and the benefits to the Government and the country of nationalisation.

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 6(2)

Burra Town Council, 7 October

L.L. Fiebig of Burra North said he was licensed to sell petrol from the pumps opposite Sara’s at Burra North and he wished to make certain alterations to the site and enclosed a plan. He also sought permission to erect a small building thereon. Granted on both counts if he obtains the necessary building permits.

As noted elsewhere Aberdeen Tennis Club asked for £35 financial assistance, which was denied.

The Highways Dept. advised the Main Road Grant this year would be £500 and the Council’s contribution £100. They also asked for all road signs reading ‘To Kooringa’ to be returned and they would be changed to read ‘To Burra’.

The Corporation of Clare advised the retirement of Inspector Davis and asked for a donation to match that of the other two Corporations in his area for a presentation. Agreed.

The RSL advises it has bought the club rooms for £2,000 and asks the rates to be based on that. To be advised the Court of Appeal had been held and Council has not the power to reduce the assessment.

The tender of £10 each for the 7 cedar chairs owned by the Council was not up to the minimum required. No tender was accepted.

The Town Hall cottage is to be rented to the Town Clerk at 16/- a week.

The footpath from Burra to Burra North is to be bituminised.

The piece of ground near the old betting shop in Best Place is to be bituminised.

The white line used for the recent penny drive looks like the edge of the gutter at night and is causing nasty falls. The people who painted it will be asked to obliterate it.

The light on Lewis’s bridge in Commercial St is to be moved to the corner of Ware St.

Tenders are to be called for the renovations to the Lodge Room at the Town Hall, including repairs to the ceiling.

Thomas Warnes writes on behalf of himself and his wife to thank all those who took part in the search for their daughter Christobel.

70, 41, 14 Oct. 1947, page 7

Kooringa Methodist Church Centenary

Monday last week at 5.30 the Ladies’ Guild put on a high tea and a very large crowd attended. The official table included the Mayor & Mayoress (Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison), the President of Methodist Conference (Rev. A.D. McCutcheon), Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook, Rev. E. Lawson & Mrs Lawson & Rev. Hobbs (present minister: Revs Tilbrook & Lawson are past ministers), Rev. & Mrs Pitman (Burra North), Mrs I. Nankivell (Secretary of the Ladies’ Guild) & Captain McDonald (Salvation Army).

Rev. Hobbs gave a welcoming address and the Mayor made a short speech. Rev. Lawson replied for the visitors. After the tea a Civic Welcome was extended to the President of the Conference in the church by the Mayor. He also introduced Mr G.S. Hawker MP who spoke. The report on the church followed along with various choral items and addresses from Revs Tilbrook & McCutcheon. Proceeds of the functions amounted to £52.

70, 42, 21 Oct. 1947, page 1

Youth Week in Burra began with a combined service in the Town Hall on 12 October. School Children from Burra & Burra North & Salvation Army gathered with a number of parents and visitors, though there were still a number of spare seats. The Mayor gave an introduction to the week and welcomed everyone. Rev. C.L.H. Pitman gave the address and was assisted by Capt. McDonald. [Report in just over 1 column.]

Monday 13 Oct. Burra Football & Cycling Club organised a Lightning Football Carnival & Basketball Competition at the racecourse.

Basketball:

Mt Bryan 8 defeated Adelaide Aces 1

Burra High School 10 defeated Leighton 0

Booborowie North 21 defeated Burra B 2

Farrell Flat forfeited to Burra A so Burra A 6 defeated Adelaide Aces 2 in a scratch match

Semi-Final: Burra High School 9 defeated Mt Bryan 3

Second Semi-Final Booborowie North 10 defeated Burra A 7

Final Burra High School 22 defeated North Booborowie 9

Football:

Robertstown 3.0 defeated Farrell Flat 1.6

Burra 2.1 defeated Port Colt Juniors 1.6

Booborowie 2.5 defeated Port Colts 1.3

First Semi-Final: Burra 4.1 defeated Farrell Flat 0.2

Second Semi-Final: Booborowie 2.5 defeated Farrell Flat 1.1

Final: Burra 1.9 defeated Booborowie 1.0

[This is what it said, but it doesn’t seem to make sense! What happened to Robertstown?]

Cycling: The riders from Clare were registered with the League of Wheelmen and the locals were not. Clare riders were thus not allowed to compete with the others, but a special 2-mile race was organised for them and won by R. Victor. Other results:

1⁄2-mile sprint won by Bob Angel

2-mile race won by C. Todd. In this race unfortunately a basketball from the girls’ events rolled onto the track and was struck by John Wohling who was thrown heavily. Though the rider was not much hurt his bike was damaged.

1⁄2-mile Race for Veterans (Over 55 yrs) was won by Phillips.

Athletics:

Footballers’ 130-yard Sheffield was won by A. Teague (Port Colts)

70, 42, 21 Oct. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 25 October

Gypsy Rose Lee & Randolph Scott in Belle of the Yukon

Hedy Lamarr & George Brent in Experiment Perilous

Notice. The Partnership of Hann & Smith has been dissolved due to the continued ill health of Mr Hann.

70, 42, 21 Oct. 1947, page 3

Kooringa Methodist Circuit has asked Rev. H. Hobbs to remain for a further term, making the fourth year.

Tennis. Kooringa Tennis Courts opened for the 1947-48 season last Saturday.

Burra Red Cross Hospital Drive has reached £200.

Pte Cyril Edwards, son of Mr & Mrs Bert Edwards late of Mt Bryan, has just returned after serving for 1 year 8 months with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan. He enlisted 51⁄2 years ago aged 19 while residing in Clare and served in New Guinea up to the end of hostilities. We believe he is the last Mt Bryan boy to return.

70, 42, 21 Oct. 1947, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy and the best results were from R.G. Bernhardt, A.G. Wilmot, C. Bushell & J. Lloyd. J.H. Schwier won Mr J. Scott’s trophy for the first eight matches.

Youth Week Street Fair was held last Tuesday night in Market Square. The side shows did a good trade and so did the stalls. Musical & other items were given from the rotunda. A boxing match was organised by Sid Johnson assisted by Jim Terry in the RSL Rooms.

70, 42, 21 Oct. 1947, page 6

A Chop Picnic at the Burra Showgrounds on Thursday evening took place near the pavilion before the dance which continued till midnight.

The Children’s Frolic on Wednesday evening in the Town Hall drew a large number of children. Results are printed.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 1

Burra Bowling & Croquet Clubs opened their 1947-48 season last Saturday.

Inspector Davis was given a farewell dinner and presentation on Wednesday night at the Central Hotel in Riverton. 50 people sat down to dinner to honour Mr Davis who has been a respected Inspector of the Highways and Local Government Dept. for many years. 25 Councils were represented. Burra was represented by Mr. E. Finch, Chairman of the District Council and the Clerk Mr K.R. Crewes.

Burra Races were held successfully last Wednesday. The CWA provided a splendid luncheon and afternoon tea. Bookmakers turned over £19,170. Gate takings were £170. Seven races were run and the main race, the Burra Handicap (£65, £10 & £5) was won by S.R. Fitzgerald’s King Invader ridden by R. Carling.

The Lightning Football & Basketball Carnival netted £33-0-5 for the Hospital.

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot on Saturday and the best results were from E.C. Hopkins, J. Lloyd, D. Field & R.G. Bernhardt.

Harry Przibilla of Farrell Flat reports killing 10 snakes one day recently at the old reservoir. Each was between 4ft & 5ft long.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 November

Betty Grable & Dick Haynes in Diamond Horseshoe

James Dunn & Sheila Ryan in The Caribbean Mystery

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Oswald Gilbert Walker, husband of Mary, died 23 October in Adelaide aged 66. He was the son of the late Mr & Mrs J.T. Walker and was born in Burra. In 1907 he and his brother, Mr A.L. Walker, set up operations as drapers in this town and carried on until retiring about four years ago. Mr O.G. Walker was in charge of the boot and shoe depot. Forty years ago he married Miss May McLaren who survives with three sons: Gilbert, Rex & Allen and one daughter, Mrs Lisle Davey. One son, Laurie, was killed in the recent war. [Born 18 June 1881 Kooringa.]

Settlement of Ex-Servicemen. Land has been acquired on Eyre Peninsula, in the South East & on Kangaroo Island, but there is still a shortage to meet the need of applicants.

Burra Town Council

It was resolved to inspect the corner at Best Place now occupied by L.L. Fiebig before deciding or granting him right of way.

The Clerk advised the public would be admitted to the Eisteddfod on 14 November.

Charges will be adults 1/6 and children 1/-.

The Under-Treasurer advises that a loan for improvements to Victoria Park had been approved and work can be carried on.

The Mayor said that sounded like a new loan.

[Presumably they had asked to be allowed to use the £400 granted before the war for the swimming pool.]

Clarification will be sought.

DC of Burra Burra was given permission to erect a building for the storage of oil in Kingston Street. The building in concrete will be 12ft x 9ft.

Holder & Lane Gardens will be cleaned & tidied.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge. Bro Carl F. Pearce was installed as Worshipful Master for the coming year last Wednesday night after which a ball was held [presumably at the Town Hall] with dancing till 2 a.m.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 4

Mr & Mrs H.J. Dunn were tendered a complimentary social at Black Springs Hall on Friday 26 September. The Hall was filled to capacity and many were unable to gain admittance. Mr Dunn was born at Barton Hill and educated at the Black Springs School. He has been chairman & treasurer of the Black Springs Hall Committee since its inception in 1912 and also was strongly associated with the Tree-Planting Committee. He had been a Councillor for Black Springs Ward in the Saddleworth DC for 45 years and Chairman of the Council for 42 years. He represented the Council on the Riverton Hospital Board since 1926 and is Trustee for the Black Springs Hall. Mr Dunn was Chairman of the Red Cross in the District and Mrs Dunn was President of the local branch through both World Wars. Mr Ray Carter congratulated Mr Dunn for having the MBE conferred upon him. Bert Piggott said Mr Dunn was always there when a Busy Bee was called, with his truck, pick and shovel. His truck was always carrying shooting parties too. A supper & dance followed. Mr & Mrs Dunn are retiring to Glenelg.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 5

Burra Cricket Assoc. season opens on Saturday 1 November. Burra meets the Colts at the Racecourse and Koonoona meets the Buffs at Hanson. It is hoped Victoria Park will be available by Easter.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 6

Local Board of Health

The Primary & High School toilets have been condemned and it has been suggested to the Education Dept. that a flush system be installed instead.

The drain in front of Elder, Smith’s & Topsfield’s [butcher] was getting worse and Mr Topsfield will be advised that no more waste water is to be put down it. The drain between Pat Dower’s and the Burra Hotel also needs attention.

Cricket. Mt Bryan 3 for 95 dec. defeated Booborowie 39 & 46.

Burra High School Sports Day of 10 October: results are printed.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 7

Mrs J. Beaglehole was recently farewelled from Mt Bryan by members of the Ladies’ Guild & Red Cross at a social afternoon. Mrs Beaglehole had been Treasurer of the Red Cross for many years.

70, 43, 28 Oct. 1947, page 8

Burra Tennis Assoc. 18 October

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11-100 defeated Spalding 4-69

Kooringa Methodist 12-102 defeated Ironmine 3-68

Aberdeen 8-94 defeated Booborowie 7-78

[Probably ‘B’ Grade, though not so stated]

Hallett 11-104 defeated Spalding 4-63

Ironmine 8-79 defeated Kooringa 7-81

Youth Week School Sports: results printed.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 1

Fire. There is an article recalling the great fire of January 1919 which burnt 30,000 acres of grassland between Booborowie and Burra. It urges land owners etc. not to allow it to be repeated by lack of preparedness or vigilance in a year of prolific growth. In 1919 they were not prepared and there was no fire-fighting organisation. Part of the 1919 report is reprinted.

Fire Control Officers are listed.

Locations of Water Tanks & Fire Pumps are printed.

Locations of Trailer Fire Pumps are listed.

Locations of Hydrants for the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline are printed.

Fancy Dress Ball at Hallett in aid of the Basketball Club at Hallett Institute is reported.

Notice. The partnership of Nelson G. Hann & W.J. Smith is dissolved from 1 November 1947 due to the ill health of Mr Hann. The business has been transferred to W.J. Smith.

Notice. Girl Guides. Miss Wien-Smith, Divisional Commissioner of Girl Guides will be in Burra at the RSL Rooms 12 November at 3 p.m. All girls and women interested in forming a Girls’ Guide Company in Burra are cordially invited to attend.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 November

Dennis Morgan & Irene Manning in The Desert Song

Faye Emerson & Zachary Scott in Danger Signal

15 November

Gregory Peck & Jane Wyman on The Yearling

Plus News & Short Features

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 3

Obituary. Jane Peak, daughter of the late John & Jane Peak and sister of James, died at Adelaide 28 October. [Born 19 March 1870 at Cross Roads, Burra.]

Tennis. Aberdeen Tennis Club will build one new court immediately and a second one when funds become available. At present there are two good courts which are insufficient for tournament play. The club is about £40 short of the funds needed for the fourth court.

Obituary. Martin Joseph Hogan died 1 October at Calvary Hospital [residence Leighton]. He was the second son of the late John Quinn Hogan and Mrs Hogan of Leighton and was born at Tarlee 25 November 1880 and educated by the Sisters of St Joseph’s. On 6 April 1910 he married Catherine Dorothea Dempsey in the Church of Holy Angels, Farrell Flat. He is survived by his widow and Dorothea Mrs Leo Abbott, Brendan, Mrs B. Scholz, Martin, James & Joan and by five grandsons. His sisters are Sister Marcelle of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Birkenhead, England and Mrs McEvoy. Six brothers also survive.

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Statton of Hallett, third daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J.N. George, died 26 October [at Hallett]. She was born at Hallett in 1885 and her father was the first ganger on the railway line when it was extended from Burra to Terowie. She lived at Hallett till her father was transferred to Glenelg in 1904. After marrying Mr. E.S. Statton she returned to Hallett. She was a regular attender at the Methodist Church and took a keen interest in local affairs. She is survived by one son, Jack, and three step children, Bob, Gordon & Edna and by one brother, Bob (Mr R. George of Glenelg) and one sister, Annie (Mrs A.C. Maple of Brighton). [Born Elizabeth George 17 August 1885, married in 1906 as Eliza Jane George (& then aged 25!)]

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide

Hazel May Gallagher, second daughter of Mr & the late Mrs G.W. Gallagher of Burra, married

Robert Alexander McGregor, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr H.C. McGregor of Mil Lel, Mt Gambier.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 5

Food for Britain Ball at Booborowie on Wednesday 29 October was opened by Lady Napier, wife of the Lieutenant Governor and was a successful event in raising about £50.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 6

Assistant Truck Driver for the Eastern Mail Run on 1 & 2 November writes saying the schedule for the run cannot be maintained under the present conditions without abusing the truck and parcels that are poorly packed are apt to be lost or damaged in the attempt.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy and the best results were from F. Kakoschke, R.C. Melrose, W.G. Woodman & D.H. Field.

70, 44, 4 Nov. 1947, page 8

Tennis. 25 October

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 10-93 defeated Spalding 5-73

Kooringa 11-101 defeated Willalo 4-67

Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Mt Bryan 5-71

Ironmine 10-91 defeated Leighton 5-80

‘B’ Grade Spalding 10-97 defeated Booborowie 5-66

Aberdeen 11-102 defeated Mt Bryan 4-60

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. The 10th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy was fired on Saturday with best results from G. Webster, J. Lloyd, D. Field & P.W. Hogan.

Armistice Day was observed at Burra at the Memorial in Market Square on Sunday. Rev. H. Hobbs gave the address. E.C. Collins as President of the RSL laid a wreath and read the Ode. M. Woollacott laid a wreath for the Air Force Assoc. and Cr S.J. Woollacott one for the citizens.

Burra Football Club. Season wind-up social in the Burra RSL rooms last Tuesday evening. Trophies: Most regular attendance at practice: Sid Johnson

Most improved: Bob Collins

Most improved junior: Brian Bell

Fairest & Most Brilliant Player: Ken Kellaway

Girl Guides

In 1937 twenty-three Girl Guides were enrolled in the 1st Burra Girl Guides. Brownies came next and the local association formed a committee headed by Mrs John Barker. The movement went well until lack of leaders forced a closure in 1943. In the war years a Thrift Campaign was run by Mrs Barker and her band of workers. The Guides can be re-formed again in Burra if mothers and daughters give support. Mrs Lott is willing to act as Captain. The Mayoress Mrs Jennison has called a meeting for 12 November at 3 p.m. in the RSL Hall. Divisional Commissioner Miss Wien-Smith & Clare District Captain Miss Roberts will attend.

Sheep Sale. At Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.’s Off-Shears Sale on Friday 5,528 of the 5,679 yarded were sold and one line of 107 11⁄2-year-old ewes sold at a record £5-3-3 a head for flock sheep two months off shears.

4th Security Loan. Burra filled its quota with respect to the sum, but not for the number of subscribers.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 2

Burra Burra DC has appointed Leo Richard Kemp as pound keeper at Booborowie and Thomas Charles Andrew Radford curator of Farrell Flat & Booborowie Cemeteries.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 3

Burra Bowling Club. At Saddleworth on Saturday Burra Gold 115 defeated Saddleworth 66.

At Burra Auburn 94 defeated Burra Green 89.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 4

Burra Town Council, 3 November

Council resolved not to allow Burra North Service Station to use part of the footpath as a driveway to new pumps in Best Place.

Burra Football Club forwarded a cheque of £33-15-0 towards liquidating the Town Hall debt as a result of the recent football carnival.

Extensions to Duldig’s Café and Bakery were approved.

Highways & Local Government Dept. granted £200 additional fund for repairs to Smelts Road with the Council to contribute £100.

A tender of £13-13-0 for seven cedar chairs is to lie on the table.

An estimate of the cost of repair and polishing of the chairs is to be obtained with an estimate of their value afterwards.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 5

Methodist Mid-North District Synod is reported in over 1 column. The synod resolved to ask Conference to remove the ban on dancing in church halls and properties.

Advt. Burra Cold Stores guarantees ice supplies throughout the summer: 2/6 a large block and 1/3 for a half-block.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 7

Cricket. Colts 178 v. Burra 4 for 20 in a game drawn on account of rain on day two.

Mt Bryan 7 for 123 dec. & 1 for 39 defeated Hallett 62 & 92.

70, 45, 11 Nov. 1947, page 8

Tennis. 1 November

‘A’ Grade Spalding 8-98 defeated Kooringa 7-77

Booborowie 12-105 defeated Willalo 3-72

Aberdeen 8-94 defeated Leighton 7-74

Hallett 12-108 defeated Mt Bryan 3-82

‘B’ Grade Hallett 13-105 defeated Mt Bryan 2-53

Spalding 14-109 defeated Kooringa 1-46

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 1

Charlie Noyce reports his trip to the UK. He went to the UK on the Stirling Castle 12 October 1946 and returned on the Stratheden 1 November 1947. On the return ship were the Governor & Lady Norrie, three Indian Princes and a Princess and Gladys Moncrieff. He reports cold weather in the UK and general food shortages. Bread was rationed. The report extends 11⁄2 columns.

Remembrance Sunday was observed at Hallett 9 November. Major Owen-Smyth represented the RSL and Rev. Giles gave the address at Hallett Methodist Church.

The 1947 Census (30 June)

Males Females Total

Burra 740 780 1520

Clare 691 763 1454

Burra Burra District 803 701 1504

Clare District 936 888 1824

Clare & District 3278

Burra & District 3024

Hallett Institute received over £400 from the Hallett Fete and Ugly Man Competition on 1 November.

Burra Rifle Club. The Metropolitan Club visited on Saturday when Metropolitan 1023 defeated Burra 910. As well as having some of the best shots in SA the Metropolitan Team also had several members using heavy barrelled rifles which behave better than lighter barrelled rifles in use locally.

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 November

Loretta Young & Gary Cooper in Along Came Jones

Plus Tarzan and the Amazons

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 3

Advt. Mr L. Page of Clare will open a furniture store in Burra from Friday 21 November.

Burra Furniture Exchange, Commercial St, Burra.

Red Cross Hospital Drive stand at £335.

The Royal Wedding. The Mayor & Mayoress of Burra, Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison will treat the Burra boys and girls to large ice creams and bags of sweets in Market Square on Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m. to celebrate the marriage of Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Mountbatten.

Girl Guides will start again in Burra following a meeting attended by 34 prospective Guides and Brownies last week. Mrs Cliff. Lott will act as leader. Elected were: President, Mrs John Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H.J.B. Jennison & A.B. Riggs; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffrey and Treasurer, Mrs Guy Dollman.

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 5

Tennis. Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club held a general meeting on 11 November when President Rev. H. Hobbs presided. They will apply to use the High School Courts.

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 6

Cricket. Saturday: Buffs 8 for 12 v. Burra 46.

Koonoona 56 v. Colts 9 for 126.

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 7

Tennis, 8 November

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 9-93 defeated Ironmine 3-58

Hallett 1-100 defeated Booborowie 5-81

Spalding 13-104 defeated Leighton 2-56

‘B’ Grade Hallett 13-106 defeated Booborowie 2-75

Aberdeen 11-102 defeated Ironmine 4-69

Bowls at Clare on Saturday: Clare Blue 99 defeated Burra Green 84.

At Burra on Saturday: Burra Gold 89 defeated Saddleworth Blue 73.

70, 46, 18 Nov. 1947, page 8

Methodist Concert & Fete at Booborowie recently should nett about £130. It is reported at length.

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council

A new assessment will be made for the Council area to correct anomalies that have arisen due to the many years since the last assessment. It will be based on rental values.

Burra Rifle Club. The heavy barrels ordered have arrived.

Wool. Mr E. Finch of Pencarrow obtained the high price of 553⁄4d per lb for 5 bales of wool at the 1947-48 Adelaide Wool Sales recently.

The £400Swimming Pool money is not available for the War Memorial Scheme. It was borrowed in 1937 in a scheme in which, when the work was completed, the State Government would pay back one third and the Federal Government one third. For various reasons the matter was delayed and then deferred indefinitely by the war. The Under-Treasurer advises that as the money had already been paid no loan now existed, but another similar loan could be arranged. It was decided to seek legal advice and pay the £400 on hand back into general revenue.

The Springtime Ball on Thursday evening at the Town Hall in aid of the Burra Hospital Drive also celebrated the marriage of HRH Princess Elizabeth & Lieut. Philip Mountbatten.

Bowls. At Burra on Saturday: Burra Gold 107 defeated Auburn 105.

At Clare on Saturday: Burra Green 87 defeated Clare Red 86.

National Eisteddfod. Only nine entries from Burra appeared for the audition, so there will not be a broadcast from Burra. There will instead be a broadcast from Clare tonight.

The Royal Wedding was celebrated by a gathering of about 200 boys and girls in Market Square on Thursday when the Mayor & Mayoress treated them to large ice creams and oranges from the various cool drink shops in Burra.

Music Exam Results for Mr Clem Davey’s students are printed.

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 29 November

Barbara Stanwyck & George Brent in My Reputation

Helen Peters & Lloyd Nolan in Steel Against the Sky

Obituary. Jabez Robert (Tom) Warner died 15 November at his daughter’s residence at St Peter’s aged 80. He was the husband of Johanna and father of Stanley (Hyde Park), Ruby Mrs Cheetham (Gawler) and Decima Mrs Frost (St Peters). [Born 14 November 1867 Beetilow Station North, District of Burra: died 15 November 1947 St Peters, residence Gawler.]

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 3

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 8 November

Bernice Dixon, only daughter of Mr & Mrs J.A. Dixon of Hanson, married

Wilfred Watt, only son of Mr & Mrs L. Watt of Lobethal.

Post Office Staff had a picnic at Gum Creek on Sunday. About 60 people attended.

A Continental at Heathmont on 5 December will benefit the Red Cross Hospital Drive for ‘Maureen O’Hara’, Miss J. Dollman.

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 4

Tennis, 15 November

‘A’ Grade Willalo 9-82 defeated Ironmine 6-77

Spalding 9-93 defeated Mt Bryan 6-81

Booborowie 11-109 defeated Leighton 4-66

‘B’ Grade Spalding 14-111 defeated Mt Bryan 1-52

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 17 November

Applications for a new assessment of the town will be called.

The Under-Treasurer advises that as the loan referred to in correspondence has been paid back a new loan will have to be made.

The Mayor said the £400 could be returned to general revenue and a new loan obtained. He asked if it were a matter to be decided by ratepayers.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee has been working in the expectation of receiving the £400 and Council was duty bound to support their scheme.

Cr T.H. Woollacott had said at the ratepayers’ meeting that the £400 was actually Council money.

Legal ad vice on the need for a ratepayers’ meeting will be sought.

A.B. Aldam sought removal of street trees in Thames Street. Council will inspect.

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 6

Cricket, Saturday

Koonoona 56 & 1135 v. Colts 135 & 3 for 67

Spalding 196 v. Mt Bryan 9 for 317 (R. Jarmyn 101 retired)

Buffs 12 & 55 v. Burra 46 & 119

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 7

Mt Bryan Methodist Rainbow Fair on 8 November was very successful.

70, 47, 25 Nov. 1947, page 8

Hanson Strawberry Fete on 1 3 November was a great success and was followed by a dance.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. At the Saturday shoot the best scorers were F.T. Marston, J. Lloyd, R.C. Melrose & J. Harris.

Burra Racing Club held its AGM when the secretary H.M. Scott reported a small profit for 1947. The October meeting made a profit of £88 even though attendance was poor. Next year’s meetings will be held in April & October.

The Burra High School Council has asked for technical classes to be established, but the Department is opposed to such, though it would support classes for young adults or young people who have completed secondary schooling – on a part time basis if sufficient numbers were interested. As for wool classing, provision is made through the Technical Correspondence School.

George Kakoschke netted a dam on one of I.J. Warnes & Sons’ properties recently and caught 2,600 rabbits in one night. They are bringing about 1/9 a pair for tops.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a successful children’s concert on 3 November to raise funds for the Sunday school and netted over £20.

Rowdyism. A young man was recently fined £10 for rowdyism at the Burra Talkies. The bench has warned that a prison sentence without option of a fine will be imposed if rowdyism is repeated at the venue.

Burra Hospital. T.H. & M.H. Woollacott have won a contract to replace the defective sewage disposal system at the hospital.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have instructions from Mrs S. Burdon & Miss J. Thamm to sell household furniture and effects from the premises adjoining the Blacksmith’s Shop at Burra North on 12 December.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 December

Gail Russell & Alan Ladd in Salty O’Rourke

Plus Salute for Three

Notice. Burra High School. Persons interested in joining night classes in Dressmaking, Woodwork, Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-keeping etc. should contact the Headmaster as soon as possible.

J. Fisher, Hon. Sec. BHS Council.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 3

Booborowie School Welfare Club held its 7th AGM on 19 November. It is reported in a little over 1 column.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 4

Burra CWA. The Annual International Day was held at the Town Hall. The President Miss Rogers presided and Mrs I.J. Warnes, the first President, was welcomed. This year’s country was South Africa and the speaker was Mr J. Rundle from Jamestown. The meeting also celebrated the 21st birthday of the CWA in SA, with Burra being the first branch, followed by Spalding and then the Metropolitan Branch.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 5

Redruth Methodist Strawberry Fete on Saturday was held in the Memorial Hall and is reported in c. 11⁄4 columns.

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 7

Cricket on Saturday. Koonoona 82 v. Burra 4 for 92

Colts 59 v. Buffs 106

70, 48, 2 Dec. 1947, page 8

Tennis, 22 November

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-108 defeated Ironmine 2-52

Booborowie 9-91 defeated Mt Bryan 6-83

Kooringa 13-107 defeated Leighton 2-61

Aberdeen 10-94 defeated Spalding 5-74

‘B’ Grade Hallett 13-110 defeated Ironmine 2-55

Mt Bryan 11-91 defeated Booborowie 4-64

Spalding 9-101 defeated Aberdeen 6-87

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council, 1 December

Aberdeen Tennis Club requested permission to use the courts on Sundays.

It said it was losing members to Mt Bryan because they could not play on Sundays.

Cr T.H. Woollacott opposed it and thought a by-law forbade it. Cr S.J. Woollacott seconded.

Cr Bevan asked if there were such a by-law.

Cr Marston amended that play be allowed on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and said that in 1938 or thereabouts they had allowed cricket to be played on Sundays at Victoria Park. Cr Bevan seconded.

The Mayor objected – he lived nearby and did not want his Sabbath upset through people playing tennis. The Mayor said if granted the request would be the end of the Aberdeen Tennis Courts. When the 40-hour week came in people would have plenty of time for tennis.

Voting for the motion and the amendment was even: Bevan, Marston & Lee supported the amendment and T.H. Woollacott, S.J. Woollacott & E.T. Baulderstone supported the motion which was then carried on the casting vote of the Mayor.

Monster Continental at Mrs S.M. Sandland’s ‘Heathmont’ was an outstanding success. It aided ‘Maureen O’Hara’ (Miss June Dollman) and her drive for Red Cross Hospital Funds.

Pte William Arthur Jarmyn who enlisted from Mt Bryan soon after the outbreak of the war has been awarded the Military Medal. He was one of three brothers who enlisted in the AIF. The MM was given for outstanding bravery in the Greece-Crete Campaign where he held a bridge with the aid of a machine gun for three days. He was captured and placed in an Italian POW camp from which he escaped, but was captured and placed in a German POW camp. He now lives with his mother on Semaphore Road at Exeter.

Obituary. Mr Frank T. Sara died in Adelaide on Monday after a long and trying illness. He was in his mid-fifties. His wife died a few months ago. Until he retired to Adelaide a few years ago he had many years of residence in Burra and was on the committees of many public bodies.

[Frank Tiver Sara born 4 January 1890 Aberdeen: died 8 December 1947 Payneham.]

Obituary. Rob McBride, pastoralist, died in Adelaide on Saturday. A few years ago he sold his local interests and took a property at Willaba on the Darling, but recently he and his family had decided to retire to Adelaide and that was why he was in Adelaide at the time of his death. He was 47. [49]

[Robert James McBride born 6 February 1898 Graham Town, Burra: died 6 December 1947 Adelaide, residence Parkside. See also more at 70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 7.]

Royal Wedding. The Mayor has received a reply from the Governor for the congratulations conveyed to HRH Princess Elizabeth & Lieut. Mountbatten on their wedding.

Mt Bryan CWA International Day of 19 November is reported in 1 column.

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 2

Notice. Willalo District Roll of Honour will be unveiled at Willalo Hall 21 December 1947.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 December

Katherine Hepburn & Robert Taylor in Undercurrent

Louise Platt & Melvyn Douglas in Tell No Tales

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. The 12th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy saw best scores from D.H. Field, E.C. Hopkins, O. Holmes & R.G. Bernhardt.

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 4

Booborowie Ladies’ Club raised £70 for the Food for Britain Appeal. The report of their year’s activities occupies 3⁄4 column.

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 6

Bowls. Swarms of grasshoppers made it uncomfortable on Saturday. They had eaten the green quite bare of grass and interfered with the bowls, being flattened by them and then deflecting them. A previous such attack took place in 1935 or 1936. Burra Gold 101 defeated Burra Green 83.

[The appropriate reference would seem to be 55, 51, 19 Dec. 1934, page 3.]

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, Saturday 6 December

Sylvia Powell, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs George Powell of Farrell Flat, married

Geoffrey Pearce, younger son of Mr & Mrs F.M. Pearce of Burra North.

In the absence of the bride’s parents through ill health she was given away by her uncle Mr A. Przibilla.

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 7

Cricket. Koonoona 82 & 3 for 52 v. Burra 231 (J. Brennan 106 retired.)

Colts 59 & 100 v. Buffs 106 & 63

Tennis, 9 November [sic: presumably an error for 29 November.]

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-110 defeated Willalo 3-57

Spalding 8-102 defeated Ironmine 7-74

Hallett 9-92 defeated Leighton 4-74

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 8-93 defeated Kooringa 7-90

Ironmine & Spalding drew

70, 49, 9 Dec. 1947, page 8

Burra Town Council, 1 December

New assessment to be advertised for tender in Burra, Clare and Kapunda papers only.

Mr M. Bednall advises a meeting of ratepayers is needed for a new loan for Victoria Park.

Resolved a meeting of ratepayers be called: left to the Mayor to arrange.

Mr Aldam is permitted to remove one tree from the street in front of his main door and the overseer is to lop the other at Mr Aldam’s expense.

The mayor said he could not think of a suitable ground for emergency night landing of an aircraft in Burra as requested by the Safety Council. The matter will stand over.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have given a portion of block 13 for tennis courts [on the south side of Victoria Park] and the necessary action will be taken to effect the transfer.

CWA agrees with the signing of the agreement for renting two rooms in the Town Hall.

Aberdeen Tennis Club requested permission to play tennis on Sundays. [See report on page 1.]

Dogs are causing damage to the Market Square garden.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 1

St Joseph’s Annual Break-up Concert was held in the Town Hall on 10 December and is reported in c. 11⁄2 columns.

Hallett War Memorial List of names is printed and any corrections or omissions are called for.

Killed in action: Gaskell, H.E., Miller, F.R. & Tresize, H.E.

Bailey, E. Bald, P. Bald, W.R. Beven, R.L.

Blight, A.D. Blight, E.A. Blight, I.C. Brook, W.R.

Brooks, J.J. Cogan, C.I. Cogan, N. Dare, R.A.

Dare, W.L. Duggan, C. Duggan, S. Dunstan, H.K.

Fenn, F.F. Fitzgerald, R.J. Furst, L.F. Gare, K.W.

Gaskell, P.J. Gaskell, S.M. Hagger, A.K. Hagger, M.J.

Hanlin, A.K. Hooper, J.D. Hopkins, W.F. Hughes, A.J.

Jenkins, D. Johnson, W.E. Jones, A.R. Jones, C.L.

Jones, G.M. Jones, K.B. Jones R.T. Jones, W.L.

Kellock, R.J. Kelly, R.C. Klaebe, L.J. Lewis, W.A.

Lomman, G. Longford, C.C. Longford, C.K. Longford, M.J.

McDonald, R.K. McInnes, A.A. McInnes, D.K. McRae, F.A.

Meers, J.M. Meers, J.V. Miller, W.G. O’Leary, J.M.

Owen-Smyth, A.G. Parry, A.G. Peters, L.W. Phin, B.M.

Phin, W.D. Pohlner, C. Pohlner, T.J. Prior, S.

Scholz, F.H. Simpson, V.H. Slatter, R. Statton, J.A.

Stuart, O.S. Watkins, F.A. Watkins, T.K. Watkins, W.J.

Women’s Services

Melrose, J. Warner, O.

Burra Rifle Club. Visit to Clare on Saturday: Burra 407 defeated Clare 339.

Fire. A couple of weeks ago there was a small outbreak at Willalo and on Thursday last week a grass fire occurred near the railway line at Hallett Station which was also soon extinguished.

Grasshoppers. The plague is abating. There are reports of fowls eating them alive and the hoppers then struggling in the gullet and the saw-like back legs cutting the jugular vein so that the fowls bleed to death. The eastern and northern outskirts of the town were worst hit.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 2

Notice. Hurtle M. Scott Public Accountant of Commercial Street on medical advice will reluctantly be absent from his office till 2 February 1948.

Advt. Annual Catholic New Year Ball at the Tarlee Institute Thursday 1 January 1948 with the Catherine Orchestra of Burra – Four Players.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 December

Gary Cooper & Larraine Day in The Story of Dr Wassell

Plus Short Features

Bowls. At Burra on Saturday: Clare Blue 82 defeated Burra Gold 78

At Clare on Saturday: Burra Green 109 defeated Clare White 94

Infantile Paralysis (Polio). Due to an outbreak in Adelaide the Education Department has instructed that there be no indoor break-up ceremonies and those planned by the Burra Primary School and Burra High School have therefore been cancelled. Some outdoor function may be held.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 3

Miss M. Jeffery, daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffrey of Burra, has been recommended for the Bagot Scholarship for gaining first place in Botany I at Adelaide University. This provides exemption from fees in the Botany Department of up to £20. Last year she was Dux of Methodist Ladies’ College and won the Gillingham Scholarship for highest Leaving Honours marks. She will join a party researching algae around Kangaroo Island.

Cricket on Saturday: Buffs 40 v. Koonoona 36

Colts 66 v. Burra 106

Burra Red Cross Hospital Drive now stands at £517-18-2.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 4

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 15 November

Sylvia Lively, daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Lively of Olary, married

Anthony Ryan, son of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra North.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 6

St Joseph’s School Annual Report

Enrolment on opening on 11 February was 39. Much sickness reduced attendance in second term. Father Kevin Dower visited on 22 April. He was educated at St Joseph’s and in April Sister Lucy Dower made her Final Profession as a Carmelite Nun at the Convent Glen Osmond.

The Diocesan Inspector Rev. Dr Walsh visited on 17 & 18 June. On 20 September Dr Walsh the Diocesan Director of Catholic Education and Rev. Father Casey and the Mayor & Mayoress attended the 2nd Annual Sports Day on the school grounds. The annual inspection by Mr McDonald on 23 October was very satisfactory. Progress certificates were awarded to John Samuel, Mary Priest & Joan Fisher.

Music results are printed.

Advt. The Northern Café, Commercial Street: Crayfish fresh three times weekly.

H.R. Aberg (Proprietor).

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 7

The Season at Booborowie. There was an exceptionally wet winter. Now dust and grass seeds are stirred by the lightest of breezes. Ants, flies and mosquitoes are prevalent. Rust and haydie are fairly prevalent, but overall the yields should be fairly satisfactory. Fat stock and plenty of feed is a compensation. Oat and barley yields are up on expectations. Summer lucerne will benefit from the wet winter, but fire is a real threat this year.

Obituary. Mr Rob McBride who died suddenly last week was a son of the late Mr & Mrs W.J. McBride of Burra. He was born in this district about 47 years ago and lived here most of his life, owning the property belonging now to Mrs R. Ashton. Some years ago the family moved to NSW to farm sheep on the Darling and were arranging to retire to Adelaide when Mr McBride died. 28 years ago he married and his daughter (Mrs Don Harvey of Tordown Station NSW) and son John of Adelaide survive. [Robert James McBride born 6 February 1898 Graham Town, Burra: died 6 December 1947 Adelaide, residence Parkside.]

St Joseph’s Parents & Friends’ Assoc. gave a sumptuous break-up party to the students on Thursday 11 December followed by outdoor games.

Fire. On Monday fire destroyed c. 100 acres of grass on the property of R. Hawker Ltd, Booborowie. A light east wind hindered fire fighters and it took 3⁄4 hour to control. The cause is unknown, but may have been a spark from a tractor.

70, 50, 16 Dec. 1947, page 8

Tennis, 6 December

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 9-94 defeated Booborowie 6-84

Mt Bryan 8-91 defeated Ironmine 7-77

Spalding 11-97 defeated Willalo 4-59

Hallett 9-89 defeated Aberdeen 6-86

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 10-100 defeated Hallett 5-88

Mt Bryan 13-110 defeated Ironmine 2-64

Kooringa defeated Booborowie by 8 [Sets?]

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 1

Burra Town Council has called for a report from its Health Officer on the living conditions at Paxton Square. Council said it did not want to put people out on the street, but did want better living conditions.

Cr Marston said the presence of Infantile Paralysis in the state was cause for caution. Authorities said it bred in dust and filth. Paxton Square was a semi-slum and not under the most hygienic of conditions. If an epidemic broke out there it would spread like wildfire. People deserved better than flag floors and bad lavatory accommodation. Rents might have to be raised to cover renovation, but most people received either good wages or pensions and could afford slightly increased rents.

Cr S.J. Woollacott said there were sub-standard people as well as sub-standard housing and normal people kept dwellings clean, no matter what sort of dwelling it was. Dirty people made a clean house filthy in no time. Paxton Square had spotless homes and some filthy ones. The housing problem made the question an awkward one for Council.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said there were houses in Burra worse than those in Paxton Square. Before any house could be pulled down Government permission was required.

Cr Baulderstone agreed and said those in really bad condition were caused by the occupants. Other parts of the town would reveal similar conditions.

The Mayor said he estimated there were 75 sub-standard houses in Burra, but the Housing Trust put the number higher, judging just on external appearances.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said worse existed within 200 yards of the GPO [in Adelaide]. He said in Paxton Square many privies had no covers for the seats, flaos [sic: presumably for ‘flues’] at the back, or lime handy for use.

Cr Marston didn’t want it condemned, just renovated and a decent sanitary system installed.

A second motion was carried extending the Health Officer’s report to all houses unfit for human habitation in Burra.

Burra Hospital Drive benefited b y about £14 from a dance at Farrell Flat last Wednesday evening.

Buffalo Lodge Christmas Tree saw Christmas presents go to nearly 200 children. Restrictions on indoor gatherings saw it transferred from the Town Hall to Market Square and a crowd of Fully 500 gathered. [The report extends for 1 column.]

Burra Hospital Ball will be held in the Town Hall on New Year’s Eve.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 December

Deanna Durbin & Charles Laughton in Because of Him

Plus The Lady Objects

27 December

Ginger Rogers & Lana Turner in Weekend at the Waldorf

Plus Short Features

29 December

Pat O’Brien & Ruth Warwick in Perilous Holiday

Plus Tar & Spars and The Royal Wedding

1 January

Joan Bennett & George Raft in Nob Hill

Plus Within These Walls

3 January

James Mason & Wilfred Lawson in The Night Has Eyes

Plus Sun Bonnet Sue

10 January

William Elliott & Vera Ralston in The Plainsman and the Lady

Plus Joe Palooka, Champ

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 3

Salvation Army. Captain & Mrs R. McDonald have been advised of their transfer to North Adelaide. They will be succeeded by Adjutant & Mrs H. Chapman who have been at Victor Harbor for two years.

Burra Town Council, 15 December

The Mayor H.J.B. Jennison entertained the Councillors, Town Clerk & Overseer at supper at the Northern Café after the Council meeting. He wished them the compliments of the season and pointed out that in February 1948 the overseer Mr H. Wilson would complete 33 years of service. He had in that time attended 1,107 funerals as curator of Burra Cemetery.

Redruth Methodist Church held Special Christmas Services on Sunday. The evening service was a choral and carol singing service and Rev. Pitman preached on the Christmas message. The choir was combined from the Redruth, Ironmine, Mt Bryan and Hanson Choirs.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 4

Mt Bryan East was swept by grasshoppers in the last few weeks. Lucerne paddocks were stripped in about three days – about 700 acres of lucerne are in the area and they were just a mass of moving insects. Home gar dens were also stripped. Late wheat crops suffered. They did not lay out there and hopefully they have saved that for areas near the city which might jolt the authorities into action. There is also a minor rabbit plague.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 5

Burra Town Council, 15 December

The Buffalo Lodge was granted permission to use Market Square for its Christmas Tree.

Ivan Hirschausen was granted permission to build a bathroom in stone and iron.

T.H. & M.H. Woollacott were granted permission to build the High School teacher’s residence at Burra North.

CWA agreement was finally signed.

Christmas greetings were exchanged.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 6

Burra Primary School opened in 1947 with 191 on the roll. The staff comprised Miss Pearce, Mrs White and Messrs Morrison, Corry & Kirby. In May Mr Kirby went to Underdale and Mr Hayward came as Headmaster in his place. The top students are listed.

Burra Rifle Club held its Christmas Shoot over double 300 yards on Saturday. Best shots were E.C. Hopkins, J. Lloyd, R.G. Bernhardt & J. Harris.

Bowls. At Clare on Saturday: Burra Gold 115 defeated Clare White 84.

At Burra on Saturday: Burra Green 106 defeated Saddleworth Gold 79.

Rev. & Mrs M.P .Cowle were given a farewell social on Sunday after the service. Rev. Cowle has been transferred to Port Melbourne. Speakers included W.E.D. Young, Clem Davey (Organist), Mr G.S. Hawker MP & Mrs S. Sandland.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 7

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its annual Christmas Tree & Party last Saturday outside in the foreground of the Sunday school. Father Christmas attended and a party followed which included sumptuous cakes and raspberry [cordial] and ice cream.

70, 51, 23 Dec. 1947, page 8

Burra High School Speech Night was replaced by an outdoor assembly on Thursday afternoon. Speeches were delivered by Mr Riggs and Mrs Jennison and Mr Riggs presented prizes and Intermediate certificates. Mrs Jennison presented Sports Certificates and Cups. Mr H.O. Pederick, head teacher, thanked the speakers.

Mr Pederick regretted that few parents wanted their children to be educated beyond Intermediate and many not beyond 14. Though many jobs are available to those leaving early, few of them offer much advancement in the future. He spoke of his efforts to start technical classes at night. The year opened with an enrolment of 81 (a record) with many coming by bus from Willalo, Hallett and Mt Bryan and he hoped in time for a better bus. In 1946 of the eight who sat for Intermediate four got certificates and two students gained Leaving Certificates. Sports were not neglected this year. The Annual Sports Day was held early this year, in May. Cup winners were:

Senior Boys’ Cup Donald Allen

Senior Girls’ Cup Meryl Nelson

Junior Boys’ Cup John Heinrich

Junior Girls’ Cup Joan Nelson

He thanked the High School Council and the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. for their help and support and the Town Council for use of the Oval and the Town Library for Library Memberships.

This year the school loses the services of Mr Morley who goes to the Navy as an Instructor and Mr Thorne goes to Peterborough as a permanent employee and Mr Nerlich transfers to Teachers’ College.

Dux of the School Arthur S. Anderson

Dux of Intermediate Carliene Davies

Dux of 2nd Year Rex Anderson

Dux of 1st Year Eric Clode

[A list of other prize winners is printed.]

1946 Intermediate Certificates went to Arthur Anderson, John Bourman, Rex Haese & George Williams.

1946 Leaving Certificates went to Fayth Hawson-Clarke and Ross Webster.

Characteristics of the 1947 paper.

The year began with a broadsheet of four pages by seven columns.

Page 1

Largely news with a couple of large advertisements.

Page 2

Small advertisements, public notices, entertainment and stock sales with a few larger advertisements. News sometimes makes a small appearance.

Page 3

Some news and large advertisements.

Page 4

About half news and half advertisements: mainly fairly large.

Supplements were common similarly arranged to page 4.

On 4 February the format was changed to an 8-paged tabloid.

Page 1

Mainly news with one or two large advertisements.

Page 2

Sales notices, small advertisements, public notices and these sometimes extend to page 3. Little if any news.

Page 3

Large advertisements with some news and this format continues on pages 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8.

With five columns the paper rarely had more than two columns of news and carried many advertisements that were two columns wide.

Overall news coverage was good, but extended further afield, extending the district especially to the northwest and north. Hallett received more attention than earlier.

Editorial comment was very limited.

Numbering of issues in 1947

The year began with a broadsheet paper of four pages:

Starting with Volume 70 Number 1, 7 January, and running through to

Volume 70, Number 4 on 28 January.

The paper then changed to an eight-paged tabloid format, with

Volume 70, Number 5, 4 February.

The series then ran through to

Volume 70, Number 51, 23 December.

There were thee anomalies to note:

Number 19-24 had been used before in 1946 and so they appear as Number 19 (2) etc.

Number 10 was used twice; for 11 and 18 March.

Number 12 was not used in this sequence.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 1

Advertisements

Friebe’s Burra Hotel

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 2

Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Agricultural Supplies

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers & Agricultural Supplies

H.J.B. Jennison Jennison’s Tyre Service

Burra Talkies

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 3

Advertisements

Matthews Emporium Drapers and Furnishers

Nelva Phelan Burra’s Modern Ladies’ Hairdresser

C. Leslie Phillips Dental surgeon

Allen J. Gluyas Optician 55 King William St Adelaide & Pearce’s Buildings, Burra

Rex. Martin T.W. Wilkinson & Co. Chemist

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 4

Advertisements

Burra Furniture Exchange, Commercial Street

E.T. Baulderstone Baulderstone’s Fruit Palace – Fresh Fruit & Vegetables – Orders delivered

H.C. Davies Davies’ Motor Co.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 5

Advertisements

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Agent for Southern Cross Products [Farm products – milking machines.]

Duldig’s Café and Bakery [Due to the difficulty in obtaining paper for bread wrapping it is necessary to ask customers of bread to supply their own wrapping material from 2 February.]

Commercial Hotel

Charles Radford Burra Monumental Works

Burra Cold Stores, Ice, Hams, Crayfish, Rabbits. Agents for W. Angliss & Co. Pty Ltd. E.J. Lehmann delivers ice to your home three days a week.

C.N. Bushell Mid North Car and Tractor Service

R.A. West Local agent for Reo Trucks and Utilities, agent for Breville Wireless and Electrical Appliances. Used cars and utilities.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 6

Advertisements

Alex Bevan Quality Grocer – Shearing & Station Orders catered for.

Sara & Co. General Merchants. Burra’s leading household & farm suppliers

A.B. Aldam General Motors Dealer, Burra.

H.J. Topsfield Burra Meat Stores

J.C. Goodridge Radio & Electrical Services, Commercial Street

W. Carpenter & Son Painters & House Repairers, Ironmonger & General Hardware

Mons McMahon Opticians at Coverdale’s Pharmacy

Laubman & Pank Opticians at Pearce’s Buildings

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 7

Advertisements

Bence’s Ltd Draper’s, Clothiers, Millinery.

Kerr’s Serv-Wel Store [Grocers]

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

H.R. Aberg Northern Café, Commercial Street

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

Pyke’s Burra Bakery

C. Moore Agent for Jones Bros. Rabbit Chiller next to Kooringa Hotel

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 8

Advertisements

Guy H. Dollman Burra Motor Co. Agents for Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth and De Soto cars and trucks, Twin City and Oliver Cletrac Tractors.

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Paints, Varnishes, Upholstering & Undertakers

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 1

Fire. A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon near Cavandale (the estate of the late Mr J.P. Malcolm) between Clare and Farrell Flat. About £8,000 damage was done to bagged wheat, crops, fences, stock and grassland. Eventually the fire was stopped by Salt Creek entering Porter’s Lagoon near C.W. Neill’s property. The fire travelled extremely fast and firefighters attempting to burn breaks were almost caught in the blaze. Luckily the fire was stopped before it entered the Koonoona property or it would have run for many more miles. Koonoona is given over to grassland and there are neither firebreaks nor well used roads to act as breaks. It is thought the fire started from a backfiring truck. Although no human lives were lost, Mrs C.W. Neill had to carry her 18 month old twin sons to a fallow paddock and take refuge in a car when the fire burnt to within fifty yards of her home. Mrs Clive Atkins took similar action with her baby son. The smoke could be seen for 25 miles and smoke clouds rolled into Burra township sometime after the fire was out.

Losses included:

Leo Abbott – much grass and fencing.

G.L. Klemm – 100 tons of hay, a shed, a chaff cutter and a number of pigs.

Clive Neill – 100 acres of standing crop, 100 bags of wheat, much fencing and several sheep.

H.C. Atkins – 70 acres of standing crop and 550 bags of wheat.

J.M. O’Connor – oats, wheat and standing crop and fencing.

Leo Abbott & Miss Abbott – some 6-7 miles of fencing, a few sheep, feed and stubble.

Several other farmers suffered minor losses.

Burra Rifle Club had its first shoot for 1948 on Saturday over 500 and 600 yards.

R.G. Bernhardt won both the handicap and off the rifle sections in difficult conditions.

Obituary. Frank T. Sara has died aged 57. Nearly 40 years ago he left the firm of G. & R. Wills & Co. in Perth to join his parents in their Aberdeen business, formerly Messrs Tiver & Sons. Through the years he has seen many changes and been instrumental in the growth of the business known as Sara & Co. of Burra North and Burra. He also took a keen interest in the church and in public affairs. He was an organist of the Burra-Redruth Church for about 17 years and also a trustee. He was organist at the Kooringa Masonic Lodge and has also been a Past Master. He was an active member of the Burra Institute Committee and a keen bowler with the Burra Bowling Club. He married Miss Annie Hazel Bartholomaeus and their growing family lived for many years at Burra North. About four years ago the family moved to Payneham, though Mr Sara made weekly trips to Burra for business and spent the weekends with his family at Payneham and in contacting Adelaide firms in connection with the business. Mrs Sara died last June. The surviving members of the family are: Elizabeth (Mrs T. McRae-Wood of Blackwood), Claire (Mrs Robert Campbell of Burra North), Miss P. Ruth Sara and Miss Cynthia R. Sara (of Payneham) and David S. Sara, now associated with Messrs Thomas Pascoe and Robert Campbell in the firm of Sara & Co. [Frank Tiver Sara, born 4 January 1890 at Aberdeen: died 8 December 1947 at Payneham.]

Burra Red Cross Hospital Drive has realised £1,200. It concluded with a tremendously successful New Year’s Eve Ball where 480 tickets were sold at the door. The Film Star Competition raised £1,107-16-5.

Betty Kellock £254-1-9 (Daphne Campbell)

Avis Bruce £214-11-8 (Deanna Durbin)

Aileen Young £153-4-10 (Judy Garland)

Aileen Scroop £113-0-1 (Veronica Lake)

June Hammer £105-3-0 (Sonja Hene)

Joan Fairchild £104-19-6 (Dorothy Lamour)

June Dollman £92-9-6 (Maureen O’Hara)

Audrey Bown £70-6-1 (Lana Turner)

As midnight approached the hall was filled with merrymakers when ‘Father Time’ appeared singing his farewell (Prisoner’s Song) and was dismissed at the 12 o’clock chimes, to be replaced by the 1948 Babe, complete with ‘Bottle’ and all joined in singing Auld Lang Syne. The 1948 Babe rolled in a gaily decorated barrel filled with all manner of squeakers and all joined in singing Roll Out the Barrel.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 January

Robert Newton & Celia Johnson in This Happy Breed

Patricia Roc & Eric Portman in Millions Like Us

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 3

The Salvation Army. The annual Field Change of the Salvation Army brings Adj. & Mrs H. Chapman of Victor Harbor to take charge of Army work in Burra. They will be accompanied by their three children. A welcome to Burra has been arranged for next Thursday night. Captain & Mrs R. McDonald thank the people of Burra for their co-operation and assistance during their stay.

The Infantile Paralysis Epidemic (Polio)

A seventeen-year-old girl from Porter’s Lagoon has been admitted to Northfield Hospital as the first case to occur in this district during the current epidemic.

Cricket. The fire on Saturday saw the two matches being played closed, but a decision has been given on the first innings, with Burra and Koonoona having a win.

Burra made 5 for 213 and the Buffs 103.

Koonoona made 123 and The Colts 48.

On Saturday the Burra team made a presentation to Mr J. Brennan, who will shortly be leaving the Association to take up duties at the Mt Gambier Post Office.

Congratulations go to Mr Ron Pascoe, Captain of the Colts team, who will leave shortly as a member of the SA Railways team to play in a carnival in Tasmania against combined Railway Teams from all the states.

The New Year’s Eve Ball at Booborowie had a record attendance and the night was ideal for dancing, with many attending from the surrounding districts.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 5

Hallett New Year’s Eve Ball was attended by about 400 people.

During the evening the MC Mr D.C. Siegert explained that as a result of a very successful Institute Fete in November over £400 had been raised, which cleared the hall of debt.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 7

Bowls, last Saturday

At Burra, Saddleworth 99 defeated Burra 79.

At Clare, Burra Gold 108 defeated Clare Red 82.

71, 1, 13 January 1948, page 8

The Editor comments on a letter received on the subject of Paxton Square. The Town Council has decided to have the area examined by the Health Officer. The writer of the letter is quite wrong in assuming that the Council wishes to turn out into the unfriendly environment the sixty souls who live there – only a dozen of whom are men. The people there seem oblivious to the fact that the Council is seeking to obtain for them good drainage, decent floors and lavatories and such things that make for comfortable and healthy living conditions.

‘A Denizen of the so-Called Semi-Slum Square’ writes suggesting the aim of the Council is to turn out the inhabitants who ‘are grateful for a home, however cramped, in these days when many families are homeless.’

The writer says the occupants cannot be blamed for the archaic drainage, which is just a wearisome progression of a bucket to the paddock. ‘We ask your sympathy and help instead of being worried and heckled.’

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 1

Paxton Square

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes re the letter from ‘Denizen of the So-Called Demi-Slum’

The writer considers that the letter writer expressed a real fear quite eloquently and even suggested a possible solution in the investment by someone with money in better housing for the poor.

The letter should not, in the writer’s opinion, have been prefaced by a defence of the Council by the editor – let the Council stick up for itself. It is absurd to say the writer’s outlook was entirely wrong. The conditions have been known for many years and nothing ‘short of atomic power would change the situation.’

If only more of the Denizens would come out into the open and express themselves, maybe the Central Board of health would move in the matter.

But where are the young men and women who know of these conditions and who could help to assist the defenceless people of the township to secure their rights and privileges?

[The editor then says the topic was the subject of an editorial some time ago and as such he retains the right to comment on letters for or against it. He also says he ‘did not stoop to hiding behind the cloak of a nom-de-plume.]

‘Evacuee’ writes on the same subject. Denizen objects to the Burra Council’s efforts to get decent living conditions for the inhabitants of Paxton Square and says the women and children of the Square are not to blame for the archaic form of drainage there – but she seems quite prepared to put up with it and seems to object to the Council’s attempt to put their finger in the pie to give her better drainage and more comfortable living conditions. The Council wants to get the owners to provide the inhabitants with more comfortable homes.

‘Any Squarite objecting to that move is just plain stupid, or is it that the particular denizen who wrote the letter has an axe to grind and would rather much around in a pig trough than to do a bit of extra work in keeping a home clean.’

Accident/Obituary

Kenneth Johnson, seven year old son of Mr & Mrs Sid Johnson of Burra North died in a tragic accident on Friday. He climbed onto the roof of the residence in search of a tennis ball. While there his leg touched one of the lead-in wires of the electric supply. He then evidently grasped the second wire and called out. His brother Adrian tried to release him, but suffered a severe shock himself. He then ran several hundred yards to the power house and got them to shut off the power. It is said Adrian’s rubber soled shoes saved him from serious injury. Dr Steele tried for an hour to revive the stricken lad, but without success. PC E. Weich prepared a report for the coroner, T.H. Woollacott who deemed an inquest unnecessary. About ten years ago a son of Mr & Mrs W.R. Lee, formerly of Burra, met with a similar accident about ten years ago. [Kenneth Sydney Johnson died 16 January 1948, Burra, aged 7.]

Obituary. The late Mrs R.J. Gillett of Hanson was the eldest daughter (Violet Alma) of Mr & Mrs E.B. I’Anson of Farrell Flat. She was born at Terowie 23 January 1910. She moved with her family to Farrell Flat in 1911 and lived there until her marriage to Raymond John Gillett in October 1936. She attended Black Springs School and later Methodist Ladies’ College. She was a member of the Church of England and also a teacher at Glendore Methodist and Hanson Methodist Sunday Schools. Her unselfish devotion and service to her family and friends endeared her to many. She was aged 37 and is survived by her husband and three young sons: Geoffrey, Robert and Neill. [Born Violet Alma I’Anson, 23 January 1910 at Terowie: died 26 November 1947, Burra, residence Hanson.]

Obituary. Mr A.L. Walker, a well-known Burra resident, died suddenly at his home in Kingston Street on Friday afternoon. Although he had not been well for some time, his death was unexpected. He was born in Burra 70 years ago and was a son of the late Mr & Mrs J.T. Walker. In 1907 he went into partnership with his late brother Osbert, and acquired the business trading as Walker & Sons. He was in charge of the drapery section. He was active in town affairs, serving on a number of committees over the years. For some 20 years he was secretary of either the Burr Primary School Committee or the Burra High School Council. For a long time he was also Secretary of the Burra Seaside Picnic Committee. He was a keen worker during the Burra Centenary in 1945 and supplied much of the information in the souvenir booklet of that event.

[Alfred Leslie Walker, born 4 July 1877 at Kooringa: died 16 January 1948, Burra.]

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 January

Evelyn Keyes & Willard Parker in Renegades

Warren William in Passport to Suez

26 January

Frank Sinatra & Kathryn Grayson in Anchors Aweigh

Plus short features.

Birth. To Alex & Shirley Herewane at Burra Hospital on 12 December 1947, a son, Roy Thomas Charles.

Bowls, Saturday at Burra

Burra Gold 120 defeated Saddleworth 71

At Auburn

Burra Green 886 defeated Auburn 83.

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 3

Advt. Full page advertisement for Matthews Emporium Summer Sale.

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 6

Letter. J. Leo Hawke writes as President of the Burra & District War Memorial Committee, to explain the apparent inactivity of that committee.

Firstly their appeal for public subscriptions seems to have been upstaged by the Red Cross Movie Star Competition. Now that event is over, their appeal may again come to the fore.

Secondly the £400 voted to the project by the Town Council has not come to hand. Apparently the Federal

Treasurer has ruled that no re-imbursement can be made if that money is expended, but he has granted the Corporation the right to raise a loan for that amount, which, if spent on the Victoria Park War Memorial project, will be duly reimbursed: one third by the Federal Treasury and one third by the State Treasury, leaving the Town Council to pay the remaining one third.

Mr Hawke can see no reason why, subject to approval by the Federal Treasurer, the Council could not raise a loan of £1,200 and get a £400 reimbursement from each of the Treasuries, leaving the Council to find £400, which they already hold in bonds and which was voted to the War Memorial Committee last July.

If this were to be done the Council would expend £400 instead of the £133-6-8, but would gain an asset valued at between £3,000 and £3,500.

To answer some critics, he explains why the development could not take place at the racecourse.

Legal advice was that unless the syndicate could transfer ownership to the Town Council or the War Memorial Committee the site would not qualify as a War Memorial project.

The syndicate believed that to transfer the site would be a breach of trust.

At a regular meeting of ratepayers on 14 July 1947 it was decided to erect a War Memorial at Victoria Park.

What are the plans for Victoria Park?

The oval itself is to be regraded to reduce the fall from east to west to 8 feet instead of the present 14 feet.

The oval will be planted with suitable grasses.

A saucer cycle track will be put down and a new fence erected immediately round the cycle track.

New entrance gates will be provided at the southwest and northwest corners and a roadway built inside the area leading from one gate to the other and to partly circumnavigate the oval.

Existing dead or useless trees will be removed and a new tree planting scheme implemented – to include a row or avenue of trees, one of which will be dedicated to each of the men who fell in the last war.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd have generously donated land adjacent to the Drill Hall on which it is proposed to erect six hardcourt tennis courts, a clubhouse, a children’s playground and a shrubbery.

The total costs have not yet been ascertained, but the committee is confident that they will not exceed £3,000.

The Commissioner of Taxation has advised that donations of £1 or more will qualify for a deduction from income tax.

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 7

Cricket.

At the Racecourse on 17 January, Buffs 9 for 223 declared versus Colts 1 for 34

Burra 101 versus Koonoona 4 for 60.

Both matches will continue next Saturday.

Milk Price.

Recently local milk vendors raised the milk price to 5d a pint. After representations to the Council by certain citizens the Council sought a ruling from the Deputy Commissioner of Price Control, who has ruled that the price for milk in Burra will be 4d a pint.

71, 2, 20 January 1948, page 8

Burra Hospital

Trainee Nurses H.C. McNeil and I.J. Bruce have transferred to the RAH to complete their training.

The hospital now urgently requires six trainee nurses and the shortage of staff is making the operation of the hospital increasingly difficult.

Kooringa Methodist Circuit.

Rev. H. Hobbs has advised the Quarterly Circuit Meeting that on health advice he will not be able to remain as minister for the fourth year. The meeting decided to apply to conference for a married probationer to succeed Rev. Hobbs.

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 1

Burra Town Council. At the last meeting the question of petrol rationing came up. Cr T.H. Woollacott considered country people were at a greater disadvantage than city folk, who could use trams and trains at almost any time of the day. It was resolved that two delegates be sent to raise the issue with Mr P.A. McBride MHR. Cr Bevan said he received only 14 gallons per month to deliver goods to the whole town. Cr Baulderstone said that with a truck he could bring much higher quality fruit and vegetables to the town than could be delivered by train, but he had only enough petrol for a fortnightly trip to the market.

At present it is illegal to sound the fire siren for any fire occurring outside the town area. After discussion it was resolved to seek permission to sound the siren if help was required to fight a fire within the district.

A letter was received recently in which G.R. King asked on behalf of a religious body called ‘The Watch Tower Society’ for the hire of the Town Hall for a lecture titled God’s Kingdom on This Earth. Several Councillors spoke against granting permission and Cr Lee said he knew of disturbances that had been caused through this body and it had been banned from the city and suburbs. It was decided not to grant the hire requested.

The Council will seek legal advice on the duty of the Electric Co. concerning whether the company’s agreement with the Council obliged it to have all wires covered 12 feet from the insulators on premises. This follows the recent death through electrocution of a young boy in Burra.

Royal Adelaide Show Society & SAJC Officials examined the Burra Racecourse and Showgrounds to see whether the Show Society & Burra Racing Club could both use the Syndicate’s grounds at Burra North without interfering with each other. A number of committeemen from the three bodies concerned attended. Mr Rowell, Stipendiary Steward of the SAJC and Mr Thurston, Curator of Morphettville Racecourse made suggestions that would improve the racetrack with little effort. There was no definitive recommendation, though it seemed to be a general opinion that a move to the Syndicate’s ground could be advantageously carried out.

Mr Finniss, Secretary of the Royal Adelaide Show said the present showground could continue to be used, but it would never be possible to hold trotting races on the present ring. The ring was not in good shape and the jumps were incorrectly placed. He also said the practice of parking on the hillside was dangerous, though this could be rectified by terracing the slope.

Fire. A small grass fire broke out in the small paddock opposite the Telephone Department’s building at Burra North, adjacent to the railway line, on Thursday morning. The midday train had passed just before the blaze was noticed.

Fire. On Thursday a fire broke out around Canowie, but was soon brought under control.

Paxton Square Letters

Mrs G. Towler writes that as Denizen of the Square she had written a second letter that had not been published, in which she explained that her sole concern had been the fear of being turned out of a house with children. She was sorry if she had misjudged the Council. She did not say the inhabitants would object to their houses being examined and in the second letter made it clear they would be glad of any amelioration to their conditions. They are patient because they know many lived in even worse conditions than theirs. She finds the letter from ‘Evacuee’ abusive and his gross innuendoes unworthy of refutation. ‘The Man Who Sees’ displays a larger souled person with sympathy who would never descend to such coarse expressions as ‘muck around in a pig trough’.

The second letter of ‘Denizen of the Square’ is then printed, which bears out what has been said above and says that a major concern is the hordes of mosquitoes that breed in the stagnant ooze of the creek.

The Editor adds that this was received too late for inclusion in the previous issue.

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 January

Patricia Roc & Tom Walls in Johnny Frenchman

Roy Rogers in My Pal Trigger

Plus Special Feature Princess Elizabeth’s Wedding

World War I & II Honour Roll for Booborowie

A meeting on 17 January discussed the proposal for an Honour Roll for war service personnel. A committee was formed and George Harris was elected Chairman, with L. Gill as Secretary. Several designs were examined and a final selection was made. The roll will take the names of war service personnel for WWI and WWII. Funds will be raised by canvassing the district, for which purpose it has been divided into four zones and collectors appointed.

Rabbits are so prolific along the Northern railway line that immigrant workers sent to work there abandoned their jobs when they found local rabbiters were earning some seven times their wages. Local pastoralists have experienced similar trouble in obtaining labour. One local pastoralist has overcome the problem by supplying his employees with all the netting they want and letting them hunt from Saturday morning to Monday morning. Burra Town Council is finding it difficult to get labourers as so many have gone rabbiting. Thousands of rabbits are passing through the local freezing works and chillers every week, but still their numbers seem to be increasing. Most dams over many square miles have been netted and rabbits are getting used to netting and are learning to avoid it.

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Collins Trophy on Saturday over 600 and 700 yards.

Top scores with handicap were J.E. Harris followed by P.W. Hogan and R. J. Kellock. Best off the rifle were P.W. Hogan, R.J. Kellock and D.H. Field.

Cricket.

K. Kellaway and W. Whiteford crashed into each other going for a catch on Saturday. Whiteford sustained a broken jaw and Kellaway received a gash in the arm that required two stitches.

Train Timetables. The Town Council is critical of the SAR for not running a Wednesday morning train to Burra, due to a lack of manpower according the Railways Department. Nevertheless, two trains arrive within minutes of each other on Monday and Wednesday nights and according to Cr Baulderstone one is always practically empty. Apparently the idea of the two trains is to speed up the Broken Hill Express. The second train was a railcar, for which liquid fuel was used.

The Baby Health Train is now splendidly equipped and does great work in many areas, but it passes through Burra to spend an allotted period at Mt Bryan. The Local Board of Health is endeavouring to get it to stop here to relieve overworked Burra hospital staff to some extent.

Mr Jim Brennan of the Burra Post Office staff has been transferred to Mt Gambier where Mr Brennan has been promoted to Senior Postal Clerk. The family was given a farewell on Thursday evening at the residence of the postmaster, Mr Stewart.

Obituary. Mr Sydney Dayn [sic] Davis, a well-known north east identity died at Terowie Hospital on 13 January after a short illness. He had been born at Mintaro 59 years ago and was a son of the late Sydney Dayn Davis, formerly of Mintaro and later of Wadnaminga Gold Fields and of Mannahill. He was educated at Lefevre School, after which he went into business with his father at Mannahill. In 1937 he acquired the licence of the Imperial Hotel in Terowie, where he remained for six and a half years. Owing to ill health, he returned to Mannahill, where he ran a general store and was the postmaster until the time of his death. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Terowie and Jamestown and a member of Manchester Unity. He took a keen interest in social activities. He is survived by a widow and four children: Mona, Mrs R. Stegall of Terowie; Clare, Mrs H.W. Macdonald of D’Lorah Downs Station; Gordon of Mannahill and Kathleen, Mrs L. Bailey of Whydown Station, Yunta. [Born Sydney Daye Davis 18 April 1888 at Mintaro. Death registration says Sydney Daryl Davis, but that could be a transcription error.]

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 January

The Liquid Fuel Control Board advised that a special issue of eight gallons of petrol was available per month for Councillors attending meetings and inspecting wards.

[Other matters as noted on page 1.]

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 6

Cricket. Saturday

Burra 101 defeated Koonoona 85

Colts defeated Buffs

On Monday Burra 166 defeated Gawler Railways 9 for 156

North Booborowie 289 defeated Mt Bryan 184.

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 7

Burra Tennis Association, 10 January

A Grade Hallett 9-76 defeated Booborowie 6-79

Aberdeen 8-93 defeated Kooringa 7-73

Booborowie 10-101 defeated Ironmine 5-63

Leighton 8-81 defeated Mt Bryan 7-80

B Grade Aberdeen 11-103 defeated Kooringa 4-66

71, 3, 27 January 1948, page 8

Burra RSL Sub-Branch held its AGM on 17 January.

President E.C. Collins reported on the year’s activity.

It was the first year for the Club in their new home, so generously provided by residents of Burra and District.

In getting this established special thanks must go to three old stalwarts, Arthur Bence, ‘Bud’ Coverdale and Tom Fuller.

The Mid North Sub Branches Annual Conference was held here in March and the Ladies’ Auxiliary did a wonderful job in catering for that.

In April the Anzac Sports were conducted well by a small committee. Entries were down on previous events and attendance was small, but that was expected after a break of many years. A united effort should see greater success.

Anzac Remembrance was held at the Memorial in Market Square on the Sunday after Anzac Day, followed by a church service in the evening.

Fundraising came from various sources during the year. The second Saturday each month saw a Sub-Branch Dance. These were well attended and grossed £61-18-3 for an outlay of £12-3-6. Hire of the hall to others brought in £49-10-0. Overall the year resulted in a profit of £65, but it must be remembered that a reserve must be built up for repairs and renovations.

The ladies Auxiliary is thanked for their great help through the year.

Membership stood at 165 and it is hoped to exceed this figure in 1948.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 1

Ratepayers’ Meeting

The Mayor had called a ratepayers’ meeting for last Wednesday for the purpose of deciding whether the Council should borrow a sum of money from the Government towards the War Memorial Project.

When only about a dozen ratepayers turned up the Mayor expressed surprise at the apathy displayed and asked for a motion that the meeting be adjourned because such a small representative group could not dictate the future policy of the Council. Members of the Council and the Burra War Memorial Committee agreed wholeheartedly. Is it that they are not prepared to help erect a memorial to those who laid down their lives helping to protect life and property in this country or is it that they are just bone lazy and would rather let some other fellow carry on with the job?

This is a chance that Burra cannot afford to throw away – a chance to accept a gift of £800 from State and federal Governments without the town having to dip too far into its Municipal pocket.

[The editor then goes over the proposal noted from Mr Hawke’s letter noted from the paper of 20 January 1948, page 6]

With the £200 the War Memorial Committee has raised, it would mean they would have £1,400 available for expenditure on the proposed site. This would go a long way towards realising the plan outlined by the committee, although clearly they could not complete the scheme in one fell-swoop.

Ratepayers agreeable to the Council borrowing the money should come to the next meeting to be called soon. If the scheme is allowed to lapse for want of public enthusiasm, it will result in an everlasting disgrace to Burra’s civic pride.

Vandalism. Two boys of this town have inflicted hundreds of pounds worth of damage on the Burra Cemetery. Ninety or more of the glass domes covering artificial flowers on the graves have been totally smashed. The domes are worth anything from £1-5-0 to £5 each and some are irreplaceable. The damage was done last Wednesday evening and we understand that two boys have been questioned. We believe this is the second such attack on ornaments at the cemetery, though the damage was not so great on the first occasion.

Burra Hospital has decided to approach the Prices Commission for permission to raise patients’ fees for Ward Patients and for those occupying private rooms. This has been brought about by a substantial rise in salaries for both nurses and domestic staff.

The staff shortage at the hospital means that the Medical Officer has been requested to admit only surgical and urgent medical cases and persons who can be cared for by relatives or at home will not be admitted until further notice.

The Infantile Paralysis (Polio) epidemic has resulted in the Education Department deciding not to begin the school year until 24 February this year. Teachers will report for duty on 10 February and prepare the teaching programs etc.

Intermediate Results for 1947 for BHS.

Results to hand are the best for some years. Of the nine who sat, five gained certificates. [A certificate required 5 subjects, including English.]

Robert McKay 5 subjects

Eric Asser 4 subjects

Carliene Davies 9 subjects with 2 credits [Corrected Vol. 71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 7 to 3 credits.]

Veronica Brennan 9 subjects

Jill Friebe 7 subjects with 1 credit

Claire Lloyd 8 subjects

Shirley Moore 4 subjects

Lois Edwards 4 subjects

Barbara Humphrys 1 subject

[71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 7 adds that Robin D. Samuels passed 3 subjects and thus completed his certificate and Arthur Anderson added Maths to his completed certificate.]

The 40 Hour Week

The editor writes a piece suggesting that the reduced hours are of benefit neither to employees or employers. One of the problems was the inequality caused by some unions having negotiated Saturdays off, while other employees (like shop assistants) have to work on Saturday mornings.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 February

Paul Henreid & Bette Davis in Now Voyager

Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop & Frank Wilcox in Lady Gangster

Burra Hospital

Nurse I.J. Bruce transferred to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 16 January to complete her training. This leaves the staff six trainee nurses short.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 3

Sailors, Soldiers and Airmens Fathers’ Association

The AGM was held 23 January. Elected: President, G.H. Dollman; Vice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs & G.A. Heinrich; Secretary, W. Carpenter & W. Lee, Treasurer.

The association is aware of needy cases in the town and in the City the Association organises visits by fathers to Daws Road three times a week and a wheeled bed has been donated there by the Mitcham Branch. The Association also supports the Angorichina Hostel and has raised £800 for a Memorial Chalet to be erected there – to which the local branch contributed £27-10-0.

Viennese Pianist Paul Schramm intends to visit Burra on 18 March to give a recital in the Town Hall.

(Arranged by the Workers’ Educational Association of SA.)

The Burra Hotel. Mr Ord. Friebe tells us that he has purchased a hotel business at South broken Hill and intends to sell his lease of the Burra Hotel. During his time in Burra he has certainly modernised the old hotel.

Mokota Cricket Association.

Mt Bryan 6 for 235 declared defeated Booborowie 49 & 88.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 4

Burra Cricket Association: Semi-finals

Burra 120 versus Koonoona 3 for 31

Colts 119 versus Buffs 3 for 136

Both matches continue next Saturday.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 5

Burra Institute held its AGM 23 January.

During the year removals from the town saw a small decrease in the number of subscribers. The number of volumes in the library has been increased considerably.

The circulation of books for the year has been: History, 70; Biography, 7; Travels, 79; Fiction, 16,971; Poetry, 7; General Literature, 424; Scientific, 11 and Magazines, 25,277.

Presently there are 112 double subscriptions, 73 single subscriptions, 29 scholarships, 52 juveniles and one life member. 274 new books were added during the year and this gives a grand total of 6,054 at 31 December 1947.

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 6

Bowls

Clare Blue 103 defeated Burra Green 86

Saddleworth 96 defeated Burra Gold 78

71, 4, 3 February 1948, page 8

Obituary. Mrs B.E. Heinrich of Apoinga died on 17 January at Riverton Hospital. She was the fourth daughter of the late J.W.G. Mann and was born at Hanson 24 October 1893. Her early schooling was at Hanson, but later her parents moved to Tothill’s Belt, from where she was sent to do two years at Immanuel College, Point Pass. She married Benno Ewald Heinrich on 10 April 1918 and they made their home at Apoinga until her death. She is survived by her husband and one son, Norman Heinrich of Apoinga and one daughter, Mrs C. Materne of Greenock. [Born Agnes Lesette Gertrud Mann 26 October 1893 near Hanson Railway Station: died as Agnes Gertrude Lizetta Heinrich 17 January 1948 at Riverton, residence Apoinga.]

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 15th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy over 500 and 600 yards.

Best scores with handicap were by F.T. Marston, J. Lloyd and E.C. Collins – all with total of 80 according to the paper, though how Marston’s 36+35+10=80 or Lloyd’s 35+33+13=80 remains a mystery.

Off the rifle the best were: F.T. Marston, J. Lloyd and E.C. Collins.

Matron Mosey, at one time Matron of Burra Hospital and who comes from Robertstown, has been awarded the OBE (Civil Division) for her services as a volunteer nurse during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.

Local Board of Health

Health Officer Dr W.E. Steven reported on a visit to each house in Paxton Square. Most houses were in fair repair, but living conditions were bad. The small water tanks were all practically empty and the town water supply too far away. None had bathrooms and the privies did not comply with provisions of the Board of Health. There were no provisions for the disposal of waste water. The houses varied from very dirty to very clean. The report suggested that when any of the houses became vacant, it should be pulled down – it would cost a fortune to make the houses into standard dwellings.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said it would not be easy to pull the houses down when they became vacant.

Inspector E.R. Davey said in his opinion the living conditions were appalling. Many of the houses had cement floors, and others wooden ones built on the ground. The calico ceilings harboured rats, mice and other vermin. Some backyards were filthy and hardly any of the privies had lids. He had personally inspected 21 of the 33 houses and saw only one bath. There was a glaring shortage of fresh water.

The Board decided to inspect the Square before taking any action.

Vandalism. The tar tap at the Corporation Depot was turned on and between 40 and 60 gallons of the hard to get material was wasted. An electric globe was also smashed in front of the National Bank.

Milton Tiddy left Burra some years ago, but many will remember him as a singer of merit. He will be singing over 5CL’s Eisteddfod Hour between 7.30 and 8.00 p.m. on Tuesday 17 February. He left Burra in 1936 and became a founding member of the Adelaide Philharmonic Choir. Another Burraite in that choir is Mrs Arthur Harris (Miss Bessie Woollacott). Mr George Hann belongs to the Adelaide symphony Orchestra.

The Rail Service

SAR says it cannot run a train to Burra on Wednesday and Saturday mornings due to coal shortages and lack of staff. Cr Baulderstone says running a railcar just in front of the Broken Hill Express three nights a week hardly fits with this excuse.

Cr Woollacott sympathised with the SAR. With increased road competition the railways had decided to run the Broken Hill train as an express to Burra, reaching here in three hours. Other towns along the line were served by the railcar.

Cr Baulderstone said in his opinion it would be sensible to cut out one railcar from before the express and run it on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.

The Commissioner will be asked to reconsider his decision.

Burra Town Council has some good grants for both town and district roads, but is having trouble finding the labour to spend the grants. Recently a call for tenders to supply metal for local roads did not receive any response. The Council eventually got 80 tons of metal from Adelaide. The cost to raise the metal is about the same, but freight and shunting costs must be added, making it rather dear.

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 February

Anna Neagle & Michael Wilding in Piccadilly Incident

Kane Richmond & Bernadine Hayes in Don’t Gamble With Strangers

Notice. Corporation of Burra. Notice is given that RUBBISH RECEPTACLES MUST BE PROVIDED and these must be placed near the entrance where the Collector calls during the first week of the month.

Refuse not placed in receptacles will not be collected under any circumstances.

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 3

Sunday Tennis. Despite a ruling by the Town Council not to allow play on the Burra North Tennis Courts on Sundays, several member of the Aberdeen Club played on the courts last Sunday. The voting in Council recently was very close and provoked freely expressed opinions. The matter will now be raised again at the next Council meeting on Monday. Some members deny that the Council has the right to restrict play because the Club leases the site. We have found no written agreement between the Club and the Council. The nearest thing is a Council minute of 6 September 1923 when Crs Riggs and Harris moved that the Club be granted a lease on Lowe’s Reserve for use as a tennis court for 99 years on payment of a rental of £1 per annum. The Council could rescind the motion with a majority vote, but that could prove rather costly as the Council would then have to buy the Club’s assets.

Burra Hotel. Mr Ord. Friebe says he has sold the lese of the Burra Hotel to Mr S. Bishop, who will take over next Monday. Mr Bishop formerly leased the Hotel London in Adelaide.

Bowls

Burra Gold 106 defeated Auburn 86

Burra green 111 defeated Clare Red 80

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 5

Burra Town Council, 2 February

Permission was granted for the Aberdeen Tennis Club to extend the kitchen of the tennis shed.

A letter from the Municipal Association referred to the By-Law concerning caravans.

He [who?] said caravans were being used in increasing numbers, He suggested a site be made at the Playground where public conveniences were handy and water and showers could be installed.

The District Clerk had reported to him [?] that the RAA was enquiring whether Burra had a caravan park.

Cr Marston did not favour turning the playground into a caravan park.

It was decided to let the matter lie on the table till the next meeting.

Quarry industries advised that half inch Bulldog [i.e. road metal] cost 12shillings per ton in 40 ton lots and three quarter inch Bulldog cost 11 shillings per ton. The shunting fee was 20 shillings (£1) and rail freight 15 shillings per ton.

The damage to 90 glass domes at the Burra Cemetery amounted to between £200 and £300.

The ratepayers’ meeting on 28 January was adjourned due to poor attendance. The Mayor said 11 were present.

The solicitor advised there were no Acts governing electricity lead in wires, but a set of standards.

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 7

Burra Milk Vendors Refuse to Deliver Milk

When the Price Controller recently ruled that no more than 4d a pint could be charged for milk, local vendors met and decided they could not make a profit unless they charged 5d a pint. As a result there were no deliveries of milk in Burra today. Mr R.H. Garrard said he had been a milk vendor in Burra for seven years come September and when he started he had been receiving 4d per pint. Since then the cost of living had risen and so had the cost of producing milk. He was prepared to supply milk at 4d per pint to customers who called at his residence for it. Unsold milk would go through the separator and be sold for butter.

Carliene Davies has won an Intermediate Exhibition

This entitles her to £20 in the first year and £25 in the second year if she continues her studies.

71, 5, 10 February 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, Saturday 31 January

A Grade Kooringa 12-102 defeated Ironmine 3-72

Hallett 9-79 defeated Spalding 6-75

Aberdeen 11-102 defeated Booborowie 4-76

Willalo 8-92 defeated Leighton 7-95

B Grade Aberdeen 10-97 defeated Booborowie 5-67

Ironmine 10-95 defeated Kooringa 5-70

Hallett 12-100 defeated Spalding 3-59

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 1

Local Board of Health and Paxton Square

The Board inspected Paxton Square on Thursday, but has yet to make a decision on any action.

Probably the chief source of trouble is the lack of an adequate water supply. Each has a small tank that is quite insufficient for a medium sized family. Only one or two of the houses has a town water tap in the back yard. Other housewives must fetch water from one of the few taps at long intervals at the rear of the rows. Water often must be lugged 40 or so yards in buckets. The privies are very substandard. Floorboards are loose and rough, resulting in rapid wear on any covering. Ceilings are bad and a haven for rats.

The question remains of what to do about it.

The rents are among the cheapest in Australia at one shilling per room per week. The easiest and most important first step would seem to supply each residence with a town water tap. Another thing would be to allow each resident the use of a part of the large central area to create a garden. This area is currently unused.

Burra Racing Club has been allotted Wednesday 7 April for its race day. It will try to get the date shifted to Thursday 8 April because the SAR will not run a steam train to Burra on a Wednesday, but would do so on a Thursday. This would allow the transportation of horses.

Burra RSL has decided to hold the Annual Anzac Sports on Saturday 17 April.

Rev. R.S.T. Pettet has been appointed to the Parish of Burra. The induction service will be held at St Mary’s at 8 p.m. on 11 March by Archdeacon Bulbeck.

The Gorge water reserve is reported to have been leased by the Robertstown DC to a sheep owner for grazing purposes. This reserve has been an outstanding beauty spot and picnic ground for generations of Burra and district people. There are a number of swimming holes in the creek and tennis courts have been built close by. If the Council persists in its action to lease the area, The Gorge will be ruined as a picnic ground. The lease could at any time prohibit the use of the picnic ground and stop people swimming in the pools. He could probably close the tennis courts too. If sheep roam over the area the earth will become powdered and the slightest wind will raise dust and the banks of the creek will become crisscrossed with sheep tracks and assume the appearance of the banks of a dam. World’s End people have deputed Ern Phillips to wait on the Robertstown Council to object to the change.

The intention to lease has to be advertised in a local paper and the Government Gazette. We can find no such advertisement.

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 2

Notice. A ratepayer’s meeting is called by the Burra Town Council for 2 March 1948 for the purpose of obtaining permission to raise a loan under the Local Public Works Scheme 1936 for an undertaking that was approved by the ratepayers on 14 July 1947 and to decide the amount of the loan.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 February

Robert Donat & Deborah Kerr in Perfect Strangers

[James Craig & Signe Hasso] in Dangerous Partners

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice apparently reveals the death of the wife of Charles Przibilla.

[Rose Anne Przibilla died 17 January 1948 at Eastwood, residence Booborowie, aged 72. She appears to have been born as Rose Anne Smith from her marriage, but no birth registration in SA corresponds.]

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 3

Aberdeen Tennis Club held a meeting on Friday and hotly debated the question of playing on Sundays.

There was a large majority in favour of Sunday play. Of thirty members present only six opposed Sunday play. A move to defy the Council by a mass turnout on Sunday was deferred and a decision was taken to await the Council’s deliberations next Monday.

Those in favour of Sunday sport pointed out there was no agreement of a lease between the Club and the Council and therefore it was the prerogative of the Club to make the decision. They also said there was no By-Law prohibiting play on parklands on Sundays and the Council therefore had no right to veto Sunday play.

Some officials have said that if the Club does not get its own way in this matter, it will shift its courts to another site – probably to the Syndicate’s Ground at Burra North. Here there is already a sound foundation for grass courts, with backstops and a clubhouse. At present the club has £150 in hand and contractors have been engaged to tear up a court and rebuild it. Extensive alterations are also planned for the existing Clubhouse and kitchen.

Last night’s Council meeting decided to inform the Club that Council could find no agreement of lease containing a clause debarring the Club from playing tennis on Sundays and the Burra Town Council By-Laws do not contain a By-Law prohibiting Sunday Sport.

Burra Air Force Association held its AGM on 31 January

The past year saw the Club decide to furnish and set up the Clubrooms now occupied by them. With the aid of members the building was renovated, repainted and furnished. On Anzac Day the Air Force Association marched as a body with the RSL and the Annual Ball on 6 June was opened by the State President, Wing Commander F.G. Huxley. As a result of the ball the Association’s funds gained £50. A service was conducted at the Memorial, with the Spalding Brass Band in attendance on 14 September, National Airforce Day. During the year the branch has lost several members due to relocation: John Gall (Vice-President), Tom Secker (Treasurer) and Frank Lillecrapp.

Elected: President, John McBride; Vice-President, Maurice H. Woollacott; Secretary, J.A. Terry; Assistant Secretary, W.E.D. Young and Treasurer, K.L. Paltridge.

Bowls, 14 February

Burra Gold 106 defeated Burra Green 83

Clare Blue 93 defeated Saddleworth Gold 75

Clare white 103 defeated Saddleworth Blue 74

Clare Red 118 defeated Auburn 81

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 4

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes a rather long and somewhat tedious letter with rather oblique references to the milk situation and electricity lines. He is more direct on the non-attendance of ratepayers at the meeting to discuss the loan for the War Memorial. He does not agree with borrowing money for a War Memorial. Money, he says, has always flowed freely for commemoration purposes and surely would do so again provided all information and matters concerning the needs were above board and the cards of information were placed on the table.

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 6

Letter. ‘A Ratepayer’ writes re Sunday tennis.

The writer was not sure when the club started, but some thirty years ago it played on courts near the site of the Aberdeen Croquet Club lawns. At the time the players worked eight or nine hours a day with only Saturday afternoons off. The young lads spent many hours scraping off the top soil to get to the clay, and also built seating around the courts. Now some members think there is not enough time to play and so want the Council to grant Sunday Sport. The Aberdeen Club has been a great club and at Easter many came from across the state to the tournament. ‘Although there may not have been a written agreement, there has always been a definite understanding there should be no Sunday play.

Marriage. Mt Pleasant Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, 14 February

Elva Dawn Underwood, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A.J. Underwood, married

Cyril Ambrose James Edwards, only son of Mr & Mrs H.R. Edwards of ‘Rosebank’ Station, Mt Pleasant.

Obituary. Mrs Noel Tiver died suddenly on Wednesday 4 February. She had lived an active life, assisting in everything possible. She was active in the Methodist Church and one of the first members of the Ladies’ Guild. She was the second daughter of the Late Mr & Mrs Nutt. She is survived by a husband, two daughters: Jill, Mrs L. Catt and Letty, and one son, Dean. And also by two brothers and two sisters.

[Born Hazel Nutt 28 September 1895 at Yatina: died 4 February 1948 at North Adelaide, residence Hallett.]

Letter. Elizabeth Barratt writes of a worse problem than Paxton Square. Directly opposite Burra North’s only butcher shop are disgusting open pits used for lavatories over many years, where holes have been dug over and over and covered with tumbled down closets – a breeding place for blow flies and mosquitoes right on a main street.

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 7

Burra Cricket Association, Semi-Finals

Buffs defeated Colts

The other match will continue next week, but at present:

Koonoona 120 & 161 versus Burra 67 & 2 for 57. Burra is 157 runs behind with 8 wickets in hand.

Mokota Cricket Association

Mt Bryan 8 for 265 declared defeated Hallett 76 & 7 for 83.

[A win on the first innings.]

71, 6, 17 February 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, 7 February

A Grade Booborowie 8-99 defeated Spalding 7-86

Aberdeen 10-96 defeated Mt Bryan 5-71

Kooringa 14-108 defeated Willalo 1-55

Leighton 8-98 defeated Ironmine 7-81

B Grade Aberdeen 13-111 defeated Mt Bryan 2-88

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 1

Sunday Sport

After its meeting on 16 February the Town Council informed the Aberdeen Tennis Club that it could find no agreement of lease containing a clause debarring the Club from playing tennis on Sundays and the Burra Town Council By-Laws do not contain a By-Law prohibiting Sunday Sport. The Club said it intended to spend £150 on improvements and unless it could be assured that members had the right to play on a Sunday the money would possibly be spent elsewhere. Many members would resign and the Club would deteriorate.

The Mayor (H.J.B. Jennison) said he would refuse to take a motion on Sunday play because the Council had recently passed a motion prohibiting it. Under Standing Orders no motion could be rescinded in the current financial year without a special call of Council. Cr Marston argued that the Council was out of order in passing the motion because it was tantamount to a By-Law and before that notice of motion had to be given. Further the Council was out of order because according to a 1923 minute the Council had leased the land for the courts to the Aberdeen Tennis Club for £1 per annum for 99 years, without any provisos. As the motion passed by Council was out of order His Worship would be out of order if he did not accept a motion on the subject.

His Worship refused to accept a motion.

Cr T.H. Woollacott agreed with the Mayor on the grounds that when the town was incorporated in 1876 Sunday Sport was unheard of and no By-Law allowing Sunday Sport had since been inserted Sunday Sport was still prohibited. When the Council had allowed courts to be built at the back of the Bowling Green no Sunday Tennis was allowed on those courts. The old Aberdeen Club had gone into liquidation some time ago and so the current crowd running the Courts had no agreement of any sort with the Council. If they were to leave the courts they dared not shift any of the equipment.

Cr Baulderstone said he had never commented in whether Sunday Sport was right or wrong, but he thought he was acting in the interests of ratepayers when he refused to vote to throw out something which had been inexistence for many years. If a poll were taken he was sure Sunday Sport would be voted against two to one.

Cr Marston said it was clear His worship was determined not to accept a motion which rescinded a previous motion of Council, but he considered it the duty of the Council to reply to the letter from the Club. He moved that the Aberdeen Tennis Club be informed that the Council could find no lease for the Aberdeen Tennis Courts and there was no By-Law prohibiting Sunday Sport.

T.H. Woollacott’s remarks concerning old By-Laws were irrelevant because they were repealed in 1938 and a new set adopted. The minute in the Council books to lease the land should be held as a lease without provisos and the Club had carried out its part of the agreement by paying the rental of £1 per year.

Cr T.H. Woollacott could not understand such rubbish. The Council did not need a By-Law to prohibit Sunday Sports. It had been an unwritten law for years that there was no sport on Sundays in Burra.

Cr S.J. Woollacott said he did not waste his time coming to meetings to change a motion already carried, just because of a few hoodlums in the town.

Cr Marston said he was not interested in unwritten laws, but only those in black and white.

Cr H.T. Woollacott moved an amendment adding that ‘if tennis was played there on Sundays the Council would ask players to leave the courts.’ Cr S.J. Woollacott seconded.

Cr Marston said the amendment was ridiculous. It was telling a body that had spent hundreds of pounds on improvements that it had no control over what was virtually its own property and in any case where would they find their authority to order players off the courts?

Cr T.H. Woollacott said it was not permissible to play cricket on Victoria Park on Sundays and the same should apply to the Aberdeen Courts. The Adelaide City Council did not allow Sunday Sport in the Parklands.

Cr Marston said Cr Woollacott had been using that bluff for too long and it was time he stopped. A minute in the Council books of about 1938 allowed the Cricket Club to play occasional games there on Sunday and the City Council did not stop sport in the parklands on Sundays, with the exception of Adelaide Oval.

The Clerk confirmed the existence of such a minute.

The Mayor then said there should be a By-Law against Sunday Sport and he wished someone would give a Notice of Motion accordingly later.

Cr Lee said there had been similar trouble over Sunday Sport at Victoria Park some time ago and it had been found they could not stop Sunday Sport providing no admission fees were charged, because the land belonged to the people of Burra.

Cr Baulderstone suggested that Cr Woollacott change the wording of his amendment to ‘ask players to refrain’.

Cr Woollacott refused.

The Mayor said he appreciated Cr Woollacott’s position, but felt in the absence of a By-Law he did not have the power to banish players from the courts.

The Clerk pointed out that since new By-Laws had been adopted in 1938 the Council could not prosecute unless there was a By-Law. At the orders of the Mayor, he could tell players to get off the courts, but he would have no authority to do so.

Cr Woollacott then agreed to use the word ‘refrain’ in his amendment.

On being put the motion was carried with Crs Marston, Lee and Baulderstone supporting it and Crs T.H. & S.J. Woollacott opposed.

[The newspaper report does not report the fate of the amendment, so it is not clear whether the motion passed was as amended or as proposed by Cr. Marston.]

The Ratepayers’ Meeting called by the Mayor to consider the loan to beautify Victoria Park as part of the Burra & District War Memorial Project will take place on 9 March.

The Burra CWA has handed a cheque for £25-5-4 to the Town Council towards Town Hall funds. The CWA will soon begin work on renovating certain rooms in Burra Town Hall to be used by the Burra Branch.

Mr McBride MHR met with the Burra Mayor and Cr T.H. Woollacott to hear their submission on extra petrol for persons employed by farmers and pastoralists. At present they come under the heading of private motorists, but have to use their cars to get to work because unlike their city cousins there are no trains or trams for them. Mr McBride said he appreciated the situation and would try to get the position alleviated.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 February

Errol Flynn & Alexis Smith in Gentleman Jim

Anne Crawford & David Farrar in £100, Window

Advt. Burra Talkies, Two Nights, Tuesday and Wednesday 2 & 3 March

Vivien Leigh & Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind

Plus supporting shorts.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 3

Fire Siren. A new siren which it is claimed can be heard ten miles away will soon be installed in Burra to be sounded when help is required for grass fires. It has been secured by the town Council through the Civil Defence Force. The siren at the Fire station cannot be used to sound the alarm for fires occurring outside the town.

Obituary. Ernest Frederick Marston died at his residence in Burra on 23 February, aged 80 years and 10 months. He was the husband of Mary Marston and father of Frank T. and Marcella.

Burra Rifle Club

Darrell Field went to the State Prize Meeting at Port Adelaide on Monday and scored the possible in ‘The Bonython’ fired over 800 yards. Hancock from Tarilla also scored the possible and they had to shoot off for the title. Hancock dropped one for an inner, but Darrell Field kept in the bull and won the prize. A number of other Burra members attended the Prize Meeting and also did well.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival on 22 February.

Burra Homing Pigeon Club elected for the coming season: President, J.A. Scott; Chairman, P.J. Byrne; Secretary, W.H. Holman. It was decided to fly the same program as the SAHP Association on the North and South Lines.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 4

The Local Board of Health discussed the problem of non-delivery of milk. Cr Marston said there was much to be said for the position of the milk producers. He suggested that the Board recommend to the Primary Producers Assistance Board that the price in Burra be 5d delivered and 4d at the dairy. The Mayor did not agree with the suggestion, but thought they should ask the Prices Commission to investigate the matter at once.

T.H. Woollacott said the matter was largely out of their hands. A new milk vendor was talking of starting to supply milk here. The price demanded by the vendors was too high, as milk could be landed in Burra at 1/8 a gallon. [21⁄2d a pint] In most parts of the state the price was 4d a pint and in Adelaide was delivered to the doorstep in sealed bottles for that. He would like to see the settlement of the dispute through a meeting of the Burra producers and the Prices Commissioner.

The Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association has replied saying that they believed the present service at the Burra Hospital would be better than could be offered by a health train that could call only once every five weeks. At the end of the year they hoped to have Car 3 in operation and then a visit to Burra could be made every fortnight.

In response to an enquiry the Central Board of Health advised that the itinerary of the X-Ray Unit had not been fixed beyond the first few towns and when it was being decided every consideration would be given to Burra.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 5

Burra Electric Supply Co. Lead-in Wires

Legal opinion has been obtained that the Company is obliged by its agreement with the Council to keep its lead-in wires in good condition and failure after 14 days’ notice to do so could lead to termination of the agreement. The writer had not found any Act of Parliament wherein there were specific regulations regarding wiring. A letter from Norwich Union Insurance Co. stated that according to the Underwriters’ Act the active service cable had to be insulated for at least seven feet from the facia board of a dwelling. The neutral could be bare.

Council then passed a motion asking the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd to see to it that service cables were affixed to dwellings supplied with current in accordance with the terms set out in the Underwriters’ Act.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 6

Burra Town Council, 15 February

Debate on a caravan park was deferred.

The Council resolved to buy standpipes to supply water for firefighting.

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club asked permission to build a tennis shed out of rubberoid.

The Civil Defence department forwarded a siren of 23⁄4 h.p. and three phase.

The Council solicitor tendered advice on electricity lead-in wires – see page 5.

The Aberdeen Tennis Club matter and Sunday Sport etc. was discussed as noted from page 1.

Burra Hotel. The new proprietor is Mr Jack O’Neill. Mr Ord. Friebe handed the business over last weekend. Mr O’Neill comes from Hectorville and has considerable experience in running hotels.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 7

Sunday Observance

An extract from a sermon by Rev. C.L. Pitman of Redruth Methodist Church is printed – presumably inspired by the local controversy over playing tennis on Sunday.

It strongly supports Sunday Observance and observes that: ‘The idea of doing nothing [on the Sabbath] is foreign to the Commandment. To keep holy meant and should mean to devote, or set apart, for the Lord.’

He does rather go over the top by citing the German National Council for Youth Fitness as holding its exercises on Sundays, which then led to ‘a body of people, so blood thirsty, that human language fails to describe; for the products of Hitler’s Youth, the National Fitness Group, could skin human beings alive, tan the human skins, and use them for lamp shades. It cannot be denied that the Nations which honour the Lord’s Day as a day of rest enjoy the greatest liberty, personally, socially, politically and religiously. Indeed such nations have more holidays, and less working hours than others.’

Burra Cricket Association, conclusion of the semi-final between Burra and Koonoona.

Koonoona 120 & 281 defeated Burra 67 & 168

Koonoona and the Buffs will now meet in the final next Saturday.

A general cricket meeting called for last Thursday to consider arrangements for a new cricket pitch and the Easter Carnival had to be abandoned as so few attended. It has since been decided that a new pitch will be put down by voluntary labour and all cricketers are asked to lend a hand at the working bees.

71, 7, 24 February 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, 14 February

A Grade Mt Bryan 8-92 defeated Ironmine 7-74

Aberdeen 9-103 defeated Hallett 6-71

Spalding 11-100 defeated Willalo 4-73

Kooringa 10 sets defeated Booborowie 5 sets.

B Grade Ironmine 12-108 defeated Mt Bryan 3-72

Hallett 8-97 defeated Aberdeen 7-97

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 1

Obituary. Mr Ernest Frederick Marston, one-time proprietor of The Burra Record and very well-known citizen of the town and district, died at his residence in Kangaroo Street in the early hours of Monday 23 February. He was born in Heathcote, Victoria 80 years and 10 months ago. At an early age he learnt the printing trade in order to support himself and a widowed mother. While still in his teens he was employed as a compositor at the Melbourne Age and before he was 20 was manager of a suburban paper. Later he moved to the country and found positions in various country newspaper offices until he arrived at Numurkah in the Goulbourn Valley District. Here in 1901 he married Miss Normanna Teare (who predeceased him in 1911) and in partnership with his brother-in-law (Mr W.J. Teare) purchased the Numurkah Leader. The partnership was successful for some years until the business was bought by the opposition company, which then closed its own business and continued with The Leader. Mr Marston then went to England and Europe on a trip and returned about 1913. He purchased the Burra Record and ran it successfully for many years. The Record was purchased by its present proprietor at the beginning of 1945 and the late Mr Marston then retired from an active role in the business. In 1917 he married Miss Mary Lane of Burra.

In Burra he took an active interest in the welfare of the town and district, especially in his younger days. He played a leading part in many organisations that were established for the town’s benefit. His particular recreation was bowls and he was President of the town’s club for a considerable time. He was also Chairman of Directors of the Burra Electric Supply Co., President of the old Burra Seaside Picnic Committee, a member of the Burra Institute Committee and of the Burra Show Society. He was also a JP. Many people attributed to him the power of relieving pain and no distance was too far for him to go when called upon to visit a sick person.

He is survived by a widow and one son, Mr F.T. Marston of Burra and one daughter, Marcella, Mrs A.D. Burgoyne of Middle Brighton, Victoria.

Fire. The season’s biggest grass fire broke out last Tuesday near the railway line in the vicinity of C.P. Turner’s property, immediately after the Adelaide-Burra midday train had passed. When the alarm was raised people came from as far away as Manoora and Clare. A strong north wind was blowing, causing the fire to advance at an amazing rate. Soon 300 men were fighting the blaze. They saved Mrs G. Webster’s home, though she lost all her implement sheds, seed wheat and super. They saved Old Koonoona Homestead. As it gathered strength the fire crossed a disused road into the property of G. Finch and swept in a north-westerly direction* through the properties of Mr J. Lockett, Mrs G. Webster, Mr K.R. Crewes and then into Koonoona. Another front from the same source swept into the property of Messrs W. & J. Mitchell and thence into Koonoona. On the way it laid waste thousands of acres of grassland and stubble as well as burning fences and haystacks.

It was impossible to stop the fire by beating it or with water and so a firebreak was burnt in the southeast corner of Koonoona, where the property abuts the Adelaide road, on the turn opposite ‘The Gap’ station. This break was about three miles in length and with the help of this break and the Adelaide road the fire was eventually controlled. The losses will run into many thousands of pounds. Losses:

Mr C.P. Turner – 40 acres of feed and 8 miles of fencing.

Mr Glen Finch – 85 acres of grass and stubble and 1 mile of fencing.

Mrs G. Webster– 4 miles of fencing, 380 acres of stubble and grassland, a haystack, 140 bags of seed wheat, 31⁄2 tons of super, an implement shed with plant and equipment, one dog and one calf.

Mr J. Lockett – 170 acres of grass and stubble and 11⁄2 miles of fencing.

Mr K.R. Crewes – 350 acres of grass and stubble, 5 miles of fencing and a timbered well.

Messrs W. & J. Mitchell – 40 acres of stubble and 2 miles of fencing.

Koonoona Proprietors – many thousands of acres of grassland, haystacks, 200 tons of baled hay. Stock losses have not yet been ascertained, but must include some hundreds of sheep and probably some valuable stud rams.

[*If there was a strong northerly wind, the fire can hardly have travelled northwest and the description that follows would seem to suggest it was sweeping south-easterly.]

The Burra Football Club held its AGM 26 February. The club showed a credit balance of £27-19-6-2 with which to commence the new season.

71, 8, 2 March 1948, pages 1 & 6

Sunday Sport – Letters

‘Have a Guess’ considers the town’s in a bit of a mess. Having interfered in the price of milk question, there are now no deliveries. Then there is Sunday Sport. ‘Tommy’ wants to invoke unwritten law – ‘Lex non Scripta’, under which a man can slit his wife’s throat, or worse still, a woman can club her sleeping husband’.

And who are these Hoodlums Stanley refers to? The mayor seems a bit perplexed and Bauldie wanted to hide behind a smoke screen. Only Bish put up a wall of logic against Tom’s time worn blusterings.

‘Perhaps we are a bit too wowserish…Above all let the churches keep out of this fight. At time like these, they should sing “Peace, perfect peace” perhaps they could tune into “Fight the good fight” later when the mists have rolled away.’

‘The Man Who Sees’ considers that to say the Council is impotent to prohibit Sunday games, can at best be a half truth. The light of Sunday Observance has been burning brilliantly too long to allow any interference to either diminish or extinguish its power by any individual, group or society; in any community; and can anyone be so unwise to believe that communities have been left without any protection from intrusion of their Sunday Observance. The writer says the Municipal Act gives the Corporation power to act in all sorts of emergencies and in particular one clause gives it the power to act ‘For the better observance of Sundays’. Furthermore only the Council has the right to exercise full control as set out in the Act and not the leaseholders. Also the lease can only be granted for 21 years and must be approved by the decision of the Ratepayers.

‘The very essence of the 40 hour working week in the light of reason is an added safeguard to strict Sunday Observance.’

A.L. Bence writes takes issue with being categorised by Mr Stanley Woollacott as ‘Hoodlums’. He outlines the meeting of the Tennis club that led them to write to the Council seeking clarification on the matter of sport on Sunday. He points out that the meeting was chaired by their Patron, Mr Frank Reed, a gentleman, well known in the town and who has himself and his family before him done a lot of good for Burra.

Those attending the meeting included a number of ladies who were the ones during the war were in the forefront, when it came to working for our lads overseas and the majority of the men were returned boys, sons of well-known townspeople. He says everyone is entitled to their opinion as far as Sunday sport is concerned. He refers to Rev. Donald Redding, one of the town’s most popular Rectors, who made a special early time to attend Holy Communion on Sunday mornings so we could go to golf afterwards, his contention was that healthy sport harms nobody. The letter, he affirms, expresses not just the opinion of himself and his family, but those of a number of the ‘Hoodlums’ referred to and he thinks the only decent thing would be for Mr Stanley Woollacott to apologise to the ladies and gentlemen for his thoughtless remarks.

Florence Scroop also writes to take up the ‘Hoodlum’ remark. She has a husband, two daughters, one sister, three brothers, two sisters-in-law and a son-in-law who are members of the Aberdeen Tennis Club and she defies Mr Stan Woollacott or anyone else to class any of these persons as a hoodlum. ‘He should be made to publicly apologise.’

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 March

Alan Ladd & Loretta Young in And Now Tomorrow

Gamblers’ Choice

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 3

Mrs G. Webster is a war widow of WWI and has long struggled with considerable difficulties to establish her farm and educate her children. After her great losses in the recent fire, the RSL feels it is up to the people of the district to with gifts of hat, grain or some money to help her adjust to those losses. The RSL has started the donations list with £15 and Roy Lloyd has given 30 bags of wheat.

Burra High School re-opened last week with an enrolment of 72, which is 7 fewer than for 1947. The first year class however, is very large at 37. The teaching staff is one less than last year. Mr J. Deer BSc has replaced Mr Morely and Mr R. Walker has replaced Mr Thorne, but no Junior Teacher has been appointed. Unfortunately there is no Leaving Class, since all successful Intermediate students have left to take up positions.

Mr & Mrs C.W. Gare have celebrated their Golden Wedding on 23 February in the Memorial Hall at Burra North. They were married in the Redruth Methodist Church on 23 February 1898 by the late Rev. W.A. Langsford.

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the second stage of the Championship over 600 & 700 yards, with ten shots at each range. The uneven wind and mirage problems resulted in low scores.

Best with handicap were J. Harris, P.W. Hogan and F. Kakoschke.

Best off the rifle were P.W. Hogan, D.H. Field and J. Harris.

Obituary. Miss Eva Reynolds, a Burra resident of many years died last week, aged 74. She was the youngest daughter surviving of the late Mr & Mrs W. Reynolds’ family of seven. She was born at Callington 20 June 1873 and came to this district with her parents when aged 3. She has lived here ever since except for a short break at Glenelg with Mr & Mrs J. Berryman. [SA Births CD gives a birth date of 24 June 1875 at Callington. She died 24 February 1948 at Burra.]

Burra Red Cross met recently to decide on how best to spend the £1,200 raised by them for equipment for the Burra Hospital. It was proposed to pay for the X-Ray plant recently installed there, a large washing machine, an electric sterilizer, reconditioning of the pantry, 2 stainless steel sinks, a hot water service, 2 extra hand basins in the Maternity Wing and the widening of the verandah of the nurses’ sleepout. Wherever possible the expenditure will be matched by a Government £ for £ subsidy.

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 5

The Annual Meeting of the Burra Football Club was held on Thursday evening, with W. Carpenter in the chair. Elected: Patron, J. Barker; Chairman, W. Carpenter; Vice-Presidents, as last year; Secretary, Don Christie.

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 7

Bowls, 28 February

At Clare Burra Gold 106 defeated Clare Blue 95

At Burra Clare White 114 defeated Burra Green 81

71, 8, 2 March 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, 21 February

A Grade Mt Bryan 9-86 defeated Kooringa 6-84

Spalding 12-110 defeated Ironmine 3-53

Hallett 8-90 defeated Leighton 7-77

Aberdeen 11-107 defeated Willalo 4-58

B Grade Mt Bryan 8-88 defeated Kooringa 7-84

Spalding 11-104 defeated Ironmine 4-78

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 1

Local Health Board

The Primary Producers’ Assistance Board advised it could not proceed with the Health Board’s request to expedite the matter of milk deliveries in Burra until it had income and expenditure details from Burra milk vendors. If these were satisfactory they were prepared to recommend that the vendors be charged 1/9 per gallon and be allowed to sell at 41⁄2d a pint. The 1/9 plus the government subsidy would give the producer 45/12d more than the amount received by city producers.

Mrs Webster Fire Relief Fund stands at £44-11-0.

Paul Schramm, the famous Viennese violinist will give a recital in Burra on 19 March.

Burra Bowling Club has received a £500 bequest from the estate of the late Ernest F. Marston. It was the desire of the late Mr Marston that the money be spent purchasing the land adjacent to the present club site (including the Council Depot paddock) for the purpose of constructing tennis courts to be run in conjunction with the Bowling Club. This would give Burra a site like that at Clare, where bowls, croquet and tennis are all combined. This would see a large cross-section of the community interested in any further improvements to the area. It would also enable more readily the sharing of resources between those groups. Though this interest of Mr Marston’s was made known, there is no stipulation in his will as to how the money is to be spent. A committee was formed to consider the scheme.

Burra Town Council and The Question of Tennis Club Leases

The Mayor has received two similar legal opinions on the leasing of parklands to the Aberdeen and Kooringa Tennis Clubs by the Burra Town Council. They reveal:

The Council can only give a lease for a period of 21 years to two persons representing a body such as a tennis club, and sanctioned by a meeting of ratepayers. According to the Act of 1890.

Therefore the Council was out of order in granting a 99 year lease to the Aberdeen Tennis Club in 1923.

At best this lease was only valid till 1944.

Because the Council had continued to accept the licence fee of £1 per annum, the conditions now ruling would be valid until 6 September 1948.

The Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club lease should have been made in favour of the Trustees of the Church and not to the Church, which could not establish its rights if challenged.

It was suggested a temporary licence be issued to this body until June 1948.

Cr S.J. Woollacott said he would now give notice that he would move that a By-Law be framed prohibiting Sunday Sport on Parklands in Burra.

Cr Marston gave notice that he would move for a poll on the question.

The Mayor said all the Council could now do was to terminate the tenancy of the Aberdeen Tennis Club in September 1948 unless the Club entered into an agreement with the Council.

Crs T.H. and S.J. Woollacott both disputed the rights of the present Aberdeen Tennis Club, as being a different body from that of 1923.

The Mayor said the 1923 agreement was null and void but certain bodies had used the courts and the Council had accepted their fees and could not now put them off the courts, but merely give them notice that the tenancy would expire in September next.

Crs S.J. & T.H. Woollacott then moved that the Aberdeen Tennis Club be informed that its tenancy would expire in September, but the Council would be pleased to renew the tenancy provided the club agreed to certain conditions laid down by the Council.

Cr Marston said he would not support such a motion because by September there might be new men on the Council and the Mayor and six men had no right to decide whether the citizens of Burra should play sport on Sundays or not. He would like to see a poll of ratepayers to decide the issue. Cr S.J. Woollacott’s motion was a move to bludgeon or bully a body of people who had spent hundreds of pounds on improving Council lands, into doing something which that body of people did not want to do.

The motion was lost, with only Crs S.J. & T.H. Woollacott supporting it.

The question of the Kooringa Tennis Club was deferred to the next meeting.

Paxton Square. The Local Board of health and the Lewis Trust have had a conference and as a result the Trust will make improvements. Water taps will be installed at every residence. All privies will be done up and as materials become available improvements will be made to dwellings. Trees will be planted in the central area. Mrs Melrose (a Trustee) said the matter of installing a sewage disposal system would be investigated.

The Leap Year Ball held in the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening was sponsored by the Aberdeen Tennis Club to raise funds for the same. Darrel Field’s Orchestra provided the music. A large crowd attended.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 March

Lucille Ball & John Hodiak in Two Smart People

[Marsha Hunt & John Carroll in] A Letter for Evie

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 3

Burra Train Service. The Saturday trains have been restored after a long gap. A midday train now arrives from Adelaide, with an afternoon service to Adelaide. Continuance of the services would depend on patronage.

The Railways Commissioner said that owing to the difficulty in obtaining crews to handle heavy freight, it would not be possible to reinstate the Wednesday service.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 4

Advt. Burra Furniture Exchange is in new premises – right next door to E.T. Baulderstone’s Fruit Shop.

Burra Tennis Association, 28 February

A Grade Aberdeen 10-106 defeated Spalding 5-80

Kooringa 10-106 defeated Leighton 5-81

Booborowie 11-108 defeated Mt Bryan 4-61

B Grade Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Spalding 5-76.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy over 500 and 700 yards.

F. Kakoschke won both the marksman’s and full trophy points.

Mr Jim Terry, Secretary of the Burra Football Club, has been transferred to NSW. A presentation of £5 was made to him at a recent club meeting and a minute of appreciation was recorded for his untiring services.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 6

Burra Cricket Association, Grand Final – first day of play.

Koonoona first innings 269, including R. Radford 162 not out.

Buffs first innings 5 for 261, including C. Hobba 112 not out.

Mokota Cricket Association, 21 & 28 February

Mt Bryan 9 for 249 defeated Spalding 189.

Booborowie. The dry season has played havoc with drinking water supplies in Booborowie. Well and bore water remain plentiful and both are being used extensively where rain water is not essential.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 7

Marriage. Riverton Methodist Church, 24 January

Miss Jean Battley, daughter of Mr & Mrs H.A. Battley of Riverton, married

Ron Winders, son of Mrs & the late Mr W.T. Winders of Black Springs.

Bowls, 6 March at Burra

Burra Gold 115 defeated Clare Red 90.

71, 9, 9 March 1948, page 8

Burra Town Council, 1 March

The adoption of the By-Law relating to Caravan Parks was deferred indefinitely.

Burra Electric Supply Co. advised it was prepared to carry out any necessary repairs to lead-in wires, if the materials were available. Perished wiring would be attended to immediately and is material were unavailable the supply would be discontinued if reported by Council. The Mayor said the onus should be on the company not the Council.

Mrs Campbell wrote as the owner of a grave that had been damaged some time ago and wanting to know what the Council intended doing about the matter. She though legal action should be taken. She is to be informed that the matter had been dealt with by the court.

The CWA wrote saying its lease on the present CWA rooms had almost expired and it wanted to know what the Council had done towards the new ones at the Burra Town Hall.

Cr S.J. Woollacott thought it was time this matter was finalised. It was known that specifications were to be drawn by Cr T.H. Woollacott.

It was resolved that Cr T.H. Woollacott would confer with CWA members on the subject.

Cr S.J. Woollacott gave notice that he would move that a By-Law be framed prohibiting sport on Sundays on Parklands in Burra.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 1

Probable Theft. Tobacco and cigarettes worth £90 and consigned to Mr Ken Murphy of Burra, have been reported missing, believed stolen en route. Detectives are investigating. This is the third such event. Mr J.T. Pascoe suffered a similar loss and so did the Commercial Hotel.

St Mary’s. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet was inducted as Rector of the Burra Parish by Archdeacon A.L. Bulbeck on Thursday evening. The church was comfortably packed and the organist was Mr Clem Davey. There were a number of visiting clergy.

The Burra School Yard is rough, hilly and stony and dangerous for youngsters to play on. Accidents have been frequent despite supervision. Burra parents have spent hundreds of pounds on doctors’ fees as a result of injuries. Departmental promises to improve matters over the years have not been kept. In a short space of time the following accidents are examples of the problem:

Peter Bown broken arm

Leith Pederick broken arm

Valerie Allen badly injured knee

John Hedland arm

Mary Cox arm

The Savings Bank of SA is Celebrating Its Centenary

The Burra Branch was opened on 27 February 1912 and is the controlling centre for Agencies at Farrell Flat, Burra North, Booborowie, Mt Bryan and Hallett. It controls 2,900 operative accounts and 465 school bank depositors. School Bank business is conducted at 12 schools in the district. The grand total of depositors’ balances at the Burra Branch is £370,760-8-11. The first branch manager appointed was Mr T.J.M. Lunn and the present manager is Mr V.A. Nethway.

Mrs Webster’s Fire Appeal has reached £97-3-0. In addition there have been many gifts of seed wheat, hay and fencing posts.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy on Saturday over 600 and 700 yards.

Best including handicap were R.J. Kellock, J. Lloyd, J.H. Schwier and W. Hempel.

Best off the rifle were R.J. Kellock, J. Lloyd, J.H. Schwier and P.W. Hogan.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, pages 1 & 8

The Ratepayers’ Meeting last Tuesday voted to let the Town Council borrow £1,200 under a government scheme by which the State and Federal Governments will each contribute one third for Burra’s War Memorial Project. The meeting was well attended. The Mayor explained that under the scheme the Council would have to repay £535, but it already had £400 to hand, which meant a further £135 would have to be raised and repayment could be spread over a period of ten years. Even if the meeting approved the borrowing one twentieth of ratepayers could demand a poll to be held on the matter, providing their petition was presented within one month of the meeting.

Mr L. Hawke, President of the War Memorial Committee explained the scheme. His committee comprised 20 men from all walks of life. The expenditure might seem a lot, but £800 of it would be contributed by the Governments and the Council had £400 in hand and in the end the town would have an asset valued at £3,000. The committee would complete the work on the oval for £2,000 and another £1,000 would be needed for the tennis courts. They had £200 in hand, which with the £1,200 would leave only £600 to be raised by public subscription. [Though this would not cover the tennis court costs.] The alternative he said was either to raise a larger sum by public subscription or to abandon the project and leave the town with antiquated sporting facilities.

T.H. Woollacott spoke against the scheme. He was not opposed to a war memorial, but did not want the town to be saddled with a debt. It was already the highest rated town in SA. He criticised the pulling down of trees at the oval and wondered where was the swimming pool the town was going to have, or the modern Hospital and the Scout Hall built by the late Mr James Reed was going to ruin. Any contractor who thought he could estimate costs in the prevailing uncertain economic climate was a fool. Prices were fluctuating too rapidly. He urged those present not to be carried away by Mr Hawke’s scheme.

C. Radford, W. Marsh, A.B. Riggs and R.H. Smith all challenged Cr T.H. Woollacott’s views.

M.T. Fuller asked if the amount in hand proved to be insufficient, would the committee be prepared to cut back on their elaborate scheme. The Mayor said nothing could be done without Council’s permission.

Mr Hawke repeated the calculations showing how they would get £2,000, which would be ample to make a good oval and if a further £1,000 were to be raised then the tennis courts would be built. He elaborated a little on the cost of the loan, but said in answer to Cr Woollacott that far from being a problem, the money was virtually repaid before it was borrowed. Cr Woollacott he said, refused to understand the situation because he did not want to.

The motion to borrow the £1,200 was put and carried.

A subsequent meeting of the War Memorial Committee decided to open a subscription list through the Burra Record and to organise a Junk Sale for 30 April.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 2

Advt. Owing to ill health and family reasons A.E. Goodridge advises he is giving up his business as a windmill repairer at Booborowie.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 March

Jennifer Jones & Joseph Cotton in Love Letters

Phyllis Brooks & Robert Lowery in Dangerous Passage

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 3

Bowls.

At Burra, Clare White 90 defeated Burra Gold 83

At Saddleworth, Burra Green 91 defeated Saddleworth Gold 68

Burra Green 89 defeated Saddleworth Gold 73

Burra Gold has also won the Mid North Bowling Association Championship with 22 points from 11 wins and 3 losses. Next was Clare Blue with 20 points from 10 wins and 4 losses.

Burra Show Society held its AGM at the Eastern Telephone Building last Tuesday. The meeting was poorly attended and barely reached the number of 15 required for a quorum.

Retiring President A.B. Riggs reported on the previous year’s activities.

Early in the year K.R. Crewes resigned as Secretary and was replaced by H.M. Scott. Extensive repairs done in 1946 meant that there was little to do in that way for 1947.

The sale of a portion of the iron fencing realised £104.

Subscriptions were unfortunately down on 1946.

Show day was pleasant and drew a good attendance, resulting in a profit of £158, exactly the same as the figure for 1946.

In the past year a sub-committee appointed to look into the possibility of transferring the show to the Burra Sports Syndicate’s grounds met with representatives of the Royal Agricultural Society and the SAJC.

Despite the profit on show day of £158, allowance of £619 for depreciation has resulted in an annual deficiency of £461.

Elected: Patron, A.G. Owen-Smyth; Vice-Presidents, F.H. Reed and one to be elected. No nominations were received for the other positions and the matter will be addressed at the meeting of 9 April.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 4

Burra Tennis Association, 6 March

A Grade Ironmine forfeited to Willalo

Hallett 8-88 defeated Kooringa 7-88

Spalding 12-105 defeated Mt Bryan 3-69

Booborowie 12-108 defeated Leighton 3-61

B Grade Spalding 10-87 defeated Mt Bryan 5-79

Ironmine forfeited to Aberdeen

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 6

Letters on Sunday Sport

Lotus Ireland (formerly of Burra) writes from Lindfield NSW.

As she now lives in Sydney she can say people there were amazed at the controversy over Sunday Sport, which had long been established there. People from every walk of life found it amazing that the Council was considering banning Sunday tennis by law.

She is intensely proud of Burra and especially of its war effort and does not seek to condemn those opposed to Sunday sport, but thinks it a shame ‘that a few members of this small community should become warped in their minds, small in their outlook. She thinks of all those who fought in the war, those who did not come back and those who languished as POWs.

‘What would they think of your petty school-boy squabbles. They would scorn you, gentlemen, and likewise so do I….Over here we play all sport on Sunday, child and adult alike. We swim and surf, we sail and ride all on Sunday…The girls and boys on their playing fields, thank God for health and life itself. They do not worship in church alone, their God is everywhere…In their minds there is no distorted pettiness, no festering evil, only a joyful thankfulness.’

P.J. Rule also writes as a foundation member of the Tennis Club. The club was rightly or wrongly granted a 99 year lease at £1 per year. It was an understanding that there would be no Sunday play, but nobody worried much about it as most of the then members were regular church and Sunday school folk. The small minority didn’t bother about it. As regards the City Council, Cr T.H. Woollacott has it all wrong. Anybody can play on the parklands on Sundays, provided the games are not organised or rowdy. Last year the City Council put its foot down regarding football games being played on the corner of South Terrace and Sir Lewis Cohen Avenue for the purpose of raising funds for Queen Competitions. The crowd was blocking roadways and yelling their heads off. Quiet games of tennis, gold and many other sports are in progress at all hours on Sundays without anything being said.

Burra Cricket Association, Grand Final. The drawn-out match continues:

Koonoona first innings 269 was followed by Buffs first inning of 305.

Koonoona’s second innings now stands at 1 for 166.

Mokota Cricket Association, 6 & 13 March

Leighton 5 for 218 defeated Mt Bryan 195.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 7

Burra School Welfare Club held its AGM 2 March and elected: President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Woodards & Pederick; Treasurer, Mrs Wiseman.

The Club was formed on 10 March 1938 and meets on the first Tuesday of every month.

It aims to:

Create and maintain interest in the school.

To inform parents of the work of the school.

Promote a community of interest between parents and teachers.

Raise funds to meet the needs of the school.

To work in concert with the School Committee in promoting the good of the school.

The club has helped with the payments for two new tennis courts, film hire, magazine subscriptions, books, sports equipment and a wireless licence. A Gestetner duplicating machine was jointly purchased by the Welfare Club and the Parents and Friends’ Association for the use of both Primary and High Schools. The total cost was £149-14-8.

Owing to the outbreak of Infantile Paralysis (Polio) the usual Christmas Break-up Party for the children was held out of doors on 18 December.

71, 10, 16 March 1948, page 8

Redruth Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Festivities on 7 March. Rev. Pitman preached in the morning and evening, while in the afternoon the choir rendered the cantata The Rolling Seasons and Mr H.J.B. Jennison was in charge of the meeting.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 1

Burra School Yard has been the scene for further accidents as a result of its dangerous condition. In addition to the injuries reported last issue, Avis Auhl fell and broke her pelvis and another pupil received a severe shaking and bruising. The Town Council has now resolved to write to the Education Department to try to get the playground paved and tarred.

The Local Board of Health has received a letter from the Burra High School Council enclosing a letter from the Education Department concerning the state of the school conveniences. While acknowledging the need to install a septic system, the letter says many other schools also need one and Burra would have to wait its turn.

It was decided to write to the Department stating that the present toilets had been condemned by the Health Officer and unless necessary action was taken the Local Board of Health would have no option but to close the conveniences.

Burra Cricket Association held a meeting on Tuesday about the Easter Carnival. The Social secretary of the Easter Carnival 1947 says it was not a financial success due to the lack of support from local cricketers. The dance in the RSL Rooms on Saturday night was poorly attended by players and 95% of dancers were non-supporters of the Cricket Club. The trip to the Gorge on Sunday was accompanied by only seven people from Burra; three players and four supporters. A Smoke Social in the RSL Rooms on Monday evening was attended by only 70 people when the catering had been for 100. If local cricketers had supported the functions they would have been profitable. He hoped for better with the 1948 Carnival.

Burra Town Council and Sunday Sport

At a recent Town Council meeting Cr S.J. Woollacott moved Sunday Sport be prohibited on Burra Parklands. He said if Sunday Sport were allowed it would have a devastating effect on the welfare of the community. Permitting tennis meant the Council would have to permit other sports and that would be a licence to people to desecrate the Sabbath. Nations that desecrate the Sabbath become a decadent people. People living near the Burra North Tennis Courts objected to play on Sunday. [He lived just across the street.] These people possibly paid the highest rates in town, while many of those playing were not ratepayers at all. He said that Cr Marston had suggested a poll of ratepayers, but that was a very expensive option and had not been necessary for any of the other 30 By-Laws, so why throw the onus onto the people this time?

After some discussion Cr T.H. Woollacott seconded the motion.

Cr Baulderstone said that in many ways he was in favour of such a By-Law, but he would prefer it to be decided by ratepayer poll. He asked if the ratepayers could overturn a decision on the law by a later poll and was told they could not.

Cr Bevan asked if a poll would be costly. The Mayor said it would not be very costly if run in conjunction with the annual elections, but such a poll would not be binding on the Council.

Cr Marston said that the Football Club played on Victoria Park, which was Council property, not parkland. The football clubs asked for permission to play each season and the Council could, if it wished, prevent football being played there on Sunday if they so stipulated when granting permission.

Cr T.H. Woollacott said he would challenge anyone to find organised sport on Sunday in SA. He could not see much harm in a couple of boys and girls playing a game on Sundays, but organised sport was different. He had been able to stop it for fifteen years while he was Mayor and could not see any difference between then and now.

Cr Baulderstone asked why a By-Law was necessary if the Council could stop football on Sundays at Victoria Park and also refuse to lease the land at Burra North to the Aberdeen Tennis Club if it wanted to play on Sundays.

The Mayor said that the Council could not stop the football and Cr Marston said it could.

Cr Lee wanted a poll.

Cr Bevan moved the motion be put and Cr Marston seconded.

When the motion was put Cr Baulderstone refused to vote on it. Cr Woollacott said Cr Baulderstone had to vote according to the Act.

Cr Baulderstone moved an amendment that the matter be adjourned until it was clear what powers the Council had over its own property as opposed to the parklands. This was not seconded and lapsed.

Cr Baulderstone again refused to vote and the notice of motion was lost with Crs S.J. & T.H. Woollacott voting in favour and Crs Lee, Marston and Bevan against.

Burra Rifle Club fired the final stage of the Club Championship over 800 and 900 yards on Saturday.

The results:

Championship D.H. Field won, ahead of W. Hogan and then J.E. Harris.

Handicap Championship was won by E.C. Hopkins from J. Lloyd.

First Stage of the Handicap Championship went to E.C. Collins.

Second Stage of the Handicap Championship went to J.E. Harris.

Third Stage of the Handicap Championship went to R.G. Bernhardt.

A welcome visitor on Saturday was Mr Des Pexton, who had been one of the club’s best shots before the war. He holds the course record of 104 out of 105 for a shoot over 200 and double 300 yards.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Town Council invites tenders for alterations, painting etc. to the rooms known as the ‘Lodge Room’, ‘Anteroom’ and ‘Passage’

[Preparations for the CWA use of these rooms as the CWA Rest Room.]

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. advises that all light and power will be disconnected as follows to enable urgent repairs to be effected.

Thursday 25 March 1948 12.15 a.m. to 2.15 a.m.

Friday 26 March 1948 12.15 a.m. to 2.15 a.m.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will conduct a clearing sale for Jettner Bros., who are relinquishing farming, on the farm at Leighton, 5 miles south of Booborowie on Wednesday 7 April.

[A list of their farming plant follows.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, Good Friday 26 March

Anna Nagle & Rex Harrison in I Live in Grosvenor Square

Thoroughbreds

Cartoon Lonesome Mouse

Saturday 27 March

Ann Sheridan & Dennis Morgan in Shine on Harvest Moon

The Case of the Black Parrot

Easter Monday 29 March

Derek Farr & Marjorie Fielding in Quiet Weekend

[Aubrey Smith & Erich von Stroheim in] Scotland Yard Investigator

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 3

Birth. To Murray & Gwen Brereton (nee Scholz) on 20 March, a son, Neill Sinclair.

The Warm Memorial Donation List opens this week with a total to date of £187-19-7.

Burra Cricket Association Fourth Day of the Cricket Final, which did not conclude the game.

Koonoona 269 & 364

Buffs 305 & 1 for 23

The game will continue on 3 April.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, Cr. T.H. Woollacott advised he had completed the specifications for altering two rooms at the Town Hall.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the work done for the town by the late Mr Ernest F. Marston.

Legal advice is to be sought over whether the five year lease to Kooringa Tennis Club required the sanction of ratepayers.

It was decided that the new siren for grass fires be erected between the Town Hall and the Post Office.

It was resolved to write a letter of complaint to the Education Department re the state of the school yard.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 5

Paul Schramm, famous Viennese Pianist, who is touring Australia, gave a recital in Burra on Friday 19 March.

Mr Schramm was welcomed to the platform by the Mayor, Mr Jennison and Mr Clem Davey.

The hall was not packed, but the audience was most appreciative. Mr Schramm promised an evening that would not be too high-brow and would be entertaining. Each piece was preceded by an explanation of its composition and a story about each of the composers. The program was:

Sonata in E Minor (Scarlatti)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s desiring (Bach-Schramm)

Sonata in C Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight (Beethoven)

Dedication (Schumann)

Waltz in A Flat Major (Brahms)

Viennese Dance No. 1 (Friedman)

Invitation to the Dance (Weber)

Adagietto from the Ballet Les Biches (Poulenc)

Waltz in C Major (Poulenc)

Golliwog’s Cakewalk (Debussy)

Butterflies, Staccato Study (Schramm)

Pistons, Concert Study (Schramm)

Nocturne in D Flat Major (Chopin)

Waltz in D Flat Major, Minute (Chopin)

Polonaise in A Flat Major (Chopin)

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 6

Mrs Webster Fire Relief Appeal stands at £128-17-0.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 7

The Burra Ministers’ Fraternal at their last meeting passed the following two resolutions:

‘That this Fraternal stands solidly behind the Mayor, (Mr H.J.B. Jennison) on his stand against organised Sunday Sport.’

‘That this Fraternal deplores any attempts to use Good Friday as a common holiday especially for such functions as Easter Tournaments. We declare to our people that our churches are solidly against this practice.’

Burra Easter Cricket Carnival

Thirty-one players are to come from Prospect, including Interstate players and 31 from the Democratic Cricket Club, Broken Hill. All will be accommodated and will take part in the Carnival together with teams from Mokota and Burra Cricket Associations.

An official welcome will be given in the RSL Rooms on Friday morning by the Mayor, (Mr H.J.B. Jennison) before play begins.

A dance has been arranged for Saturday night in the RSL Rooms.

Sunday will be a free day, but bus trips will be arranged if necessary.

A Smoke Social and Buffet Dinner will be held at the Kooringa Hotel on Monday night and the trophies will be awarded.

Matches:

Friday:

Mokota v Broken Hill at Victoria Park

Burr v Prospect at the Racecourse

Saturday:

Broken Hill v Prospect at Victoria Park

Mokota v Burra at the Racecourse

Monday:

Broken Hill v Burra at Victoria Park

Prospect v Mokota at the Racecourse.

71, 11, 23 March 1948, page 8

Burra High School Parents & Friends Association held its AGM on Tuesday 16 March. Mrs Marston took the chair. Attendance was somewhat disappointing.

The Association had catered for the Inter-High School Sports on 9 May. It had again paid for a number of books and magazine subscriptions for the school library. A successful ball was run in conjunction with the High School Council. Takings were down due to a very wet night, but it was an enjoyable occasion. Considerable money was spent on sports equipment and a Gestetner machine. Some members acted as examination supervisors for the Intermediate and Leaving Examinations. The Association made arrangements for a fine banquet at the end of the year, but this had to be cancelled following the outbreak on infantile paralysis (polio).

Elected: President, Mrs Miels; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Riggs & Mrs Pederick; Secretary, Mrs A. Ford; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Jennison; Treasurer, Mrs I. Gare.

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 1

First Industrial Strike in SA was held nearly 100 years ago at the Burra Mines.

[Reprint of an article by Eric Gunton in the Adelaide Advertiser.]

News of the strike reached Adelaide on 15 September 1848, along with a request that 20 policemen be sent to the mine because 300 miners had taken possession of the mine and were refusing to move even one ton of ore.

The trouble started with the decision of the SA Mining Association to dismiss the superintendent of the Mine, Mr Thomas Burr, after he had refused to resign. The Directors went personally to the Mines to relieve him of his duties and when they arrived, Burr left for Adelaide.

The system of assay was that three samples were taken from each miner’s ore when it was cleaned and dressed. The first was taken by the miner, the second by the superintendent and the third was sent to the directors in Adelaide. The assay at Burra was agreed to by both parties, but the Adelaide tests were frequently at variance with the Burra tests and consequently the miners felt that they were frequently underpaid. The directors though the miners were trying to get high rates for lower grade ores. The directors refused to see the miners’ deputation and told them the mine might be shut down. This alarmed the miners, since there was much ore on hand, which had to be assayed before payment could be calculated. This resulted in their seizure of the mine by 300 miners. Only 8 tried to work and they were paraded through the street and exposed to ridicule.

When news of the strike reached Adelaide shares in the Mining Association fell from £220 to £120 for a £5 share. Police Commissioner Dashwood and Inspector Tolmer instituted a conference between the disputing parties and it was resolved that the results of the assays at the mine and in Adelaide would be averaged when they exceeded 30%. Everything was settled, though on the way home Mr Chambers, who was driving, lost control of the horses and the carriage turned over. Later in the year Thomas Burra took the directors to court and obtained £1,500 in damages for wrongful dismissal.

Mid North Local Government Association held its half-yearly meeting at Tanunda on 22 March.

Guest speakers Mr S.E. Huddlestone (Development Engineer) and F.W. Tideman of ETSA spoke on the present electrical system and the impact of constructing a power station at Pt Augusta to use Leigh Creek Coal. Plans have been made, but construction will wait on the availability of manpower and materials.

Among many topics of interest to ratepayers were:

The need for more petrol for country people.

The urgency of making all dairy herds supplying milk for human consumption free of tuberculosis.

One aspect of that drive was the need for more veterinary graduates.

There were also complaints about the increasing cost of the Commonwealth Public Service and the proposed increase in the number of members of the Federal Parliament, along with a more generous superannuation scheme for retired members.

71, 12, 30 March 1948, pages 1 & 7

The Easter Tennis Tournament organised by the Aberdeen Tennis Club has attracted 260 entries, compared with 150 last year. Competitors came from Robertstown, Emu Downs, Morgan, Hallett, Booborowie, Ironmine, Terowie and Adelaide. The weather over Easter was fair for tennis. Good organisation saw most of the play finish in good time. Six courts were in play throughout, with ten occasionally available. Only four were used in 1947. The event was a great success.

Results:

Men’s Championship Doubles unfinished

Women’s Championship Doubles Misses J. & H. Mosey defeated Mrs Rosewall & Mrs Abbott

Men’s Championship Singles T. Weaver defeated W. Phin

Women’s Championship Singles Mrs McBride defeated Miss M. Pearce

Men’s Doubles Handicap unfinished

Women’s Doubles Handicap unfinished

Men’s Singles Handicap (A) unfinished

Women’s Singles Handicap Miss Pearce defeated Mrs McEvoy

Men’s Singles Handicap (B) D. Watson defeated J. Wiseman

Women’s Singles Handicap (B) Miss Kellock defeated Miss Humphrys

Women’s Doubles Handicap [B?] Misses Escott & B. Kellock defeated Misses Lloyd & Humphrys

Junior Girls’ Event J. Jennison defeated E. Tiver

Junior Boys’ Event M. Robinson defeated G. Voumard.

[The final results were printed 71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 6, but do not entirely agree with the above:

Men’s Championship Doubles NOT MENTIONED

Women’s Championship Singles Miss H. Pearce defeated Mrs J. McBride (different from above)

Men’s Singles Handicap (A) T. Weaver

Men’s Doubles Handicap (B) Ferguson & Marsh

Women’s Doubles Handicap Miss Mosey & Mrs Ross

Mixed Handicap Doubles B. Hirschausen & Miss H. Mosey from D. Watson & Miss Escott.]

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 2

Advt. SA Farmers’ Union Co-op Ltd will sell the plant and equipment of Mr B.E. Clapp on the property 1 mile west of Booborowie on Thursday 15 April.

Mr Clapp is giving up active farming.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Tuesday and Wednesday 6 & 7 April

Greer Garson & Walter Pigeon in Mrs Miniver

3 April

[Elizabeth Taylor & Frank Morgan in] Courage of Lassie

[Donna Reed & Tom Drake in] Faithful in My Fashion

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 3

The Easter Cricket Carnival. The weather was favourable for cricket and good play was seen on both pitches, Victoria Park and the Racecourse.

The Broken Hill team missed the welcome by the Mayor because their train was four hours late.

The dance in the RSL Hall on Saturday night was a definite success.

Friday games

Racecourse: Prospect 7 for 179 v Burra 80

Victoria Park: Mokota 5 for 151 v Broken Hill 145

Saturday

Victoria Park: Prospect 7 for 147 v Broken Hill 41

Racecourse: Mokota 8 for 183 v Burra 9 for 167

[Monday

Victoria Park]

Burra 179 v Broken Hill 129

[Racecourse]

Prospect 9 for 204 v Mokota 191

The pennant for the carnival went to Prospect.

Milk in Burra. After representations made by producers, the Deputy Prices Commissioner has fixed the price of milk in Burra at 5d per pint.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its first Recognition Service for a number of years on Sunday 21 March, when six young people were admitted to Membership of the Methodist Church.

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 6

Mrs G. Webster Fire Appeal has reached £173-1-0.

Burra Racing Club has made a number of improvements to the course for this year. The western wing of the Totalisator room has been removed and the materials used to build a Jockeys’ Room and Secretary’s Office adjacent to the Saddling Paddock. This makes for more comfortable accommodation for riders. This frees an area under the grandstand, most of which will now be available for the CWA ladies, who will provide luncheon on race day. The track badly needs rain. The straight and as much of the course as can be watered looks well. 74 nominations have been received for the meeting on 8 April.

Letter. ‘Ratepayer’ writes to say that the Burra North Playground is being spoilt by mostly members from other wards, ‘who by their actions teach our children not to reverence the Sabbath.’

And Cr Baulderstone should not think that by abstaining from voting he is free from guilt.

Burra Rifle Club members ventured to Gawler on Easter Saturday. E.C. Hopkins from Burra carried off the first prize for the Tyro Group and Pat Hogan was 4th in the grand aggregate.

Foxes are plentiful in the Mt Bryan East area and so are rabbits, despite so many finding their way into the Burra rabbit factory.

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 7

Bowls. Club Championship

The Championship has been won by J.T. Pascoe.

Burra Tennis Association

A Grade

Semi-Final Kooringa 9-92 defeated Spalding 6-82

B Grade

Semi-Final Spalding 9-101 defeated Mt Bryan 6-80

71, 12, 30 March 1948, page 8

The Booborowie St Patrick’s Sports and Ball enjoyed excellent weather this year.

The results of sporting events are printed.

The Ball was a big draw card, with music from the Catherine Orchestra. Mr H. Broad was MC.

The whole day was a great success both socially and financially.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 1

The Season. Only 27 points of rain have been recorded at Burra since 1 January. This is the equal second driest quarter on record (since 1880). 1893 had 13 points and 1930 also recorded 27.

Despite a dry start 1893 ended up with 21 inches and 1930 with 13.98 inches – most of it between April and October. Many dams are dry and pastoralists are often carting water long distances. Roads to the east are inches deep in fine dust.

The Special Train ordered for the Burra Races has been cancelled by the SAR due to coal shortages. Arrangements for a bus have been made.

Burra Wheat Stacks this year received approximately 51,500 bags of wheat. This is 6,000 more than for 1947.

St Patrick’s Day Concert at the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening was fairly well attended. The company came from Adelaide. [Each item is reviewed.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy over 800 and 900 yards on Saturday.

Best on the day with handicap were C.N. Bushell, J. Lloyd, F.T. Marston, and B. Scholz.

Best off the rifle were: J. Lloyd, C.N. Bushell, F.T. Marston and R.J. Kellock.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 April

Robert Newton & Raymond Lovell in Night Boat to Dublin

Steppin’ in Society

Notice. Burra Town Council, Annual Municipal Elections

The following members of Council will retire on the first Saturday in July due to the effluxion of time.

Mayor Horton Joseph Barraclough Jennison

North Ward Stanley James Woollacott

West Ward William Joseph Lee

East Ward Edward Thomas Baulderstone

Nominations to fill the vacancies are called by 8 May 1948, with elections on Saturday 3 July if required.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 3

War Memorial Donation List has reached £194-4-7.

Hans Hasenfus, a 28-year-old Pole, will fly out a £3,000 Proctor Percival plane for Dr Young-Prouse of Forbes, NSW, to be used as an air ambulance. This young new Australian was seeking a cheap way to get to Australia. He saw service with the RAF in WWII, serving in the Middle East, Burma and Germany. His wife, children and parents were killed in Poland during the war. He hopes to commence sheep farming on Mr R.W. Needham’s Station at Hallett.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 4

Marriage. Clare Methodist Church, Saturday 20 March

Thelma Brook, only daughter of Mr & Mrs P.C. Brook of Booborowie, married

William Vawser, son of Mr & Mrs C. Vawser of Clare.

Obituary. Miss Janet Orr Inglis Craig died at Burra Hospital on Thursday last week, aged 91. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J.J. Craig, who came from England and settled on the land near Spalding in the 1850s. Miss Craig was the last surviving member of the family, which comprised three sons and three daughters. She was born at Spalding 8 September 1857 and lived there during her early life. Later she moved to Hallett with her father and spent the greater part of her life there. During her younger years, she took a particular interest in the local Methodist Church and was a keen worker for the Red Cross and other patriotic efforts during WWI. In 1923 she came to live in Burra and led a quiet retired life until falling ill about seven years ago, after which she was unable to leave Burra Hospital. Until a few weeks ago she retained an excellent memory and could relate many stories of the early days of the district and of the blackfellows who wandered through and lived in this area.

[SA Deaths CD says she died as Janet Orr Englis Craig 1 April 1948 at Burra. The most likely birth registration would seem to be Janet Hore Craig 15 September 1856 at Booborowie.]

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 5

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary Services on Sunday 4 April, with services at 11 a.m. and 3 & 7 p.m. [Details in c. 11⁄3 columns.]

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Service on Sunday 14 March.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 7

Mrs G. Webster Fire Appeal has now reached £197-6-1 and will close on 10 April.

Burra Cricket Association. Koonoona has won the Premiership for 1948 when it defeated Buffs on the fifth day of play.

Koonoona 269 & 364 defeated Buffs 305 & 94. [71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 3 says 305 & 86 and gives completely different scores for each batsman in making that total.]

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes to commend ‘Ratepayer’ for taking up the cause to slay ‘the giants in revolt who are against Strict Sunday Observance.’ He says as far as he knows there has never been an occasion created by special request from any outside organisation for any such motion as referred to by ‘Ratepayer’. The writer considers the whole question has been handled wrongly. If there is a desire for change there are provisions for a petition for it, which would then be handled in a prescribed and proper manner.

71, 13, 6 April 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association. Semi-Finals

A Grade Aberdeen 11-106 defeated Hallett 4-77

B Grade Aberdeen 8-80 defeated Hallett 7-84

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 1

Weather. The dry spell of more than three months has broken with good falls of 140 to 271 points across a wide area of the agricultural and pastoral lands of the district. Burra received 180 points, Gum Creek 270, Leighton 250, Booborowie district about 200 and Hallett 124. To 9 a.m. Sunday falls to the east of up to 80 points were reported, before the telephone line was cut, but more has fallen since. The dry earth has soaked up the rain and little if any run-off has entered dams.

The Mrs G. Webster Appeal has closed at £238-1-0.

Mr Jim Terry of the National Bank has been transferred to Lismore. He had taken a keen interest in the sporting activities of the town while here and was given a farewell by friends at the RSL Rooms on Tuesday. A presentation was made of a travelling rug and a quantity of cigarettes. Mr W. Carpenter, as President of the Football Club, presided. Mr Terry had been Secretary of the Burra Football Club.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy on Saturday over double 300 yards. Visibility was poor due to the rain and attendance was poor. The best performance by far was by Ron Kellock with a round of 39 and then one of 34 [which the paper says gave him a total of 75 – though in the tabulation of scores it is correctly listed as 39 + 34 + 7 handicap = 80].

Local Board of Health has been advised that the Burra Primary and High School lavatories are now number one on the list to be attended to.

71, 14, 13 April 1948, pages 1 & 8

Burra Racing Club held its first meeting for 1948 on Thursday. With two exceptions the fields were not good, but this was probably due to cancellation of the special train from Adelaide, due to coal shortages. Twenty-four horses had been booked to travel by the train and cancellation was at short notice, making it difficult to arrange transportation by horse float. The weather was bad in the morning, with a strong north wind and raised dust. Conditions improved towards midday. A number of improvements had been made at the course and jockeys appreciated their new room by the Saddling Paddock and CWA ladies, who provided the luncheon were pleased with having practically all of the pavilion under the grandstand set aside for their use.

The track was in excellent condition. History was made when the Club announced there were no starters for the first race. There were only four runners for the Burra Handicap. Attendance was quite good and it was pleasing to see the support of many local people, which had not been the case in other recent meetings. Seventeen bookmakers attended, but betting was not as heavy as in recent meetings. [Details of the six races run were printed on page 8.]

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 2

Notice. A field day will be held at Koonoona Stud, Burra on Wednesday 28 April 1948 at 11.30 a.m.

Notice. A field day will be held at Cappeedee, Hallett on 20 April at 2.00 p.m.

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra. Annual Elections.

The following Councillors will retire due to the effluxion of time and nominations to fill the vacancies will be received up to 8 May 1948, with elections on Saturday 3 July as required.

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Mongolata Ward Robert John Barker

Farrell Flat Ward Andreas Rudolph Mickel

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 April

Rita Hayworth & Janet Blair in Tonight and Every Night

Richard Dix & Nina Vale in The Mysterious Intruder

Advt. Burra Thursday 22 April. Turner and Craig present: The Joy Bells of 1948

Hal Turner – the popular Dancing Comedian

Stan Craig, late of the Tivoli Theatres

Lionel Pickering, golden voiced tenor

Annette, girl juggler

Lorna Pearl, Dancing Soubrette

The Turners, crazy dancers

Mister Ree, the Mystic

Dennis Blandel, George Formby impersonator and banjoist

Rex, the talking doll

Hall and Stan, Krazy Comedy Kings.

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 3

Burra Tennis Association. A Grade Final

Kooringa 8 sets defeated Hallett 7 sets.

B Grade Final

Spalding 10-96 defeated Hallett 5-82.

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 4

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary celebrations on 4 and 5 April.

[Details in 11⁄4 columns.]

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 6

Burra Town Council, 5 April.

It was decided to erect the grassfire siren on the parapet of the Town Hall.

A letter will be sent to Mr G.S. Hawker MP asking him to take up the issue of the poor state of the Burra School yard.

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 7

Rev. H. Hobbs was given a farewell after the Kooringa Sunday School Anniversary. Rev. Pitman of Burra North thanked him for his work with the Ministers’ Fraternal. The Mayor thanked him on behalf of the citizens. He was also thanked by Adj. Chapman of the Salvation Army, Mrs Longbottom of the Ladies’ Guild, Mr W. Carpenter represented the Church Trust and the Sunday School and Mr A. Bruce spoke for the Circuit. A presentation of an envelope of notes was made.

71, 14, 13 April 1948, page 8

Burra Golf Club held its AGM last Friday evening. Elected: President, R.B. Martin; Vice-Presidents, L.H. Thomas & A. Lloyd and Secretary & Treasurer, Mr C. Davey.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 1

Burra Anzac Sports were organised by the Burra RSL and were held on the Burra Racecourse last Saturday. This year’s event did not approach the pre-war standards, but it did exceed last year’s. The weather this year was perfect. Last year’s total takings were £77 and this year’s amounted to £83. The grounds were comfortably filled. Entries for the cycle races numbered 37 from country and city; up from only 13 last year. F. Thomas won the Two Mile Anzac Wheel Race and K. Thurgood won the First Class Scratch Race.

The horse racing events were interesting, but more entries were needed. [Results are printed.]

East Bungaree Proprietors held a field day at North Bungaree on 9 April. About 130 breeders attended a yarding of 800 two-tooth and four-tooth Stud and Flock Rams.

Legacy has launched an appeal for funds to care for children of deceased servicemen. In 1942 annual expenditure was £834, but as a result of WWII Legacy is now caring for 1,524 families and had an expenditure in 1947 of £7,965.

The Mrs G. Webster Fire Appeal has now closed at a total of £245-9-1.

Thirty-Five Sheep have been killed by dogs on Mr E. Finch’s property. He managed to shoot one of the two dogs responsible and the second was later killed, hiding in the garden on Mr L. Thomas’s property.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale on the property of Mr G.E. Leaney, 7 miles southeast of Burra on 4 May. His property has previously been sold.

Advt. K.J. Treleaven notifies the public that he will be opening a butcher shop on the premises previously occupied by W. Whiteford.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 24 April

Lionel Barrymore & Lucille Bremer in Dark Delusion

Frank Morgan [& Audrey Totter] in The Cockeyed Miracle

Monday 26 April

Ingrid Bergman & Leslie Howard in Intermezzo

Gail Patrick & Eddie Albert in Rendezvous with Annie.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 3

Salvation Army. Envoy Winfield, who was stationed in Burra some years ago, will visit the town on Anzac Weekend to conduct services in the Citadel. He will accompany the popular Hindmarsh Salvation Army Band, which will give a Band Concert in the Salvation Army Citadel on Saturday 24 April at 8 p.m. and a Sacred Band Concert in the Town Hall at 8.30 p.m. on Sunday 25 April.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 4

Rev. & Mrs Dorman were welcomed to the Kooringa Methodist Circuit at a social in the Methodist Hall on Wednesday 14 April. A welcome was extended by Rev. Pitman of Burra North and By Mr Bruce on behalf of the Kooringa Circuit. Others to welcome the newcomers were Adjutant Chapman of the Salvation Army, Rev. Pettet of St Mary’s Anglican Church. Mrs Sheldrick for the Ladies’ Guild and Mrs Sykes on behalf of the Choir – in the absence of choirmaster Mr Sykes.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 5

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, recently

Joyce M. Earle, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.R. Earle, married

Ray F. Lloyd, only son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Lloyd.

[Details in c. 2⁄3 column.]

Cricket. Over the weekend:

Royal Hotel Cricketers from Adelaide 199 defeated a combined Burra Association team, 133.

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 6

Mokota Cricket Association, Premiership.

North Booborowie 342 & 212 defeated Mt Bryan 281 & 234.

Letter. R.C. Winfield writes from Northfield to support his ‘old friend Tom Woollacott, the present Mayor, Horton Jennison, and others who have done so much for Burra’. He is specifically responding to the letter from Lotus Ireland and supporting the stand for Sunday Observance made by his ‘old friend.’

71, 15, 20 April 1948, page 7

War Memorial Donation List has reached £194-19-7.

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM in the CWA Rooms on 16 April and elected President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs R.J. Jefferies & Mrs M. Miels; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss M. Davey; Captain, Miss M.V. Pearce and Vice-Captain, Mrs R. Pettet.

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 1

Burra Town Council, 19 April

It was resolved to grant a proper agreement be drawn up granting the Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club the right to use the courts until 30 June, with the right of renewal.

Deputy Director of Education wrote to say the schoolyard as a whole has not yet been improved, but an officer of the Architect-in-Chief’s Department will visit on 21 April to report on the means of improving the assembly area and to confer on the possibility of purchase of land.

The Mayor reported that the CWA’s lease in Pearce’s Buildings had expired and they were anxious to establish themselves in the two rooms of the Burra Town Hall. It was resolved that the Town Clerk interview all contractors regarding the alterations and endeavour to obtain an estimate of the cost.

The Mayor suggested that an invitation be extended through the Premier of SA to their Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to visit Burra during their Australian Tour. He did not think for a moment that the invitation would be accepted, but it would show Burra’s loyalty by sending the invitation. It was resolved to do so and also to ascertain whether the SA Government would consider setting aside a day for country children to visit the city on the occasion of the royal visit and whether the Government would consider having a special train for school children to visit Adelaide to see their Majesties.

[A Royal Tour by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret was planned for ten weeks in 1949. It would have included every state and the royal visitors were to have been in SA 27 May to 3 June, but on 23 November 1948 it was deferred indefinitely due to the king’s poor health – he had lost the feeling in one leg due to circulation problems.]

Anzac Services were held in Burra at the War Memorial on Sunday. There was a large attendance and the Salvation Army [Hindmarsh] Citadel Band supported the service. A large number of returned men paraded for the march, which departed from the RSL Rooms in Market Square and went to the hospital and then to the War Memorial under the command of the RSL Sub-Branch President, Mr M.G. Dobson. The service was jointly conducted by Adjutant Chapman and Revs. Pettet, Dorman and Pitman.

Accidents

Mr T. Kallio’s car rolled over onto its side when a tyre blew out opposite Mr T. Lehmann’s residence.

Mr R. West collided with a stationary vehicle on the Pig and Whistle Ford on Saturday evening. His car was badly damaged.

Mr H. Pyke was driving his panel van from the bakehouse towards the main street on Friday, when the steering arm broke on the bridge near Mr O. Oates’ property. The van smashed through the railing and into the creek, where it turned over and ended with its four wheels in the air. Apart from the shock, Mr Pyke was not hurt.

Mr & Mrs Hurtle Scott were proceeding along the Baldina Road on Saturday and when negotiating the turn-off to Morgan, some four miles out, the door flew open and Mrs Scott was thrown out and dragged some feet before Mr Scott could stop. She is confined to her bed with bruising and abrasions.

Burra Show Society. A.B. Riggs was re-elected President at the adjourned AGM on Friday. The books showed the Society concluded the year with a deficit of £576-6-3, but this was due to a charge of £632 for depreciation, which had not previously been shown on the books of the Society. Without that there was a surplus for the year of £56. J.M. Jacka is Vice-President

Football. In a trial match, before Association matches start next Saturday, Burra 12.11 defeated Robertstown 2.5.

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 May

Bette Davis & Nigel Bruce in The Corn is Green

Elisabeth Fraser & Craig Stevens in The Hidden Hand

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 3

Burra Tennis Association, Grand Finals – postponed due to very wet conditions.

A Grade Aberdeen 11 sets defeated Kooringa 4 sets.

[71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 3 adds Aberdeen 11-95 defeated Kooringa 4-74.]

B Grade Spalding 10-95 defeated Aberdeen 5-68.

Letter. ‘Citizen’ writes thanking R.C. Winfield for the recent letter in support of Mr T.H. Woollacott and the Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison in their efforts to keep the Sabbath holy.

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 5

The Hanson Farewell Committee, which also acted as a Welcome Home Committee, has been officially wound up. Barometers were presented by Mr Cyril Collins to returned boys and a cake dish to the lady. Surplus funds of £1-13-9 have been given to the Secretary of Hanson Hall as a donation towards an Honour Roll, which is to be purchased.

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 6

The Mrs G. Webster Fire Appeal has been closed, but late donations have brought the total to £249-7-0.

Aberdeen Tennis Tournament was not completed at Easter, but was concluded on Saturday 24 April.

[Results have been added to the report on 71, 12, 30 March 1948, pages 1 & 7.]

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy on Saturday over 800 and 900 yards. Jim Schwier was easily the winner both off the rifle and in the handicap section.

Salvation Army. Adjutant and Mrs Chapman have been transferred to another centre. Two young ladies, Captains Monoghan and Wilson will replace them in Burra.

[In 71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 7 the replacements were changed to Captain M. Hewitt & Captain Wilson.]

The Mayor, Mr H.J.B. Jennison welcomed a delegation of NSW Stockbreeders when they arrived in Burra last Sunday afternoon. A Civic Reception will be tendered the visitors tonight, and prior to that they will visit Mr J.T. Pascoe’s Hairdressing Salon to view the collection of Burra sheep photographs.

71, 16, 27 April 1948, page 8

Burra Show Society

H.J. Finnis, Secretary of the Royal Show, Adelaide, visited Burra earlier in the year to give his opinion on the suitability or otherwise of the present Burra Showground and the Burra sports Syndicate Grounds for holding the local show. His report to the local sub-committee on this matter stated:

The present site is not ideal. The natural contours and stony ground present difficulties. The arena is of an awkward shape. The rising ground in the northeast corner is unsafe for parking cars.

The present site could be improved by re-designing the arena to a length of 420 ft by 250 ft, with the longer axis running north-south and positioning the western boundary about a chain from the present western boundary. This would allow two jumps on either side (replacing the present three jumps). One of the present jumps running north-south must be difficult, if not dangerous, in strong afternoon sunlight.

More research would be needed to find a local source for stops in concentric rings for cars parked on the northeast slope. Investigation of the possible use of a road plough or similar implement to provide a series of ridges/terraces for safer parking is also needed.

If undertaken these changes would provide a larger area for parking cars on the level space to the east. The provision of stops would turn the northeast corner into a natural grandstand. The new arena would provide more satisfactory jumping facilities.

The Syndicate Ground could be used for a show, but certain additional equipment would be needed. An arena would need to be fenced, but this posed no great difficulty. All buildings needed should be able to be accommodated on the Golf Course, provided adequate attention was given to the disposal of floodwaters. The control of entry to the extensive site was not insoluble.

Mr H.E. Rowel inspected the Syndicate ground from the point of view of the Race Club and could see no objection, provided no buildings were placed in the centre of the course.

Mr M.T. Fuller, speaking for the Sports Association, who are the Trustees of the ground, offered all assistance if the transfer were to be made.

A general meeting of subscribers to the Show Society will consider the proposal to move the show on 14 March.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired a match with Metros (Adelaide) Riflemen on Saturday over double 700 yards, with ten men per side. The Burra Club did very well to lose narrowly 712 points to 710.

Burra Hospital Board has been pleased to be advised by the Burra Red Cross branch that it would pay for half the cost of the proposed new septic system. The other half will come from Government subsidy. They will also pay for the X-ray plant, electric washing machine, Maternity Wing hot water unit and steriliser, renovations to the pantry, hand bowl and baby’s bath in the Nursery, hand bowl in the Theatre and private corridors. The balance would go towards stainless steel bedpans etc.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 3 reports on the Red Cross meeting and clarifies that £160 will go towards the septic system and that they had raised £1,200 to cover the other expenditure.

Collinsville held its annual inspection day on 15 April, when some 200 men availed themselves of the chance to see the 100 or so rams that were yarded for the occasion.

Burra CWA. No tenders have been received for the renovation of the rooms at the Town Hall and the matter will be discussed at the next Town Council meeting. The CWA lease on the room [in Pearce’s Buildings] does not expire until June, so it was deemed inadvisable to move to the Town Hall at this time.

A Farewell Social was tendered to Mr & Mrs J.R. Simpson & Mr & Mrs R. Schuyler at Mt Bryan Hall on 27 April. Both families are leaving the district. The Simpsons are moving to Adelaide and the Schuylers to WA. Speeches and presentations were followed by dancing and supper provided by the Red Cross Committee.

North Eastern Football Association – the opening game of the season was played on Saturday last.

Spalding 10.10 defeated Burra 4.10.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 May

Ann Dvorak & John Wayne in The Flame of the Barbary Coast

Lynne Roberts & Peter Cookson in Behind City Lights

The War Memorial Donation List has reached £216-4-7.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 3

North Booborowie Annual School Dance is reported and was apparently a great success.

Legacy Club Appeal stands at £98-6-0.

Marriage. Burra North [Redruth] Methodist Church, 29 April

Munda Thiele, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs J.H. Thiele of Pinnaroo, married

Douglas Lomman, eldest son of Mr & Mrs C.J. Lomman of Truro St, Burra North.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 4

The Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Picnic was revived after a lapse of a number of years on 26 April – the Anzac Holiday. The picnic was held at Gum Creek Station. Further details and the results of the sporting events are printed.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 5

Visit of Interstate Stockbreeders is reported in 2 columns.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 6

Burra Golf Club held its opening day for the coming season last Saturday afternoon. Work to make the links an 18 hole golf course is expected to be completed in about two weeks. Mr A. Lloyd, the 1947 Club Champion was invited to drive the first ball. Burra Golf Associates will open their season on 5 May.

North Eastern Football Association Juniors. This organisation was formed at Sid Johnson’s Gymnasium at Burra North last Thursday evening. The program will run parallel with the seniors and will comprise three 12-minute quarters before the senior game and a fourth quarter to be played during the half-time interval of the senior match.

71, 17, 4 May 1948, page 7

Burra High School held its Sports Day on Friday last. In the House Competition Steele House 195 defeated Draysey 134. Results are printed. Cup Winners were:

Junior Boys D. Bernhardt

Junior Girls L. Davies

Senior Boys B. Bell

Senior Girls J. Nelson

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 21st stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy over 500 & 700 yards on Saturday. Jim Schwier topped the marksman’s section and W.G. Woodman won the match with his handicap.

Murder at ‘Studholm’

A shooting tragedy has occurred at Mr R. Phillips’ property of ‘Studholme’ 13 miles east of Burra on the Morgan Road. Lance Phillips, son of R. Phillips is dead and the 23-year-old housekeeper, Lillian June Mattner, is in Burra Hospital with a serious wound in the abdomen. Leslie Harols Weiss, 28, a woodcutter of Mt Mary, has been charged with murder and has a bullet wound in the foot.

The evidence given at a bedside enquiry on Thursday afternoon reveled that Weiss rode his bicycle from Mt Mary for some 35-40 miles and then walked the rest of the way to the Phillips’ homestead, arriving c. 10 a.m. There he told Lillian Mattner that he wanted to talk to her. She walked away from him to the kitchen, where she turned around and saw Weiss raise a gun to her. Lance Phillips had been sitting near the window and on seeing Weiss raise the gun, jumped between her and Weiss. The gun was fired and the bullet passed through Lance Phillips and struck her. Lance began to crawl towards the bedroom, but died near the doorway.

Lillian Mattner said she had been keeping company with Weiss for sometime before Christmas, but was now contemplating marrying Phillips. Weiss told her that if he couldn’t have her nobody else would.

After the shooting Mattner said Weiss put his arms around her and tried to get her to go away with him. Later they both walked outside, where she collapsed. Weiss then carried her back and bathed her wound. He said he was going to shoot himself in the foot and left the house, saying also he wanted to leave quickly because the police would put blacktrackers onto him.

Weiss cross examined Mattner and accused her of saying she deserved the bullet more than Phillips had. Mattner denied that. Weiss also asked why she had apologised to him for all the things she had done in the past. Mattner replied that she was frightened because he had a gun and a sheath knife.

The first news of the shooting was received in Burra when Weiss walked into the Burra Hospital at about 12.40 p.m. and called for the Matron, a doctor and the police before collapsing. While his foot was being dressed, he said there was a wounded woman at ‘Studholme’. Dr R.C. Heddle and MC Sparrow hastened to the property and informed MC France of the tragedy from Mr J.G. Rooke’s telephone (about 10 miles out).

Dr Heddle pronounced Lance Phillips dead and conveyed Lillian Mattner and her 3 or 4 year old daughter, who had been in or near the house the whole time, to the Burra Hospital.

MC Sparrow arrested Weiss during the afternoon and a post mortem shoed Lance Phillips had been shot just below the heart. Weiss had been given a lift into Burra by a man in a buckboard, believed to be Mr Harold Davies of Stonehut. A search by a large body of police recovered an old .303 rifle hidden in a rabbit burrow, three empty cartridge shells, a torch and the bicycle. On Friday they also found a sheath knife.

At the time of the shooting Mr R. Phillips had been away from home droving sheep to his property.

Some two or three years ago the Weiss family was quiate well known in Burra as vendors of Murray fish on market days. [In various places the spelling of the station varies from Studholm to Studholme.]

The Legacy Appeal currently stands at £103-16-3.

Burra Town Council Elections

Mayor No Nominations – nominations called again by 29 May.

East Ward E.T. Baulderstone elected unopposed

West Ward W.J. Lee elected unopposed

North Ward J.A. Fisher elected unopposed

(Cr S.J. Woollacott did not offer himself for re-election)

Burra Primary and High Schools. Experts from the Architect-in-Chief’s Department have inspected the yards and conveniences of both schools and have recommended:

The purchase of one chain of land on the eastern and western sides of the schoolyards for the installation of a large septic tank system, with an overflow to the bank of the creek and collecting also from a septic system to be installed for the headmaster’s residence.

A large army hut will be erected for technical classes – possibly behind the High School.

A portion of the yard will be paved.

Basketball, 1 May

Burra 21 defeated Leighton 9.

Hallett 17 defeated South Booborowie 7.

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council gives notice of its intention to borrow £1,200 by means of a debenture on the security of the general rates of the town. Interest will be £3-7-6 per centum per annum and the loan will be repaid in half-yearly instalments of £71-3-11 over ten years. The money is to be used for:

Alterations and improvements to the existing sports oval on the Recreation Ground.

General improvements to the Recreation Ground.

Construction of tennis courts.

Burra Burra District Council Elections

There being no more than the required nominations to fill vacancies, the following Councillors were elected unopposed.

Kooringa Ward Edwin Finch

Leighton Ward Douglas Keynes

Mongolata Ward Robert John Barker

Farrell Flat Ward Andreas Rudolph Mickel

Notice. Nelson Hann advises he has resumed duties as a Commission Agent and has received the following appointments: AMP Society, Wm. Charlick Ltd, Ocean Insurance Co. Ltd, Registered Taxation Agent – And I have appointed Hurtle M. Scott, Public Accountant and Licensed Land Agent to conduct all my affairs in conjunction therewith.

Notice. Notice is hereby given that it is the intention of Myrtle Riggs as a person authorised by the Committee of Management of the Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society to take the necessary steps to secure the incorporation of that Society after the expiration of one month from the publication of this notice.

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 3

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Heather, daughter of Mr & Mrs Fred Catt.

[Heather Vivienne Catt born 3 June 1927 at Kooringa: died 4 May 1948 at Tusmore.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 May

Greer Garson & Gregory Peck in Valley of Decision.

Plus supporting short features.

18 & 19 May

Daphne Campbell & ‘Chips’ Rafferty in The Overlanders.

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 5 May

The Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey reported that he had interviewed three contractors re renovations at the Town Hall. Messrs Carpenter and Steer would paint the big room. [Lodge Room] It was resolved to get specifications from the same.

Various maintenance works were authorised for the cottage at the Town Hall. [Details are given.]

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 5

North Eastern Football Association, at Burra Racecourse Oval last Saturday:

Burra 16.8 defeated Hallett 4.3.

At Booborowie

Booborowie 13.20 defeated Spalding 8.18.

71, 18, 11 May 1948, page 6

Burra High School participated in the Mid Northern High School Sports at Balaklava last Friday. They were not very successful, finishing last: Balaklava 127, Clare 125, Riverton 77, Kapunda 35 and Burra 32.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 1

Referendum Meeting in Burra. A meeting at the Town Hall on Tuesday night heard arguments for the ‘NO’ case in the debate over the Control of Prices and Rents Referendum.

Speakers were P.A. McBride MHR and S. Hawker MP. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

The Legacy Club Appeal stands at £121-3-0.

North Eastern Basketball, 8 May

South Booborowie 15 defeated Leighton 5.

Burra 26 defeated North Booborowie 23.

Hallett 41 defeated Mt Bryan 12.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee held a junk sale on Friday and raised £35-13-6.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, pages 1 & 3

Mt Bryan CWA held a Chrysanthemum Show in the Mt Bryan Hall on 1 May. It was a success and raised over £28. The results are printed.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 2

Notice. Mr N.O. Jesser advises that as he has taken over the Eastern Mail Contract, he will no longer be able to deliver supplies of wood.

Notice. Mr Sid Johnson advises he has taken over the Milk Round previously owned by Mr L.H. Hood.

Notice. Doxo & Elizabeth Barratt advise they have no intention of selling their hotel.

[The Royal Exchange Hotel.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 May

The Captive Heart, A true and moving description of the lives of British Prisoners of War in Germany.

Plus Gay Blades.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 3

Mid-North High School Sports. Detailed results are printed.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 5

North Eastern Football Association, At Burra on Saturday.

Booborowie 4.14 defeated Burra 3.10.

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 22nd stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy on Saturday over double 300 yards in high wind and occasional misty rain. Nobody reached the limit of 80 points, the first time this has occurred for a long period. R.G. Bernhardt led the handicap section. Both F.T. Marston and J.H. Schwier scored 69 off the rifle.

Marriage. Pirie Street Methodist Church, recently

Patricia Tiver, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs R.K. Tiver of Hallett, married

Keith Hanlin, elder son of Mrs & the late Mr S. Hanlin of Tuilkilkey Station, Terowie.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

71, 19, 18 May 1948, page 7

Obituary. The late Mr Lance Phillips, grazier of Burra, was born on 30 August 1921, the second son of Mr & Mrs R. Phillips. He attended Morgan Primary School and later the School of Mines in Adelaide, where he obtained a certificate as a Woolclasser. During the War he joined the AIF, but owing to ill health was unable to leave Australia. He spent most of his time in the army as a driver in the north or SA. After his release from Military Duties he acquired a portion of the property known as ‘The Gums’, where he carried on as a grazier until his death. He resided with his father at ‘Studholme’. He is survived by his parents, two sisters and a brother.

[Lance Clarence Phillips, born 30 August 1921 at Eudunda: died 5 May 1948 Studholm [sic] Station.]

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 1

Diphtheria Immunization is recommended to Burra parents following two recent deaths from the disease in Adelaide.

Legacy Club Appeal stands now at £126-16-3.

An Inquest into the death of Lance Phillips will be held at Burra on Wednesday 2 June, conducted by the local coroner, Mr S. Kellaway JP.

Burra Rifle Club members had a picnic shoot against a Riverton Team on Saturday to the Riverton Club’s range, which is located at Rhynie. The plan was for a shoot over 500, 600 and 700 yards, but rain set in during the 600 yards shoot and deteriorated further, causing the 700 yard shoot to be abandoned. On the day Burra 975 defeated Riverton 945.

Burra Bowling Club Trophies for the 1948 season were presented on Saturday.

Championship J. Pascoe

Singles Handicap E. Pederick

Consistency N. Woodards

Pairs T. Corry & H. Pederick

North Eastern Football Association, at Hallett on Saturday:

Burra 8.19 defeated Hallett 9.6.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 May

Hedy Lamarr & Paul Henreid in The Conspirators

Julie Bishop & Michael Ames in I Was Framed

1 & 2 June

[Ronald Colman & Greer Garson] in Random Harvest

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 3

Hanson. A meeting was held in the Institute on Thursday 13 May to discuss the purchase of an Honour Roll. A subscription list has been opened.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 17 May.

The Clerk reported receiving information from the Architect-in-Chief’s Department concerning proposed work at the schools – as previously noted – though adding that the new room would be of iron construction and the existing shed would be extended. The room deemed unfit for used would be re-floored.

Two tenders were received for work to be done at the Lodge Room [in the Town Hall] and W. W. Carpenter was the successful tenderer.

The Town Clerk reported the election results as previously noted.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 5

Irvine Robinson, who has been serving with the Occupational Forces in Japan was welcomed home at a social evening at Hanson on 1 May. He was presented with a fountain pen and a barometer.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 6

Burra Golf Club. Until now the course had been of twelve holes, but now six short holes have been added and the first round on the new 18 hole course was played on Saturday.

L. Tiver won the handicap stroke round with the best score off the stick of 77.

S. Macauley, playing for a handicap, scored 78 off the stick.

The Bogey for the new 18 hole course is 66.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 7

Foxes are very numerous this season and with no young rabbits about yet, they are turning to the rabbits caught in rabbiters’ traps. One trapper recently found that of 120 rabbits in his traps only 20 were of any use to him because foxes had accounted for the remainder. Unfortunately fox skins at present are fetching only 6d each.

71, 20, 25 May 1948, page 8

North Eastern Basketball Association, 15 May.

North Booborowie 22 defeated Leighton 5.

South Booborowie 15 defeated Mt Bryan 5.

Burra 17 defeated Hallett 7.

71, 21, 1 June 1948, page 1

Empire Day was celebrated at Burra High and Primary Schools on Friday. Addresses were given by Mr G.S. Hawker MP and the Mayor, His Worship Mr H.J.B. Jennison. The schools were granted half-holidays.

Burra Town Council Election

There had been no nominations for Mayor at the ordinary election, but the Supplementary Election has brought forth two nominations. Cr F.T. Marston has tendered his resignation as the representative of West Ward in order to contest the Mayoral election with Mr S. Kellaway. The election will be held next Saturday.

Burra Rifle Club. The 23rd stage of the E.C. Collins Trophy was fired on Saturday over 500 and 600 yards. Five new members collected the points: G. Willmett, F. Kakoschke, J.R. Field, G. Webster and B. Scholz.

At this stage, with only one more shoot for the trophy, only Jim Schwier and Ron Kellock can win the trophy, though Joe Lloyd has a chance of coming second.

Badminton. Practice games are underway at the Kooringa Methodist Hall and at Burra North and matches will start in the near future.

Table Tennis is also being practised at the Kooringa Methodist Hall and matches against opposing clubs will be arranged.

Sir Douglas Mawson, the noted geologist and explorer, visited Burra in the past week. He is interested in mineral deposits in the district and was shown examples of talc and pottery clay by the Mayor. The talc from Mr Norman Ford was judged by Sir Douglas to be of excellent quality and could become a valuable industry if it were proved in sufficient quantities. The pottery clay was also of good quality.

[In the issue 71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 1 this information was corrected to say that the talc sample actually came from the Flinders Ranges, though the pottery clay was local.]

CWA. At the last meeting news was given from the Town Clerk that the tender for painting and kalsomining the [Lodge Room] at the Town Hall has gone to W. Carpenter and is to be completed by the end of this month.

St Mary’s Sunday School, which has been closed for some years, reopened last Sunday with 31 prospective pupils. Miss Nin Morrison MA, the Diocesan Organiser for Religious Instruction attended and gave the teachers a demonstration of hot the Kindergarten section should be organised. She had met teachers the previous night at the Rectory and talked to them about Sunday School organisation and equipment, including the use of a strip film projector. The school will be open every Sunday at 10 a.m.

71, 21, 1 June 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. Nominations are called by 19 June for an extraordinary vacancy for Councillor for West Ward, caused by the resignation of Councillor Frank Teare Marston. An election will be held on 26 June should more than the required number of persons nominate.

Notice. H.R. Aberg of the Northern Café advises he has sold his business to Messrs Best & Sykes.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 June

Lionel Barrymore & Donna Reed in Dr Gillespie’s Criminal Case

Wallace Beery [& Marjorie Main] in Rationing

71, 21, 1 June 1948, page 3

The War Memorial Donation List stands at £303-11-1.

The Legacy Club Appeal stands at £128-16-9.

Mr August Pohlner of ‘Tooralie’, Hallett will celebrate his 90th birthday on 5 June.

71, 21, 1 June 1948, page 6

Burra Homing Club flew the first race of the season from Carrieton. Placings went to S. Kellaway, L. Hood and A.H. Broad.

71, 21, 1 June 1948, page 8

North Eastern Football Association, at Burra last Saturday.

Burra 12.13 defeated Spalding 4.8.

At Booborowie

Booborowie 5.24 defeated Hallett 4.11.

Basketball. A practice match was played last Saturday: High School 16 defeated Kooringa Methodists 10.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 1

Burra Town Council – Mayoral Election

It is thought that the election on Saturday resulted in a record number of votes being cast. The result:

Stan Kellaway 172

F.T. Marston 193

Informal 8

373

[As usual, it is well to be sceptical of claims about records. In fact, the votes for the Mayoralty in 1934 totalled 492 and the figure of 365 for valid votes had been exceeded on five other occasions.]

The Legacy Club Appeal has reached £137-4-9.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, pages 1 & 5 [Page 5 is incorrectly dated 1st June]

The Lance Clarence Phillips Inquest

The adjourned inquest into the death of Lance Clarence Phillips, 26, grazier of ‘Studholme’, who met his death as the result of gunshot wounds on 5 May 1948, was continued at the Burra North Police Court last Wednesday and Thursday before the Local Coroner, Mr S. Kellaway, assisted by D.C. Williams of the Crown Law Department. Messrs Worth and Mills appeared for the accused Leslie Herald Weiss.

At the end of the hearing the Coroner committed Weiss for trial at the Criminal Court in Adelaide on a charge of murder, having found that Lance Phillips had died from gunshot wounds to the heart caused by a .303 bullet, fired from a service revolver by Leslie Herald Weiss. The evidence showed that the shooting was deliberate.

The first witness was Robert Phillips, father of the deceased.

Last saw his son at 9.05 a.m. on the 5 May before the witness had left at 9.15 to pick up some sheep.

Left his son and Miss June Mattner in the house – she had been housekeeping there since the New Year.

Met Weiss (at about 11.40 a.m.) about a mile east of his gate, riding a bike in the direction of Burra.

Weiss said he was going to Burra to enquire about the Eastern Mail, having heard they wanted a driver.

Witness did not notice if Weiss was carrying a firearm and did not observe any wound to his foot or body.

Witness kept a double barrel shotgun at the head of his bed, but did not notice if it was there when he left home that day. It was not there when he and Sgt France searched for it, but it was later found in a back room.

He saw the body of his son when he returned home.

He knew Weiss, but Weiss had not been to his home when Miss Mattner was with them.

He would say his son Lance did not know Weiss.

He had employed Miss Mattner without inquiring into her character.

He and Lance were friendly with Miss Mattner and he did not necessarily think Lance and Miss Mattner were going to get married.

He had met Weiss at the Koonoona Field Day on 28 April, when Weiss had been drunk, but Weiss had not asked about whether Lance and Miss Mattner were getting married.

Dr R.C. Heddle

Weiss arrived at Burra Hospital c. noon on 5 May.

Weiss said at about 12.40 that someone had been shot and someone was dead at Mr Phillips’ Station.

Weiss said he had been hurt in the foot.

Heddle and MC Sparrow went to ‘Studholme’ where he found Miss Mattner lying on a double bed with three wounds in the abdomen and apparently bleeding internally.

He found Lance Phillips lying face down and dead in a large pool of blood in the kitchen.

On X-raying Miss Mattner he found two pieces of metal in the abdomen that could have been broken pieces of bullet which he considered could have passed through another body.

Dr Heddle gave details of the post-mortem, which showed a bullet had entered the deceased’s back and passed through his chest.

Heddle also gave evidence about Weiss from a consultation with him in 1947 at Booborowie.

He had found a bullet wound in Weiss’s third right toe and a corresponding bullet hole in his shoe.

Martin Erwin Weiss, farm labourer of Mt Mary and brother of the accused:

He said his brother had been into Mt Mary on 4 May and seemed to have had a drink when he returned.

That night at about 7 o’clock he noticed his brother’s bicycle had gone.

At about 10 a.m. on 5 May he noticed his brother’s .303 rifle had gone and about 40 bullets were missing from a box in the shed.

He did not know where his brother had gone.

His brother had appeared upset, but witness did not know the cause.

Witness identified the rifle as his brother’s.

He said his brother had spoken of getting married to Miss Mattner during December last, but later said they had parted.

Ernest Edward Spec Davies, of Stone Hut, ganger for the SAR:

On 5 May he and his wife were driving from Morgan to Burra.

They encountered a man standing alongside a bicycle and he recognised Weiss.

They gave him a ride into Burra and he told them he had a bullet wound in the foot.

As he was about to get into the car Weiss said ‘I don’t know but what we ought to go back for the girl.’

He added ‘There’s a girl back there with a bullet wound in the stomach – possibly serious.’

He also said ‘It may be just as healthy if we did not go back.’

‘Witness took Weiss straight to Burra Hospital and immediately took him to Police Station.’ [Sic -?]

Witness said he did not the wounded girl in the house much consideration and he did not want to go back because Weiss had said it might be just as healthy if we did not go back.

Lillian June Mattner

First saw Weiss as she was going out the door and she stopped when he spoke.

She turned and walked into the kitchen to stand by the stove.

Lance was standing nearby to her left, facing the window.

She was going to open the oven door when she noticed Weiss with the rifle trained on Lance’s back.

Witness said ‘Look out’ and Lance swung around, caught her hand and pushed her behind him.

There was the sound of a gun and Lance fell down after taking several steps towards the door.

Witness felt several impacts after the shot and fell to the floor.

When she got up she went outside and Weiss went with her.

Weiss said he wanted to get away as soon as he could and she probably agreed with him.

They went as far as the road, with Weiss helping her, when she asked Weiss to get her daughter.

Weiss did so and they walked as far as the dam, when she could go no further.

They discussed his escape and eventually he agreed to carry her back to the house and to get a doctor.

After she suggested they could say it was an accident, he said he would shoot himself in the foot.

He bathed her wounds and then went to hide the rifle in some rabbit burrows, returning at about noon after an absence of about an hour.

While he was away witness found and loaded Mr Phillips’ shotgun and placed it in the bedroom next to hers – for her own protection.

Weiss left the second time after about five minutes.

She had first met Weiss through an advertisement in Madam Wu’s column in The Chronicle – ‘J—-is a war widow with a baby, is fond of music and horse riding.’

When she left the house with Weiss he had not known she was shot, but when she told him he removed two fragments of metal from her body – before going back for her daughter, Marlene.

They had discussed the possibility of hiding in one of the disused houses in the vicinity.

The cross-examining counsel then sought to extract information about the background of Mattner’s relationship with Weiss and other matters dating from 1947. Some questions were ruled inadmissible, but details reveal that she had agreed in 1947 to marry Weiss, but no date had been set and later she had told him she would not marry him. The defence asked questions that implied Mattner had a somewhat dubious past and also that she suggested to Weiss that they concoct a story of accidental shooting at ‘Studholme’. Mattner’s responses are not straightforward, but she also at times implies that she acted through fear.

The inquest continued on Thursday.

Mattner:

Weiss had never visited her at Phillips’ property until the fatal day.

After she and Weiss had parted at Parker’s property [in 1947] the next time she saw him was at Aberg’s Café in Burra.

She denied having obtained £5-10-0 from Weiss for a wedding dress. She got 10 shillings for doing his laundry and £5 to buy sundry items for herself. The wedding cake had been ordered, but no wedding date fixed.

On several occasions she had said Weiss was ‘weak in the head’ and he had tried to strangle her when they were returning home one night at Auburn.

She had broken off her engagement to Weiss in about November, having come to the decision suddenly.

No one knew that she contemplated marrying Lance Phillips.

MC Sparrow

Evidence corroborated Dr Heddle’s concerning the trip to ‘Studholme’ and the discoveries there.

Weiss had told him that he arrived at ‘Studholme’ at about 11.55 a.m. to see Miss Mattner and found her on a bed in an apparently distressed state.

He had bathed her wounds.

After that he had gone outside with the intention of coming to Burra.

A shot was fired from the north side of the shed and went through his boot.

He then hopped on his bike and pedalled as fast as possible towards Burra, getting a lift along the way.

He admitted seeing ‘a chap lying face down in a doorway and there was blood all over the place.’

He had not mentioned this body to anyone because it had slipped his memory.

He denied firing a shot at either Lance Phillips or Miss Mattner.

He denied hiding the rifle in a rabbit hole.

He admitted there were powder marks around the bullet hole in his boot.

He denied having arranged with Miss Mattner to say somebody else had been there.

Witness then arrested Weiss for the murder of Lance Phillips.

Witness then returned to ‘Studholme’ and found the rifle hidden in a rabbit burrow.

On further questioning Weiss admitted it was his rifle and that it was the one that he had fired and killed Lance Phillips.

Weiss also admitted that he had put a bullet through his foot after shooting Lance Phillips and then retrieving his bike and was on the road when he met Bob Phillips.

MC France gave evidence that corroborated that of MC Sparrow.

When Weiss had volunteered to tell them everything, Weiss then dictated a statement (taken down by MC Wiecks) in his own words and had signed it after it had been read over to him. MC France then read Weiss’s statement.

He did not mean to shoot anyone. It was pointing at Lance and Weiss had the gun on his hip and it went off in the excitement. He said June said she would protect him in court and if June had told him before that she had not been married and had been in gaol he would have dumped her straight away.

The accused refused to answer any questions on the grounds that his replies might incriminate him in any subsequent proceedings taken against him.

[The report runs to some 71⁄2 columns.]

71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Saturday 12 June

Alexis Smith & Humphrey Bogart in Conflict

[Joan Leslie & Robert Alda] in Cinderella Jones

Monday 14 June

She Went to the Races

Wallace Beery [& Tom Drake] in This Man’s Navy

Notice. Trespass Notice: Any person or persons found Trespassing with stock of any kind on church property, part section 3, Hundred of Baldina, will be prosecuted.

World’s End Methodist Trust

[See explanation 71, 22, 8 June 1948, Supplement side 2.]

71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 4 [Incorrectly dated 1st June]

Air Force Association Ball was held on Friday evening at Burra Town Hall. The hall decorations were outstanding. A huge silver aeroplane, complete with navigation lights and a realistic pilot was suspended from the ceiling. Flags, balloons and humorous cartoons reflecting RAAF life festooned the walls. Darrel Field’s Band supplied the music. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Birth. To Mr & Mrs Peter Drew of Leighton, at Burra Hospital last Thursday night, twins, a son and daughter.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 7

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday over 600 and 700 yards.

Jim Schwier scored a 37 and a 38 to top the marksman’s and the handicap section. In doing so he also won the annual trophy – the E.C. Collins Trophy.

Ron Kellock won ‘The Gap’ Trophy for man gaining most marksman’s points.

Joe Lloyd won the ‘Baldina’ Trophy for the new member gaining most points amongst those who had never shot on a range previous to the re-opening of the club.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, page 8

North Eastern Football Association, at Booborowie on Saturday:

Booborowie 8.9 defeated Burra 3.15.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, Supplement side 1 [Wrongly dated 9th June]

Burra Homing Club. Race from Carrieton Saturday 5 June. First three placings went to: L.H. Hood, W.H. Holman and S. Kellaway.

North Eastern Basketball Association

Burra 18 defeated Mt Bryan 4

Hallett 18 defeated Leighton 14

North Booborowie 13 drew with South Booborowie 13

22 May

Burra 26 defeated South Booborowie 13

North Booborowie 27 defeated Hallett 12

Leighton 32 defeated Mt Bryan 10.

71, 22, 8 June 1948, Supplement side 2 [Wrongly dated 9th June]

Mt Bryan Annual Red Cross Ball drew a good crowd despite the bad weather.

Letter. ‘Not the Man Who Sees, But the Man With a Nose.’

He writes to say that the World’s End Church was built and opened for service in 1889 as a Wesleyan Methodist Church under the Kooringa Circuit. The flag has been kept flying for nearly sixty years and in that time many a traveller has availed themselves of the rainwater from its tank, without abusing the privilege or causing any trouble to the church. However, in 1947 a group of travelling Aboriginals with their flock of sheep, camped in the shed and enclosed their sheep in the yard without seeking authority from anyone. You can imagine how unpleasant things were for the worshippers when they arrived and had to clear a path though the deposits before the door could be opened. We supposed that perhaps those travellers knew no better, but last week the same thing occurred and the offenders were not passing Aboriginals, but people who should know better and have more respect for other people’s feelings than to use their Church property as a sheep camp.

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 1

Diphtheria Immunization. More than 100 applications have been received by the Local Board of Health in response to the campaign to immunize children against diphtheria.

Burra Fire Brigade. The probable expenditure on the MFS in Burra will be £450 for the next twelve months. The contribution from the Town Council was £88 in 1945, £106 in 1947 and this year will be £112-10-0.

The SA Premier, Hon. T. Playford will possibly visit Burra on 24 June. The Mayor in conjunction with the various Agricultural Bureaux in the district is sponsoring the visit, the purpose of which is for the Premier to give a lecture and show films on the building of the Whyalla Pipeline.

New Road to Hanson. Recently two surveyors visited the district and District Councillors hope this means an early start on the new road from Burra to Hanson. The present road will be used as far as Mr Oscar Oates’ property and then land will be acquired to curve the road along the eastern side of the railway line and run it to Hanson. This will reduce the number of railway crossings and the also the distance between the two points.

Burra Burra District Council is taking advantage of interest free Government loans that are available at present for the purchase of road-making equipment. Altogether the Council will possess about £6,000 worth of road-making equipment.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 5 June

North Booborowie 35 defeated Mt Bryan 10

South Booborowie 25 defeated Hallett 20

Leighton 24 defeated Burra 23.

Burra & District War Memorial Donations have reached £319-6-1.

Burra Rifle Club Trophies for 1948

E.C. Collins Trophy J.H. Schwier

Marksman’s Trophy R.J. Kellock

Baldina Trophy J. Lloyd

Championship D.H. Field

Handicap E.C. Hopkins

First 8 Matches I.L. Burdon

Second 8 Matches D.H. Field

Third 8 Matches F.T. Marston

First Half-Yearly Aggregate D.H. Field

Second Half-Yearly Aggregate J.E. Harris

J.H. Schwier Trophy F. Kakoschke

First Stage Championship E.C. Collins

Second Stage Championship J.E. Harris

Third Stage Championship R.G. Bernhardt

Possibles were scored by J.H. Schwier over 700 yards and by R.J. Kellock over 900 yards.

CWA has contributed £30 toward the retirement of the principal of the Town Hall debt.

Burra Mine. Following an announcement that an English company is seeking permission from the Treasury to erect a £350,000 smelter 200 miles north of Alice Springs to treat copper ore, an endeavour will be made to interest the company in developing the untouched sulphide ores beneath the old Burra Mine. Data has been airmailed to England with this object in view.

The Aberdeen Ballast Quarry has long been idle because the jaws of the crushing machinery are broken. Now Messrs Hawke & Co. of Kapunda have requested that the broken parts be sent to then so they can make a mould from them and cast a new set of jaws.

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 June

John Wayne & Gail Russell in Angel and the Bad Man

Plus Demobbed

Obituary. Albert Ernest Opperman died on 12 June at Burra Hospital. He was the husband of Esther and father of Murray, Ann, Lila and Rex.

[Born Albert Ernst Charlie Oppermann 2 February 1874 at Llwchwr (Burra): died 12 June 1948 at Burra, residence Burra North.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs E.F. Longbottom, daughter of Mr & Mrs G.E. Leaney. [A Return Thanks Notice 71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 1, gives the deceased’s name as Lilian Pearl Longbottom, wife of Mr Elwyn Longbottom.]

[Born Lilian Pearl Leaney, 14 May 1908 at Waterloo: died 29 May 1948 at Leighton.]

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 3

North Eastern Football Association

At Burra on Saturday: Burra 10.25 defeated Spalding 5.3

At Booborowie Hallett 4.10 defeated Booborowie 3.15

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 4

Burra Burra DC

The Clerk reported the re-election of the retiring Councillors, unopposed: E. Finch, J.R. Barker, D. Keynes and A.R. Mickel.

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 5

Mr August Pohlner’s 90th birthday party is reported in a joint gathering with Donald Gare’s 21st celebrations. The celebrations were held at the commodious Glen View Woolshed Wool Room and details are reported in 1 column.

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 6

Information is sought about Thomas Henry Williams, who is thought at one time to have been manager of the Burra Smelters and possibly founder of Auburn.

And of a Mr Montgomery, who was a contractor at Burra 1870-80 and is thought to have built Martindale Hall.

[Thomas Henry Williams – see Ian Auhl The Story of the Monster Mine pages 169, 179 & 185. He arrived on The Richardsons 3 October 1848 as Superintendent of the Smelting Works. He held the position until resigning in October 1854 and the Superintendent’s house, attached to the Smelting Works Office, was erected for him in 1849 – and survives as a residence. Auhl also verifies his role in founding Auburn. Williams bought two sections in October 1849 and subdivided them the following year. See also Manning’s Placenames of South Australia.

Montgomery is a less fruitful name. He does not seem to get mentioned in connection with Martindale Hall. The architect there was Ebenezer Gregg of London, while the supervising architect was E. Woods of Adelaide and the builder who completed the job in 1880 was R. Huckson. Almost all the tradesmen were brought out from England for the job and returned after it. My notes do not refer to a Montgomery in Burra 1876-80 and Trove, at least on a quick search, seems also unhelpful.]

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 7

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Carrieton 12 June and the first three places went to L.H. Hood, J.L. Allen and F. Brandt.

71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 8

Burra Town Council, 7 June

The Clerk reported that the Supplementary election for Mayor had resulted in the election of Frank Teare Marston to the position for 12 months from 1 July 1948.

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 1

Burra RSL had a visit from 35 members of the West Croydon and Kilkenny Sub-Branch over the weekend. The group arrived at about 12.20 p.m. on Saturday and were taken to various hotels, before assembling at the War Memorial at 3 p.m. for a wreath-laying ceremony. A smoke social was held in the evening. On Sunday there was a chop picnic at the Burra Creek, returning to Burra at about 4 p.m. The visitors left for home at about 2.30 p.m. on Monday.

The Legacy Club Appeal stands at £139-14-9.

Thirty New Zealand Farmers is scheduled to visit Burra from Friday 6 August to the following Monday. A tentative program has been developed, with two half day trips on Saturday and a smoke social on Saturday night. Sunday will be free with the possibility of a conducted tour of the Mine and the town. The tour is being conducted by the SA Tourist Bureau, the Stockowners’ Association and the District Agricultural Bureaux.

Stray Dogs have injured a valuable Jersey cow. Dogs have been a considerable nuisance of late and one owner of stock is said to have grown so sick of them worrying his sheep that he declared war on them and has reportedly destroyed 18 of the canine pests.

North Eastern Football Association, at Hallett on Saturday:

Hallett 12.10 defeated Burra 9.10.

At Spalding Booborowie 14.20 defeated Spalding 9.9.

Burra Town Council

Two nominations have been received for the Supplementary election in West Ward following the resignation of Cr Marston. Next Saturday an election will be held to decide between Messrs W. Carpenter and D. Field.

Burra Homing Club. The three place getters in a race from Parachilna were C.P. Moore, H. Broad and J.L. Allen.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 12 June

South Booborowie 22 defeated Leighton 6

Hallett 20 defeated Mt Bryan 8

Burra 27 defeated North Booborowie 25.

Obituary. Mr Albert Opperman of Burra North died on 12 June at Burra Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Burra 2 February 1874. For 30 years he worked for the late Mr James Reed on ‘Wandillah’ and other properties and even for the recent shearing at Wandillah, he worked in the woolshed. Mr Opperman was a keen gardener and was proud of winning the most points at the Burra Show in the vegetable section for six successive years. He was also very knowledgeable about care and attention to fruit trees and was much in demand in the pruning season. He was fond of all kinds of sport and during his youth was a member of the Burra Football Team and followed them closely after retiring from the game. He is survived by his widow and two sons, Mr Rex Opperman of Burra and Mr Murray Opperman of Booleroo Centre, and two daughters, Mrs A. Andrews of Mile End and Miss Lilla Opperman, Matron of the Balaklava Hospital. There are five grandchildren.

[Born Albert Ernst Charlie Oppermann 2 February 1874 at Llwchwr (Burra): died 12 June 1948 at Burra, residence Burra North.]

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 2

Notice. The Burra Electric Supply Co. gives notice that power will be cut between the hours of 2.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. next Sunday, 27 June for maintenance purposes.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 June

Van Johnson & Keenan Wynn in No Leave No Love

Supporting Program All the King’s Horses. [Documentary]

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 3

Burra Institute chess Club has been in recess for about ten years, but recently there have been enquiries from players about reviving it. As a consequence play for one night a week will commence on Wednesday 23 June and all who are interested are invited to attend.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its AGM in the Town Hall on 17 June. Mrs A.B. Riggs as Secretary reported that they had 11 members, of whom about 6 or 7 attended the monthly meetings regularly. They have distributed money and clothing donations to needy people, but have not been able to meet all needs for firewood because of its cost and scarcity. She paid tribute to the late Miss Craig, who when younger had been a member of the Society. Elected: President, Rev. C.L.H. Pitman; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Treasurer, Rev. R.S.T. Pettet.

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 5

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes in support of the recent letter from ‘the man who has a nose’.

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 6

Burra Badminton Association, Monday evening

Kooringa Methodists 107 points defeated RSL 98 points.

The Mid-Northern Sunday School Teachers’ Convention was held in the Burra-Redruth Methodist Church on Monday 14 June. Representatives came from Clare, Eudunda, Kooringa, Redruth, Hallett and Spalding Circuits. This was the first such convention since before the war.

The Booborowie Church of England Ball was held recently and was bigger brighter and better than ever. The financial result was most satisfactory.

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 7

Girl Guides. Enrolments for Burra Brownies and Girl Guides are being taken on 26 June at 2.30 p.m. at the Drill Hall. The Divisional Commissioner, Miss Wein-Smith and several other guiders from Clare are coming over to test and enrol the girls.

Burra Town Council held its final meeting for the current year last night. Cr T.H. Woollacott expressed his congratulations and thanks for the fine work done by the retiring Mayor and Mayoress, Mr & Mrs H.J. B. Jennison. He also asked that a minute of appreciation be recorded for the contribution of Cr S.J. Woollacott, who was also retiring. The Mayor thanked Cr Woollacott and said no one knew the amount of work the job involved until he had experienced it. He certainly now fully appreciated the effort of Cr T. H. Woollacott, who had been Mayor right through the war and had the courage and fortitude to continue despite losing two of his sons during that conflict. He also thanked Council workers, his fellow Councillors and the Town Clerk and Mrs Jennison for her support. Crs S.J. Woollacott and Baulderstone supported the previous speakers. Councillors and employees were later entertained at the residence of the Mayor and Mayoress.

71, 24, 22 June 1948, page 8

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM at the residence of Mr Darrell Field last Saturday evening. Captain E.C. Collins read his annual report – the 36th for the club. Attendances had been excellent for the year, though most riflemen had not yet got back to their pre-war standard of accuracy. The two visits of the Metropolitan Club were highlights of the year. Clare also visited and the triangular match on 8 Hours Day between Burra, Pt Pirie and Peterborough was another enjoyable outing, as was an informal visit to Riverton. Next year the club will lose some good members because a new club is starting at Hallett. The captain thanked all the committee members who had given him such good support.

Elected: Captain, D. Field; Vice-Captain, J.H. Schwier; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, P.W. Hogan; Armourer, J.E. Harris and Handicapper, F.T. Marston.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 1[Incorrectly dated on page 1 only]

The Premier Visits Burra

Burra Town Hall was comfortably crowded last Thursday night when the Premier (Hon. T. Playford) delivered an address on the development of the Leigh Creek Coalfield and the building of the Whyalla Pipeline. The lecture was illustrated by moving pictures in technicolour. Prior to the meeting His Worship the Mayor of Burra (Mr H.J. B. Jennison) tendered a Civic Reception to the visitor. The Mayor Elect, Mr F.T. Marston, spoke in support of Mr Jennison’s welcome. During the welcome the opportunity was taken to remind the Premier of Burra’s needs. The nearness of the Whyalla Pipeline had not seen it extended to Burra, a promised bitumen road connecting the town with Adelaide had seen no action, the Ballast Quarry was leased to the Government for 99 years, but had seen no action, and the government’s moves to decentralise industry had not resulted in any benefits for Burra. Smaller towns than Burra had area schools, but despite Burra being the centre of the best sheep district in SA, there had been no move for one here.

Cr T.H. Woollacott endorsed the Mayor’s remarks.

The Premier said he would support the establishment of industry in Burra and was glad to see so many children present. He hoped they might get a half holiday because the evening’s films were so educational. He also provided extra commentary on some of the scenes shown in the films.

Afterwards the Mayor and Mayoress entertained to supper, the Premier, members of the Burra Town and District Councils and members of the Agricultural Bureaux of the district.

Burra Town Council Extraordinary Election

On Saturday the election for a Councillor for West Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr Marston was held. After the counting of ordinary votes both Mr Field and Mr Carpenter had 40 votes. There were then three postal votes to count: two went to Mr Field and one to Mr Carpenter. The turn-out had been just over 50%. Mr Field was declared elected with 42 votes to Mr Carpenter 41.

Obituary. At about 10.10 p.m. on Thursday night Miss Gwen Elizabeth Ford, a domestic, aged 32, was found shot in the lower chest in her bedroom at the residence of Mr & Mrs J.R. Barker at Baldina. A double-barrel shotgun was lying beside her. Her sister, who was in the house, heard the sound of the shot and immediately discovered the body. She notified the police and MC France and MC Weicks, accompanied by Dr R.C. Heddle, went to investigate. Miss Ford was still conscious, but died at Burra hospital at 3 a.m. on Sunday. A report was prepared for the Coroner, Mr H.J. B. Jennison, who deemed an inquest unnecessary.

[Gwen Elizabeth Ford, born 7 March 1916 at Copperhouse: died 27 June 1948, Burra.]

Burra & District War Memorial donations stand at £334-7-1.

Burra Show Society. The Secretary, Mr H.M. Scott resigned at a general committee meeting last Friday. The committee has resolved to sell the remained of the eastern portion of the wood and iron fence. The recommendation from the Finance Committee that shows not be moved from the present site to the Sports Syndicate Ground was returned to the committee for further consideration.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. At the Supplementary Election held on Saturday 26 June to fill the Extraordinary Vacancy for Councillor for West Ward, Darrell Hanham Field was elected for a period of one year ending on the first Saturday in July 1949.

Advt. Rev. H.K. Bartlett on behalf of Methodist Overseas Missions presents the Talkie Film Jungle Angels; an epic account of what natives did during the New Guinea Campaign.

Kooringa Methodist Church, Sunday 4 July, Hallett 5 July, Redruth Memorial Hall 6 July.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. The presentation night for the annual trophies is reported.

[Trophy winners have already been noted. See 71, 23, 15 June 1948, page 1.]

Burra High School

On Friday the school went to Clare for football and basketball matches.

Football: Clare 13.18 defeated Burra 3.4.

Basketball: Burra 24 defeated Clare 16.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 5

CWA meeting on 18 June in their room heard that the largest of the three rooms allotted to them at the Town Hall [The Lodge Room] had been completely renovated with cream walls and woodwork.

It was decided to have the floor of the large room surfaced and polished and those of the smaller rooms just surfaced. The next meeting would be the AGM and would be held in the new Rest Room [at the Town Hall].

North Eastern Basketball Association

At Hallett: Burra 32 defeated Hallett 19.

Mt Bryan v. South Booborowie and Leighton v. North Booborowie were not played due to wet courts.

Burra Homing Club. The first three places in the race from Parachilna on 26 June went to L. Hood, J.L. Allen and P.J. Byrne.

Burra Branch of The Stockowners’ Association of SA met at Burra on Friday afternoon 18 June. Mr R.C. Warnes was elected Branch Chairman, with Mr R.H. Smith as Branch Secretary.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 6

The Chess Club held a successful meeting in the Members’ Room at the Institute on Wednesday and will meet again tonight.

St Mary’s Anglican Church at Burra is preparing to celebrate its centenary. A meeting in the Parish Hall on Sunday night last decided to hold the celebrations over a week in November. It is anticipated there will be special Confirmation and Communion Services conducted by the Bishop on the first Saturday and Sunday and special religious talkie films will be screened. Rev. Donald Redding will journey from the South-East to meet old friends and conduct a service. There will also be a Debutantes’ Ball with a special supper and a ‘Continental’ at Mrs S.M. Sandland’s residence ‘Heathmount’.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 7

Burra Badminton Association, Monday.

Burra North 81 defeated Koonoona 57

Burra North 94 defeated RSL 92.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, page 8

North Eastern Football Association, at Booborowie last Saturday.

Booborowie 10.13 defeated Burra 9.11.

71, 25, 29 June 1948, pages 9 & 10

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting

The meeting at the Council Chambers last Tuesday was poorly attended.

The Mayor, Mr H.J. B. Jennison gave a 50 minute address on the work of the Council during the year.

He said they had to make the unpopular move of raising the rates to 3/8, but this had been necessary due to rising costs. The revenue had totalled £3,167-15-11 and although much work had been done, the overdraft had been reduced by approximately £300. The debit balance at 10 June 1947 had been £621-13-10.

Receipts for the Town Hall for the year had been £583-5-5, but the debit for the year amounted to an increase of £26-15-3. To offset this the cottage at the rear had been renovated and with repairs to the hall had cost £225, plus £23 for new stoves. The Lodge Room had been renovated and leased to the CWA. The exterior to the Town Hall still needed painting.

Council had made best use of the funds available for both local and district roads and had managed to get the SAR to pay for reconditioning the road from the station to Morehead Street.

Other improvements in the town included a new residence for the Head Teacher of the High School. Mr A.D. Aldam had erected a garage and the parklands had been cleaned up. Assistance had been given to the Aberdeen and Kooringa Tennis Clubs.

The Cemetery was in good order and the Council was paying the Curator £52 per annum.

On the health front 35 children had been immunized against diphtheria, with 160 applying for treatment on 26 June. Steps have been taken to get a modern septic sewage system at the Burra Hospital and at the school. Discussions with the Lewis Trust will see better facilities for residents in Paxton Square as materials become available.

The Council’s contribution to the Fire Brigade had risen from £88 in 1946 to £112 this year.

Ratepayers had decided to make the conversion of Victoria Park into a first class recreation area their War Memorial Project, but regrettably the response to the Committee’s appeal for funds has been very slow. The plaques bearing the names of the WWII fallen were nearly ready for re-erection on the memorial.

A bushfire siren is being installed jointly by the Corporation and the District Council and Council was installing two hydrants for the quick filling of fire-fighting tanks at convenient centres.

Difficulty in obtaining labour has restricted tree planting this year.

The Mayor thanked the Buffalo Lodge for putting up the Christmas Tree for the town’s children.

He also thanked Mr Sid Johnson for the job of getting some of the boys physically fit at his small gymnasium and teaching them the noble art of self-defence.

The Mayor congratulated the incoming Mayor and Councillors.

Cr S.J. Woollacott, who is retiring from Council, was the only Councillor present. He congratulated the Mayor on his term in office. He said Burra was a costly town to work because it was so scattered. He favoured combining the Town and District Councils in order to have sufficient funds to buy necessary equipment. He had hoped by now to see the Town Hall debt liquidated.

In coming Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston also congratulated the Mayor on his work. It had been a difficult two year term, when many people had thought the end of the war would see an easy return to pre-war days, but prices for materials and wages had risen sharply, making it necessary to keep a firm check on Council expenditure. The Council bank overdraft had risen to £630, but should be back to about £300 by the end of June 1948. The largest amount on overdraft was £1,000.

He said a major difficulty was that a fresh assessment of the Corporation area had not been made for many years. The Act required a new assessment every seven years. The Burra Council was operating on an assessment which had been made in about 1930 – the depression years. Since then property values had increased considerably and this meant a huge rate had to be imposed.

Last year the Council had tried to get the services of a valuator, but without result. He would try his best to get a new assessment during his term in office and that would see the rate burden more evenly distributed and provide a more solid base for Council finances.

He believed Council needed to buy some road making machinery, especially to work on back streets, which were in a deplorable condition. [He developed this point at some length, referring to Government assistance currently available.]

He believed poisoning the weeds was a more cost effective way of eliminating growth in watertables than the current skimming process.

He was anxious to see the War Memorial plans realised and would work for their completion.

He was also anxious to see the Town Hall mortgage paid off.

He and Mrs Marston would also do whatever they could to further the Civic and Social life of the town.

Mr Carpenter as candidate for West Ward congratulated the Mayor on his term in office. He would like to see all dead trees replaced. He did not favour borrowing money for road-making machinery. Someone should start an industry in Burra. He had renovated several houses in Burra and five of them were occupied by returned soldiers. He was behind the town’s children, but believed they sometimes got into mischief in the holidays. They should be provided some organised religious instruction in that period and opportunities for some sport. He criticised the cleanliness of parts of the town and was wholeheartedly behind the recreational facilities of Burra.

D.H. Field, the other candidate for West Ward, also congratulated the Mayor and said if elected he would carry out his duties to the best of his abilities and had the welfare of the town at heart.

J. Fisher, the incoming Councillor for North Ward congratulated the Mayor and Mayoress on their achievements and also congratulated Cr S.J. Woollacott as retiring Chairman of Public Works.

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 1

Burra Annual Catholic Ball was held at Burra Town Hall last Friday. The Catherine Orchestra supplied the music and P.W. Hogan was MC. A good crowd danced until 1.30 a.m.

Burra Show Society

Mr Robert E. Angel has been appointed Secretary of the Society for the ensuing twelve months.

Table Tennis, St Mary’s Hall Wednesday night 30 June:

Redruth Recreation Club 11 sets defeated St Mary’s 7 sets

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from F.R. Wrigley, who is retiring to Adelaide, to sell 1,363 acres freehold land at Leighton, 10 miles west of Burra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 July

Lizbeth Scott & Humphrey Bogart in Dead Reckoning

[Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake in] Blondies’ Lucky Day

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd advises that for maintenance purposes the Company’s Light and Power Services will be disconnected between 1.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. next Sunday 11 July 1948.

Obituary. Augusta Lillian Pearce, wife of Sidney Pearce of Leighton and mother of Dorothy and Sid., died at Burra Hospital on 27 June aged 60.

[Born Augusta Lillian Oppermann, 5 December 1887 at Redruth: died 27 June 1948, Burra, residence Leighton.]

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 3

Badminton, last night

Kooringa 5 sets 103 points defeated Burra North Blue 3 sets 90 points.

Ladies: Kooringa 6 sets defeated Burra North 3 sets

Burra North 120 points defeated RSL 62 points.

North-Eastern Football Association, at Booborowie on Saturday:

Booborowie 15.17 defeated Spalding 7.17

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 4

Burra Rifle Club began the 1948-49 season on Saturday over 200 and 300 yards.

The club has decided to revert to the pre-war practice of firing seven shots and two sighters over three ranges. The possible score on each range is 35. Best off the rifle was P.W. Hogan, who also scored a possible over 300 yards. The other best scorers were P. Knight, J. Harris and E.C. Hopkins.

North-Eastern Basketball Association, 26 June

North Booborowie 28 defeated Hallett 15

South Booborowie 21 defeated Burra 18

Leighton 28 defeated Mt Bryan 8.

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 5

North-Eastern Football Association, at Burra last Saturday:

Burra 9.9 defeated Hallett 3.16

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 6

Burra War Memorial Donations have reached £334-7-1.

71, 26, 6 July 1948, page 7

Burra Girl Guides. On Saturday 26 June 16 Guides and 12 Brownies were enrolled in Burra and Miss Betty Clark was enrolled as Brown Owl in a ceremony at the Drill Hall.

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Marree on Saturday 3 July, when the first three places went to: W.H. Holman, S. Kellaway and P.J. Byrne.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 1

North-Eastern Football Association, at Spalding last Saturday:

Burra 14.11 defeated Spalding 8.9.

Burra Town Council, 5 July

The Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston said that according to the Act a fresh assessment for the town had to be made every seven years. This meant that each property had to be revalued. Last year the Council had attempted to do this, but had been unable to obtain the services of a licensed valuator. They had at the time be advised that the Town Clerk could not do this job, but recent legal advice indicated he could carry out the new assessment. At present the Council was working on a low assessment and high rate and for a variety of reasons it would be beneficial to property owners if the assessment were high and the rate low.

Cr T.H. Woollacott thought the present assessment had been in force for years and had proved satisfactory. He could see no reason to increase the assessment. The Town Clerk was a full-time officer and if he undertook the job it should not be in Council time.

Cr R.A. Bevan said he saw no reason why the Town Clerk should not carry out these extra duties in office hours if necessary and he agreed that a fresh assessment should be made. Cr Lee agreed that a new assessment was long overdue. Crs Bevan & Lee moved that a fresh assessment be made. Carried.

A letter from the Hospitals Department said there was a move afoot to increase the contribution of Councils to District Hospitals by 20%. This, it is said, was a response to steeply rising costs of food, medical supplies and salaries. Cr T.H. Woollacott said he was surprised at the move, given that all hospitals were now in receipt of substantial Federal Government subsidies. He and Cr Bevan moved that this Council protest the move through the Municipal Association. Carried.

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Marree on 10 July and the first three places went to: K. Kellaway, A.H. Broad and P.J. Byrne.

The Adelaide-Burra Cycle Race for 1948 will finish at Burra on 11 September. Previously the race had started at Burra and finished at Adelaide. Last Year Mayor Jennison had suggested it would be a good idea if it were reversed to finish here and the suggestion has been taken up. The date of 11 September is perhaps unfortunate, in that it is the day the North-Eastern Football Final will be played at Booborowie. The Secretary, Mr H. Garth, of the SA League of Wheelmen will visit Burra next Friday to finalise arrangements.

Burra Football Club farewelled its Secretary, Mr Don Christie on Thursday evening. Mr Christie, who was also Secretary of the Burra Cricket Association, has been transferred to Saddleworth.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy over 500 and double 600 yards on Saturday.

Gordon Webster topped the handicap section and best off the rifle was J.E. Harris.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 July

Robert Alda & Joan Leslie in Rhapsody in Blue

Plus Short Subjects

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 3

Notice. Mrs Webster thanks the RSL and all who contributed through the fund and otherwise, for the help received [following the fire that affected her property.]

Badminton, Monday evening

Kooringa 167 defeated Burra North Red 130

Burra North Blue 158 defeated Redruth 108.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 4

Burra Burra District Council, 5 July.

All retiring Councillors had been re-elected unopposed. Declaration of Office was made by Crs Finch, Keynes, Barker and Mickel. Cr Finch was appointed Chairman for the ensuing 12 months.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 5

Burr Town Council, 5 July

[Additional to matters noted on page 1.]

A letter from Mr E. Lehmann (Bus Proprietor) stated that Mr L. Fiebig (Taxi-Cab) Proprietor) was interfering with his business by running passengers to and from the Burra Railway Station.

Cr Bevan said When Messrs Freer & Scott had applied to run a bus service in Burra, he had pointed out there was not enough business for two bus proprietors in Burra. Council had not agreed with him.

The Town Clerk said that Mr L.L. Fiebig had agreed when starting his cab business in Burra, not to go in opposition to Mr E.J. Lehmann. At present neither party had taken out fresh hire licences.

Cr Fisher said it would cause a monopoly is Council granted a hire licence to one and not the other. He moved that Council take no action, as no licences had yet been granted for this year. Cr Lee seconded and T.H. Woollacott amended that the matter lie on the table until next meeting. Cr Bevan seconded. Amendment carried.

After discussion [see page 1] it was resolved that the Town Clerk be asked to tender a price for making a Fresh Assessment of the Town Area. Carried.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 6

North-Eastern Basketball Association, 3 July

North Booborowie 46 defeated South Booborowie 18

Burra 46 defeated Mt Bryan 4

Leighton forfeited to Hallett.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 7

Mt Bryan East Mails

A meeting at the Mt Bryan East Schoolroom on 30 June considered proposed changes to the mail service. The proposed new service would arrive at Mt Bryan East Thursday afternoon on its way to Braemar and the sheep stations en route, arriving back in Hallett on Friday. There would be a service to and from Mt Bryan East Saturday morning and Monday afternoon. The majority were in favour, believing it would be the best service the district had ever seen.

71, 27, 13 July 1948, page 8

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 7 July. Officers for 1948-49 are: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-Patroness, Mrs W.H. Gare; President, Miss M. Rogers; Secretary, Mrs M. Miels; Assistant Secretary, Miss M. Pearce and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop.

The Secretary read the 7th annual report. Meetings had been held on the first Wednesday in each month in the Croquet Club Hall. This year membership had dropped from 102 to 38. The aim this year had been to keep as much as possible of the money raised within the town, by donating it to the Hospital, though several deserving Adelaide institutions have also received some small help. The Drive for the hospital depended largely on four street markets at Burra North. These were not well patronised, but with donations still raised £46.

[Other donations and works are listed.]

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 1

The Weiss Murder Trial.

The jury failed to agree in the trial of Weiss for the murder of Lance Phillips, held in Adelaide last week. The defence argued that Phillips was accidentally shot by Weiss and the jury apparently failed to agree on whether to bring in a verdict of manslaughter or murder.

Letter. Mrs A. Green of North Terrace, Adelaide, writes seeking information about any descendants of Peter Collins, who died in 1855 and who had one son who was living at Gum Creek Station in about 1896 and two daughters: a Mrs Ellery and Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Thyer. Catherine Elizabeth Collins married Mrs Green’s grandfather and the whole family died on 11 October 1896 at Cavanagh.

[South Australian Register, 15 October 1896 reports the dreadful suicide-murder at Cavanagh and the ensuing funeral at Dawson. Joseph Thyer killed his wife and five children before hanging himself on the gallows in the stockyard. The tragedy was discovered by his eldest son, George Albert Thayer, aged 17, who had been away from home on Sunday 11 October, when the events took place. He found his mother, sister Florence (12) and the baby, Roy (4 months) dead on the bed in his mother’s bedroom, with their heads dreadfully battered in. The body of Charlie (6) was in the cot in the same room, while Edward (9) and Alexander (7) were in their bed in the back bedroom. All had been killed in the same manner.

The remains of Mrs Thyer and the five children were buried in one seven foot square grave in the Dawson cemetery and Mr Thyer was buried apart from the others.]

W.J. Corner, a driver for W. Angliss & Co., paid a couple of trappers about 30 miles east of Burra last Tuesday and then left a bag containing £70 on the running board of his truck when he drove off. He did not miss it until reaching Burra. A search the next day failed to locate it. If the bag and cash are not found Mr Corner will have to replace both. A reward is offered for the finder of the bag and money.

Burra Homing Club. On Saturday 17 July a race from Marree was flown. The first three places went to F. Brandt, K. Kellaway and L. Hood.

Rape Case. Alfred E. Summers, aged 29, labourer of Burra, has been charged with the indecent assault of a female child aged 31⁄2 years. He pleaded guilty and was committed for trial at the Supreme Court in Adelaide.

The Adelaide-Burra Cycle Race

Officials of the League of SA Wheelmen met with locals in the Council Chamber last Friday. Mr Garth, Secretary of the League, said they had taken on board Mayor Jennison’s suggestion that this year the race would run from Adelaide to Burra. This would make the event somewhat more gruelling because there was a gradual rise in elevation from Adelaide to Burra. He hoped for good local support and for some form of entertainment on the night before the race. Mr R.A. Bevan pointed out that the date proposed for the race was 11 September and that would coincide with the local football grand final, which would interfere with support for the race. Mr T.C.A. Radford pointed out that it was possible there would be a Lightning Football Carnival at Booborowie on the 18 September. Mr Garth said the League would postpone the cycle race to 18 September. It was also resolved that Burra would donate a £10-10-0 trophy to the winner and £5 to the first country rider to finish. Mr Garth said it was expected there would be about 120 riders and officials in Burra on the night of the race. The race is expected to finish at about 3 p.m. at an exact point to be decided by the Town Council.

North Eastern Football Association, last Saturday at the racecourse oval.

Burra 8-14 defeated Booborowie 8-5.

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 July

Gene Tierney & Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven

Carole Landis & William Gargan in Behind Green Lights.

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 3

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Mrs F.B. Wall.

[Born Frances Barbara Griffiths 22 October 1862 at Hampton: died 1 July 19848 at Burra North. Married as Frances Barber Griffiths and as Barber was a Griffiths family name Barbara could be a transcription error.]

Burra CWA held its AGM in the Town Hall 16 July 1948.

Meetings were held on the second Friday in each month.

Elected: President, Miss Rogers; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant & A.B. Riggs; Minute Secretary, Miss M. Pearce and Treasurer, Mrs J. Dighton.

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 4

The New Hallett Rifle Range was opened by the Mayor of Burra, Mr F.T. Marston, last Saturday afternoon. The range is located on the property of Mr R.K. Tiver, some three miles from the town. It is on a small plain with steep hills on three sides. Patron of the club is Mr Owen Smyth.

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 5

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a successful Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic on Friday evening in the Sunday School Hall. When takings are finalised it is thought the school will benefit by more than £21.

[Results of the judging are printed.]

71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 6

Badminton

Burra North Blue 172 points defeated RSL 167.

Burra North Red 180 points defeated Redruth 67.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 1

A New Town Assessment will be made following the Council’s acceptance of the Town Clerk’s price for the undertaking. In 1900 the assessment was £8,512 and in 1924 it was £16,000. It peaked at £17,000 in 1930, but in 1932 was reduced to £14,524 and has not been raised since. It is presently £14,078. A new assessment will be fairer for all. At Present people who purchased places recently have their properties assessed in full and pay a high rate. Those who bought in the past at a low figure are paying high rates, but on a low assessment. The Clerk expects it to take four or five months to do the job.

Snow fell in Burra on Monday between 12.30 and 1 p.m. It fell with rain and was instantly washed away, though it was heavier on Brewery Hill.

Hallett Community will remember the boys who enlisted in WWII by adding their names to the present public honour roll. Plaques have been prepared and are nearly ready to be added to the Monument in the Soldiers’ Garden. Memorial gates will also be erected at the entrance to the park and recreation ground.

Burra War Memorial

The Under Treasurer will not approve the Town Council’s request to borrow £1,200 to assist in building an oval at Victoria Park as a War Memorial, because the Council had already applied for a loan of £400 under the scheme. This had been granted and the Council was still eligible for a loan of £400 under the scheme already outlined. The Council could borrow £1,200 from the Savings Bank of SA if it so wished, at 31⁄8%, but repayment would be the responsibility of the Council.

Thus the Council could only borrow £400 under the scheme, but it had a further £400 in bonds, which could be used for the purpose of building the oval – meaning it could make £800 available to the committee. Further permission from the ratepayers to borrow the £400 will not be needed since the motion at the ratepayers’ meeting was to borrow ‘£1,200 or a lesser amount’.

Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Association gave a smoke social for members of the RSL, the Air Force Association and the Fathers’ Association last Saturday night.

The report incidentally indicates that the air Force Association Club Rooms were also the Headquarters of the Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Association.

Mr Corner’s lost bag and £70, (see 71, 28, 20 July 1948, page 1) was recovered on Thursday morning when Mounted Constables France and Weich arrested two men who were peacefully sleeping and who were found to be in possession of the items. Edward Carpenter and Raymond Edward Robinson have been bailed to appear in court on 30 July.

Obituary. Miss Annie Ford, who was reputed to be Burra’s oldest resident, died in her Chapel Street residence on 11 July. She was the youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph Ford of ‘Basin Farm’, Burra and was born 89 years ago on 6 April in the house now occupied by Mrs Jenkins in Ayers Street. She was taken by her parents to live at ‘Basin Farm’ when aged two and lived there for 69 years, retiring to Burra when Mr A.C. Ford took over the farm. In her young days she was active in the Bible Christian Church and was educated at Mr White’s Private School. She was a generous supporter of various charities and especially of institutions caring for destitute children. Until a few weeks ago she would still walk to visit friends at Burra North and even up the steep hill to Mr C.W. Gare’s residence there. [SA Deaths CD registers this death as Annie Ford 18 July 1948 at Burra, aged 89. Birth not traced in SA.]

Mr J. Harris, who works at H.J.B. Jennison’s Tyre Service, was severely burnt about the face on Thursday. The boiler that is used in the re-treading department had just been examined by the Boiler Inspector and Mr Harris had treated the inside of it to prevent rust. To speed up the drying process Mr Harris placed a rag soaked in kerosene in the boiler and lit it with a match. A little later he opened the furnace door to see if the rag was burning. Evidently it was smouldering, but the draught from opening the door allowed the vapour to ignite explosively, shooting flames into Mr Harris’s face. He is presently at Burra Hospital, where he is making a rapid recovery.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 10 July

At Mt Bryan: North Booborowie 56 defeated Mt Bryan 7.

At Hallett: South Booborowie 23 defeated Hallett 7.

At Burra: Burra 29 defeated Leighton 4.

17 July

At Booborowie: Burra 25 defeated North Booborowie 15.

At Mt Bryan: Hallett 30 defeated Mt Bryan 7.

At Leighton: South Booborowie 18 defeated Leighton 9.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have instructions from the Executors in the estate of the late H.W. Morgan to sell the following Burra Township properties:

Lot 1. Allotment 35 situated in The Crescent on which is erected a stone house of four rooms, etc.

Lot 2. Allotment 75, being vacant land with a frontage of 65 feet to View Street and a depth of 150 feet.

Lot 3. Allotments 45 & 46, being vacant land with a frontage of 140 feet to The Crescent and a depth of 158 feet on NE boundary and 163 feet on SW boundary.

Lot 4. Part of allotment 23, allotment 24 and part allotment 33, with a frontage of 128 feet 9 inches to Trembeth Street and a total frontage to Helston Street of 211 feet, and on which is erected a stone and iron house of 5 rooms and conveniences, with a flour room, baker’s oven, a stone and iron house of four rooms, with enclosed kitchen, a stone and iron house of four rooms, enclosed kitchen and washhouse, woodshed, chaff house, fowl house and underground tank.

Lot 5. Part allotment 63 containing 3 acres 1 rood and 31 perches with frontages to Gall Street and Justice Lane upon which is erected a stone and iron house of six rooms with attached weatherboard and iron room, underground tank, washhouse, etc.

Lot 6. Part allotment 77 with a frontage of 102 links to Crowan Street and a depth of 160 links along Sancreed Street, upon which is erected a stone dwelling of six rooms, etc.

Lot 7. Sections 228/30 in Hundred of Kooringa and Section 101 Hundred of Baldina together containing 1088 acres of freehold, fenced and with a dam and permanent spring – 6 miles east of Burra and known as ‘Fords’.

Lot 8. Part Section 1, Hundred of Kooringa, containing 691⁄2 acres freehold. One paddock 3 miles from Burra and known as ‘Rogers’.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of the mother of Mr F.W. Atkin.

[Born Caroline Watkins 27 March 1869 at Saddleworth: died 26 June 1948 at Hilton. Her husband was Robert James Atkin.]

Obituary. Dulcie Irene Phillips died at Burra on 20 July. She was the youngest daughter of Alice and the late Edward Phillips, late of Ironmine. [Born 24 November 1916 at World’s End.]

Accident/Obituary. On 26 July a 1948 Chevrolet Sedan driven by Mr Rowe got out of control opposite Mr Gilbert’s near Black Springs. The driver escaped injury, but the passengers were treated at Burra Hospital.

William Hampshire (c. 57) sustained a probable fracture of the scull and in a serious condition.

E. Ryles injured his neck and suffered severe shock.

Richard Albion Rowe, the driver, suffered severe shock.

[Obituary. Note that in 71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 6 a reference to another accident near the same spot says that an unnamed man died as a result of the 26 July accident. Records show that William Henry Patrick Hampshire died 30 July 1948 in Adelaide, residence Queensbury, aged 58. Born 20 March 1890 at Tiparra.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 31 July.

Ann Sheridan & Kent Smith in Nora Prentiss

Plus documentary Truck Busters.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 3

Mt Bryan CWA celebrated its second birthday on 21 July.

Elected as officers for 1948-49 were: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames F. Jefferies & A.L. Collins; Secretary, Mrs T. Jeffery; Treasurer, Mrs Maxted and Assistant Treasurer, Mrs Crew.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 4

Inter-Association Football at Booborowie.

Mid North 23.18 defeated North Eastern 9.14.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 600 and double 700 yards.

Jim Schwier scored a possible over 700 yards, but only a 28 on the second 700 yards.

Best off the rifle were F.T. Marston, J. Schwier and Colin Bushel.

Top on handicap were C. Bushel, F.T. Marston and F. Kakoschke.

Burra Town Council, 19 July

The Town Clerk reported that now both E.J. Lehmann and L.L. Fiebig held hire licences for carrying passenger and the Council could do no more in the matter.

SAR advised that everything possible would be done with respect to special trains to allow children and others to see their Majesties on the Royal Visit in 1949.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have transferred property for the War Memorial project.

The Secretary of the Aberdeen Tennis Club applied for the longest lease possible for the courts.

As ratepayers would have to approve any lease in excess of 12 months, it was resolved to hold a ratepayers’ meeting to decide the matter.

The Under Treasurer advised that a loan of £1,200 for the Burra War Memorial Project could not be approved. [See further at page 1 of this issue.]

D.H. Field was welcomed as the new Councillor.

The Clerks tender of 5⁄8% was accepted for the making of a new assessment for the town.

It was resolved to order one drum of weed killer to evaluate its relative efficiency in clearing watertables compared with skimming.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 6

Burra Red Cross held its AGM in the CWA rooms on 13 July. Elected for 1948-49 were: President, Mrs D.M. Steele [corrected in 71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 1, to Mrs S.M. Sandland]; Vice-Presidents, Mrs J. Barker & Mrs F.T. Marston; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffery and Treasurer, Miss Constance Crewes. The RSL has kindly lent their rooms free of charge to the CWA for the second Tuesday of the month.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 7

Badminton, Monday evening

Burra North Blue 175 points defeated Kooringa 113.

RSL 150 points defeated Redruth 119.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, page 8

Booborowie Ladies’ Club AGM is reported.

71, 29, 27 July 1948, pages 9, 10, 11 & 12

Burra Show Society: Prize List for the 1948 Show is printed.

Show Society President’s Report for 1947

Early in the year Mr K.R. Crewes tendered his resignation as Secretary and the vacancy was filled by Mr H.M. Scott.

Extensive repairs carried out in 1946 meant that little maintenance work was required in 1947. Facilities were however, provided for indoor trade exhibits and ringside seating was improved.

Arrangements were made for finance from the Bank of Australasia.

The sale of a portion of the iron fencing raised £104.

Most sections of the 1947 show were well supported and exhibits were of a high standard. Good weather on the day resulted in a good attendance and the profit on the day amounted to £158, which was exactly the same as for 1946.

A committee has been investigating the desirability of transferring the show to the Burra Sports Syndicate’s Grounds and has met the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society and representatives of the SA Jockey Club to obtain their views on this matter. Their reports on this matter will be received by the sub-committee and dealt with in due course.

A.B. Riggs.

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 1

Adelaide-Burra Road Race

The War Memorial Committee has decided to hold functions at the completion of the race on 18 September. There will be a dance in the RSL Club Rooms, with a pasty supper. Side shows will operate in Market Square during the afternoon. Accommodation will be needed for about 120 riders and officials for tea, bed and breakfast over Saturday/Sunday.

The War Memorial Committee is currently negotiating with contractors to carry out the grading and levelling of Victoria Park. When this work begins funds will be needed urgently. Subscriptions have been ‘hanging fire’ and this has made it difficult for the committee to estimate the amount of money available for the work.

The Wigley Property Sale on Friday saw the 1,363 acres fetch £12-5-0 per acre. It was bought by Mr T. Ashton. The property had been advertised in four lots, to be offered separately if the price for the whole was not accepted.

Black Springs CWA AGM was held on 15 July. Elected: President, Mrs L. Boothby; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames L.H. Piggott & J.E. Fisher; Secretary, Mrs W.P. Heinrich; Assistant Secretary, Miss M. Butler; Treasurer, Mrs K. Dunn and Assistant Treasurer, Mrs H.R. Piggott.

Arbor Day was held at Burra Primary School on Friday. The school assembly was addressed by the Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston. The Mayor, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison and pupils planted four shrubs to form a hedge along the northern fence of the school.

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Oodnadatta on 31 July. The first three places went to L. Hood, W. Holman and S. Kellaway.

Burra Rifle Club fired a match with a team from Spalding on Saturday. Burra 855 defeated Spalding 761.

Burra Hospital has received a gift of four specially built fireside chairs from the Greenacres Hospital Group at Booborowie. This gift take the place of the usual annual donation from the group.

Obituary. A Trustees’ Notice reveals the death of David Sommerville, farmer and grazier of Booborowie and Peterborough. He died at Peterborough on 5 May 1948. [Born 15 September 1889 near Spalding.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 August

I Know Where I’m Going (Local lore, legends and customs of the Hebridean Islands.)

Waltz Time, featuring Richard Tauber as a guest star.

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 3

Obituary. August F.W. Pohlner, died at Burra Hospital on 2 August 1948, aged 90 years 2 months.

He was the husband of Clara and father of Hilda (Mrs H. Jones of Nackara), Fred (Bencubbin WA), Charles (Melbourne, Victoria), Agnes (Mrs Greeneklee of Cowell), John (Peterborough), Clara (Mrs O’Leary of Hallett), Theo (Cranbrook, WA), Stella (Mrs Stockman of Burra) and also of Augie and Louis, both deceased.

[Born Friederich Wilhelm August Pohlner 5 June 1858 at Angas Park: died as August Frederick Wilhelm Pohlner 2 August 1948, Burra, residence Tooralie. See also 71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 6.]

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 4

Burra Men’s Branch of the LCL held its AGM on Friday 23 July at the Eastern Telephone Building. Elected: President, G. Gask; Vice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs & O. Finch; Secretary, H.M. Scott.

G. Stanley Hawker MP was the guest speaker.

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 5

North Eastern Football Association, At Spalding last Saturday:

Burra 8.15 defeated Spalding 8.11.

Letter. ‘The Man Who Sees’ writes condemning the degree to which Council business is being conducted behind closed doors. One such matter is the decision to change the contract with the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd. The minimum charge contemplated is now to be 12/6 as against the previous 5/-. This means all who have, by strict economy, been able to keep within the minimum charge of 5/-, will now pay a further 7/6 less meter rent. All consumers above the 12/6 unit value, suffer no disability, but benefit from the elimination of meter rent. The writer wants to know the role of the Council in this change. Was the contract altered by the contractors themselves or recommended and agreed to by the Corporation?

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 6

Badminton, at Kooringa:

Kooringa 167 points defeated Redruth 98 points.

Tables Tennis, at Clare 20 July:

Clare Methodists 19 sets defeated St Mary’s & Redruth Combined Team 17 sets.

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 7

War Memorial Donation List has reached £343-12-1.

Marriage. Pirie Street Methodist Church, 24 July.

Audrey Cook, daughter of Mr G. & the late Mrs Cook of North Booborowie, married

Harold Burton, younger son of Mr & Mrs A. Burton of Terowie.

71, 30, 3 August 1948, page 8

Hanson CWA held its AGM 21 July and elected: President, Mrs M.J. Marchant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. Wood & M. Mitchell; Secretary, Miss A. Rogers and Treasurer, Mrs S. Robinson.

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 1

Local Board of Health

Although the Department of Education has said new toilets would be built at Burra School, nothing had been done. The toilets had been inspected some months ago. It was resolved to inform the Department that if the situation was not rectified rapidly the Board would have no option, but to close the school lavatories.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 31 July

At Hallett: Burra 30 defeated Hallett 22.

At Booborowie: South Booborowie 27 defeated Mt Bryan 4.

The North Booborowie versus Leighton match was drawn.

Burra Town Council has decided to write letters to owners of certain old houses in Burra, where the roofs and floors had been removed, but the bare walls left standing. Owners will be asked to tidy up the places and their surroundings.

Burra Rifle Club, fired a double 800 yards match on Saturday.

New member T.B. Lynch scored a possible – the first such scored over this range at Burra since A.C. Aughey 16 November 1935. Best three on handicap were T.B. Lynch, G. Webster and E.C. Hopkins, while the marksman’s points went to G. Webster, E.C. Hopkins and R.G. Bernhardt.

Ratepayers’ Meeting. This was well attended at the Council Chamber last Tuesday. The meeting granted the Council permission to make long term leases over parklands with the Aberdeen and Kooringa Methodist Tennis Clubs. The Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston pointed out that some years ago the Council had granted the Aberdeen Club a 99 year lease, but under the Act was only permitted a maximum of a 21 year lease, with the right of renewal. The lease had also been wrongly granted without ratepayer approval. Answering a question from Mr H.J.B. Jennison, His Worship said the ratepayers could not impose conditions on the lease; that was the responsibility of the Council. Both motions were carried unanimously. (The Kooringa Methodists had applied for a ten year lease.)

71, 31, 10 August 1948, pages 1 & 8

New Zealand Primary Producers visited Burra on Saturday, accompanied by President of the Burra Branch of the Stockowners’ Association, Mr Rex Warnes, Mr G.S. Hawker MP, District Clerk, Mr K.R. Crewes and members of the Stockowners’ association Council. At Farrell Flat they inspected high quality 4 tooth ewes and saw the results of mulesing operations. After lunch at Burra, they went to Booborowie, where some saw a stud of Ayrshires and Illawarra Shorthorns, while others witnessed their first game of Australian Rules Football. At R. Hawker Ltd they inspected some beautiful rams and F. Willis’s Jersey herd. Dinner was at the Kooringa Hotel, followed by a smoke social, given by the Mayor, the Stockowners’ association and the Chairman of the District Council, Mr E. Finch. [The speeches at the social are reported at length.]

On Sunday afternoon most of the visitors were conducted over the old mine area by Mr H.J. Wilson, Overseer for the Burra Town Council.

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd advises that for maintenance purposes the company’s services will be disconnected next Sunday 15 August from 10.00 a.m. to midday.

Notice. Miss Nelva Phelan advises clients her Vanity Salon will be open for business from Monday next, 16 August.

Advt. Messrs R. James Ret. 2nd AIF and K. Kellaway Ret. RAAF notify the public they have purchased the Bakery Business known as Pyke’s Burra Bakery and will trade under the name of ‘Excelsior Bakery’.

Bread deliveries will be made as here-to-fore and a trial is solicited.

Notice. Hann & Scott advise that the announcement of the transfer of their operations from Pearce’s Buildings to the Eastern Telephone Building was incorrect. Arrangements with the owners have not yet been completed.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 August

Walter Pigeon, Jose Iturbi & Jane Powell in Holiday in Mexico.

Plus short subjects: Pete Smith’s I Love My Husband But? And I Love My Wife But?

Flag Steps (London Zoo).

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 3

Burra Homing Club. The first three places in the race flown from Tailem Bend on 7 August were: F. Brandt, L.H. Hood and C. Moore.

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 4

North Eastern Football Association, at Burra last Saturday:

Burra 13.19 defeated Hallett 7.11.

At Booborowie: Booborowie 13.18 defeated Spalding 5.10.

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 5

Mt Bryan CWA Annual Report for 1948 is printed. [13⁄4 columns.]

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 6

Badminton

Burra North Blue 141 points defeated Burra North Red 136 points.

Kooringa Methodists 140 points defeated RSL 127 points.

Accident/Obituary.

On Monday 26 July a car overturned on the Black Springs Road about 16 miles from Burra and a man died from his injuries. [That is: William Henry Patrick Hampshire died 30 July 1948 in Adelaide, residence Queensbury, aged 58.]

Yesterday another car overturned near the same spot, but about 3⁄4 mile closer to Burra. There were four occupants of the new Vauxhall Tourer, all from Broken Hill, and the driver, Mr Victor Grant, was thrown out. He suffered concussion and possible fracture of the skull and his condition is serious. The other three escaped with slight abrasions, bruises and shock: Jack May*, Geoffrey Carlton Curthoys and John Patrick Foggerty. They proceeded to Broken Hill by train last night. [Note: in 71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 1 this man is said to be Mayn.]

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 7

Dick Halliday’s Football Success

C.R. (Dick) Halliday was awarded the R. Lee Trophy when playing for SA against WA in the amateur League Football Carnival in Perth last Saturday. He kicked three goals. Last year he won the Howe Medal for the SA Amateur League last year. He resided in Burra for some years and played with the local Association. He is the brother of D.A. Halliday of Burra.

Aberdeen Tennis Club held a Victory Ball in the Burra Town Hall to celebrate winning the Premiership for the 1947-48 season. The Catherine Orchestra provided the music and Mr G. Heinrich was MC. The Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston presented the shield and also congratulated the club on gaining a 21-year lease on the reserve where the courts are located. Mr Marston was pleased that this would enable the club to carry out improvements there.

71, 31, 10 August 1948, page 8

Burra Town Council

The statement of receipts and payments for the year ending 30 June 1948 is printed.

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 1

The Burra Branch of the Fathers’ Association organised an Amateur Hour in the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening and straight after the interval the branch President, Mr G.H. Dollman, handed over a special chair to the Burra RSL Sub-Branch to be used by the President when conducting meetings.

Accident. Mr Victor Grant (26), who was the driver of the car that overturned near Black Springs on 9 August, remains in a serious condition in the Burra Hospital with a fractured skull.

Passengers Mayn and Curthoys were later admitted to hospital after reaching Broken Hill.

[In the original report 10 August 1948 page 6 Mayn was reported as May.]

Burra Homing Club. First three places in the 116 mile race from Tailem Bend on 14 August went to L. Hood, C. Moore and A.H. Broad.

The Fathers’ Association Amateur Hour at the Burra Town Hall on Friday last raised about £50, which will go towards a wheelchair for Daws Road Hospital. More than 20 juniors and seniors rendered items.

Junior Section Winner Joan Towler.

Senior Section Winner Lorna and Mavis Broad.

Most Popular with Tin Collection Fay & Avis Irlam

Program:

Musical Duet Messrs Young & Rodgers

Song Shirley Broad

Guitar & Yodel J. Carpenter

Duet Lorna & Mavis Broad

Recitation Betty Towler

Song Merle Radford

Song Arthur Marsh

Mimic Bill Laidlaw

Guitar Hillbilly Barry Allen, Ian Pontifex & John Carpenter

Duet Fay & Avis Irlam

Song Barbara Towler

Duet Joan & Barbara Towler

Song Ray Davies

Banjo Solo B. Rodgers

Song Rosemary Heinrich

Junior Boxing

Song C. Kelly

Hillbilly Song Shirley Bown

Skipping & Exhibition Boxing S. Johnson

Song Joan Towler

Hillbilly Duet Jeff & Colleen Kakoschke

Song Ian Allen

Recitation W. Carpenter

Pianoforte items C. Davey & R. Pascoe

Accompanists Clem Davey, Avis Bruce & Kath Preiss.

Compere Guy Dollman

The Catherine Orchestra provided music for the dance that followed until midnight.

Mt Bryan East Postal Service is now practically as good as many railway towns in this part of the state. From beginning of August mails are delivered Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with inward services on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Burra RSL held a Social & Dance on Wednesday evening. Guest speakers were P.A. McBride MHR and G.S. Hawker MP. [Their speeches are reported at length.]

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Lawn Tennis Club advises that preparations are under way to make the courts playable by the start of December this year. We have a large number of intending players. Membership fee is three guineas per head. We ask for early payment to meet the cost of putting the courts in order and for the cost of mower and maintenance. President, J.N. McBride; Vice-President, M.G. Dobson; Treasurer, A. Stewart and Secretary, L.P. Bence.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 August

Dame Sybil Thorndike & Sir Cedric Hardwicke in Nicholas Nickelby

Strange Impersonation – a glimpse into the Miracle of Plastic Surgery.

Notice. Elder’s Trustee & Executor Co. Ltd advises that the business formerly carried on by the late Harold Colin Doyle, farmer and grazier of Mt Bryan East and elsewhere, is now being carried on by Mrs Audrey Rita Doyle and Alfred Edward Willis under the firm name of Estate of H.C. Doyle, Hallett. Elder’s Trustee & Executor Co. Ltd will not be responsible for any debts incurred in the name of the business. 24 July 1948.

Notice. The Office of the Burra electric Supply Co. Ltd is now situated on the ground floor of Pearce’s Buildings.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd have instructions from T.J. Kallio, whose property they have sold, to conduct a clearing sale on the property four miles south of Burra on 30 August.

[About a column of details.]

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 3

Fire. On Thursday evening a 1926 Dodge Truck, the property of Mr Edward Carpenter caught alight while standing at the rear of the residence of Mr J.G. Carpenter at Burra North. Mr Ron Thamm gave the alarm and the Burra Fire Brigade extinguished the blaze. Damage to the uninsured vehicle was estimated at £60.

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 August

Burra & District War Memorial Committee requested that Council raise the £400 loan as approved by ratepayers. Carried.

Approval was granted for the same committee to hold a carnival in Market Square on 18 September and for the Square to be floodlit for the occasion.

The same committee asked for assurance that the Council’s £400 in bonds would be available when required. A special Finance Committee meeting will consider this.

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 5

The Civic Reception for the recent New Zealand visiting farmers is reported in c. 1 column.

Burra Rifle Club, fired a stage of the Woodman Trophy over 200 and double 300 yards on Saturday, in very poor conditions. There was a strong diagonal wind and gusty rain for the final range.

C.N. Bushell topped both the marksman’s and handicap sections. R.G. Bernhardt was second in both sections. D.H. Field was third off the gun. Pat Hogan scored a possible over 200 yards, but fell away badly over 300 yards.

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 6

Badminton

Burra North Red 162 points defeated Kooringa 128 points.

Burra North Blue 155 points defeated Redruth 145 points.

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 7

Obituary. Mr Alfred Bevan died at Burra Hospital on 13 August. He was born at Blinman on 29 January 1874, where his father, the late Robert Bevan, was the manager of the manager of the Prince Alfred Copper Company, Sliding Rock, Central Australia. [Sic.] Mr Bevan came with his parents to reside in Burra at an early age and was educated at Burra Primary School. He married the late Miss Margaret Bolton in 1893 and their family comprised five sons and four daughters, two of whom predeceased him. By occupation Mr Bevan was a butcher, drover and shearer and during the course of his work, travelled over all part of South Australia and New South Wales. He was well acquainted with the little known tracks and pastoral holdings in both those states. In his younger days he was an enthusiastic member of the Burra Rifle Club, a coursing enthusiast and a keen horseman. As a rifleman he still holds an all-time record of 104 out of 105 scored over open sights. The score has been equalled once with aperture sights, but never beaten. At picnic races his services as a jockey were eagerly sought by owners. He rode quite a number of winners for the late Mr Tom Richards of Morgan. He leaves five sons: Ted of Caltowie, Alex of Burra, Peter of Broken Hill, Henry of Broken Hill and Arch of the West Coast, as well as two daughters, Alice Mrs W. Brown of Menindie and Elizabeth Mrs G. Phillips of Clare.

[Birth not confirmed.]

71, 32, 17 August 1948, page 8

North Eastern Football Association, at Burra on Saturday:

Burra 8.12 defeated Booborowie 2.3.

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 1

Aerated Water Factory for Burra

Messrs Cummins & Franklin of Burra Cold Stores are going to put into operation an aerated water factory in the near future. It is expected to be running in about two months. One of the main problems was the local water. Tests showed that the local water supply was too salty. In fact they found seven different solids, averaging 107 grains per gallon and these could not be removed by the usual filtration methods. Further investigation discovered a super filter, which has made the project viable. There would appear to be no similar factory between here and Broken Hill.

The Local Board of Health

Not having had a reply from the Education Department concerning the school toilets, the Board has decided to communicate with the Member for the District, Mr G.S. Hawker.

Burra Homing Club flew a 190 mile race from Keith on Saturday. First three places went to L. Hood, P.J. Byrne and F. Brandt.

Burra Town Council has granted the Aberdeen Tennis Club a 21 year lease on a portion of Lowe’s Reserve and a 10 year lease to the Kooringa [Methodist] Tennis Club. A clause in the agreements will prohibit any organised sport on Sundays: i.e. any tournament matches or association games.

The Season has been very dry, but just as things were looking serious, rain fell last week. Burra recorded 106

points and Mt Bryan 62, with 56 reported from Booborowie. The rain did not extend far to the east.

Snow fell quite heavily in the district on Monday. From about 3.30 a.m. Burra was covered with a mantle of white, which remained in sheltered spots after dawn, but rain had washed it away by then from trees and fences etc. Several inches of snow were reported from Hallett and Whyte Yarcowie. The hills around Burra were snow-capped for several hours.

A Big RSL Ball was held in Burra Town Hall on Friday night, to celebrate the third anniversary of VP Day.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the sixth stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over a double 900 yards. P.W. Hogan, C.N. Bushell and D.H. Field led both the handicap section and the marksman’s section.

Burra Town Council

Before signing the application form agreeing to the new charges for electricity from the Burra Electric Supply Co., the Council has asked the company if it has permission from the Controller of Prices to change the price of electricity in the area.

Ironmine Tennis Club has decided to enter an A and a B team for association matches. At the AGM last Wednesday it elected: Patron, R.W. Lloyd; President, W.H. Lloyd; Vice-Presidents, Mrs E.B. White, Messrs R.W. Humphrys, H.R. Earle and R.L. Steele; Secretary & Treasurer, Mr Don White, Assistant Secretary, Mr Robert Steele and Captain, Mr C. Phillips.

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 2

Notice. District Council of Burra Burra declares a general rate of three shillings in the pound.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 August

Dennis Morgan & Jane Wyman in Cheyenne

Joan Leslie & Robert Hutton in Too Young to Know

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 3

Rainfall. To 9 a.m. Tuesday Burra had recorded 253 points, Mt Bryan 157, Booborowie 121 and Hallett 164. Falls to the east have been much lower, ranging from 5 at Braemar to 40 at Parcoola and 19 at Koomooloo.

Burra Golf Associates. Finals of the Club Championship were played on Saturday. Winners:

Division 1 Miss Pearce.

Division 2 Mrs Hill.

North Eastern Basketball Association, 7 August

At Burra: Burra 25 defeated South Booborowie 12.

At Booborowie: Hallett 34 defeated North Booborowie 19.

Leighton forfeited to Mt Bryan.

14 August

At Booborowie: North Booborowie 11 defeated South Booborowie 7

At Burra: Burra 18 defeated Mt Bryan 5

Leighton forfeited to Hallett.

Semi-Finals 21 August

Burra 25 defeated North Booborowie 15.

South Booborowie 19 defeated Hallett 14.

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 5

Burra Town Council, 16 August

Highways and Local Government Department advised that the grant in aid for expenditure on other than main roads was £275 for the year and the District Road Grant was £100 with Council’s contribution to be £100. The Clerk said he has applied for £300 and suspected the £100 was a misprint. An enquiry will be made.

The Mayor reported on the Civic Reception and other activities of the New Zealand visitors recently.

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 6

Obituary. August Frederick William Pohlner was born at Angaston on 5 June 1858. As a youth he travelled sheep on his father’s property or took the herd to Bethany in the Tanunda Hills, now known as Mt Kitchener. He received very little schooling. He went to Hallett 76 years ago and pioneered the surrounding country. In the early days the land was unfenced and he employed shepherds. The sheep were yarded every night behind brush fences because of the menace of wild dogs. He married Clara Brady of Mt Bryan just over 58 years ago. The family comprised six sons and four daughters. Two children predeceased their father. Three sons enlisted in WWI and two served in WWII. There are fourteen grandchildren. Mr Pohlner died peacefully at Burra Hospital on 2 August after a very brief illness. He was physically strong, mentally alert and enjoyed wonderful health almost to the last day of his life. It had been 38 years since his last time in hospital and sixty years ago suffered a severe heat stroke.

In his younger days he was a very hard worker and his interests were solely in farming and grazing. He was fond of horses and was a great horseman. He worked until the last day before his final illness, inspecting a dam, attending to his sheep and repairing a fence. That was the last occasion he drove his car. Last year he drove some friends to the Angaston Centenary Celebrations. Although he could neither read nor write, Mr Pohlner was a shrewd businessman and the last cheque he signed was for the United Nations Appeal for Children. He helped others in a quiet way and would never leave a man in trouble. Many years ago he had been a member of the Hallett District Council and was the oldest member of the Foresters’ Lodge in Burra.

[Born Friederich Wilhelm August Pohlner 5 June 1858 at Angas Park: died as August Frederick Wilhelm Pohlner 2 August 1948, Burra, residence Tooralie.]

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Red 152 points defeated Redruth Methodists 126 points.

Burra North Blue 173 points defeated RSL 132 points.

71, 33, 24 August 1948, page 8

North Eastern Football Association – First Semi-Final at Hallett

Hallett 17.15 defeated Spalding 9.13.

Obituary. Miss Phillis Goodridge died 27 July 1948, aged 35. She was born at Burra, the eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs T.E. Goodridge and has lived at Gum Creek all her life. She was educated at Gum Creek and Leighton Schools and had been associated with the Ironmine Methodist Church all her life, being Superintendent of the Kindergarten for many years. She had been associated with all the church’s social activities and was a one time member of the Ironmine Tennis Club. In WWII she was a member of the Leighton Red Cross, the VSD and the Comforts Fund.

[Born Phyllis Margaret Goodridge, 23 December 1911 at Redruth. Death registered as Phillis Margaret Goodridge.]

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 1

The Aberdeen Ballast Quarry is acknowledged as one of the finest in the state and the Government holds a 99 year lease on it, and yet it allows the quarry to lie idle. The quarry used to be in full operation, employing quite a number of men and supplying tremendous quantities of railway ballast. At the time the Government built a railway line right to it and the trucks were loaded directly. Now the Government obtains its railway ballast from Sleeps Hill and Stoneyfield, both of which are quite near Adelaide and centralisation. At Sleeps Hill the stone has to be carted half a mile or more in motor trucks to the crackers and then reloaded and finally unloaded onto railway trucks. At Stoneyfield on the eastern side of Adelaide, the stone is treated, then loaded onto motor trucks and carted through Adelaide to hoppers at Mile End. Most of this extra handling would be eliminated if the quarry at Burra North were utilised. On a recent visit the Premier said a few pounds would not matter to the Government if a secondary industry of some sort could be opened at Burra, and yet here is one that offers an opportunity and nothing is done about it. The rental on the quarry is £10 per annum and the owner Mr Reg. Ford would get 2d a yard royalty. Having obtained the lease and then done nothing with it, the Government is not keeping faith with Mr Ford either. Despite paying many thousands of pounds every year in taxes, this town and district is seriously neglected by the Government. We doubt that the State Electricity Commission will deign to supply Burra with cheap power and despite Murray water flowing through pipes to the Burra Railway Station, Burra householders cannot get access to it.

Despite the quarry being within the town, the Burra Town Council only recently had to get crushed stone from Adelaide for road-making. The new Hanson road will soon force the District Council to do the same.

Burra Rifle Club fired a return match against Spalding at Spalding on Saturday. Burra 933 defeated Spalding 876.

North Eastern Football Association, Second Semi-Final at Burra Racecourse on Saturday:

Burra 12.14 defeated Booborowie 7.10.

Tom Kallio was given a presentation and farewell at the RSL Club Rooms on Friday night, prior to his departure from the district. He had been a resident and club member for about 30 years.

North Eastern Basketball Association – Preliminary Final at Burra, 28 August:

North Booborowie 14 defeated South Booborowie 13.

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd advises that for maintenance purposes the company’s services will be disconnected on Sunday 5 September 1948 between 9 a.m. and 12 noon.

Notice: The proprietors of Duldig’s Bakery wish to inform the public they have sold their café and bakery business to Mr J. Waters of Adelaide.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 September

Rita Hayworth & Larry Parks in Down to Earth

For the Love of Rusty.

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 3

Snow. For the second time in eight days Burra has had a fall of snow. There was a fall this morning at about 9 a.m. Rain washed it away as soon as it fell in the town, but some of the surrounding hills were lightly covered.

Mt Bryan East had the heaviest fall of snow for some years on the afternoon of Sunday 22 August. The hills in the western half of the district were covered and a patch of snow could still be seen near the summit of Mt Bryan on Thursday. Rainfall across the district ranged from 125 to 230 points.

Burra High School held its annual ball in the Burra Town Hall on 27 August. The event was well attended and the hall was attractively decorated.

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 5

Kooringa Tennis Club held its second AGM 24 August. Despite the club’s youth and inexperience the A team managed to get through to the finals. Unfortunately the day set for the finals was wet and they had to be played off after working hours during the week. The Aberdeen team won by a good margin.

Attempts to get a club house erected stalled after the estimate of about £20 proved wide of the mark. Work was stopped after £30 had been spent and the shed is presently in a very crude state.

Elected: Patron, Mr J. Kellock; President, Rev. S. Dorman; Secretary & Treasurer, Miss A. Bruce; Captain, C. Morrison and Vice-Captain, K. Bruce.

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 6

Badminton

Burra North Blue 147 points defeated Kooringa 136 points.

71, 34, 31 August 1948, page 7

The Annual Methodist Concert at Mt Bryan is reported in 1⁄2 column.

The Kooringa Methodist Young Worshippers League celebrated their anniversary twice this year. On 22 August the original day set aside proved to be unpleasant and many of the scholars were confined to their beds with colds. The anniversary was therefore celebrated again on the following Sunday.

71, 35, 7 September 1948, page 1

North Eastern Football Association – Preliminary Final at Spalding last Saturday:

Hallett 11.16 defeated Booborowie 12.8.

Cricket. There are four teams in the local association and they are currently engaged in installing a new concrete pitch at the northern end of the Burra Racecourse. Malthoid will be placed over the finished pitch. This new pitch has been made necessary because the concrete pitch at Victoria Park is unplayable and will not be in a fit condition for play until the War Memorial Committee has completed its project.

Burra Rifle Club. Fourteen members visited the Metro Club last weekend. A match was fired with 14 men a side over double 600 yards at the Dean Range. The visitors found the wind hard to read. A dinner and entertainment followed and on Sunday the visitors were taken out on motor boats on the Port River, with the idea of a bit of fishing. Metro 997 defeated Burra 938.

The Local Board of Health will organise a clean-up month in Burra. Residents will be encouraged to collect old tins and other rubbish and place it ready for free collection in an effort to improve the health of the town. Rubbish breeds flies and vermin that spread disease.

71, 35, 7 September 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 September

Olivia de Havilland & Lew Ayers in The Dark Mirror

[Dan Duryea & Ella Raines in] White Tie and Tails.

Advt. Milk at Your Door. If you want regular supplies of fresh milk, Mr Sid Johnson of Burra, will deliver to your door.

71, 35, 7 September 1948, page 3

North Eastern Basketball Association. Grand Final at Booborowie on Saturday:

Burra 13 defeated North Booborowie 11.

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM in Pearce’s Buildings on Monday 30 August. Membership has remained almost static, with 10 losses and 12 new members. In the past season the club joined the Mid North Bowling Association and this move has proved really worthwhile. Several improvements to plant and equipment were mooted for the year, but these changes have not been completed, although most are expected to be carried out before the start of the 1948-49 season. During the year the club lost a staunch supporter following the death of Mr Ernest Marston. He was a keen officer and player and the club has benefitted by a bequest from him of £500. Messrs F.H. Reed, W. Chambers and L.W. Gebhardt have also helped the club by relinquishing all their interest in their Syndicate shares and transferred them to the club. The Treasurer’s report showed the club to have a deficit of £63-8-2. Elected: Patron, Mr H.J.B. Jennison; President, Mr E.E. Finch; Vice-Presidents, Messrs M.T. Fuller and J.T. Pascoe; Secretary & Treasurer, Mr H.M. Scott.

It was resolved that the club join the Mid North Bowling Association for the 1948-49 season.

71, 35, 7 September 1948, page 7

Burra Racing Club held its AGM recently. Three committeemen retired and were replaced by J. Gebhardt, G. Gask and K.J. Murphy. Mr M.W. Bednall, who was chairman of the Committee for many years expressed disappointment at not being elected, but said he would continue to further the interests of the club in any way he could. Mr L. Boothby was elected President in place of E.C. Collins, who declined to stand again. The financial report showed a loss of £42 for the last three meetings. This was attributable in the main to poor weather conditions.

Badminton

Monday at Redruth: Redruth 143 points defeated Kooringa 142 points.

Burra North Reds 176 points defeated RSL 126 points.

71, 35, 7 September 1948, page 8

Burra Rainfall: Monthly and Annual figures are printed from 1880 to September 1948.

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 1

Burra Town Council. The Council realises that the town’s back streets are not in very good condition. It has no road-making equipment and it has been drawn to their attention that there is a Government scheme that allows them to borrow money at interest free rates to purchase such machinery. The debt can be repaid over ten to fifteen years. Councillors will inspect road-making machinery on display at the Royal Show.

The Finance Committee recommended that the Council borrow £1,200 – one third under the Government subsidy scheme and two thirds from the Savings Bank, by permission of the Government at a rate of 35⁄8%.

The Mayor said he did not approve this idea. The Finance Committee thought that the Council could hand £400 of the amount borrowed to the War Memorial Committee and use the remaining £800 to invest against its overdraft. This was incorrect and the Council would be duty bound to hand all the £1,200 to the War Memorial Committee. It was resolved not to adopt the Finance Committee’s recommendation.

Cr Baulderstone moved that the Council borrow £800 for the scheme; £400 under Government subsidy and £400 at interest. The latter would have to be repaid within ten years. The £400 already in hand could remain where it was for the time. It was earning interest. This was carried.

The Tennis Clubs’ leases were approved with the restriction that on Sundays there be no play during church hours and that play be allowed only between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sundays. No Association or Tournament matches were to be played on Sundays.

Burra School Yard is to be renovated at an estimated cost of £754.

The Education Department is negotiating to buy two strips of land on either side of the school building to be used in conjunction with the new septic system, which is to be shortly installed.

Accident. Lou Davies, son of Mr & Mrs H. Davies of Burra, sustained a fractured wrist on Thursday last. He is employed by Excelsior Bakery as a bread-carter and the bread float hit a bump, causing the horse to swerve into a culvert, overturning the float and throwing Lou heavily to the ground.

Adrian Johnson has received a bronze medal for bravery from the Royal Humane Society, for his attempt to save his brother Ken from electrocution earlier this year.

Air Force Commemoration Day will be observed with a short ceremony at the war memorial in Market Square at 11 a.m. next Wednesday.

Burra Rifle Club. Riverton Rifle Club visited Burra on Saturday. A fishtail breeze made conditions difficult and scores were low. The match was fired over 300 and 700 yards. Burra 724 defeated Riverton 664.

W.B. Ashby & Son of Hallett have won Grand champion Merino Ram at the Royal Adelaide Show for the second year in succession.

Burra Homing Club held a race of 96 miles on Saturday 4 September from North Adelaide. First three places went to L. Hood, C. Moore and F. Brandt. On 11 September there was a 205 mile race from Wolseley, for which the places were taken by P.J. Byrne, C. Moore and F. Brandt.

Burra Racing Club has gained a £145 windfall from the Betting Control Board. Local hotel keepers have offered a 30 guinea trophy for the next meeting and Mr Andrew Tennant will give a trophy valued at 10 guineas for the winner of the Flying Handicap.

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 September

Googie Withers & John McCallum in The Loves of Joanna Godden

Dual Alibi

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 3

Letter. C.L.H. Pitman writes in appreciation of the article recently on the Ballast Quarry, but decrying the apathy shown in response. If the town wants action it has to be much more active in pushing the case for it.

Badminton – First Semi-Final

RSL 145 defeated Burra North Blue 121.

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 6 September

The Town Clerk reported that shortage of materials made it impossible to get quotes for the making of bicycle racks.

It was resolved to get local prices for racks, with the Council supplying second-hand piping.

There were complaints that library users had difficulty entering the Town Hall on picture nights owing to picture patrons blocking the entrance. The picture proprietor is to be asked to see that both doors are open.

Cricket clubs were granted permission to practise on Victoria Park for the season.

Council will co-operate with the District Council in setting up a committee to consider organising a suitable landing area for aircraft in distress. Mr L. Thomas had a paddock, which he would probably lend for the purpose and a few people with cars needed to be organised to floodlight the ground in an emergency.

Burra Cold Stores were given permission to remove old smokehouses and replace them with a storeroom.

Main Road grant for 1948-49 is to be £300 with Council’s contribution set at £100.

The Railways Commissioner will be asked to rectify the problem caused by trains stopping for up to three quarters of an hour across the Bon Accord crossing.

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 5

North Eastern Football Association – Grand Final at Booborowie last Saturday:

Hallett 13.12 defeated Burra 12.12.

In the Junior Grand Final:

Booborowie 3.0 defeated Burra 1.4.

Badminton

Kooringa 151 points defeated RSL 129 points.

Burra North Blue 177 points defeated Burra North Red 117 points.

71, 36, 14 September 1948, page 6

The Annual Buffalo Ball was held on 10 September and is reported in 3⁄4 column.

71, 37, 21 September 1948, page 1

Adelaide-Burra Wheel Race

On Saturday afternoon a large crowd turned out to see 17-year-old J.A. Stafford of Mt Gambier win the first Adelaide to Burra road race. A large bunch of cyclists raced towards the finishing line, with V. Wallman in the lead until the last second, when Stafford beat him by half a wheel. F. Willson of Pt Pirie came third.

While the crowd was waiting for the cyclists from Adelaide, a Ladies Four Mile Wheel Race was held. The placings in that event were: Miss Pilkington, Miss James and Miss Spooner. Fastest time was Mrs Jones in 11 minutes.

Winners of the Adelaide-Burra Race:

J.A. Stafford (33 minutes) 6 hours 25 minutes 30.2 seconds.

V. Wallman (30 minutes)

F. Willson (33 minutes)

Fastest time: T. Perry (14 minutes) in 6 hours 20 minutes 59.2 seconds.

The crowd in Market Square was entertained with side shows and competitions. There was a Darts Competition, Shooting, Rolling the Ball and Lifting the Bottles. A boxing Booth was rigged up in the RSL Rooms. Sid Johnson gave an exhibition of boxing with Tom Ryan and T. Todd. There was a fight between Tony Ryan and Richardson of Sydney and other rounds were staged between Ken Swindon and K. Davies and between K. Kakoschke and A. Riggs.

A dance was held in the RSL Rooms at night, with Darrell Field’s Orchestra.

Scotch College, Melbourne had about 60 pupils on a tour in SA last week and Burra was on their itinerary. They travelled in three coaches and each coach was separated by about 24 hours. In Burra they were entertained at Mr & Mrs D. Barratt’s Royal Exchange Hotel. The Mayor and Mayoress had dinner with them on Wednesday evening and told them something of Burra’s history. The boys also visited the Flinders Ranges, Leigh Creek, and the Barossa Valley.

Burra Racing Club had a working bee last Sunday to replace posts and rails on the inside of the straight opposite the grandstand. The cyclone fencing that had been damaged during the football season was straightened and re-strained. The horse stalls were renovated and final arrangements were made with the contractor in connection with the new Members’ Bar.

Members of the Burra Branch of the Air Force Association held a short ceremony at the Memorial in Market Square on Wednesday last for the Air Force Commemoration Day.

The Burra Oddfellows Lodge held a visit to Berri last weekend.

Obituary. Samuel Edwin Barnard, aged 68, an old age pensioner of Mt Bryan, was found dead in a hut on the property of C.J. Simpson about 5 miles north of Mt Bryan on Friday. He is believed to have been dead for three to five days. He had been a resident of the district for many years. The coroner, Mr H.J.B. Jennison, deemed an inquest unnecessary. [Born 24 July 1880, Flinders Island SA: died 12 September, Mt Bryan.]

71, 37, 21 September 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 September

Glen Ford & Janis Carter in Paula

29 Acacia Avenue.

71, 37, 21 September 1948, page 5

Burra CWA held its AGM on 17 September.

71, 37, 21 September 1948, page 7

Badminton – Second Semi-Final

Kooringa defeated Burra North Red by 21 points.

71, 38, 28 September 1948, page 1

Burra Footballers trip to Wallaroo

Wallaroo 12.9 defeated Burra 6.3. Some of the players contacted sailors from an English ship in port and there were shown over it and entertained on board. The players were entertained to a dance in the Waterside Workers Hall on Saturday night. On Sunday their hosts took them to a beach some 6 miles distant for a picnic, some beach cricket and a feast of crabs.

Burra Homing Club. In the race from Wolseley on 25 September the first three places went to P.J. Byrne, F. Brandt and L. Hood.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 800 and 900 yards. Phil Knight came first in both the handicap and marksman’s sections and Jim Schwier came second in both.

Burra Bowling Club has at last acquired a power roller. After searching in vain for such for some time, Guy Dollman undertook to make one, but no angle iron was procurable. Eventually an old windmill stand was procured along with motor cycle chains for the drive. An Adelaide firm cut the required gears. The new machine travels at walking pace and can travel backwards and forwards to produce well rolled greens for the coming season.

Burra Golf Club. Presentation of trophies for the year:

Club Championship A. Lloyd

Division II Championship J. Gebhardt

Eclectic Competition I. Richardson

Eclectic Competition in conjunction with Qualifying Round for Club Championship:

Division I I. Richardson

Division II A.L. Bence

2Competitions for Longest Drive C.L. Phillips

J.R. Wiseman

Burra RSL

The Sub-Branch has nominated Mr John Dighton (the Hon. Secretary) as a member of the State Council of the RSL at the forthcoming League Elections.

The Sub-Branch members unanimously consider that Communists are a disloyal and seditious body and have instructed their Secretary, Mr J. Dighton, to write to the Prime Minister, urging the Federal Government to declare the Communist Party an illegal body.

71, 38, 28 September 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 October

Maria Montez & Robert Paige in Tangier

Bud Abbott & Lew Costello in Buck Privates Come Home

Cricket last Saturday at Burra

Mt Bryan 6 for 149 defeated Koonoona 72.

71, 38, 28 September 1948, page 3

Burra Town Council, 20 September

Sara & Co were granted permission to replace the boarded section of the footpath in Morehead Street with suitable doors to enable stores to be delivered directly to the cellars.

The Town Clerk presented a report on the arrangements made with the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd for the installation of the bushfire siren. The annual charge for same to be £2.

Badminton – Grand Final

RSL 165 points defeated Kooringa 129 points.

5DN will broadcast a ‘Country Quiz’ from Burra Town Hall on 10 December.

71, 38, 28 September 1948, page 5

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Centenary

100 years ago a 26-year-old wool-broker from Yorkshire set himself up in business in Melbourne. This business has grown into today’s Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. Richard Goldsbrough received professional training from age 14 in Yorkshire in the heart of the wool world. He established his own business in early manhood and then migrated to Australia, attracted by the quality of Australian wool. He established himself as a wool-broker on the corner of Flinders and William Streets in Melbourne in 1848. Within two years he had become the leading wool-broker in the Port Phillip District and had bought out another firm and moved to the corner of Flinders and Market Streets. In 1851-53 he replaced his wooden store with a commodious bluestone building. His enterprise between 1848 and 1878 caused wool warehouses to be equipped on a scale which to other seemed impracticable. He attracted English and Continental buyers to Australia and more than any other single person established wool selling on a large scale in Australia. When he died in 1886 at the age of 64 his humble business had a capital of £3,000,000. Later in 1886 the firm took over the business of Mort & Co. Ltd of Sydney. Its founder, Thomas Sutcliffe Mort came from Lancashire and had also migrated as a young man and displayed a similar degree of enterprise in the wool trade. He had also showed considerable foresight in pioneering the frozen meat trade and his business and community service made him an honoured figure. Neither Goldsbrough nor Mort lived to see the amalgamation of their firms. Today Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has more than 100 branches across Australia and last year had a turnover exceeding £29,500,000 and received 334,000 bales of wool, sold 4,150,000 sheep, 280,000 cattle, 110,000 pigs and land worth £2,250,000.

71, 38, 28 September 1948, page 6

The Redruth Methodist Young Worshippers’ League held its anniversary on 26 September.

71, 39, 5 October 1948, page 1

Broken Hill Footballers visited Burra over the weekend. At the game on Saturday Burra 8.10 defeated Broken Hill 4.4. A dance was organised for the visitors on Saturday night in the RSL Rooms. A chop picnic was held at The Gorge on Sunday. The visitors returned to Broken Hill on Monday night’s express.

The Kooringa Tennis Club’s Courts were opened for the season on Saturday by the Patron, Mr John Kellock.

71, 39, 5 October 1948, pages 1 & 8

Redruth Ladies’ Guild sponsored a Flower Show in the Redruth Memorial Hall on Wednesday 29 September. The stage was decorated with delicate wisteria. Perhaps the most vivid colours were provided by the ranunculi and sweet peas were also prominent. More colour was added by anemones, yellow daisies and white daisies. There were dainty pastel and shot-silk coloured aquilegias along with antirrhinums and stocks. Roses were plentiful as usual and so were pansies. Adding to the display were geraniums, nasturtiums, lilac, schizanthus and carnations. There were in all 126 entries. As well as flowers there were 58 entries in cookery that included pasties, sausages rolls, sponges, fruit cakes, scones, biscuits and luncheon trays. The Mayoress, Mrs F.t. Marston opened the Flower Show.

[Further details and results of the competition are printed on page 8.]

71, 39, 5 October 1948, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have instructions from the Executors in the estate of J.O.I. Craig deceased, to sell by public auction allotments 108, 109 and 110 with a frontage to Commercial Street of 113 feet 1 inch with the improvements consisting of a stone house of 6 rooms etc. Also furniture.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Show Night, 9 October

Elizabeth Taylor & George Murray in Cynthia

Red Skelton & Marjorie Main in The Show Off.

Eight Hours Day, 11 October

Bob Son of Battle

Strange Triangle

71, 39, 5 October 1948, page 3

Advt. St Mary’s Church – Burra – Centenary Celebrations – 9-14 November

Tuesday 9 November Grand Continental at ‘Heathmount’ to be opened by the Mayor.

Wednesday 10 November Music at St Mary’s Church – organ, vocal and instrumental works.

Friday 12 November Grand Debutante Ball at Burra Town Hall. Debutantes to be presented to

Mr G.S. Hawker MP and Mrs Hawker.

Saturday 13 November Reunion of former and present parishioners in the afternoon at ‘Baldina’ –

Home of Mr & Mrs J.R. Barker.

Sunday 4 November 11 a.m. Sung Eucharist

& p.m. Festal Evensong – special preacher – Ven. Archdeacon L. Bulbeck.

Accident. A car driven by Mr R.H. James collided with a post and telephone while he was negotiating the turn into Firewood Creek crossing at about 11 p.m. on Saturday. Mr James escaped with slight abrasions and shock, but the bodywork of the car was damaged.

71, 39, 5 October 1948, page 5

Burra Primary School Mothers’ Club organised a Pet Show at the Burra North Children’s Playground last Saturday. This was one of the best of these annual events and it included decorated bicycles and fancy dress. The Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston opened the show.

The prize winning pets, costumes and decorated vehicles are listed.

A series of sporting events were held and the winners of these are also listed.

71, 39, 5 October 1948, page 7

Burra North Tennis Club was declared open for the season by the Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston last Saturday. This year the club will have four good courts in play.

Burra High School was host on Friday to sporting teams from Clare High School.

Tennis: Clare 6 sets defeated Burra 3 sets.

Softball: Burra 17 defeated Clare 14.

Cricket: Clare 5 for 148 defeated Burra 7 for 55.

The Minister for Defence has announced that the issue of campaign stars, which starts this month, is expected to take twelve months to complete. The awards comprise: the 1939-45 Star, the Africa Star and stars for the campaigns in the Pacific, Burma, Italy, France and Germany, the Atlantic and for Air Crew Europe. The defence Medal and the War Medal 1939-45 are not yet available for issue. Former members of the forces who have changed their addresses since discharge should notify relevant authorities as soon as possible.

[Addresses are given.] Stars of deceased personnel will be distributed to next of kin, or the person specified in the deceased members’ will or such person or institution approved by the Minister or an authorised person. Any such claimants should contact the appropriate issuing authority.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 1

Burra Show 1948

The annual show was held on Saturday 9 October in perfect weather and with a large crowd.

This year’s show was an improvement on 1947 and Horses in Action attracted 167 entries. The Art section had 44 adult entries and 29 from children, which is an increase from the previous year. The entries in fowls were dominated by outside exhibitors, with locals filling in. The local homing club ensured many entries in pigeons. There were 217 fowls and 175 pigeons entered, but only 4 canaries. Cattle saw 45 entries of good quality. Dog entries totalled 25. Flowers were outstanding and beautiful, with 381 entries. Fruit and vegetables are not usually numerous in Burra and this year there were 8 for fruit and 34 for vegetables. Grain and Fodder attracted 34 good quality entries. Cookery had a fine array of entries from the more than 130 on the day. Needlework, with 112 entries was also well represented.

Despite Burra’s reputation as a major sheep producing district, there were only 94 sheep entries and the Wool section only attracted 30 fleeces.

A sheep shearing demonstration was arranged by Mr C. Lott. Two outstanding displays were N.J. Baynes’ dining room suite of dolls’ furniture and Mr H.J.B. Jennison’s display of his local tyre re-treading industry. The annual display of schoolwork was a pleasing addition to the main pavilion. Much of the credit for the show’s success must go to the hard work of the Secretary, Mr R.E. Angel and to other committee members and conveners.

The show was officially opened by Mr P.A. McBride MHR, who was then entertained at the official luncheon.

Side Show Babies. For the third year in succession a wife of a sideshow operator has given birth while in Burra for the show.

Bicycles. There have been complaints about children and even some adults riding bicycles on footpaths. The police will be asked to take action in this matter.

The Annual Hallett Red Cross Flower Show was held on 2 October. Entries were somewhat down, but the quality was maintained. Cooking entries were disappointing. The event was officially opened by Mrs L. Thomas from Burra. [Results are printed.]

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from the Hopkins’ Trust to sell by auction allotments 370 and 371 , Kooringa, said to contain 1 rood 23 perches or thereabouts. [Last two blocks on north side of Quarry Street near Paradise.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from F.C. Catt, who is giving up wheat growing, to sell by auction on his property 5 miles north of Booborowie, his farming plant, horses and sheep, on Wednesday 27 October.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 October

Bette Davis & Glen Ford in A Stolen Life

Private Detective.

Obituary. William Henry Quinn, formerly of Mt Bryan, died at his residence in Cumberland Park on 6 October, aged 87. He was the husband of Annie and father of Tom, Cis, Kathleen, Nellie, Ann, Will and John.

G. Stanley Hawker, of Belcunda Stud achieved top price at the recent ram sales in Perth. (885 guineas.)

Burra Homing Club. First three places in the 2 October 319 mile race from Mt Gambier went to: F. Brandt, L. Hood and S. Kellaway.

Rain fell from Sunday to Tuesday morning and included the eastern country. Several pastoralists report full or nearly full dams. Burra recorded 247 points, Booborowie 284 and Hallett 205. Falls to the east ranged widely from about 70 points to about 170.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 4 October

The Council agreed to donate £5 towards decorating the streets of Adelaide for the visit of the King and Queen in 1949 – after deciding the request from the Citizens Committee for £20 was beyond them.

The Highways and Local Government Department confirmed that the District Road Grant of £100 was correct.

Registrar General of Deeds notified the Council of the intention to bring all land under the ‘Real Property (Registration of Titles) Act 1945.

Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd advised it had approval (No. 34247) for its new tariffs as from 1 August 1948.

The police will be asked to stop school children and others from riding bikes on footpaths and the swing bridge.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 6

Burra Tennis Association, 2 October

A Grade

Kooringa versus Mt Bryan [scores not totalled]

Ironmine 10-95 defeated Spalding 5-85

Hallett forfeited to Leighton

Aberdeen forfeited to Willalo.

B Grade

Kooringa 11-101 defeated Mt Bryan 4-70

Spalding 11-90 defeated Ironmine 4-68.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Circuit invited Rev. C.L.H. Pitman to stay in the Circuit for another year.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, page 7

Accident. At about 12.20 a.m. on Tuesday a car driven by Mr Colin Lloyd, with Mr Don Allen as a passenger, crashed into a telephone pole near the Burra Electric Supply Co.’s power station. The car apparently skidded on gravel after Mr Lloyd had been dazzled by oncoming lights. Mr Allen escaped with some abrasions, but Mr Lloyd had stitches inserted in a cut to his forehead.

Federal Election

Mr P.A. McBride MHR will not contest this district at the next election, but instead will stand for the seat of Wakefield. Mr F.H. Chapman, who was born in Burra, will stand in the LCL plebiscite to select that party’s candidate for this district. (Angas) Mr Chapman is an Adelaide solicitor.

71, 40, 12 October 1948, pages 9 & 10

Burra Show Prize List is printed.

71, 41, 19 October 1948, page 1

Sheep Losses. Last week’s rains may have been a blessing to many farmers and pastoralists, but the accompanying cold wind with the driving rain has resulted in a loss across the district of some 6,000 freshly shorn sheep. The loss includes many stud ram and ewe lambs. While exact numbers are not obtainable, it is known that about 5,000 dead sheep can be accounted for in the strip of country along the railway line between Hallett and Farrell Flat and about 1,000 died in the Booborowie area. In money terms the losses must amount to something like £10,000 at the very least. Pastoralists to the east have not reported any losses.

Burra Football Club held a Football Dance at the RSL Rooms on Monday at which trophies for the season were presented by the Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston.

In his remarks Mr Marston welcomed the visiting Port Colts Football Team and said it was most unfortunate that due to the terrible weather conditions it had not been possible to play a game of football.

Fairest and Most Brilliant R. James

Most Consistent I. Hirschausen

Best Placed B. Hirschausen

Most Unselfish S. Johnson

Most Improved Player K. Bruce

Most Consistent Junior G. Boothby

Most Improved Junior D. Edwards

Platoon of 27th Scottish to be formed in Burra

Before the War and for some time during it, there was a Light Horse Troop in Burra – part of the 9/23 Light Horse Regiment. When horses went out of date the regiment was disbanded, but the troops were well trained and when called upon joined the mechanised regiments, where they found they knew the drill and tactics applicable to tanks as being similar to that used by Light Horsemen.

A group of recruiting officers visited Burra last Tuesday with the object of forming a platoon in Burra to form part of the 27th Scottish Battalion. The Mayor opened proceedings and introduced Lieut. Campbell, who had been selected to be in charge of the Burra Platoon.

Lieut. Campbell said the Platoon would be part of the CMF and most of the training would probably be carried out at night. There would be two parades every fortnight – one voluntary and one compulsory and 14 days of continuous training during the year. Members would be paid military rates of pay. A full Platoon numbered 36, but 12 would do as a nucleus to start with. Men in the age range 18-35 were required.

The 27th Scottish is an infantry battalion and before the war was considered to be the crack SA Regiment. During the war it saw much service in Syria and New Guinea. It is now being reformed, with its Headquarters at Pt Pirie and Company Headquarters at Clare.

The Burra Platoon of the Volunteer Defence Corps held its annual dinner at Barratt’s Royal Exchange Hotel on Saturday night. Toast Master was F.H. Reed, who was in charge during the war.

Burra Rifle Club fired the first stage of the Championship over 300, 500 and 600 yards last Saturday, but very few riflemen turned out for the event. Best on the day were D.H. Field, R. Bernhardt, J.H. Schwier, and E.C. Collins.

71, 41, 19 October 1948, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, Race Night Wednesday 20 October & Saturday 23 October

Cornel Wilde & Anita Louise in The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

Millie’s Daughter

Obituary. Ella L. Harris, daughter of the late William and Mary Anne Harris, died at Burra on 6 October. Survived by three sisters and three brothers. [Ella Loveday Harris born 11 March 1901 at Kooringa.]

71, 41, 19 October 1948, page 4

North Eastern Football Association.

The Victory Dinner of the 1948 Premiers, Hallett Football Club, is reported in c. 11⁄3 columns.

71, 41, 19 October 1948, page 5

Letter. John H. Millikan, General Secretary of the Australian Pensioners League, writes to advise of the formation of a branch of the League in Burra. The League was formed in 1932 to fight for better conditions for recipients of the Old Aged and Invalid Pensions. [The letter goes on to outline some of the benefits the League provided – including a Funeral benefit.]

71, 41, 19 October 1948, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Church held its 101st Anniversary on Sunday 10 October, with services at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Rev. J.P.H. Tilbrook preached at each service. The poor weather reduced attendances somewhat.

On Monday the High Tea was served by the Ladies’ Guild at 5.30 p.m. and at 7.30 p.m. Rev. C. Pitman chaired a public meeting where reports on the past year were received and items were presented.

Obituary. Mr W.H. Quinn died at his residence at 32 Caulfield Ave. Cumberland Park on 6 October. Mr Quinn was the fourth son of the late Thomas and Ann Quinn and was born at Princess Royal Station near Burra on 16 October 1861. At the age of seven he accompanied his family by bullock dray to Mt Gipps Station in the Barrier Ranges and spent the next ten years there with his father and brothers in dam sinking, fencing and other station work. They often mustered bullocks in the paddock where the mining town of Broken Hill now stands – its rich lodes of silver, and lead then undiscovered.

The family then moved to Mt Bryan East where they engaged in farming and grazing pursuits. They suffered great hardships in the depression of the 1890s when wheat prices fell as low as 1/5 a bushel, fat lambs to 1/6 a head and good fleece wool to 5d a pound. Later conditions improved and Mr Quinn acquired some valuable properties before his retirement.

On 2 December 1891 he married Miss Annie O’Malley, daughter of the late John & Bridget O’Malley, at Silverton Church. They had a family of seven: three sons, Messrs Tom, Will and John of Mt Bryan and four daughters; Mesdames Dare of Mt Bryan East, F. Cahill of Walkerville, F. Richards of Mt Bryan and Miss Ann Quinn of Cumberland Park. Mr Quinn remained at Mt Bryan East until retiring to Cumberland Park in 1933.

Mr Quinn was of fine physique and took a keen interest in public affairs, being for some years a member of the Hallett District Council and later of the Mt Bryan District Council. He was a Life Member of the Agricultural Bureau. In his younger days he was a keen cricketer and could play several musical instruments as well as being an expert step-dancer. As a member of the Catholic Church he took a prominent part in the building of St Brendan’s Church at Mt Bryan. He is survived by his widow, seven children, thirty grandchildren and one great grandchild. He was buried at the Burra Cemetery.

[William Henry Quinn. Birth registered as 2 November 1861 at Princess Royal.]

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 1

Burra Race Meeting

Last Wednesday’s race meeting was the most successful since the early 1920s. At last the weather was favourable and the fields were good. The track was fast. The new President of the Club, Mr L. Boothby wore a very contented smile and all went smoothly. To cap the enthusiasm the local owner, Mr Jim Reilly saw his horse ‘Penburst’ win the Handicap with a starting price of 33/1. [Other results are reported.]

Mr A.R. Downer of Bridgewater will also contest the LCL plebiscite for the new Federal Division of Angas. Mr Downer is a returned soldier of WWII and was a POW in Changi for 31⁄2 years. He is a dairy farmer and President of the Mt Lofty Branch of the LCL.

Trunk Calls. Burra has only two telephone booths; one at the Burra Post Office and the other at Burra North. Neither can handle trunk calls without operator assistance. The Town Council has asked for an automatic trunk call machine to be installed near the central position of the Burra District Council Chambers. A similar booth would likely then be installed at Burra North.

Railways Department False Economy

Last year the Town Council employees did up the station road with material supplied by the Railways. The material was unsuitable and the road is now becoming rough again. The Council has offered to save the road by top dressing it, but the Railways have declined the offer and now it will soon become as bad as ever. The Railways Department apparently does not know the old adage ‘that a stitch in time saves nine.’

Marriage. Methodist Church, Waikerie, 23 September

Lorna Mavis Loffler, eldest daughter of Mr 7 Mrs H.A. Loffler of Devlins Pound, married

Sydney John Villis of Balah Station via Burra. The couple will reside at Balah Station.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Aberdeen Tennis Club recently refused the offer of the Town Council to lease the Aberdeen Courts site for a peppercorn rent, preferring to pay a small sum. The Council promptly fixed the rent at one guinea per annum.

Burra Tennis Association, 16 October

A Grade

Leighton 13-112 defeated Mt Bryan 2-42.

Booborowie forfeited to Ironmine.

Aberdeen forfeited to Kooringa.

Willalo drew with Hallett.

B Grade

Aberdeen 8 sets defeated Kooringa 7 sets.

Burra Bowling Club opened the current season on Saturday. Mr I.S. Scott ex-President of the Mid North Bowling Association presented the club with the Pennant won by Burra Gold as Association Premiers in the 1947-48 season. Mrs E. Finch rolled the kitty and Mrs G. Stanley Hawker sent down the first bowl. Mr G. Stanley Hawker then declared the season open.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 2

Notice. On and after 1 November 1948 the business known as Best & Sykes will be carried on by Mr A.W. Best. I, the undersigned sincerely thank all the many clients who have done business with us, and hope they will continue to do the same for Mr Best.

S. Sykes.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 October

Claudette Colbert& Walter Pidgeon in The Secret Heart

Undercover Girl.

[Probably in fact Ann Sothern & Barry Nelson in Undercover Maisie, since Undercover Girl was made in 1950.]

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 3

A Classical Music Program was presented at the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening, with proceeds to aid the Burra Hospital. The stage was beautifully decorated with rosebuds, Iceland poppies and mauve iris.

The soloist was Miss Sumner (Mrs L. Thomas) who studied at the Elder Conservatorium in Adelaide and the Royal College of Music in London during the war years. Mr Clem Davey occupied the second piano. [Clem Davey was supplying the part normally played by the orchestra in the piano concertos.] Mr Davey also studied at the Elder Conservatorium and in the latter part of his war service in Borneo gave many recitals to troops and to released POWs and to interned British and Dutch nationals at Kuching.

Songs were rendered by Mavis Gare, soprano (Mrs J. Reed) and Lindsay Thomas, baritone.

Works were also performed by violinist Donald Creedy.

The program comprised:

Impromptu Schubert Clem Davey

Prelude Chopin Clem Davey

Claire de Lune Debussy Clem Davey

Rhapsody Brahms Clem Davey

‘Lovely Night’ Landon Ronald Mavis Gare

Musetta’s Waltz song from La Boheme Puccini Mavis Gare

I Heard a Forest Praying Peter de Rose Mavis Gare

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal Roger Quilter (words by Tennyson) Mavis Gare

By the Bend of the River Clara Edwards Mavis Gare

One Fine Day from Madame Butterfly Puccini Mavis Gare

Cargoes Martin Shaw (words by John Masefield) Lindsay Thomas

The Roadside Fire Vaughan Williams (words by R.L. Stevenson) Lindsay Thomas

Salt Water Ballads: Trade Winds Frederick Keel (words by John Masefield) Lindsay Thomas

Salt Water Ballads: Mother Carey Frederick Keel (words by John Masefield) Lindsay Thomas

Angels Guard Thee Benjamin Godard (words by S.J. Reilly) Lindsay Thomas

Impatience Schubert Lindsay Thomas

Still as the Night Carl Bohm Lindsay Thomas

Heire Kati Jeno Hubay Donald Creedy

Songs My Mother Taught Me Dvorak Donald Creedy

The piano concerto pieces presented were:

1st Movement Concerto in A Minor Grieg Sumner & Davey

1st movement Concerto in B Flat Minor Tchaikovsky Sumner & Davey

‘It can be safely stated that this was the first occasion on which concerto work for Pianoforte has been heard in Burra.’

[Such claims as this can often be refuted, but a trove search of the Burra Record suggests that this one might even be correct. In the early 1900s there was a Burra Orchestra and it might be expected that their concerts could have included a movement or more of a piano concerto, but the paper does not report one. It does report at least one cello concerto and one violin concerto. Merle Robertson was advertised to give a concert in October 1923 and she was known for playing the Mendelssohn piano concerto, but there is no follow-up review of this concert.]

[Note: 71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 1 adds some details. The proceeds of the concert amounted to £47. Mr R.W. Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’ generously footed the expenses bill of £1-5-6, so that the whole £47 was available for urgent hospital needs and, since the improvements contemplated attracted a £ for £ Government Subsidy, £94 could be spent. The improvements included a rubberoid floor covering for the Labour Ward in the Maternity Wing.]

Mokota Cricket Association, 2 & 23 October

Mt Bryan 7 for 207 defeated North Booborowie 120 & 61.

Mt Bryan’s innings included 114 from M. Connors and North Booborowie’s best effort was 82 from K. Brooks.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 18 October

After inspecting the Burra Cold Stores premises, the Council decided to allow waste water [from bottle washing] to run into the drain in front of their premises providing it was kept clean and fresh to the satisfaction of the Health Officer.

SAR advised it did not propose any further work on the Station Road in this financial year.

Thank you received from Burra War Memorial Committee for the Council’s resolution to raise a loan of £800.

Resolved to approach the PMG Department to request public telephone capable of handling local and trunk calls be placed near the District Council Office in Burra and near the Burra and Burra North Post Offices.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 5

Burra Cricket Association

All matches this season to be played on the Sports Syndicate Ground. Last Saturday:

Colts 2 for 147 defeated Koonoona 7 for 126.

Burra 118 defeated Buffs 61.

On Sunday 24 October Southern Cross King William Street Hotel Cricket and Social Club came to Burra to play a Burra Association Team.

Southern Cross 8 for 175 defeated Burra 90.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 6

North Booborowie School visited Pt Pirie on 7 October, where they were met by the Mayor, visited the Council Chamber, playgrounds and the Smelters.

Burra Benevolent Society will appeal for funds to provide Christmas Cheer for the less fortunate of the community. They will hold a Paddy’s Market and Trading Table and Penny Drive on Friday 5 November.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy over 500 & 700 yards on Saturday.

Best on the day were M. Stockman, P.W. Hogan, F.T. Marston and L. Palmer. Pat Hogan scored a possible on the 700 yard range.

Letter. Noel Tiver writes in reference to the comments about the Light Horse Troop in Burra before WWII as mentioned by the Mayor when speaking at the formation of a Platoon of the 27th Battalion. He thinks he should also have mentioned the magnificent Light Horse Troop that was in the town before WWI. These men enlisted in a body in August 1914, with their leader the late Major Lance Lewis. They formed part of the original 3rd Light Horse Regiment and fought with distinction at Gallipoli and in Palestine.

71, 42, 26 October 1948, page 8

Lindsay Thomas contributes almost three columns on a Field Day at Roseworthy Agricultural College.

71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 1

Kooringa Masonic Lodge held its Installation and Installation Ball last Wednesday. At the Ball, Darrell Field’s Band played from the dress circle. The newly installed Worshipful Master is P.J. Thomas.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 500 and double 600 yards. A.E. Robinson won the handicap contest, followed by M. Stockman and P. Knight. Phil Knight came first in the marksman section, followed by D.H. Field and F.T. Marston.

71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 & 6 November

James Mason & Margaret Lockwood in The Wicked Lady

Nora Swinburne & Alfred Drayton in They Knew Mr Knight.

Advt. The Mt Bryan Honour Roll will be unveiled on Friday 5 November at 8 p.m. by G. Stanley Hawker MP.

71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 4

Burra Tennis Association, 23 October

A Grade

Hallett 14-112 defeated Spalding 1-47.

Booborowie 10-102 defeated Aberdeen 5-69.

Leighton 10-95 defeated Willalo 5-86.

B Grade

Hallett 8-90 defeated Spalding 7-83.

Aberdeen 11-98 defeated Booborowie 4-68.

71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 5

Members of Burra RSL visited Berri over the weekend and spent an enjoyable time. They travelled in Mr Red Lehmann’s bus, with some stragglers going later in the Secretary, John Dighton’s car. On Saturday night they were entertained by Berri members with games and refreshments. On Sunday morning they laid a wreath on the Berri Memorial and then visited the Berri packing sheds and then the Berri Distillery. On the way home they also visited the Barmera Garden of Memory.

71, 43, 2 November 1948, page 6

Mokota Cricket Association, 2 & 23 October

Leighton 45 & 42

Hallett 95 [Presumably a win to Hallett on the first innings.]

Spalding 149 &145

South Booborowie 62 & 4 for 56 [Presumably a win for Spalding on the first innings.]

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 1

Advt. Burra Cold Stores: Proprietors E.G. Franklin & C.H. Cummins (Both late 2nd AIF)

Wish to notify the public that we are the sole manufacturers of all ‘MINESPA’ aerated waters which are produced at our Burra Works. Wholesale Only.

Stocked by all leading cool drink shops. Support local enterprise and always ask for ‘MINESPA’.

Burra Benevolent Society was aided by £7-13-6 from its Penny Drive on Friday and by £5-10-0 from its Trading Table.

Burra Rifle Club attempted to fire the 10th stage of the Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 600 and double 700 yards. The wind was very strong and inconsistent. The 600 range was completed satisfactorily, but anxious eyes were alert for thunderstorms. The first 700 yard range started with shooters contending with gale force winds. Anything up to 14° changes had to be made while the shooting was on, which meant that the wind was blowing bullets out of direction by anything up to seven feet. Nevertheless, things were satisfactory at the shooters end, which was partially sheltered. In the pits however, the markers were struggling with the targets, which were exposed to the full force of the gale. Eventually number two target snapped off, to be followed soon after by number one. The rain then descended in sheets and the shoot had to be postponed.

Emergency Fire Services

On 1 October 1948 the Government places the Emergency Fire Services under the control of the Commissioner of Police, so that there would be better co-ordination of preliminary measured for the prevention of bushfires as well as one control for the direction of voluntary assistance in any outbreak. Trailer pumps have been placed in various districts and these have been under the supervision of The Commissioner of Civil Defence. That supervision now transfers to the Commissioner of Police.

[The line of command and the steps that will be taken in combatting outbreaks are then outlined.]

Recent Rain. Rain set in last Wednesday and continued until Monday. The falls extended right across the district with thunderstorms in the pastoral area that will ensure green feed for months to come. Many dams have been filled and R. Phillips at ‘The Gums’ reports 14 feet of water in a new dam there. The cropping areas also benefitted, though there is some fear of rust in late sown areas, if hot weather follows. Pastoral district falls ranged from 14 to 48 points for 4 November, but falls on 5 November were greater and overall Kia-Ora 78, Glenora 180, Woolgangi 50, Ketchowla 80, Koomooloo 25 and Pualca 15 are representative.

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 2

Notice. The Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd advises that its services will be disconnected next Thursday from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Kangaroo Street services will be disconnected on Friday 12 November 9.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 3

Obituary. Walter Spackman died suddenly at Burra on 28 October. He was the husband of Beatrice May and father of Robert (Japan), Eric, Keith, Colin and Betty.

[Walter Spackman, born 26 September 1891 at Stoney Gap.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 November

Gallant Bess

John Hodiak & Francis Gifford in The Arnelo Affair

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 November

Burra School Committee asked the Council to submit a price for asphalting a piece of ground 51 yards by 38 yards, all material to be supplied by Council. Council replied that it would amount to more than £200, but due to work in hand they could not do it for several months.

SAR advised that arrangements had been made to minimise the time the Bon Accord crossing was blocked by shunting trains. Also they would ensure that when practicable the blowing off of boilers would be done out of town.

War Memorial Committee advised it had so far been unable to get a tender for grading the oval.

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 5

The Mt Bryan Honour Roll was unveiled on Friday evening in a comfortably packed hall, by G.S. Hawker MP. [Details of the items presented etc. occupy c. 1 column.]

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 7

Letter. ‘A Friend of the Poor’ writes to report on a recent funeral. A week or so back a young child died in Burra hospital. The father, who had lived in Burra all his life had asked men of Burra to drive the mourners of the child in their cars, but they had refused. Instead two bakers’ vans carried them. The man who owns the vans is only a stranger in Burra, but he did what he could for the mourners. ‘I and many more are utterly ashamed of the people with their flash cars.’

71, 44, 9 November 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, 23 October

A Grade

Kooringa 10 sets defeated Ironmine 5 sets.

Spalding 10-99 defeated Leighton 5-72.

Aberdeen 13-107 defeated Ironmine 2-62.

Willalo drew with Mt Bryan.

Hallett drew with Booborowie.

B Grade

Ironmine 9-98 defeated Aberdeen 6-78.

Booborowie drew with Hallett.

Kooringa 10-99 defeated Ironmine 5-67.

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 1

St Mary’s Church Centenary Celebrations

The Rector of St Mary’s, Rev. R.S.T. Pettet did a great job at organising the celebrations this week, aided by an enthusiastic band of volunteers. The sum raised at events is in the vicinity of £500 and so far no decision has been made about what to spend it on. The weather for the seven functions organised was good, despite rain threatening occasionally. A Continental on Tuesday evening raised £120.

A program of organ, piano and vocal music in the church on Wednesday evening produced c. £20 and the Debutante Ball on Friday raised c. £75. There was a reunion at Baldina Station Homestead on Saturday afternoon.

Thanksgiving services were held at St Mary’s on Sunday 14 November. There was a Sung Eucharist in the morning at which the Organist was Clem Davey. Lunch followed in the Parish Hall. There was a Children’s Service in the afternoon. In the evening Evensong was held at 7 p.m. with a procession of the choir to the hymn ‘Thy hand O God has guided’. The services were conducted by Rev. Pettet, with Archdeacon Bulbeck preaching. About £229 was collected at the morning service and about £45 at the evening service.

The Continental on Tuesday 9 November was held in the spacious grounds of Mrs S.M. Sandland’s ‘Heathmount’. The night was a little colder than desirable, but the large pines provided some shelter and there was a large fire that proved to be a popular spot. Stalls were set out on the wide verandahs and under the trees. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet welcomed the large number who attended. Songs were rendered by Miss Mavis Halliday and by Mrs Pickering, a former Burra resident, who returned for the occasion. The Burra Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston officially opened the Continental. During the evening Father Christmas arrived and distributed presents to all children of school age and under. The function ended at about 10.30 p.m.

Armistice Day was observed at Burra on Thursday 11 November. Shortly before 11 a.m. returned soldiers and citizens assembled in Market Square at the foot of the monument. The ‘Last Post’ was followed by two minutes silence and then by ‘Reveille’. The President of Burra RSL Sub-Branch placed a wreath at the foot of the monument and recited ‘Remembrance’.

Mr Norman Wilson was given a farewell from the town at the supper in the Parish Hall following Evensong on Sunday night. He had been a great worker for the church, but was moving to Adelaide to be employed at the Pharmacy at Northfield. Rev Pettet presented Mr Wilson with a handsome leather suitcase.

Anglican Reunion at ‘Baldina’ Homestead

More than 200 members and former members of the parish gathered at ‘Baldina’ on Saturday last. They came by private car and a busload as well. They were welcomed by Mr & Mrs J.R. Barker. They spread themselves around the beautiful garden enjoying and admiring both the beauty of the flowers and the splendid vegetable garden. Many were fascinated by the large lily pond, with its fish and by the emu enclosure, which includes one emu said to be about 74 years old. Tables and chairs were spread under the trees and a very good afternoon tea was served.

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 November

Joan Fontaine & Richard Ney in Ivy

Beverley Simmons in Little Miss Big

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 3

The St Mary’s Debutante Ball was held on Friday night last week. The hall was gaily decorated under the supervision of Mrs A. Bence. The stage was festooned with colourful floral decorations and the supper tables were also lavishly decorated with flowers. The seven debutantes were presented to Mr G. Stanley Hawker MP and Mrs Hawker. They were:

Miss Avis Clark with Mr Ron Pascoe

Miss Betty Spackman with Mr William Corner

Miss Dawn Bernhardt with Mr Norman Marston

Miss Betty Thomas with Mr Robert Seaford

Miss Thelma Seaford with Mr Norman Wilson

Miss Barbara Wall with Mr Don Allen

Miss Fay Clarke with Mr Gilbert Wilson.

The crowd was one of the biggest seen in Burra since the Centenary Celebrations. The door takings were £75 and Darrel Field’s Orchestra provided the music.

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 5

Burra Cricket Association

Start of match Burra v. Buffs

Burra 99 and 3 for 36 v. Buffs 66

Buffs could only field a team of seven, but it is hoped a larger turn-out will see an interesting competition when the game resumes.

Koonoona 124 v. Colts 4 for 74. (To be continued)

Mokota Cricket Association

Spalding 59 v. Hallett 7 for 51.

North Booborowie 108 v. Leighton 61.

South Booborowie 144 v. Mt Bryan 5 for 149

(All to be continued)

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 7

Bowling

At Burra: Burra 78 defeated Auburn 74.

St Mary’s Concert on Wednesday evening was well attended and the music was of a high standard.

The organist for the program was Clem Davey.

71, 45, 16 November 1948, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 200 and double 300 yards. Possibles over the 200 yard range were fired by D.H. Field, J.E. Harris and E.C. Collins. Jack Harris won both the marksman’s and handicap events. In the handicap R. Bernhardt and J.H. Schwier took the next two places.

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 1

Burra CWA Restroom at the Burra Town Hall was opened on Friday afternoon. About 100 ladies were present. The branch approached the Town Council about 12 months ago to see if it was willing to give them a long lease on the Lodge Room and passage in the Town Hall. The Council agreed to do so for a small annual rent. The Council agreed to make certain alterations to the rooms and the ladies agreed to carry out certain painting work etc. The room now has walls painted cream and the furniture has been similarly treated. There is a green mottled linoleum on the floor. There is a small room to be used as an annex and an efficient kitchenette contains a stainless steel sink and plenty of cupboard room. The branch has invested in a handsome set of crockery. On Friday visitors came from Robertstown, Mt Bryan, Hanson and Black Springs Branches. As President of the Burra Branch, Miss Minnie Rogers asked Mrs P.J. Pickering of Henley Beach to declare the rooms open. Mrs Pickering was the foundation Treasurer of the Burra Branch. Mrs Pickering said that since leaving Burra many years ago, she had continued to take a keen interest in CWA activities. She had joined an active branch at Albury on the NSW-Victorian border and had been President of one of the branches in Hobart.

After the opening ceremony the ladies adjourned to the main hall for ‘International Day’.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 500 and double 600 yards. Attendance was rather poor. R. (Jock) Bernhardt headed both the marksman’s and handicap sections. The other handicap leaders in order were F. Kakoschke, P.W. Hogan, J. Lloyd and A. Heinrich.

Bowls

Burra Green 70 drew with Burra Gold 73. [That’s what it says! But adding up the individual scores also gives Burra Green 73.]

Burra High Students attended a meeting of the Burra Town Council on Monday evening as part of their Social Science Studies. They were accompanied by Headmaster Mr H. Pederick and Miss A. Hill and were welcomed by the Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston.

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 November

[Janis Paige & Dennis Morgan in] The Time, The Place and The Girl

A Shot in the Dark

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from F.R. Wigley, whose property they have sold, to conduct a clearing sale on the property 10 miles west of Burra at Leighton on 29 November.

Notice. Mid North Car & Tractor Service, Burra – Motor, Diesel and Electrical Engineers of Commercial Street, Burra, have merged with A.B. Aldam for the purpose of handling sales and service of all General Motors Holdens Ltd products for Burra and District. This will include from 1, December, the New Australian Car ‘Holden’, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet Cars, Trucks and Utilities, Caterpillar Diesel Tractors, etc.

Notice. A.B. Aldam, General Motors Holdens Dealer for Burra & District advises the Franchise for G.M. Holdens Ltd products will now be conducted by Mid North Car and Tractor Co. and he will be associated in the new company with Mr C.N. Bushell and looks forward to a continuance of business with clients.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mr A.R. Billings.

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 3

Burra Town Council finally decided on Monday last to borrow £800 for the Burra War Memorial Project.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Children’s Concert was presented on Friday 19 November in the Sunday School Hall. There was standing room only for the event. The takings when finalised will exceed £20.

[Details extend for 11⁄2 columns.]

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 4

Rectors of St Mary’s, Burra by Miss Lucy Webb of Victor Harbor.

Rev. John Charles Bagshawe MA migrated on the Northumberland in 1847 as Chaplain to the Copper Co. He arrived earlier than Bishop Short, by whom he was engaged in England. Jack Gleeson of Inchiquin, Clare rode over every week to be tutored by Mr Bagshawe, which led to Bagshawe being offered the living of Penwortham & Clare. Bagshawe was the architect for both the Clare and Penwortham Churches and of the Penwortham parsonage (now in ruins). He caused its date of 1850 to be inscribed over the front door. Mr Bagshawe married Miss Amelia Woodruffe, the Gleeson’s governess. Mr Pollitt rode over from Burra to perform the ceremony. Mr Bagshawe later moved to St John’s in Halifax Street in Adelaide and died as Principal of Invercargill College, New Zealand. [Incumbent 1847-1850.]

James Pollitt was the second incumbent and second chaplain for the Copper Co. He came to Adelaide in 1846, having been a CMS Missionary in the West Indies. He came with Rev. W.J., later Archdeacon Woodcock. There were then five Anglican clergy in the diocese of Adelaide, awaiting the arrival of their first Bishop. Mr Pollitt was first stationed at Blakiston. In 1850 Rev. E.K. Miller visited in 1850 and said Burra was then a very busy and dusty place with a deep creek running through the town and many people were living in caves they had dug in the creek bank, cutting apertures to the surface for chimneys, which were protected at the top by a beer cask or a few pieces of wood driven into the ground, sometimes by nothing at all, so that unwary travellers were liable to make a sudden descent into someone’s fireplace or frying pan. Rev. James Pollitt and his wife are buried in the family vault in the West Terrace Cemetery in Adelaide. In 1855 Rev. Pollitt transferred to St Luke’s, Whitmore Square in Adelaide, where he remained for 26 years. He died in 1881. His son, Henry Martyn Pollitt was named after a famous missionary to India. He became Honorary Cannon of St Peter’s Cathedral and Rector of All Saints, Hindmarsh. He and his wife Caroline are also buried in the family vault. Caroline Carleton Pollitt was a daughter of the authoress of ‘The Son of Australia’. [Incumbent 1850-1855.]

Rev. D.T. Ibbetson [sic] was the son of the Commissariat General Ibbetson, who was on the island of St Helena at the time of Napoleon’s captivity there and who made well-known water-colour sketches of Napoleon after his death. Rev. Ibbetson left Burra for St John’s, Halifax Street, Adelaide, where he remained until his death. His eldest son rose to eminence in the Indian Civil Service, was knighted and died in 1908. [Incumbent 1855-1861] [Note. He was actually Denzil John Holt Ibbetson and started working life as an engineer. He was made a deacon in 1854 in London and was not ordained a priest until 29 June 1855, so for his first six months in Burra his ministry was limited by his not being a priest.]

Rev. John Fulford came to SA as a layman on the Derwent, with Bishop Short in 1847. In 1848 he was ordained deacon in the first ordination held in the diocese at Trinity Church. As a priest his first parish was at St Mary’s (South Road) and then moved around quite a lot, with stays at Strathalbyn, Port Elliot and Goolwa, among others. In 1858, when incumbent at Blakiston, he returned to England. [Incumbent 1861-63] [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says that in 1859-60 he returned to England. He was appointed to Kooringa-Redruth in 1861, but the district then included ‘Booborowie, Canowie, Mann Narrie, Pekina, Black Rock, Pasnaroo, Parndapee, Cachowla, Carooma and Mt Bryan’. He was therefore away from Burra for extended periods. He left the parish in 1962.]

Rev. Lionel Stanton was strikingly handsome, with aquiline features and piercing black eyes. One son was Lionel I.S.O., Inspector of Schools and the others were Clement and Gypsian. The daughters were called Esther Holmes, Phoebe Pittar, Annie and Kathleen Pittar. Later Mrs Stanton and the two eldest girls set up a school at Glenelg and many Burra girls went there as boarders. Rev. Stanton died in England. [Incumbent 1864-1874.]

Rev. Henry Howitt belonged to a well-known family at Magill. His parents are buried in St George’s churchyard. He was delicate as a youth, but lived to be 86. He married a sister of the Rev. J.W. Gower of Blakiston. He died as Rector Emeritus of Mill Valley, California. [Incumbent 1874-1885.]

Rev. J. Stuart Mayland [sic] incumbent 1885-1891. [Note: actually Rev. John Stuart Wayland.]

Rev. A.G. King incumbent 1892-1899. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says he died on Christmas Day 1941 in England. He was Arthur George King.]

Rev. W.G.M. Murphy incumbent 1899-1904. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Wilfred Murphy.]

Rev. R.H.T. Nightwick. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Humphry Wightwick. Incumbent 1904-1906.]

Rev. H.L. Ebbs. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Harvey Ebbs. Incumbent 1906-1910. In the latter part of Rev. Ebbs time Rev. William Terry came to the parish as Assistant Curate. He too left in 1910.]

Rev. S.J. Bloyd. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Sydney Bloyd. Incumbent 1910-1918. In 1914 Rev. Francis Durnford came as Assistant Curate, but although officially appointed there till 1919, he volunteered for service in WWI, was awarded the Military Cross and was effectively only in Burra for the first year of his appointment.]

Rev. H. H. Hopton. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Henry Hopton. Incumbent 1918-1921.]

Rev. F.B. Hewitson. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Frank Hewitson. Incumbent 1921-1927.]

Rev. J.M.S. Coles. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. John Coles. Incumbent 1927-1933.]

Rev. D.L. Redding. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Donald Redding. Incumbent 1933-1939.]

Rev. Christopher Gray. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. W.C. Gray. [Incumbent 1939-1942.]

Rev. M.P. Cowle. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Maxwell Cowle. Incumbent 1942 -1948.]

And the present Rector is Rev. R.S.T. Pettet. [St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years says Rev. Reginald Pettett. Incumbent 1948-1953.]

[Additional note. Neither Miss Lucy Webb nor Rev. John Devenport in St Mary’s Burra – The First 150 Years mentions that in about September 1881 Rev. Howitt was given twelve months leave of absence for health reasons. He seems to have visited England and was expected back in September 1882. Rev. F. Richmond was appointed to fill the vacancy, but he transferred to Maitland in January 1882, to be replaced by Rev. W. Marshall, who seems, from the Burra Record, to have been engaged until September 1882. Rev. Howitt arrived back earlier than expected in late April 1882. Rev. Marshall was compensated with a payment of £40 from the church and a further £60 collected from the congregation. He went to Quorn.]

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 5

Burra Town Council, 15 November

After the matter had lain on the table from the last meeting, the Council finally agreed to borrow £800 for the War Memorial scheme. Cr Lee alone voting against it.

The Immigration Publicity Tourist Bureau advised that 6,000 immigrants would be coming to SA and sought help from Council to house them. It asked Councils to form an Immigration Committee. After discussion it was resolved that the Mayor and Town Clerk in co-operation with the District Council convene a meeting to form an Immigration Committee.

The Annual Inspection of the Town resulted in the following motions (among others) being carried.

Cr Field moved that the area of road fronting St Joseph’s Convent be bituminised.

Cr Lee moved that the Town Clerk draft an amendment to Model By-Law 7 to prohibit vehicles parking within 15 feet of the corners nearest Market Square and Commercial Street.

Cr Fisher moved for the removal of all boxthorns at the cemetery or on any Council property.

Cr Fisher moved they engage a surveyor prior to forming a road to the eastern approaches to the school.

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 6

Burra Cricket Association.

Conclusion of games:

Burra 99 & 108 defeated Buffs 66 & 121. (Outright)

Koonoona 124 & 74 defeated Colts 92 & 1 for 70 (A win on first innings.)

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 7

Burra Lawn Tennis Courts will be opened for play on 4 December. The President and his committee are to be congratulated for raising the funds needed to restore these courts to playing condition after the years of idleness during the war.

71, 46, 23 November 1948, page 8

Burra Tennis Association, 13 November

A Grade

Spalding 8-91 defeated Willalo 7-80.

B Grade

Ironmine 9-90 defeated Mt Bryan 6-82.

Obituary. Mr Arthur Richard Billing died at Broken Hill and District Hospital on 17 November. He was aged 78 years and 10 months. Mr Billing was born at Barossa Diggings, west of Broken Hill in 1870. In his early days he was a carrier. Later he took a position with the SAR and was employed there until being superannuated in 1933. He was buried at the Burra Cemetery with his wife, Alice Maud Billing, who predeceased his in 1933.

He is survive by an adult family of seven children: Mrs W.F. Green and Mrs O.S. Tester, both of Broken Hill, Messrs Herb Billing (Booborowie), Clarrie Billing (Griffiths, NSW), Ray Billing (Broken Hill), Stan Billing (Broken Hill) and Ern Billing (Gawler) along with grandchildren and great grandchildren.

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 1

Postal Employees Picnic

A picnic for postal employees and their families was held at Gum Creek Station over the weekend. Most official and non-official post offices between Terowie and Saddleworth were represented and a bus load came from Clare. Total attendance was about 120. A committee from the Burra office organised the event. Mr J.A. Stewart, Burra Postmaster, welcomed all and hoped it might become an annual event. Not only was it an enjoyable day in itself, but it enable the renewing of old acquaintances and the forging of new ones. Other speakers expressed their thanks to the organisers and gave their views of the value of such outings. A sporting program was carried out in the afternoon, the results of which are printed.

Bowls, at Clare on Saturday:

Clare Red 93 defeated Burra Green 62.

Burra Gold had a bye.

Mrs Byrnes, who is staying with her sister, Mrs Wilcourt, at the Farrell Flat Hotel, has a panel of six prints that are creating considerable interest. This set is the original one that the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon viewed before writing his masterpiece ‘The Feud’. Gordon was an intimate friend of Father Tennyson Wood and Father Tennyson Wood was the great grandfather of Mrs Byrnes and the plates passed to her father and thus to her. Only thirty copies of ‘The Feud: A Border Ballad’ were printed at Mt Gambier in 1864. Gordon wrote the ballad after viewing a set of six plates illustrative of the old border ballad The Dowie Dens o’ Yarrow, engraved from pictures painted by Mr (afterwards Sir) Noel Paton for the Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Scotland and issued to that society’s subscribers. The poem was reprinted in Literary Opinion in August 1891.

The Finals of ‘Country Quiz’, the Australia-wide radio program, will be staged at the Burra Town Hall on Friday 10 November. Mr Clifford Dodd of the Macquarie Broadcasting Network, is visiting Burra to make the arrangements and is staying at the Commercial Hotel with Mrs Dodd. Mr H.B. Gordon, LCL organiser for the district and the public relations officer for the League are also visiting Burra in connection with ‘Country Quiz’.

The Infantry Platoon of 27th Scottish has not met with a great response in Burra. Although only twelve members are required to form the nucleus of a Burra Platoon, so far only six have volunteered. The first two, Messrs K. Bruce and N. Marston, were sworn in on Thursday night. Until the Platoon has sufficient numbers all parades will take place at Clare.

Mr M.G. Dobson, who has been manager of the Burra Branch of the Bank of Australasia for 41⁄2 years has received notice of his transfer to Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria. This was not Mr Dobson’s first stay in Burra. He was here for six months in 1922 and returned again in 1927, when he and Mrs Dobson were in Burra for seven years. Mr Dobson has taken part in many activities in the town. The Dobsons will be given a public farewell in the Town Hall on Wednesday 8 December.

Nurse Joyce Hopkins has gained fifth place in the state-wide nursing exams held recently. She is now a fully qualified Sister. She commenced her training at Riverton Hospital, where she spent two years. She then spent 18 months at the RAH.

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from the executors of the late Annie Ford to conduct an auction sale at the residence in Chapel Street, Burra on 10 December 1948.

Lot 1. 1451⁄2 acres freehold grazing land being part of Section 1 Hundred of Kooringa. Subdivided into two paddocks, with well, windmill, stone house of six rooms, woolshed, slaughter house, etc.

Lot 2. Four semi-detached stone cottages in Chapel Street. Main residence of six rooms with passage and verandah on three sides, bathroom, wash house and cellar. Three of the houses contain 4 rooms each, with front verandah and enclosed back verandah. One has a galvanised iron room 12 feet by 10 feet 6 inches lined with matchboard.

Also household furniture and effects.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 December

Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn in The Sea of Grass

Plus short features:

Million Dollar Cat (Colour cartoon)

The Amazing Mr Norwell (Passing Parade)

Easy Life (Crime doesn’t pay)

Pete Peeves (Pete Smith)

Rope (Special subject)

Newsreels

Advt. Burra Town Hall Friday 10 December at 8 p.m.

Country Quiz, presented by Macquarie Broadcasting Network

Two Big Shows: Burra Heat and Zone Finals

(This program will NOT be broadcast, but is being recorded for broadcast at a later date.)

Obituary. A Returned Thanks Notice reveals a bereavement for Mr J. Kelly and family.

[Burra Family History Database says this was the death of Margaret Kelly on 5 November 1948 at Booborowie and that she was born Margaret Chigwidden 10 March 1884. Neither this birth not her marriage to Joseph Kelly appears in SA records.]

Notice. Henry J. Schneider of Barmera gives notice he will seek nomination as an independent candidate at the forthcoming Federal Elections for the Division of Angas.

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy over 500 and double 700 yards. Conditions were difficult, but Jock Bernhardt scored a possible on the final 700 yard range. The handicap positions for the day went to: D.H. Field, R. Bernhardt, F. Kakoschke and F.T. Marston.

Marksman’s points went to D.H. Field, F.T. Marston, R. Bernhardt, P. Knight and F. Kakoschke.

Mokota Cricket Association

Booborowie 39 & 109 versus North Booborowie 59 & 3 for 92.

12 & 20 November:

Mt Bryan 68 & 124 versus Hallett 131. A win to Hallett on first innings.

Spalding 208 versus Leighton 86 & 4 for 141.

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 4

Burra CWA International Day.

Denmark was the country for 1948 and Mrs G.S. Hawker gave an interesting and educational talk on Denmark.

Obituary. John Oswald Lihou, son of Mr & Mrs T. Lihou of Burra, died at Burra hospital on 15 November aged 46 years 3 months. He was educated at Burra School and left at 13 to learn the blacksmithing trade. He later went north with the family and was employed at casual jobs on stations until age 21. He then took a position on Waudnaminga Station for Mr E.J. Andrews, where he remained for 24 years. Eighteen months ago he gave up the position for health reasons and went to live in Truro. He volunteered for service in WWII, but was not accepted, though he did much to help the cause on the home front. He is survived by his parents, his sister, Mrs L.T. Phillips of World’s End and his brother, Mr Norman Lihou of Yarramba Station.

[Born 8 August 1902 at Kooringa. Birth registered as Gibbs and Stasinowsky. He adopted his step-father’s surname.]

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 5

Burra Tennis Association, 20 November

A Grade

Leighton 8-82 defeated Booborowie 7-73.

Hallett 11-103 defeated Aberdeen 4-84.

Hallett 11-102 defeated Kooringa 4-81.

Spalding 8-88 defeated Mt Bryan 7-82.

13 November

Booborowie 8-88 defeated Kooringa 7-84.

Ironmine 8-76 defeated Mt Bryan 7-80.

B Grade

13 November

Kooringa 11-97 defeated Booborowie 4-57.

Hallett 11-100 defeated Aberdeen 4-59.

20 November

Spalding 10-101 defeated Mt Bryan 5-60.

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 6

Burra Cricket Association

Burra 98 versus Colts 4 for 108 (To be continued.)

Buffs 68 versus Koonoona 80 (To be continued.)

71, 47, 30 November 1948, page 7

Mt Bryan Methodist Ladies’ Guild Strawberry Fete is reported in 1 column of detail. Gross takings c. £132 and nett proceeds c. £112. The fete was opened by the Lady Mayoress of Burra, Mrs Marston.

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 1

Burra RSL

When the RSL decided upon new Clubrooms, an appeal was made to people of the district to donate to the cause and the RSL promised to place a record of those donations on display in the Clubrooms. A dinner was held last Saturday evening to mark the second anniversary of the opening of the Burra RSL Clubrooms and about 200 returned men attended. The promise of a record of those who donated was kept then with the presentation of an illuminated scroll bearing all the names of donors. The artist was Mr Norman Potter of Adelaide, who has done the work as a gesture of appreciation to the returned lads. Arrangements will now be made to have the scroll suitably mounted and placed in the main hall of the Clubrooms.

The dinner and toasts are reported in about 1⁄2 column. On a sadder note, The President, Mr M.G. Dobson had to be farewelled. Mr A.L. Bence was visibly moved as he outlined Mr Dobson’s contribution to the branch over a period of years and he made a presentation of a well-filled wallet of notes.

Burra Lawn Tennis Courts were opened last Saturday afternoon. Since the war a number of attempts have been made to open the courts, but each till now had failed, with some contending they were beyond repair and that the club would not be able to raise the funds required. A small committee has persisted and after a great deal of weeding, rolling and mowing eventually three courts have been made fit for play and it is hoped all five will be in playing condition next season. Much is due to the efforts of the Secretary, Mr L.P. Bence. Dr R.C. Heddle, President of the Club, commended the work of the Secretary and the Committee, asked the Vice-President Mr M.G. Dobson to hit the first ball over the net and then declared the courts open.

Girl Guides Association

The Burra Guides held their annual meeting on Tuesday 30 November in the RSL Rooms. Miss I. Wien-Smith, Divisional Commissioner, presided in the absence of the President, Mrs J.R. Barker. Mrs R. Jeffery resigned as Secretary and was thanked for her services. Elected: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Woodards and A.B. Riggs and Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs R. Ellis.

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 2

Advt. On instructions from Mrs S.M. Sandland, Elder, Smith & Co. will offer by auction on 14 January the property known as ‘Darton Cottage’ situated on Allotments 111 & 112, Commercial Street, Burra and comprising a stone house of six rooms and a stone house of four rooms, with bathroom and enclosed back.

Notice. Burra Town Council has declared a general rate of three shillings and sixpence in the pound for the year ending 30 June 1949.

Notice. Burra Town Council

No person shall park or rank any vehicle along the south side of Commercial Street or Market Square within 15 feet of the corners of the kerb alignments at the intersections of Thames Street, Chapel Street and Queen Street.

OR along Thames Street, Chapel Street and Queen Street within 25 feet of the kerb alignments at the intersection of such streets with Commercial Street and Market Square.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 December

Bing Crosby & Betty Hutton in Duffys Tavern

Dark Mountain – a drama of the work of Forest Rangers and the dangerous men they have to hunt in mountainous country.

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 3

Obituary. Eliza Alice Leecroft, the mother of Beatrice, Mrs Vic. T.L. Hughes of Mt Bryan East, died in Adelaide [Stepney] 24 November aged 75 years and 10 months. [Born Eliza Alice Taylor 24 January 1873 in Hundred of Caroline. The surname Leecroft also appears in records as Le Croft.]

The New Holden Car has made its debut and can be seen at the garage of the Mid North Car and Tractor Co. (Aldam & Bushell Proprietors). [Details in a little more than 1⁄2 column.]

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 4

Booborowie’s Annual Methodist Fete and Concert raised c. £140. [Details in 1 column.]

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 5

Burra Tennis Association, 27 November

A Grade

Booborowie 8-76 defeated Mt Bryan 7-84.

Hallett 11-104 defeated Ironmine 4-83.

Aberdeen 8-91 defeated Spalding 7-78.

Leighton 8-95 defeated Kooringa 7-85.

B Grade

Booborowie 8-78 defeated Mt Bryan 7-78.

Spalding 10-88 defeated Aberdeen 5-67.

Hallett 12 sets defeated Kooringa 3 sets.

Hallett 12-90 defeated Ironmine 3-55.

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 6

Obituary. Alfred Andrew Nankivell died at Burra Hospital on Wednesday 1 December after six years’ illness. He was born at Burra [Kooringa] 19 January 1876 and was educated at Burra School before working in the district as a farmer, before marrying Mary Ellen Irlam at the age of 25 years. The couple then went to Broken Hill, where Mr Nankivell worked in the mines. [The paper omits the line stating for how long.] On his return to Burra, he was employed by the late Mr McBride on ‘Faraway Hill’ Station. Later he became a fencing contractor, and then got a team of horses and became a wool-carter. He subsequently purchased a dam sinking plant and has sunk quite a few dams on stations like Balah, Murkaby, Woolgangi, etc. In the mid-1920s he sold this plant and turned to a running a piggery before retiring to his home in Chapel Street. He lost his sight in 1942. Mr Nankivell is survived by a widow and three sons: W.A. and Walter H. Nankivell of Burra and Edward Nankivell of Adelaide. There are three grandchildren. [Death is registered as 30 November.]

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 7

Burra Cricket Association, games concluded last Saturday:

Colts 126 & 3 for 48 defeated Burra 98 & 82 on the first innings – failing by just 7 runs to get an outright win.

Koonoona 80 & 3 for 86 defeated Buffs 68 & 91 outright.

71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. Conditions were very bad on Saturday, with the wind blowing straight up the range, with quick unpredictable changes from right or left, along with a heavy mirage and changes of light later in the day. No rifleman managed a score over 30 for the first range of 600 yards, though things improved for the double 700 yards ranges. This was the final shoot for the half year. C.N. Bushell won the Coverdale Trophy for the first eight matches and R.G. Bernhardt won the Hopkins Trophy for the half-yearly aggregate. Best with handicaps on the day were: C.N. Bushell, F. Kakoschke and M. Stockman.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 1

Mr & Mrs M.G. Dobson were given a public farewell at Burra Town Hall on Wednesday evening. After residing in Burra for a considerable time the Dobsons have been transferred to Brunswick, Melbourne.

[Mr Dobson came to Burra in July 1944.]

The Mayor, Mr F.T. Marston said it was a long time since a gathering of this nature had taken place in Burra, because they were restricted to those who during their time in Burra had interested themselves in numerous phases of the town’s social, civic or sporting activities and who have worked for the betterment and enjoyment of the community as a whole. If anyone fits that description it is Mr Dobson. He spent some months here in 1922 and then returned with his wife in 1927, when they stayed for seven years. They returned 41⁄2 years ago to manage the Bank of Australasia, to the delight of all who had known them previously.

Mr Dobson has thrown himself into any movement organised for Burra’s benefit. He has been a player of merit in both cricket and tennis clubs and as a League Footballer in his day, he has been more than willing to pass on advice about the finer points of the game to the younger generation. He has been a staunch helper in church affairs, a keen member of the centenary Committee, a member of the Institute Library Committee and in the war was willing to help any patriotic effort seeking assistance. His particular ‘baby’ was the Burra RSL Sub-Branch. In business he was kindly and helpful.

Mrs Lindsay Thomas gave a piano solo.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison spoke on behalf of the town’s sporting bodies.

Mr A.L. Bence spoke for the business people/

Rev. R.S.T. Pettet spoke on behalf of the churches.

Mr R.K. Crewes spoke for the RSL.

Mr W. Carpenter spoke for the Burra Football Club, Mr M.T. Fuller for ‘the man in the street’, Mr E. Weich for the town’s police officers and Mr L. Hawke, Mr R.C. Lott and Mr K. Paltridge on behalf of the staff.

His Worship then made a presentation of a wallet of over £50, given spontaneously from all sections of the community.

Mr Dobson replied and the evening concluded with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.

The Bushfire Siren was installed at the Burra Town Hall last Wednesday and was first used on Thursday. Just after noon a fire broke out on the property of Messrs T.J. & W. Quinn just north of Mt Bryan. It was quickly controlled, but still destroyed 5 acres of hay stubble, 20 stooks of oaten hay and about 4 tons of baled hay. The fire started just after the passage of a train. At about the same time there was an alarm to extinguish a fire near Canowie.

Fire. A fire broke out on Wednesday night near the home of Mr L.H. Thomas, just after he and Mrs Thomas had returned from a function at the Town Hall. Mr Thomas was able to extinguish the small fire near the railway line using a knapsack spray.

Burra Town Council has dropped the rate this year from 3/8 to3/6 as the result of the new assessment. The Mayor said the Council had reduced its £600 overdraft by £260 last year and hoped to continue to reduce it. They had to allow for rising wages, but anticipated that a 3/6 rate would yield £150 above the estimated expenses. Cr Fisher thought the rate should be 3/8 as it was better to strike a high rate while times were good. His amendment lapsed for want of a seconder.

Dr M.F. Toal, of St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church and Priest in Charge of Burra Burra Parish for a number of years, will leave Burra about the first week of February. He has been appointed as Professor of Philosophy at the Major Seminary in Adelaide. [Dr Toal came to Burra in 1938.]

Country Quiz

Glen Finch (21), son of Mr & Mrs Glen Finch of Burra, collected about £60 worth of prizes when he won the Zone Final for ‘Country Quiz’ in Burra Town Hall on Friday night. The quiz was conducted before a large audience by The Macquarie Broadcasting Corporation of Sydney. It is being conducted across Australia and Burra was chosen as the place for the finals of this particular zone. Mr Finch chose a Crystal Water Set for winning the Burra Contest and a Five valve Duel Wave Battery Operated Wireless Set for winning the Final. The recorded programs will be heard over 5DN during January.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 December

Lee Bowman & Marguerite Chapman in The Walls came Tumbling Down

The Personality Kid

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 3

Mr M.L. Archer is the new manager for the Bank of Australasia in Burra. Mr & Mrs archer come here from Gladstone and will arrive early in the New Year.

Burra Schools

The Education Department has advised the Local Board of Health that land has been purchased adjacent to the school to enable the construction of new conveniences. Plans of the proposed conveniences were enclosed and tenders will shortly be called for the work.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 4

Burra Tennis Association, 4 December

A Grade

Spalding 8-95 defeated Booborowie 7-79.

Leighton 11-93 defeated Ironmine 4-68.

Aberdeen 14-111 defeated Mt Bryan 1-30.

Willalo 9-98 defeated Kooringa 6-85.

B Grade

Aberdeen 12-108 defeated Mt Bryan 3-62.

Spalding 13-106 defeated Booborowie 2-61.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 5

Burra Rifle Club entertained a number of ladies and visitors from Hallett on Saturday and fired a mixed pairs match. Best 4 men were C.N. Bushell, P.W. Hogan, W. Hempel and F. Kakoschke.

Best four ladies were Mrs K. Brown, Miss Melrose, Mrs P.W. Hogan and Mrs A. Trueman.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 6

Burra Cricket Association

Koonoona 136 versus Burra 5 for 39.

Colts 178 versus Buffs.

71, 49, 14 December 1948, page 8

Bowls

Burra Green 90 defeated Auburn 87.

Burra Gold 93 defeated Clare 81.

Burra Town Council, 6 December

A resolution was passed concerning parking in Burra as advertised in 71, 48, 7 December 1948, page 2.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, page 1

Miss Daisy Kennedy, one of the world’s leading violinists, was interviewed last week on radio and when asked where she was born, Miss Kennedy replied that she had been born in Burra Burra in SA. Miss Kennedy, whose father was Headmaster of Burra School was born in the house now occupied by Mr & Mrs F.T. Marston.

[Note. This information is incorrect. The house in Kangaroo Street was not ready for the family when they arrived early in 1893 and Daisy Fowler Kennedy was actually born at the Commercial Hotel on 16 January 1893.]

The Annual Buffalo Christmas Tree was held in the Town Hall last Friday. Father Christmas came and was welcomed by the Sitting Primo, Mr W. Carpenter who also welcomed Members of the Ministers’ Fraternal and all others. He invited the Mayor to open proceedings. The Buffalo Lodge has been organising similar events for a number of years now. About 200 gifts were distributed amongst the children. Supper followed the gift distribution and the proceedings had been opened with carols sung by the Kooringa Methodist Church Carol Choir.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, pages 1 & 8

Burra High School Speech Night was held on Friday last in Burra Town Hall. The School Hymn was followed by songs from the choir and then the Headmaster, Mr H.O. Pederick delivered his report on 1948.

The year had a late start due to the outbreak of infantile paralysis [polio] and as a result the Public Examinations were a week later. This in turn has limited the preparations for this event and its concert program. This means a less varied program has been possible, but instead three plays will be presented, one from each year.

The aims of the school can be summarised as:

To improve the culture of the children and train them to think for themselves.

To build their characters: to give them a high sense of right and wrong.

To help them become strong physically.

The year began with about 70 students, which was about ten less than the previous year, due less to a smaller intake than to those who leave far too early to take up positions. I wish I could impress on parents that in allowing their children to leave in first or second year, they are depriving their children of a valuable asset that they would greatly appreciate later in life. The trend extends across the state, but is more pronounced in country centres than in larger towns. Of the 38 who started in 1946 only 8 took their Intermediate this year. A few went to other schools, but most left school altogether. In a changing world education and more education will become necessary and some other countries have realised this, with leaving ages in some as high as 18.

Last year’s Public Exam results were very good, with Burra HS scholars getting 54 passes from 66 subjects taken. Six of nine candidates gained their certificates. Carliene Davies earned nine subjects and three credits and gained an Intermediate Exhibition; the first one to Burra for 17 years.

Innovations in 1948:

Mr Deer and the 1st Year class built a school garden, which was looking very good until about a week ago, when sheep broke in and ate most of it. We will try again next year.

Dancing classes have been held by Mr Burdon and proved very popular. The results were seen at the High School Ball, when scholars were able to lead the polonaise successfully.

Softball was successfully introduced as a winter game for those girls who could not get into the basketball teams.

A short session each morning on topical events was introduced to encourage interest in what is happening around us.

The annual excursion away was reluctantly cancelled because of the shorter academic year.

The school has been able to offer a good range of courses, with both General and Commercial courses available and with four Technical Subjects.

Sporting activities have been a regular feature. Draysey House won the weekly house match contests. Burra gained only the ‘wooden spoon’ at the Mid-North High Schools Sports Day at Balaklava, largely due to the youthfulness of our students compared with the other schools.

The school’s own Sports Day was held at the Racecourse, with individual cups going to: Senior, Brian Bell and Joan Nelson; Junior, Dean Bernhardt and Lindley Davies. During the year we visited Clare once and they returned the visit.

I wish to pay tribute to the role played by the Parents and Friends’ Association and the High School Council. Both bodies have met regularly and done great work for the school.

[A list of individual thanks follows, along with a list of some of the actions and improvements that benefitted the school over the year.]

Only one change has been made in the staff. Miss Hill has been transferred to Renmark, her home town. Miss R. Blesing will replace her.

Dux of the School for 1948 Rex Anderson.

The Prize List is printed.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, page 2

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. advises that owing to necessary line repairs light and power service will be cut in Chapel Street on Wednesday 22 December from 2 to 5 p.m.

Notice. Mr J. Scott of the Kooringa Hotel notifies customers that owing to ill health he and Mrs Scott have sold their Hotel and request all outstanding accounts to be finalised by the end of the year.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, page 3

Murray Baulderstone, who has been studying Carpentry and Joinery at the School of Mines for the last three years, has passed with a first class certificate with credit.

The Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Christmas Party on Saturday 11 December. The weather was perfect and no more than 6 of the 120 pupils were absent. Carols were sung and Father Christmas welcomed. Gifts were distributed and then games were played outside while tea was made ready.

Burra Rifle Club held its Christmas Shoot on Saturday last.

Best efforts on the day were by R.G. Bernhardt, J.H. Schwier, E.C. Collins and J.R. Field.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, page 4

Burra Tennis Association, 11 December

A Grade

Aberdeen 9-95 defeated Hallett 6-85.

Booborowie 8-87 defeated Kooringa 7-83.

Willalo 11-101 defeated Spalding 4-77.

B Grade

Booborowie 9-99 defeated Kooringa 6-76.

Aberdeen 10-91 defeated Hallett 5-71.

71, 50, 21 December 1948, page 6

Mokota Cricket Association, 27 November & 4 December

Mt Bryan 261 defeated Spalding 199. (Win to Mt Bryan on 1st innings.)

Leighton 132 defeated Booborowie 91 & 7 for 113 on 1st innings.

Burra Branch of the Fathers’ Association. Five members went to Adelaide on 12 December to attend the presentation of a wheel chair to Daws Road Hospital. Four chairs in all were presented: one each from Burra, Whyalla and Hallett Branches and from Hallett Women’s Auxiliary.

Music Examinations. The results of examinations taken by students of Clem Davey are printed.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society is grateful for contributions to their special effort of the Paddy’s Market and Penny Drive and donations for Christmas Cheer. The society has concentrated on supplying wood for the winter months as well as Christmas Cheer.

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949

Page 1 Advertisements

E.G. Franklin & C.H. Cummins Burra Cold Stores

C. Leslie Philips Dental surgeon

Baulderstone’s Fruit & Vegetables

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Auctioneers etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Auctioneers etc.

Page 3 Advertisements

Burra Talkies

J.A. Scott Kooringa Hotel

Allen G. Gluyas Visiting Optician

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

Charles Radford Burra Monumental Works

Kerr’s Sev-Wel Store, Commercial St

Page 4 Advertisements

Commercial Hotel

Davies’ Davies’ Motor Co.

A. Best Northern Café

Burra Furniture Exchange

Hurtle M. Scott Agent for New Zealand Insurance Co.

Page 5 Advertisements

Saxon’s Burra Hotel

H. Pyker Burra Café, Market Square

Guy H. Dollman Burra Motor Co.

Waters’ Burra Bakery

Page 6 Advertisements

Alex Bevan Grocer

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Timber & Hardware Merchants, agents for Caltex, Southern Cross Machinery & David Gray’s Sheep Dip & Dressings, Burra North.

Sara’s General Store

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Paint etc., Upholsterer & Undertaker

J.C. Goodridge Electrical Goods, Radios & Music

Burra Meat Stores

Page 7 Advertisements

R.C. Lott Agent for Metters Mills & Moffat-Virtue Shearing & Lighting Plants

Treleaven’s Meat Store

Hann & Scott Agents for AMP & General Commission Agents

Coverdale Chemist

Wilkinson’s Chemist & Fancy Goods/Gifts

N. Jesser Furniture, Sheep & General Carrier

J. Hill Tailor

Mid-North Car & Tractor Co. Holden Agents

Bence’s Ltd Clothing & Drapery, Boots & Shoes

Page 8 Advertisements

W. Young Agent for Dalgety & Co.

W.E. Bails Funeral Director

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

H.J. Jennison Tyre Service

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949, page 1

Hallett RSL Christmas Tree is reported from 21 December 1948.

Hallett Rifle Club Trophy Shoot of 8 January was won by W. Phin.

Burra Redruth Methodist Circuit. Numbers of members reported at the Quarterly Meeting: Redruth 103, Ironmine 35 & Hanson 17.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.’s monthly market at Burra saw 2092 sheep yarded and sold.

Burra Red. Cross held a New Year’s Topsy Turvey Ball and raised £65 for the hospital.

Obituary. Patrick Dower died 27 December 1948. He was born in Manchester UK 13 March 1876 and migrated to Australia with his parents, arriving in Burra in December 1876. As a young man he was employed by the late C.C. Williams is a plumber and later worked in his own plumbing business for 40 years. In 1902 he married Miss Emma Grocke who died in 1918. There were three children who all survive: Father Kevin Dower of Glen Osmond, Sister Lucy of the Carmelite Monastery Glen Osmond and Vincent John Dower of Burra. His sister Miss Mary Dower of Burra also survives.

[There were six children of whom Dymphna died aged 15, Patrick died aged 6 and Frank died aged 10. Father Kevin appears to have been born Laurence Dower 28 August 1913.]

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949, page 2

Advt. On instructions from Mrs V.E.M. Allen, Elder, Smith & Co. will auction lot 385 Burra on 14 January, on which is erected a stone house. [Northeast corner of Welsh Place & Kingston Street.]

Advt. AGM of air Force Assoc. 14 January. L.P. Bence, Hon. Sec.

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 January

The Return of Monte Christo

The Sport of Kings

Advt. Mr & Mrs J.A. Scott have been forced through illness to dispose of the Kooringa Hotel to Mr Nicholas.

Salvation Army. Officers in charge are Captains P. Osborne & N. Hull.

Obituary. W.T. Godfrey Williams, husband of Doreen F. Williams of Booborowie, died 9 January at Booborowie. He is survived by two daughters and one son. [Born William Thomas Godfrey Williams 27 January 1894 Redruth.]

Bowls, Saturday. Burra Gold 96 defeated Clare 90.

Saddleworth 98 defeated Burra Green 86.

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949, page 5

Obituary. Mrs C.W. Gare nee Francis Maud Mary Thomas died 18 December 1948. She was the only daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Josiah Thomas and was born at ‘Three Trees’ Burra 11 December 1869. She was educated at Mr White’s School and Burra Primary School. She married C.W. Gare 23 February 1898 and the lived in New Zealand for two years before settling at ‘Glen View’ Mt Bryan East. They moved to Burra in 1928. She had a keen interest in her church and Sunday school and was a member of the Burra Benevolent Society and a persistent worker for local welfare causes, especially in WWI & WWII when she took particular interest in Red Cross and Comforts Fund Groups. She is survived by a husband, two sons and one daughter: Mr Lewis Gare (Mt Bryan), Ivon Gare (Burra) and Mavis Mrs John Reed (Wandillah). There are nine grandchildren.

[Born Frances Mary Thomas 14 December 1869 at ‘Three Trees’ Burra.]

72, 1, 11 Jan. 1949, page 6

Cricket. Burra 63 v. Buffs 7 for 136 at end of 1st day’s play.

Held over result: Koonoona 136 & 1 for 84 declared defeated Burra on 1st innings, 74 & 2 for 45.

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 1

New Year Topsy-Turvey Ball at the Town Hall is reported in c. 1 column.

[The men dressed as women and vice versa.]

Macquarie Radio Program ‘Country Quiz’ was recorded in Burra recently and will be broadcast on the network 25 February. (5DN & 5RM at 7.30 p.m.)

Obituary. John B. Rowe died at Burra Hospital 15 December 1948. He was born at North Adelaide on the banks of the Torrens on 4 May 1861 where his father was Government Surveyor. In his youth he was a shepherd and cowherd around Glenelg (in the ‘Old Gum Tree’ area) and later worked on farms at Grace Plains and then at Mutooroo Station for 28 years. He was cook for Mr A. Smith for some years before Mr Smith’s marriage and then took on boundary riding and was later boss of the musterers’ camp and boss of drovers. He bought many flocks to the Burra markets and once brought 20,000 sheep in two flocks to the largest sale held in Burra. He married Miss Nellie Owers at Burra in 1904 and six children survive: Dorothy M. Mrs E.L. Scroop (Glenelg), Jack (Burra), Alf (Grassville Station), Harry (Woodville North), Flora Mrs Harry Scriven (Alberton) and Fran Mrs Ken Griffen (Goodwood). Bard & Iris predeceased their parents.) [John Birkenhagen Rowe. Birth apparently not registered in SA. Fran was Fanny Cecelia Jan Rowe. The two children who died as infants were Basil Will Birkenhagen Rowe died 1911 aged 2 and Iris Nell died 1923 aged 11 months.]

Burra Burra DC has almost completed its working plant with the acquisition of a 5-ton tipper truck and 8ft pneumatic-tyred grader. This should allow the large amount of work ordered to be carried out expeditiously.

CMF forces will now get petrol tickets. Presently Burra members must travel to Clare for parades as there are not enough members in Burra. Interested youths in Burra should contact R.C. Campbell.

Bowls. On Saturday: Burra Green 100 defeated Saddleworth Gold 74.

Clare White 96 defeated Burra Gold 92.

Burra Town Council, 10 January

Advice from the Hospitals’ Dept. that the Council’s contribution has been increased from £204 to £253. The Department says the precarious state of Hospital Finances and the large overdraft is due to many people receiving free treatment.

The Mayor pointed out that most of them were old age pensioners and invalid pensioners and the Act did not allow them to force such to contribute to hospital funds. Other problems were the expensive medicines and the rising salaries of nursing and domestic staff. The overdraft stood at more than £2,000 and the Mayor saw no hope of liquidating it without financial assistance. He felt the sudden increase in Council contribution without warning was unfair. The Clerk said the Burra Burra DC’s contribution had been increased to about £960 and protest was useless, as it had been gazetted. The Government contribution was 8/- a day per occupied bed. A strong protest will be lodged. (The contribution in 1947 was £175 and in 1948 £204.)

Burra Rifle Club fires the 1st match of the 2nd half of the 1948-49 season next Saturday. The Country Teams Championship Shoot will be at the Dean Range at Pt Adelaide 27 March for the first time since the war.

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 2

Burra Burra DC has advertised for a truck driver.

Notice. Burra Electric Supply Co. will cut power to Burra & Burra North from 8.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. on 23 January for urgent repairs to be made.

Aileen L. Walker, Secretary.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 January

Fred MacMurray & Anne Baxter in Smoky

Plus Home Sweet Homicide

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 4

Burra Burra DC. The Clerk reports the new 5-ton tip-truck and the 8ft pneumatic-tyred grader should be ready this week.

The Hospital Dept. advises the contribution to the Burra Hospital will be £960 for the year ending 30 June 1949: an increase of £383.

There is a grant of £200 for the Mintaro-Farrell Flat Road.

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 6

Floods. A severe thunderstorm with hail struck Mt Bryan East 27 December 1948. At Charles Dare’s 4 inches of rain fell in the afternoon. Mr Vic. Hughes registered 2 inches. Dust Hole Creek flowed at its highest in living memory. Many hundreds of pines and other trees were carried off at 20 m.p.h. or so. A horse was swept away and Miss Rhonda Thomas’s per sheep. The roar of the creek could be heard three miles away. Much fencing was damaged. The southern part of the same district got only 40 points.

Foxes are eating fruit at ‘Glen View’ Mt Bryan East. Apples, pears and apricots are disappearing fast. James Lomman laced some pears and apples with strychnine and killed 26 foxes.

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 7

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals death of Arthur Vagg, brother of Mrs J.T. Pascoe.

[Arthur Thomas Vagg born 22 September 1896 Woodville: died 10 Dec. 1948 Pt Lincoln.]

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of John Vagg, brother of Mrs J.T. Pascoe.

[Alfred John Vagg born 1 October 1885 Woodville: died 31 December 1949 Adelaide, residence Pt Adelaide.]

72, 2, 18 Jan. 1949, page 8

‘Country Resident’ writes wondering why so often when local clubs and organisations have say £20-£30 to spend they so often do so in the city.

Cricket. Conclusion of game: Burra 63 & 81 v. Buffs 148. Win to Buffs on first innings.

8 & 15 January: Burra Colts 239 defeated Koonoona 166. Outstanding was the innings of 140 by Colts’ Captain Ron Pascoe.

72, 3, 25 Jan. 1949, page 1

Burra RSL held its AGM last Saturday and about 60 attended. Elected: President, E.R. Davey; Vice-Presidents, A.L. Bence & John Dighton; Secretary, Clem Davey & Treasurer, Ian Richardson.

The President M.G. Dobson reported a successful year socially and financially. The Anzac Sports were a success largely due to sidelines run in conjunction with the sports. The Diggers’ Ball was a huge success. The visit to the Berri Sub-Branch was also successful as was the annual Re-Union Dinner.

Children’s Sports. A meeting will be held on Monday next with the aim of reviving the Children’s Sports previously established by Mr James Gallagher and continued for some years by his son George. Proprietors of Burra’s garages and associated industries are proposing to finance the day. Ted Lehmann has offered the use of his bus and J.C .Goodridge his PA system. The proposed program is of 38 events. Ron Thamm will be busy as Marshal.

Clay Deposit. A large deposit of kaolin has been opened by Messrs Morrison Bros. on the property known as Motherall’s in the Hundred of King some 18 miles east of Burra. 12 months ago while fossicking for gold they sent a sample to the Mines Department and Mr Dickenson, Director of Mines, reports it was an off-white clay which would burn buff at 1,100°C. The Littlehampton Brick Co. has ordered 41 tons of it and it is possible there will be other users interested in pottery and fire bricks. If, as rumoured, acid-proof brocks can be made from it, this material is much sought after. The clay resembles chalk, is free of grit and has no smell. Morrison Bros. say when pulverised and mixed with water it makes a splendid whitewash and thus could be excellent as a base for kalsomine etc. Rail transport is holding up deliveries. As well as hundreds of tons of white clay there is a deposit of yellow clay suitable for ordinary bricks.

Mongolata Goldfield

The field is well past its hey-day, but a few men are still fossicking.

Golden Harp was sold when Byles’ Mongolata went into liquidation and is presently yielding some fine gold. Work is at present in a tunnel about 300ft into the hillside.

72, 3, 25 Jan. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 January

John Garfield & Lilli Palmer in Body & Soul

Wallace Beery in Sergeant Madden

31 January

The Jolson Story

Plus The Return of Daniel Boone

Advt. Children’s Sports Day, Monday 31 January

Burra North Playground, 2 p.m. All Children to 14 years are eligible.

Ice cream & Cool Drinks free to children.

Malcolm Dunn Memorial Gift, 100 yards Handicap, open to all 12 years of age and above.

Bowls, Saturday: Burra Green 97 defeated Clare Blue 88.

Burra Gold 92 defeated Saddleworth Blue 85.

72, 3, 25 Jan. 1949, page 3

Obituary. Miss Gertrude Pearce died last Thursday 20 January in Adelaide aged 74. She was born at Burra North and was the third daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Pearce and resided in Burra till January 1944. She was for 261⁄2 years a valued employee of the Burra Record and on retiring went to live with her sister Mrs A. Dearlove of Ketchowla and later accompanied her to Adelaide. She had been confined to bed for most of her time in Adelaide. She was active in town affairs for much of her life and was a hard worker for all patriotic bodies in WWI, especially the Cheer-up Society. She was a long-time member of the Kooringa Methodist Church and associated institutions. She was organist for the morning Sunday school from age 10 until 1943 and pianist and secretary for the Sunday school and a teacher for many years. From girlhood she was a member of the church choir and later the church organist and when she retired it ended 75 years of service in that position for members of the John Pearce family. Mr John Pearce had been the organist for 35 years and was followed by the late Misses Alice and Trix Pearce and then Miss Gert Pearce. [Born 17 March 1875 Aberdeen: died 20 January 1949 Adelaide, residence Prospect.]

Cricket. Colts 7 for 213 declared v. Burra

22 January: Koonoona 116 v. Buffs 1 for 120

72, 3, 25 Jan. 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. 1st match for 1949 saw best results from G. Webster, J. Lloyd & F.T. Marston.

72, 3, 25 Jan. 1949, page 7

Burra Rainfall figures for 1880-1948 are printed.

72, 4, 1 Feb. 1949, page 1

Burra Town Council is contemplating planting many more street trees, but only where the residents are prepared to water them in their initial stages of growth.

Town Hall Finances. When acquired, the Town Hall had a debt of £3,200. The Council then thought it best to have an ordinary mortgage from the Council’s trading bank, as when there was a surplus in their account it would act as a lien against the overdraft and so reduce interest. It does save some interest, but the principal does not reduce. The Town Clerk has recommended reverting to the initial scheme which would call on the Council to reduce the principal each year. Discussion will doubtless continue.

Burra Town Council has expressed its disgust at the elimination of all trains on Saturdays. Clare got a train on Saturday night and Burra got two on Friday nights, but none on Saturday. Councils north of Riverton are to be asked to co-operate.

Burra War Memorial. £800 is now available to help in reconstructing the oval and beautifying Victoria Park.

Burra School Conveniences. No tenders were received, so the Council will interview local contractors with a view to resolving the problem.

Johnny Green. The adoption of Johnny Green as a symbol by Minespa drinks has revived interest in the character whose image stands on a pole at the corner of the paddock near the Mine Bridge. The figure used to stand on the poppet head at the mine until the building etc. was burnt down as a result of boys trying to smoke pigeons from the shaft beneath.

[Actually the boys were trying to smoke out rabbits from under the floor of the adjacent engine house according to the courts case evidence that followed. See XXXXVII, 49, 16 Dec. 1925, page 3.]

The late Mr Fred Pascoe later found the image and handed it to the Council. Johnny was repaired by the overseer Mr H. Wilson and another employee and bolted in the present position on the property now owned by T.H. Villis. It has recently been discussed in Council that Johnny Green could be made to earn money in the way the ‘Dog on the Tucker-Box’ does at Gundagai. Consequently at the last meeting of Council it was resolved to take him down and place him in a suitable place with a wishing well in front.

72, 4, 1 Feb. 1949, page 2

Advt. Redruth memorial Hall. Sound Picture Show: Cartoons, Comedy & Travelogues.

8 p.m. 11 February. 2/-

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 February

Mickey Rooney in Killer McCoy

Plus short features.

Burra Rifle Club. At Burra on 31 January: Pt Pirie 1,394 defeated Burra 1,294.

72, 4, 1 Feb. 1949, page 3

Mules Operation on Sheep & Blow Fly Strike. This article is on an alternative method of control to the Mules Operation, called the Manchester Method. It involved the application of a caustic preparation.

‘The ewes suffer very little discomfort other than for about 10 minutes after the treatment . . . though they get a little stiff in the crutch while the scab is forming.’

Children’s Sports on 31 January were a great success in ideal weather. Mr Barney Rodgers organised events and said the children knocked over 15 gallons of ice cream in 21⁄2 hours, 16 dozen cool drinks, a case of oranges and 50 packages of sweets.

Burra Rifle Club was firing a trophy match on Saturday when rain set in halfway through and the day had to be abandoned.

Marriage. St Mary’s Beulah Road, Norwood, 22 January

Nell Johnson, fourth daughter of Mr L. Johnson & the late Mrs Johnson, married

Douglas Neilson, elder son of Mrs C. Neilson & the late Mrs Neilson of Crystal Brook.

72, 4, 1 Feb. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council, 24 January

After the Overseer Mr H. Wilson reported on washing down the street in Market Square and Commercial Street further consideration of when and where it should be done was deferred.

72, 4, 1 Feb. 1949, page 6

Tennis. 22 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Leighton 5-80

Mt Bryan forfeited to Hallett

Kooringa forfeited to Spalding

‘B’ Grade Willalo 8-87 defeated Booborowie 7-96

Spalding 9 sets defeated Kooringa 6 sets

Hallett 14-115 defeated Mt Bryan 1-57

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 1 [Note change in volume number]

Burra Cricketers visiting Broken Hill recently were surprised when proceedings of one of the entertainments began with the singing of The Internationale. It was explained to them that it was a workers’ song and that Communists don’t actually get on very well in Broken Hill.

17 representatives of Burra left on Friday night and reached Broken Hill on Saturday morning early where they were guests and honorary members of the ‘Democratic Club’. Some of the boys tried out the club’s ‘Fruit Machines’ where for 6d you might win £3-10-0. After lunch they played a game at the Zinc Corporation Polo Ground. In the evening they ‘went to the dogs’ and some went on to the Dance Palais while others attended the Swy Schools and Baccarat games. On Sunday another match at the Polo Ground saw Burra defeated. [Though the figures cited say Democrats were 8 for 64 and Burra 8 for 65 at the time.] Sunday night saw High Tea at the Democratic Club. On Monday morning they toured the workings of the Zinc Corporation.

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday. Best results in tricky windy conditions came from W.G. Edwards, J.E. Harris & E.C. Collins. [Edwards was on maximum handicap of 30 and the others were on 11 & 12.] Jack Harris was best off the rifle with 90.]

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from E.C. Hammond will sell by tender a portion of allotment 50A Commercial St (90 links by 165 links) on which is erected a 6-roomed bungalow etc.

Notice. Miss Nelva Phelan advises she will cease business as a ladies’ hairdresser in Pearce’s Building on Wednesday 16 February.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 February

Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom

Plus supporting shorts.

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 4

Tennis, 29 January.

‘A’ Grade Leighton 9-91 defeated Spalding 5-85

Aberdeen 8-97 defeated Ironmine 4-49 (rain stopped play)

Hallett 9-101 defeated Booborowie 6-78

Mt Bryan 8 sets defeated Willalo 5 sets

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 14-111 defeated Ironmine 1-54

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 5

Children’s sports Day at Burra North Playground, 31 January. Results printed.

B. Thamm won the Malcolm Dunn Memorial Gift.

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 6

Mt Bryan School Welfare Club AGM is reported.

Bowls. 26 January: Bowling Club 146 defeated RSL 94.

73, 5, 8 Feb. 1949, page 8

Cricket. 5 February, match concluded: Buffs 211 defeated Koonoona 116 & 50.

Colts 7 for 213 declared defeated Burra 205 (W. Holman 116).

On Sunday at Booborowie: Burra 217 defeated Booborowie 85 & 82.

73, 6, 15 Feb. 1949, page 1

Burra Town Council will appeal against the recent salary decision that the Town Clerk’s salary will be increased by about 331⁄3%. Though this seems a lot it must be admitted that other employees’ wages have risen by a similar amount over the last two years.

Burra Rifle Club. Another stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy was fired on Saturday. Best scores were by W.G. Edwards, J. Lloyd & F. Kakoschke. F. Kakoschke & J.H. Schwier both scored possibles off their 2nd 200 yards range. The aggregate leader for the trophy is Jock Bernhardt from P.W. Hogan & C.N. Bushell. In the marksman section F.T. Marston and D.H. Field both have 27 points at the top of the list.

Bowls, Saturday. Burra Gold 98 defeated Saddleworth Gold 78.

Burra green 95 defeated Clare White 93.

Telephone. Trunk calls are now possible from the Burra North public call box. The machine accepts 1/-, 6d & 1d coins. (Correct change is needed.) Another will be installed at Burra as soon as the cabinet has been built.

Burra High School. 1948 Intermediate Results. (Numbers refer to subjects passed.)

[Certificate required 5 subjects including English.]

Rex Anderson 8 with 1 credit

Brian bell 6

Maurice Boxall 7

Carmen Dane 5

Alan Robinson 7

Patricia Nourse 4

Shirley Gare 3

The school opened in 1949 with 66 students: 39 girls and 27 boys. (A slight drop on 1948.)

Staff changes: Miss Rae Blesing has come in place of Miss Hill.

Night classes in typing will begin on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

73, 6, 15 Feb. 1949, page 3

Fayth Hawson-Clark writes a letter describing her flight to Darwin and then on to Victoria River Downs Station where she has gone as a teacher. There are 4 boys and a girl to teach. [Details in c. 11⁄2 columns.]

Cricket, Saturday. Start of a game: Burra 68 v. Koonoona 4 for 111.

73, 6, 15 Feb. 1949, page 4

Tennis, 5 February

‘A’ Grade Hallett 9-96 defeated Willalo 6-88

Leighton 10-92 defeated Mt Bryan 5-64

Aberdeen 10-99 defeated Kooringa 5-73

Booborowie 13-111 defeated Ironmine 2-44

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 10-96 defeated Kooringa 5-72

Booborowie 9-87 defeated Ironmine 6-77

73, 6, 15 Feb. 1949, page 6

Burra Town Council, 7 February

The Overseer reported it took six hours to hose the streets of Market Square, Commercial St & Best Place and to clean out the incinerators of the Burra Hospital and the Hotels.

G.R. King of Terowie was granted permission to use the Town Hall for a religious talk on 3 April.

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 1

Burra Institute held its AGM on Monday last week.

The institute had spent £1 over its income in the year and was financially sound. Library subscribers fell slightly due to population. The size of the collection has grown. The committee continues to foster use by children and has continued to offer free membership to certain students at Burra Primary School, Burra High School, St Joseph’s School and the schools at Mt Bryan, Hanson, Farrell’s Flat & Emu Downs, as well as a low 1/- per quarter for other juvenile members. The juvenile section has over 800 titles. Rates are 4/- a quarter for 2 books and 1 magazine or 5/- a quarter for 4 books and 2 magazines. There are 107 subscribers with double membership and 70 with single, with 50 juvenile members, 29 scholarships and 1 life member. On 1 January 1948 there were 6,054 books and 221 new books were added and after withdrawals there are now 6,149 books.

The balance in the bank on 1 January 1948 was £33-4-2 and on 31 December 1948 was £32-3-11.

H.J.B. Jennison was elected President for 1949.

Methodist Harvest Thanksgiving Services

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving on 20 February and similar services were held at World’s End on 5 February and Farrell’s Flat on 12 February. [Reported in 3⁄4 column.]

Archdeacon the Venerable Donald Llewellyn Redding of the Diocese of Adelaide and late Rector of St Mary’s Burra is leaving the Diocese to take charge of St Andrew’s Church at Brighton, Victoria. He was ordained in Adelaide and has since served in the diocese except for six years as a chaplain with the AIF in WWII. He was mentioned in despatches in 1941 and many Burra servicemen met him. On returning from War service he became Rector and Archdeacon of Mt Gambier.

St Mary’s held its Harvest Festival last Sunday. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet conducted two services: a sung Eucharist in the morning and Evensong.

Cricket. At the end of the minor round the points scored are:

Colts 22

Buffs 22

Koonoona 22

Burra 14

Semi-Finals will be played right out.

On 12 & 19 February Colts 128 & 141 v. Buffs 152.

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 25 & 26 February

Joan Crawford & Jack Carson in Mildred Pierce

Plus Passage from Hong Kong

Advt. Salvation Army Thanksgiving will be held 28 February, conducted by Captain Manning.

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 3

Midlands District Wheat Crop Competition Report

There were 72 entrants this year and results are reported in this issue for: T. Schulze (Gum Creek), P.M. Reid (Farrell Flat), R. Heinrich (Apoinga), E. Finch (Burra), Heinrich Bros (Burra North), L.A. Martin (Farrell Flat), G. Gask (Gum Creek), G.M. & G.R. Finch (Burra) & B. Hogan (Gum Creek).

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 4

Tennis, 12 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 8-89 defeated Hallett 7-78

Willalo 9 seta defeated Leighton 6 sets

Aberdeen 10-100 defeated Booborowie 5-68

Kooringa 8-74 defeated Ironmine 7-82

‘B’ Grade Willalo 9-83 defeated Leighton 6-87

Spalding 10-94 defeated Hallett 5-70

Kooringa 8 sets defeated Ironmine 7 sets

Booborowie 10-102 defeated Aberdeen 5-74: corrected next issue to read

Aberdeen 10-102 defeated Booborowie 5-74

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 5

Burra Rifle Club, 17th stage of W.G. Woodman Trophy saw best results for A.G. Woodman, J.E. Harris, G. Webster & W. Hempel.

73, 7, 22 Feb. 1949, page 6

Burra High School. Prefects for 1949 were: Elva Topsfield, Brian Thamm, Shirley Gare & Rodney Hall. Vice-Captains were Patricia Kakoschke, Eric Clode, Marlene Shattock & Alan Robinson.

[Sic: though Captains and Vice-Captains of the school’s houses might be what was meant.]

Phillip Bednall (18), 2nd son of Mr & Mrs M.W. Bednall formerly of Burra, has won the John Cresswell Scholarship for five years of study in the Commerce Course at Adelaide University. He passed Leaving at St Peter’s College in 1947 and is among the top flight in cricket, being included in the Shield team for Brisbane after playing only two A Grade games.

[There is something wrong here. John William & David Maurice were the first two sons, so perhaps Phillip is the 3rd. Dates are too recent to be checked on CD.]

Cricket, Saturday: Koonoona 129 defeated Burra 68 & 128, on first innings.

Burra Racing Club. A race meeting for 6 April was arranged at a committee meeting in Pearce’s Building on Wednesday last. There will be six races. The value of stakes and trophies exceeds £400.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 1 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Burra Rifle Club. Report of a visit of a team from Adelaide last Saturday (their 3rd visit). Adelaide claimed it was only a scratch team due to petrol restrictions, but it included Jack Wise who recently represented Australia in England at Bisley, Dick Altman (Captain of the SA Team), Charlie Williamson (A member of the SA Team) and a couple of King’s Winners! The result was Adelaide 895 defeated Burra 880. Best for Burra were A.G. (Tom) Heinrich, J.H. Schwier & J. Harris. The visitors were afterwards entertained at the Kooringa Hotel and at the residence of Mr & Mrs D.H. Field.

SAR. The Burra Timetable. Mr G.S. Hawker has responded to complaints about the train timetable. Trains have been widely curtailed due to the acute shortage of coal and all railcars are fully utilised making a Burra service on Saturday s impossible.

Ted Lehmann, bus service proprietor of Burra, complains that about 19 gallons of petrol have been ‘milked’ from his bus in recent weeks – 10-12 gallons in the last effort, which resulted in passengers being left stranded on the way from the station.

Hallett War Memorial donations are acknowledged and the total stands at £150-5-0.

Burra Town Hall. The Savings Bank of SA will consider a loan of £3,300 against the Town Hall. The interest would be £3-7-6 per cent per annum and therefore the half-yearly payments would be:

£195-15-8 for a 10 year period

£141-1-9 for a 15 year period

£114-2-5 for a 20 year period.

The Mayor said they were currently not paying off capital and this scheme would save £30-£40 p.a. or about £1,000 over 20 years. Consideration was deferred.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 2 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Advt. Kooringa Tennis Club Dance in RSL Rooms Saturday Night, 5 March.

Advt. Dance to aid Sick Soldiers’ Appeal, Leighton Hall, 23 March.

Advt. Dance in RSL Rooms St Patrick’s Night to aid St Joseph’s Church.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 March

June Allyson & Peter Lawford in Good News

Red Skelton in Merton of the Movies

Advt. CWA Dance at Hanson, 11 March.

Birth. To Mr & Mrs A.D. Radford (nee Proctor) of ‘Glenora’ Burra, a son.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 3 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Cricket. Saturday: Semi-Final. Play was eventually abandoned when rain made the malthoid very slippery. Burra 8 for 102 v. Buffs. In the other match Koonoona 82 v. Colts 3 for 47.

Mt Bryan East has had a bitterly cold February with fires needed in the evening. Rainfall has been c. 180 points.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 4 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-100 defeated Mt Bryan 4-63

Booborowie 8-91 defeated Spalding 7-90

Leighton 11 sets defeated Ironmine 4 sets

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 11-99 defeated Mt Bryan 4-52

Spalding 11-106 defeated Booborowie 4-69

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 5 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 19 February

Margaret Pearce, only daughter of Mr & Mrs F.M. Pearce of Burra North, married

Kitchener Miller, son of Mr & Mrs W.J. Miller of Hallett.

The couple flew to Pt Lincoln for their honeymoon.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 7 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Burra Town Council, 21 February

Mr Bednall advises the Council has no grounds of appeal against the new salary awarded the Town Clerk.

RAA is to forward soon a road sign for the Royal exchange Hotel corner (98 miles to Adelaide).

Kooringa Methodist Church Harvest Festival Social is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Good Bore Water is being found at Mt Bryan East by Mr George Price’s boring plant. James Lomman’s bore got a splendid unbaleable supply at 300ft. Presently boring is on C.W. Gare & Sons’ property. Mr Wilks, water diviner, is currently selecting sites.

Mrs Rol Dare, Miss Melva Gare & Mr Keith Gare recently flew from Mt Bryan East to the Eastern States.

Mr & Mrs Les. Thomas will sail on 5 March to Sydney on the Stratheden.

73, 8, 29 Feb. 1949, page 8 [Sic: error for 1 March 1949.]

Midlands Wheat Competition. Report on the following entrants: P.A. Drew (Leighton), G.M. & G.R. Finch (Burra) & Keane Bros. (Farrell Flat). Results in points awarded are printed for the competition.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 1

Accident. A car rolled over on 3 March on the Black Springs-Manoora Road. The occupants were from Broken Hill. [Details are given.]

Salvation Army held its Harvest Festival 27 February and a social on 28 February when the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School teachers and scholars presented items. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Obituary. Michael David Kotz aged 3, son of Mr & Mrs Jim Kotz, formerly of Burra and now of King William St Adelaide, was drowned on Friday at Largs Bay. The child had been staying at Largs Bay Orphanage and was a member of a party of about 50 children from there. He seems to have become entangled in seaweed and died in about 18 inches of water. [Died 4 March 1949.]

Burra Burra Lodge MUIOOF will celebrate its centenary next Saturday. A social will be held and has had an overwhelming response. The original eight members in March 1849 were:

Thomas Jones James Thompson William Coate

John Dixon William Williams John Bennett

Charles Ware G. Stewart

The first Noble Grand Master was Bro. Kemp of Adelaide and J. Thompson was first secretary.

There are now about 400 members and a junior lodge. The present spacious and well-appointed lodge hall in Burra North was built in 1933. Mr P.W. Hogan is the present financial secretary. There will be a Juvenile Sports Meeting Picnic at Burra North Playground on Saturday afternoon.

LCL Burra Women’s Branch held a social afternoon in the RSL rooms on Friday. About 100 attended and President Mrs G.S. Hawker was in the chair. The speaker was Mrs Keith Butler MA. Mr A. Downer MA also addressed the meeting. Her favoured the White Australia Policy, but would admit Asian students to our universities. He feared also the present trend towards Communism. Mr G.S. Hawker MP also spoke and regretted the passing of Mr Archie Blesing MP.

Burra Shows. Arrangements are being made to improve and enlarge the display of flowers at this year’s and future Burra Shows.

Burra Rifle Club. The 2nd stage of the Championship was held on Saturday over 600 & 700 yards. The best off the rifle were Jim Schwier 87 and Tom Heinrich 86. With handicap top scorers were A.G. Heinrich 99 & W. Hempel 97.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra Town Hall 25 March will sell from the Estate of the late Caroline Sandland:

Lot 1: Section 2054 (82 acres), Pt Section 2055 (64a 24p), Section 2056 (57acres), Section 2193 (91 acres) & closed roads between Sections 2055 & 2054 & 2196 between Sections 2193 & 2196. & leased Crown Land to a total of 300a 2r 11p located 7 miles south of Burra Station on the main Adelaide Road adjoining Princess Royal and Koonoona Station.

Lot 2: Kooringa allotment 53 etc. with frontage of 99 ft to Church St and depth 219 ft 1 inch to Hill St. comprising a fenced vacant lot.

Also from the Estate of the late Frank Tiver Sara

Lot 1: Allotments 28 & 29 of Burra with frontage of 110 ft to St Just St with a chord of 14 ft 2 inches to a depth of 140 f t to View St comprising fenced vacant land.

Lot 2: Allotment 70 of Burra with an irregular frontage to The Crescent & View St comprising fenced vacant land.

Lot 3: Allotments 38, 41 & 42 on The Crescent comprising fenced vacant land.

Also in the estate of the late Annie Hazel Sara allotment 37 comprising 1r 8p of part fenced vacant land fronting The Crescent.

Also in the Estate of Mary Ann Keynes the Settlement Blocks 4, 5 & 21 in the subdivision of Section 70 Hd Ayers, Booborowie South, 5 miles southeast of Booborowie with stone house of five rooms etc. Total 1049a 1r.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 & 12 March

Myrna Loy & Frederic March in The Best Years of Our Lives

Plus Shorts.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 3

Advt. Burra Town Council Tree Planting Drive.

Salvation Army. An advertisement reveals that Captain P. Osborne & Captain N. Hull were in charge.

Birth. At the Burra Hospital 6 March to Flora & Alex Kelly a daughter, Pauline Margaret.

Burra Schools. The Minister of Education visited last Tuesday (Mr R. Rudall) with the Director of Education Mr E. Mander-Jones. There was a discussion on school needs. The Minister was concerned at the economics of only having two Leaving Students.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 5

Burra Primary School Welfare Club 11th Annual Report is summarised in 1 column.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 7

Cricket. Burra 13 9 v. Buffs 5 for 129.

Burra Golf Club held its AGM on Thursday evening in Pearce’s Building. The Club was in credit £32. Elected were: President, R.B. Martin; Vice-Presidents, Messrs L.H. Thomas & A. Lloyd and Secretary 7 Treasurer, C. Davey. Improvements to bunkers and sand traps are planned and an increase in the length of the first hole to avoid congestion.

73, 9, 8 Mar. 1949, page 8

Foxes are troublesome at Mt Bryan East.

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 1

Tree Planting Campaign. Ratepayers are to be allotted any number of trees on condition they look after them. Council will do the whole work of planting and will supply frost resistant Kurrajohn [sic], Yellow Flowering Gum & Arizona Cyprus. It has initially obtained 100 trees.

Burra Rifle Club had an inter-club match on Saturday and Burra 699 defeated Hallett 604.

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, pages 1 & 8

Burra Burra lodge MUIOOF Centenary.

This was celebrated on Saturday night with children’s sports at Burra North playground in the afternoon opened by Grand Master Bro. G.A. Brook. W. Carpenter arranged the event very successfully. The evening lodge meeting and social was at the Lodge Hall with a host of lodge representatives from the Kapunda district. Mrs Sid. Scroop and daughters, Mrs G. Heinrich & Miss Aileen Scroop catered. All was organised by the secretary of the Burra Lodge Bro. P.W. Hogan. Toasts began with the Loyal Toast and then ‘Manchester Unity’ was proposed by M.T. Fuller to which Grand Master Brook responded. The ‘Kapunda District’ was proposed by Bro. W. Carpenter to which Provincial Grand Master Townsend responded. The Mayor F.T. Marston proposed the ‘Loyal Burra Burra Lodge and in doing so recounted the history of the Lodge. It was founded in March 1849 with eight members (as noted from the last issue). The oldest member till his death a year or so ago in his 90s had long been Mr James Jowett (who had died in Nedlands WA).

[James Jowett was born 1854, probably 3 May, and was a wheelwright in Burra. He married Mary Statton. He joined MUIOOF 21 March 1877.]

There were now about 400 members with over 100 juveniles. The peak of the Lodge had probably been in 1933 when the hall was built, but it continues to flourish.

Grand Corresponding Secretary Bro. Brown supported the Mayor. He said meeting were originally held in the [original] Burra Hotel. PPGM Bro. Hogan responded.

The Grand Master then cut a huge centenary cake, the gift of PG Sister F.A.M. Scroop.

‘Lodge Doctors & Chemists’ were proposed by PGM Bro. Charles. Dr Steven had been their doctor for many years and he was sure Dr Heddle would serve them similarly. Chemists had been Rex Martin & Mr Coverdale. Rex. Martin responded.

‘Our Ladies & Artists’ was proposed by PGM Badcock and Sister F.A.M. Scroop responded. ‘The Mayor & Mayoress’ was proposed by GCS Bro. Ken White to which the Mayor responded.

Bro. W. Carpenter responded to a toast to himself.

Items between toasts were provided by Mrs L.H. Thomas, Mr Arnold Trueman, Mr L.H. Thomas (with encore), Miss Eunice Tiver, Bro. J. Carpenter & Mrs H. White was the accompanist.

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 2

Advt. Tenders called for the painting of the Booborowie Soldiers’ Memorial Institute.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 & 19 March

Walter Pidgeon & Deborah Kerr in If Winter Comes

Abbott & Costello in Lost in a Harem

Advt. RSL Anzac Sports Meeting Saturday 9 April at Burra Racecourse.

Speed Cars, Cycle Events, etc.

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 3

Burra Football Club held its AGM 9 March. Elected were: President, William Carpenter (for 3rd term), Patron, John R. Barker (re-elected). The club will join the North Eastern Football Association this year.

Burra Tennis Assoc. A t the end of the minor rounds the top four clubs were:

‘A’ Grade: Hallett (23), Leighton (22), Aberdeen (22) & Willalo (19)

‘B’ Grade: Spalding (20), Hallett (18), Aberdeen (16) & Kooringa (11).

Cricket. Burra Assoc. Semi-final on Saturday: Koonoona 82 & 69 defeated Colts 82 & 50.

Obituary. Mrs John Peak died 17 February aged 81. She was born in Auburn and was the elder daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Harvey & was educated at Auburn. She and her parents later moved to Yongala and Burra. She married John Peak of ‘Crossroads’ in 1894 and they lived at Hanson for 45 years. She was a noted church worker. He husband predeceased her 11 years ago, after which she lived with her daughter. On Daughter Mrs M.F. Humphrys and a son-in-law survive with four grandchildren. [Born Jane Harvey 15 April 1866 Undalya: died 17 February 1949 Prospect, residence Burra.]

Tractor prices are amazing at present with second hand tractors fetching more than new ones. The Burra Burra DC was seeking a second hand TD9 recently at auction and it went for £3,000 while the new price is £1700. A D2 sold at Andrews recently for £1450 when a new one is worth about £1000.

Obituary. The Burra Burra DC paid tribute at their Monday meeting to the late George Powell who had been District Clerk for six years until forced to retire due to bad health.

[George Powell born 29 June 1884 Adelaide: died 4 March 1949 Farrell Flat.]

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 4

Redruth Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival 6 March conducted by Rev. Pitman & Mr Morton. There was a social on Monday night in the Memorial Hall. [Reported in 2⁄3 column.]

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 5

Tennis. (19 February: matches on 5 March were cancelled due to wet weather.)

‘A’ Grade: Leighton 10-96 defeated Kooringa 5-83

Aberdeen 11 sets defeated Spalding 4 sets

Hallett 11-101 defeated Ironmine 4-59

‘B’ Grade: Hallett 14-108 defeated Ironmine 1-41

Willalo 8 sets defeated Kooringa 7 sets

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 6

Burra North Red Cross was addressed on 2 March by Mrs Spooner, Director of Branches.

73, 10, 15 Mar. 1949, page 7

Burra Town Council, 7 March

The Mayor & Cr Field are to attend a meeting on garbage disposal in Adelaide on 25 March.

SAR advised that the departure of the railcar from Adelaide to Burra on Tuesdays and Thursdays could be arranged for 5.05 p.m. It was decided to accept this time.

A.L. Clode was given permission to erect an iron & timber shed.

73, 11, 22 Mar. 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Practice shoot for the Country Teams Championship saw best scores from P.W. Hogan & R.G. Bernhardt.

St Joseph’s. Rev. Father Hughes took over about a month ago. Previously he was at Renmark where over 600 attended his farewell after 16 years there. [Details I just less than 1 column.]

St Patrick’s Night Dance was held in the RSL Club Rooms on Thursday night and a large crowd danced till 1 a.m.

Johnny Green. A snippet is reprinted from The Bulletin suggesting that ‘Johnny Green’ was about to be moved from the Mine Bridge site to overlook a wishing well in aid of local charities.

73, 11, 22 Mar. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 March

Errol Flynn & Eleanor Parker in Never say Goodbye

Plus Love & Learn

Notice. R.A. James & K. Kellaway advise they have disposed of their bakery business to J.H. Waters of Burra.

Birth. To George & Dawn Kelly (nee Masters) on 1 March at Burra Hospital, a daughter.

Editorial. A piece on the Payment of Councillors.

The writer sees the virtues of the suggestion, but fears the costs.

73, 11, 22 Mar. 1949, page 3

Cricket. Burra Cricket Assoc. Semi-Finals

Burra 139 & 119 (258) tied with Buffs 165 & 93 (258) and a play-off will be held.

For Burra Reg. Davey got a hat trick in the first innings and W. Holman got one for the Buffs in the second innings.

At Mt Bryan on Saturday: Mt Bryan 6 for 167 v. Koonoona 6 for 145.

CWA. Miss M. Rogers presided at the first general meeting of the Burra branch for 1949 on Friday 18 March. Mrs Jennison replaced Miss M. Pearce as minute secretary. Miss Rogers will act as treasurer in lieu of Mrs Dighton.

Fire. The wooden fence between the Burra Bowling club and the Burra Town Council Depot was found to be alight at 1 a.m. on Sunday morning. Mr K. Sparrow of the Burra Police and Mr Parker managed to put it out with buckets of water, thus saving the building.

73, 11, 22 Mar. 1949, page 5

Tennis, 12 March

‘A’ Grade: Hallett 10-102 defeated Kooringa 5-67

Willalo 10-87 defeated Ironmine 5-72

Booborowie 12-106 defeated Leighton 3-68

Mt Bryan 9-104 defeated Spalding 6-67

‘B’ Grade: Spalding 9-92 defeated Mt Bryan 6-83

Leighton 8-85 defeated Hallett 7-83

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday at Dean Rifle Range Pt Adelaide 19 clubs and 220 riflemen competed in the Country Teams Championship, firing over 500, 600 & 700 yards.

Langhorne’s Creek 961 won from Pt Pirie 952. Next were Tweedvale (Lobethal) 929, Waikerie 928 and then Burra 920. For Burra the best shots were Bushell, Kakoschke & Schwier.

Burra Town Hall. The Council has not been reducing the Town Hall debt, but now it has resolved to take a loan from the Savings Bank for £3,300 at £3-7-6 interest per cent per annum and to pay off the loan over 20 years.

Burra Burra Show Inc.

At the AGM on Friday in Pearce’s Building Glen Finch Jnr was elected President in place of A.B. Riggs. The show date was set for 8 October. Various routine matters were discussed.

There was no profit or loss last year. Receipts had been £1,150-13-11 and surplus assets are worth £4,300. Elected were: Patron, A.G. Owen-Smyth; President, Glen Finch Jnr; Vice-Presidents, F.H. Reed & J.M. Jacka. The President reported on the last show of 9 October 1948.

When materials become available sheep pens will be the first priority. Entries in 1948 were up to standard and flowers were exceptional and there are moves to provide more space in pavilion number 2. Dairy products were low. Ring events were very good. School work was very pleasing. Outside industrial exhibits were disappointing. Sheep shearing display was much appreciated. During the year we disposed of the balance of the galvanised iron fence for a little over £200, which reduced the overdraft by that amount. Income matched expenditure so that overall the society was £200 better off. The new secretary R.E. Angel began work on 1 July. The old show office changed hands and we have moved to Pearce’s Building at a higher rent.

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 2

Notice. The unveiling of plaques to service personnel who served in the last war will be performed at the Hallett War Memorial by Hon. Sir Robert Nicholls at 3 p.m. on Sunday 3 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 April

Maureen O’Hara & John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street

Plus The Brasher Doubloon

Bowls. In the bowls final at Clare: Clare Red 102 defeated Burra Gold 96.

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 3

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival 20 March.

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its first meeting for 1949. Regret was expressed on the sudden death of Mrs C.W. Gare who had joined the society 19 March 1936. Kooringa Methodist Minister Rev. S.H. Dorman who will soon leave the district was thanked for his work.

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 4

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade 1st Semi-Final Leighton 8-85 defeated Hallett 7-83

‘B’ Grade 1st Semi-Final Spalding 9-99 defeated Hallett 6-75

‘A’ Grade 2nd Semi-Final Aberdeen 10-101 defeated Willalo 5-63

‘B’ Grade 2nd Semi-Final Aberdeen 14-114 defeated Kooringa 1-40

‘A’ Grade Preliminary Final Hallett 9-94 defeated Aberdeen 6-80

‘B’ Grade Preliminary Final Hallett 9 sets defeated Aberdeen 6 sets

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 5

Burra High School Parents & Friends Assoc. held its AGM 15 March and elected were: President, Mrs Miels; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Riggs & Pederick; Secretary, Mrs Ford; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Trueman; Treasurer, Mrs Gare & Auditor, Mr Bednall.

Secretary’s report on the year’s activities takes c. 1 column.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, Saturday 26 March

Roma J. Clode, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A. L. Clode of Burra North, married Ross White, youngest son of Mrs E.B .White of ‘Wildotta’ Burra & the late Mr J.R. White.

73, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 8

Burra Town Council, 21 March

Only one application has so far been received for trees.

Cr Fisher said it had been said to him that it was not worth planting trees due to straying stock.

It was resolved to apply to the Commissioner to close the road Mr K. Drew wished to rent as land.

Council workers will tar the floor under the racecourse grandstand in their own time.

Aberdeen tennis courts will be top-dressed with the Council supplying the colas and the club the sawdust.

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 1

Cricket. The final was won by the Burra Buffs:

Buffs 215 & 0 for 35 (250) defeated Koonoona 153 & 95 (248).

Local Car at Veteran Car Rally. A trophy was awarded to Mr Les. Warnes of Woolgangi Station who drove a 1911 Newton Bennett tourer from Woolgangi to Adelaide and back. [Photo. included.]

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 April

June Haver & Mark Stevens in I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now

Plus Back Lash

Advt. Burra Anzac Sports, Burra Race Course, 9 April. Details are given of cycling events and special car events. ‘A team of RSL Racing Dare-Devil Female Impersonators.’

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 3

Notice. Harry B. Pyke advises that Mr G.T. Phillips has taken over his business.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Mrs O.E. Moore after a long illness.

[Born Olive Ellen Collins 27 October 1883 Mt Bryan Flat, married Herbert Roy Tolhurst 1917 widowed in 1919 and married Thomas James Moore 1928.]

Wool Classing. A School of Mines Final certificate of Competency for Wool Classing has recently been awarded to Mr Dean Tiver (21) son of N.G. Tiver of Hallett and Alan Anderson of north Booborowie.

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Final Hallett 9-95 defeated Leighton 6-75

‘B’ Grade Final Spalding 9-94 defeated Hallett 6-79

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the A.G. Woodman Trophy and best scores were from N. Marston & A.G. Heinrich.

To date the best in the marksman contest are J. Harris & F.T. Marston, each with 31.

In the W.G. Woodman Trophy (Handicap Contest) J.E. Harris & P.W. Hogan each have 22.

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 5

Annual Tennis Ball for the Kooringa Club was held 1 April at the Burra Town Hall.

St Patrick’s Day Sports at Booborowie on Saturday 26 March are reported with results.

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 6

Cricket. In the Mokota Cricket Assoc. Final Mt Bryan 286 v. Spalding 3 for 280. Game continuing.

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 7

Kooringa Methodist Church farewelled Mrs E.M. Parks and daughters Misses Betty & Fay Parks who are moving to Adelaide.

Anzac Day Sports. Entrants in the Dare Devil Female Cyclist contest are reviewed.

73, 13, 5 Apr. 1949, page 8

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary on 3 April. Rev. M. Giles from Hallett officiated with Rev. S.H. Dorman in the evening.

Burra Hospital. As a temporary measure Sisters are housed in the Isolation Block and trainees in the rooms formerly used by the Sisters. Financial assistance from the district is hoped for to improve their comforts pending erection of proposed new quarters.

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 1

Burra Races were held on Wednesday 6 April and were the most successful yet. Facilities have been improved for owners, jockeys, horses and the public. Since October there are new horse stalls. On Wednesday 28 bookmakers turned over about £20,500. Dust on the track and grounds were the main problem despite the use of 50,000 gallons of water to improve conditions. The results are printed. The main race was the Burra Handicap of £85 and a trophy valued at 30 gns and run over 11⁄4 miles. The winner was Mr Smith’s mare Brilliant Queen, ridden by George Mules.

Burra Town Council voted on Monday to reject a suggestion from the Municipal Assoc. that the Councillors elect the Mayor.

Anzac Sports on Saturday saw record gate takings of £113, up from last year’s £83. Eight speed cars attended. Because of dust the car races were transferred to the racing track. The female impersonators in the Dar Devil Cycle Race were Messrs A.L. Bence, L. Phillips, Bill Kotz, R. Burchell & T.C.A. Radford. Mr Radford was the winner with R. Burchell best dressed. The evening dance was also very successful. Results a re printed.

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 2

Notice. The Burra Burra DC Elections. The following Councillors are retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Mt Bryan Ward Thomas Daniel James Beckwith

Hanson Ward Morgan de Neufville Lucas

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman

Baldina Ward Reginald Warnes

Nominations are called by 14 May and also for the extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr Douglas Keynes of Leighton Ward.

Notice. Burra Town Council. The following Councillors are retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Mayor Frank Teare Marston

North Ward Thomas Henry Woollacott MBE

East Ward Robert Alexander Bevan

West Ward Darrell Hanham Field

Nominations are called by 14 May with elections if required on 2 July.

Advt. Burra Talkies, Good Friday, 15 April

Spencer Tracy & Lana Turner in Cass Timberlane

Plus Short Features

Saturday, 16 April

Peggy Cummins & Victor Mature in Moss Rose

Plus Wake Up & Dream

Easter Monday, 18 April

Zane Grey’s The Assassin

Michael Duane & Trudy Marshall in Alias Mr Twilight

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 3

Miss Valma Hirschausen, once of Burra and third daughter of Mr & the late Mrs A. Hirschausen of Burra, was a member of the Women’s SA Cricket Team playing in Brisbane recently. She plays for YWCA of Adelaide.

Cricket. Mokota Assoc. Final continued:

Mt Bryan 286 v. Spalding 8 for 581 of which K. Gill scored 204 & G. Collins 135.

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 4

Burra Town Council, 4 April

Mr L.L. Fiebig applied for permission to alter the western side of his premises for a motor showroom.

The Savings Bank of SA advises that under the Act the Council could only borrow £2,896 on the Town Hall account as it had recently borrowed £800.

The Town Clerk will interview the Council’s solicitor on the matter.

The platform at the Burra Railway Station will be repaired as SAR has agreed to supply all the materials.

Cr Baulderstone moved that a light be placed in McQuarie St. [sic]. Carried. [Perhaps Quarry St?]

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 5

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary with a tea meeting on 4 April and prizes distributed at a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon on 10 April. Reported in 1 column.

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 6

Easter Holidays in Burra saw the town crowded with all accommodation at hotels booked and the railway station bustling with arrivals and departures.

73, 14, 12 Apr. 1949, page 7

Mr W. Dixon Thompson, a returned soldier is presently in a serious condition in Daws Road Military Hospital.

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 1

Hallett Institute Hall now has a good piano.

Hallett has quadrupled its quota in the Seventh Security Loan. The Quota was £2,500 and to date £10,200 has been invested.

Burra High School held its sports day last week on the Racecourse in ideal weather. Results are printed.

Hallett Methodist Church held its anniversary 9 April with Rev. M. Giles officiating.

Norman Maxted was given a farewell in the Mt Bryan Methodist Hall on 8 April. He has been transferred from Burra Branch of the National Bank to the Brisbane Branch.

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 2

Bowls. Broadview Bowlers visited Burra over Easter. On Saturday afternoon Burra won a teams match by 26 points and on Monday afternoon Burra won by 6 points.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 April

Teresa Wright & Robert Mitchum in Pursued

Plus Saturday’s Children

Monday 25 April

Robert Young & Barbara Hale in Lady Luck

Plus Tarzan & the Leopard Woman

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 3

Bert Rickaby a WWI returned man from Beltan Pastoral Co. is holidaying with Mr & Mrs Jack Nihil of the Kingston Arms Hotel in Mt Bryan. [3⁄4 column.]

Combined Schools Sports were held at Booborowie and are reported.

Cricket. Easter Carnival at Burra was very successful: details next issue.

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 4

John Collins & Sons Stud Park held a field day at Mt Bryan 7 April and 300-400 came to inspect 100 Merino Rams. One was sold to a WA buyer for £1,400.

John Gebhardt held a field day at Mackerode on 8 April and also drew a good number of sheepmen.

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 6

Burra Burra DC, 4 April. Cr Keynes has resigned as from 30 June as he is leaving to live in Adelaide.

73, 15, 19 Apr. 1949, page 7

Cricket. Mokota Cricket Assoc. Final continued. Mt Bryan 286 & 3 for 198 v. Spalding 591.

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 1

Rev. & Mrs Tregilgas were welcomed at Kooringa Methodist Hall on Wednesday evening.

Burra Schools. A contract for new toilet blocks at the Primary and High Schools has been let to Mr C.A. Herden for £2,870. Classrooms are also to be remodelled and plans are being prepared for grading and asphalting the yards.

Burra Water Supply will be improved in places when the E & WS spends £1,360 shortly replacing old mains in Best Place and Queen St.

Victoria Park. An £850 contract has been signed for F.L. Hogan of Booborowie to level and grade the oval and to make a saucer track around it – to be completed by 31 August.

Johnny Green. Following suggestions he be removed to a wishing pool near the Soldiers’ Memorial designs and suggestions are called for.

Foxes are proving a real problem in the lambing season. One pastoralist says he lost 47 lambs in one night.

Tree planting. Quite a few applications have now been received, with more from East Ward than elsewhere.

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 April

Ann Todd & James Mason in The Seventh Veil

Plus I’ll Be your Sweetheart

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 3

Cricket. Mokota Cricket Assoc. Final. Spalding 591 & 4 for 41 defeated Mt Bryan 286 & 340.

[Described as a win to Spalding by 7 wickets.]

Tennis Easter Tournament. Finals played at Burra North on Saturday.

Men’s Championship R. Hopgood

Men’s Championship Doubles R. Hopgood & A. Baume

Ladies’ Championship Doubles Miss M.J. Mosey & Mrs C. Ross

Men’s Handicap Singles L. Hopgood

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Miss Hopgood

Mixed Doubles Handicap R. Hopgood & Miss Hopgood

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council, last Wednesday

Mrs D.G. Steven offered £5 for 1⁄4 acre of land adjoining her property. Accepted.

The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation advises Council is now liable for Payroll Tax.

Crs Bevan & T.H. Woollacott will not stand for re-election.

Cr Field is prepared to stand again, as is the Mayor.

Cr Field moved that Johnny Green be placed on the lawn near the Soldiers’ Memorial, with a wishing well. Carried.

Mrs B. Thomas was given a farewell at Hallett Institute on Wednesday last by 70-80 ladies of the district. She is leaving the district to live in McLaren Vale.

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 6

Burra Hospital

Red Cross has donated a refrigerator for the Midwifery Wing worth £109, Trilene equipment for the wing worth £30, individual silver tea-sets for the private rooms worth £57 and an electric floor polisher worth £26. (Total value £222.)

The Society had previously donated:

Electric Washing Machine £100

New Septic system 160

X-ray unit 250

Steriliser 38

Hot water unit, hand bowls & babies’ bath 125

Renovations to general pantry 125

Stainless steel ware 158

Total £956

All of which attracted a Government subsidy.

Burra CWA donated a barouche for the Midwifery Wing.

All who donated are sincerely thanked by the Board.

Central Board of Health is urging all children be immunised against Whooping Cough and the Local Board will organise a campaign when the Commonwealth Government makes the serum available free in the near future.

Burra Town Hall. The Burra Branch of the CWA has helped considerably with the finances and now has a spacious and handsome set of rooms in the Town Hall for its Rest Rooms and recently suggested the walls of the supper room be painted cream. They now suggest the old stage scenery be covered with cane-ite and the resulting panels be used to block off part of the stage as a supper room when occasion arose. This will do away with the old curtain now used for the purpose. It is possible slides may be installed to lessen the work of shifting the panels.

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 7

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired the 20th stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy over 800 & 900 yards. Marksman’s points went to J.H. Schwier, F. Marston, R.G. Bernhardt, P.W. Hogan & E.C. Collins.

73, 16, 26 Apr. 1949, page 8

Walter Truscott who owned a butcher shop on the site of A. Coverdale’s chemist shop in the ‘teens’ of the century re-visited old haunts here last week.

R.R. Wilson, LCL Candidate for the Northern District of the Legislative Council, addressed voters at Burra last Wednesday.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 1

Rev. R.S.T. Pettet of St Mary’s arranged a two-day trip to Adelaide for three of his choir boys: John Kelly, John Voumard & Ray Kotz. The Rev. & Mrs Pettet set off with the boys on Friday 22 April. John Voumard (11) had never been to the city or seen the sea. They visited Rundle St shops and Myer’s Cafeteria, then the SA Museum and the Zoo before going to Outer Harbour where the Strathaird was berthed. They managed a look over the ship. After tea at Mr & Mrs Bert Shard’s where they were to stay, they were taken to the city again to see the neon signs etc. and the lights from Windy Point. On Saturday they visited Parliament House and were fascinated by the escalators in Coles Ltd and then had lunch before going to the Port Adelaide-North Adelaide football match. The boys were then put on an Enfield tram and rode to the terminus where the Rector collected them and they set off for Burra, reaching there about 8 p.m.

Weather. Good steady rain fell on Sunday especially in the east where most falls were between 70 & 130 points. At Burra 47 points were recorded, Hanson 60 & Booborowie 7 4 points.

Burra Rifle Club. The 3rd stage of the Club Championship was fired over 800 & 900 yards on Saturday. D.H. Field won the Championship and Ed. Hopkins the Handicap Championship. Pat Hogan was the Championship runner-up and Jim Schwier was runner-up in the handicap event.

Koonoona Field Day was held last Wednesday and drew about 300 guests. Sheep were in good condition despite the dry spell. Details in c. 3⁄4 column.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 & 7 May

Esther Williams in This Time for Keeps

Margaret O’Brien in 10th Avenue Angel

Advt. SA Farmers’ Union advertises the clearing sale for D. Keynes on 16 May.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. advertises the house & furniture sale in the estate of the late Ellen Dixon. Allotment 14A Burra with galvanised iron four-roomed house in Chapel St.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 3

Obituary. Laurel Jean Lock died 22 April at Adelaide Hospital aged 30. She was the daughter and step-daughter of Mr & Mrs D. O’Brien of Burra North. [Born Laurel Jene McGregor 19 April 1919 Renmark to Franklin William McGregor & Ida Lillian/Lillias nee Emery: died Laurel Jean Lock 22 April 1949 Northfield, residence Woodville Gardens.]

Michael Martin, son of Mr & Mrs Rex. B. Martin, is in Burra Hospital after accidentally walking into hot ashes and coals in sandals somewhere near the Mine Bridge. Both feet were badly burnt.

Basketball (Women’s) North-Eastern Assoc.

North Booborowie 17 defeated Hallett 6

South Booborowie 26 defeated Mt Bryan 10

Burra 15 defeated Leighton 6

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 4

Mr & Mrs F.M. Jefferies celebrated their Silver Wedding 16 April.

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School had its picnic in Mr Pettit’s Razorback Paddock on Easter Monday in excellent weather.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 5

Burra High School trip to Port Adelaide.

The students left Burra on the 6.55 a.m. railcar last Friday. Three students, Dawn Nourse, Colin Broad & Donald Edwards, had not previously been to the city. Three buses at the City Baths took the group to Pt Adelaide. They visited the Shell Co. Depot at Birkenhead and then went on to Semaphore. At 1 p.m. they visited Elder, Smith & Co.’s Wool Stores and at 2 p.m. visited the Esk Bank at the wharves where it was unloading phosphate rock from Ocean Island and also the Kelvin Bank which was unloading sulphur from the Gulf of Mexico. They were shown over the ships before going on to the Sugar Refinery. Back in Adelaide they got a view over the city from the top of the Shell Building, had tea at the Station and took a look at neon lights in Hindley Street before catching the express home at 6.15 p.m.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 6

Mid-Northern High Schools Sports were held last Friday at Clare in gusty weather. The final points were: Balaklava 133

Clare 1121⁄2

Riverton 70

Burra 561⁄2

Kapunda 23

The best individual performer for Burra was Lindley Davies who won the 75 yards, 100 yards and the skipping race.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 7

Burra Anzac Commemoration Day Service was held in Market Square on Sunday 24 April. The Salvation Army Citadel Band attended. A large number of returned men marched from the RSL Rooms to the Hospital and back to the Monument. Revs F.E. Tregilgas & C.L.H. Pitman, Layreader N.C. Woodards & Salvation army Captains N. Hull & P. Osborne were all present and assisted. Rev. C.L.H. Pitman gave the address. The RSL wreath was laid by President E.R. Davey, Burra Air Force Assoc. was represented by H. Campbell, the Demobilised Soldiers wreath was laid by L.L. Fiebig, the Fathers’ Assoc was represented by A.B. Riggs and the Civic Bodies wreath was laid by Mayor F.T. Marston.

73, 17, 3 May 1949, page 8

Football. The first game of the season was on Saturday last.

At Burra: Burra 6.16 defeated Leighton 4.6

At Booborowie: Booborowie 12.5 defeated Hallett 7.13.

Burra Buffs Cricket Team held a celebratory dinner for winning the cricket final at the Kooringa Hotel last Saturday.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 1

Letter. James H. Schwier writes to complain of a recent DC practice of selling roads. He considers it is quite a good idea to rent roads to adjacent landowners. Selling the roads is an anomaly. Most of the land [east of Burra] is leased and yet the roads are sold, to become private property. A rented road can be resumed when required. As an istance of the problems created, he cites:

The road between Sections 17N and 24 in the Hundred of Mongolata. This was the most direct route between the northern and central portions of the district and the Mongolata Mines. Now if we want to go to the mines withour crossing private land the distance is four or five miles further. The road was closed and sold before most people knew anything about it. It is time the selling of roads was stopped. The same object can be achieved by renting. The Council should also exercise more control over rented roads to prevent the destruction of timber and scrub thereon.

Football. Hallett Oval, last Saturday: Burra 5.4 defeated Hallett 4.5.

Kooringa Methodist Church last Sunday. The day was Mothers’ Day and also the Anniversary of the Ladies’ Guild. The guest speaker was Miss Kate Cocks MBE, Superintendent of the Brighton Babies Home.

Burra Rifle Club. The first stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy was fired over 500 and double 700 yards. Pat Hogan had an excellent day, scoring a possible over 500 yards and again over the second 700 yards. He only dropped on shot on the first 700. H.R. Woodman also scored a possible over 500 yards, but crashed badly on the succeeding ranges.

Advt. Large advertisement for R.R. Wilson (LCL), a candidate in the Northern Legislative Council By-Election.

Burra Red Cross last Friday raised £46 from a street stall.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School. On Sunday 1 May a new stained glass window was unveiled to honour Cpl Roy Edwin Porter AIF and all who served in the 1939-45 War. It is an addition to the three memorial of World War I. Mr H.J. B. Jennison unveiled the wondow.

Hallett War Memorial. The list of acknowledged subscriptions reaches £214-15-6.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 May

Annabella & James Cagney in 13 Rue Madeleine

Plus If I’m Lucky

McDougall’s Rest Farm (Cartoon) and News Reels

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 3

Obituary. Allan Ernest Masters died on 3 May 1949 at Burra Hospital, aged 53.

[The registration of death has Arthur Ernest Masters, died 3 May 1949 at Burra, Residence Copperhouse, aged 50.

The burial record has Alfred Ernest Masters aged 50.

No births match with either name.

If the age was 53 there is a possible Albert Ernest Masters born 27 November 1895 Hd of Barunga. Even then it is only an approximate fit with the names and date!]

Obituary. Ellen Dixon died 25 April. She was the mother of Jack (Hanson), Gladys (Prospect) , Albert (Bowmans) and Oliver (Melbourne). [Born Ellen White, she married William Thomas Dixon in 1891. The birth is not certain from the evidence available, as ages cited do not accord, but perhaps born at Pewsey Vale 13 September 1861.]

Obituary. Elisha Prior died on 4 May. He was born at Burra 85 years ago and as a young man went to Broken Hill, where he worked in the mines for 15 years. He then returned to the Mid North and spent the rest of his life at Hallett. He died at the home of a daughter, Mrs Boyce, at Semaphore.

[Born 6 April 1864 at Firewood Creek near Kooringa.]

Burra Golf Associates have elected the following officers for 1949: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R.J. Jeffrey & A.L. Bence; Secretary, Miss M. Davey; Captain, Mrs M. Miels and Vice-Captain, Mrs R. Pettet.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 May

Burra district War Memorial Committee advised it had obtained the services of Mr F.L. Hogan to grade and level and to make a saucer track on Victoria Park. The work had to be paid for in three lots and the committee therefore requested Council to make the sum available. Council first required the contract to be presented.

Mr Booth wrote asking when the present lease for showing pictures at the Burra Town Hall would expire. He is to be infomed it would do so on 1 October 1950.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 5

Inter-High School Sports. Results are printed.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 6

Booborowie Ladies’ Club Autumn Exhibition is reported.

[Categories: Cookery, Needlework, Wool Work, Flowers, Flowers Decorative, and Dairy Produce. A musical item and recitation accompanied the opening ceremony and a dance was held in the evening.]

Mrs J. Honan of Hallett celebrated her 90th birthday on 25 April.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 7

Mr Loveday, the ALP candidate for the Legislative Council by-election, spoke at Burra on Wednesday. [As well as economic policy matters, Mr Loveday was particularly vocal about the gerrymander that was a feature of the Legislative Council. The LCL had 16 seats with 107,000 electorsand the ALP had 4 seats with 49,000 electors. The restricted franchise for the Council also meant that in 1938, 37,000 women could vote for the Legislative Council, while 200,000 could vote in the House of Assembly. The ALP would address this inequity.]

Basketball. 7 May

Leighton 28 defeated Mt Bryan 1

Burra 10 defeated Hallett 6

North Booborowie 31 defeated South Booborowie 20.

73, 18, 10 May 1949, page 8

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its annual picnic at Gum Creek on Monday 25 April.

The weather was perfect. The sporting results are printed.

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 22nd stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy on Saturday over 500 & double 600 yards. Best off the rifle was Jim Schwier and with handicap best scorers were R. Woodman & G. Webster.

Mr A. Ford has a fleece of wool with strands up to 10 inches in length from Balah Station. It is believed to represent three to four years’ growth on a sheep missed in mustering.

Football. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 8.9 defeated Spalding 4.9.

Frank Harris is in his mid-eighties and someone recently challenged him to yell ‘Fish-O’ as loud as he used to when he stood at Elder, Smith & Co.’s corner to sell fresh fish. It is said he could be heard on Brewery Hill and even that he could be heard at a funeral at the Burra cemetery while the parson was intoning ‘Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.’

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 2

Burra Burra DC Nominations for Councillors

Baldina Ward Eric Lisle McWaters (elected unopposed)

Booborowie Ward Walter Lomman (elected unopposed)

Hanson Ward Morgan de Neufville Lucas (elected unopposed)

Mt Bryan Ward Thomas Daniel James Beckwith (elected unopposed)

Leighton Ward Albert Joseph Broad

Phillip Brettell Byles

Hurtle Roy Earle

There will be an election in Leighton Ward 2 July.

Burra Town Council Nominations

Mayor F.T. Marston (elected unopposed)

West Ward D.H. Field (elected unopposed)

East Ward W. Carpenter (elected unopposed)

North Ward No Nominations

Nominations for a supplementary election for North Wards close on 4 June.

Obituary. Mrs Vern. A. Riggs of ‘Lord’s Well’ died suddenly at Burra Hospital on 7 May. Mrs Riggs, nee Laura [Mabel] Wilson, was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs George Wilson of Williamstown SA where she was born 18 September 1896. She lived there until having a short period as a nurse before marrying Mr V.A. Riggs 23 February 1921. For about four years the couple lived at Bazentin Station and then spent about 10 years in Burra before going to live at Lord’s Well. They purchased a farm near Burra at the end of last year. She was keenly interested in the CWA and was a Red Cross worker in the war years. There were three children, Messrs John & James Riggs and Miss Joy Riggs.

Advt. St Mary’s Debutante Ball at the Burra Town Hall 27 May. The debutantes will be presented to Mr C.S. Hincks MP, Minister of Lands and Mrs Hincks.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 & 21 May

Van Johnson, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, June Allyson etc. in Till the Clouds Roll By

Plus supporting short features.

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 3

Mt Bryan CWA Chrysanthemum Show & Exhibition drew over 450 entries on 7 May and is reported in c. 11⁄3 columns.

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 6

St Joseph’s School held its sports day in the school grounds on Saturday 30 April. The report including results runs for 1 column.

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 7

Golf. Burra Golf Club season was opened by the President Mr R.B. Martin last Saturday. Since the end of the war membership has been much increased – last year it rose fourfold.

Basketball. North-Eastern Assoc. 14 May

North Booborowie 29 defeated Mt Bryan 7

Hallett 16 defeated Leighton 14

Burra 13 defeated South Booborowie 7

73, 19, 17 May 1949, page 8

Birth. The five-week-old daughter of Mr & Mrs E.J. Woodman was named Cheryl Ann when christened in the Kooringa Methodist Church on Sunday.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. The postponed W.G. Woodman Trophy Shoot over 200 & 300 yards was to be held on Saturday, but although a start was made it had to be abandoned due to dense fog.

Adelaide Wool Sales. A. & G. Tennant received 79d per pound for Redcliffe wool last week, topping the pastoral wool offerings. The sheep were pure Collinsville blood.

Weather. Splendid opening rains have fallen and the best falls were ‘out east’. Burra recorded 96 points and Booborowie 93. Falls in the east ranged from 105 at Sturt Vale to 171 at Quondong.

War Memorial Oval. The Town Council has decided to pay the contractor’s fees as they fall due, into the Burra District War Memorial Committee’s account. £800 was borrowed to assist the committee to make an oval and saucer track at Victoria Park. The work is to be completed by 31 August.

L.P. Bence. A portrait in French pastels of Mrs L.P. Bence is now being exhibited with the Melrose Prize winner in the Adelaide Art Gallery – about 40 out of hundreds submitted were hung. Mr Bence’s only tuition was from his art teacher at St Peter’s College. Miss D. Geake of Burra is now teaching Mr Bence in the use of oils. Miss Geake has received numerous awards for her work from exhibitions as far away as London.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 May

Laraine Day & Brian Aherne in The Locket

Plus The Rainbow Blonde

Bowls. On Saturday President Mr E. Finch made the presentation of trophies for the season.

Championship O. Ockenden

Singles Handicap H. Pearce

Consistency H.O. Pederick

Pairs H.O. Pederick & W.R. Haywood

Pairs Championship H.O. Pederick & W.R. Haywood

Rink Tournament S. Kellaway, E. Reed, R. Harris & L. Pearce

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 3

Football. Booborowie 8.8 defeated Burra 5.14.

Spalding 15.20 defeated Leighton 5.11

Basketball. Hallett 17 defeated Mt Bryan 11

The Burra v. North Booborowie and the Leighton v. South Booborowie games were drawn on account of rain.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 4

Harry Pyke Caravans to Perth. There is a long report of this holiday trip extending for almost 21⁄2 columns.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 5

Foxes have declined in the Mt Bryan east area following determined campaigns with poisoned fruit etc. Unfortunately some valuable sheep dogs have also taken the baits. Despite this lamb losses are reported to be high.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 6

Burra Town Council, 16 May

Estimate of costs to improve the approaches to the swing bridge will be obtained.

T.C.A. Radford of Burra Monumental Works was granted permission to run clean purified water from a saw cutting marble, into the street. The saw uses about 60 gallons per hour.

Tenders are to be called for renovating and painting the stage and supper room at the Burra Town Hall.

Elections results were reported as noted in 72, 19, 17 May 1949, page 2.

Kooringa Youth Club is to open on 30 May in the Kooringa Methodist Hall, to provide physical, mental and spiritual recreation. There will be a Junior Branch (11-15) and a Senior Branch. Included will be table tennis, indoor basketball and badminton.

73, 20, 24 May 1949, page 7

Douglas Keynes & Arthur Coverdale were farewelled by the RSL. Both have been staunch workers for it. Doug. Keynes has been the Pensions Officer since the Sub-Branch was inaugurated. Arthur Coverdale (Bud) was the treasurer when the present club rooms were built and a committeeman for many years. M.T. Fuller presented a wallet to each and announced that they had both been made Life Members

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 1

Empire Day was celebrated at the Burra Schools on Friday. The children were addressed by the Mayor Mr F.T. Marston.

Burra rifle Club fired the 23rd stage of the W.G. Woodman Trophy over 600 & double 700 yards and the best scores were from P.W. Hogan off the rifle and with handicap from W. Hempel & E.C. Hopkins. At present F.T. Marston leads the Marksman’s Trophy and P.W. Hogan leads for the W.G. Woodman Trophy.

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 June

Jeanne Crain & Glenn Langan in Margie

Plus Dangerous Millions

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 3

Kooringa Youth Club held its first meeting on Monday.

Mr Frank Green stationmaster at Burra has, we understand, been transferred to Riverton.

Mrs George Parker has celebrated her 80th birthday.

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 4

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, Tuesday 10 May

Neta Thamm, only daughter of Mr & Mrs C.P. Thamm of Aberdeen, married

Lewis Smith, third son of Mr & Mrs E. Smith of Pt McDonald.

The couple will live at Allendale East.

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 5

Fathers’ Assoc. Burra Branch held a fairly well attended social in the RSL Rooms on Thursday. President Mr A.B. Riggs welcomed guests. Mr Cully the State President responded. [Details in 13⁄4 columns.]

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 6

Football. At South Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 12.16 defeated Leighton 4.7.

73, 21, 31 May 1949, page 7

St Mary’s Debutante Ball on Friday was a great success. Those presented were:

Miss Frieda Holman with Gilbert Wilson

Miss Mavis Broad with Murray Barons

Miss Pat. Holmes with Neville James

Miss Nita Burton with Gordon Gallash

They were presented to Hon. Mr C.S. Hincks & Mrs Hincks. Dancing continued to 1.45 a.m.

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Pat Hogan broke all previous Burra Rifle Range records on Saturday when he scored possibles at 500 and double 700 yards on Saturday for 105 off the rifle. A fortnight earlier he had scored 104 to equal the record of Mr Alf Bevan. Possibles at 700 yards were also scored by F.T. Marston & C.W. Edwards. This effort virtually assures him of the W.G. Woodman Trophy and he and Marston are each on 48 points in the marksman’s section.

Burra Town Council. When nominations closed for the Supplementary Election for North Ward there were no nominees. Council will now appoint a Councillor who will be obliged to act if qualified to do so.

CMF. Lack of interest in the Clare & Burra area may see the CMF training centre at Clare closed.

Rev. Donald Redding has been inducted as Vicar of St Andrew’s Church Brighton Victoria, one of Melbourne’s biggest, most prosperous and most fashionable suburbs.

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 2

Burra Town Council

Notice. A Ratepayers’ Meeting is called to consider granting a lease of portion of the reserve known as ‘Lowes’ to the Burra Playground Committee, etc.

Notice. The call for nominations for a North Ward Councillor having failed, the Council has appointed Horton Joseph Barraclough Jennison as Councillor for North Ward from 1st Saturday in July.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 June

Rita Hayworth in Gilda

Plus Two Blondes & a Redhead

13 June

Susan Hayward in A Woman Betrayed

Plus Slightly Scandalous

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 3

Mr Ron Pascoe, clerk at the Burra Railway Station for some years, has been transferred to Pt Adelaide. He has been active in sporting activities and will especially be missed in the Colts Cricket Team.

Petrol Storage. Since the lifting of petrol rationing people are buying fuel by the 44 gallon drum. You are reminded it is illegal to store over 50 gallons at a time and it must be in at least five different drums (each not exceeding 10 gallons). This does not apply to farmers.

Burra Hospital has installed a hot water service in the Maternity Wing – a system using about two gallons of kerosene a week.

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 4

The Coverdale Family was given a farewell by the St Mary’s congregation after Evensong on Sunday last. The family is moving to Brighton.

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 5

Miss Faythe Hawson Clarke writes another long letter from Victoria River Downs Station in the Northern Territory to friends in Burra. [2 columns.]

73, 22, 7 June 1949, page 7

Burra Homing Club will begin the new season on 11 June with an 83-mile race from Carrieton.

Burra Hospital Board has farewelled Mr Doug. Keynes and presented him with a silver tray.

Football. At Leighton on Saturday: Burra 11.15 defeated Leighton 3.8.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 1

Old Collegians had dinner at the Kooringa Hotel on Saturday. About 50 attended the function organised by Mr John Dighton and chaired by Mr Eric Murray. It was decided to form an association with a committee of five to continue the dinners, which revives a pre-war tradition.

Burra Town Council is negotiating to buy a new truck.

Mr & Mrs Doug. Keynes were given a farewell at Booborowie Memorial Hall on 4 June. A large crowd attended despite the polar weather. Mr L. Gill presided. A tea and coffee service was presented. Mr Keynes’ service to the Booborowie Hall, the RSL and Mr & Mrs Keynes’ service to the school amid other civic activities was acknowledged.

Burra CWA has donated £75 to help pay off the Burra Town Hall debt.

Mrs A. Coverdale was farewelled by Burra Golf Associates on Tuesday.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 June

Dick Powell in Cornered

Plus Genius at Work

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 3

Burra Air Force Assoc. held its annual ball on 10 June. The hall was elaborately decorated. At 9 p.m. the ceremony of the cross was held. The ball was opened by R. Rechner, representing the SA Division of the Air Force Assoc.

Obituary. The death of Flight Lt. K. Paltridge of the Air Force Assoc. was mentioned at the Air Force Ball on 10 June, but with no further details. [Keith Lee Paltridge born 14 September 1910 Mt Barker: died 5 June 1949 Springbank, residence Burra.]

Burra Town Council. The Overseer for about 34 years, Mr H.J. Wilson, has resigned.

Local Board of Health

The Oddfellows Lodge is to be approached to make their hall available for the Central Board of Health visiting X-ray Unit and the Burra Electric Supply is to be asked to rig a temporary 3-phase line for the same.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday G. Webster scored a double possible at 700 yards, winning both the marksman’s and handicap contests for the day. Four other possibles were scored by F. Kakoschke, F.T. Marston, C.W. Edwards & J. Harris.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 5

Burra Burra DC. Chairman E. Finch is ill in hospital and D. Keynes presided. Burra Town Council advised it was prepared to allow the DC to use the pound situated in Thames St.

N. Ford will therefore be advised that as a more favourable location is available his yards will no longer be needed for a pound.

E & WS Department requests permission to occupy 10 acres of Farrell Flat parkland as a camp area while the Clare pipeline is built.

Elections: nominations for council as previously noted at 72, 19, 17 May 1949, page 2.

Appreciation of the Council was expressed for the considerable services to the community rendered by Councillors Keynes & Warnes, who are retiring.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 6

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Spalding 11.13 defeated Booborowie 8.17.

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 7

Burra Town Council, 6 June

It was resolved to buy a new truck if money could be got from the Highways and Local Government Dept. interest free.

Mr Bednall advised that Council must take into account the £800 already borrowed [when seeking to establish the Town Hall loan].

Mr H.J. Wilson’s resignation as Overseer was accepted with regret.

Tenders for repairing walls of the stage, strengthening existing panels and covering the same with elonite [?] of [sic: for or?] Masonite was awarded to R. Fuss for £108-10-0.

Town Clerk reported no nominations were received for North Ward vacancy.

Cr Fisher moved the appointment of H.J.B. Jennison as North Ward Councillor. Cr Lee seconded. Carried.

Mr Colin Nankivell, son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Nankivell of Burra, who has been at the Burra Post Office for about 31⁄2 years, has been transferred to Loxton.

Basketball, Saturday.

Leighton 31 defeated Mt Bryan 11

North Booborowie forfeited to South Booborowie

Burra 19 defeated Hallett 11

73, 23, 14 June 1949, page 8

M r & Mrs Doug. Keynes were given a farewell by Booborowie RSL.

Obituary. Harry Jones, who was born at Nackara 5 7 years ago, died 15 May. He was educated at Nackara and Jamestown and at 13 assisted in droving sheep with his father from Oak Park to Hallett for the late Mr A. Pohlner. He had an excellent knowledge of machinery. Once he took a mob of cattle to Bransby Downs Station in Queensland where he took over management till enlisting in WWI in the 1st Light Horse. He served as a sniper at Gallipoli and was wounded in the pelvis. He spent 12 months in bed in the AIF Randwick Hospital in Sydney. Swimming helped his recovery and he returned to Nackara and in 1924 married Miss Hilda Pohlner of Hallett. About 12 months ago he collapsed while pulling fodder for cattle, but recovered. He enjoyed motoring, golf, bridge, dancing, pigeon shooting and was keen on cricket, having captained Nackara for many years and recently got out of bed to see Nackara win two matches and the shield from Oodla Wirra and Dawson. He went to hospital on Easter Monday. He leaves a widow, one son and two daughters: D. Jones (Nackara), Clair Mrs P. Pfeiffer (Tanunda) & Joy Jones (Nackara). [Born 9 January 1892 Nackara: died 15 May 1949 Terowie, residence Nackara.]

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 1

Burra Institute. The library will close half an hour earlier on Wednesday evenings during winter. New evening times 7.30-8.30 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday until 30 September.

Burra Burra DC

Mr N. Fabian from Adelaide has been appointed District Clerk. He is a returned man with 5 years AIF service.

Burra Rifle Club. In the final shoot for the year on Saturday over 200 & double 300 yards Pat Hogan won the trophy and in the marksman’s contest F.T. Marston was just ahead, but crashed in the second 300 yards contest, getting only 28 and so Pat Hogan won that as well.

The Diggers’ Golf Trophy was contested at Crystal Brook. About 1200 competed in this handicap event from all over the state. Len Bence of Burra defeated Len Murdoch in a play-off after they had tied. Overall the Burra team came fourth for the day.

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 2

Advt. Mt Bryan Methodist Church. The Honour Roll is to be unveiled on Sunday 26 June by H.J.B. Jennison.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 & 25 June

Alexis Smith & Cary Grant in Night & Day

Plus Murder on the Waterfront

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 3

Burra Homing Club. K. Kellaway won the 180 mile race from Parachilna on 18 June.

Basketball, 18 June

Hallett 20 defeated Leighton 19

North Booborowie 26 defeated Burra 15

South Booborowie 41 defeated Mt Bryan 13

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 5

Hallett Fathers’ Assoc. An example of the work of this organisation is reported in 11⁄4 columns.

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 6

Badminton. An Association has again been formed and matches began on Monday.

Burra North 10 sets defeated Redruth Methodists 2 sets

RSL 206 points defeated Kooringa 97 points

73, 24, 21 June 1949, page 7

Football. Burra 12.14 defeated Spalding 2.7.

Obituary. Mr Ernest Gare of Torrensville who was born at ‘Branbury’ [sic: for Banbury] Hallett died on Thursday 9 June aged 71. He was the seventh son of the late Mr & Mrs Edward Gare of Burra North. For many years he was on the staff of The Register and later of The News in Adelaide.

[Samuel Ernest Rudge Gare born 19 October 1877 Banbury: died Adelaide, residence Torrensville.]

Willalo Methodist Church held its 21st Anniversary on 12 June. Rev. I.A. Wardle officiated.

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 1

Victoria Park. F.L. Hogan has commenced levelling and grading in Burra’s War Memorial Project.

Burra Homing Club: in the second race from Parachilna last Saturday W. Holman was the winner.

Burra Town Council

At the last meeting the Mayor and Councillors paid tribute to retiring Cr T.H. Woollacott after 25 years’ service.

Cr Woollacott was retiring due to his wife’s ill health and also he was not in the best of health himself. Mr Woollacott had recently moved to Adelaide, but he had done so much for the town as Councillor and as Mayor that the Mayor hoped he would visit Burra one day soon when the townspeople would be able to say ‘thank you’.

The Mayor also thanked retiring Cr Bevan for his good work as Chairman of Public Works.

Cr Woollacott thanked the Mayor and said in his time he had seen many roads bituminised and slag from the slag heap had been used. He had been the first to realise its potential for roads and was sorry the Council had not purchased the heap. He had been the main instigator in getting the shed built between Burra & Burra North and would request it be named the Woollacott Shelter. The Mayor felt the Council would comply with the request. Cr Bevan also thanked the Mayor for his remarks.

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 1 & 4

Burra Rifle Club: Captain’s report for 1949

The year had been very successful. E.C. Collins donated £5 for P.W. Hogan’s 105 off the rifle and the club presented a medal. 25 possibles had been recorded for the year.

The visit to the Metropolitan Club at the Dean Range had been very enjoyable and the return visit was also very successful. The annual triangular match between Pt Pirie, Peterborough & Burra had to be postponed from Eight Hour Day due to rain and ended up being played just between Burra & Pt Pirie with Pt Pirie being the victors.

Riverton & Spalding visited Burra and Burra won on both occasions. Burra came fourth in the Country Teams contest at Dean Range.

Elected: Captain, D.H. Field; Vice-Captain, E.C. Hopkins; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, P.W. Hogan. E.C. Collins & A.B. Riggs were elected as Life Members.

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 July

Shirley Temple & Franchot Tone in Honeymoon

Ann Richards & Randolph Scott in Badman’s Territory

Advt. Silver Jubilee of St Edmund’s Church of England at Booborowie, Sunday 10 July 1949.

The Lord Bishop of Adelaide Rt Rev. B.P. Robin MA will be the celebrant and preacher.

Obituary. John Baker, third son of the late Samuel & Ann Baker, died at Burra North 5 June aged 75. [Born 20 March 1874 Llwchwr.]

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 3

Obituary. Cyril Joseph Keys, only son of the late Mr & Mrs T. Keys of Burra died 18 June in Adelaide. He was the husband of Edith Flora Keys and father of Tom, Kevin & Barbara. He was brother to Irene (Mrs Temperly), Gladys (Mrs Harvey) & Dorothy Keys. [Born 12 December 1896 Aberdeen: died at Adelaide, residence Colonel Light Gardens.]

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Children’s Frolic in the Sunday school hall on Friday night which was a lot of fun and raised £15. [Winners of sections and their costumes are listed.]

Mr B.L. Hirschausen has been appointed Overseer by the Town Council – he is a returned soldier and has worked for the Council for 31⁄2 years.

Blyth Golf Club visited Burra on Saturday and Blyth won 11 matches to 5.

Basketball, 25 June

Hallett 17 defeated Mt Bryan 2

Leighton 20 defeated North Booborowie 9

Burra 18 defeated South Booborowie 12

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council

B.L. Hirschausen was appointed Overseer.

Tenders to be called for painting and repairing the rotunda and cemetery and other cleaning was ordered for the cemetery.

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 6

Badminton. Burra North 11 sets defeated Kooringa 1 set.

RSL 7 sets defeated Redruth 5 sets.

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 7

Obituary. Mrs Emily Fairchild was a resident of the Leighton-Booborowie district for 67 years until moving 9 years ago to live with her son Albert Fairchild at Birdwood, where she died 23 June. She was born at Leighton in 1873, the second daughter of the pioneers Mr & Mrs G. Finch. She was educated at Leighton School and married Albert, son of the late Mr & Mrs Fairchild of ‘Buckland Hills’ Ironmine in 1903. Mr Fairchild died in 1938. The deceased lived in the Booborowie area from 1903 to 1940 when she moved to Birdwood. She was a generous, kindly and a devoted mother and wife. There were five [six] sons and two daughters: G.G. (Booborowie), A.T. (Birdwood), S.W. (Andrews), L.A. (Adelaide), N.T. (Booborowie), W.H. (Adelaide), Phillis (Mrs A. Schmidt, deceased), Thelma (deceased), and eight grandchildren. Mrs Flower Humphrys of Medindie Gardens is a sister. [Born Emily Finch 5 May 1873 Baldry.]

[The sons were: George Garfield, Albert Thomas, Stanley William, Lewis Alfred, Norman Frederick & Walter Howard and the daughters were Phyllis Maria & Thelma Emily, who lived only a few days.]

73, 25, 28 June 1949, page 8

Football. At Burra Racecourse Saturday: Booborowie 11.7 defeated Burra 7.6.

At Leighton: Spalding 10.23 defeated Leighton 6.7

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 1

St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday took the form of a Debutante Ball and 14 young ladies were presented to the Most Rev. T. McCabe Bishop of Pt Augusta. Over 500 people attended. The hall was artistically decorated. The official party comprised the Mayor Mr F.T. Marston, Mrs G. Stanley Hawker & Mayoress Mrs F.T. Marston & Mr G. Stanley Hawker MP. The debutantes and partners formed a guard of honour for the arrival of Messrs J.A. Stewart & K.J. Murphy, the Bishop, Father Hughes of Burra and Father Grogan of Clare. Presented were:

Miss Molly Cousins with Andrew Cousins

Miss Mary Fitzgerald with Joseph Furst

Miss Beryl Botchen with Bill Ahern

Miss Margaret Callahan with Brian Hopkins

Miss Patricia Canny with Drew McKeough

Miss Mary Preiss with Brendan Hogan

Miss Lily Lynch with Frank Lynch

Miss Maureen Hogan with Vincent Cousins

Miss Joan Fahey with John Bunfield

Miss Kathleen Preiss with Brian Callahan

Miss Theresa Fahey with Colin Broad

Miss Meli Green with Martin Hogan

Miss Mary Cousins with Frank Cousins

Miss Carmel Hogan with Jack McMahon

Dancing continued to 2 a.m.

Elder, Smith’s Market for July was cancelled for the first time most people could remember, owing to the lack of rain and transport difficulties caused by the coal strike.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 1 & 5

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting in the Council Chambers on Monday was poorly attended.

The Burra Children’s Playground Committee was granted a 20-year lease on part of Lowe’s Reserve.

The rest of the meeting was to enable the Mayor to give an account of the year’s stewardship of affairs.

Council has finally persuaded the Education department to install a septic system at the schools.

The town has had a new assessment returning equity to the system.

Leases with the Aberdeen & Kooringa Tennis Clubs have been redrafted, having been found to be illegal.

As a result of a tree planting campaign 22 ratepayers have agreed to look after 88 trees.

Multi-coin telephone booths have been installed at both ends of the town.

The main streets are being washed once a week.

Knapsack sprays were bought and a bushfire siren installed.

The men’s convenience opposite the Town Hall was enlarged.

CWA rooms at the Town Hall have been renovated and the CWA has made a large sum available to reduce the Town Hall debt.

Council seems to have persuaded the Government to send the Health Survey X-ray unit to Burra.

North Ward’s failure to nominate a Councillor for 1949-50 was disappointing.

Council rather sadly bids goodbye to two old members in T.H. Woollacott and the Overseer Mr H.J. Wilson.

We hope to give Mr Woollacott a Civic Farewell in the near future.

Mr Bert Hirschausen replaces Mr Wilson as Overseer.

The mayor and Mayoress have fulfilled the usual range of tasks in opening fetes, addressing school children, entertaining visitors etc.

Thanks are due to a co-operative Council and to the Town Clerk Mr Reg. Davey.

In the near future the lease of the local Picture Show terminates as does the agreement with the Burra Electric Supply Co. Both will require thought.

The Smelts Road has been reformed to the boundary between North & East Wards and it is intended to complete it next financial year.

Thames Street has been bituminised.

Ayers Street was partly bituminised last year and has been top dressed.

Many roads have been treated satisfactorily with mine skimps.

New kerbing and footpaths have been done.

Finances show a deficit of £598-9-1, largely due to a total of accounts for £484-2-8 carried forward from the previous year. This year’s actual deficit was £114-6-5.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC has caused a new assessment to be made.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 & 6 July

Lana Turner & Van Heflin in Green Dolphin Street

Plus supporting short features

9 July

Deanna Durbin & Donald O’Connor in Something in the Wind

Plus Wild Beauty

A Bolt. A cart horse with a spring cart with Mr Watson of ‘Mullaby’ aboard bolted one day last week down Commercial Street. Startled by the white posts on the bridge past Kangaroo St, it spun on its tracks, zigzagging first towards C.J. Pearce’s and then towards Jennison’s Tyre Service. It headed for the District Council chambers and stopped undamaged right in the middle of the footpath.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 3

Burra Homing Club. The third race from Parachilna was won by C. Moore on Saturday.

J.G. Sara of Burra North is 86 today.

Basketball, Saturday 2 July

Hallett 31 defeated North Booborowie 24

Leighton 19 defeated South Booborowie 18

Burra 21 defeated Mt Bryan 7

Burra Burra DC Election for Leighton Ward last Saturday

H.R. Earle 45

R.B. Byles 13

A.J. Broad 7

65 votes were cast in a ward with 86 votes.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 4

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, 25 June

Verna Kellaway, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs John Kellaway of Croydon & formerly of Burra, married Peter Edwards, eldest son of Mr & Mrs G.M. Edwards of Clarence Gardens.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 5

Burra Rifle Club trophies were presented by Mrs Marston the Mayoress on Saturday night.

Yearly Trophy: the W.G. Woodman Trophy P.W. Hogan

Marksman’s Trophy P.W. Hogan

Championship D.H. Field

Handicap Championship E.C. Hopkins

Best Aggregate 1st 8 matches C.N. Bushell

Best Aggregate 2nd 8 matches F. Kakoschke

Best Aggregate 3rd 9 matches E.C. Hopkins

Best Half-yearly Aggregate 1st Half R.G. Bernhardt

Best Half-yearly Aggregate 2nd Half E.C. Hopkins

1st Stage of Championship R.G. Bernhardt

2nd Stage of Championship A.G. Heinrich

3rd Stage of Championship L. Palmer

Marksman’s Badge P.W. Hogan

Handicap Badge R.G. Bernhardt & G. Webster (Tied)

P.W. Hogan was presented with £5 and a gold medal for breaking all records with a triple possible at 500 yards and double 700 yards.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 6

H.J. Wilson, retiring Council Overseer, was given a presentation prior to the Ratepayers’ Meeting on Monday night last week in the form of a handsome clock as a personal gift of the Councillors.

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 18.22 defeated Leighton 4.9

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 7

Badminton. Redruth 11 sets defeated Kooringa 1 set.

Burra North 7 sets defeated RSL 5 sets.

73, 26, 5 July 1949, page 8

Rev. H.K. Bartlett for the Methodist Oversees Missions will visit Burra on Sunday 10 July and will show a motion picture Lovely Arnhem Land. He has worked for 15 years in Mission Work. On Monday night he will repeat the film in Burra North Memorial Hall. Eight years ago he was minister of the Burra North Circuit.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 1

Norman Wilson, formerly of Burra and employed at Northfield Hospital, has badly injured his back in a fall from a ladder in the library there.

Burra Burra DC. The Clerk Mr K.R. Crewes has now completed the new assessment. Property values have risen considerably since the last assessment.

Burra Town Council will appoint a temporary Ranger to control straying stock in North Ward.

Superannuation. Councillors would like to see employees, many of whom are on or about the basic wage, have access to a superannuation scheme. This, as contemplated, would produce a payout at 65 of about £700. Unfortunately with the means test this would deprive the worker of the Aged Pension and yet provide a sum whose interest would be less than that pension. The only way out would seem to be to do away with the means test.

Council is looking at the cost of installing and running mercury vapour lights. It was also decided to paint lines for angle parking in the streets.

Burra Rifle Club. The 1949-50 season opened on Saturday with the 1st round of the E.S. Williams Trophy. Best results were by Vic. Edwards, A.G. Heinrich, J. Harris & A.G. Woodman.

Burra Golf Club. The 1st qualifying round of the club championship was held last Saturday.

Miss Pat Holmes is in the Burra Hospital with a gashed leg requiring several stitches after falling over a bicycle leaning against the kerb in the main street on Saturday.

Burra Racing Club. A committee meeting on Friday in Pearce’s Building revealed the last two race meetings were very successful and produced good credit balances. Many improvements were made by working bees and £80 was paid out on them too. Further improvements were planned.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 July

George Raft & Lynn Bari in Nocturne

Plus Riverboat Rhythm

Notice. N.O. Jesser, contractor, advises the Eastern Mail will in future leave Burra on Fridays at 1.30 p.m. All loading to be ready by 11 a.m.

Advt. Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club Woolshed Dance at Koonoona on Wednesday 20 July.

E.J. Lehmann’s Bus leaves Market Square at 7.45.

Advt. Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club Variety Concert in Burra Town Hall 29 July.

Spalding and Local Artists.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 3

Birth. On 8 July at Burra Hospital to Elspeth & Don Threadgold, a son, Ian Baikie.

Football. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 23.15 defeated Leighton 2.6.

On Saturday 9 July Hallett 11.7 defeated Booborowie 10.10.

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of an infant son of Mr & Mrs F. McRae of Hallett.

[Ian McRae died 16 June aged 4 weeks at Adelaide, residence Hallett. Son of Farquhar Alexander McRae.]

St Mary’s. The Bishop of Adelaide the Rt Rev. B.P. Robins MA confirmed 12 candidates at St Mary’s on Saturday 9 July. Supper followed in St Mary’s Hall.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 4

Burra Women’s Branch of LCL held its AGM in Pearce’s Building 1 July. Miss Rogers, Treasurer, revealed a credit balance of £29. President Mrs G. Stanley Hawker reported on a satisfactory year. The Secretary reported on eight monthly meetings and two socials. There were 151 financial members.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 4 July

The Clerk reported on the election of Crs Beckwith, Lucas & Lomman and the election of Cr E.L. McWaters to replace Cr Warnes and of the election of Cr H.R. Earle by ballot for Leighton Ward. Cr Finch was re-appointed Chairman for the ensuing 12 months. Council will urge the use of diesel fired locomotives during periods of bushfire hazard.

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 6

Basketball, Saturday 9 July

South Booborowie 28 defeated Mt Bryan 15

Hallett 26 defeated North Booborowie 20

Leighton 22 defeated Burra 6

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 7

Burra Town Council, 4 July

The new Council was welcomed by the Mayor F.T. Marston.

Highways & Local Government Dept. advised that money for the purchase of road-making equipment [which could include a truck] could be granted interest free to be repaid over five years.

[Other matters are noted from page 1.]

73, 27, 12 July 1949, page 8

Methodist Order of Knights & Girl Comrades at Redruth had their first anniversary last Wednesday. 35 young people gathered.

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 1

Obituary. Anthony (Tony) John Earle (5) son of Mr & Mrs Eric T. Earle of Minnipa choked to death at the home of his grandmother Mrs Furst at Willalo on Saturday. [Died 16 July 1949.]

Dr A.L. Hagedoorn, a world famous Dutch geneticist will deliver a lecture on Livestock Breeding in Burra tonight as part of an Australian tour.

Weather. Rain fell on Saturday at last. Locally 85 points were recorded with 94 at Mt Bryan. Falls extended to the east, but most phones are out so the extend is unclear. Woolgangi reports 32 points and Canegrass 40.

Snow fell heavily in the district on Sunday night and Monday morning and by dawn on Monday the landscape looked like a Christmas card. The thaw began about 8.30 a.m. It was not as cold as last week when the temperature fell to 27°F [-2.7°C]. A motorist from Adelaide said the snow began just north of Marrabel and it was hard to drive to Burra with snow falling heavily and accumulating on the windscreen. It took two hours twenty minutes to reach Burra from Marrabel.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy and D.H. Field, J.R. Field & J. Short were the best scorers.

‘Music Lover’ writes that with petrol rationing now lifted it was time to re-establish some sort of company such as the late Mr Dane had to bring musical events to Burra.

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 2

Notice. The RAA reports on petrol consumption for a Holden Sedan. Six tests were run in varying circumstances and are reported. The average was 36.8 m.p.g.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 July

Gary Cooper in Cloak & Dagger

Plus Grannie Get Your Gun

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 3

R.H. (Dick) Smith of Elder, Smith & Co. has received notice of his transfer to Adelaide. He has been the local branch manager for 11 years. Mr Binks-Williams now at Mt Pleasant will replace him.

Basketball, 16 July

Hallett 23 defeated Burra 7

Leighton 36 defeated Mt Bryan 4

North Booborowie 45 defeated South Booborowie 13

Badminton, 18 July

RSL 11 sets defeated Redruth 1 set.

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 4

Badminton, 11 July

RSL 11 sets defeated Kooringa 1 set

Burra North 12 sets defeated Redruth nil.

Hallett Red Cross AGM is reported.

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 5

Football. At Spalding on Saturday: Booborowie 18.22 defeated Spalding 5.12.

At Hallett on Saturday: Burra 11.19 defeated Hallett 10.8

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 6

St Edmund’s Church of England, Booborowie celebrated its Silver Jubilee. The Lord Bishop of Adelaide celebrated the service on 10 July. There was a very successful ball with a magnificent supper and takings of c. £60.

The Jubilee Service was a Sung Eucharist at 11 a.m. and at 3 p.m. there was a confirmation service with eight candidates. Many Methodists attended after their service at 2 p.m.

[Details appear in c. 11⁄3 columns.]

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 7

Obituary. Mrs Mary Seigert died at her home on Saturday 2 July aged 79. She was born at Burra 19 December 1869. Her parents resided at Outalpa Station. In 1877 her father, the late Charles McDonald purchased a farm known as Cartapo near Hallett and she lived there till her marriage to Daniel August Seigert in July 1894 and then lived in Hallett till her death. Her husband died in May 1933. She was keenly interested in the church and Red Cross until an accident 3 years ago prevented further active involvement. She is survived by two sons and three daughters, all of Hallett. There are six grandchildren. [Born Mary MacDonald 26 December 1869 Kooringa.]

Burra Red Cross AGM drew 25 members on 12 July. In her report the President Mrs S.M. Sandland itemises the large donations to the Burra Hospital in the past year. The branch also sent £45 to headquarters. Elected were: President, Mrs S.M. Sandland; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & F.T. Marston; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery & Treasurer, Miss C. Crewes.

73, 28, 19 July 1949, page 8

Burra Town Council has ordered 100 trees for its annual tree planting campaign. Twenty-two ratepayers have volunteered to tend 88 of them and the rest will be planted between A.B. Riggs’ residence and Victoria Park.

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM on Wednesday 6 July. Elected were: President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-President, Miss M. Rogers; Secretary, Mrs E. Reed; Assistant Secretary, Mrs C. Pearce; Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop & Patroness, Mrs W.H. Gare.

The branch meets monthly in the Croquet Club Hall. Membership has dwindled to 33 with an average attendance of 10. [Details of activities are reported in just over 1 column.]

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 1

Burra Town Hall. Negotiations to take out a loan of £2,500 to be paid off in about 20 years are progressing.

Dr A.L. Hagedoorn, the Dutch geneticist, delivered a very interesting lecture on Animal Breeding in the Burra Town Hall to quite a large audience last Tuesday night. He had previously been entertained at the Burra Hotel by Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker. [Reported in 11⁄2 columns.]

Electricity. There was an unusual power cut on Monday 18 July when work crews from the Electricity Trust arrived unexpectedly to replace a number of power poles in the town that had rotted at the base. Power was restored at 6 p.m.

The Burra Cemetery has 150 neglected graves. Next of kin will be circularised with a view to obtaining a small annual amount for their upkeep.

Billiards. Matches are currently being played by the RSL (429) v. Terry’s Team (390).

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 July

Yvonne de Carlo & Brian Donlevy in Song of the Scheherazade

Plus The Run-Around

Burra Homing Club has been forced to go into recess, as SAR will not transport any pigeons for the duration of the coal strike.

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes to support the idea of a musical rebirth for the town.

Mrs Sheldrick was given a farewell by teachers and officers of the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School on Friday.

Kooringa Methodist Church held a farewell for Mrs Towill, Mrs Sheldrick and Jennifer & Russell who leave this week for Adelaide.

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 4

Burra Town Council, 18 July

The 1948 assessment was adopted for 1949.

Burra Civic Choir. The first practice in connection with the proposed choir was held on Thursday. 34 singers attended at the Town Hall. They practised several choruses from ‘Messiah’ and three lighter numbers under the baton of W.H. Gare with Mrs Lindsay Thomas at the piano.

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 6

Sheep Classing demonstration reported from Mt Bryan East.

The season at Mt Bryan East is dry and foxes are digging out rabbits. Some light rain has fallen in the last few days.

Football. At Clare on Saturday on a wet ground with a pool of water in the northwest corner: Mid-North Assoc. 12.13 defeated North-Eastern Assoc. 7.6.

Burra High School: the newly erected classrooms are almost ready for occupation.

Burra Golf Club. The final qualifying round for the club Championship was played.

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 7

Badminton. Redruth 7 sets defeated Kooringa 5 sets.

RSL 7 sets defeated Burra North 5 sets.

On 18 July Burra North 9 sets defeated Kooringa 3 sets.

73, 29, 26 July 1949, page 8

Burra High School. Clare High School visited for sports on Friday.

Girls’ Basketball: Clare ‘A’ 16 defeated Burra 10.

Clare ‘B’ 19 defeated Burra 4.

Football: Clare 6.6 defeated Burra 3.5.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 1

Burra Hospital has spent over £300 in the last year on wood. An appeal for donations of wood to cut costs will be made. Mr C. de N. Lucas has suggested that a coke-burning stove would save £60 p.a.

Burra Racing Club has made further improvements at the racecourse. Most recently the backs of the horse stalls were enclosed.

Herb Byles, once of Burra and now of Alice Springs, was a keen member of the Rifle Club here and lent an efficient hand in organising the Central Australian Rifle Club there, where he recently presented the trophies – several of which he had to present to himself!

E & WS crews have arrived in Burra to relay mains in Best Place and Queen Street.

Mr & Mrs Roy France were given a farewell at Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison’s on Tuesday on the eve of their departure for Berri. The Berri Police Officer Mr Wilson will replace Mr France in Burra.

Billiards matches on 27 July saw the RSL team score 586 to Terry’s Team 485.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy on Saturday when the best scores were from C.W. Edwards, P.W. Hogan, G. Webster & R.G. Bernhardt.

Mr A.L. Bence returned from Melbourne with a painting he bought covered with dust etc. in a little old shop near the East End Market. He later found it had been signed by an artist named Nielson and its value is estimated to be up to £200.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 August

Ava Gardner & Fred MacMurray in Singapore

Plus Hellzapoppin

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 3

Burra Wood Merchants are on strike and will not deliver wood till the Prices Commission allows an increase for the price of delivered wood from 47/6 to 50/- per ton.

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club Concert at the Town Hall on Friday drew a fair crowd.

Burra Town Council struck a maximum allowable rate of 4/- in the pound.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 4

Hanson CWA AGM is reported in 1⁄2 column.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 5

Football. At Burra Racecourse on Saturday: Burra 9.12 defeated Spalding 6.12.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 6

Badminton. Burra North 8 sets defeated Redruth 4 sets.

RSL 10 sets defeated Kooringa 2 sets.

Football. At Leighton on Saturday: Hallett 15-18 defeated Leighton 9-6.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 7

Booborowie Fathers’ Assoc. The visit of the State President & State Secretary is reported.

Basketball, 30 July

Hallett 15 defeated Leighton 14

Burra 15 defeated South Booborowie 6

North Booborowie 29 defeated Mt Bryan 1.

Burra Golf Club. The semi-finals of the Club Championship were played and the 1st Qualifying rounds for the Associates’ Club Championship.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported in c. 21⁄4 columns.

73, 30, 2 Aug. 1949, pages 9-12

Burra Show Prize List for the show of 8 October 1949.

The President’s report of the 1948 show is reprinted here: see also 72, 12, 29 Mar. 1949, page 1.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 1

Wood Merchants remain on strike. They cite their costs per ton as:

Royalty 2/-

Cutting costs 10/-

Minimum transport 8/-

Total 20/-

CMF. Another 15 members for the Scottish Regiment are needed for Burra to hold parades in the Drill Hall. Snowtown has 35, Balaklava has 25 and functions well, but Clare is at a standstill.

St Joseph’s gave a farewell to Mr Green the stationmaster before his transfer to Riverton. Mrs Green was visited in the Burra Hospital where a presentation was made. Both had given strong support to the church and school. Mrs Green had served a term as President of the School Welfare Club.

Mr R.H. (Dick) Smith was farewelled at the Burra Hotel on Friday after 11 years as manager of Elder, Smith & Co. in Burra. He is moving to Adelaide. Speeches were made by Mr E.C. Collins, the Mayor Mr F.T. Marston, John Murray, Lisle Tiver (Goldsbrough, Mort), Leo Abbott & Mr John Kellock who presented a wallet of notes. Mr B. Williams the new manager in Burra was welcomed.

Burra Town Council has decided after a lot of debate not to go ahead with buying a new truck. Its purchase was deferred. The old truck will be given a tune-up, a new carburettor, new windscreen wiper, new brake linings, and new tyres.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 August

Susan Hayward & Robert Young in They Won’t Believe Me

Randolph Scott in Trail Street

Advt. Burra Town Hall, Tuesday 16 August

Puss in Boots: the funniest of all pantomimes. 4/-, 3/- plus tax. Children half price.

Advt. Burra RSL Annual Diggers’ Ball, Burra Town Hall, Friday 26 August.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 3

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 10.15 defeated Burra 7.6.

At Spalding on Saturday: Spalding 8.24 defeated Leighton 4.16.

Billiards, 3 August: Terry’s Team 691, RSL 5 78.

Badminton. Burra North defeated Kooringa.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 4

Burra Bowling Club AGM 1 August at Burra Hotel elected: President, M.T. Fuller; Vice-Presidents, J.T. Pascoe & R.J. Jeffery; Secretary & Treasurer, N.C. Woodards.

It was decided to form a Ladies Associated Club. President E. Finch reported on the year. He especially thanked Greens Manager Mr V. Nethway & Greenkeeper Mr A. Brown.

During the year they had played matches against Broadview and RSL members that were very enjoyable and successful. He gave the results of the competition in which Burra Gold had come second with 15 points from Clare Red with 16. Burra Green ranked equal 4th on 11 with Clare Blue.

The late E.T. Marston generously bequeathed £500 to the club. He was a keen member for many years and his passing was noted with deep regret.

The committee will decide on how best to commemorate his bequest and has decided to wait till materials are more readily available.

Membership remained at 52, though 7 or 8 had been lost by removal and 1 by death.

The lighting had been improved and the roller motorised – the latter at a cost of £101-6-8 and an appeal for funds to offset this garnered only £14-14-0.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council has finally arranged the £2,500 loan with the Savings Bank of SA for the Town Hall at an interest rate of £3-7-6 per cent per year for 20 years with half-yearly instalments of £86-9-1 covering interest and capital.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 6 [Numbered 7]

Burra Town Council, 1 August

Consideration of superannuation for employees was deferred.

The rate for the year was declared at 4/- and the Town Hall loan was resolved as above.

K. O’Brien was appointed as a permanent hand on the Council.

Council decided to apply to Mr Villis to purchase the old mine skimps.

The fence between Burra & Burra North is to be repaired.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6]

Kooringa Ladies Guild farewelled Mrs R.H. Smith on Wednesday.

Basketball, on 6 August

Hallett 27 defeated Mt Bryan 6

Leighton 30 defeated South Booborowie 9

Burra 23 defeated North Booborowie 19.

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot over double 200 yards on Saturday last.

73, 31, 9 Aug. 1949, page 8

Glen M. Finch writes as President of the Burra Burra Show Inc. pointing out that the prize List and classes had been revised and improved and he urged entries to aid the financial state of the society.

Black Springs CWA AGM is reported.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 1

Burra High School Ball was held at the Burra Town Hall last Friday night and was an even greater success than previous balls. 400 people attended. It is anticipated that a nett profit of c. £35 will result.

The Season. General rain in the second half of July was a saviour through the Upper North after a dry June and early July. The position generally is now very sound. Even the widespread snow in the early period of the rain seems to have resulted in only light stock losses. Crops are doing very well.

Burra Rifle Club. The 6th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy saw best scores from M. Stockman, J.E. Harris, I.L. Burdon & A.C. Hopkins.

Burra Racing Club. A freak gust of wind on Tuesday night blew off a large part of the roof from the horse stalls, but a working bee has put it right again.

Miss Bronwyn Woollacott, niece of Mr & Mrs Stan Woollacott of Burra North, is attending Melbourne University and is making a name for herself in Inter-state University Sports. This year in Brisbane she won the 220 yards sprint and set a new Australian record for the high jump. She is the only daughter of Mr & Mrs C.R. Woollacott. (He is the principal of Essendon Grammar School.)

Football. On Saturday the Abattoirs Football Club visited from the city and defeated Burra at the Burra Racecourse. [The failure to mention the score may suggest the margin was considerable!]

‘Music Lover’ writes saying he lives too far away to start a musical society himself, but urges that it be done.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 2

Notice. From Sunday 7 August the pharmacies will be closed on alternate Sundays. A notice on the door will indicate which pharmacy will be open for urgent prescriptions between 11 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. Brian Nicholls & T.W. Wilkinson & Co.

Notice. Burra Burra DC announces its intention to close roads.

In the Hundred of Kingston Ullman St Mt Bryan between allotments 5, 24 & 4, 25.

In the Hundred of Hanson the road intersecting block 12 of section 55 8 and other land between sections 558 & 572.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 August

Maureen O’Hara & Cornel Wilde in The Homestretch

Plus The Crimson Key

Badminton. RSL 8 sets defeated Burra North 4 sets

Kooringa 8 sets defeated Redruth 4 sets.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 3

Burra Burra DC, 1 August

Cr Finch was welcomed back after his illness and took the chair.

A soldier settler has applied for 54 acres of the Parklands between the town of Hanson and sections 257/261 Hundred of Hanson. The Director of Lands asks if Council has any objections to the resumption of these lands. The Director is to be advised it has none.

At the request of the Hanson School Committee the path from the school to Robinson’s store will be gravelled.

Transfer of land: Public Trustee to J.O. Beinke of lot 21 Lostwithiel, lots 16 & northern half of lot 18 Copperhouse & part lots 20 & 22 of Lostwithiel.

Arbor Day at Mt Bryan School on 12 August saw 21 trees planted in the school grounds.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 4

Snooker. Last Wednesday RSL 512 defeated Terry’s Team 478.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 5

Mr R.H. Smith was given a farewell by the RSL recently.

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6]

Football. Points at the close of the minor rounds.

Team Played Won Lost Points

Hallett 12 9 3 18

Booborowie 12 9 3 18

Burra 12 8 4 16

Spalding 12 4 8 8

Leighton 12 0 12 0

73, 32, 16 Aug. 1949, page 8

Basketball, 13 August

Hallett 47 defeated South Booborowie 9

Burra 22 defeated Mt Bryan 4

North Booborowie drew with Leighton 31 each.

Football. Juniors. At the end of the minor rounds Burra & Booborowie were equal on points with Burra having the better %. Hallett was 3rd.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 1

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday in the 1st Semi-final: Burra 14.11 defeated Spalding 11.9.

A Concert at the Burra Town Hall on Friday in aid of the Burra Library Funds was very well put together and presented to an appreciative audience. Nett profit is expected to be c. £45.

Marriage. St Margaret’s Church, Woodville, 6 August

Donella Plew of ‘Moola Brae’ Kapunda, daughter of Mrs D.R. Plew, married

Bill Beinke, son of Mr & Mrs G.P. Beinke of Booborowie.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy on Saturday and best scorers were A.G. Heinrich, L. Palmer, E.C. Hopkins & J.E. Harris.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 August

Claudette Colbert & John Wayne in Without Reservations

Plus Tarzan and the Huntress

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 3

Badminton, Monday: Kooringa 8 sets defeated Redruth 4 sets

Burra North 9 sets defeated RSL 3 sets.

Snooker. [Terry’s] Saloon 655 defeated RSL 615.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council, 15 August

Superannuation consideration was again deferred.

The Basic Wage for Council employees had risen by 3/-.

T.H. Villis offers the Council sole right to the mine skimps at 2/0 a yard. The Town Clerk said slag cost 1/6 a yard. Mr Villis’s offer was accepted.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 6 [Not numbered]

Burra Golf Associates. Finals of Club Championships

‘A’ Grade: Miss M.V. Pearce defeated Mrs R.S. Pettet, 1 up at the 20th.

‘B’ Grade: Mrs M. Stockman defeated Miss R. Blesing 5 & 3.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6]

Basketball Semi-finals at Booborowie

Leighton 21 defeated North Booborowie 16

Hallett 22 defeated Burra 20 in extra time.

73, 33, 23 Aug. 1949, page 8

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club held its AGM 9 August. The ground for the new court is fully prepared. The past year was very successful with an A & B team in the Association. Elected were: President, Rev. F.E. Tregilgas; Patron, J. Kellock and Secretary & Treasurer, R. Burchell.

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 1

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM 27 August in the Club Hall and elected President, Mrs O. Finch; Vice-Presidents Mesdames J.G. Sara & E. Finch; Treasurer, Miss L. Bartholomaeus; Secretary, Mrs H.V. White; Captain, Mrs A.B. Riggs & Vice-Captain, Mrs F.M. Pearce. The season will be opened by Mrs Stanley Hawker on 17 September.

Burra Rifle Club. Last week the No. 4 District Union Prize Meeting was held at Gawler over Friday & Saturday. Burra entered two teams and the No. 1 team was in the prize money. [No further details are given.]

The Annual Diggers’ Ball at Burra Town Hall on Friday drew about 500 people with dancing till 2 a.m. It was a great success.

Accident/Obituary. On Saturday night four Burra men returning from Gawler (Messrs R.G. Bernhardt, J. Lloyd, E.S. Williams & F.T. Marston) found an overturned sports car near the fence about 6 miles from Kapunda. On investigation they found one prone body and nearby a second victim still alive. The doctor pronounced one man dead and the other died the following morning. The victims, aged 18 & 20 were both sons of Mr Bob Gill of Hamilton.

[Gordon Stanley Gill died near Kapunda 27 August aged 20.

Arthur William Gill died Kapunda 28 August aged 18.]

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, pages 1 & 8

Burra Racing Club AGM. President L.R. Boothby presided. The year had been very successful, much of which the President ascribed to his excellent committee. Details of the improvements made to the track and facilities are listed. The club made a profit of £108-14-6 compared with the previous year’s deficit of £42-2-3. In June member ship was 112 and a drive for new members had seen this rise to 176. Elected were: Patron, Mr Andrew Tennant; President, L.R. Boothby; Chairman, L.R. Boothby; Secretary, H.M. Scott & Assistant Secretary, R.A. Bevan. The next race meeting will be 19 October, for which six races are planned.

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council gives notice of its intent to borrow £2,500 at £3-7-6 per centum per annum with half-yearly repayments of principal and interest of £86-9-1 to repay the loan in 20 years. The loan will redeem a mortgage on the Town Hall.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 September

Tyrone Power & Anne Baxter in The Razor’s Edge

Plus short features

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 3

Basketball preliminary final at Burra High School courts.

Leighton 17 defeated Burra 10.

Badminton. Second Semi-final on Monday

RSL 11 sets defeated Kooringa 1 set.

Obituary. Herbert William (Bert) Morgan aged 44 died at Burra Hospital on Sunday night after a fairly long illness. He was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Herb. Morgan. He was educated at Burra and then worked on his father’s Morgan Vale & Wildildie Stations. Just before his father died two years ago H.W. Morgan bought a farm near Spalding. Sixteen years ago he married Miss Sylvia Walker. He had been a keen tennis player, footballer and a rifleman. He helped re-organise the Spalding Rifle Club after the wartime recess. He is survived by a wife and two sons aged 14 & 4.

[See additional information 73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 6.]

[Born 31 October 1904 Redruth: died 28 August 1949 Burra, residence Spalding.]

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 4

Arbor Day was celebrated at Hallett on 19 August.

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 5

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its AGM. The society was incorporated last September. This year Christmas cheer was via a letter to shops authorising groceries to a specified amount and also a gift of 15 dozen eggs was distributed. Elected were: Chairman, Rev. Pitman; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs & Treasurer, Reg. Davey.

73, 34, 30 Aug. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Football Second Semi-final at Spalding on Saturday: Booborowie 12.18 defeated Hallett 13.11.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 1

Football Preliminary Final at Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 15.15 defeated Burra 8.9.

Burra Branch of the Pensioners’ League. First birthday party in the RSL Rooms on Wednesday. The Mayor opened the function and was welcomed by the branch secretary Mrs Eig. Mrs Threadgold the League Secretary spoke of the League’s role in removing the stigma attached to getting a pension. It also worked to alleviate distress among members. Membership was not confined to pensioners and it cost 9d per week to belong. Members worked to assist the sick and needy. Rev. Tregilgas also spoke.

Burra Choral Society was founded at a meeting on Wednesday 31 August at the Burra Town Hall. Elected were: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-president, Rev. R.S.T. Pettet & Secretary, R.H. Campbell. The conductor is L.H. Thomas with Assistant Conductor Mrs J.A. Reed. Clem Davey is the pianist assisted by Mrs L.H. Thomas. The object is to provide an avenue for musical talent in the district to raise funds for specific purposes and to provide social and entertaining functions. It is hoped to have a first performance before the year’s end. Membership is 5/- and 2/6 for juniors.

Badminton Final: RSL 7 sets defeated Burra North 5 sets.

The Salvation Army will hold a Paddy’s Market as part of their annual Self Denial Appeal in the RSL Rooms on 9 September.

Burra Homing Club resumed racing last Saturday with birds coming 117 miles from Tailem Bend. The winner was P.J. Byrne.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 September

Shirley Temple & Cary Grant in The Bachelor & the Bobby-soxer

Plus Banjo

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 3

Burra-Adelaide Road Race was organised by the League of Wheelmen from Market Square on Saturday. The race over 118 miles was not well publicised this year and fewer people came to see the start. The Mayor welcomed riders. Next year he said he understood the race would finish in Burra as it had last year. Several riders said they preferred a Burra finish as riders tended not to disperse at the end as they did with an Adelaide finish. This year Keith Thurgood was fastest and Richardson of Mt Gambier was the winner on handicap.

Billiards. On Wednesday Saloon Greens 3 defeated RSL Blues 1

Saloon Golds 4 defeated RSL Reds 0.

Basketball Grand Final at Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 15 defeated Leighton 10.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy with best scores from C.W. Edwards, W. Hempel, E.J. Woodman & J.H. Schwier.

Ironmine Tennis Club held its AGM in the Ironmine Memorial Hall and elected were: Patron, R.W. Lloyd; President, W.H. Lloyd; Secretary & Treasurer, Don White; Captain, Ray Lloyd & Vice-Captain, Allen Rosewall.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 5

Arbor Day at Hanson School was held on Friday 26 August and 12 ornamental shrubs were planted in the school grounds.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Girl Guides Fete at the RSL Rooms reported from Friday. A large crowd came despite the wind and dust. Mrs R.C. Lott as Captain of Guides welcomed the crowd. The Mayoress Mrs F.T. Marston opened the fete from which a nett profit of £22 is expected.

73, 35, 6 Sep. 1949, page 8

Kooringa Methodist Young Worshippers’ League Anniversary is reported.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 1

Weather. Timely rain last Friday to Monday saved failing crops. Higher falls were recorded in the east, ranging from 119 points at Quondong to 335 at Oakbank. Burra recorded 116, Mt Bryan 158 & Booborowie 128.

Mr & Mrs G. Sara have booked to fly to Melbourne on 22 October. Mrs Sara has never flown and Mr Sara has flown only on those 5/- joy rides popular before the war. Mr Sara is 87.

Wood Merchants in Burra have resumed deliveries. They sought a price of 50/- a ton and got an increase to 49/4 with 25/8 for a half-ton and 13/4 for a quarter-ton.

Football Grand Final at Burra Racecourse on Saturday: Hallett 9.12 defeated Booborowie 9.9.

At the game the President of the North-Eastern Football Assoc. Mr L. Gill presented the Mail Medal to Ron Thompson of Booborowie for fairest and most brilliant player in the Association for 1949. G. Collins of Spalding was runner-up.

Annual Buffalo Ball was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday. The crowd was smaller than anticipated, but an enjoyable time was had and the whole evening was a good success. Dancing continued till 2 a.m.

Hallett Fathers’ Assoc. Ball drew over 300 as part of their drive to raise £100. In the end the drive resulted in £265-14-0, which will be forwarded to headquarters.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 September

The Rake’s Progress

Teheran

Advt. Bence’s Ltd will sponsor a Mannequin Display of New season’s Fashions with outstanding items of entertainment next Tuesday 20 September in the RSL Hall.

Proceeds will be equally divided between the RSL & Burra Lawn Tennis Club.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 3

Billiards last Tuesday: RSL Blues 2 drew with Saloon Golds 2

RSL Reds 4 defeated Saloon Greens 0.

Burra Tennis Assoc. met at Booborowie Hotel 5 September and drew up the program for the coming season. Elected were: President, F. Sullivan; Vice-Presidents, Messrs L. Thomas & J. Murray and Secretary & Treasurer, B. Scholz.

Subscriptions are solicited for a presentation to T.H. Woollacott, Mayor of Burra for 14 years.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club went to the Dean Range on Saturday to shoot against the Metropolitan Team. Unfortunately heavy rain in Burra tricked one of the arranged drivers into concluding the match was off and he failed to pick up his carload of shooters. It was quite dry in Adelaide where the depleted Burra team scored 678 to Metropolitan 724.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council, 5 September

The superannuation matter was further deferred.

Permission was granted for the subdivision of the allotment adjoining the Billiard Saloon.

Burra Choral Society was granted the right to practice fortnightly in the Town Hall on Wednesday evenings for no charge.

Council will bituminise the new court for the Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club with the club providing the materials.

Burra Cricket Club held its AGM and it was decided to again join the local Association. Elected were: President, J.B. Topsfield; Captain, W. Holman; Vice-Captain, K.J. Murphy & Secretary, H.R. Shakeshaft.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 6 [Not numbered]

Obituary. Additional to the obituary of Herbert Morgan. He was educated at Leighton School while staying with his uncle the late D.E. Williams. When his father sold Morgan Vale & Wildildie Stations Herb went to work on the Mongolata Goldfield and acquired an interest in ‘The Curlew’, later selling his share and working for the Baldina Gold Mining Syndicate until they ceased operations. He died in Burra Hospital on 2 8 August.

73, 36, 13 Sep. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Burra Burra DC, 5 September

No objection having been lodged, the roads as advertised in The Burra Record recently will be closed.

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 1

Football Saturday at Burra Racecourse. A match was played in aid of Red Cross between Old-Timers and the Present Burra Players. Over £20 was raised. Old-Timers 6.16 defeated Present Players 4.6.

[Though inexplicably Present players’ score as cited decreased from 3.3 at half time to 3.2 at three-quarter time.]

Darrell Field Captain of the Burra Rifle Club won the shoot-off at the Dean Rifle Range on Friday to decide the winner of the No. 4 Northern Unions Championship Cup.

Polio. The Hallett & District Schools Athletic Assoc. School Sports scheduled for 30 September has been ordered cancelled by the Education Department as a precaution against the spread of poliomyelitis.

Burra Show on 8 October will be served by a special railcar from Adelaide.

Departs Adelaide 7.20 a.m. Arrives Burra 10.39 a.m. Arrives Showground 10.44 a.m.

Departs Show 5.40 p.m. Arrives Burra 5.45 p.m. Arrives Adelaide 9.14 p.m.

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 September

Alan Ladd & Gail Russell in Calcutta

Veronica Lake in Miss Susie Slagles

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 3

Rev. S.E. Hawkes representing the British & Foreign Bible Society gave the address at Kooringa Methodist Church on Sunday. Assisting were Rev. S.T. Harper of Ardrossan and Rev. F.E. Tregilgas.

Billiards on Wednesday: Saloon Golds 3 defeated Saloon Greens 1

RSL Reds 2 drew with RSL Blues 2.

Present position: Saloon Golds 9

RSL Reds 6

RSL Blues 5

Saloon Greens 4

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened its season last Saturday.

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 5

‘The Man Who Sees’ writes arguing that socialism does offer security and equity.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 11 September.

Burra Homing Club reports three races from Tailem Bend since the end of the coal strike:

3 September, won by P.J. Byrne

10 September, won by F. Brandt

17 September, won by Kevin Kellaway

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Football at Booborowie on Saturday: Crystal Brook 14.10 defeated Booborowie-Hallett 13.11,

73, 37, 20 Sep. 1949, page 8

Burra Hospital Board. E. Finch Chairman. The hospital has been in need of Sisters and trainees and a permanent laundress. For several weeks the Matron has dealt with a large quantity of laundry before commencing nursing duties. The Board is very concerned about costs, especially in view of recent wage rises and it may be necessary to increase patients’ fees.

Buffalo Cricket Club held its AGM 12 September and elected: Patron, R.E. Nicholas; President, E.T. Baulderstone; Secretary, K. Spackman & Assistant Secretary, W. Kotz.

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy on Saturday with best scores from J.E. Harris, T.B. Lynch, E.C. Collins & R.G. Bernhardt.

A Juvenile Amateur Hour was held in the Kooringa Methodist Hall on 16 September, organised by the Kooringa Badminton Club. [Items are reviewed in 12⁄3 columns.]

A Mannequin Parade sponsored by Bence’s Ltd in the RSL Rooms on Tuesday produced £34 to be divided between the RSL & Burra Lawn Tennis Club. Approximately 100 garments were shown. [Details are given in 1 column.]

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 October

Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Boris Karloff & Fay Paynter in San Quentin

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 3

Redruth Ladies’ Guild Second Annual Flower & Cookery Show in Redruth Memorial Hall Friday 23 September. The dry season and cold snaps reduced the standard and number of entries in the flowers. Nevertheless the display was impressive and the cookery tables were outstanding. Results are printed and with other details occupy about 21⁄4 columns.

Billiards on Wednesday: RSL Reds 2 drew with Saloon Golds 2

Saloon Greens 3 defeated RSL Blues 1

Burra Golf Club and Associates met in the RSL Rooms last Thursday evening.

Associates presentation of trophies by the President Mrs J.R. Barker.

Club Championship ‘A’ Grade Miss Pearce

Club Championship ‘B’ Grade Mrs Stockman

Eclectic ‘A’ Grade Mrs Wiseman

Eclectic ‘B’ Grade Mrs Stockman

Captain & Vice-Captain’s Trophies Mrs Wiseman & Mrs Miels

Approach & Putt Mrs Archer

Gentlemen’s

Championship ‘A’ Grade L. Bence

Championship ‘B’ Grade J. Gebhardt

Best Score off the stick in Qualifying Rounds L. Bence

Best nett score C. Davey

Eclectic Competition C.L .Phillips

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 September

Permission granted for a neon sign in front of A. Bevan’s shop.

W. Kakoschke granted permission to run a taxi in Burra.

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 5

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, 27 August

Patricia Marie Bell, daughter of Mr & Mrs L.R. Bell of Hallett, married

John Vincent Ryan, son of Mr & Mrs T. Ryan of Burra.

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Burra Rainfall Figures 1880-1949 are printed. To this date in 1949 only 939 points had been recorded.

Burra Choral Society held its first practice in the Town Hall last Wednesday. The first performance is scheduled for Friday 9 December when proceeds will be shared between the Town Hall and the Society.

73, 38, 27 Sep. 1949, page 9 [Numbered 4.]

E.W. Dunhill was guest lay preacher at the Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday 18 September when he celebrated his 58th anniversary as a local preacher. A social gathering followed with Rev. C.L.H. Pitman in charge. Mr Lindsay Thomas spoke of Mr Dunhill’s life and of his role in the church and in shooting and sport in the town. Horton Jennison recalled Mr Dunhill as a Sunday school teacher. Others to speak were J.G. Sara, S.J. Woollacott, M.J. Morton, R.H. Campbell, W.H. Lloyd, R. Fairchild (He knew him as a poet and they often spent an hour or two relaxing with the poets in Mr Dunhill’s smithy), Mrs A.B .Riggs & Mrs Pitman.

Mrs Jennison then made the presentation of an envelope of money.

Kooringa Youth Club meets each Monday night in the Kooringa Methodist Hall and about 30-40 attend. The 10-16 age group meet at 6.45 and the senior group at 8.15. Winter activities have been mainly physical activities: indoor hockey, cricket, basketball & deck tennis. A mock wedding was held on 26 September when 60 guests were invited.

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 1 [Note change in volume number.]

Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara flew to Melbourne on 22 September, leaving from Parafield at 6.45 a.m. on a DC4 Skymaster (capacity 44). The flight of 21⁄4 hours passed over snow for miles on the Ballarat Plains. They went to visit their daughter Natalie & son-in-law T.M. Carey and their granddaughter Mrs J.L. Watkins with their 13th great-grandchild. Mr Carey is a consulting engineer in Melbourne and Mr Watkins returned from a flying trip to England on Saturday.

Burra Hospital cost £11,000 to run in 1948-49 financial year. Patients’ fees fell £47 short of salaries and uniforms and with the Government subsidy, Council contributions and subscriptions the hospital still has a debt of £632-8-1 for the year. Rising salaries are the main problem.

[A more detailed breakdown if income and expenditure is printed.]

Burra Primary School held its annual Pet Show at the Burra North Playground and results are printed.

Burra Races are in doubt. Owners and trainers are demanding that the Clubs pay freight on horses travelling to country meetings. So far the Racing Assoc. has refused. Nominations for Burra Races on 19 October close today. SAJC has allowed a deferral of nominations pending the result of a meeting to be held on Thursday.

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 13,000 sheep at their off-the-shears sale on 21 October.

Advt. W. Kakoschke has started a taxi service. Phone Burra 26, Ware St.

Advt. Burra Show 8 October. To be opened by Hon. A.L. McEwin.

Special Railcar departs Adelaide 7.20 a.m. and arrives showgrounds 10.44 a.m.

Departs the show 5.40 p.m. and arrives Adelaide 9.14 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 October

Joan Crawford & John Garfield in Humoresque

Plus A Fugitive from Justice

10 October

Loretta Young & Joseph Cotton in The Farmer’s Daughter

Plus Deadline at Dawn

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Blain Bailey, daughter of R.P. Bailey of Yongala. [Born Hippoletta Blain Bailey 21 June 1914 Yongala: died Hippoletts Blain Ferris 16 September 1949 Naracoorte, residence Penola: wife of Peter Ferris.]

Obituary. Gustav (Tiny) Wohling, husband of Stella May Wohling, died at Burra North aged 60. He was the father of Shirley, Heather, John, Phyllis & Beverley and grandfather of Rodney & Lorraine.

[Born Henry Arthur Gustav Wohling 29 May 1889 Sheaoak Log: died Gustav Arthur Heinrich Wohling 2 October 1949 Burra North.]

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 3

Billiards, Last Wednesday: Saloon Golds defeated RSL Blues 0

RSL Reds 4 defeated Saloon Greens 0.

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 5

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday was to have fired the 9th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 600 yards, but it had to be abandoned due to high winds. A handicap shoot over double 300 yards also proved difficult, but the best scorers were L. Palmer, N. Marston & P.W. Hogan.

Mrs C.L. Robins of Kingston St turned 80 on 29 September.

Mr J.G. Oates will be 90 on 8 October. Mr & Mrs Oates had lived in Burra North for about 30 years until moving to Adelaide last year due to failing health. With the help there available their health improved. In 1896 Mr Oates acquired the farm now owned by Roy Lloyd. In 1919 he lost practically everything except the homestead in the great fire that came through from Booborowie. 12 months before that he had settled his two sons on ‘Poonunda’ at Mongolata. They worked as partners for five years when O.J. Oates acquired land of his own and sold out to his brother. Mr Oates Sen. still takes a keen interest in the activities of both places. He now lives at 13 Second Ave St Peters.

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 6

Burra Pre-Show Ball is reported. It was held in the Town Hall with Darrell Field’s Band.

74, 39, 4 Oct. 1949, page 8

Tennis, Burra Assoc.

‘A’ Grade Leighton 13-89 defeated Mt Bryan 5-63

Hallett 14-100 defeated Kooringa 4-57

Spalding 12-89 defeated Booborowie 6-78

Willalo 11-87 defeated Aberdeen 7-80

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 12-89 defeated Mt Bryan 6-53

Ironmine I 11-79 defeated Aberdeen 7-76

Hallett 11-88 defeated Kooringa 7-84

Spalding 13-97 defeated Booborowie 5-62

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 1

Burra Races will go ahead on 19 October, though with fewer nominations than expected.

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, pages 1, 4 & 5

Burra Show was held last Saturday. Rain began to fall as the opening ceremony got under way and heavy rain followed. It lasted several hours. Many people left and the sideshows closed down. Most visitors arrived before this and the gate was only £29 down on 1948 and the society should not suffer any loss. Much of the success of the show must be credited to Mr Glen Finch and Mr Bob Angel, President and Secretary respectively. On the whole entries were up and sideshows were numerous and did well until the rain forced their closure. The Machinery exhibit was large. The Department of Agriculture had a model of an ideal farm that took up 30 ft of space in the pavilion. Ring events were completed despite the rain and entries were out in force. Arts and photography exhibits were plentiful. Pigeons were well presented, as were the poultry exhibits. Cooking entries were good, but the dog section was not good this year. Flower entries were down. Grain & Fodder entries were above average. Eggs and fresh butter were well represented, but cattle were not. Needlework was outstanding. Sheep entries were up, especially for Merinos and fleece entries had also increased. Pig entries improved this year and vegetables were better than usual. Schoolwork not for competition continues to improve as an exhibit.

[The Prize List begins on page 1 and continues on pages 4 & 5.]

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 2

Advt. In Elder, Smith & Co.’s Off Shears Sale on 21 October there will be 16,000 sheep on offer.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell the house property and furniture of Mrs Jane Pearce on 28 October, as she is leaving the district. Sections 3 & 4 in the Township of Burra containing about 2 roods.

Advt. Spalding War Memorial Rodeo Saturday 29 October.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 October

Phyllis Calvert & Stewart Granger in Madonna of the Seven Moons

Plus Meet Me at Dawn

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 3

Weather. Life-saving falls averaging almost two inches fell widely in the district on Saturday and Sunday and extended through the east as well. Burra recorded 208 points and the falls to the east ranged from 61 at Oakbank to 249 at Mr Bryan East and 180 at Glenora.

Burra Rifle Club fired a match at Peterborough on Eight Hours Day.

Pt Pirie 1054, Burra 1038 & Peterborough 977.

Hallett Red Cross Flower Show was a great success and raised £42-6-11. Results are printed.

[As well as flowers there were cookery & handicraft sections.]

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, pages 4 & 5

Burra Show Prize List

[Personal interest: R. Fuss was head Flower Steward. Prizes won:

12 pansies Mrs R. Fuss 2nd

Pot Plants:

Pelargonium Zonale R. Fuss 2nd

Basket Plant R. Fuss 1st

One Pot Plant R. Fuss 1st

Best Pot for the Table R. Fuss 1st & 2nd

Window Box R. Fuss 2nd]

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 5

Burra Town Council

Cr Lee asked whether it was legal to wash cars and trucks in the street.

The Town Clerk said no by-law prohibited it.

A ‘no-parking’ area is to be created between the Burra Motor Co. & the RSL rooms.

Buffalo Lodge was granted permission to hold its Christmas tree in Market Square on 21 December and for a portion of the area to be roped off.

The Hospital Department advised that the Council’s contribution to Burra Hospital would be £253.

The Highways Dept. advised that the District Road Grant would be £300 and the Council’s contribution would be £100. [Sic: but note that in the report in 75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 4, it says £400 and £150 repsectively.]

Mr J. Scott is to be written to finish pulling down the house he has been demolishing opposite the Kooringa Hotel.

The painting of Phillip Lane is to be sent to Adelaide for repairs.

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 7

Burra Show. Extended reports of the official opening by Hon. A.L. McEwin and the official luncheon.

74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 8

Tennis. Burra Assoc.

‘A’ Grade Kooringa Methodists 12 sets defeated Spalding 5 sets

Willalo 9-82 defeated Leighton 9-70

Aberdeen 15 sets defeated Mt Bryan 3 sets

Hallett 13 sets defeated Booborowie 5 sets

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 11 sets defeated Hallett 7 sets

Aberdeen 16 sets defeated Mt Bryan 2 sets

Spalding & Kooringa drew.

74, 41, 18 Oct. 1949, page 1

Weather. The district has had the best October rain for 55 years. Burra has had 423 points to date for October and only twice has this been exceeded – in 1892 with 456 & 1894 with 488. Friday & Saturday last saw further good falls and useful rains of about 25 points extended to Eastern areas.

Burra Rifle Club had to postpone the 1dt stage of the Championship last Saturday due to heavy rain and high winds.

Kooringa Methodist Church celebrated its 102nd Anniversary on 9 October with three services conducted by the resident minister Rev. F.E. Tregilgas. The afternoon service was in the form of a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon. The annual tea meeting was on Tuesday evening.

At the Kooringa Methodist Church on 2 October the anthem by the choir was recorded on a wire recorder. The recording of the service was for Home Missions and was conducted by Rev. J.E. Tregilgas who is the Home Missions’ Field Secretary. He explained the importance of the wire recorder in outback centres.

An Exhibition of prints organised by the National Gallery of SA, called the British Heritage Exhibition, will be on view in the RSL Rooms on 25 & 26 October. There are 65 pictures in the exhibition. Mr A.L. Bence has allowed three fine ‘London Cries’ and a water colour ‘The Armourer’ of his to be included.

North Booborowie School has been presented with a strip film projector.

74, 41, 18 Oct. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 October

Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo in The Kid from Brooklyn

Tom Conway in The Falcon’s Adventure

74, 41, 18 Oct. 1949, page 4

Burra Homing Club. The race from Wolseley on 9 October was won by P.J. Byrne, as was that from Tintinara on 10 October. C. Moore won that from Tailem Bend on 15 October.

74, 41, 18 Oct. 1949, page 7

Burra High School. On Monday about 50 children went by bus to Clare to attend a concert given by the SA Orchestra, held in the open air on the block next to the Clare Town Hall on account of poliomyelitis.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 1 [Note the change in Volume number.]

Burra Races were held last Wednesday and were the most successful meeting since the war. Preparations were disrupted by the dispute with owners and trainers. Numerous working bees were needed at the course and Mr H. Scott had to resign as Secretary due to pressure of work. Mr R.A. Bevan stepped into his place and eventually a first class meeting resulted. Gate takings were c. £180 and 27 bookmakers had a record turnover. The CWA provided a splendid luncheon. [Results are printed.]

The Town Hall. Despite a tentative loan agreement having been drawn up by the Savings Bank and agreed by the Council, the Bank has now advised that the present mortgage on the Town Hall would have to be discharged according to the Library and Institute Act before the Bank could loan the money on the security of the General Rate. The matter will lie on the table till the next meeting of Council.

Cricket. Burra 116 v. Buffs 104. For Burra S. Proctor took a hat trick.

Elder, Smith & Co.’s Off Shears Sale on 21 October when c. 15,000 sheep were offered was the largest in Burra for many years.

Weather. Further heavy rain has fallen over the last weekend to the east of Burra. In a record fall for time ‘Poonunda’ received 62 points in 15 minutes on Sunday. Burra now has 431 points for the month.

G.A. Dare & his son had a lucky escape when his tractor rolled completely over at Mt Bryan East recently. Mr George Dare Jnr raced after the still working tractor and drove it back.

[The article reads a little strangely and there may be confusion between the roles of George Dare Sen. & Jnr.]

Burra Town Council is concerned at the number of straying stock in the town. Steps are being taken to impound them.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort advise they will offer 12,000 sheep at the Burra Market on 4 November.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 October

Joan Crawford & Van Heflin in Possessed

Plus That Way with Women.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Mt Gambier on Saturday was won by C. Moore.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 3

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, 15 October

William Henry Rossini, son of Mrs & the late F. Rossini of Jamestown, married

Jessie Pearl Williams, elder daughter of Mrs & the late W.T.G. Williams of Booborowie.

J.E. Dighton was recently farewelled by the RSL. He was Vice-President of the Sub-Branch and had previously been Secretary. A presentation of a wallet was made.

Burra Bowls & Croquet Clubs opened their season on 22 October.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 600 yards on Saturday. Best results were from N. Marston, P.W. Hogan & R.G. Bernhardt. Present leaders for the trophy are: J.E. Harris 15 points, A.G. Heinrich 12 & C.W. Edwards 11. In the marksman’s competition leaders are: A.G .Heinrich 25, J. Harris 21 & P.W. Hogan 18.

Snooker, Friday

Saloon Greens 4 defeated Saloon White 0

Saloon Golds defeated RSL Reds 0.

Burra High School. C.A. Richards the Inspector of High Schools will open the new classroom and library recently erected by returned soldiers under the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Training Scheme. [But see 75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 3: the opening was performed by J.S. Walker Inspector of Technical Schools.]

Mrs A.S. Field is 85 today.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 4

Burra Town Council, 17 October

The Highways & Local Government Department advises a District Road Grant of £400 with a Council contribution of £150. [Sic: but in 74, 40, 11 Oct. 1949, page 5, it had said £300 and £100 respectively.]

Straying stock continue to be a nuisance and steps are being taken to impound them.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 5

LCL Social Evening was held at the Burra Town Hall on 21 October and is reported along with an address by Mr Alex Downer (Federal LCL Candidate for the District) and one by Mr G.S. Hawker MP.

75, 42, 25 Oct. 1949, page 8

An Anti-ALP and anti-socialist column appears and there was also one on page 5 of the previous issue.

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 1

The Mid-Northern District Methodist Synod was held at Hallett 25-26 October.

[Almost nothing in the report is directly about Burra.]

Guy Fawkes Night. A community bonfire will be held near the Drill Hall on Saturday night.

Weather. Rainfall for October just failed to be a record with 464 points behind the 488 of 1894.

The British Heritage Art Exhibition at the Burra RSL Hall last Tuesday & Wednesday is reviewed. Mrs G.S. Hawker opened the show which was organised by the National Gallery of SA, the WEA and the University of Adelaide. Locally Messrs A.A. & L.P. Bence provided some valuable prints to be included.

Bowls. This year an Associate Bowling Club has been opened and ladies will play on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday evenings. The Mayoress Mrs F.T. Marston opened the season and Mrs S. Kellaway rolled the first kitty. Mrs J.T. Pascoe followed with the first bowl.

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 2

Notice. Petrol Rationing has been re-introduced.

A notice advises applicants for new consumers’ licences ahead of the re-introduction of petrol rationing.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 November

Ingrid Bergman & Cary Grant in Notorious

Plus Beat the Band

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 3

Burra High School children visited the RSL rooms on Wednesday to see the British Heritage of Art Exhibition. Mr Esmond George from the National Gallery of SA gave a short lecture explaining how British Art had developed from the fifteenth century to now.

Burra Homing Club flew its final race for the 1949 season from Mt Gambier last Saturday. The birds were released at 6.45 a.m. and arrived at 5.35 p.m. The winner was P.J. Byrne.

Cricket. At Burra 30 October: Terowie 125 v. Burra 115.

A Dance at the Oddfellows’ Hall Burra North on Friday aided the Children’s Hospital and raised c. £25.

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. The first stage of the Championship was fired on Saturday over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Best were: E.C .Hopkins, R. Bernhardt, T. Lynch & J. Nankivell.

Snooker, Thursday

Saloon Greens 3 defeated RSL Reds 1

RSL Blues 4 defeated Saloon Whites 0

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 5

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed J.O. Mitchell as Worshipful Master last Wednesday. The installation was followed by a ball for 175 invited guests where D.H. Field’s Orchestra supplied the music.

Cricket. Start of a 2-day match on Saturday: Burra 7 for 204 declared v. Koonoona 1 for 29.

Another Anti-ALP & anti-socialist column.

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 6

St Mary’s. Temple Day was held on Sunday with a Sung Eucharist at 11 a.m. when the celebrant was Rev. R.S.T. Pettet assisted by Ven. Arch-Deacon T. Thornton Reed of Adelaide. Lunch followed in the hall. In the afternoon Festal Evensong was preceded by an organ recital by Clem Davey. The object of the day was to raise £250 to wipe out the church overdraft and this was achieved.

75, 43, 1 Nov. 1949, page 8

Tennis. Burra Assoc. 22 October

‘A’ Grade Mt Bryan forfeited to Spalding

Kooringa Methodist 12-95 defeated Leighton 6-73

Hallett & Willalo drew due to absentees at the Clare Show.

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 10-74 defeated Kooringa 8-86

Hallett 11-93 defeated Ironmine I 7-67

Booborowie forfeited to Aberdeen

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 1

Burra Hospital. Donations towards a coke stove are listed to total £72-19-6. The Government will match them £ for £ and the total cost of the stove is £480.

The Lawn Tennis Courts at Burra North will be declared open next Saturday for the season.

Guy Fawkes Night community bonfire was quite a success, but next year a function of two to get some of the more expensive rockets would be an idea. Mr & Mrs Nicholas of the Kooringa Hotel organised the fire. There was a fearsome-looking Guy in the centre.

Burra Market broke records for prices on Friday when 89 selected 11⁄2-year ewes sold for £6-18-6. The sale was conducted by Messrs Lisle Tiver & Norman Fuss, both born in Burra. Mr Fuss presently manages the Quorn branch.

Cricket. The second day of the match saw Burra 7 for 214 declared & 3 for 24 defeat Koonoona 90 & 133. Burra needed 20 runs with only 12 minutes to play and managed it, but at the cost of 3 wickets.

CWA sponsored a meeting on Friday for the formation of an Auxiliary Emergency Fire Service. A committee is to comprise two representatives from each district and representatives from the town. Mrs Ashton is Chairman of the Central Committee and Miss Sandland is the Deputy.

The Auxiliary will provide First Aid and refreshments in the event of a fire.

Weather. For the month from 2 October to 3 November exactly 6 inches of rain fell.

Burra Burra DC presented Miss Rhonda Bourman with a handsome clock after five years service, as she is leaving to get married.

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 2

Notice. Persons trespassing on the old Burra Mine will be prosecuted. T.H. Villis.

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 November

Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Vivian Blaine & Dick Haymes in State Fair

Plus Rendez-vous 24

Marriage. Whyalla Methodist Church, 29 October

George B. Morgan married Linda Hill.

Snooker, Thursday

Saloon Whites drew with Saloon Golds 2 each

RSL Blues 3 defeated RSL Reds 1

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 4

Tennis. Burra Assoc. 29 October

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-93 defeated Kooringa Methodists 6-76

Booborowie forfeited to Leighton

Spalding forfeited to Willalo

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 9-84 defeated Ironmine II 9-70

Spalding forfeited to Ironmine I

Kooringa 11-98 defeated Aberdeen 7-77

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. The second stage of the Championship was fired over double 600 yards and best were: J. Lloyd, T. Lynch & A.G. Heinrich.

At Riverton on Sunday Burra 571 defeated Riverton 551.

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 6

Notice. Petrol Rationing will take effect from 15 November 1949.

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 7

Mrs W. Carpenter Sen. is 80 today.

Women’s Auxiliary of the Fathers’ Assoc. raised £17-17-7 at a street stall on Friday for Christmas cheer for returned personnel in hospital.

75, 44, 8 Nov. 1949, page 8

Another Anti-socialist article. This one was cited as authorised by F.P. Jones of West Croydon as an indication of an approaching election.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 1

Burra Town Council, 7 November

Members are invited to the opening of the new rooms at the High School on 8 November.

The Attorney General advises that money collected for the swimming pool cannot lawfully be directed to any other purpose.

The Editor expresses concern that the District Councils will close down from 23 December to 16 January at the height of the bushfire season. DC employees and trucks etc. are stationed at various parts of the district and their quick action has saved much stock and property. Who, apart from such employees, know how to handle the trailer pumps, start the trucks quickly, or where the equipment is kept?

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 700 yards. The best scores were by L. Palmer, R.G. Bernhardt & D.H. Field. Jack Harris scored a possible on his second try, but did not do so well on his first.

Burra Hospital coke stove appeal reaches £89-8-6.

Burra Burra DC has its road plant back in order after a breakdown and is busy repairing roads damaged by recent heavy rains.

The Minister of Agriculture advises amendments to the Bushfire Act that will soon provide penalties for owners of any vehicles driving through or near inflammable material without a spark arrester. A filled knapsack spray will also have to be carried. Council have asked that only oil-burning locomotives be used in the fire danger period.

Bowls. Clare Red 77 defeated Burra Green 71.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 2

Birth. To Pat & Darrell Field at Burra Hospital, 14 November, a son.

Obituary. Bernard Sheridan, husband of the late Agnes Sheridan of Hookina, died at Burra 8 November aged 76. He was the father of Irene (Burra), Brian & Kevin (Toolagie), Marie & Connie (WA) & Kathleen (Sydney). [Born Barnard Sheridan 5 October 1873 Farrell’s Flat: died Bernard Sheridan 8 November 1949 Burra, residence Burra North.]

Cricket. Burra Cricket Assoc. Colts 120 v. Burra 8 for 43.

Snooker. Saloon Greens 3 defeated Saloon Golds 1

Saloon Whites 3 defeated RSL Reds 1

So far in the competition: Saloon Greens 13

Saloon Golds 11

RSL Blues 8

Saloon Whites 5

RSL Reds 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 November

Rosalind Russell & Alexander Knox in Sister Kenny

Plus Zane Grey’s Epic Sunset Pass

With shorts and News Reels.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 3

Aberdeen Croquet Club is approaching its 21st birthday. The first game was played in February 1929 and it has been decided to hold a birthday party early in February 1950.

Burra High School. Mr J.S. Walker Inspector of Technical Schools opened the new classrooms on Tuesday. More than 100 parents and friends gathered and two other inspectors, Mr Richards & Mr Polkinghorne. The Headmaster Mr Pederick said they had applied for the rooms in 1947 and in June this year 8 returned soldiers under the Rehabilitation Training Scheme had come along and done an excellent job. One will be a typing and library room and the other a classroom. The L. Walker Memorial shelving had been expected, but had not arrived in time for the ceremony.

Mr Walker said the rooms had to come from the Loveday Prison Camp. The Education Department had purchased about 38 of the buildings and 30 had become classrooms. Mr Richards also gave a short address and Mr S. Woollacott from the High School Council moved the vote of thanks. The Headmaster also thanked Mr E. Finch for donating a fine specimen cupboard of named geological specimens.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 4

Another anti-ALP column appeared, authorised by F.P. Jones.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 5

The Annual Post Office Picnic was held at Gum Creek Station. Last year the scope was extended to embrace all neighbouring officers and non-official post offices and this move was a great success. This year even more people came and over 150 people attended. Most offices from Terowie to Saddleworth were represented – Clare alone contributed 47. An afternoon of sporting events was enjoyed and the results are printed. [The report runs to 1 column.]

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 6

Burra Football Club Social on Wednesday 9 November in the RSL rooms is reported in c. 11⁄4 columns. The Burra Colts were guests – they had been premiers of the Junior Assoc. for the past football season. E. Welch was the MC. C. Radford proposed the toast to the Colts and their Captain and the latter, Dean Bernhardt, responded. S. Johnson, Captain of the Senior Team presented a football to the Colts and Ken Heinrich responded. The Vice-Captain of the Colts, Vic Kellaway, thanked Mr Carpenter for providing transport for the year. Awards for the past season were then presented:

Fairest & Most Brilliant R. James

Best placed man on the field K. Kellaway

Best Utility Man W. Kotz

Most Consistent K. Treleaven

Most Consistent Junior D. Edwards

Most Improved Junior R. Partridge & R. Crewes (tie)

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 7 [Not numbered.]

Obituary. Mrs Clara Pohlner died 3 November at her daughter’s residence, Mrs M.G. Stockman, of Shafton, Burra. She was born at ‘Oust Hales’ Mt Bryan East in 1871 and educated at the Mt Bryan School. She was the youngest daughter of the late Thomas Brady & Mrs E.A. Phillips. She married the late Mr August Pohlner in 1890. She lived all her life in the district, never enjoying very good health, but never liking to bother anybody. She was a devoted mother and hospitable friend to many. Four sons served in the AIF. [Born Clara Brady 24 October 1871 Mt Bryan: died 3 November 1949 Burra, residence Hallett. Three sons served in WWI: August Frederick William (William/Augie), William Frederick Godfrey (Fred) & Charles Alick Herman who also served in WWII along with Theodore James Allen.]

Burra Burra DC, 7 November

Alfred Ley of Farrell Flat was appointed pound keeper at Farrell Flat.

The Stockowners’ Assoc. reminds ratepayers that the fox is vermin.

Hanson telephone exchange is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Christmas Day & Good Friday 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Complaints about bad roads were discussed at length, but improvements are under way with the repair of the road plant.

75, 45, 15 Nov. 1949, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Willalo 13-100 defeated Kooringa 5-77

Booborowie 13-99 defeated Mt Bryan 5-54

Hallett 14-98 defeated Leighton 4-56

Aberdeen 14-97 defeated Spalding 4-66

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-93 defeated Aberdeen 7-85 [By elimination, as Aberdeen is not named.]

Booborowie 9-80 defeated Mt Bryan 9-76

Hallett 10-97 defeated Ironmine II 8-79

Kooringa 11-94 defeated Ironmine I 7-74

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 1

Hanson CWA Strawberry Fete was held in Hanson Hall 10 November.

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal reaches £136-7-6.

Music Exam results are printed.

Mr A.R. Downer, LCL Candidate for the District of Angas & Mr Hannaford, Senate Candidate, supported by G.S. Hawker MP, addressed a meeting in the Burra Town Hall on Thursday evening. The Mayor F.T. Marston presided.

Mr Downer outlined his views and LCL policy on the big issues of the day: bank nationalisation, the menace of Communism, the relationship with Great Britain and the outside world and possible abolition of appeals to the Privy Council – all threatened by the Chifley Government.

Bowls. Burra Green 93 defeated Burra Gold 75.

The Housing Trust of SA in Burra

If enough applications come forward the SA Housing Trust would erect homes in Burra. Mr A.B. Hastings of the Housing Trust said this at a meeting in the Town Council Chamber on Tuesday last week. The houses would most likely be prefabricated due to the difficulties of obtaining both bricks and the masons to erect them. They would be available for purchase only, on long term finance. The Trust builds in groups to gain the advantage of mass production methods and will normally not build in groups of less than five at a time. Preference is given to returned servicemen and applicants with families. The cost for such houses within 100 miles of Adelaide is £1,400 to £1,500. The houses include three bedrooms, fences, bathroom & kitchen plumbing, a copper and troughs. War service loans are available for those eligible. For those with a War service Loan the deposit is usually c. £80 and for others c. £300. [Further details are printed.]

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Balah Station is to be auctioned 16 December at the Burra Market, comprising 190 squ. miles of Pastoral Lease, 8,645 acres of Perpetual Lease. It is located c. 50 miles east of Burra. [Further details are printed.]

Also 0n 16 December for E.S. Williams they will sell Burra North (Redruth) Allotments 35, 44, 53, 54, 63, 65 and a closed road, frontages to Ludgvan & Lelant Streets, a stone house of six rooms, etc.

And for Mrs D.P. Prior will sell allotments 292 & 293 in Kooringa with frontage to George St with a stone house of four rooms etc.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 November

Deborah Kerr, Flora Robson & David Farrar in Black Narcissus

Plus The Jewels of Brandenburg

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 11-83 defeated Spalding 7-79

Aberdeen 13-98 defeated Hallett 5-81

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 10-91 defeated Kooringa 8-75

Ironmine II 11-94 defeated Spalding 7-77

Ironmine I 12-80 defeated Booborowie 6-59

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 5

Mt Bryan Methodist Guild Fete is reported in just less than 1 column. It raised £136.

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 6 [Not Numbered.]

Cricket. Conclusion of the game: Colts 120 & 5 for 124 declared defeated Burra 61 & 2 for 40.

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Burra Rifle Club. Ladies Day. The best scores were by Miss Dawn Bernhardt with 38 out of 40, and then Mrs F.T. Marston 37 and Mrs R.G .Bernhardt 36.

Snooker. Saloon White 3 defeated Saloon Greens 1

Saloon Golds 2 defeated RSL Blues 1

75, 46, 22 Nov. 1949, page 8

Another Anti-ALP and anti-socialist column authorised by F.P. Jones.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 1

Mt Bryan Farmers & Pastoralists have organised to fight fires at a meeting in the Mt Bryan Hall on 19 November. Available tanks were listed, fire controllers were elected and controlled burns along roads were organised and also around Mt Bryan township.

Burra CWA held its international day at the Town Hall on 18 November when the guest speaker was Mrs Scott who is Welsh, but has lived in Australia for a number of years.

Burra Town Council has resolved to name the shelter shed near the Mine Bridge the Woollacott Shelter Shed as a mark of appreciation for the work of T.H. Woollacott.

Burra Rifle Club. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 790 defeated Tanunda 703 in high wind over 300 & 700 yards.

Cricket. Start of match 26 November: Burra 125 v. Buffs 2 for 110.

Annual Catholic Parish Picnic was held at Mt Bryan last weekend. There were over 50 children present and they had a good time with a host of good things to eat and a sports program. Peter Sullivan of Willalo was the boys’ champion from Peter Murphy of Burra while Margaret Hawkes of Burra was the girls’ champion ahead of Mary Hogan. Other results are printed.

Neon Signs. Permission was given for neon signs for Messrs R.A. Bevan, E.T. Baulderstone and J.A. Scott.

Booborowie Hall. A meeting recently resolved on rebuilding the supper-room and another is called for 8 December to discuss the ways of raising the money.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from V.J. Dower will sell on 16 December allotments 22 & 22A with frontages to Queen & Bath Streets with an old stone house of 8 rooms etc.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from the executors in the estate of the late Caroline Sandland will auction on 16 December section 2054 (82 acres), portions of section 2055 (64 a 24 p), section 2056 (57 a), 2193 (91 a) closed road between sections 2055 and sections 2054 & 2196 also section 2093. Crown Lands 6 a 27 p located 7 miles south of Burra on the main road adjoining Princess Royal & Koonoona.

Obituary. A notice to creditors reveals the death of Elsie Jane Kellock of Thistlebeds on 9 November 1949. [Born Elsie Jane Teasdale 29 October 1880 Blanchetown.]

Advt. Burra Red Cross Hospital Drive Picture Night, 29 November:

Jerome Kern’s Centennial Summer

Tom Wallis in While I Live

Advt. Burra Talkies, 3 December

Bob Hope in Where There’s Life (There’s Hope)

Plus Blaze of Noon

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 3

Pro ALP article authorised by J.P. Toohey, Secretary of the ALP, Adelaide.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 4

Advt. Vote for A.R. Downer LCL Candidate for the Federal Division of Angas and in the Senate for E.W. Mattner, G. McLeay, D.C. Hannaford & F.H. Chapman.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 5

Notice. The Returning Officer for the Electoral Division of Angas lists candidates and polling places:

In Burra at the RSL Hall

In Burra North at the Court House.

Booborowie Methodist Fete of 12 November is reported. Takings were c. £70.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 6

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal reaches £146-17-6.

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 7 [Not Numbered.]

Snooker. Saloon Greens 4 defeated RSL Blues 0

Saloon Whites 3 defeated RSL Reds 1

75, 47, 29 Nov. 1949, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Hallett 18-114 defeated Spalding 0-50

Booborowie 14-108 defeated Kooringa 4-71

Willalo 13-96 defeated Mt Bryan 5-78

Aberdeen 12-100 defeated Leighton 6-61

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 12-94 defeated Booborowie 6-69

Hallett 15-104 defeated Spalding 3-57

Ironmine 11-79 defeated Mt Bryan 7-63

Aberdeen 9-82 defeated Ironmine II 9-71

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 1

A Housing Trust Committee was formed in Burra at a meeting on 28 November for those interested in the erection of new housing in Burra. Mr Hastings in his recent visit here had suggested the formation of a committee. Town Clerk Mr E.R. Davey said that if things were moved quickly occupation could be expected in about 9 months. Costs were expected to be c. £1,475 and repayments of interest and capital 27/6 a week or more depending on the number of years for the loan. The deposit was c. £80 for ex-servicemen and £300 for others. Three plans were available. The site selected was a piece of ground belonging to Mr M. Pritchard near Victoria Park. It was decided to form a committee comprising the Town Council and one representative from each of the RSL, the Fathers’ Assoc., the Air Force Assoc. etc. E.R. Davey as Secretary has forwarded ten names of persons desiring to obtain one of the houses.

Burra Rifle Club fired a shoot over double 800 yards with best results from B.O. Scholz, A.E. Robinson, C.N. Bushell & F.T. Marston.

Redruth Methodist Strawberry Fete was held on 26 November in Memorial Hall Burra North. These have been held annually for four years to raise money to renovate and redecorate the church in honour of its centenary in 1951.

[Personal interest: Mrs R. Fuss was on the cake stall.]

Fire at ‘Greenacres’ Booborowie destroyed three haystacks on 1 December. The cause is a mystery.

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal has reached £164-18-0.

Burra Hospital is acutely short of staff and needs two sisters urgently.

Boring Contractors have struck water in the Flagstaff Hills at 74 ft in unlimited quantity at 750 gallons per hour. A stream of water near the top of Flagstaff Hill has been known for years.

Bowls. Clare Red 79 defeated Burra Gold 73

Auburn 98 defeated Burra Green 73

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 December

Teresa Wright & Ray Milland in The Trouble with Women

Paul Kelly & Ann Doran in Fear in the Night

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 3

Mokota Cricket Association

Mt Bryan versus Leighton

Leighton 100 & 49

Mt Bryan 7 wickets declared for 135 & 0 for 26

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 4

RSL Annual Re-union Dinner was held on 3 December. Branch President E.R. Davey was in the chair. The guest speaker was Brigadier A.S. Blackburn VC.

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 5

Cricket. Colts 200 defeated Koonoona 129.

ALP article in support of the Chifley Labour Government, authorised by J.P. Toohey.

Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, Grote St, Adelaide, 19 November

Jean Kellaway, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Reg. Kellaway, married

John Nussio, eldest son of Mr & Mrs G. Nussio of Adelaide.

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 6 [Not Numbered.]

Obituary. Mrs Emma Ida Emily Rooke died 25 November. She was born at Bagot’s Well near Kapunda in 1867 and was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs E. Kiekebusche. When quite young the family came to Baldina Plains at the property now owned by Mr E. McWaters where they remained for many years. On 16 July 1891 she married Johann G. Rooke and they took up residence some four miles west of the old homestead. Later they moved to their present home at ‘Baldina’. Her health began to fail about three years ago. She is survived by a husband, three daughters and three sons: Hedwig Mrs W. Davis (England), Dorothea Mrs A. Bruce (Burra), Wanda Mrs R. Bennett (Hilton), Eugene (World’s End Creek), Theodore (Baldina) & Herbert (Burra North). There are two grandchildren, Miss Avis & Mr Kelvin Bruce. [Born Emma Ida Emilie Kiekebusch 18 March 1867 Bagot’s Flagstaff District of Kapunda: died Emma Ida Emily Rooke 25 November 1949 World’s End.]

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 9.]

Rainfall figures for Burra from 1884 to November 1949 by the month are printed.

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 8

Tennis. 26 November

‘A’ Grade Willalo 15-103 defeated Leighton 3-60

Mt Bryan forfeited to Aberdeen

Hallett 13-101 defeated Booborowie 5-66

‘B’ Grade Hallett 13-96 defeated Booborowie 5-63

Ironmine I 10-82 defeated Ironmine II 8-75

Kooringa 11-97 defeated Spalding 7-77

Aberdeen 12-96 defeated Mt Bryan 6-67

75, 48, 6 Dec. 1949, page 9

Burra Town Council, 21 November

Permission granted for a neon sign at E.T. Baulderstone’s & J.A. Scott’s.

Cr Jennison reported on a conference with the Housing Trust representative Mr A.B. Hastings and moved that a meeting be called for the purpose of discussing housing on Monday 28 November.

Council will construct a playground for the CWA.

Ownership of the property opposite the Scout Hall is to be investigated. [The old mill site.]

World’s End Cricket Club was disbanded some time ago and sent its equipment to the Burra Primary School and now it has also forwarded £13-10-0 for the purchase of sporting materials.

Booborowie School Welfare Club AGM is reported in just over 1 column.

75, 49, 13 Dec. 1949, page 1

The Bon Accord Bridge is dangerous and a load limit of 5 tons applies. Trucks from the Burra North Quarries are creating a tremendous dust nuisance on a deviation road.

Federal Election Results. Preliminary count:

Downer LCL 1405

Strachan ALP 809

Whittle Ind. 56

Cricket. Saturday: Koonoona 134 v. Burra 0 for 49.

Burra Hospital Coke stove Appeal reaches £190-2-3.

Mr Stiling will soon open a dry cleaning works in Burra near the Kooringa Hotel. The modern machinery is almost installed and operations will begin shortly.

Speed Limits. In town the speed limit is 40 m.p.h. and 25 m.p.h. over intersections. Most people believe the limit is too high.

Burglars are active in the district. M-C E.W.R. Wilson has been seeking a person believed to be responsible for several robberies in Burra & Mt Bryan. One man has been arrested. [A correction on page 2 says no one has yet been arrested. Local victims have been Lance Fiebig, (£3 & a couple of fountain pens), H.J.B. Jennison (attempted break-in), K.J. Murphy (attempted break-in) and Beaglehole’s at Mt Bryan (£9 & other items).

75, 49, 13 Dec. 1949, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell at the Burra Market 6 January 1950 on instruction from Glen M. Finch his property known as Bundey Creek, 18 miles southeast of Burra and 8 miles west of Florieton, comprising 20, 715acres perpetual lease. Hundred of Bundey sections 93/100, 102/104, 111/115E, 115W, 117/119, 130/139, 145/155, 170/174, 176/180 & 193 with a 6-roomed wood and iron house etc. (Mr Finch has bought a property in Victoria.)

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 December

Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire & Joan Caulfield in Blue Skies

Plus Big Town

75, 49, 13 Dec. 1949, page 3

Burra Town Council, 5 December

The Overseer reported on the condition of the ladies’ convenience at Burra North. Repairs are to be effected.

A letter is to be sent to the Highways Dept. re the Bon Accord Bridge.

Vehicles of V.P. Keane & Co. have been forced to use another road not intended for heavy vehicles and it ahs been damaged.

Burra Choral Society held its inaugural concert in the Town Hall on Friday last and did very well.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 10 December

Avis Patricia Bruce, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Bruce of Burra, married

Norman Marston, elder son of Mr & Mrs F.T. Marston of Burra. The couple will live at Broken Hill.

75, 49, 13 Dec. 1949, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 10-84 defeated Willalo 8-82

Booborowie 15-104 defeated Spalding 3-64

Mt Bryan forfeited to Leighton

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-89 defeated Booborowie 7-88

Aberdeen 11-84 defeated Ironmine I 7-73

75, 49, 13 Dec. 1949, page 7 [Numbered 6.]

Rev. F.E. Tregilgas writes congratulating the Choral Society on its recent concert and especially Mr Lindsay Thomas as conductor and Mr Davey as pianist. The only disappointment was that the audience was small.

Note that though the masthead on page 1 announced a paper of ten pages, this issue had only 8.

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 1

Burra High School Prize Day was held on Tuesday on the tennis courts. Prize-giving and reports were interspersed with items.

The Headmaster’s Report by H.O. Pederick

It had been a successful year with a slightly smaller enrolment, but a better retention rate throughout the year, so that the average attendance had not been much changed. It is hoped that a bus service for Booborowie & Booborowie North will help numbers in 1950. This year the services of Miss Burge (Needlework) were lost. Two new classrooms were opened about a month ago by the Inspector of Technical Schools. New wash troughs and laundry facilities and a new stove have been installed in the Domestic Arts Centre and a new typewriter has been acquired. A Junior Red Cross Circle was established under Miss Blesing. There were two excursions: one to Port Adelaide to visit factories, wool stores and steamers and one to Clare to hear the SA State Orchestra. The Director of Education visited early in the year.

Regular house sports continued. The school played Clare at football and basketball, but matches in cricket and tennis this term were cancelled due to polio. The parent bodies continue to afford valuable support. Last year’s Public Exams saw 5 of the 8 candidates gain their Intermediate Certificates. Best results were from Rex Anderson with 8 subjects and 1 credit.

Balah Station was quickly sold on Friday for £45,600 on account of the executors of the late W.H. Sandland. It went to Mr Hurtle Lord of Angorichina Station via Blinman. The property of the late Caroline Sandland of c. 300 acres south of Burra was also sold and went to W.H. Nankivell at £12 per acre.

The Burglar sought by the police and volunteers in the Mt Bryan Hills seems to have vanished. His supposed camp sites have been discovered, but the man himself has eluded searchers.

Flagstaff Hills. Mr H.W. Tiver has had boring contractors at work right on top of the hills near the Booborowie Road near the known soak. Water was struck at 104 ft and boring continued to 141 ft. Water has risen in the bore to the 90 ft level and a pump of 10 gallons a minute for 30 minutes did not lower the level. Mr Roy Lloyd was the diviner used.

Mr N. Saunders is in hospital with concussion and shock following a motor cycle accident near the residence of Stan Irlam on Saturday last week.

Fire. The first outbreak for the season was near Copperhouse on Friday when about 40 acres of feed was destroyed, but damage to fences etc. was minimal due to prompt action of local fire fighters. It is thought to have been started by a six-year-old child playing with matches. The fire started near E. Threadgold’s residence and threatened his house and with a northwest wind soon threatened Roy Threadgold’s too, but fortunately it was soon extinguished.

Adelaide University degrees have been won by two local scholars. Mr Ray Jennison is now a Bachelor of Engineering and Miss Margaret Jeffery is a Bachelor of Science.

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 2

Notice. The partnership of Nelson George Hann and Hurtle Melville Scott as Machinery & General Agents under the name of Hann & Scott is dissolved by mutual consent from 16 December 1949.

Advt. Hurtle M. Scott, General Agent & Machinery Salesman, Burra Phone 187. Agent for:

International Harvester Co., New Zealand Insurance Co. & Maughan Thiem Motor Co.

Licensed Land & Estate Agent.

Advt. Burra Dry Cleaners will open 3 January 1950. Agent Mr Jim Scott & Depot in Kingston St at the Factory. 3 Day Service.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 December

Betty Grable & Dan Dailey in Mother Wore Tights

Plus The Invisible World

26 December

Lizabeth Scott & John Hodiak in Desert Fury

Plus Our Hearts Were Growing Up

28 December

Barbara Britton & Randolph Scott in Silver City

Plus Adventure Island

31 December

O.S.S.

Plus Easy Come, Easy Go

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 3

Lindsay H. Thomas writes to pass on to all members of the Burra Choral Society the many congratulations he has received on their performance.

Booborowie Hall. The Committee for improving the hall has begun its fund-raising drive and hopes to raise the money in an effort culminating in a big evening in April.

Mokota Cricket Association, 10 & 17 December

Mt Bryan versus North Booborowie

Mt Bryan 8 wickets declared for 315 & 4 for 43

North Booborowie 106

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held a Christmas Shoot over 200 & 300 yards. The best results were obtained by W.G. Edwards, D.H. Field & R.G. Bernhardt. Capt. D.H. Field was best off the rifle.

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 6

Cricket. A win on first innings to Burra: Burra 158 defeated Koonoona 134.

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 7 [Not Numbered.]

Bowls. Burra Gold 78 defeated Clare Blue 70

Saddleworth Blue 73 defeated Burra Green 67

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal has reached £225-6-3.

Margaret Jeffery (20), daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffery of Burra North, gained her BSc recently at Adelaide University, graduating in Bacteriology & Botany (with credit). Three years ago she was Dux of Methodist Ladies’ College. She intends next year to do research in Plant Pathology at the Waite Institute.

The Burra Choral Society Concert is reviewed in more detail. Visiting artists were Reg. Bellenger, Lloyd Angel & Dorothy Slee. Lindsay Thomas conducted. Several Cornish Carols were rendered and heather Pearce sang the first solo. The visiting soloists gave very pleasing performances. Local soloists were Mavis Reed, Mrs Pettet, Mavis Halliday, Helen Jefferies and Clare Campbell. Miss Tucker of Mt Bryan gave a remarkable elocutionary performance and Clem Davey as pianist performed very ably. Proceeds of £29-12-0 will be divided between the Society and the Town Hall Funds.

75, 50, 20 Dec. 1949, page 8

Tennis, 10 December

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 10-78 defeated Booborowie 8-89

Kooringa 12-99 defeated Leighton 6-71

Spalding 11-91 defeated Mt Bryan 7-81

Willalo 9-90 defeated Hallett 9-85

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan forfeited to Spalding

Ironmine II 12-96 defeated Kooringa 6-67

Aberdeen 13-104 defeated Booborowie 5-74

Note that though the masthead on page 1 announced a paper of ten pages, this issue had only 8.

Characteristics of the 1949 paper

Page 1

This carries most of the news items, well set out and with suitable headlines.

There are a couple of larger advertisements.

Page 2

Smaller Advertisements dominate, especially local sales, Burra Talkies, public notices and a ‘Cash Column’ of brief advertisements, though this often migrates to other pages.

Page 3

Further news is mixed with advertisements and sometimes page 2 type material spills over.

Pages 4-8

Advertising dominates with perhaps 1 or 2 major items of interest including the sports results, or a small group of shorter items. Total non-advertising rarely exceeds 1 of the 5 columns.

Numbering of issues in 1949

The issues are numbered consistently from 1 on 11 January to 50 on 20 December.

The volume numbers are however, chaotic.

The year starts with Volume 72 which runs from No. 1 on 11 January to No. 4 on 1 February.

Volume 73 then runs from No. 5 on 8 February to No. 38 on 27 September.

Volume 74 then runs from No. 39 on 4 October to No. 41 on 18 October.

Volume 75 then runs from No. 42 on 25 October to No. 50 on 20 December.

Numbering of pages is also incoherent in many hard copy issues of the paper. Where there is an issue with the page numbering, the notes follow the page numbering used in TROVE.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950

Page 1 Advertisements

Davies’ Davies’ Motor Co.

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Auctioneers, etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Auctioneers, etc.

Oates Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Ferguson Groceries, Fruit & Vegetables, Burra North

Nelson Hann Tractor Expert & Sales

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeon

Page 3 Advertisements

Burra Talkies

Matthew’s Emporium Drapers & Clothiers

Kerr Serv-Wel Store, Commercials St

Charles Radford Monumental Works

Page 4 Advertisements

Commercial Hotel

J.C. Goodridge & L.A. Beinke [Both late AIF] Burra Radio & Electrical Service, Commercial St

Baulderstone’s Fruit & Vegetables

Hurtle M. Scott Agent for New Zealand Insurance Co.

C.J. Pearce & Son Glass, Paint, Varnishes, Upholstery, Undertakers

P.J. Byrne Shoe store

Page 5 Advertisements

Burra Furniture Exchange

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co.

G.T. Phillips Burra Café

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Timber & Hardware Merchants, Burra North

Page 6 Advertisements

Jim Scott Commission Agent, Commercial St

Refrigerators, Dry Cleaning, Clothes Lines, Chainsaws, etc.

Agent for Eagle Star Insurance

Bence’s Ltd Drapers & Clothiers

Page 7 [Not numbered] Advertisements

Alex Bevan Delicatessen & Milk Bar

Sara & Co. General Store

Page 8 Advertisements

Mid-North Car & Tractor Co.

Jennison’s Jennison’s Tyre Service

A. Best Northern Café

L.L. Fiebig Fiat agent, Burra North

R.C. Lott Radios

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 1

Fire. On 27 December a spark from the rubbish dump at the rear of Victoria Park ignited grass. The fire spread southeast across M. Pritchard’s paddock and ignited the hedge on front of W.G. Edward’s house and ran into Miss Rosewall’s front yard where it was extinguished by the EFS.

Bathurst Burr. Trials of control by the fungus Colletotrichum xanthii will be conducted on Paratoo Station.

Bundey Creek property of Glen M. Finch was sold by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on Friday at 19/6 per acre to Messrs P.J. Mosey & Sons of Robertstown. (It had formerly been part of ‘The Gums’.) It comprised 20, 715 acres of P/L.

Cricket. Burra 118 defeated Leighton 65 (One inning each.) W. Kotz for Burra took a hat trick I his 5 for 16. M. Carmody for Leighton took 5 for 32.

Burra Red Cross Street Carnival on New Year’s Eve took £80. Dancing in the street was popular in front of the RSL Rooms. 400 tickets were sold at the RSL door and over 400 attended. Darrell Field’s Orchestra attended and Roy Jeffery was MC.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Christmas Party and Visiting Day just before Christmas.

Annual Fire Fighting Meeting of the Mt Bryan East Assoc. was held recently. Various repairs and improvements to equipment were approved. Chaired by George Dare.

Obituary. Mrs Mary Marston died at Calvary Hospital in Adelaide on Friday last week. The death was unexpected, as she was apparently recovering from an illness. She was a daughter of the late Philip Lane and was born in Burra 29 September 72 years ago. She was an active worker in patriotic causes in the 1914-18 war and for 25 years was Secretary of the Burra Red Cross branch. In December 1919 she married Ernest F. Marston who died two years ago.

[Born Mary Lane 29 September 1877 Kooringa: died 6 January 1950 North Adelaide, residence Burra.]

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 2

Advt. Tenders called for school transport from Booborowie & Copperhouse to Burra.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 January

Peggy Cummins & Charles Coburn in Green Grass of Wyoming

Plus Half Past Midnight

Mt Bryan East. Crops this season are above average and haystacks have been made in readiness for lean years ahead. L.W. Gare & Son s have used Bob Melrose’s power pressing plant to compact fodder. Kangaroos are in evidence this year and rabbits continue to flourish.

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal reaches £271-0-11.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st match in 1950 for the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 900 yards. Best scores were from W. Hempel & F. Kakoschke.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 5

Marriage. Willalo Methodist Church, 17 December 1949

Dulcie Alcock, daughter of Mr & Mrs Alcock of Willalo, married

Ray Webb, son of Mr & Mrs Webb of Edwardstown.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 6

Tennis. Burra Association 22-189 defeated Cavandale Association 11-142.

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 7

Burra Rainfall Figures for 1880-1949 are printed.

Bowls. Burra Gold 82 defeated Clare White 73

Burra Green 108 defeated Saddleworth Gold 64

76, 1, 10 Jan. 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 19 December 1949

T.C.A. Radford seeks double rates for grave digging at weekends and holidays.

It was resolved to withdraw the 1948 allowance of £1 for weekend and holiday work and accept double rates instead.

War service Homes Division has taken over certain properties and names the persons responsible for rates etc.:

Lot 350 L.P. Bence

Pt Lot 3 & Pt Lot 24 C.H. Cummins

Pt Lot 51 L.W. Partridge

Pt Lot 3 48 L.J. Allen

Approval was given for D.T. Jack to erect a dwelling in Blyth St.

The PMG is considering installing additional letter receivers at:

The corner of Railway Terrace & Morehead St

The corner of Ludgvan St and the continuation of The Crescent

The corner of Chapel & Stock Streets

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 1

Motor Cycle Accident. Bobbie Lewis McLean (16) of Burra was pinned under his motor cycle for seven hours on Tuesday evening. The accident occurred on the Burra side of Studholme. Mrs Thomas noticed the motor cycle about 12.30 a.m. and on getting home contacted the police who went out with Dr Steven. The victim suffered a broken arm, burns to the legs and shock.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship and best scorers were: D.H. Field, E.C. Hopkins & P.W. Hogan.

Burra Hospital has applied not to be rated for Council Rates. Council replied that it could not refund rates paid this year, but the Hospital (which has financial disabilities) could apply again next year.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 29 December 1949

Jean Goodridge, daughter of Mr & Mrs Goodridge of Gum Creek, married

Keith Neate, son-in-law of Mr & Mrs Neate of Payneham.

Fathers’ Assoc. Badge Day will be next Friday.

Ray Jennison BE has won a two-year position with Metropolitan Vickers in the UK and will undertake post graduate study. He presently works for ETSA.

M-C Sparrow, formerly of Burra and now at Kimba, has resigned from the Police and will manage the Kimba Community Hotel.

Burra Choral Society gave £18 to help liquidate the Town Hall debt following their pre-Christmas concert.

Burra Red Cross Hospital Drive for 1949 raised £157-16-10 from various efforts. Most of it qualifies for Government subsidy.

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 2

Notice. Farewell Social for Glen Finch Jnr at Redruth Memorial Hall, 19 January.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 January

John Carroll & Catherine McLeod in The Fabulous Texan

Plus The Trespasser

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 3

Television. Surgical operations have been televised in Sydney & Melbourne for teaching purposes and transmitted to a monitor in the lecture room.

Additional Advertisements

T.A. Brazil Grocer, Burra North

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council will enforce the Noxious Weeds Act to eliminate Boxthorn.

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 5

Cricket. Burra 78 & 8 for 118 declared defeated Colts 96 & 23 (the latter being 4 players short in the 2nd innings.)

Koonoona 15 2 defeated Buffs 106 (In a one innings game.)

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 6

Burra Lawn Tennis Club. Two teams from the membership played and were evenly matched at 10 sets each.

76, 2, 17 Jan. 1950, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 9 January

The Mt Bryan Fire Fighting Assoc. is to be advised that field telephones cannot at present be obtained from Army Disposals or other sources.

The Highways Dept. is to be asked to bituminise the main road through Mt Bryan to end the dust hazard to residents.

Burra Town Council, 9 January

A cheque has been received from the Burra Choral Society. [For Town Hall debt liquidation.]

Sympathy was extended to the Mayor on his bereavement. [Death of his mother.]

76, 3, 24 Jan. 1950, page 1

Bus Accident. Mr E. Lehmann’s passenger bus rolled over at the foot of Lodge Hill this side of Clare when returning from a dance at Stanley Flat on Saturday. It had skidded on the loose surface and ended upside down. The four passengers all escaped serious injury, though Brian Bevan spent a few days in hospital with severe bruises and shock. The other passengers were Ken Richards, Murray Barons & Frank Storey.

Mr & Mrs B.H.K. Dunstan’s Golden Wedding was celebrated Tuesday 24 January at ‘Nerowie’ Mt Bryan East 50 years after Miss Emma Griffiths marries B.H.K. Dunstan. There are two sons: Mr J.C. Dunstan (Mylor) & B.H.K. Dunstan Jnr (Yarcowie). There are no grandchildren.

Frank Griffiths of Burra North is 80, having been born at Blinman 24 January 1870.

The Fathers’ Assoc., Burra branch raised £40-6-9 for TPI soldiers on Friday.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over 200 & 300 yards with best scores from F.T. Marston, R. Bernhardt & D. Field.

W. Hayward, headmaster of Burra Primary School for two years, has been transferred and will be replaced by Mr H. McKenzie from Mt Pleasant.

Mr Tucker of Mt Bryan School goes to Bute.

Mr A. Trueman of Copperhouse School goes to Cunliffe. [Copperhouse School was closed.]

Bowls. Burra 83 defeated Riflemen 78 in a friendly game last Wednesday.

76, 3, 24 Jan. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 January

Alexis Smith & Ronald Regan in Stallion Road

Plus Make Your Own Bed

30 January

Abbott & Costello in The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap

Plus Naked City

Marriage. St Peter’s Church of England, Morgan, 17 December 1949

Mary Dorne Villis, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Bert Villis of Balah Station, married

Ronald Heinicke, youngest son of Mr & Mrs T. Heinicke of Moorook.

76, 3, 24 Jan. 1950, page 4

Tennis, 14 January

‘A’ Grade Willalo 14-99 defeated Kooringa 4-57

Booborowie 14-107 defeated Mt Bryan 4-73

Hallett 14-103 defeated Leighton 4-62

Spalding forfeited to Aberdeen

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 14-95 defeated Kooringa 4-53

Booborowie 9-83 defeated Mt Bryan 9-69

Ironmine II 10-83 defeated Hallett 8-81

76, 3, 24 Jan. 1950, page 6

Mr Glen Finch was farewelled by members of the Methodist Order of Knights and Girl Comrades at Redruth Memorial Hall last Thursday. Mr Finch is going to Victoria as a farmer.

76, 3, 24 Jan. 1950, page 7

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association: Start of match: Buffs 142 v. Burra 4 for 66.

Mokota Cricket Association: Mt Bryan first innings 260 defeated Spalding 55 & 198

76, 4, 31 Jan. 1950, page 1

Cork Elms in Burra streets are producing numerous suckers and threatening building damage. Mr Bob Cummins of Chapel St has complained and Woods & Forests Dept. will be asked to poison the trees.

C.J. Pearce & Son turned 75 yesterday. The late C.J. Pearce founded the business when 21 years old in the Eastern Telephone Building and after the death of his father, who was a tailor, C.J. Pearce moved into the present premises. Many of the original tools are in use including a morticing machine that it older than the business. The present owner has worked at the bench of C.J. Pearce & Son, Cabinetmaker & Undertaker, for 35 years.

The Booborowie School Bus Contract has been let to Mr Parkinson. His bus can carry up to 25 and will bring in pupils from Copperhouse as well. Copperhouse Primary School has been closed.

The Burra Water Supply comes from an old Bon Accord Mine shaft and at present it is pumped from below the 100 ft level. It appears to be getting a little lower each year, though sometimes it rises a few inches for reasons no one knows.

Burra Hospital Coke Stove Appeal has reached £273-17-11. This will attract a Government £ for £ subsidy.

Mr W. Thomas of Burra North who will be 81 in April still walks to the Burra hospital every Tuesday to distribute fruit and sweets to patients. In the war years he made cement garden ornaments and sold them for various patriotic bodies. He still makes them to aid Red Cross.

Fire. Tuesday last week there was a small fire at Burra North which was soon extinguished. On the same day another fire started in a paddock south of the cemetery. It was soon contained and burnt out on a roadway.

76, 4, 31 Jan. 1950, page 3

Advt. Clem Davey LMus A, Teacher of Pianoforte & Theory of Music. Term I 1950 begins 13 Feb.

Notice. Oddfellows’ Lodge. The Honour Roll for the Lodge will be unveiled at the Lodge Hall Burra North, 12 February at 8 15 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 February

Barbara Stanwyck & Humphrey Bogart in The Two Mrs Carrolls

Plus Kisses for Breakfast

Cricket. Conclusion of game: Buffs 142 defeated Burra 118 after 1 innings each.

Burra High School Intermediate Results are published. Certificates went to:

Robert Hill 8 subjects

Eric Clode 7 subjects, 2 credits

Elva Topsfield 7 subjects, 2 credits

Brian Brooks 7 subjects

Graham O’Reilly 6 subjects

Patricia Nourse completed a Certificate.

Brian Thamm, Rodney Ball, Bernard Hanlin & Marlene Shattock were not successful in completing a certificate.

76, 4, 31 Jan. 1950, page 4

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Leighton 13-95 defeated Spalding 5-83

Hallett v Aberdeen results are not totalled

Booborowie 11-89 defeated Spalding 6-79

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 12-85 defeated Spalding 6-79

Kooringa 17 sets defeated Mt Bryan 1 set

Booborowie 14-88 defeated Ironmine I 4-62

76, 4, 31 Jan. 1950, page 7

Mrs Julie Agnes Paddick (72) who for 12 months has been living with Mr & Mrs Alex Best in Chapel St was knocked down by a two-horse wagon in Adelaide on Friday. She suffered concussion, a lacerated scalp and a sprained left ankle. She had previously lived with the Quinn family at Mt Bryan for 4 years.

76, 4, 31 Jan. 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 23 January

C.H. Cummings of Chapel St complains of damage to his property from the roots of suckers from cork elm trees. Woods & Forests Dept. advice will be sought.

Burra Burra DC requests a fire break be ploughed around the rubbish dump behind Victoria Park. The DC will be advised that the ground cannot practically be ploughed and burning off has been tried unsuccessfully. Owners of nearby property will be asked to plough or skim and Mr Pritchard’s permission will be sought to burn a break on his property adjoining.

The cemetery is to be cleaned up and the gates painted.

The Highways Dept. will be asked for permission to use the quarry for road building stone and the ownership and leasing are to be ascertained.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 1

Weather. There were heavy falls from Tuesday to Thursday last across the district that delivered between 200 & 400 points generally. Ketchowla recorded over 500, Burra 244, Mt Bryan 243, Oakvale 321, Quondong 240, Old Koomooloo365, Glenora 447, Woolgangi 386, Baldina 292 & Mongolata 384. The rain caused the postponement of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.’s market at Burra on Friday.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 800 yards with best scores from A.E. Robinson, W. Hempel & J.R. Field.

27th SA Scottish. Another attempt will be made to form a platoon in Burra. The Adjutant, Captain W.D. Jamieson, WO L.L. Farrow & WO Fitzgerald visited on Wednesday with Lieut. Col. H.T. Harslett.

Redruth Methodist Sunday School celebrated the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Memorial Hall on 7 & 8 February 1925.

7 February 1925 Mr James Reed opened the Hall and Mrs W.H. Gare unveiled a Memorial Tablet. Revs W.J. Mortimer & F.L. Rooney gave addresses. The orchestra was conducted by G.E. Dane with soloist Miss Elsie Woolley. A Public Tea and a Children’s Tea followed in Jubilee Hall. In the evening there was a concert featuring soloists, the orchestra and the Aber-Koorie Christie Minstrels.

8 February 1925 there was a service by Rev. Mortimer and at 2.30 p.m. Mr Dunhill directed a farewell service at Jubilee Hall followed by a procession and opening service at the new hall. Rev. Mortimer conducted the evening service. The resident minister was Rev. Harry Alvery. [Sic: error for Harry Alvey.]

The ambition had been to open the hall free of debt. Money came in slowly until a gift of £1,000 from Mr James Reed. Money then came in more quickly as the opening drew near and at the end Mr James Reed said he would make up any deficiency. The cost was £4,400. The building was constructed by Messrs T.H. Woollacott & F.M. Pearce supervised by the architect J.H. Laity.

Now the staff is adequate, but the group of school students pathetically small. Why is it so? Centralisation has taken families to the city. Perhaps teaching methods have not kept pace with the changes. Or is it in this age we don’t need Christ? These and other questions need to be answered if we are to preserve the Christian way of life.

Children’s Sports Day at Burra North Playground was sponsored by Burra Motor Traders on 30 January. It was opened by Cr W. Carpenter and organised by Mr Barney Rodgers. Results are printed.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 2

Notice. The business of J.C. Goodridge has been closed for four months and outstanding accounts after 28 February will be placed in the hands of his solicitor.

Notice. Air Force Assoc. AGM 10 February in the Club Rooms.

Mrs S.C. Elder of Rosslyn Beauty Salon is opening a branch in Burra North opposite the Exchange Hotel on 14 February.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 3

Burra Town Council is indignant at the Education Department’s response to the contractor’s decision that he could not operate the Booborowie School bus. He advised them on 30 January. The department will not pay more than 1/4 a mile while in Adelaide taxis on bitumen roads cost 1/- a mile. Two offers to the Department were made: one at the old price for Booborowie to Burra and one at 1/9 a mile. The former driver lives at Booborowie North and would require to be paid for 10 miles per day beyond Booborowie. The department has refused to consider this cost of 13/4 a day. This leaves children from Booborowie who have arranged to come to Burra High School stranded without a school and primary students from Copperhouse also stranded, as the school there has been closed. To re-open this would cost up to £10 a week to save £3-6-8 on transport costs.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 February

Robert Young & Maureen O’Hara in Sitting Pretty

Joe E. Brown in The Tender Years

Burra LCL Women’s Branch held their 1st meeting for the year in Pearce’s Building on 3 February. Miss Margaret Finch replaced Miss A.L. Walker as Secretary.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 4

Tennis, 28 February

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 16-105 defeated Leighton 4-51

Willalo 10-82 defeated Mt Bryan 8-79

Booborowie 14-98 defeated Kooringa 4-76

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 14-100 defeated Aberdeen 4-72

Ironmine I 14-100 defeated Mt Bryan 4-42

[The coincidence in the Ironmine scores is as printed.]

Kooringa 12-101 defeated Booborowie 6-82

Hallett 11-97 defeated Spalding 7-83

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 5

Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc. held its AGM 28 January at the Club Rooms. President L.L. Fiebig presided and 12 members attended. The election of officers was deferred due to a lack of the willing. L.L. Fiebig wishes to retire due to business commitments. A.C. Heinrich after two years on the executive would also like to retire. The Association is financially sound. Membership remains small despite there being about 80 eligible people excluding RSL & AFA members. To be eligible you had to have been attested for service and served at least 30 days, with an honourable discharge from RAN, RAAF, MM, MN, VDC or NAP.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 6

RSL held its AGM 4 February and had a good attendance. President R. Davey welcomed members. There was a new member in J. Reason and an old member visiting in Elliot Kellock. The financial position was satisfactory. H.J.B. Jennison presented the Rehabilitation Officer’s Report and elected were: President, E.R. Davey; Vice Presidents, Messrs J. Scott & E. Franklin; Secretary, C. Davey; Treasurer, I.D. Richardson. The RSL has been invited to the unveiling of the Oddfellows’ Honour Roll. The RSL resolved to assist as far as possible in the formation of a platoon of the 27th Battalion in this area. Members who left the district in the past year were: Doug Keynes, Bud Coverdale, Elliot Kellock, Maurie Woollacott, Dick Smith, John Dighton & Harry Campbell. Doug & Bud were made life members for their service. At the annual dinner A.S. Blackburn VC & Vice-President in SA was a guest speaker. The report of events shows the club was socially active throughout the year.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 7

Dr W.E. Steven will leave Burra for Adelaide in April after 27 years in the town. The practice will be carried on by Dr Mellor who has recently acted as locum tenens for Dr Heddle.

Marriage. Manoora Methodist Church, 31 January

Phyllis Hendry, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W.B. Hendry of Manoora, married

Rodney Butcher, younger son of Mr & Mrs L.F. Butcher of Pt Pirie.

76, 5, 7 Feb. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. On Sunday members played the Burra Cricket Club at cricket and the Cricket Club 101 defeated the Rifle Club 93.

Cricket. First day’s play: Koonoona 87 v. Burra 3 for 53.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 1

Burra Oddfellows unveiled a handsome Honour Roll in their Burra North Lodge Hall on Sunday night. The roll contains 66 names and was unveiled by Messrs M.T. Fuller & H.J. Wilson, fathers of two lodge members who made the supreme sacrifice. The Noble Grand Bro. Gordon Pill of Adelaide and Provincial Deputy GM Bro. Crawford of Saddleworth also attended with the Mayor and Mayoress of Burra. Bro. Pill gave an address & PDGM Crawford followed. Other speakers were the Mayor F.T. Marston and Mr B. Rodgers for the Air Force Assoc. Between speakers there were items by Miss Barbara Humphrys (piano) and Miss Eunice Tiver (elocution).

Sue Martin has won an Exhibition Scholarship at last year’s Intermediate Examinations. She had been studying at Girton College Adelaide and obtained 7 subjects with 4 credits.

Bowls. Last Wednesday night the Bowlers 115 defeated RSL 114.

Burra Centenary Committee has been holding £567 collected for a swimming pool, but as it is at present impossible to build a pool the committee decided at a meeting on Wednesday to hand it to the Burra Town Council as a Trust Fund.

Burra Rifle Club. A trick cross wind caused low scores on Saturday over the double 900 yard range. Best scorers were Jack Harris, Murray Stockman & Cec. Edwards.

Burra Primary School had 36 enrolments for this year: the largest Grade 1 class for many years.

Burra Town Council has resolved to inspect the area opposite the PO with a view to making a town caravan park to be called the T.H. Woollacott Caravan Park in honour of the former Mayor.

Burra School Yard is badly in need of asphalting, as the rough surface causes many injuries.

Burra Institute. Despite having 227 subscribers and remaining popular with borrowers of books, it was only with difficulty that a quorum was gathered for the annual meeting.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 2

Notice. T.C. Scott General Secretary of the SA Wheat-Growers’ Assoc. will address a meeting at Burra Institute 23 February. [This was corrected in the next issue to the Booborowie Hall.]

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 3

Notice. S. Johnson of Burra has sold his milk round to Mr K. O’Brien.

Weather. Hail the size of marbles is reported today from Ed. Finch’s property on the Mt Bryan Road as we go to press.

Booborowie Hall has begun a drive for funds. Now is the time to complete the building, while seasons are good.

The Education Department has eventually agreed to pay 1/9 a mile for the school bus run from Booborowie.

Burra Institute AGM is reported with officers to be elected at the next committee meeting.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 February

Margaret Lockwood & Patricia Roc in Jassy

Plus Roses are Red

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council, 6 February

M. Pritchard gives permission for Council to skim or burn on his property at any time.

Council resolved it was not in favour of changes to the Noxious Weed Board.

K.R. O’Brien resigned from Council employment on buying a milk round and applied for three weeks holiday pay that was due. The resignation was accepted and the pay approved.

The Inspector of Places of Public Entertainment reports that the Burra Institute did not comply with the Act. Two flues with dimensions as specified under the Act need to be erected over the projectors and a two gallons fire extinguisher installed in the hall.

Tenders are to be called for the work and a fire extinguisher bought.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 5

Mr & Mrs Trueman and family were farewelled from Copperhouse School on 14 January. Mr Trueman has been in the district for 7 years and goes to Cunliffe near Moonta. Copperhouse School has closed due to lack of students. Supper and dancing concluded the evening. The present building has been used for the school for about 70 years, before which the school was held in a private house across the road. Its heyday was at the start of the century with 70-80 students from 1902-1907 and a peak of 88 in 1908. Many students then came from Aberdeen and Hampton. A bus service now carries students to Burra Primary School.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church 28 January

Edna Clapp, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs A.J. Clapp of Burra, married

Keith Nankivell, elder son of Mr & Mrs W.A. Nankivell of Burra.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 5

Cricket. Conclusion of match: Burra 85 & 5 for 34 defeated Koonoona 87 & 30.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 6

Burra Burra DC. Cr Beckwith is to represent the Council at the unveiling of the Oddfellows’ Honour Roll. An extra grant of £100 was received to work on the Farrell Flat-Mintaro Road.

Bowls. Burra Gold 84 defeated Saddleworth Gold 73

Burra Green 99 defeated Clare White 71.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 7

Burra Racing Club is preparing for a race meeting 5 April.

Mr Alfred Lewis, baker of Hallett, was critically injured in a road accident on Saturday. His car overturned a mile north of Mt Bryan pinning him underneath.

Mt Bryan East had almost 4 inches of rain in February and Dust Holes Creek carried a small flood for over 48 hours. Little damage to property has been reported.

Salvation Army notices of services show the local officers as Lieut. & Mrs Exon.

76, 6, 14 Feb. 1950, page 8

Tennis, 4 February

‘A’ Grade Hallett 14-99 defeated Kooringa 4-62

‘B’ Grade Spalding 12 sets defeated Booborowie 6 sets

Hallett 10 sets defeated Kooringa 8 sets

Aberdeen 9-86 defeated Ironmine I 9-82

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 1

Weather. Further follow-on rains have fallen to the east with falls of 172 points at Koomooloo, 130 at Woolgangi, 450 at Oak Vale, 86 at Quondong and 265 at Hogback.

Cricket. A picnic cricket match at the weekend saw the Commercial Hotel Team 182 defeat the Burra Hotel Team 160 at the Burra north Oval.

Burra Institute. The President’s report is printed in full. It shows a successful year with:

Double Subscriptions 108

Single Subscriptions 60

Juveniles 29

Scholarships 29

Life Memberships 1

Total 227

At 31 December 1949 the library held 6,073 books.

Miss Beth Pearce of the Savings bank of SA has been transferred to Adelaide. She will leave a big gap at the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School which will give her a farewell next Sunday after church. She has been a leader of the Young Worshippers’ League, Superintendent of the Primary Department of the Sunday School, a member of the Choir and a Leader of the Youth Club.

The RSL had 66 financial members at the time of the last monthly meeting and J. Scott has been appointed Senior Vice-President.

Willalo Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on 19 February.

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 2

Notice. I.L. Page of Clare has sold his furniture business to Jim Scott of Burra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 February

Joan Fontaine & Jimmy Stewart in You Gotta Stay Happy

Plus Larceny

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 3

Mr Hawker MP (LCL) for Burra opened his campaign for re-election at Booborowie on 15 February. [The report extends for 1⁄2 column.]

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Harvest Services last Sunday.

Horton Kakoschke was given a farewell party at the Burra Hotel on Wed. 15 February. He is leaving to attend a college in Perth. Two of his brothers are already in Perth.

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 4

J.J. Cousins & Carl Przibilla were given a farewell at Booborowie Hall on 11 February. Both are leaving the district. Dancing and supper followed presentations.

Mr Evan George the ALP candidate for Burra spoke at Burra last night. He had been a farmer at Spalding and now lives at Jamestown. He regretted the tendency for Booborowie land to revert to large holdings.

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 5

Tennis. 4 February

‘A’ Grade Willalo 9-89 defeated Aberdeen 9-88

Leighton 12-97 defeated Mt Bryan 6-64

Booborowie 10-90 defeated Spalding 8-87

Hallett 11-94 defeated Aberdeen 7-64

Booborowie defeated Willalo by 10 sets

Kooringa 10-92 defeated Mt Bryan 8-77

[There is clearly something wrong here: perhaps two weeks results at\re mixed.]

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 12 sets defeated Hallett 6 sets

Ironmine I 11-92 defeated Booborowie 7-76

Kooringa 16-109 defeated Mt Bryan 2-48

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 6

F.N. Fabian, formerly of the AIF, will speak on The Holy Land at Kooringa Methodist Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Sunday 26 February.

Bowls. Peterborough 113 defeated Burra 108

Bowling Club 110 defeated Lawn Tennis Club 97

76, 7, 21 Feb. 1950, page 7

World’s End Methodist Church celebrated its Harvest Festival 19 February. Rev. F.E. Tregilgas preached.

Cricket. First day of a game: Burra 82 v. Colts 50.

76, 8, 28 Feb. 1950, page 1

Burra Town Council

Burra North Children’s Playground Committee granted permission for Aberdeen Tennis Club to build a new court exclusively for the use of juvenile players, subject to Council approval and a deputation from both organisations was received. Membership of the Tennis Club is 70. The new court will be partly on Club ground and partly on the playground. It would enable juvenile play on Saturday when the present courts are in use by adults. Council approved the proposal.

Rabbits were currently bringing 1/- a pair which was not much of an increase on the 8d a pair in the Depression and in that time petrol had risen from 1/3 a gallon to 3/21⁄2 a gallon.

Accident/Obituary. John Villis (23), son of Mr & Mrs J. Villis of Burra, drowned in a dam at Collinsville on the evening of 23 February. It is believed he got stuck in mid and couldn’t rise to the surface. The dam was dragged for six hours before the body was recovered. The coroner E.R. Davey decided an inquest was unnecessary. [John William Villis born 5 December 1926 Kooringa.]

Burra Rifle Club competed unsuccessfully at the Country Teams’ Championship at the Dean Range Pt Adelaide last weekend. Langhorne’s Creek won the event.

Bowls. Burra Gold 89 defeated Clare White 72

Burra Green 79 defeated Saddleworth Gold 78

Bowling Club 99 defeated Cricket Club 78

Sir Charles McCann, Agent-General and Trade Commissioner for SA in the UK, visited Burra on Wednesday at the invitation of the Stud Masters’ Assoc. and the Stock-owners’ Assoc. He delivered an interesting speech on problems confronting primary producers. Sir Charles was introduced by the Mayor (F.T. Marston). Sir Charles was accompanied by Sir George Jenkins, the Minister for Agriculture. Sir Charles was also President of the International Wool Secretariat. He said he regretted the high prices for wool which were driving consumers to substitute synthetic fibres, particularly in the USA. Wool is fighting back with finer fibres down to 1 oz per square yard and with moth-proofings and shrink-proofing. Successful marketing campaigns were being waged.

In the meat trade competition had been much affected by the Ministry of food in the UK buying in bulk during and following the war, but competition based on quality would return and quality producers would ultimately have the advantage. SA frozen lamb now compared favourably with the NZ product. Sir Charles regretted Australia’s lax approach to advertising its products compared with Canada, South Africa and NZ. He favoured subsidising the importation of quality stock to improve blood lines. SA had sent over 150,000 food parcels to the UK. Many of the 2,900 Australian tourists who visited the UK last year had called at SA House near Marble Arch.

Sir Charles then answered questions.

76, 8, 28 Feb. 1950, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell on 17 March the properties of Mr O. & Mrs T.M. Finch & Mrs N.J. Hayter.

Lot 1. Horsley Dene 497 acres Block 13 Hundred of Hanson, three miles west of Burra Station.

Lot 2. The depot, Pt Section 1, Pt Section 2276 & Pt Section 2281, Hundred of Kooringa, 70 acres.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort will sell 8 March at Booborowie Hall 5061⁄2 acres 3 miles north of Booborowie for W.J. Kain who is relinquishing farming, comprising Section 837 Hundred of Ayers 150 acres freehold and Section 841 Hundred of Ayers, comprising 3561⁄2 acres perpetual lease.

Advt. Clearing Sale for D.C. Siegert who has sold his farm.

Public Notice. Nelson Hann advises he has no connection in any way with H.M. Scott.

Advt. Burra talkies, 4 March

Catherine McLeod & Don Ameche in Will Tomorrow Ever Come?

Plus Winter Wonderland and Romance on Skis

76, 8, 28 Feb. 1950, page 4

Cricket. Colts 50 & 56 defeated Burra 82 & 18.

76, 8, 28 Feb. 1950, page 5

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 16-107 defeated Spalding 2-61

Kooringa 12-98 defeated Willalo 6-73

Hallett 15-107 defeated Leighton 3-50

Booborowie 17-107 defeated Mt Bryan 1-40

‘B’ Grade Hallett 10-76 defeated Ironmine II 8-73

Booborowie 14-100 defeated Mt Bryan 4-55

Ironmine I 11-83 defeated Kooringa 7-80

Aberdeen 14-100 defeated Spalding 4-66

76, 8, 28 Feb. 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 20 February

Posts & Telegraphs Dept. will install three letter receivers in Burra North.

The main road has been re-tarred.

Council will inspect the site of the proposed Caravan Park to estimate costs.

The Swimming Pool Fund of the Centenary Committee has been handed over to the Council to be held in trust.

Local Board of Health

The Chief Secretary advises the school lavatories will be attended to.

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 1

Obituary. Richard George Galle died at his residence in Croydon 26 February. His widow was formerly Miss McLaren of Burra. He was once the head teacher at Copperhouse School.

[Born 25 December 1867 Mt Gambier.]

Burra Rifle Club. Cec. Edwards overcame very difficult conditions over double 700 yards range on Saturday to take the club championship. Runner-up was E.C. Hopkins. The Handicap section went to W. Hempel from D. Field. Stage winners in the Championship were:

1st Stage R.G. Bernhhardt

2nd Stage J. Lloyd

3rd Stage P.W. Hogan

4th Stage F. Kakoschke

Election Result. G.S. Hawker was re-elected on Saturday, receiving 2232 votes to Mr George (ALP) 1451. Only in Burra did Mr George receive more votes than Mr Hawker: 356 to 312.

Obituary. Mrs William Arthur Langsford, nee Miss Valerie Jean Phillips, daughter of Mr & Mrs Horace Phillips of Booborowie, was electrocuted in the kitchen of her home in Railway Town Broken Hill on Tuesday last week. She seems to have been trying to fix a fault in the iron with a steel meat skewer when she received the fatal shock. An inquest will be held. She was born at Burra and recently turned 24 [26]. Her funeral at Booborowie was the largest for many years with over 80 cars in attendance and over 100 wreaths. [Born 21February 1924 Kooringa: died 28 February 1950.]

Burra Bread. Recent complaints about the quality of Burra bread caused the inspector E.R. Davey to visit the bakehouse. He found conditions there to be clean and all in order. Analysis of the flour has now revealed the presence of a bacterial germ known as Rope. Mr Wilson of the Central Board of Health has visited and has given advice on dealing with the problem. The bacteria occur in all flour, but occasionally produce spores and germinate, contaminating the bread. Vinegar is used to eliminate the bacteria from baking utensils.

T.H. Woollacott MBE was accorded a Civic Presentation last Wednesday in recognition of his many years of service to the town. He has as Mayor guided the town through the hard years of the Depression and WWII and in recognition had been awarded the MBE. The town hopes to name the proposed caravan park the T.H. Woollacott Caravan Park. Speeches were made by the Mayor F.T. Marston and H.J.B. Jennison. The latter paid tribute to Mr Woollacott’s hard work in farewelling and welcoming soldiers in the war years and in assisting those in need during the Depression. He had organised many successful badge days and the fine furniture in the Town Council’s Chamber could be attributed to Mr Woollacott’s efforts. Mrs Woollacott was to be applauded too, as a help and inspiration to her husband. Mr S. Kellaway endorsed these remarks and spoke of Mr Woollacott’s work on the High School Council and for the Burra Hospital. Mr L. Thomas also spoke concerning Mr Woollacott’s humour from the platform and that his ‘little mannerisms would always remain a happy memory to his hearers’. Others to speak were J.G. Sara and W. Carpenter who made special reference to the debt owed Mr Woollacott by the Mongolata miners.

The Mayor made the presentation of a traymobile with a coffee set. Mr Woollacott responded. He said Burra was the third oldest corporation in the state. [Check this: it seems unlikely!]

He was honoured to have served as a member for 22 years and as Mayor for 14. He thanked all who had contributed and his wife for her support.

The Mayor and Mayoress then entertained Councillors and Mr & Mrs Woollacott at a supper party at their residence.

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 March

Marta Toren & Dick Powell in Rogue’s Regiment

Deanna Durbin in For the Love of Mary

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 3

Aberdeen Croquet Club is some 21 years old and plans a birthday party to celebrate.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal Fund has £56-6-0 from Burra.

State Election. Final figures for this electorate:

G.S. Hawker 2271

George 1463

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 4

Tennis, 25 February

‘A’ Grade Hallett 18-114 defeated Mt Bryan 0-27

Booborowie 12-102 defeated Leighton 6-64

Aberdeen 13-101 defeated Kooringa 5-68

Spalding 10-75 defeated Willalo 8-87

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 15-104 defeated Kooringa 3-58

Hallett 16-110 defeated Mt Bryan 2-51

Spalding 12-98 defeated Ironmine I 6-77

Ironmine II 10-92 defeated Booborowie 8-82

‘Ratepayer’ writes complaining that no landowner at Burra North will sell vacant land suitable for a house and small garden, despite sometimes holding it undeveloped for 20-60 years. They say they might want to build. A young couple, the man a returned soldier, is frustrated by this attitude. Council should rate such land higher.

E.J. Sara is concerned that the new tennis court at the Burra North Playground could involve the removal of trees. The editor says no trees will have to be removed.

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 5

Mr B.C. Jefferies (23) son of Mr & Mrs F.M. Jefferies of Mt Bryan has taken high honours at Roseworthy Agricultural College. He was dux of the College, dux of Agriculture and gold medallist with high distinction in Farm Engineering. He took the Albert Molineux prize for Farm Work, the Advisory Board of Agriculture Prize for Practical Examination, the Hazelgrove Prize for Horticulture, the College Prize for Animal & Dairy Husbandry and the Ridley Memorial Scholarship to take a degree course in Agriculture at the University of Adelaide. Mr Jefferies attended Woodville High School and then the School of Mines for 3-4 years to gain a Diploma in Wool Classing. In his three years at Roseworthy he has been dux each year. The Ridley Scholarship gives him free entrance to Adelaide University for two years of the three year course. He also has a number of caps for his prowess at football and athletics.

The Minister of Local Government Hon. M. McIntosh was asked by R.C. Blott at a political meeting on Wednesday why the Government took a 99-year lease on the Burra Ballast Quarry and then never worked it. He was told it was uneconomical. The questioner might have asked how it was economical to cart stone from Sleep’s Hill Quarry in motor trucks and ship it at the rail head.

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 6

Mt Bryan School Welfare Club AGM is reported.

76, 9, 7 Mar. 1950, page 7

Burra Cricket Assoc. Koonoona v. Burra game to conclude next week. So far Koonoona 127 and Burra 0 for 48.

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 1

The Local Board of Health is concerned at the lack of action by the Education Department regarding the state of the lavatories, tanks and rooms at the Burra School. The lavatories have been condemned for some time and tenders have been called and accepted for new buildings. Two interviews with the Chief Secretary have produced no result. Cr Baulderstone moved for an inspection with the Medical officer and the Inspector of the Central Board of Health on 20 March with whatever action was deemed necessary to follow. A copy of the minutes is to be forwarded to the Chief Secretary.

Cricket. The game concluded with a win to Burra: Burra 5 for 140 defeated Koonoona 127.

Burra Town Council, 6 March

It was resolved that Council proceed with the proposed caravan site.

Mr Booth applied for sole right to show pictures at the Town Hall. He was advised that the present lease ran till 30 September 1950 when the matter would be considered.

P.B. Oates applied to enclose his verandah. [Corner of East & Quarry Streets.]

Buffalo Lodge applied for the right to use the allotment opposite the Scout Hall for parking. Granted.

The tarring of the main road has been completed.

Council will write to the War Memorial Committee asking that work at Victoria Park be expedited.

The Council has agreed to do the work of laying the new tennis court for the juvenile players at Burra North in time for the Easter Tournament with the cost to be paid for by the Aberdeen Tennis Club.

Wool Display. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Corporation next year the Council is considering a wool display of the new materials being produced and marketed by the International Wool Secretariat.

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday at Tanunda: Burra 629 defeated Tanunda 624.

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 March

Secrets of Life. A dramatic film on social and moral hygiene.

Session for Ladies and girls at 7 p.m. and for Gentlemen and boys at 9.15 p.m.

Also on stage the noted American commentator on hygiene Mr Elliot Forbes, direct from the USA.

Burra Choral Society held its first general meeting for 1950 in the Burra Town Hall on 8 March. President H.J.B. Jennison presided. The society plans three concerts for the year. One is to be held before 30 June, one in September and one in December. More male members are required. Conductor L.H. Thomas and pianist is Clem Davey. R.H. Campbell is the secretary.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 March

Victor Moore & Ann Harding in It Happened on 5th Avenue

Plus King of the Gamblers

Prices: Back seats and circle 2/5 (Children under 12 1/2.)

Front seats 1/2 (Children under 12 6d.)

Birth. To Mr & Mrs Don Campbell of Booborowie on 3 March, a son.

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 6 March

It was resolved to trade in the 1935 Bedford truck and purchase an Austin truck.

Clare Council is not prepared to assist with the cost of burning alongside the railway line in co-operation with the SAR Burning Gang. In future Burra will not assist into the Clare Council area.

The Education department has approved a new school bus route via Copperhouse Road to Shafton Hill Corner and then over the hill to Mr Stockman’s and back to Burra. The local Member of Parliament, G.S. Hawker, will be asked to bring the question of fox control to Government attention.

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 5

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Willalo 11-94 defeated Mt Bryan 7-71

Booborowie 11-96 defeated Kooringa 7-70

Aberdeen 9-97 defeated Leighton 9-79

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 14-102 defeated Kooringa 4-67

Mt Bryan forfeited to Ironmine I

Ironmine II 12 sets defeated Aberdeen 6 sets

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 7

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal at Burra reached £100.

Valma Hirschausen, formerly of Burra, third daughter of Mr & the late Mrs A. Hirschausen, has distinguished herself playing cricket for SA at the Interstate Carnival in Brisbane.

76, 10, 14 Mar. 1950, page 8

Bowls. Burra Green 77 drew with Clare Red 77 each

Saddleworth Blue 111 defeated Burra Gold 68

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 1

Cricket. In the final match for the season in the Burra assoc. Buffs 197 (including J. Short 107) v. Burra 2 for 2. Match to be continued.

Paxton Square buildings are being renovated including new ceilings.

Burra Burra Show Inc. W.H. Lloyd was elected President at the AGM on Tuesday. M.G. Stockman is Vice-President.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Fund has reached £119-12-9.

News of former Burra folk

Edgar Atkins, former farmer near Hanson, is a general commission agent at Keith and recently married.

Jim Whimpress, a former keen rifleman of Burra, is also at Keith.

Colin Scott, formerly of Kangaroo St (as Editor Marston says, ‘third on the right now “ours”), is at Bordertown.

Don McInnes, formerly of Hallett, is farming at Naracoorte.

Don Campbell, formerly with Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. in Burra, is now boxing in Melbourne and elsewhere with 49 main fights in 12 months. He is about to try his luck in Darwin.

‘Horsley Dean’ was sold to Messrs J.R. & D.H. Field at £23 per acre.

‘The Depot’ was sold to W.J. McBride & Sons for £15-10-10 per acre.

Burra Institute Committee held a meeting and elected: President, H.J.B. Jennings; Vice-president, W. Lee; Secretary, N. Woodards and Treasurer, A. Stewart.

The Local Board of Health has been advised that work on the building of new conveniences at the Burra School will begin within a fortnight.

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 March

Ruth Warrick & Walter Brennan in Driftwood

Roy Rogers in Home in Oklahoma

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 3

Bowls. Bowling Club 118 defeated Cricket Assoc. 63.

The Season. Mt Bryan East has been very wet this year and lucerne is three feet high in places. One homestead reports 10 points of rain in January, 537 points in February and 330 so far in March.

Rabbits. The British Government’s contract to buy Australian rabbits ran out on 31 December and was not renewed. British companies are gradually getting their way through red tape for licenses to import, but the price they offered was so low that Australian exporters closed down. Local buyers, Messrs Cummins and Franklin (Burra Cold Stores), have arranged for an Adelaide firm supplying state needs to purchase Burra rabbits, so local trappers can continue to sell them.

Burra Show Report for 1949

The show on the 2nd Saturday in October was very satisfactory. The grounds were in fair order, though horehound and wild onion have infested the area. Entries were well above standard, especially in flowers, bowls and bouquets. Pigeon entries were well up. Support from schools was good and industrial exhibits were far above average. Show day was overcast, but all exhibits were judged and prospects looked good when the deluge began. Horse in action continued, but the public were confined to their cars and pavilions. Most sideshows did not even open. Gate takings were down, but the ball was popular. The show was opened by Mr McEwin, the Chief Secretary.

Report by Glen M. Finch, President.

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 10-86 defeated [Booborowie?] 8-84

Kooringa 11-96 defeated Spalding 7-78

Aberdeen 18-114 defeated Mt Bryan 0-44

Willalo 11-90 defeated Leighton 7-72

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 17-113 defeated Mt Bryan 1-31

Ironmine I 13-98 defeated Ironmine II 5-50

Spalding 13 sets defeated Kooringa 5 sets

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School will hold its Anniversary next weekend.

Marriage. 11 March Malvern Methodist Church

Norma Earle, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Oliver Earle of Yalcowinna Station, Broken Hill, married

John Quinn, third son of Mr & Mrs Fred Quinn of Dapto NSW.

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 7

Kooringa Masonic Lodge celebrated its centenary on Saturday night when 383 Freemasons attended a meeting. When formed 100 years ago it was named Mildred Lodge of the UK. The centenary meeting was held in the Burra Show Pavilion and was under the control of the Grand Master of SA Hon. Justice Ligertwood. He was welcomed by the Wpl Master Bro. J.O. Mitchell. A sumptuous banquet followed and a birthday cake of four tiers was cut by the Grand Master. It had been made by Mrs M.T. Fuller and Mrs W.E. Bails and decorated with Masonic Emblems by Mrs Colin Fuller.

Weather. Rain out East has continued with some 9 inches in the last 7weeks. In the last week: Burra 155 points, Booborowie 77, Mallett 200, Koomooloo 280, Woolgangi 250, Pine valley 250 & Quondong 333.

76, 11, 21 Mar. 1950, page 8

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs R. Ellis; Vice-President, Mesdames H. Jennison & N. Woodards; Secretary, Mrs C. Fuller.

Notable purchases for the year were a variety of sports equipment, a wireless and many library books. It is hoped one of the rooms can be reconditioned for use as a library. Mrs Towler, the secretary, left the district during the year and her place was taken by Mrs Hayward. The outbreak of polio during the year threatened the Christmas party, but parties were held with each class confined to its own room and oranges replaced ice creams as another precaution.

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 1

Burra Caravan Park. Council has received advice from the SA Publicity and Tourist Bureau concerning the requirements for a Caravan Park. It advised that for parks with an approved plan the Government would give a £ for £ subsidy.

Local Board of Health

The Central Board advises that the bakery was reasonably clean on inspection, but was not complying with all the regulations. It asked the Local Board to ensure conformity. Some changes were needed to the ceiling, the concrete floor, the storeroom, yard and ventilation.

The Buffalo Lodge. Sitting Primo E.T. Baulderstone opened the new Temple of Burra Burra 220 Buffalo Lodge on Saturday 25 March. A very successful night was followed by supper.

[Check that this was the former Boy Scout Hall.]

Burra Races planned for 5 April have received 91 nominations for the six events.

Burra School lavatories were inspected by the local Board of Health on 20 March and were then worse than when previously inspected. They were a disgrace. Work was also needed on the yard and rooms. The Chief Secretary replied on the matter, that the contractor had experienced difficulties in obtaining essential materials and was currently working at Pinnaroo. Work would begin at Burra within 14 days. The work of installing a septic system began on Friday.

Burra Rifle Club. Members D.H. Field, T. Lynch & B.O. Schulz got in the prize money at No 4 District Union Prize Shoot at Gawler on Saturday, but Wasleys Club members won most events.

Burra Football Club AGM was chaired by retiring President W. Carpenter. Elected were: President, K.J. Murphy; Secretary, R.W. Chambers & Patron, J.R. Barker. The Burra Racing Club has been approached for the use of the course and buildings for matches.

Cricket. The final was won by the Buffs 197 who defeated Burra 60 & 99.

The Easter Cricket Carnival was cancelled when Broken Hill & Prospect clubs cancelled and substitutes could not be organised.

Mr & Mrs Dan Siegert were farewelled from Hallett on leaving the district.

Advt. A clearing sale of furniture etc. will be held at the premises of Mrs D.G. Steven in Commercial Street on 13 April.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 1 April

Bing Crosby, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard & Gary Cooper in Variety Girl.

Richard Denning in Seven Were Saved

Obituary. Alice Wilson, daughter of the late William & Martha Wilson died at Burra 27 March. She was a sister to Alf, Mary, Ruth (Mrs Pledge) & Phoebe. [Born 8 August 1869 in Adelaide.]

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 3

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal Fund has reached £139-6-0.

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-98 defeated Hallett 6-78

Booborowie 15-106 defeated Willalo 3-66

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-96 defeated Ironmine I 5-66

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 5

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM 21 March. Elected were: President, Mrs Miels; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Riggs & Jennison; Secretary, Mrs Ford & Treasurer, Mrs Gare. In the past year the Association has bought new records, sports equipment and library books. The annual ball in August was financially very profitable. The outbreak of polio prevented the annual banquet.

Mr [P.R.] Beckwith, a former WWI soldier of Burra, who lost a leg in the war and now works for a firm of Adelaide jewellers, recently agreed to lend a man £2,000 on the security of some gold ingots which turned out to be gold plated lead.

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 6

Bowls. Auburn 101 defeated Burra Gold 58.

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade: Hallett 12-84 defeated Ironmine 6-83.

Burra War Memorial Project

Stage one, the levelling of the oval, has almost been completed. The huge old shed in the northeast corner encroached onto the new cycle track and so was cut in half and a new temporary change room was provided. The oval should be completed within a month. Shortly an all out effort will be launched to provide a useful and lasting War Memorial.

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 7

Rev. & Mrs Giles were given a farewell at Hallett Methodist Church on 22 March.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary last Sunday. Addresses were given by Rev. F.E. Tregilgas and Rev. Gordon Moyle.

Obituary. Mrs J.G. Oates died on 12 March. She was born at Auburn 87 years ago, the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs W.J. Langsford of Ironmine. She married Mr J.G. Oates in 1884. He was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Philip Oates of Ironmine. She lived practically all her life in the district and with her husband moved to Burra North in retirement, 31 years ago, until the last 12 months, when owing to failing health, they went to Adelaide to live with their daughters. She died at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs J.W. Pickering. [Born Elizabeth Eva Langsford 22 July 1862 near Auburn: died 12 March 1950 at Cheltenham.]

The Girl Guides have commenced meeting for 1950 on Saturdays in the Drill Hall. The Captain is Mrs Lott.

Bob Lott, son of Mr & Mrs R. C. Lott, with some help from his mother, held a garden party at his home in Paxton Tce and raised £2-10-0 for the Cancer Appeal.

76, 12, 28 Mar. 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 20 March

The Council has been invited to the 21st anniversary celebrations of the Aberdeen Croquet Club.

The War Memorial Committee advised that work on Victoria Park would soon commence and asked permission to cut the present dressing shed in half and to use the removed material to cover the open part of the existing shed. This would allow the cycle track to be completed. Permission granted.

P.V. Oates was given permission to enclose his verandah. [Corner of East & Quarry Streets.]

H.O. Pederick, headmaster of Burra School, asked the Council to construct a road from the school to the top of the hill, as the existing road was too rough for the school bus and the pick-up point by the Drill Hall was too far away for supervision. He asked for the repair of the road from the school to the saleyards. The Council will hold an inspection.

The Overseer reported, among other work, that the new tennis court at Aberdeen is about half finished.

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 1

Accident. A utility driven by Ilario Tuccio of Findon rolled over on the Black Springs Road about 16 miles from Burra, between Lawn’s and Gilbert’s last Wednesday. A Dodge car rolled over at almost the same place two weeks earlier and yet another car a couple of weeks before that. While there have been no serious injuries, the damages to each car would average about £100. There have been five or six accidents on this road in a few months. Before this series of accidents there was one serious one where Mr Grant of Broken Hill received serious head injuries. This twisting section of road appears to heve been constructed with the wrong camber and also has not been graded well, with looses gravel in the centre of it. The road is under the control of the Robertstown DC and is graded for it by the Burra Burra DC.

Building Blocks seem to be unavailable in Burra North depiste there being many vacant blocks there. A young returned man has found no one willing to sell, which seems to show both poor civic spirit and a non-progrssive outlook.

Bowls. RSL 82 defeated Bowling Club 49.

Burra Races will be held tomorrow, with the Squatters’ Handicap as the main race.

Acceptances for the six races are printed.

Housing Trust Homes. The representative of the Architect in Chief’s Department who visited Burra last week has rejected the proposed site for Trust Homes, as having unsuitable drainage for soakage. A discussion will now be held concerning alternative sites.

Eastern Station Country

Mr Binks-Williams of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd and John Kellock have just completed a 500 miles trip around the eastern plains from Burra. They went as far as the NSW border with Oakvale Station. Mr Kellock says he has never seen the country in better condition. Mr Williams says the Adelaide Hills have not looked better in spring. They found an amazing amount of water in small alkes and lagoons. One Oakvale depression that has not held water since 1938, now has water up to 12 feet deep and up to three quarters of a mile across. It should last as a water source for up to two years. In country that usually has about 7 inches a year, 11.32 inches have fallen since 1 February. Oakbank, with a similar average, has recorded 19.45 inches since May 1949. The wool clip is heavier than usual. Pasture growth is dense and fresh, though not particularly high, but it will be if there are rains in August and September. Morgan Vale, about 120 miles from Burra has installed a pedal wireless and contacts the Flying Doctor Base at Broken Hill three times a day. A private airstrip is being prepared at Oakbank to accommodate the Flying Doctor.

Rail Accident. John Reginald Bellman (45) of Kent Town fell from the Burra bound railcar between Hanson and Burra on Friday night and dislocated a hip. He was standing on the platform between the first and second cars when the accident occurred. He was picked up by those in charge of the railcar and taken on to Burra. After medical attention from Dr Steven, he was transferred to Adelaide on Saturday by Ambulance.

Murray Water will be laid onto Farrell Flat via a four inch main that will run two miles to the town from the Clare pipeline. Pipes for the Clare line have been laid out for nearly two years and trenches for laying the pipe were started recently. It is hoped water will reach Farrell Flat quite soon. Pipes on the main line are into the Clare Corporation area in Lennon Street, but the pumping plant and storage tank on the Hill River Range are yet to be completed and Clare is not expected to get water until next summer.

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, Good Friday, 7 April

Jane Frazee & James Ellison in Calender Girl [sic: but presumably Calendar Girl]

Plus Wyoming

Easter Saturday, 8 April

Tyrone Power in Captain from Castile

Plus Short Features

Easter Monday, 10 April

Rod Cameron in Panhandle

Plus Murder in Reverse

Dr W.E. Steven was presented with a handsome silver tray by the Hospital Board of Management last Friday in recognition of 27 years of service to the Hospital. Dr Steven expressed his regret at having to leave Burra.

Advt. Oates Ltd will conducte an antique and furniture sale for Mrs D.G. Steven on 13 April on her Commercial Street property. [Items are listed.]

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 3

Bowls. Last Saturday.

Moonta 103 defeated Burra 51

Burra Burra Hospital Inc.

At a meeting of the Board of Management on Friday Dr Steven was presented with a sliver tray inrecognition of 17 years’ service.

Dr R.C. Heddle succeeds Dr Steven as Senior Medical Officer to the Board.

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 4

Aberdeen Croquet Club’s 21st Birthday Celebration

There was perfect weather and a festive air, with gay umbrellas and bright flowers for this occasion. A match was played between Kooringa and Aberdeen. President, Mrs O. Finch introduced Mrs J.G. Sara to open the celebrations at 2.30 p.m. Mrs Sara was glad to see so many foundation members present. She outlined the early difficulties. The original decision to have earth courts was soon replaced with one to have grass. The two original courts were not full size, but a gift of land from Mr & Mrs W.H. Gare enabled this to be rectified. The gift included the splendid hall, which is also used for social purposes and by the [Burra North] Red Cross. She gave special thanks to their Treasurer Miss L. Bartholomaeus, who had served them since the inception of the club. Afternoon tea and a series of toasts followed. Miss Bartholomaeus lit the candles on the cake and Mr J.G. Sara extinguished them. Various games were played in the afternoon and a jumble stall netted over £9 and overall the day added £16-3-0 to the club’s coffers. Greensman Mr R. Ellis had the greens and gardens in excellent condition.

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 6

Burra Rifle Club. 16th stage of the E.S. Williams’ Trophy was fired over 600 yards. A.E. Robinson annexed borth the Marksmen’s and Handicap events. Lance Palmer and F.T. Marston also did particularly well.

Burra Fire Station was judged the best kept by SA Fire Chief on a routine inspection last week.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary Tea last Tuesday. A Pleasant Sunday afternoon was held on 2 April when items were presented by scholars, the annual reports were presented and prizes were distributed by Mrs S. Kellaway.

76, 13, 4 Apr. 1950, page 7

Accident. Arch Jones of ‘Mount View’ was thrown from his horse while driving cattle and suffered a broken collar bone.

Accident. Mrs Jim Reilly suffered a broken leg while training a horse this morning for the Burra Races. She was thrown when the horse she was training bolted.

Kooringa Methodist Church & Burra Salvation Army will unite for a special service on Good Friday. It will be held at the Methodist Church. Rev. F.E. Tregilgas will conduct the service and Lieut. Exon of the Salvation Army will deliver the address. The Kooringa Choir will lead the singing.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 1

Burra Town Council. Councillors retiring on 30 June:

Mayor: F.T. Marston

North Ward: J.A. Fisher

East Ward: E.T. Baulderstone

West Ward: W.J. Lee

Burra Choral Society has been granted permission by the Town Council to rehearse in the Town Hall on 5, 12, 19 & 26 April and on 3, 10, 24 & 31 May and to present a concert on 2 June.

The Society is to be allowed to make a door in the front of the stage: the door to be flush with the stage front and to make a cupboard behind it to hold books and music.

Burra Races were held on Wednesday last and all receipts increased, except possibly those from the totalizator. The gate takings were up £36 to over £200. Bookmakers turned over £23,242. The Totalizator receipts were £359 and the CWA luncheon raised £95. The autumn meeting is secondary to the spring meeting, making this a very good result. Much of the success was due to the work of President Len Boothby, Secretary R.A. Bevan and Treasurer E.R. Davey. Andrew Tennant is the Patron. The course was in very good order, though the weather was a little wet, mostly misty rain with one short, heavy shower. Stanley Hawker MP presented the trophies. The main race was the Squatters’ Handicap of £85 with a £55 trophy. It was won by S.R. Pretty’s Robertsman ridden by P. Kelly. [The other results are printed.]

The Local Board of Health has raised the question of Burra having an ambulance. Most towns of Burra’s size have one and yet here at present private cars, or even a truck, have to be employed. The Town Council will confer with the District Council and a public appeal will be made if the negotiations are successful.

The Adelaide Road. A dangerous section of the road to Black Springs lies between Messrs Gilbert’s and Lawn’s. It is a notorious accident site under the control of the Saddleworth Council. The road needs to be re-engineered and properly graded to reduce the risk of skidding. City drivers, unused to loose surfaces on curves are especially at risk.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 15 April

Betty Hutton in The Perils of Pauline

Plus Speed to Spare

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 3

Tennis. Easter Carnival Winners

Men’s Singles Championship R. Hopgood

Men’s Singles Handicap ‘A’ Grade C. Lloyd

Men’s Singles Handicap ‘B’ Grade M. Robinson

Men’s Doubles Championship R. Hopgood & A. Baum

Men’s Handicap Doubles C. Werner & F. Schmidt

Ladies’ Singles Championship Mrs Ross

Ladies’ Doubles Championship Miss Mosey & Mrs Ross

Ladies’ Singles Handicap ‘A’ Grade Miss Ellis

Ladies’ Singles Handicap ‘B’ Grade Miss Ross

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles ‘A’ Grade Mrs Rosewall & Mrs Jesser

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles ‘B’ Grade Mrs & Miss Kuchenmeister

Junior Boys’ Singles D. Edson

Junior Girls’ Singles M. Crawford

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday at Hallett: Hallett 702 defeated Burra 6 73.

Black springs Agricultural Bureau is concerned at the possible spread of Onion Weed into its area by use of Burra Ballast Quarry stone in making the proposed new main road to Burra.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 5

Burra Town Council, 3 April

Council resolved that a plan for the proposed Caravan Park be prepared by Cr Carpenter & Mr Carl Pearce.

The permission of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. is to be sought to repair the road to the school, which crosses their property.

Weeds are to be cleared near the Lodge Hall in Stromach Street. [Sic: should be Grainger Street.]

The Overseer reports the completion of the new tennis court and the erection of the fence around it for the Aberdeen tennis Club. The old court has been top dressed.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 6

Easter Cricket

At Hallett on Friday: Burra (plus a few Adelaide visitors) 8 for 194 declared defeated Hallett 130.

At Burra on Saturday: Adelaide 161 defeated Mokota 122.

At Burra on Monday: Adelaide 4 for 119 defeated Burra 59.

Tennis: Preliminary Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-100 defeated Booborowie 5-71

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 10-82 defeated Ironmine II 8-81

Cricket Final

Day 1: Mt Bryan 4 for 303

Day 2: Mt Bryan 407 and North Booborowie 3 for 119

Day 3: North Booborowie 308

The game is to be played out.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 7

The SA Housing Trust cannot suggest when work on any of their housing in Burra could start; merely saying it will be as soon as possible.

Burra School. Repairs to the schoolyard are still pending. The contract was let in September 1949.

Mr J.C. Goodridge, Burra electrician, has applauded the adaptability of a fuse box being manufactured in Adelaide by E.M.M. Steven, son of Dr & Mrs Steven and formerly of Burra.

76, 14, 11 Apr. 1950, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 3 April

Council was thanked for clearing the flat below Burra High School.

Council will grade the area around the new school rooms at Mt Bryan.

Council received notice of the fears of the Black Springs Agricultural Bureau concerning the spread of Onion Weed.

The Highways Department will be asked to eliminate Onion Weed in the Quarry Paddock (Though that is in the Town Council area.)

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 1

Burra School. The yard remains dangerous, despite pretty plans to improve it and even despite a tender for work having been let. Is the Government guilty of neglect and so responsible for the costs of medical attention as a consequence of such neglect? [The article concludes with a tally sheet of 15 accidents so far in 1950. Most of them were skinned knees or abrasions to other parts of the body, but included Richard Tiver’s broken arm, Russell Harris’s dislocated shoulder and Allen Day’s slight concussion.]

Car Accidents. The dangerous Black Springs Road added three victims to its tally in the last week.

John O’Connor of Broken Hill and a passenger were shaken up when their car skidded on loose gravel and struck a tree at 8.15 p.m. on Monday.

Mrs Gwendoline Joyce Bettison of Renown Park, her father, son and a lady friend, were bruised and shaken when her car turned over on Thursday near Gilbert’s, where a man died in a similar accident 18 months ago.

Mr Maurice Bednall’s car turned onto its side about 7 miles south of Burra. This is believed to be due to one wheel grabbing and slewing the car around on the loose surface. We hope the District Council of Saddleworth, which is responsible for this section of the road, will bring pressure on the Government to get the new main road through Hanson begun, as has long been promised.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Fund stands at £188-4-9.

Institute Library Fees will have to be raised.

In 1909 fees were 12/6 & £1.

In 1929 they were increased to 16/- & £1.

The proposal now is to increase them to £1 & £1-4-0.

Book prices have increased 300% since 1909 and 50% since 1929.

Hallett Sports on Easter Monday were quite a success with gate takings etc. of £100 and a similar amount in donations. The Jamestown Band supplied music. It is proposed that the proceeds go towards a children’s playground.

Obituary. Kenneth Boyce Neville aged 23 was found dead in a house about 3 miles from Booborowie on Sunday night by his brother at about 10.45 p.m. A 0.410 shot gun was by the body. M-c Welch of Burra North is preparing a report for the coroner. [Born 24 September 1925 Enfield: died 16 April 1950 near Booborowie, residence Booborowie.]

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 2

Burra Burra DC. Retiring Councillors:

Kooringa Ward: Edwin Finch

Mongolata Ward: John Robert Barker

Farrell Flat Ward: Andreas Rudolph Mickel

Leighton Ward: Hurtle Roy Earle

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 April

Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passenger

Plus Angel from Texas

25 April

Gregory Peck & Dorothy McGuire in A Gentleman’s Agreement

Plus Dangerous Years

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 3

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of the young son of Mr & Mrs R. Bond of Booborowie. [Gregory James Bond died 4 April 1950 at Burra, residence Booborowie aged 5 months 2 weeks.]

Redruth & Kooringa Methodist Sunday Schools will combine for the first time on Tuesday (Anzac Day) for their annual picnic, which will be held at Gum Creek.

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 4

Marriage. St Mary’s, Burra, 15 April

Marjorie Davey, daughter of Mr & Mrs A.A. Davey of Burra, married

Harold Topsfield, son of Mr & Mrs G. Topsfield of Maylands.

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 5

Tennis. An upheld protest saw the Aberdeen & Ironmine II B Grade match replayed.

Ironmine II 11-89 defeated Aberdeen 7-76. [But see 76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 3.]

North-Eastern Football Assoc. AGM elected: Patron, Rex. Warnes; President, L. Gill & Secretary, W.H. Hollman. Clubs represented were: Burra, Booborowie, Hallett, Spalding and Leighton.

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 6

St Patrick’s Day Sports at Booborowie are reported as successful and the results are printed.

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the E.S. William’s Trophy over double 700 yards and the best results were Hempel, T. Marston, C. Hopkins & Lloyd. Cec. Edwards & Eddie Hopkins both scored possibles.

Tennis. In the premiership match Hallett 13-98 defeated Aberdeen 5-68.

Stud Sheep Inspection Day at John Collins & Sons, Mt Bryan Woolshed, drew 250 to inspect 97 beautiful rams. They were in excellent condition due to the good season.

76, 15, 18 Apr. 1950, page 8

Burra Institute membership is reported at 245.

Obituary. Mr A.H. [Arthur Hamlyn] Strong, recently of Burra North, died 6 April [at Highgate.] He was born at Happy Valley 4 April 1869. He spent his early childhood in the Adelaide Hills and as a youth went to the South East, taking up land near Penola where he began farming. He married and raised a family of seven children. His wife predeceased him and the family sold up at Penola and Mr Strong settled at Hamley Bridge as a storekeeper. He later married the widow of James Thomas (nee Ada Gare) and the couple moved to Burra North about 13 years ago. There he was an active member of the Benevolent Society, took an interest in the welfare of the Redruth Methodist Church and was for a time a member of the Burra Show Committee and of the Oddfellows’ Lodge. Mr & Mrs Strong moved to Highgate in Adelaide about 12 months ago. He is survived by a widow and children: Harold (Hamley Bridge), Errol (Melbourne), Mrs Blackmore (Komgorong), Mrs North (Strathburnie, Victoria) & Mrs Richards (Adelaide.)

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 1

Koonoona Field Day was held last Thursday. Studmaster Glen Hawkes and Manager Len Boothby must have been delighted with their success. Black Springs CWA ladies provided lunch. Some 400 people attended and 200 cars were accommodated. At least one buyer from WA paid 600 guineas for a ram and others sold for 300, 250 and 100 guineas. Stud ewes and flock hoggets were also on show. In recent years demand from New Zealand has been quite strong, particularly from areas on the east side of the South Island with a climate similar to Burra’s.

Mr Hawker MP is to be supplied with details of schoolyard accidents to get the improvements expedited.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal. Burra’s contribution stands at £210-7-9.

Ambulance. Burra Town Councillors are of the opinion that an ambulance for the town is a necessity. It is not anticipated that there would be any difficulty in raising the necessary finance and public bodies in the district will be approached for their support.

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies

Cary Grant & Loretta Young in The Bishop’s Wife

Plus Seven Keys to Baldpate

Obituary. Mr James Cains of Booborowie died 8 April 1950. He was born 27 December 1867, the eldest son of the late James & Margaret Cains of Mt Brown near Melrose and he spent his childhood in that area. He married Ann, daughter of the late William & Elizabeth Blinman of Beltana on 10 July 1910 and the couple lived first at Melton Station via Waukaringa and later at Koonamore Station and Curnamona Station. In 1918 they moved to Canowie Station. Mr Cains retired about 14 years ago and lived for some time in Burra. In recent year he lived at Booborowie with his daughter, Mrs F.L. Hogan. He leaves a widow (presently in the Burra Hospital) and three children: Dorothy (Mrs D. Hannaford of Murray Bridge), Gladys (Mrs F.L. Hogan of Booborowie) and Harry (Thebarton.)

[Registration of death says he died at Burra, residence Burra.]

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 3

Black Springs Road. [In an outbreak of alliteration the paper says ‘District Dangles Danger Signs on Crankily Cambered Curving Highway.’ How did they overlook ‘Killer Corners’?]

Signs are to be erected on the Black Springs Road between Gilbert’s and Lawn’s, but it will not make the road any safer.

Dr Steven. At a meeting of Council on Monday Councillors and employees made a presentation and farewelled Dr Steven, who has been Medical Officer for many years. The departure of Dr & Mrs Steven was regretted and they were wished every success and happiness for the future.

R.C. Lott writes expressing his view that Burra has slipped up in not offering Dr Steven a public send-off.

Tennis. The Aberdeen Club says Ironmine II did not win its protest, which was dismissed, but in fairness both teams agreed to replay the match.

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 4

The Anzac Service in Market Square drew 400 people. This was less than previously because Booborowie and Farrell Flat conducted services of their own. The Salvation Army was not present either, as in the past year Bandmaster Heaven had died and the band had broken up. It is now being re-formed. Mr Tom Roberts, kettle-drummer, headed the returned men. Mr Roberts recently arrived from England and was in the British army in the war. Rev. L.H. Pitman conducted the service. Lt Exon of the Salvation Army gave the address. Wreaths were laid:

E.R. Davey as President of RSL

R.C. Lott as President of the Air Force Assoc.

J.R. Field for the Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc.

A.B. Riggs for the Fathers’ Assoc.

F.T. Marston as Mayor of Burra

E.E. Finch for the District Council.

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 5

Burra Town Council, 17 April

Aberdeen Tennis Club writes thanking the Council for having the new court ready for the Easter Tournament.

The Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc. held a meeting at the Buffalo Lodge Hall on Saturday night. The Clare sub-branch has disbanded and some members may join the Burra sub-branch. [Only two local members are mentioned by name: Senior Vice-President J.R. Field and H.M. Scott.]

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 6

Football. Burra 7.7 defeated Robertstown 4.5.

Tennis. Completion of tournament not finished last year.

Men’s Handicap Doubles R. Pickering & B. Mosey

Mixed Doubles L. Phillips & Miss M. Nelson

Men’s Championship Doubles T. Weaver & W. Phin

76, 16, 25 Apr. 1950, page 7

Housing Trust in Burra. The Trust has rejected the site offered because of unsuitable drainage. There are plenty of available blocks and if no one area can accommodate a dozen houses why is it necessary for all of them to be built together? It seems none will be built soon and the housing situation in Burra is pretty grim.

Burra Rifle Club fired the postponed 16th Stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy over double 500 yards on Saturday. For the Marksman’s Trophy J. Harris leads with 34 points from F.T. Marston & A.G. Heinrich each with 32 points. For the E.S. Williams Trophy (Handicap) J. Harris has 24 points, ahead of W. Hempel with 22. Best on Saturday were F. Kakoschke & W. Hempel.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 1

Burra Hospital Report

Dr Heddle & Dr Mellor have responded to the Board on the needs of the Hospital.

They have concluded that the renovations and reconstruction needed to bring it up to date are so extensive that the option of building a completely new hospital should be considered.

They suggest a two storey building to the east of the present hospital, adjacent to Mr Sanderson’s home. The top floor would be on a level with the Maternity Block and would comprise administration, X-ray, secretary’s office etc. with probably one ward on the ground floor. Of the existing buildings, only the Maternity Block and Isolation Block would remain. Included should be the building of a new Nurses’ Wing on the site of the present hospital, in the area of the eastern end of the Women’s and Men’s Wards.

Dr L.R. Mallen, of the Advisory Board of Hospitals, estimates a cost of £1,000 per bed and the new hospital would take in 28 beds, divided between 5 private rooms, 3 double rooms, a Men’s Ward of 6 beds, a Women’s Ward of 7 beds and a Children’s Ward with 4 beds, for a cost of £28,000. An 18 bed Nurses Quarters would cost about £18,000.

If the community feels that this is impossible then the following are the recommendations, ranked as very urgent, urgent, and needed in 1 or 2 years.

Very Urgent

The kitchen is presently in a poor state of cleanliness and inconvenient. The floor is rough and dirty. Wash-up board is filthy and collected dirt between it and the wall is a breeding ground for flies and disease. Flies crawl all over surfaces and food. Screen and fly-wire doors do not work effectively. We (the reporting doctors) feel if this is not acted upon within a month a report to the Central Board of Health must be made.

Women’s, Men’s and Private Rooms’ “Backs”

Paint work is rusty. Bathroom and lavatory facilities are broken, the flush sink is cracked and the cistern is leaking. Bed pans have to be emptied here and the whole place gives a feeling of nausea. The whole of the “Backs” should be completely reorganised and rebuilt with sufficient lighting. Lavatories and bathrooms need new flush sinks and cisterns. Steam cleansers and sterilisers must be obtained. Minor repairs and painting are also required. The creek is a breeding ground for mosquitoes and urgency must be given to the satisfactory working of the new pump and to keeping the creek clear of weeds. Rubbish has been allowed to accumulate under the Maternity Wing, around the woodheap and mortuary, providing a breeding ground for vermin.

Urgent

Floors. New rubberoid flooring is needed in the Labour Ward. Moisture getting onto the wooden floor and between the boards will sooner or later produce a severe infection problem. New rubberoid was promised 12 months ago and needs immediate attention

New waterproof walls are needed in the Labour Ward, so they can be washed down and carbolised. This ward also needs better lighting.

Sterilising tanks in the Labour Ward are leaking and should be replaced by electric sterilising tanks similar to those being installed in the main theatre of the Hospital.

The kitchen is far from hygienic and needs a new wash-up sink and board, preferably stainless steel. The chimney needs improving and the room needs painting.

The maternity Wing doors are not fly or mosquito-proof.

The old Nurses’ Dormitory should be cleaned up and two beds kept ready for isolation cases.

New Nurses’ Quarters are an urgent necessity. If we don’t get these, we will not get nurses. For the last three years we heave been operating with up to 20 patients with Matron and one or two Sisters and three or four Pros [i.e. Probationers]. This is difficult and inefficient.

Work Needed in One or Two Years

A Children’s Ward is highly desirable.

Minor surgery like stitching cuts or opening abscesses, is now done in the Ward or Main Theatre, infecting both places. Private Room number 5 should be made available as a Minor Theatre for this sort of work.

The ante-room of the Theatre is over-crowded and the Private Room number 4 should be made into an autoclave room and autoclaved linen and other necessities for surgery should be kept there.

Rooms 1, 2 & 3 should be converted to a Children’s Ward and a new wing of private rooms made in the area of the wall dividing the garden for the Men’s Ward.

A full estimate of the work needed to bring the Hospital up to standard should be compared with the estimated cost of a new hospital. We believe that with a long range view the difference in costs would be so small that the venture of a new hospital would be better.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Fund. The Burra District total is now £221-10-11.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 2

Burra Town Council

Extraordinary Vacancies have been caused by the resignations of Crs William Carpenter and Darrell Hanham Field from East and West Wards respectively.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 6 May

Claudette Colbert & Fred McMurray in A Family Honeymoon

Susan Hayward & Robert Montgomery in The Saxon Charm.

Mrs John Honan of Hallett was 91 on 26 April.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 3

Football. At Leighton on Saturday: Leighton 3.2 defeated Burra 2.2.

At Booborowie: Booborowie 10.11 defeated Hallett 2.3.

Juniors: Hallett 4.4 defeated Booborowie 4.2.

Bowls. Burra 124 defeated Peterborough 73.

Burra Golf Club AGM. Retiring President R.B. Martin took the chair. Elected: President, I.D. Richardson; Vice-Presidents, L.H. Thomas & C.L. Phillips and Secretary & Treasurer, C. Davey.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 4

Burra Hospital Board received a delegation from Burra Red Cross on Friday. Given the amount of money raised by Red Cross for the Hospital, that organisation feels it is time women had a say in the management of the Hospital, with a woman on the Board. This could require changing the regulations, which could be done at this year’s General Meeting.

Tennis. In the ‘B’ Grade Final Hallett 9-89 defeated an un-named team 9-88.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 5

Methodist Sunday School Picnic for the combined schools from Kooringa, Redruth, Hanson, Farrell Flat and Ironmine, was held at Gum Creek Station on Anzac Day. It was the best picnic to date. Apples were distributed on arrival. Luncheon was given to the children on forms outside the shearers’ quarters and adults had theirs inside, at tables. Races and competitions occupied the afternoon. [Results are printed.] Ice cream was distributed and cool drinks were on sale. Tea was served at 4.30 p.m. and a bag of sweets was given to each child for the homeward journey.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 6

St Joseph’s School Annual Sports Day was held at the school on Saturday. A short program of songs and dance preceded the sports. [Results of a highly successful day are printed.]

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 7

Mt Bryan School Pet Show was held on 22 April. Proceeds amounted to £63.

Burra High School. Prefects for 1950: June Maxted, Brian Brooks, Pat Kakoschke & Gary Voumard.

The school is being painted on the inside.

The work on the new septic system lavatories is proceeding well and should be completed in about 10 weeks.

The polio epidemic is restricting physical activity and unless it abates, it is likely the school sports day and the Inter-High School Sports Meeting will be cancelled.

C.W. Bagg writes supporting R.C. Lott’s call for a public farewell for Dr Steven.

76, 17, 2 May 1950, page 8

Obituary. William Hedley McWaters died on Monday last week, 24 April. He was born 9 June 1878, the son of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas McWaters of Samson’s Well Station and first went to school at Langsford’s Private School at World’s End Creek and later at World’s End Public School. He then worked on a farm at World’s End before going to Broken Hill as a miner when he was 21. After four years he returned to Samson’s Well. On 15 August 1906 he married Esther Morgan of Thistlebeds Station and they moved to the property known as Rooke’s at World’s End. Later he was Overseer for the Burra DC for nine years before being elected Councillor for Baldina Ward. He remained on the Council till the merging of the Burra, Mt Bryan and Booborowie DCs. When his father retired he moved to his property a World’s End and remained there for 36 years. Mr McWaters was a keen Freemason and was Worshipful Master of Kooringa Lodge in 1939. He was a trustee of the World’s End Methodist Church, a JP, and Chairman of the School Committee for 17 years. He was on the committee of the Burra Show Society and a keen judge of light horses. He is survived by a widow, two sons and three daughters: Tom McWaters (Oraparinna Station), John McWaters (Pewsey Vale, Lyndoch), Mrs Ralph Follet (Wayville), Connie Mrs Ron Pexton (Penola), Essie Mrs Colin Morrison (Burra) and 8 grandchildren. [Born 16 June 1878 Baldina: died 24 April 1950 Burra, residence Burra.]

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 1

Accident. J.A. Wilson, hide and skin merchant of north Adelaide, rolled his truck over at Sod Hut on Friday afternoon. It is believed he veered off the road while checking his load in the rear view mirror. Damage to the truck is estimated at £150. [Damage to Mr Wilson is not mentioned.]

Accident. A car driven by Ivor Burden of Burra High School and one driven by Mr Gasky of Broken Hill collided ten miles on the Broken Hill side of Oddla Wirra on Friday. With Mr Burdon were his wife and Mr & Mrs E.R. Davey of Burra. No one was seriously injured, but each car sustained damages of c. £200.

Burra market. Ten fat woolly wethers sold at £8-3-6 a head on Friday and this is believed to be a state record price.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Fund has reached £255-2-10 for Burra & District.

Burra Red Cross street stall on Friday raised £55.

At Oakbank Station there has been so much rain this year that Mr & Mrs Ron Kellock are enjoying boating on the lagoon in a dingy with an outboard motor.

Burra Hospital

Following the Doctors’ report last week, Dr McQueen of the Department of Health and Mr D. Wilson, Inspector of Health, inspected the Hospital.

While they cannot recommend or otherwise that an entirely new hospital be built, they can comment on what would be needed to make the present hospital maintain a state of hygiene required of a modern facility. The Burra Hospital is very old and with additions at various times it lacks the streamlined appearance and functioning of a modern hospital.

[There were several letters to the editor on this subject.]

Eileen M. Richardson writes saying the Matron and Nurses deserve acknowledgement for their work in keeping the Hospital operating in the face of very trying conditions and handicaps.

‘Ex-Board Member’ writes to complain about the degree of exposure of dirty linen in the matter. [Under the circumstances, this was perhaps a poor choice of words.] While it would be nice to have a new hospital he says ‘the old one is not that bad’ and the need for 20-35 houses in the town is a higher priority.

John G. Sara writes of a recent service he and his wife received at the Burra Hospital, which he regarded as quite satisfactory. He says he believes in doing what you can with what you’ve got. [He also adds somewhat ambivalently that Burra could find the men and money to build a new hospital.

‘Interested Citizen’ writes to support a new hospital to which ‘doubtless many of our wealthy graziers could and would give substantial financial aid’.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 2

Advt. Kooringa Badminton Club. A meeting is called for 11 May.

Advt. Methodist Overseas Missions. Talkie Film New Guinea Argosy will be screened:

Redruth, Tuesday, 16 May 7.30 p.m.

Kooringa, Monday, 15 May 7.30 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 May

Irene Dunne, William Powell, Elizabeth Taylor & Edmund Gwenn in Life with Father

Plus short features.

Burra Golf Club. The new season will be opened at 2 p.m. next Saturday by President I.D. Richardson.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. Best results on Saturday were by G. Webster, F.T. Marston, E.C. Collins & E.C. Hopkins.

Basketball. 29 April

Booborowie 38 defeated Hallett 23

Burra 11 defeated Leighton 3

Mt Bryan 40 defeated Spalding 5

6 May

Booborowie 62 defeated Spalding 2

Hallett 13 defeated Burra 9

Burra Town Council, Monday

Cr Carpenter (West Ward) resigned to contest the Mayoralty.

Cr Field (East Ward) resigned, as he has sold his property and will no longer be a resident.

Cr Field’s resignation was accepted with regret and his work for his ward acknowledged.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council, 1 May

The secretary of the Local Government Assoc. advised that from 1 May the award wage for Council employees would be £6-8-0 plus 3/- locality allowance.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 5

Clare Ambulance. A substantial article in the paper describes how the Clare ambulance was obtained, operated and maintained.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 6

Football. At Burra Oval on Saturday: Burra 13.12 defeated Hallett 9.3.

At Booborowie on Saturday: Spalding 15.9 defeated Booborowie 14.13.

Juniors: Booborowie 3.4 defeated Spalding 2.2.

76, 18, 9 May 1950, page 7

Cricket. The final of the Mokota Assoc. was won by Mt Bryan.

Mt Bryan 407 & 338 (745) defeated North Booborowie 308 & 377 (685).

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Prior, formerly of Burra, died in Adelaide on 15 April aged 93. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Owens, who migrated from Wales and travelled to Burra by bullock wagon. She was born in Burra in 1856. On 15 March 1884 she married the late Elijah Thomas Prior, who died in 1936 aged 75. They farmed at Mt Bryan East and in 1900 came to Burra before going to Gumbowie. They finally retired to Burra. After the death of Mr Prior, Mrs Prior went to live in Adelaide. She is survived by eight children: Mabel, Arthur, Eva, Charlie, Richard, Clara, Gilbert and Elsie. There are 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

[Born Elizabeth Owens 22 October 1856 Kooringa: died 15 April 1950 Flinders Park.]

Burra Burra DC, 1 May

SAR advises that no diesel locomotives are presently running on main line duty in SA and those on order will be used on the south line. It is not practicable at present to used diesel power on country lines in the bush fire period.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 1

Burra Town Council. Nominations.

Mayor W. Carpenter elected unopposed

North Ward J. Fisher re-elected unopposed

East Ward Ordinary Vacancy E.T. Baulderstone re-elected unopposed

East Ward Extraordinary Vacancy M. Pritchard

R.C. Lott

West Ward Ordinary Vacancy H.C. Davies

H.M. Scott

West Ward Extraordinary Vacancy R.G. Bernhardt

W. Nankivell

Burra Burra District Council. All retiring Councillors were re-elected unopposed.

Kooringa Ward Cr Finch

Mongolata Ward Cr J.R. Barker

Leighton Ward Cr H.R. Earle

Farrell Flat Ward Cr A.R. Mickel

Messrs A. & L. Pearce of Booborowie have sold their business to John Martin’s Ltd of Adelaide. They began business in Booborowie 26 years ago in a single wood and iron room. Today it is the biggest business in the district with fine premises and 16 employees. Messrs A. & L. Pearce will continue to manage their farms and to handle the lucerne seed for which Booborowie is renowned.

Ron Dewhirst has been accountant for the firm for 18 years and intends to set up in business in Booborowie in taxation and accountancy.

Accident. A heavily laden truck driven by Murray Thomas of Clare ran into the rear of a tractor owned by Broad Bros of Booborowie and driven by Colin Broad, with A. Broad as a passenger, on Friday night about 12 miles north of Booborowie. The accident occurred in heavy rain with minimal visibility. One of Mr Broad Senior’s legs was trapped by the damaged tractor mudguard and fractured in three places. The others escaped injury other than shock.

Weather. Good opening rains fell last Friday. Falls were generally half an inch to one inch. Burra registered 62 points, Farrell Flat 96 and Booborowie 99. To the east falls were much lighter: Mongolata 17 and Koomooloo 20 points.

Rev. W.J. Bailey, who is to visit Burra next Sunday, began his ministry at the World’s End Methodist Church. He is now President of the Methodist Conference. On Sunday he will preach at Burra North in the morning, at Hallett in the afternoon and at Kooringa in the evening.

Polio. Since September 1949 four cases have been confirmed in the district, though none in the town area. All victims are males aged 21, 20, 24 and 38.

Burra Hospital Board meeting last Friday.

J.R. Barker gave notice of intent to change rule 7 dealing with election. Since 1938 this has provided for a Board of seven: four from the DC of Burra Burra and one each from the Burra Town Council, the DC of Hallett and the DC of Robertstown. The proposed change is for a Board of 12: two from the DC of Burra Burra, one each from the Burra Town Council, DC Hallett, DC of Robertstown and the Women’s Auxiliary as well as the Chief Medical Officer and five elected by ratepayers in the hospital’s rateable area.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 May

June Haver, Lon McCallister & Walter Brennan in Scudda-Hoo, Scudda-Hay

Plus The Challenge

Burra Institute. W. Carpenter was welcomed as the Town Council’s nominee for the committee.

The Government subsidy for 1949 has been increased by £16 to £84-15-6. There are 249 members. The credit balance is £63-4-4.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 3

Burra Red Cross has donated £47-10-0 to the Burra Hospital towards the cost of the recently acquired autoclave. (This donation will attract a £ for £ Government subsidy.)

Football. At Spalding on Saturday: Burra 9.17 defeated Spalding 6.12.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 4

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church, 29 April

Helen Jefferies, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs F.M. Jefferies of Almonda, Mt Bryan, married

Peter Treloar, eldest son of Mr & Mrs L.W. Treloar of Umberatona Station, Copley.

Glen Finch, late of Burra, has recently been elected Secretary of the Hamilton (Victoria) branch of the Young Liberal and Country Party. His assistant is Miss Cornish, a daughter of ‘Bill’ Cornish, a teller of the Burra Branch of the Bank of Australasia in 1922.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 5

Burra Golf Club held its opening day last Saturday. L. Bence, Club Champion for 1949, drove the first ball.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 6

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM on 10 May and elected: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-presidents, Mesdames R.J. Jeffery & A.L. Bence, Secretary, Mrs H.J. Topsfield, Captain, Mrs R.S.T. Pettet and Vice-Captain, Mrs J.R. Wiseman. The season opens on Wednesday 17 May.

76, 19, 16 May 1950, page 7

Basketball

Mt Bryan 20 defeated Booborowie 12.

Leighton 17 defeated Hallett 9.

Burra 17 defeated Spalding 3.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 1

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal for Burra & District has reached £288-9-1.

Burra Town Council

At the meeting on Monday it was suggested there was a lack of facilities for tourists to view the town’s points of interest. Many buses of tourists seldom went beyond Market Square and all too often did not even get to Burra North. Cr Jennison thought they should ask the Tourist Bureau if they thought it a good idea for them to provide a local guide, who could point out the various points of interest.

Burra Hospital Board. Mr E.E. Finch has resigned as Chairman after a number of years, because of failing health. He is a District Councillor and this year coming will complete 30 years on Council.

The RSL Ladies Auxiliary has presented the branch with six bridge tables.

Burra Hospital. The CWA has resolved to support a drive to raise funds for a new hospital. It will also send representatives to the General Meeting of subscribers in July. They also decided to give £30 towards painting the supper room at the Town Hall, £2-2-0 to the Cancer Appeal and £1-1-0 to the SA Permanent Orchestra.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 2

Advt. Oates Ltd will hold a clearing sale on 15 June for D.W. Thomas, whose property has been sold.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will hold a clearing sale for W.J. Lee on 9 June on the property in Chapel Street. Mr Lee is relinquishing the blacksmithing business due to ill health.

Obituary. George Stanley Nourse died 21 May at Burra. [The issue of the paper on 30 May adds that he was the husband of Emily Easter Nourse and was aged 64.]

[Born 10 November 1885 Yarcowie: died 21 May 1950 Burra, residence Mt Bryan.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 27 May

Joan Fontaine & Bing Crosby in The Emperor Waltz

Plus Waterfront at Midnight

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 3

Marriage. Woodside Methodist Church last Saturday

Alfrieda Helene Pohlers, second daughter of Mr O.J. & the late Mrs Pohlers of Woodside, married

Kevin Albert Bruce, only son of Mr & Mrs A.J. Bruce of Burra.

W.D. Thompson, Honorary Secretary of the Gawler Electrification Scheme writes a letter about the unsatisfactory railway service on the northern line. He urges a fast electrical commuter service to Gawler in view of the rapid population growth at Salisbury, Smithfield and Gawler.

Annual Willalo-Hallett Catholic Ball was held 12 May in the Hallett Institute and was a successful evening despite the rain.

Basketball, 20 May

Booborowie 34 defeated Burra 12.

Mt Bryan 14 defeated Hallett 7.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 4

Burra Hospital Board, at their last meeting, recorded full confidence in the staff. The recent report on the hygienic conditions of the Hospital was not intended to reflect on them, but on the age and condition of the Hospital itself.

Local Board of Health

Dr G. Mellor has been appointed Medical Officer.

R. Harris applied for permission to demolish a cottage in Bridge Street, which he said was unfit for habitation. The cottage will be inspected.

A report on the Burra Hospital, from Dr McQueen of the Health Department and Inspector Wilson of the Central Board of Health, will be furnished later.

Burra Rifle Club, Saturday, fired the second to last stage of the E.S. Williams Trophy. Best results were by R. Bernhardt, J. Lloyd, J. Brown & L. Palmer. For the trophy Jackie Harris with 24 points leads R. Bernhardt with 23. The trophy for the 500 yards group has been divided between J. Brown & W. Hempel with 300 points each.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 5

Burra Hospital. The new Esse Coke Stove is now in use at the Hospital.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 6

Football. At the Racecourse Oval, Burra North: Booborowie 8.13 tied with Burra 8.13.

Juniors: Booborowie 4.2 defeated Burra 3.3.

Badminton. Burra North Gold 7-179 defeated Burra North Blue 5-148.

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 7

Mt Bryan Annual Chrysanthemum Show was held in the Memorial Hall recently.

[The results are printed.]

76, 20, 23 May 1950, page 8

Burra North Red Cross held a street stall, which raised £17-0-3 for the Cancer Appeal Fund.

Burra Town Council, 15 May

Council resolved to accept the offer of £2-10-0 for the triangular piece of land requested from the Council by Mr A.L. Clode.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 1

Obituary. Brian Partridge aged 12 of Ware St was electrocuted on Friday about 7.40 a.m. He grasped the handle of the pump on the underground tank, put an arm around the pump post and fell over. His brother Roy picked him up and took him inside. Dr Heddle was called and pronounced him dead. M-C Chambers and the Burra Electric Supply Co.’s L. Bourman investigated. They found an active was leaking to a short piece of conduit, which was through the iron roof of the back rooms of the house. A galvanised down pipe connected the roof with the tank’s galvanised cover. When Brian grasped the handle of the pump his leg touched the gutter of the tank and completed the circuit. Mr S. Kellaway JP deemed an inquest unnecessary. [Brian Leaford Partridge died 26 May 1950.]

[The engineer’s report is printed in a long article warning people generally of the dangers of warn transmission lines and leads to houses, etc.] Three very young boys have been electrocuted in the town in the last few years.

The Season. Good rains to date have almost ensured a good season for 1950. Summer rains were good and widespread. A dry, warm period then followed with more rain in May. So far in May 242 points have fallen with 762 for the year. On each occasion the rains have extended to the east.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies 3 June

Dorothy Lamour & Alan Ladd in Wild Harvest

Veronica Lake in Sainted Sisters

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 3

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal stands at £299-4-1 from Burra & District.

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot last Saturday when the best scorers were E. Hopkins & J. Lloyd.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church.

Betty Lois Spackman, only daughter of Mrs & the late W. Spackman of Burra, married

William James Corner of Broken Hill.

Marriage. Unley Park Baptist Church, 29 April

Laurie Peters, son of Mr & Mrs W. Peters late of Hallett, married

Margaret Curtis, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J.H. Curtis of Torrensville.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 5

Mt Bryan Chrysanthemum Show. [The prize list is printed.]

Burra Choral Society will present its second concert in the Burra Town Hall on 2 June at 8 p.m., including glees and part songs and excerpts from The Pirates of Penzance.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 6

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 15.21 defeated Leighton 6-11.

76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 7

Badminton. Redruth II 7 sets defeated Redruth I 5 sets.

Burra North Blue 8-185 defeated Redruth II 4-140.

Basketball. 20 May

Leighton 14 defeated Spalding 3

27 May

Hallett 31 defeated Spalding 7

Mt Bryan 16 defeated Burra 14

Booborowie 24 defeated Leighton 18

St Mary’s Church of England Ball was held last Friday at the Burra Town Hall with music by Darrell Field’s Dance Band. Takings were £47-10-0.

Burra Bowling Club. The season closed and Club Champion was announced, but trophies will be presented at a later social. The Club Championship Cup went to Mr J.L. Hawke.

Champion Pairs G. Terry & T. Fuller

Consistency Vern Riggs

Night Pairs N. Woodards & R. Burchell

Croquet Club trophies were presented:

Club Championship Mrs Oates

Handicap Mrs Oates

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 1

Burra Rifle Club held the final shoot for the E.S. Williams Trophy on Saturday. Possibles were scored by Jack Harris, Ed. Hopkins & Jim Schwier over 600 yards. The day’s best scores came from J.E. Harris, J.H. Schwier & E.C. Hopkins. Jack Harris won both the E.S. Williams Trophy and the Marksman’s Trophy. Other trophy winners:

Championship C.W. Edwards

Handicap Championship W. Hempel

1st Seven A.G. Heinrich

2nd Seven A.E. Robinson

3rd Seven W. Hempel

Tyros G. Webster

1st Half Year Aggregate A.G. Heinrich

2nd Half Year Aggregate D.H. Field

Hard Luck Trophy M. Stockman

1st Stage of Championship R.G. Bernhardt

2nd Stage of Championship J. Lloyd

3rd Stage of Championship P.W. Hogan

4th Stage of Championship F. Kakoschke

C.W. Gare of Burra, who has been connected with Council and other civic interests for many years, is retiring after 41 years’ continuous service with the DC of Hallett. He was first elected for Banbury Ward on 3 July 1909. He took a keen interest in the building of the Hallett Institute in 1928. He was elected Chairman of the Council on 8 July 1933 and held that office till 1 July 1940. Other Chairmen during his time on Council have been C.W. Bowman, T.E. Richards, W.S. Murray and the present Chairman, W.G. Miller. In 1935 the DC of Hallett amalgamated with the DC of Terowie and parts of the DCs of Booborowie and Belalie. The New Council continued as the DC of Hallett, comprising seven wards with one Councillor from each ward. He was then the sole Councillor for Banbury Ward until the present. On 4 July 1938 he became the DC of Hallett’s representative on the Burra Hospital Board and has held the position until now. During the whole period of his service he has sacrificed much of his time in the interests of the community. His son, Mr L.W. Gare will succeed him as Councillor for Banbury Ward at the meeting of Council in July this year.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Messrs Radford Bros of Canegrass Station obtained 124d per lb and topped the market except for one small offering at 125d. This is the highest price ever seen for wool from saltbush country. Competition at the sale was keen and the clearance was excellent.

[Other district prices are printed.]

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will sell on account of the Estate of the late Mary Marston a stone residence of 7 rooms in Kangaroo St and land comprising part allotments 41, 42, 48 & 49.

Also the business premises in Commercial St on allotment 70A with four shops, subject to present tenancies. [The four shops west from Drew Lane.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd, under instructions from Fred. M. Pearce, will sell the row of four cottages in Merthyr St and Best Place on part of block 23:

House of 4 rooms & kitchen enclosure (tenanted)

House of 5 rooms & enclosed back verandah (vacant)

House of 4 rooms (tenanted)

House of 5 rooms and 2 small enclosures (tenanted)

[Given that the other streets in the area have Cornish names Merthyr should probably be Merther after the place in Cornwall, but in any case the street appears usually as Helen Terrace. The confusion arises from whether it is viewed as the most westerly street in Redruth or the most easterly in Aberdeen.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd, under instruction from R.M. Walker, will sell Allotments 33, 34 & 75 in The Crescent [Burra North] on which is erected a stone residence of five rooms.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd, under instruction from Mr Fred Pearce Sen. will sell a stone cottage of five rooms with a new back verandah. It is built on part allotments 80 & 90 [Burra North] with frontage to Truro St and 10 ft to Trembath St. (Title is Old System.)

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 10 June

The Great Australian Picture Sons of Matthew

Plus Her Adventurous Night

12 June

Dennis Morgan in My Wild Irish Rose

Plus Flowing Gold

Obituary. Johanna Warner died 2 June at a Private Hospital aged 73. She was the wife of the late Jabez Robert (Tom) Warner of 14 Tenth Avenue, St Peters and late of Burra. She was the mother of Stanley, Ruby and Decima. [Born Ruby Johanna O’Brien. Died in Adelaide, residence St Peters.]

Advt. Albert Williams of Clare intends to reside in Burra and wishes to teach singing. Contact him on Clare 159.

Badminton, 5 June

RSL 10-168 defeated Redruth II 2-84

Burra North Blue 10-196 defeated Kooringa Red 2-129

Burra North Gold 9-187 defeated Redruth I 3-86

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 4

Booborowie Hall Fund Drive. The three Ugly Men contest culminated in a ball on Wednesday last.

Mr S.E. Cousins 13,698 votes

Mr H. Bierwirth 12,458 votes

Mr Drew Cousins 11,196 votes

The competition raised £133-9-11, to which will be added the result of the ball and two 10 guinea donations from Mr J.S. Hawker & Messrs A. & L. Pearce.

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 5

Burra Choral Society. The first concert for 1950 was held on 2 June. The concert raised c. £40 for the Institute Library. [It is very favourably reviewed.]

Blacksmith. When W.J. Lee sells his blacksmith’s tools on Friday, Burra will be without a blacksmith and farrier. With the advent of tractors and oxywelding the call for the traditional blacksmith has faded. Mr Lee came to Burra about 40 years ago and was employed by Mr Byrne, whose business was where the Burra Motor Garage now stands. Mr Lee set up business for himself on his present site, well over 20 years ago. [Chapel Street near Bridge St West.]

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 6

Basketball. Burra 10 defeated Leighton 8

Booborowie 33 defeated Hallett 16

Guy Dollman has sol six Vanguard cars in 48 hours recently – all to people within a radius of three miles of the town.

Football. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 9.21 defeated Leighton 3.11.

76, 22, 6 June 1950, page 7

Mr D. Chennell, one-time well-known Burra identity, has been appointed manager of John Martin’s at Booborowie from 19 June. When in Burra Mr Chennell managed Matthew’s Emporium.

Weather. The May rainfall has been about double the average. Seeding across the state has been spread out, depending on local variations in the timing of rainfall, but recent falls have meant that most farmers who have not yet seeded will now do so as soon as the ground dries out sufficiently.

Lambing rates have been good, with lower than usual losses. Feed has been good and foxes, though numerous, have not been worrying lambs unduly, perhaps because they have been taking rabbits instead. Blowflies have been more of a worry.

Col H.T. Harslett, CO of the 27th Scottish Australian Regiment, visited Burra and stated that a platoon of the Regiment would soon be formed here. Training, he said, has changed with less emphasis on drill and rifle exercise and more availability of sporting equipment and shooting. Rates of pay are particularly high. Recruits attend lectures once a week and go into camp for 14 days a year. Men 18-35 can join up.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 1

Polio

Three cases have been recorded in the district in a week, making four for the month. Each person was in Burra Hospital for some hours and the isolation facilities there are inadequate to say the least. They could be ‘isolated’ only in a private room or one of the wards. Transmission of the disease remains a mystery. The first two cases went to Adelaide in an Adelaide Civil Ambulance. The third was more urgent and was sent down in a taxi, Burra not having an ambulance of its own. The inadequacies exposed here come so soon after the bombshell of the doctors’ report on the unclean and unhygienic nature of the Burra Hospital.

The Board of Management has asked the Hospitals Department to arrange a visit by the Chief Secretary, a representative of the Architect-in-Chief’s Department and a representative from the Hospitals Department, to discuss the idea of building a new hospital, or methods of modernising the existing one. Nothing was heard from the Government for a month and then polio hit the hospital hard, as well as two cases of pneumonia and one of TB of the chest. The hospital requested a prefabricated building for isolation and after an initial lack of response, a call to the Central Board of Health has resulted in a promise to try to get one delivered by the weekend. The called-for visit of the Chief Secretary and party is to occur today.

Some years ago the Hospital Board got plans for a nurses building and the only tender was for £16,000. The Government thought this excessive at £800 per nurse, but eventually agreed, by which time prices had risen and the contractor then wanted £20,000, so nothing was done. Nurses continued to live in poor conditions and were handed the isolation building, which had been unused for years. Now with polio, an isolation area is in demand, but we cannot ask the nurses to move out of the isolation block without losing their services altogether.

It is time to get going on a new building. Old buildings can only be kept clean with a massive effort and an army of workers. Modern buildings require a minimum of effort.

We should build a new hospital and turn the old one over to the nurses to live in, to use the private rooms as accommodation and with the present wards as common rooms. About £50,000 would be needed for a new hospital and we expect the Government would subsidise it £ for £. We have £5,000, leaving £20,000 to be raised. If each farmer gave 2d per bushel of wheat sold and each pastoralist 1d per lb of wool, it would easily be raised. Townspeople have never been lacking in initiative for raising funds for a good cause.

Trees. There has been a call for people to come forward to volunteer to care for ornamental trees to be planted in the town. So far the response has been one person!

Burra Burra DC has a trayless new truck at present because congestion at the Pt Adelaide wharves has delayed the delivery of the necessary angle iron for the tray construction.

The Council’s pay costs will rise by some £650 and other costs are also rising, so ratepayers can expect rates to rise.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 1 & 2

Obituary. William Robert Griffiths, formerly of Burra North, died in the Broken Hill Hospital last Thursday as the result of injuries received when he fell from a car. He was travelling from Lock Lilly Station to Broken Hill when the accident occurred. He suffered severe head injuries, concussion and a fractured arm. He died on 8 June aged 29. He was the son of Mr & Mrs Frank Griffiths and a brother to Charles, Frank and John. [Born 5 December 1920, Redruth.]

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd offer for sale the mixed grocery, fruit and vegetable business at Mt Bryan. Shop with wood and iron residence. 32 volt power plant.

Advt. The SA Housing Trust calls tenders for the erection of six timber-framed houses at Burra.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 3

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of a daughter of Mr & Mrs R.W. Nankivell.

[Deirdre Joy Nankivell born 9 May 1948 Burra: died at Burra 9 May 1950.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 17 June

John Mills & Valerie Hobson in Great Expectations

Plus Arthur Takes Over

Mrs M.A. Brown of Edinburgh, Scotland, mother of Mrs John Riggs of Burra, is returning to Scotland on the SS Himalaya and writes to thank people in Burra for their hospitality during her visit.

Mt Bryan people are petitioning for a railway crossing at the north end of the town. The south end crossing is frequently blocked for up to 45 minutes by shunting or during loading or unloading operations.

Hon. T. Playford Premier of SA will open this year’s Burra Show. A special train will run from Adelaide.

Accident. Head on Collision. At 5.45 p.m. on Saturday a car in charge of M. Ryan was standing near the 4-mile peg on the Baldina Road when a car driven by N. Cains of Caroona Station crashed into it, forcing it back some 20 yards and then turning it over. One child occupant crawled out and another had to be pulled out. Mr A. Reed came along almost immediately and conveyed the injured to Burra. Mrs Ryan was treated at Burra Hospital and Mr Cains was admitted with head injuries. Both cars were old style tourers.

The Football Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday was most successful and the Burra Football Club will benefit by the effort. £47 was taken at the door.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal now stands at £318-19-10 for Burra & District.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council, 5 June

Burra Red Cross advises of its support for any effort to obtain an ambulance for Burra & District.

The Town Clerk reported that three officials from the Housing Trust of SA had visited Burra and inspected various sites. They proposed to purchase land in Queen Street for building purposes. Quotes are to be obtained for a new or replacement Ford engine for the Corporation Truck.

The Overseer is to ascertain if they had sufficient bridge timber to renew the bridge near Mr J. Parks’.

Council will make an approach to the new school house, under the usual conditions.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 5

Local Board of Health

The report of the visit to Burra Hospital by representatives of the Central Board of Health and the Department of Health has not yet been received. A request for a copy will be made.

The house in Bridge St that Mr R. Harris proposes to demolish was inspected and was found totally unfit for habitation, with crumbling walls, kitchen not waterproof and conditions primitive. Permission to demolish was granted.

The men’s convenience opposite the Town Hall needs a new pan and other repairs.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 6

Ex VDC personnel made a presentation to Mr T.J. Bailey on 3 June at Mr Bailey’s residence ‘Somme Brae’ and about 40 ex-members of the VDC attended. R.E. Dewhirst, ex-Sgt of the Platoon, explained the object of the visit. Conversation and drinks preceded supper and then there was an adjournment to the Hall where Hubert Bailey had prepared a toast list. Various toasts were proposed and responded to by ex-Capt. Eric Murray, R.E. Dewhirst, Mr Bailey, G. Harris, L. Gill, Hubert Bailey and A.C. Woodgate.

Kooringa Youth Club arranged a banquet on 8 June to aid the Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal and they raised £3. Proceedings were enlivened by the attendance of members dressed as celebrities, including The Andrews Sister and Gorgeous Gussie.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 7

Football. At Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 10.16 defeated Burra 8.4.

76, 23, 13 June 1950, page 8

Burr Burra DC, 5 June

A petition with 51 signatures was presented in connection with a request for a new railway crossing at the north end of the Mt Bryan Railway Station. The petition will be directed through the local MP to the Minister of Public Works.

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 1

Obituary. Albert M. Watkins aged 67, Ranger for the Hallett DC, died on Sunday afternoon as a result of a fall from his horse. He was heading off a couple of stray horses when his own horse broke into a canter, but stumbled, throwing him to the ground and fracturing the base of his skull. He is survived by a widow, four sons and two daughters. [Albert Morton Watkins born 4 March 1882 Lancelot: died 17 June 1950 near Hallett, residence Hallett.]

Obituary. Mr Joseph Kelly, an old resident, has died at the age of 76. [Born 10 May 1874 (birth not registered in SA): died 8 June 1950 Booborowie. Wife was born Margaret Chigwiggen, 1884-1948.]

Burra Hospital

The Chief Secretary Hon. A.L. McEwin, Dr Rollison (Director of Medical services) and Mr Scantlebury (Secretary of the Hospitals Department) inspected the Burra Hospital thoroughly on Tuesday last week. They then conferred with members of the Board of Management and Mr G.S. Hawker the MP for the District and Doctors Heddle & Mellor.

Government policy was against issuing a building permit when facilities for which the building was to be used were already in existence. High priority would be given to additions and renovations.

Eventually a scheme was evolved by which the Burra Hospital Isolation Block would be enlarged to accommodate all the nursing staff and the old portion of the Hospital would be either renovated or demolished. The Board will now confer with an architect.

A Ratepayers’ Meeting will be held in Burra Town Hall on Wednesday this week. Interest has been aroused by three pairs of candidates contesting three seats in the Town Council which have fallen vacant.

Burra Primary School

The medical Officer of the Education department has reported that 30 students at the school are under-nourished, something he discovered in a routine check-up some time ago.

Dr Christie of the Education Department’s Medical Services has made recommendations that will result in the State Children’s Welfare department interviewing Mr McKenzie, headmaster of the school. With high wages and plenty of employment, under-nourishment is probably brought about by laziness on the part of parents, giving the child 6d to buy food instead of cutting a nourishing lunch and the child then spending the money on lollies and ice cream. Anyway, it is the duty of parents to see that children are not half starved, as apparently 17% of Burra Primary School children are.

Price Record for Sheep

An Australian record was realised when a pen of 14 wethers sold on behalf of F.H. Reed & Co. of Burra, at the Abattoirs Market, for £9-9-6 each. Only a few hours later the record was broken again at Crystal Brook when a price of c. £9-18-0 each was realised.

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 2

Advt. SAFU will sell the property known as ‘Wynyard’ under instructions from Mr Oliver Baynes. It comprises Sections 803 & 804 Hundred of Ayres of 135 acres freehold with a stone house of five rooms etc.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 24 June

Florence Eldridge & Fredric March in I Stand Accused

Deanna Durbin in Up in Central Park

Badminton. RSL 8 sets defeated Kooringa Methodists 4 sets.

RSL. At the AGM it was decided to start a Group Scheme to raise monies to liquidate the debt owing on the original building fund of the sub-branch. The debt stands at c. £200 and every effort will be made to raise monies for that purpose. A presentation was made to R. Phillips, who is leaving for WA.

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 3

Birth. To Mr & Mrs W. Pens at the weekend, twins, a boy and a girl.

Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau Field Day was held last Wednesday. It featured the modified Mules Operation, demonstrated at Mr F. Jefferies’ & Mr H. Foote’s properties.

Basketball, 10 June

Mt Bryan 9 defeated Leighton 7

Burra 45 defeated Hallett 15

Booborowie 45 defeated Spalding 23

Leighton 21 defeated Hallett 13

Booborowie 26 defeated Mt Bryan 16

[This list suggests some may have been played on 17 June.]

Burra Homing Club began the 1950 season on 10 June with a race from Carrieton in which F. Brandt came first. He was also the winner of the second race from Carrieton on 17 June.

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 4

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM. Captain D.H. Field reported another successful year. Burra came 2nd in the triangular match with Pt Pirie 1st and Peterborough 3rd. Burra beat Tanunda here and at home and beat Riverton at Riverton, but lost to the Metropolitans at the dean Range and to Hallett at Hallett. He also reported on trophy winners. [See paper of 6 June.]

Elected were: Captain, F.T. Marston; Vice-Captain, E.C. Hopkins; Secretary & Treasurer, R.G. Bernhardt & Armourer, J.H. Schwier.

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 6

Football. At Burra North Racecourse on Saturday: Spalding 7.13 defeated Burra 6.15.

The CMF. Last Sunday at the Drill Hall WO S. Fitzgerald, from the Training Depot in Balaklava, discussed service in the CMF with 20 odd interested young men and 17 signified their willingness to serve by signing the preliminary papers. Next Sunday Major Forbes from Balaklava will attend the Drill Hall to swear the men in as soldiers. The minimum requirement is 20 men with vacancies for up to 34. [The 17 referred to are named.]

76, 24, 20 June 1950, page 7

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal has reached £348-18-10 for Burra & District.

Obituary. William Robert Griffiths, who died at Broken Hill on 8 June after being injured in a fall from a truck, was born in Burra 29 years ago. On leaving school he took up work at Kia-Ora and Oakbank Stations, enlisted from the latter and saw service in the Middle East and New Guinea, where he was badly wounded. After the War he was employed by the PMG Department. For the last three years he was manager of Lock Lilly Station, Broken Hill. The accident occurred while travelling from there. He was a member of the Buffalo Lodge and leaves a widow and three young children. His parents are Mr & Mrs F. Griffiths of Burra North and three brothers are Charles (Adelaide), Frank (Woodside) and John (Booborowie.)

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 1

House Auctions. All five houses offered for sale on Friday were passed in.

The row of four shops now occupied by the Burra Record, K.J. Murphy, J.A. Scott and Sara & Co. was passed in at £3,700, but later a sale was negotiated.

A seven-roomed house in the estate of the late Mrs Mary Marston was passed in at £800.

A stone cottage of 4 rooms in the account of F.M. Pearce was passed in, but sold later for the sum bid.

The row of cottages [on allotment 23 at Aberdeen] received no bid.

The well-built stone residence of five rooms on account of Mrs R.M. Walker at Burra North received no bid.

Miss Sue Martin, daughter of Mr & Mrs Rex B. Martin of Burra, has won a state-wide essay contest on the topic of The Coral Sea Battle.

Burra Town Council will ask for the Baby health Train to visit Burra again.

The Air Force Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday was a very colourful success. The orchestra was The Southern Jazz Five. 568 people attended and the Ball was opened by Wing Commander Campbell (OC Mallala.) Other guests were Squadron Leader Reg. Rechner (General President of the Air Force Assoc.) and Flight Lieutenants Baulk and Bauer. A photograph of the late Keith Paltridge, one-time Burra branch member was unveiled by Wing Commander Campbell before the Ball.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 1 & 4

A Ratepayers’ Meeting was held in the Burra Council Chamber on Wednesday. Mr W. Nankivell, one of the candidates for Councillor, apologised for his absence. He is in hospital.

The Mayor’s Report for 1949-50.

The Mayor announced that the Council had managed to balance its budget despite rising costs of materials and wages. In 1947 there had been an overdraft of £621 and that had now been liquidated. The Mayor reported a good year with no divisive arguments and open discussions on all topics. The £621 overdraft had been reduced to £468 in 1948 and by June 1949 to £63. In July last year the Council budgeted for rising costs of materials and wages, but then costs of both rose more rapidly than allowed for and produced an overdraft of £340-8-5, against which a conservative estimate of liquid assets was £160, giving a debtor balance this year of £18-8-5 [sic] or £97 more than last year, or £97 more than last year, which is not too bad. [The £18-8-5 figure should read £180-8-5.]

But with £184 of outstanding rates to be collected, the debt is practically nil.

Council has found it more economical to buy crushed metal from the Ballast Quarry than to raise it and spread it itself. With current costs the latter would work out at c. 30/- per yard compared with 11/1 per yard spread. £150 worth of gravel is in storage.

Council has purchased the old Mine skimp dump with sole right of access, on a pay-as-you-go plan. Council assisted with the erection of two new tennis courts at Burra North. Last year’s plan of planting trees, selected by ratepayers, in the streets adjacent to their houses, provided the ratepayers agreed to look after them, has worked well and is being continued this year. The Market Square garden is flourishing. There was no convenient public phone booth in Burra and at the Council’s request a multi-coin machine was installed in Market Square last year and three letter boxes were also installed.

A Civic Reception was extended to Sir Charles McCann, the SA Agent-General in London, and to Dr Hargadene (Dr of Veterinary Science from Holland.) A Civic Farewell was given for T.H. Woollacott and a suitable presentation was made in recognition of his long term as Mayor. The Mayoress attended numerous functions in the district and opened many of them.

Health

After years of complaint, the sewage problems behind the Burra Hotel should be solved with plans now in hand by the owners. Both public conveniences have been repaired. New conveniences are under construction at the school after pressure was brought to bear on the authorities. The cemetery is in reasonable condition.

The Mayor extended thanks to his wife, the CWA (for help in Town Hall matters,) to the Town Clerk and to the Overseer and other Council workers.

Candidates for 1950-51.

R.C. Lott (East Ward Extraordinary Vacancy) said he had served on Council before and would work for the best interests of his ward and for the town in general.

M.F. Pritchard (East Ward Extraordinary Vacancy) made similar expressions of intent and said he realised that rising costs would require close attention to details.

H.C. Davies (West Ward) said he had no previous experience in Council, but was sure the town would go forward. ‘Thought the Town Hall debt should be reduced and everything done to improve the hospital.’

H.M. Scott (West Ward) thought a Progress Assoc. should be formed, where matters could be thrashed out and concrete proposals put to Council.

R.G. Bernhardt (Extraordinary Vacancy West Ward) said this was his first attempt to be elected and he would do his best for his ward and the town.

Mr Carpenter, the incoming Mayor, agreed with the usefulness of a Progress Assoc. or a Ratepayers’ Assoc. He was proud to be the Mayor as a native born Burra boy. The Town Hall needed attention and he would support efforts to reduce its debt.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council Elections: Nominations requiring an election on 1 July.

East Ward Extraordinary Vacancy Robert Clifton Lott

Maurice Francis Pritchard

West Ward Vacancy Henry Cecil Davies

Hurtle Melville Scott

West Ward Extraordinary Vacancy Robert George Bernhardt

William Alfred Nankivell

Advt. Burra Talkies 1 July

Donald O’Connor & Marjorie Main in Fendin’, Fussin’ and a-Fightin’

Plus All My Sons

Sheep Sale. Elders claim an all-time record high price for sheep in the district, following a sale at Saddleworth of 3,216 sheep at an average price of £5-2-7.

Local Board of Health

The report on the Burra Hospital, sought from the Central Board of Health, apparently has to come from the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Health and an application will accordingly be made for it.

The Burra Hotel was given thirty days to comply with the Act and end overflow from its septic tank into the Burra Creek, and to end the foul odour and remove the fly and mosquito menace.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 3

Burra Ambulance

As an interim measure Mr L. Fiebig has offered to convert his Ford V-8 sedan into an ambulance, by removing the back and one bucket seat, to allow a stretcher to be carried. The offer has been accepted.

Buffs Cricket Club held its Victory Dinner on 17 June at the Buffalo Temple and about 35 members and visitors attended. Mr Ken Murphy, President of the Assoc. presented the trophies:

Best batting average Jack Short

Best bowling average I. Burdon

Most improved junior A. Moxham

Highest score in one innings Jack Short & I. Burdon (each with 110)

Best all-rounder Jack Short

Leo J. Hawke, manager of the Burra Branch of the National Bank for about 4 years, has been transferred to Moonta. He took a keen interest in the Bowls Club and other sporting bodies and was President of the Burra War Memorial Committee and the grading and improvement of the oval owes much to his efforts.

The Church of England Ball at Booborowie was held on 14 June.

Burra Choral Society goes into rehearsal this week for its next concert. More members are needed.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 5

Burra Town Council, 19 June

The bridge near J. Parks’ has been repaired.

M.W. Bednall wrote enclosing a copy of Section 39 Redruth and asking the Council to publish in the Government Gazette a notice of a road that had been used for more than ten years – to be called Fuller Street. The proclamation will be published.

J.O. Denton of Farrell Flat submits a quote for a reconditioned Ford V-8 engine at £85 plus the cost of a carburettor, pump and distributor if required. (A new engine would cost £299.)

A reconditioned engine is to be installed.

A motion to have a bus shelter erected at the railway crossing at Burra North was deferred until the new Council meets.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 6

Badminton. Burra North Blue 9-224 defeated Redruth I 3-153

RSL 6-155 defeated Burra North Gold 6-134

Kooringa Red 11 sets defeated Kooringa Green 1 set

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal has reached £355-1-10.

Burra Homing Club. The last race was from Parachilna and was won by W. Holman.

Burra CMF. Uniforms for the new Burra Platoon will be issued at the Drill Hall next Sunday.

Basketball, 17 June

Burra 29 defeated Spalding 6

Booborowie 22 defeated Burra 8

Mt Bryan and Hallett match was declared drawn on account of rain.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 7

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Burra 7.12 defeated Booborowie 6.6.

76, 25, 27 June 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 19 June

The last meeting of the old Council was chaired by the Mayor Mr F.T. Marston, who thanked Councillors for their support and wished the incoming Council well. He was sorry to see the retirement of Councillors Lee and Field. Cr Field was retiring on account of work and Cr Lee because of age and ill health. Other Councillors endorsed the Mayor’s remarks and thanked him and the Mayoress for their service to the town.

Badminton, 19 June

Burra North Gold 11-201 defeated Kooringa Green 1-67

Burra North Blue 8-151 defeated Redruth II 4-127

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 1

Burra Hospital

The architect, Dean Berry, has visited and examined the possibilities for renovation and additions. His view is that it would be most economical to make additions to the present Maternity Wing. Demolition of the old building would cost considerable money and yield little in salvage. It is at a different level from the main building and expensive excavations would be needed to place a new building on the old site at one level with the main building. It would also be below ground level – not a good building practice. He felt the additional wards should be added to the present Maternity Wing. This and the Maternity Wing would form a TVV shaped building. [Sic.]

The front of the new section would face north and be of two storeys, running back south into a single storey building. The new front section would be administrative offices etc. and form the front entrance. Foundations would be of concrete and the building made of cement blocks made on site. To build in stone was impossible – stone masons were unprocurable. The present hospital could be used to accommodate the nursing staff and the Isolation Block used to accommodate the domestic staff. Mr Berry will make a rough sketch of his proposal for presentation to the Chief Secretary.

Rationing. Though there has been no panic rush, tea supplies in the town were sold out on Saturday in one store and four times the usual sales were recorded in another. An end to tea rationing and subsidy has been announced and tea will rise by 7d per pound.

The Lord Mayor’s Cancer Appeal has closed with Burra & District contributing £358-2-10.

Burra Town Council Elections

Postal votes decided the result.

East Ward Extraordinary Vacancy Maurice Francis Pritchard 99

Robert Clifton Lott 92

West Ward Vacancy Hurtle Melville Scott 39

Henry Cecil Davies 38

West Ward Extraordinary Vacancy Robert George Bernhardt 41

William Alfred Nankivell 40

Local Board of Health

The report of Senior Medical Officer, Dr G.H. McQueen, is entirely in agreement with that of the Burra Medical Officers.

Burra Burra DC

Mr E.L. McWaters of Baldina Ward has been elected Chairman for the coming year.

E.E. Finch, the retiring Chairman, did not offer his services again.

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 8 July

Edmond O’Brien & Robert Stack in Fighter Squadron

Ann Sheridan in Juke Girl

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 3

Football. On Saturday

Hallett 6.21 defeated Spalding 4.20.

Booborowie 22.26 defeated Leighton 6.6.

Mt Bryan East. The season is very good, but with high wool prices, grain production is down and sheep numbers are up. Rabbits are increasing again.

Mr James Brady turned 90 recently. He lives alone and looks after 400 sheep.

Mr C. Goodridge of Mt Bryan has developed a cross between silver beet, red beet and rhubarb. The leaves are the size of big rhubarb and a deep wine-red colour, shaped like silver beet. The stalk is lighter in colour and of lighter fibre than rhubarb, but coarser than silver beet.

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 4

The Thomas Family has been farewelled at Willalo. They were one of the first families to settle there in 1912, when Mr J. Thomas took up land. The two Thomas boys are off to Tasmania to raise turkeys.

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday the small bore competition was won by Miss Wittwer of Robertstown. Trophies were presented. [There have been previously noted.]

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 6

Basketball, 24 June

Leighton 27 defeated Spalding 8

1 July

Hallett 12 defeated Spalding 8

Booborowie 28 defeated Leighton 10

Mt Bryan 15 defeated Burra 11

Badminton. Burra North Gold 9-184 defeated Burra North Blue 3-124

Redruth I 11-202 defeated Kooringa Green 1-136

Burra Girl Guides held their AGM 23 June. Elected were: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs and N.C. Woodards and Secretary, Mrs R. Ellis.

76, 26, 4 July 1950, page 7

Evening Technical Classes might close due to low numbers. One of two dressmaking classes and the woodwork class at Burra might close if interest does not improve.

Guinea Pig Club. There is a one-column article on this club in the UK, members of which were young airmen of WWII who were injured in burning planes and were ‘guinea pigs’ for the treatment of severe burns and reconstructive surgery.

Pedestrians. Pedestrians walking between Burra & Burra North at night are walking on the wrong side of the road, wearing dark clothing and are ignoring the footpath provided.

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 1

Burra Parking. People are ignoring the white lines and creating parking difficulties, especially on Fridays. Some people even park over fire plugs and leave car doors open.

Burra Town Council will query the increase in its Hospital Contribution by £57 to £310. It considers such a rise excessive.

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired the 1st stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy and best scorers were A.E. Robinson, R. Bernhardt & C.W. Edwards.

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 2

Advt. The Clare Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents Trial by Jury and other G. & S. Selections in Burra Town Hall 21 July at 8 p.m.

Advt. Burra Talkies

Give My Regards to Broadway

Tom Conway in 13 Lead Soldiers

Basketball, 8 July

Booborowie 41 defeated Hallett 15

Leighton 20 defeated Burrs 4

Mt Bryan 28 defeated Spalding 11

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 3

Mr & Mrs O. Finch were farewelled by the LCL on their departure for their new home, after the AGM on Friday 7 July.

Badminton, 10 July

Burra North Gold 10-195 defeated Kooringa Red 2-110

Redruth I 7-151 defeated Redruth II 5-147

RSL 10 sets defeated Kooringa Green 2 sets

CMF begins training tonight in the Drill Hall. About 25 men are expected to parade under Lt R. Campbell and WO S. Fitzgerald. It is expected Burra’s quota of 34 men will soon be filled.

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 5

Burra Town Council, 3 July

Mr Bednall advised that he felt Council should pay their portion of the costs of surveying a road at Burra North because they bought the land 12 years earlier for the purpose of widening the road.

Approval was given for the erection of a shelter shed at Burra North.

Alterations to R.B. Martin’s shop in Market Square were approved.

Mr F.T. Marston will continue as Council representative on the Burra Hospital Board.

Water is leaking into the Town Hall and the Mayor and Town Clerk will investigate.

Mr Cook & daughters Hazel, Roma & Gwen were farewelled at the North Booborowie schoolroom recently. Speakers were I.J. Oswald, W.C. Catt, B.H. Woodgate & W.J. Shattock. Dancing followed the presentations. (Mr Cook had knitted 40 pullovers for the services during the war.)

Lloyd Jefferies of Mt Bryan was farewelled at the RSL last Wednesday.

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 7

Football, At Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 11.11 defeated Booborowie 10.6.

Burra 19.16 defeated Leighton 10.9.

76, 27, 11 July 1950, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 3 July

A minute of appreciation was recorded for E. Finch’s years of service as Chairman.

76, 28, 18 July 1950, page 1

Burra High School

Some more students are still required to keep the day-time dress-making class viable.

The new High School Council comprises: President, A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, H.J. B. Jennison & Dr Heddle; Secretary, J.A.S. Fisher & Treasurer, S.J. Woollacott.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee

At the last meeting the President Mr J. Leo Hawke resigned, having been transferred to Moonta. The work of levelling the oval has been completed. Arrangements are in hand for grassing it.

Hallett Red Cross AGM is reported.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy on Saturday and best scores were from J.H. Schwier off the rifle and with handicap from J.A.S. Fisher & L. Kellaway.

76, 28, 18 July 1950, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for repairs and renovations to Redruth Methodist Church.

Notice. Burra Fire brigade is having difficulty in maintaining staff at full strength. Apply to R.G. Bernhardt for conditions of employment etc.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 22 July

James Stewart in Rope

Dennis Morgan & Jack Carson in Two Guys from Milwaukee

Burra Homing Club ran a race from Marree for young birds. The winner was Ken Kellaway.

Badminton. Redruth II 6-162 defeated Kooringa Red 6-141 [Sic, but the team here is more likely to have been Redruth I.]

Redruth II defeated Kooringa Green

RSL 7-174 defeated Burra North Blue 5-142

76, 28, 18 July 1950, page 4

Marriage. St Patrick’s Church, Grote St, Adelaide, 3 June

Veronica Richards, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Richards of Mt Bryan, married

Harold Sauer, elder son of Mr & the late Mrs W.G. Sauer of Renmark.

76, 28, 18 July 1950, page 7

Football. At Burra Racecourse on Saturday: Hallett 10.9 defeated Burra 8.10.

Spalding defeated Booborowie by one point.

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 1

Accident. Last Wednesday evening a car belonging to Mr B. Nicholls of Burra and travelling towards Adelaide, collided with a truck driven by Mr Eric Simpson of Mt Bryan, about six miles from Burra on the Adelaide Road. No one was seriously hurt, but the car was badly damaged and there was damage to the truck’s springing and body work.

Accident. At c. 11.30 a.m. on Saturday Mr Bennett of Hilton was driving towards Burra on the Black Springs Road when the car overturned on the corner between Lawn’s and Gilbert’s, after skidding on loose gravel. Mrs Davis received a broken collar bone, bruises and shock. There have been seven accidents on this road in the past twelve months.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy. Best off the rifle was D. Field, and with handicap the best were D. Field, W. Hempel & C. Edwards.

Burra Fire Brigade has only three of its four positions filled and the remaining three members are threatening to resign if a fourth is not found by the end of July. Every effort will be made to find another man.

Stockowners’ Assoc. of SA. The Burra Branch held its AGM on Tuesday. A.B. Riggs was elected Chairman with J. Gebhardt as Deputy Chairman.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee is to plant 36 flowering gums to commemorate the fallen of WWII. The Mayor (W. Carpenter) has offered to donate 50 yards of 6 ft netting for tree guards and Cr M.F. Pritchard will donate the mallee posts needed.

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 2

Notice. Ferguson Tractor Demonstration. Tuesday 1 August in Princess Royal Paddock opposite W.H. Nankivell’s house, two miles south of Burra.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 29 July

William Bendix & Rosemary de Camp in The Life of Riley

Sabu & Joanne Page in Man-eater of Kumaon

Salvation Army. Notices of services mention Lt & Mrs Exon for 6 June and then nothing until Lt W. Jenkins 11 July.

Burra Bowling Club held a social evening in St Mary’s Hall on Friday evening. Trophies were presented. [See 76, 21, 30 May 1950, page 7.]

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 3

Mr & Mrs F.C. Catt were given a farewell social and presentation at Booborowie Memorial Hall on 22 July, prior to their departure for the city. A.W. Pearce took the chair and outlined the object of the evening. L. Gill, A.C. Woodgate, R.G. Mayfield, B.H. Woodgate, R. Dewhirst & Jack Murphy spoke of Mr Catt’s 39 years of residence in the district.

Badminton, 22 July at Orroroo. [Results are printed, but not totalled. Burra seems to have won only one set.]

24 July

Burra North Gold 10-191 defeated Redruth II 2-120

Redruth I 7-151 defeated RSL 5-153

Burra North Blue 9-171 defeated Kooringa Green 3-89

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 4

Obituary. Mrs Vic. Hughes of Mt Bryan East died suddenly on Sunday 10 July [sic: error for 16 July] aged 48, at the Burra Hospital, following a stroke on Saturday. She leaves a husband and six children: Sister May Hughes of Wallaroo Hospital, Aileen Mrs Hedley Modra, Jean Mrs Ron Kessell of Kadina, Abby of Stepney, Colin and Levi (at school). There are 4 grandchildren. She was a great worker for those in need, an enthusiastic worker in patriotic efforts in the War and a regular worshipper at Mt Bryan East Methodist Church. [Born Beatrice Croft 12 January 1902 Naracoorte, married as Beatrice Lee-Croft, died 16 July 1950 Burra, residence Hallett. See also 76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 2]

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 5

Burra North Red Cross AGM was held 5 July. Elected: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mrs F.M. Pearce & Miss M. Rogers; Secretary, Mrs E.J. Reed; Assistant Secretary, Mrs C.F. Pearce; Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop & Patroness, Mrs W.H. Gare. The group meet monthly in the Aberdeen Croquet Club Hall, with only a few regular attenders.

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 6

Football: Inter-Association Games

At Booborowie on Saturday: Mid-North 10.15 tied with North-Eastern 10.15, before a crowd of 500.

At Burra Racecourse on Sunday: Payneham 10.15 defeated Burra 8.6.

[The remarkable run of 10.15 scores is as the paper reported.]

76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council, 17 July

The Director General of Medical Services has undertaken to consider the complaint about the size of the Council’s contribution to the Burra Hospital.

Permission was granted for the War Memorial Committee to dispose of surplus timber after alterations to the shed at the oval.

The Architect-in-Chief will inspect the Burra school playground.

A.G. Booth wrote about leasing the Burra Town Hall for pictures. He offered:

25% of the gross takings, exclusive of screen advertising.

to provide 200 cushions for the seats.

to provide sound absorbing sheets for the walls.

to endeavour to obtain the best type of films.

He was seeking 10 years exclusive rights to show films, with the option of renewal.

D.W. Brook of Terowie also wrote about renting the Town Hall for pictures and asked to attend to present his case.

A special Council meeting on this subject will be scheduled.

C.H. Nourse wrote saying that four cork elms in front of his property had destroyed two walls of his house and they had to be rebuilt. Permission to remove the trees was granted.

Council will investigate the possibility of bringing Murray water to Burra.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 1

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 1

Wongalilli Station NSW

[There is a lengthy article on this station and a series is carried on weekly until 5 September.]

Twenty years ago Lou Billings was manager of Oakvale Station, when he was granted Wongalilli Station – then unimproved except for one bore. Recently (1950) Mr Billings bought Glen Bower Station near Burra and Wongalilli now runs under the management of Frank Heinrich, formerly of Burra. Some four weeks ago a party of Burra people heard that Wongalilli was a sportsman’s paradise and decided on a trip to see. This series of articles resulted. Three cars took Mr & Mrs L. Hawke & son, Mr & Mrs J. Hill, Mr & Mrs B. Nicholls and Mr & Mrs F.T. Marston. Encounters with kangaroos, wild ducks and wild pigs were expected. The route was first to Broken Hill and thence to Wilcannia before heading 43 miles north to Reg. Nevan’s holding ‘Ulaili,’ on the Paroo.

Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd warns of the dangers in the town from old wiring and modifications by unqualified persons.

Sid John son is in hospital recovering after a fractious Friesian cow caught his left hand near the wrist, with her horn and he was only able to free himself after some anxious moments. He is recovering satisfactorily.

The Fathers’ Assoc. & the Ladies Auxiliary require funds to carry on their work of supporting returned men.

Burra Rifle Club has fired the 4th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy. A.G. Heinrich scored a possible over 700 yards, but the best handicap results were from G. Webster, J. Lloyd & I. Burdon.

Weather. Rain fell to the east this week. Falls were erratic and varied from 26 points at Sturt Vale through 65 at Old Koomooloo and 84 at Braeside to 130 at Poonunda. Burra received 80 points, but Mt Bryan recorded only 21 and Booborowie a mere 6.

J. Lawrie writes about the ‘Death Trap Road’ south of Burra. He considered the road quite safe if driven with the necessary care. The editor however, said he believed the road could hardly be safe when new, old and middle-aged cars have tipped over on it, when under the control of good and bad drivers.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 2

Obituary. Beatrice Hughes died 16 July at Burra Hospital aged 48. She was the wife of Victor Hughes and the mother of May, Aileen, Albert, Jean, Colin & Levi.

[See also 76, 29, 25 July 1950, page 4.]

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Sarah Fuller.

[Sarah Ann Fuller died 19 June 1950 at Burra, residence Burra North. Probably born Sarah Ann Dare at Jamestown in 1875, but birth not on SA Births CD.]

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 August

James Mason in The Upturned Glass

Plus Holiday Camp

12 August

Special Matinee performance of Bitter Springs

Burra High School Council members visited the school recently and were impressed by the brightness of the rooms and the improvements in the school library.

Badminton, 31 July

RSL 11-189 defeated Redruth II 1-92

Kooringa Green or Red [depending on which line in the report is correct] 10-183 defeated Burra North Blue 2-131

Burra North Gold 11-201 defeated Redruth I 1-198

Basketball, 29 July

Hallett 22 defeated Leighton 8

Booborowie 20 defeated Mt Bryan 12

Post Office Transfers

The postmaster Mr Stewart is moving to Henley Beach to be replaced by Mr Tattersall from Wallangara, Queensland.

H.K. Shakeshaft, Postal Clerk, is promoted to Senior Postal Clerk at Gladstone.

Mr J. Roberts, Postal Clerk, becomes Senior Postal Clerk at Barmera.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 4

Mt Bryan CWA celebrated its 4th birthday on 19 July.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 5

Burra Buffalo Lodge Annual Ball was held at the Burra Town Hall last Friday. The Mayor, Mr Carpenter, was introduced by Mr Sylvester Preiss, the Sitting Primo, and he declared the evening open. About £50 was taken at the door.

Burra Homing Club held a second open race from Marree on 29 July. It was won by P.J. Byrne. The transfer of Fred Brandt to Kapunda removes a good flyer from the club.

Last week a strong head wind prevented the birds from homing in the qualifying time.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, pages 5 & 6

Burra CWA held its AGM on 21 July.

President Mrs A. Tennant took the chair. Meetings have not been particularly well attended this year with and average of just over 20 from a membership of over 70. Catering for the two race meetings in October 1949 and April 1950 was the main source of income. A barouche was donated to Burra Hospital and £30 sent to Headquarters. £30 was sent to the Burra Town Hall to help pay for painting the stage, which is used as a supper room.

Wales was the country chosen for International Day this year and Mrs Scott delivered the address and at the meeting Mrs I.J. Warnes pinned a Life Membership badge on Miss Rogers, who is a foundation member of the Burra Branch.

Elected: President, Mrs Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Reg. Warnes & Mrs J. Barker; Secretary, Mrs H. Jennison; Treasurer, Miss Rogers & Acting Treasurer, Mrs R.H. Campbell.

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 6

Burra Red Cross held its AGM 11 July.

President Mrs S.M. Sandland reported sending £45 to Headquarters, £20 to the Cancer Appeal and £548 to the Burra Hospital for the following purposes:

Electric floor polisher 25-5-9

Siler tea services 66-18-6

Stainless steel sink and renovations 124-5-0

Hot water service & nursery improvements 151-16-3

Refrigerator (subsidised) 56-11-3

Sterilisers 41-3-4

Gas & oxygen unit 34-10-0

Autoclave 47-10-0

£548-0-1

Elected for 1950-51: President, Mrs S.M. Sandland; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & L. Boothby; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery & [Unspecified] Mrs H. Topsfield. [Other years’ reports make it probable Mrs Topsfield was Treasurer, as does the context here.]

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 7

Football. At Spalding on Saturday: Spalding 14-22 defeated Burra 11-14

76, 30, 1 Aug. 1950, page 8

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM 24 July with President M.T. Fuller in the chair.

Elected: Patron, H.J.B. Jennison; President, M.T. Fuller; Vice-Presidents, J.T. Pascoe & R.J. Jeffery; Secretary, N.C. Woodards.

In the past year in the Mid-North Assoc. Burra Green finished 4th with 4 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw. Burra Gold finished next to bottom with 3 wins and 7 losses.

Trophies:

Club Champion J.L. Hawke

Single Handicap A. Bruce

Consistency N.C. Woodards

Night Pairs Corry & Topsfield

Championship Pairs Hawke & Pascoe

Beginners C. Radford

There were 51 full members and 11 night members with 12 associates.

Financially the year was satisfactory and ended in credit £83-16-9, an increase of £60.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 1

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 2

The journey continued north from Reg. Nevan’s ‘Ulaili’, 43 miles north of Wilcannia, on the Paroo. The station of 60,000 acres was then half under water. Ducks proves elusive, though they could be heard in the canegrass. A few brolgas were around. Floodwaters forced the group to backtrack to Wilcannia for an approach to Wongalilli via White Cliffs.

Snow. A light fall of snow was recorded in Burra on Thursday, but it fell with rain and melted instantly. A slightly heavier fall was recorded on the Adelaide Road about four miles south of the town, yesterday. Travellers had to stop to clear snow from their windscreens.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 1 & 4

Burra Hospital held its AGM, presided over by Chairman F.T. Marston, who welcomed subscribers and ratepayers and said it was the first meeting of its kind held for many years. He hoped a similar meeting would be held annually in the future. He reviewed the year and said the overdraft had been reduced by £800 – mainly due to the collection of outstanding accounts and increased patient fees. Mr Marston had taken over from E. Finch on the latter’s resignation, due to ill health, in May 1950. Matron O’Neil had resigned in May 1949 and Matron Tscharke, who had been in charge of the Midwifery Section for some years, had succeeded to her position. Dr Steven resigned as MO when he left the town, after being connected with hospital for 27 years. Dr Heddle became the MO.

The costs of materials and salaries have both risen sharply and patients’ fees had to be increased. Strong action to collect outstanding accounts was also needed.

Staffing has remained difficult, though domestic staff have not been quite such a problem as previously. Quite a lot of equipment needed to be replaced and the Red Cross was a great help in this area. Public subscriptions allowed the installation of a coke stove and new stoves were also installed in the Maternity Wing (gift of Dr Heddle) and in the second kitchen (gift of Mr J.R. Barker.) The maternity Wing is being painted and a new sink installed. The kitchen is receiving similar treatment. The report on the sanitary condition of the Hospital in April has jolted the Board into action and aroused dormant public interest. Many of the places needing attention dated from the time the Hospital was founded.

The visit of the Chief Secretary Hon. A.L. McEwin, Dr Rollison (Director of Medical services) and Mr Scantlebury (Secretary of the Hospitals Department,) resulted in the news that, while permission for an entirely new hospital could not be given, additions and renovations were possible. Mr Dean Berry, architect, suggested a large addition to be used for medical purposes be built, to form a T on the east end of the Maternity Wing and the present building housing the Men’s Ward, Women’s Ward, etc. be used as the Nurses’ Quarters. This report will soon go to the Chief Secretary. The cost will be about £50,000, which means this district will have to raise £25,000. [Rather than the £250,000 actually printed!] This will give Burra a modern hospital.

The Board has approved new rules, which have yet to be approved and so cannot operate this year. They allow for subscribers and ratepayers to elect three members to the Board. Women’s Organisations are to elect one, the Chief MO will be a member and seven will be elected by the rate-contributing Councils.

[The balance sheet is then printed.]

Dr Heddle presented the Medical Report.

Admissions of 622 were up 100 on the previous two years and up 50 on 1946 & 1947. The daily average was 18.6 patients compared with 29 in 1946-47. Maternity cases were 77 in 1946 and 95 in 1946-49.

Additions and improvements in 1949-50:

A gas and oxygen machine in Maternity

A new autoclave for the Theatre

Electric sterilisers for the Theatre to replace the kerosene heater

An Esse (coke) stove in the General Kitchen

New wood stoves in the General Pantry and the Midwifery Pantry

Painting of the Midwifery Section and Kitchen is in progress

New rubber floor covering has been laid in the Labour Ward and new lighting installed.

[Dr Heddle also referred to the desirable changes and renovations as previously described in the report on the sanitary condition of the Hospital.]

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 12 August, 1.45 & 7.40 p.m. and 14 August, 7.40 p.m.

Tommy Trinder & Chips Rafferty in Bitter Springs

Mona Freeman & James Dunn in That Brennan Girl

Burra Homing Club flew a 461 mile race from Oodnadatta on Saturday, which was won by P.J. Byrne.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 3

Marriage. St Matthew’s, Marryatville, 8 July

Ruth Treloar, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs L.W. Treloar of Umberatana Station, Copley, married

Albert Lloyd Jefferies, elder son of Mr & Mrs F.M. Jefferies of ‘Almonda’ Mt Bryan.

Burra Hospital. A meeting of subscribers and ratepayers decided to start raising funds for the Hospital redevelopment. The committee elected comprised: Mrs Tenant, Messrs L. Boothby, J. Gebhardt & W. Carpenter. A tax exemption for donations will be sought.

Burra Platoon CMF numbers are now 23. Five members attended the Annual Company Ball at Snowtown.

Weather. A hailstorm deposited small, but dense hail on the road just on the Burra side of Hanson yesterday morning. A car arrived in Burra with inches of ice in places on the hood and body.

Badminton, 2 August.

Burra North Gold 8 seats defeated Kooringa Green 4 sets.

Burra North Blue 11 seats defeated Redruth II 1 set.

7 August

RSL 7 sets defeated Burra North Gold 5 sets.

Redruth I forfeited to Burra North Blue.

Kooringa Reds 7 sets defeated Kooringa Green 5 sets.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held a scratch match on Saturday over double 300 yards. The Captain’s Team 746 defeated the Vice-Captain’s Team 740.

A.R. Downer MHR, who was elected to represent this district at the last election, visited Burra last Friday.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 6

Basketball, 29 July.

Burra 31 defeated Spalding 7.

Hallett 16 defeated Mt Bryan 15.

Burra v. Booborowie was drawn on account of rain.

Football. At Burra Racecourse on Saturday: Booborowie 15.5 defeated Burra 15.2.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 7

Burra Hospital Board. First meeting of the new Board, 4 August.

Councils appointed representatives:

Burra Town Council: F.T. Marston (elected Chairman)

Burra Burra DC: Messrs Earle, McWaters, Barker & Lucas (the last elected Vice-Chairman)

Hallett DC: N.G. Tiver

Robertstown: J.A. Heinrich.

Sister E.M. Jeffery has resigned after about four years’ service. Sister Neumann has come. Sisters Hill & Mackay resigned and Sister J. Bruce and N. Brandt have joined the staff.

76, 31, 8 Aug. 1950, page 8

Mt Bryan Cricket Club’s Victory Dinner (Mokota Assoc.) at the Mt Bryan Hotel is reported.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 1

The Marrabel-Burra Road was supposed to be bituminised under a five-year plan. Nothing has eventuated. Now the Town and District Councils have been requested by a recent meeting of ratepayers to ask for some indication of when work will start. The volume of traffic, on this main road from Adelaide to Broken Hill, is causing it to deteriorate beyond what a local authority can manage.

Burra High School. The Annual Sports day was held on Friday. In the House Competition Draysey 217 defeated Steele 139.

Senior Boys’ Cup Brian Brooks

Senior Girls’ Cup Maureen Halliday

Junior Boys’ Cup Bruce Stockman

Junior Girls’ Cup Joy Bourman

John Hawke (21) son of Mr & Mrs Leo Hawke, recently of the National Bank, suffered lacerations to the scalp and forehead when his motorcycle collided with a bicycle at Forestville on Saturday.

Burra Talkies. The present lease expires soon and there is a discussion about the Town Council taking over the operation as a way of reducing the Town Hall debt. In ten years of operation the Pt Elliott Institute has done this, eliminating a £2,300 debt and buying £400 worth of new furniture.

Burra Town Council has decided to increase impounding fees by 100%.

The SA League of Wheelmen has decided that this year’s road race will end in Burra. The event is scheduled for 23 September.

Burra Rifle Club is the scratch team in the Northern No. 4 District Rifle Club Union. There are nine teams and the first match was fired on Saturday. ‘A’ Team scored 715 plus a handicap of 60 for 775.

‘B’ Team scored 623 plus a handicap of 110 for 733.

The SA Housing Trust has bought a large block of land in Queen St from Mrs M. Walker. We understand a local firm will soon begin to build six houses on the site.

The X-ray Unit will visit Burra in November. Last year the Local Board of Health complained when Burra was omitted. The unit requires a hall 40 ft x 30 ft for three weeks and a direct power line of 410 volts. [Part of the TB eradication program.]

Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd

The Company’s franchise to supply electricity to Burra expires shortly and the future of Burra’s electricity supply will be discussed with the Town Council in the near future. Many consumers believe that changing to ETSA will deliver cheaper power and enable the installation of more powerful electrical equipment. The local supply has been very regular, with very few (and short) blackouts. ETSA has had frequent long blackouts during the recent coal strike, so the retention of local back-up generating capacity, for use when ETSA fails, should be maintained.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort will offer, under instruction in the Estate of W.G. & C.L. Brown (deceased) the following:

7061⁄2 acres in the Hd of Anne comprising 3 851⁄2 acres freehold being part sections 203, 206, 208/9, 210/1 and a closed road. 285 acres perpetual lease being sections 176/8, 216/7, 222, 228, 235 & 237. 353⁄4 acres Educational Lease being sections 244/5 & 250/1 with a six-roomed stone house etc.

80 acres perpetual lease comprising sections 412 to 415 in the Hd of Anne.

60 acres perpetual lease comprising sections 416/7 & 451 in the Hd of Anne.

1321⁄2 acres freehold comprising part section 210, 212, 214/5 in the Hd of Anne.

161 acres perpetual lease comprising sections 223, 225/6, 229 & 230 in the Hd of Anne.

320 acres freehold comprising part section 199, 201 & 203.

All situated at Canowie some six miles west of Hallett.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 August

Jane Wyman & Lew Ayres in Johnny Belinda

Plus Three Sons of Guns

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 3

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 3

[At Wilcannia the group decided to go via White Cliffs rather than to take the Momba Road. White Cliffs was 60 miles over fair tracks. The centre of White Cliffs is described as a square, lined on two sides with a few shops and a hotel. The square was the town’s rubbish tip. Apparently the inhabitants just chucked empty fruit tins etc. outside their front doors. The group then had c. 90 miles to go over one of the stoniest and worst roads in Australia with homesteads every 15 miles or so. At creek crossings all but the driver got out and walked, to increase the clearance a bit above the stones. The last stretch was worse, being practically treeless, bushless and grassless. The homestead they sought lay on the far side of a flooded creek, but a chap came out and guided them through a swamp in which one car got bogged. After negotiating the swamp, there were still some 20 miles of rough track to Wongalilli.]

Burra Burra DC has increased its rate from 2/- to 2/5.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 4

Burra Burra DC. The new road between Burra & Hanson has now been fenced in accordance with Government requirements.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 5

Marriage. St Mary’s Star of the Sea, Darwin

Francis William Richards, elder son of Mr & Mrs F.R. Richards of Mt Bryan, married

Lola Elaine Pott, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs W.A. Pott of Darwin.

The couple will live at Alice Springs.

Obituary. The late Thomas H. Lihou was born in Victoria on 15 February 1881. He was the son of the late Henry & Agnes Lihou and came to Burra as an infant and resided here most of his life. He was educated at Burra School and married the second daughter of the late Mr & Mrs C. Stasinowsky. The couple went north to live until poor health compelled them to return in 1939. He is survived by his wife and two surviving children: Norman & Mattie (Mrs Ern Phillips of World’s End.) (Oswald died in 1948.) There are three grandchildren, four sisters and one brother. [Thomas Henry Lihou died 29 July 1950 at Burra, residence Burra.]

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 6

Burra Golf Associates. Miss M.V. Pearce won the Club Championship.

Badminton, 8 August. RSL 8-181 defeated Kooringa Reds 4-120.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 7

Burra Catholic Ball was held at the Town Hall on Friday last. A tango competition was a feature of the night. Nett proceeds of the successful event were c. £80.

Basketball, 5 August. Leighton 19 defeated Spalding 9.

12 August. Hallett 27 defeated Spalding 5

Mt Bryan 16 defeated Burra 12

Booborowie drew with Leighton, 11 goals each.

76, 32, 15 Aug. 1950, page 8

Burra Town Council

Dyers Weed is to be eradicated near the Bon Accord Hotel.

Advice has been received that the best way to eradicate onion weed is by flame-thrower.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee seeks to borrow from Council any pipe and fittings available and to be permitted to buy 1,000 ft of piping to replace that removed from Victoria Park some years ago.

Burra Electric Supply advise they erected the line on the right hand side of Paxton Terrace because the telephone line was on the left hand side. Pine trees had to be cut and the Company undertook in future to approach the Council prior to such work.

The Electric Supply Co. Board will meet two members of Council on 25 August to discuss future supply of electricity at Burra.

H.W. Rees of Burra Talkies offered to renew the picture agreement on the same basis as before.

Mr A. Dane of the Burra Talkies said he had not finalised discussions with his partners.

The Town clerk was directed to write to Mr Rees advising that Council had at no time given Mr Dane to understand that the lease would be renewed. Council will seek legal advice about any of their obligations in the matter.

E.A. Keal, architect, has forwarded plans for proposed alterations and additions to the Burra Hotel and for a new sewage disposal unit.

The electrical wiring at the Town Hall will be inspected.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 1

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 4

[One car sustained damage and was stopped about 17 miles from Wongalilli. Two people stayed at Myro for the night and the rest went on to Wongalilli, where they were welcomed at about midnight by Frank Heinrich. The next day repairs were made to the car. Mr & Mrs Billings made the party welcome at Wongalilli, where they admired the gardens, lawns and orchard. They immediately had success shooting kangaroos. There were also a number of interesting trees growing there: Mulga, Beefwood, Mustard Trees, Box Wattle & Eupanyah (phonetically spelled). Plans were made to go on north to Goorimpa Station on a wild pig hunt.

Mr Peter Baxter was driving a car on Smelts Road on Friday afternoon when he ran into a power pole and brought down the lines. Roy Bourman and son were with him. Only Mr Baxter was slightly injured.

Aberdeen Ballast Quarry. The Minister of Railways, Mr M. McIntosh, has explained to Mr Hawke MP why the Government will not work the quarry.

The quarry was used for the construction of the railway line to Terowie as early as 1894, but was abandoned after the line was completed, except for a small amount of ballast for maintenance. In 1941, following local requests that the quarry be re-opened, the Railways Commissioner arranged a 50-year lease. It was found uneconomic to open the quarry for the small amount of ballast required between Riverton and Terowie. This will be apparent when the present system is outlined.

At Mile End a large elevated bin of 500 tons of ballast is kept filled by bucket elevator from road vehicles. A string of 20 hoppers holding 300 tons can then be loaded in about two hours. A work train of a locomotive and twenty or more hoppers, a plough truck and a brake-van can then proceed to any section of track where ballast is required, to be joined en route by the permanent way gang, who operate the plough and the discharge doors of the hoppers. To use the Burra Quarry would require a freight train to shunt to the quarry. Trucks would then have to be taken by freight train one or two at a time and the ballast spread by hand along the track – operations that would delay a freight train by about two hours.

A work train from Mile End can run out a full load of 300 tons and distribute it and return in less time than the delay involved to freight trains using the alternative method. There would also be additional labour costs, penalty rates payable to train crews delayed by the process as well as flow-on costs from such delays. It would be different if whole trainloads of ballast were required for such work as gauge standardisation, when developing the Burra Quarry siding might be justified and with such in mind the Department will continue the lease.

[The argument about the economics of the quarry in 1950 might be valid, but the first sentence is quite misleading. The quarry seems to have started with the extension of the line north of Burra in the 1870s. It was certainly mentioned for the extension of the line to Terowie, which was in 1880 not 1894 as stated. After that it was certainly not abandoned. It worked intermittently, but until 1912 at least it frequently employed between 20 and 40 men and sometime ran a night shift. Years mentioned after 1894 as being busy included: 1899, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911 & 1912. After that references seem to suggest minor working was carried on at various times for road metal, despite strenuous efforts to get it re-opened for ballast in the 1930s.]

Burra Sheep Market

Record prices continue to be realised for sheep sold locally. On Friday Elders sold 43 full woolled two-year wethers for S.F. & P.F. Heaslip of Hanson at £8-10-3 each. This record was almost immediately broken by 5 woolly three-year wethers of R.W. Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie,’ which sold for £8-11-6 each. 2,708 sheep were yarded and all sold and even with 2,000 being off shears the average price was £4-12-1.

Burra Hospital Donations have been ruled to be valid income tax deductions.

The Eastern Mail Route will be graded before the 1951 winter.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 26 August

Maureen O’Hara & Rex Harrison in The Foxes of Harrow

Plus The Winner’s Circle

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 5th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy with best results from C. Fiedler, B.O. Scholz & J. Lloyd. Bert Scholz shot 13 consecutive bulls and scored a possible.

Burra High School. Response has not been good for the technical classes offered. Night classes seem likely to continue to the end of the year, but the Dressmaking day class will close in September unless more students come forward.

Football. R. James of the Burra Football Club has been awarded the Mail Medal for this season.

Basketball. Leighton 17 defeated Hallett 10

Booborowie v. Mt Bryan match was abandoned shortly after half time due to rain.

Burra Institute is in credit £76-3-4 and has a library credit of £34-1-6. There are 221 subscribers.

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Tailem Bend on Saturday 19 August, which was won by W.H. Holman.

Badminton, 17 August. Kooringa Red 7-165 defeated Burra North Gold 5-159

Kooringa green forfeited to Redruth II

RSL 7-174 defeated Burra North Blue 5-125

Kooringa Red 6-184 defeated Redruth I 6-142.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 4

Burra CWA visited ‘The Gap’ on 18 August at the invitation of the President, Mrs Tennant, instead of their normal meeting.

Mr A.S. Blackburn VC, State President of the RSL, was the guest at a social evening for Hallett RSL on 11 August.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 5

Burra High School Sports Day results are printed.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 6

Football. At Spalding on Saturday in the 1st Semi-Final:

Burra 3.2 3.4 10.9 13.9

Booborowie 2.3 4.5 5.6 10.11

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 7

Burra Benevolent Society held its AGM 17 August. Rev. C. Pitman as chairman welcomed the Mayor. The year had been rather quiet. They had 10 financial members and attendance at meetings had been disappointingly small. Two Salvation Army officers had moved on during the year and Rev. Dorman left, to be replaced by Rev. Tregilgas. Selected families were sent letters enabling them to collect goods to a stated value as Christmas Cheer. In April the late Treasurer died in Adelaide. The Society’s wheelchairs had been returned, as one user had died and the other had left the district. Wood had been distributed in half ton loads in august 1949 and June 1950. Elected for the coming year were: Chairman, Rev. C.L.H. Pitman; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs & Treasurer, E.R. Davey.

Mr & Mrs W. Backshall and son Dennis are leaving Hallett to live at Mt Barker, WA.

Mr & Mrs Glen Williams have taken over the Hallett Hotel.

Police Officer T. Weaver left Hallett for Crystal brook and has been replaced by Mr Slee.

76, 33, 22 Aug. 1950, page 8

Mr A. Stewart, postmaster at Burra, was given a presentation prior to his departure for Henley Beach. He had been at Burra since September 1947.

Obituary. Mr James Shackleford died at Willalo 4 August. He was one of the original settlers when the North Booborowie Estate was cut up for closer settlement in about 1912. He came from Orroroo. Two children survive: Mr Ivan Shackleford and Mrs L.G. Woodman. His wife [Flora Bell] died some years ago [1942.] [James White Shackleford born 17 August 1881 Erskine, died 4 August 1950 Willalo, residence Hallett.]

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 1

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 5.

[The wild pig hunt is described. Along the way the group also sought kangaroos and eagles (for which the NSW Government paid a bounty of 2/6.) They called in at Tongo Station. Kangaroos there were very numerous. Their destination, Goorimpa Station, was a 2,400 square miles out-station of Killara Station. They were unable to reach the homestead, which was behind high levees and completely surrounded by water. They were taken to the large shearing shed with 23 rooms for shearers, though shearing is usually done at the head station. They eventually shot 4 pigs, one of which weighed about 250 lb. Only the hind legs were taken for meat, being dry salted for a week and then steamed. It was said to taste of ham and wild duck.

The Burra Town Rate will remain at 4/-.

Local Board of Health. The X-ray examinations will be held in the Oddfellows Hall at Burra North.

Burra Racing Club. At the AGM the Chairman, L. Boothby, reported a profitable year. Elected were: Chairman, L. Boothby and joint Secretaries, E.R. Davey and R.A. Bevan.

The next race meeting was scheduled for 18 October.

In June 1949 the Club had £100 on fixed deposit and £150-11-8 cash in hand.

In June 1950 the Club had £100 on fixed deposit and £225-4-1 cash in hand.

In the year the grandstand enclosure had been gravelled and will be bituminised at a later date. The saddling paddock had been enlarged. Posts and rails had been renewed along the straight and buildings, except the stalls had been painted. Racing had been of a good standard with an average of eight horses per race.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 September

Ann Sheridan & Errol Flynn in Silver River

Gloria Dickson & Dennis Morgan in Waterfront

Obituary. Trevor Francis Preiss, youngest son of Dorothy Preiss and brother of Brian, Kevin, Clair and Shirley, died at Broken Hill 22 August aged 8.

Arbor Day was celebrated at Hanson School 24 August. A concert was staged by the children. 24 Aleppo pines, obtained through the Burra Burra DC, were planted in the school grounds. Lunch was then provided in the Memorial Hall. A program of sports and games followed before afternoon tea.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 3

Burra Mine

With copper at £195 a ton, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr O’Halloran, is calling for the Government to thoroughly investigate all copper deposits in SA and the possibility of building smelters using Leigh Creek coal at Copley. History showed copper deposits along a north-south corridor of 700 miles. Mr McAlees (ALP) supported Mr O’Halloran and said as much copper was in the ground as had been taken out at Kadina and the prive should inspire resumption of mining at Wallaroo, Moonta and Burra. Mr R.C. Lott writes to the Record saying it is time for locals to make strong representations to Government for the thorough prospecting of copper lodes at Burra. Never before have prices been so favourable. Now is the time for the Town Council to act.

Football. At Burra on Saturday: the 2nd Semi-Final.

Hallett 12.10 defeated Spalding 9.9.

Burra Town Council has discussed taking over the Burra Talkies when the present lease expires. Councillors have visited Pt Elliott to get some insight into such an operation. The future of the town’s electricity supply has also been discussed.

Burra Golf Associates. Burra Grand Champion is Miss J. Dollman.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Tailem Bend was won by W. Holman on Saturday.

Basketball. In the 2nd Semi-Final Booborowie 26 defeated Mt Bryan 4.

In the Preliminary Final Leighton 10 defeated Mt Bryan 6.

The Annual Diggers’ Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall on Friday. Mr G.S. Hawker opened the Ball. Darrell Field’s band supplied the music.

SA Housing Trust. In June 1950 the Trust invited tenders for the erection of six timber-framed houses at Burra. One tender was received, but was deemed too high. Negotiations are proceeding.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 4

Obituary. Mrs John Kellaway of Croydon died 20 August aged 59. She was formerly Rachel Anne Bell, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Hugh Bell and was born at Warri Warri in northern NSW. She was a former member of the Kooringa Methodist Church and the Ladies’ Guild. After living in Burra for many years, the family moved to Croydon in 1941. In the war years she was active in the Air Force Relatives’ Assoc. and other patriotic bodies. Her husband served in WWI and three sons served in WWII. Her husband and five children survive: Richard (Broken Hill), William (Adelaide), Lorna, John and Verna (Mrs Edwards of Croydon). There are two grandchildren.

Burra Town Council, 21 August

V.J. Dower asked to buy or rent a fenced road between the residence of W. Lee and W.H. Sandland’s Estate. He was asked to submit a tender for a yearly lease.

T.C.A. Radford resigned as curator of the cemetery, due to ill health.

Applications for his replacement are to be called.

The financial statement shows the Town Hall debt to be £2,674-19-10.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 5

Burra Racing Club. For the next races on 18 October it has been decided to run a hurdle race. The stake of £80 will bring the stake and trophy values to c. £500. There will be six other races.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 6

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM. Mrs J.G. Sara, the Vice-President, was in the chair. The Treasurer for 22 years, Miss L. Bartholomaeus, reported a satisfactory year, but said she could no longer continue. The Secretary, H.V. White, reported a pleasant year with about 12 playing members. Early in the year the resignation of Secretary and founding member, Mrs W.H. Gare, was accepted and another loss due to ill health was Miss L. Wilks. Mr Reg. Ellis has done an excellent job as greensman. The coming of age party on 29 March was a happy and profitable event, raising over £16. The Burra North Red Cross made a donation of 37/6 for the use of the Club Hall. On 1 April we farewelled out President, who has gone to live at Glenelg. Nominated for office in 1950-51 were: President, Mrs R.F. Ellis; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Finch & H. White; Treasurer, Mrs E. Wilson; Secretary, Mrs H.V. White; Captain, Mrs E. Steer and Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Finch.

Badminton, 28 August. Burra North Gold 10-207 defeated Redruth II 2-128

Kooringa Green forfeited to Burra North Blue

Redruth I forfeited to RSL.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 7

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported.

76, 34, 29 Aug. 1950, page 8

Mid-North Inter-High School Sports Day was held on 25 August at Riverton.

Balaklava 154

Clare 1091⁄2

Burra 50

Riverton 491⁄2

Kapunda 45

76, 35, 5 Sep. 1950, page 1

Wilcannia & Points North, Part 6

Though wild camels and cattle further north beckoned, we turned back south. We wished to avoid returning by the track we had come on, with its endless loose stones and steep creek crossings. The mail driver recommended the Momba Track. The risk was that if it rained it would become very sticky. The track went within a mile or two of Tongo Homestead and then turned decidedly south towards Wilcannia. The track was not too bad, especially across dry clay pans. Cattle, kangaroos and emus shared the knee-deep grass. After Momba it was only 43 miles to Wilcannia, but the road deteriorated and slowed us down. The 117 miles trip in all had taken 6-7 hours. Then it was back to Broken Hill and a visit to the Flying Doctor Base, before returning to Burra.

Burra Rifle Club. In the first stage of the Club Championship the best scorers were M. Stockman, J. Lloyd & Tom Lynch.

Basketball. In the Grand Final Leighton 13 defeated Booborowie 10.

Football. In the Preliminary Final on Saturday Burra 12.12 defeated Spalding 8.12.

Miss Mary Marston left a library of 400 books to her trustees Hon. P.A. McBride & M.W. Bednall and they have given the collection, valued at c. £200 to the Burra Institute.

Burra Hospital

Two plans for enlarging the present Hospital by Mr Dean Berry, Adelaide architect, went to the Board on Friday.

The old building is modified and renovated and additions made with an estimated cost of £73,000. The result is a complex with several levels and resulting inconveniences.

A T-shaped addition to the Maternity Wing is built with a front facing east and the present Hospital becomes the Nurses Quarters. The estimated cost is £78,000, but all the building would be conveniently located.

Both plans are much costlier than anticipated. The question now is whether the district can build additions valued at £73-78,000. It is also doubtful if the Government would subsidise a plan to that figure, while it seems likely to subsidise one to £50,000. If the Government limited its contribution to £25,000, the District would have to find £53,000. Perhaps with wool selling at 1/- an ounce it is, after all, not impossible.

76, 35, 5 Sep. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 September

Red Canyon

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Mexican Hayride

Obituary. Dora Rosewall, second daughter of the late Thomas Rosewall, died 2 September aged 84. She was a sister to Josiah, Thomas and Henry.

Obituary. Edward Anthony Moore aged 84, late of Burra, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Ann [Angeline] Turnbull of Norwood, 21 August. Mr Moore lived in Burra for most of his life. His wife, Bessie, died some years ago. He leaves 9 daughters and 4 sons, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. [Death CD gives age at death as 73, but this must be in error. Marriage CD suggests a birth in 1869, but the age cited above favours 1866. The birth seems not to be on SA Births CD.]

Burra Town Council & Burra Burra DC have been co-operating for some time in using the same road-making equipment. (The DC owns the equipment and the Town Council hires it.)

76, 35, 5 Sep. 1950, page 4

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara last Saturday was won by E.J. Reed.

Hanson Methodist Ladies’ Guild. The Spring Fete was an outstanding success on Thursday 31 August. Funds are expected to be boosted by c. £50 as a result.

76, 35, 5 Sep. 1950, page 7

Accident. Another car has overturned on the Burra-Black Springs Road. Last Thursday morning Mr L. McL. Wright, an Adelaide solicitor, turned his car over near the Black Springs Church, when his brakes grabbed on a corner. He was not hurt and the car, which rolled onto its side, could be driven on to Burra when set on its wheels again.

Marriage. Church of the Sacred Heart, Hindmarsh, 26 August

Elizabeth Stead, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs F. Stead of Croydon Park, married

Max Miels, only son of Mr & Mrs Max Miels of Burra.

76, 35, 5 Sep. 1950, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA. The Secretary’s Report for the year ending 31 July 1950 is printed.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday was a day of broken records. Six possibles were attained over the 500 yards distance. At the second visit to the mound half of the ten men shot possibles and the ten averaged 381⁄2 out of 40. Possibles were scored by F.T. Marston (2), D.H. Field, J.H. Schwier, R.G. Bernhardt & M. Stockmen. In the outcome of the match Burra 815 defeated Hamley Bridge 792.

Wool. Local prices from the Adelaide Wool Sales are printed.

Burra Mine. The Burra Town Council on 4 September voted to write to Mr O’Halloran supporting his move to re-open mines in SA and offering him copies of reports obtained some years ago by the Burra Progress Assoc.

Burra Water Supply

Mr G.S. Hawker MP advises that as far as he can discover no effort was made to get River Murray water for Burra when a pipe was laid to get it to the Railway Station. This pipe is too small to supply the town. Analysis of the town water showed it to be nearly as bad as Peterborough’s and worse than Bordertown’s. The Town Council is desirous of every effort being made to obtain River Murray water.

Burra’s Production for SA

Recent wool sales show wool averaging c. £100 a bale and if this were the case with every wool sale, the Burra District would produce over £2 million worth a year. It is certainly fair to say it produces over £1 million worth, plus meat, sheep, wheat and dairy produce. Yet whenever Burra wants anything in the way of modern amenities that the Government could provide, the politicians turn a deaf ear.

Football. At the Grand Final at Hallett on Saturday:

Hallett 4.8 7.12 10.18 14.22

Burra 0.1 6.3 8.5 11.6

This is Hallett’s third win in succession.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 September

Jean Crain & William Holden in Apartment for Peggy

Tom Conway in Bungalow 13

Notice. Burra Burra Show Society Inc.

Since the Show Catalogue was printed, showing the fare for the special train from Adelaide to the Show to be 15/4, rail fares have increased and the fare will now be 21/2.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 3

The Colts Cricket Club held its AGM last night, but so few attended it was decided they could not field a team this year in the Burra Assoc. They had played for the last four years, but always found it difficult to field a team late in the season. This reduces the Burra Cricket Association to three teams, scarcely a viable number.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Tintinara was won by W. Holman.

Ray Jennison is employed by Metropolitan Vickers in England and a long letter of his voyage there is printed. He worked his passage on a Norwegian ship.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council, 4 September

The Buffalo Lodge was given permission to use the Rotunda and part of Market Square for their Christmas Tree on 20 December.

Council approved the Housing Trust of SA’s plans for the new subdivision of the property bought by them in Queen St.

Burra Burra DC replied to a letter from the Town Council about the bituminising of Main Road 45, saying that since the main Broken Hill road will now run via Hanson and Harding’s Corner, they would prefer to have that expedited. The Town Council voted to support that move.

V.J. Dower’s offer to lease a portion of the road between the Sandland Estate and W. Lee’s property for 15/- per annum was accepted.

A portion of Commercial St is to be roped off for the finish of the Adelaide-Burra Road race on 23 September.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 5

Local Board of Health. Two cases of measles have been reported.

Willalo Welfare Club. The Pet Show for 1950 is reported in c. 1⁄2 column.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 6

Badminton. The 1st Semi-Final in the RSL Rooms saw Burra North Blue s 8-166 defeat Kooringa Red 4-112.

76, 36, 12 Sep. 1950, page 8

Burra Burra DC

Copperhouse Road is to be repaired following a petition bearing 19 signatures and pointing out that it is used by a school bus.

A query from the Burra Town Council about Road 45 was dealt with as noted in the Town Council notes.

76, 37, 19 Sep. 1950, page 1

The SA Long Distance Classic Wheel Race. Adelaide to Burra.

The race will finish at Burra on next Saturday afternoon. Fifty-two wheelmen have entered and will leave from the City Baths at 8.30 a.m. This is the second occasion the race has been run in the direction Adelaide to Burra. [Entrants are named with their handicaps stated.

A list of past winners of the Classic is printed. Between 1925 and 1933 alternative races were run and results of them are also printed.]

1907 H.G. Williams

1908 A.E. Koop

1910 A. Grigg

1911 W.E. Grigg

1912 S. Grivell

1920 H.G. Reed

1921 J.P. O’Farrell

1922 O. Hoffmann

1923 G. Curtis

1924 P. Osborne

1925 C. Hutton (96 miles: Kapunda-Auburn-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1926 H. Opperman (96 miles: Kapunda-Auburn-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1927 F. Arthur (108 miles: Kapunda-Waterloo-Auburn-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1928 A. Smith (130 miles: Adelaide-Mt Pleasant-Kapunda-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1929 H. Opperman (130 miles: Adelaide-Mt Pleasant-Kapunda-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1930 F. Kennewell (130 miles: Adelaide-Mt Pleasant-Kapunda-Tarlee-Adelaide)

1931 A. James

1932 K. Synnett (155 miles: Adelaide-Kadina-Pt Pirie)

1933 J. Ryan (60 miles: Adelaide-Templers-Adelaide)

1935 K. Thorgood

1936 F. Thomas

1937 J. Boothey

1938 E. Harvey

1939 E. Emery

1940 C. Graham

1941 M. Hughes

1942-45 No races were held

1946 S.A. Cameron

1947 R. Woolston

1948 J. Stafford (Adelaide-Burra)

1949 K. Richards

Mr H. Olsen was a Salvation Army officer in Burra about 25 years ago. A few days ago he drove into town with a horse and sulky, in search of work as a cook. He came from Mildura without collecting a job, but found casual employment at the Burra Hospital.

Burra Hospital Board decided on Friday, after discussing the plans prepared by Mr Dean Berry for additions and renovations, to get the opinion of a second architect.

Dr Mellor had a serious reaction to being bitten by a spider in his garden on Friday afternoon, but recovered after treatment from Dr Heddle.

Air Force Commemoration Day was held on Friday. Rev. Tregilgas conducted a short service at the Monument in Market Square and wreaths were laid by R.C. Lott as President of the Air Force Assoc., E.R. Davey as President of the RSL and T. Heinrich for the Fathers’ Assoc.

76, 37, 19 Sep. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 September

Dennis O’Keefe in T-Men

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in The Noose Hangs High

76, 37, 19 Sep. 1950, page 4

Ray Jennison’s second article is printed about life en route to England via Cape Town.

76, 37, 19 Sep. 1950, page 7

Burra High School Ball was held on Friday and the younger set thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The Parents & Friends’ Assoc. expects to realise c. £34 profit.

Burra Homing Club. The 3rd race from Tintinara was won by P.J. Byrnes.

76, 37, 19 Sep. 1950, page 8

British & Foreign Bible Society will hold their annual meeting at Burra on 24 September. The Society will be represented by Mr A. Faulkner, who will speak at the Kooringa Methodist Church at 11 a.m., at Ironmine at 3 p.m. and at Redruth at 7 p.m. The current local President is H.J.B. Jennison and W. Carpenter is the Secretary.

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 1

Accident. Last Monday morning at about 11.15 there was another accident on the Black Springs Road. Mr John McGown, [sic.] manager of the Yunta Hotel skidded off the road. The car was extensively damaged, but no one was injured.

The Adelaide-Burra Cycle Race ended sensationally on Saturday when R. Whitehorn came from behind in the last fifty yards in a group of eight riders and won by a wheel. A dance was held afterwards in the RSL Club Rooms. R. Richards, who came second, received a cheque from the Mayor, W. Carpenter, as the first country rider to cross the line.

Bowls. The Mid-North Assoc. AGM was held at Auburn on Wednesday. Elected: President, M.T. Fuller (Burra); Vice-President, P.T. Brebner (Clare) & Secretary, D. Tavender (Auburn.)

Mr O’Halloran, Leader of the Opposition, has asked for all available information on the Burra Mine and the Town Council will forward all it can.

Accident. On Saturday afternoon a truck driven by Mr Brian Halls apparently got its front wheels locked and skidded badly before overturning opposite St Joseph’s Church. There were two passengers. Colin Pens (23) suffered concussion and shock. Mr Brian Halls (25) was held for observation at the Hospital.

St Mary’s. At a service on 24 September at 3 p.m. a new pulpit was dedicated to the memory of Jane Barker, who was a regular attender and constant worker for the church. The old pulpit came from St Andrew’s Walkerville and was made into its present shape in the time of Archdeacon Dove. The painted panels were by Mr Halcom, who copied designs from Pugier’s Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and designs of the Old Temple Church. It will now go yo All Saints, Moonta.

The new pulpit honours Jane Barker, who was the daughter of William Young, who arrived in SA in the Hoogly in 1847 and who married Sarah Drew, who arrived in 1849. Jane was born in 1855 in Hindley St, Adelaide in a house where Miller Anderson’s now stands. She came to Burra at an early age and was confirmed here. She lived in Burra until she married William Pitt barker in 1874 at St Clements, Enfield. From then until 1919 she lived at Baldina when, aged 64, she moved to Adelaide. Both she and her husband were regular attenders at St Mary’s in a time when transport was more difficult and they actively supported the church. The pulpit is a worthy object to commemorate her life and service.

Dogs have killed twenty-two sheep in the area in the last week. Fourteen belonged to F.H. Reed and eight to Gus. Kakoschke, both of Burra North.

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 30 September

James Mason in Odd Man Out

Plus The Creeper

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 3

Mr McIntosh, Minister of Railways, responded to a question from Messrs Hawker and Quirke MPs, asking if the Riverton Refreshment Rooms could be kept open for trains other than the Broken Hill express. He said the matter was always under review, but at present they could not get staff and until they could obtain waitresses, it was not feasible to do so.

Hallett Ladies’ Guild Fair was held at the RSL Rooms on Friday and produced a grand total of £72-4-8.

Hallett Masonic Lodge installed Bro. G. Maxted of Mt Bryan as Worshipful Master on 18 September. About 200 people then joined in the Ball that followed.

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 6

Ray Jennison’s report of his voyage to England continues with a visit to the Canary Islands.

Burra Football Club Dinner is reported from the Burra Hotel last Wednesday. Forty players attended. Trophies were presented:

Fairest & most brilliant R. James

Best utility player W. Kotz

Most consistent W. Pursche

Most consistent backman I. Hirschausen

Most consistent forward C. Morrison

Most improved player J. Deer

Most improved junior R. Allen

Most consistent junior B. Stilling

Most useful player R. Seaford

Best placed player K. Kellaway

Birth: the Captain had a son born during the evening. [Was he K. Trealeaven?]

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 7

Burra choral Society presented their second concert for 1950 on Friday night at the Town Hall. The audience was not large, but was appreciative. [Reviewed in 3⁄4 column.]

[Personal interest: Mavis Satchell was a soloist and one of a quartet as well.]

Burra Homing Club. The Young Bird Championship Race from Wolseley on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes.

76, 38, 26 Sep. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. The 6th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy was fired over double 800 yards on Saturday with best scores from J. Fisher, E.C. Hopkins & L. Kellaway.

Obituary. Mrs W. Dunhill of Burra North died at Burra Hospital 15 September aged 77. Before her marriage to W. Dunhill on 22 September 1908 she was Miss Dora Luxford Petoni Swann of Angaston. After marriage the couple lived in WA for four years and then in Angaston for six, before coming to Burra for the remainder of her life. As a young woman Mrs Dunhill was active in the Methodist Church, but increasing ill health forced her to relinquish such activities latterly.

[Born 16 July 1873 Jamestown SA.]

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 1

St Mary’s. When some new timber was required for the new pulpit recently, it was supplied by R.C. Lott. In dismantling the old pulpit some timber in it was found marked TCL, indicating it was supplied by Mr Lott’s grandfather.

Accident. Another car, travelling at low speed, skidded on the Black Springs Road at the weekend, but fortunately it just brushed a sign warning of curves.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy on Saturday and J.H. Schwier, G. Webster & F.T. Marston returned the best scores.

Mr & Mrs K.M. Drew, who have been residents of Burra, have sold their dairy and will leave Burra at the end of the week, to live in Adelaide. Mr & Mrs A.M. Sawley of Bute will carry on the dairy.

The Fathers’ Assoc. Women’s Auxiliary held a street stall on Friday and raised £23-5-0.

Burra Hospital

Mr Dean Berry has been asked to submit plans for additions to cost £50,000, as it is thought unlikely the Government would subsidise a scheme in excess of that, on a £ for £ basis. Mr Berry said the initial cost included camps for workmen. These are expensive, but unavoidable, as the alternative is good hotel accommodation. Some money would be recovered from the subsequent sale of the camps.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 October

Betty Grable & Dan Dailey in When My Baby Smiles at Me

Peggy Knudsen & Lynne Roberts in Trouble Preferred

9 October

It’s Magic

Invitation to Murder

Obituary. Guilford Milton Dunstone died 11 September at ‘Springbank,’ Sydney. He was the husband of Fannie E. Dunstone and brother to Beryl, Mrs John Lockett, of Burra.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 3

Birth. To Mr & Mrs A.B. Radford of ‘Glenora,’ Burra, on 29 September, a son.

Burra Homing Club. The open race from Wolseley on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Burra Hospital is to get a new kitchen floor, as the old one, covered in Malthoid, cannot be kept clean.

Burra High School received a visit from Clare High School students on Friday.

Tennis: Clare 9 sets defeated Burra 3 sets.

Cricket: in a game of 70 minute innings, Clare 4 for 108 defeated Burra 5 for 85.

Softball: Clare 27 defeated Burra 2.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 4

Obituary. Thomas Eli Goodridge of Gum Creek died at Burra Hospital on 26 September aged 69. He was born in Burra 17 July 1881 and was educated at Burra School for a few years before the family moved to Gum Creek. He then attended Hanson School, after which he took up farming with his father. He married Miss Linda Wise of Burra. He leaves a widow and there are four sons and two daughters (plus Phillis, deceased.) There are six grandchildren.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 5

Cricket. This year the Burra Cricket Assoc. will comprise only three teams: Koonoona, Buffs & Burra.

Ray Jennison continues his journey to the UK with an article from Las Palmas. The ship docked at Cardiff.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 6

Mrs Don Whitehorn, mother of Ron Whitehorn, who won the Adelaide-Burra cycle race recently, writes that Ron is a nephew of Mr George Herbert of Burra.

Crusade Week. [There is a lengthy report of 11⁄2 columns on the Crusade by Rev. Kyle Waters, who conducted his drive for converts at Kooringa & Redruth Methodist Churches in the preceding week, assisted by the resident ministers, F.E. Tregilgas & C.L.H. Pitman and by Rev. C.V. Fox of Auburn and Rev. Ivan Wardle of Spalding. Events had been organised each night of the week and the Kooringa Church’s Anniversary Services were incorporated in the Crusade.]

Sunday 24 September Rev. Waters preached at Redruth in the morning & Kooringa in the evening.

Monday 25 September Family Night with Rev. Waters at Redruth.

Tuesday 26 September Men’s Fellowship Tea 6 p.m. at Kooringa with address by Rev. Waters.

Wednesday 27 September Rev. Waters addressed the Ladies’ Guilds at Redruth 3 p.m. & Kooringa 4 p.m.

Thursday 28 September Children’s Mission at Kooringa Sunday School 4 p.m. with Rev. Waters.

Inspiration Evening with Rev. Waters in Kooringa Methodist Church.

Friday 29 September Open-Air Witness with Rev. Waters in the Main Street 3 p.m. assisted by the town’s ministers.

District Crusade Rally in Redruth Church in the evening to formally end the Crusade

Sunday 1 October Redruth Young Worshippers’ League held its Anniversary and at Kooringa Methodist Church the Anniversary Services were conducted by Rev. V.R. Secombe of Malvern and in the evening by Rev. C. Pitman with combined choirs under the baton of L.H. Thomas. The organist was Mrs E.J. Reed and soloists Mrs J.A. Reed & Mrs Satchell.

76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 7

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened its season on Saturday afternoon. The Mayoress, Mrs W. Carpenter, was introduced by the President Mrs R.E. Ellis and then hit off the first ball.

GOC Central Command, Maj.-Gen. J.A. Chapman DSO with Mrs Chapman & Major J. Crafter visited Burra on Monday, in the course of a tour of inspection of the 27th Battalion. With the officer commanding the Burra Platoon CMF, Lt R.H. Campbell, he called on the Mayor and members of Council at the Town Hall, where he discussed the present recruiting campaign and was assured of the Council’s support. He inspected the Honour Roll at the Town Hall, visited the Drill Hall and lunched at the Burra Hotel before going on to Peterborough.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 1

Burra-Black Springs Road

Mr G.S. Hawker has taken up the state of the Black Springs Road with the Minister of Local Government. The Minister has placed the blame for the state of the road on the Local Councils. The Burra Burra DC controls about 8 miles of it, the DC of Saddleworth some 2 miles and the DC of Robertstown 51⁄2 miles. The Commissioner of Highways claims enough funds have been provided for maintenance and crushed screening provided for the Burra Burra DC. Nothing is said about easing dangerous curves, or that further loose gravel only increases the danger of skidding. The Commissioner of Highways also blamed most accidents on excessive speed. The road is notorious.

Burra Races have received 117 nominations, with 14 for the trial hurdles.

Guy Fawkes Night will again be celebrated with a public bonfire organised by Mr R.C. Lott and his helpers. Because the 5th falls on a Sunday, the celebration will be held on Saturday evening.

Mr L.H. Thomas of Burra North will demonstrate a motor scythe for the Town Council.

The Local Board of Health has said it will close down the house portion of the Burra Hotel unless a new septic tank and drainage is installed. An undertaking to do so has seen no action for a considerable period. The present outflow enters the creek. If the house portion of the hotel is closed, it is likely the Licensing Court will close the bar.

Burra North Residents are complaining that engine drivers are opening steam valves and creating a great noise at the station between 5 and 6 a.m.

Bitumen Road. It seems clear from the Minister for Local Government’s statement that we cannot expect a bituminised road to Burra for some years. There are, he says, ‘authorised works of greater urgency.’ We wonder what they are, considering that this is a main artery to the north and the main highway to Broken Hill.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. with Dalgety & Co. will sell, at the Burra Town Hall on Friday 3 November at 12 noon, ‘Caroona Station’ of 32,308 acres perpetual lease and 885 acres miscellaneous lease, located 30 miles northeast of Burra.

Sections 7/9 & 45 Hd Tomkinson, 1,259 acres

Sections 143/149 Hd Rees, 2,695 acres

Section 6 Hd Tomkinson, 495 acres

Sections 2/5, 48, 50 & 51 Hd Mongolata, 914 acres

Section 4 6 Hd Tomkinson, 495 acres

Sections 111/114 Hd Mongolata, 2,053 acres

Sections 10/16, 39/44, 66/76, 95/105, 128/137, 155/161, 163 & 291/993 Hd Tomkinson, 21,495 acres

Section 1 Hd Tomkinson, 146 acres

(All perpetual lease)

Sections 115/117 Hd Mongolata, 804 acres

Section D Hd Mongolata, 81 acres

(Miscellaneous lease)

With stone house of 7 rooms etc.

[Further details in an advertisement 2 columns wide x 3⁄4 column high.]

Notice. Burra Town Council

It is proposed to borrow £1,700 from the Savings Bank of SA by a debenture on the General rate as security, for a ten year period at £3-7-6 per cent per annum. To be repaid in half-yearly instalments of £100-17-2. The loan is to be used to purchase sound and projection equipment to be installed in the Town Hall.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 October

Linda Darnel & Cornel Wilde in Forever Amber

Plus short features.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 4

Burra Town Council, 6 October

G.S. Hawker MP writes about the response of the Minister for Local Government on the Black Springs Road.

The Registrar General of Deeds writes to draw attention to a Government Gazette declaration changing the title to certain properties then registered under the SA Mining Assoc. The Council held such property: Holder Garden in Chapel St and Drew Lane.

It was resolved to employ a permanent hand and to pay him a curator’s wage when a grave was to be dug, rather than to call tenders for a cemetery curator.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 5

Burra Burra DC

A letter was received from G.S. Hawker MP about the response of the Minister of Local Government on the Black Springs Road.

The new route, which deviates at Black Springs to come via Hanson, has been purchased to avoid railway crossings etc. The Black Springs to Hanson section will need considerable work before bituminous construction can be carried out.

Approval was granted to prepare streets of Hanson, Farrell Flat & Mt Bryan for seeling with bitumen at a later date.

Authority to do the same in Booborowie was deferred.

The limited funds in the Main Roads Grant for 1950-51 make it unlikely any of this work can be done for some time.

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 7

Tennis, 31 September

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 13-93 defeated Aberdeen II 7-62

Booborowie 12-95 defeated Ironmine II 8-77

Kooringa 12-98 defeated Aberdeen I 8-67

Spalding 13-108 defeated Mt Bryan 7-76

76, 40, 10 Oct. 1950, page 8

Ray Jennison, ‘Burra Engineer Overseas’ continues his story from England.

Writing on 27 May, he says petrol rationing ceased that day. Food is available, but sugar, tea and butter remain rationed. He went to Manchester, where his job was located and managed to get board. He writes of starting work and of an excursion to Blackpool.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 1

Fire. Lord’s Well homestead, the property of V.A. Riggs, 100 miles east of Burra, was burnt to the ground last Thursday night. It was an eight-roomed wood and iron building and only a stone chimney remains. None of the valuable old furniture could be saved. At the time in the house were Mr & Mrs John Riggs and baby, Mr Jim Riggs and an employee. Mrs Riggs woke to the smell of smoke and gave the alarm. The baby was barely rescued in time. The fire seems likely to have started in the kitchen and a kerosene refrigerator is the suspected cause.

Burra Show was back to the pre-War standard this year. Ring event entries were over 340, an all-time record. The weather was excellent. The show was one of the best ever. The display of fleeces was outstanding. Flowers showed an amazing variety. Iceland poppies and pansies were particularly good. In Arts & Crafts, Miss V. Ockenden’s pupils were central, with 118 pictures on show. [Particularly mentioned were Miss Venda Launer of World’s End’s oil portrait of PM Menzies and her ‘Hunting Scene,’ also Len Bence’s oil of ‘The Old Mill’ at Burra.]

Ladies cooking received high praise and the school work and the CWA display were also commended. The display of Agricultural Machinery was far larger than in previous years.

Swine were few, but good. Sheep were well above average in quality and quantity. Cattle were of high quality and in better numbers than usual. Dog exhibits were low. Pigeons and poultry numbers were up. Dairy produce was meritorious and needlework well up to standard. Sideshows did good business, though the boxing tent was absent this year and on the whole they disappointed.

Sheaf-tossing was an innovation that attracted much interest and was won by H. Wardle from T. Willis with a throw of 34 ft.

The gate taking were more than 50% up on 1949. The Show Society President welcomed Mr Tom Playford, Premier of SA, who opened the event.

Miss Margaret Jeffery will represent Burra as the SA Quest Girl for Legacy.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 13,000 sheep for sale on Friday 20 October.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 3

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 8,000 sheep for sale on Friday 3 November.

Obituary. Robert Voumard died at his residence in Roach St, Burra, on 16 October aged 81. He was a brother to Marie, Jim and Will. [Born 22 June 1869, Switzerland. He was unmarried.]

Advt. Burra Talkies, 21 October

Joan Fontaine & Burt Lancaster in The Unafraid

Plus Are You With It?

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 4

Guy Fawkes Night has been postponed to Monday 6 November.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 5

Burra Show. The official luncheon is reported in 1 column. The main speakers were the Show Society President Mr W.H. Lloyd, the Premier Mr T. Playford, Mr A. Downer MHR and Mr G.S. Hawker MP.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 6

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 7 October

Audrey May Walker married Raymond Henry Jones.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 7

Tennis, 7 October

‘A’ Grade Spalding 11-87 defeated Willalo 9-83

Aberdeen 11-97 defeated Kooringa 9-88

Booborowie 13-107 defeated Leighton 7-77

Hallett 16-106 defeated Mt Bryan 4-50

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 11-100 defeated Booborowie 9-89

Aberdeen II 11-88 defeated Kooringa 9-93

Hallett 11-100 defeated Mt Bryan 9-82

Spalding 14-104 defeated Ironmine II 6-61

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 8

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues his story. He writes about settling in to his course there, as well as of sporting and recreational activities.

76, 41, 17 Oct. 1950, page 9 & 10

Burra Show: List of Prize Winners, 1950.

[Personal interest: R. Fuss was Head Flower Steward.]

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 1

Burra Town Council has enlisted the support of the Broken Hill Council in getting g some Government action on the Black Springs Road. The Commissioner of Highways contends the trouble is speed, but Mr C.N. Bushell, of Mid-North Car & Tractor co. of Burra, says that since more gravel has been placed on the road at the behest of the Highways Department, it has become more dangerous than ever. He recently had great difficulty in controlling a truck that sustained a quick puncture, even though he was only travelling at 30 m.p.h.

The Council has approval to borrow £1,700 for modern sound and projection equipment.

Investigations suggest the Town Council should be able to make a good income from the picture shows and use it to pay off the Town Hall debt and then go on to aid other facilities in the town.

The SA Symphony Orchestra will be invited to include Burra in its tour itinerary.

Burra Racing Club. Last week the Club’s spring meeting drew the largest crowd to be seen at a Burra Race Meeting. Gate receipts were a record £305 and to this must be added membership fees. It was raining in Adelaide in the morning and this extended to Marrabel, but largely held off in Burra until the end of the day. Thirty-one bookmakers attended. CWA ladies provided luncheon and took £162. The Handicap Novice had so many entries it had to be run in two divisions and full prize money was paid to each. Total prize money was £490 plus a 30 guinea trophy and a 20 guinea trophy. The £100 LV Burra Handicap went to Sandalwood owned by Hedley Schoff of Gawler.

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 28 October

Susan Hayward & Robert Preston in Tulsa

Plus Tuna Clipper

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 4

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues his story, this time mainly concerning a trip to Rugby.

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 5

The 9th Hallett Flower Show is reported with its list of prize winners.

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 6

The Train Strike has forced emergency procedures upon the Postal Department. Road transport will get mail through, but only on alternate days.

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 7

Grasshoppers are in plague numbers between Broken Hill and Cockburn. They are giving great trouble to trains of the Silverton Tramway Co. as the rails are slippery with their bodies.

76, 42, 24 Oct. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the next stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy on Saturday over 200 & 300 yards with best scores from J. Brown, R. Bernhardt & B.O. Scholz.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 1

Burra and the Rail Strike

The town is just about coping. Mail services have been disrupted. The first mail delivered by truck arrived at 10 p.m. having been scheduled for 10.30 a.m. Hotel keepers and tobacconists have had trouble maintaining supplies. Local businessmen are doing their own transporting from Adelaide. Egg transport is in trouble, with stacks of empty crates in Adelaide and no way of returning them. Adelaide is short of eggs, while storekeepers in the country have eggs going bad. Bran, pollard and chaff supplies are another area of difficulty. Big transports are becoming a familiar sight, taking freight and passengers to Broken Hill. Passenger bus times compare more than favourably with trains. A Pioneer bus recently left Adelaide at 6.10 a.m. and got into Burra only a little over two hours later. Thank goodness there is no petrol rationing.

Burra Bowling & Croquet Season opened on Saturday. The President, Mr T. Fuller, welcomed the Mayor & Mayoress. Mr Carpenter opened the season and Mrs Carpenter sent down the first kitty. Mrs Carpenter then declared the croquet season open.

Burra War Memorial Oval

The Committee has been advised that getting a bigger water supply for the oval is going to be difficult. Mr Fisher has laid piping at the oval, but he reported that it was doubtful if a new main would be put down. It was resolved to ask Council to advise the E & WS Department that interest on the capital outlay for a 3 inch main would be guaranteed.

E.T. Baulderstone offered to make enquiries about drawings and specification s for a grandstand. The matter is to stand over pending an application from the Cricket Assoc. concerning the use of the ground in the coming cricket season. The levelling of the ground has been completed and the cycling track made. Fencing, building a grandstand and establishing the grass are tasks yet to be done.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 4 November

Ann Baxter & Tyrone Power in The Luck of the Irish

Plus The Gay Intruders

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 3

Cricket. In the first day of a two-day match, Burra 37 v. Koonoona 6 for 109.

St Mary’s. The Annual Temple Day was held last Sunday. Rev. W.R. Ray, Headmaster of Pulteney Grammar School was the guest preacher. The Sung Eucharist was led by the biggest choir at the church for some years. Proceeds of this Thanksgiving Day to date are £176, with more to come in.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 4

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues his tale with plans for a Continental tour, spending a week in Belgium and Holland, four days in Germany and the rest of the time in France and Italy. In winter he says he intends to take up rugby. He also tells of his course work and recreational activities.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 5

Mrs A.S. Field, formerly of Burra and now living with her son Colin at Prospect, had an 86th birthday party on 25 October at her daughter-in-law’s, Mrs M. Field, at Burra. She had, before that, been visiting her son, Mr Jack Field of Leighton. Mrs Field came to Burra when she was 11 years old and lived here as the wife of the late W.H. Field when they owned the property known as Westbury, about seven miles outside the town.

Guy Fawkes Night will be celebrated in the reserve by the Drill Hall on Monday with the bonfire being lit about 8.30 p.m.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 7

‘Donnybrook’ Hallett (1,249 acres) was offered for sale on Monday and bidding reached £25-15-0 an acre, but it was passed in and we understand has now been withdrawn from sale.

Burra Town Council, 16 October

The District Council was given permission to experiment with the eradication of onion weed within the Municipality.

Burra Choral Society will be written to asking them to negotiate with the SA Symphony Orchestra concerning a visit by the latter to Burra.

A letter will be written to the Broken Hill City Council asking for their support in having the Marrabel-Burra section of the highway repaired.

The Electricity Trust will be asked for Burra to be included in the scheme for the electrification of the northern areas of SA.

A follow-up letter will be sent to the Housing Trust of SA about the building of Trust Houses in Burra.

76, 43, 31 Oct. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd Stage of the Club Championship over double 600 yards. Firing was hampered by a definite fish-tail wind and a nasty mirage. Best scorers were W. Hempel, T. Lynch and J. Lloyd.

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. had a successful Burra Market despite the train strike.

Mrs Emma Morrison, of Mitchell Flat, celebrated her 90th birthday on 5 November. She is the mother of Mrs W.E.D. Young. She was born at Booborowie and was a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Talbot of Booborowie. Her husband, Mr M. Morrison, died about 20 years ago. [Murdoch Morrison died 1929 aged 84.]

Frank Lockwood, ‘The Walking Postman,’ who is walking around SA collecting for the Children’s Hospital, reached Burra at 5.40 a.m. on Sunday, having been in Saddleworth at 6 p.m. on Saturday. He left for Spalding and Jamestown.

Rabbits & Grasshoppers are plentiful at Mt Bryan East.

Beer. A semi-trailer, loaded with 10 tons of beer, somehow managed to take the old eastern road to Broken Hill one day last week, by mistake. It ran out of fuel about 30 odd miles out.

‘Caroona’ was offered for sale at the Institute on Friday, but was passed in when A.T. McWaters of Burra had a bid of £47,000. We understand negotiations are continuing.

Burra Lawn Tennis Club opened the courts for the 1950-51 season on Saturday.

Burra Hospital Board received an amended plan from Mr Dean Berry on Friday. Earlier plans for additions and renovations were costed at over £72,000. The revised plan is for a £50,000 new wing to be added to the Maternity Wing and for £15,000 to renovate and divide the existing hospital into nurses’ quarters. The Director General of Medical Services was interviewed by Mr Berry and he considered the proposed layout ideal and approved the plan. The new plan is a smaller version of the earlier one, with twenty-five beds in the main hospital and ten on the Maternity Wing. The plan was thoroughly discussed and with some suggested minor modifications will be put to a combined meeting of the Board and the Building Committee.

Mr Berry said hospital authorities in the Eastern States were amazed that hospitals could be built in SA for about £2,000 a bed. In Victoria and NSW the figure was about £3,000. The building and alterations would take about two years to complete. Government approval will now have to be obtained and permits for materials sought, as well as an interview with respect to the Government subsidy.

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 11 November

Susan Hayward & Van Heflin in Tap Roots

Bud Abbot & Lou Costello & Lon Chaney in Meet the Ghosts

Advt. St Mary’s Church, Thursday 30 November. Organ recital by C. Davey assisted by Lindsay Thomas (baritone) and Betty Ashby (soprano.) [A contralto in a later advertisement.]

Golden Wedding. Mr & Mrs John H. King of ‘St Lawrence’ Quarry St, Burra, celebrate the 50th anniversary of their wedding on 18 September 1900 at Manoora.

Bowls, Saturday

Burra Gold 91 defeated Clare Red 80

Burra Green 83 defeated Saddleworth Blue 80

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 3

Burra & District Postal Picnic was held at Gum Creek Station on Sunday. About 130 people attended. ‘The Walking Postman’ was there. [Results of sports events are printed.]

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 4

Cricket. (Second day of games.)

Koonoona 132 defeated Burra 37 & 41.

Burra 211 defeated Leighton 99.

[The lack of dates makes it impossible to clarify the two appearances of Burra.]

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 5

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues his reports with the story of his European holiday, beginning in Birmingham and travelling to Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Amsterdam and then into Germany to Koblenz, Düsseldorf and Cologne before reaching Switzerland for Zurich and Luzern.

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 7

Guy Fawkes Celebrations. A large bonfire with a Guy was held on the allotment near the Drill Hall. Crackers of all descriptions were let off. Cars formed a semi-circle for older residents. Barbecued shops were provided and ice creams. Proceeds of the night go to the Burra War Memorial.

76, 44, 7 Nov. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy over double 600 yards and best scorers were D.H. Field, R. Bernhardt & M. Stockman.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 14-104 defeated Mt Bryan 6-72

Booborowie 17-116 defeated Spalding 3-65

Aberdeen 16-111 defeated Willalo 4-64

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 14-104 defeated Aberdeen I 6-77

Booborowie 12-99 defeated Spalding 8-87

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 1

Basic Wage rises will cost the Burra Burra DC over £600 a year. The Burra Town Council will also suffer difficulties from the same cause.

Dr Heddle will be given a designated parking area in front of his surgery.

W.T. Broad will be employed by the Town Council and will act as Cemetery Curator when a grave is to be dug.

Accident. A utility driven by Kevin Seiggery, with passengers from Broken Hill, overturned twice at Sod Hut on Saturday morning. Passengers were his mother and two-year-old brother. Both were unhurt. Mr Seiggery suffered only minor injuries.

Rev. Eric Nicholls has been welcomed from England to the Hallett Methodist circuit.

Bowls. Burra Gold 90 defeated Clare White 80

Saddleworth Gold 105 defeated Burra Green 91.

Bowls Associates season started on Thursday 9 November. The Mayoress, Mrs Carpenter, declared the greens open for play and put down the first kitty.

SA Housing Trust advises that as the only tender received for putting up six timber-framed houses in Burra was far too high, nothing could be done until a suitable contractor was found.

Police have not approved the erection of a stop sign at the RSL corner, for traffic travelling south and turning into Kingston St, or going straight through into Bridge St [sic.]

[This makes no sense unless Bridge St is amended to read Thames St.]

Burra Town Council has purchased a new Allen auto-scythe specifically to cut grass in water-tables around the town. A demonstration in the past week showed its effectiveness.

World’s End Methodist Church has been completely renovated in preparation for its diamond Jubilee celebrations next Sunday. The preacher will be Rev. R.H. Davidson. The work was carried out by the local congregation assisted by E. Pearce of Burra.

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 18 November

Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall & Lionel Barrymore in Key Largo

Plus Devil on Wheels

Notice. The new classrooms at Mt Bryan School will be opened on Wednesday 29 November at 2 p.m.

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 4

Tennis, 28 October

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-98 defeated Kooringa 9-81

Aberdeen (perhaps II) 12-100 defeated Mt Bryan 8-83

4 November

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 15-112 defeated [Not stated: Willalo?] 5-82

Spalding 10-92 defeated Leighton 10-87

Hallett v. Aberdeen [Scores not totalled.]

Kooringa 18 sets defeated Mt Bryan 2 sets

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen I 14-101 defeated Booborowie 6-73

Aberdeen II 11-84 defeated Hallett 9-94

Spalding 10-74 defeated Ironmine I 8-92

Mt Bryan 12-94 defeated Kooringa 8- 85

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 5

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues to report his European holiday. This week he tells of Interlaken, Lucerne and Lugano, before crossing into Italy and ending in Milan.

Burra Burra DC, 6 November

Stray cattle are a problem in Farrell Flat streets.

Cr Finch pointed out that due to the rail strike, fire breaks are not being burnt along railway lines this year. The Railway Commissioner will be advised of the consequent dangers.

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 6

Miss SA Quest subscriptions reach £102-14-6.

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 7

Booborowie Methodist Fete is reported in about 11⁄3 columns.

76, 45, 14 Nov. 1950, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy on Saturday when best scores were by D.H. Field, G. Webster & C. Edwards.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 1

The Burra Racing Club is in a sound financial position. In recent years many improvements and amenities have been added to the course. Turnover at the last meeting in October was over £1,000 and the Club showed a reasonably good profit.

The Local Economy

Burra is experiencing boom times at present. The district income is greater than for decades. Two financial indicators are:

More Scotch whisky is drunk at the racecourse bar than at many other similar meeting that the publican caters for, which means something at 1/9 a nobbler.

The town lies about 9th in the state, including Metropolitan Adelaide, for new car registrations and local motor traders are rarely called on to arrange terms for their purchase.

Miss Margaret Jeffery has qualified to compete for the title in the Miss SA Quest. Donations have reached £139-17-6. She is studying for an Honours Degree in Science.

Weather. Big rainfalls have been recorded to the east. Burra recorded 38 points, Booborowie 17 and Mt Bryan 53, but to the east Koomooloo received 99, Glenora 124, The Gums 88, Collinsville 84, Woolgangi 99 and Braemar 112.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 25 November

Jean Peters & Dana Andrews in Deep Waters

Plus The Counterfeiters

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 3

Cricket. Burra 117 & 5 for 88 declared defeated Buffs 92 & 4 for 74. (A win on the first innings.)

St Mary’s Organ Recital, 8 p.m. 30 November. Clem Davey will play the organ assisted by Lindsay Thomas (baritone) and Betty Ashby (contralto) [She was a soprano in a previous advertisement.]

The intention is to assist the organ fund, which aims to complete the organ by the addition of two further stops.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 4

Ray Jennison, Burra Engineer Overseas, continues his account of his holiday, beginning in northern Italy and continuing to Genoa and then via the Riviera to Paris and thence to Manchester.

Bowls. Burra Green 91 defeated Burra Gold 80.

St Joseph’s Convent music results are printed.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School, Children’s Frolic on Friday was a great success. [The fancy dress results are printed.]

Clem Davey’s students’ music exam results are printed.

Farrell Flat Strawberry Fete by the Methodist Ladies’ Guild cleared £90.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 7

CWA International Day was held on 17 November. Mrs A. Tennant presided. India was the country chosen this year. Mrs Elder, who had lived in India for many years, gave the address.

76, 46, 21 Nov. 1950, page 8

Tennis, 11 November

‘A’ Grade Leighton 12-103 defeated an un-named side 8-88

Kooringa defeated Mt Bryan [No scores]

Aberdeen 15-106 defeated Spalding 5-69

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 18-113 defeated Kooringa 2-66

Mt Bryan 12-88 defeated Booborowie 8-79

Aberdeen 12-99 defeated Spalding 8-83

Ironmine I 13-94 defeated Hallett 7-64

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 1

ETSA has advised the Town Council that it will not supply current to the Burra area until plans are further advanced. The problem is that Burra is on the fringe of the populated area of the state and lines to Burra would dead end here. Areas to the north, south and west are already supplied by ETSA and there is no town to the east. ETSA electricity reached Hanson, only 7 miles away. It also reached Farrell Flat and will soon reach Booborowie through Spalding.

‘Seven miles of electrical mains from Hanson would be too expensive for this Government to erect for the benefit of Burra.’

Burra Rifle Club fired the double 800 yards range on Saturday when the best scorers were J.H. Schwier, F.T. Marston and D.H. Field.

Miss Burra, Miss M. Jeffery, has received donations of £154-2-6 in the Legacy Appeal.

Burra Town Council is considering a superannuation scheme for Council employees. Council would have to find a sum equal to 31⁄2% of wages and employees would contribute 31⁄2% of their salary, with benefits payable at 65. The benefit in a lump sum taxable at 5% for the year it was received only. The problem being considered is that the payout would prevent recipients from getting the aged pension. There seems to be no incentive in saving up for an independent old age.

Burra Town Council will celebrate its 75th Anniversary in 1951 at the same time the Commonwealth celebrates its 50th.

Fire. A 70-ton haystack of P.N. Collins at Booborowie was destroyed by fire last Sunday morning. Fire fighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading. It was about 50 yards from the Spalding Road and some 71⁄2 miles southwest of the Booborowie Township. The fire seems to have stared near the road and spread to the stack.

Burra Hospital. The Board and Building Committee have sent the proposed redevelopment plans for Government approval and a definite undertaking concerning the Government subsidy is also sought. Specifications are for cement blocks, but enquiries will be made about the possibility of using local stone.

D.W. Thomas of Willalo, who has recently sold his farm, has bought a property near Launceston in Tasmania and he and his brother, John Thomas, will produce turkeys, sheep and cattle and grow oats, barley, peas and potatoes there. The rainfall is 35-40 inches.

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 2

Advt. The Burra Choral Society Christmas Concert will be held in Burra Town Hall,

7 December at 8 p.m. Christmas Carols, Seasonal Music and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah.

Soloists: Elsie Woolley, William Harrison, Albert Williams, Margaret Cornwall, Mrs Tattersall, Mavis Reed and Mavis Satchell.

Advt. Carols by Candlelight, Sunday 31 December. New Year’s Eve Revelry.

Dancing in the RSL Hall from midnight.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 2 December

Ann Blyth & Howard Duff in Red Canyon

Plus City Across the River

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 3

Bowls. Clare Blue 101 defeated Burra Gold 86

Burra Green v. Clare White [Scores not totalled.]

Burra Homing Club. Final race of the season was from Mt Gambier on 22 October. The winner was L. Hood, but barely half the birds returned.

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 4

St Mary’s Church. A Continental was held at ‘Heathmont’ on Friday evening and £117 was raised for the church. The Mayor, W. Carpenter, opened the function. [Details are printed in c. 2⁄3 column.]

SAR advises that they intend building four houses on land at Burra North and they will require a portion of land presently leased to the Town Council. The houses will be erected on land at the rear of F.M. Pearce’s premises and will face the Shell Depot [formerly Butterworth’s Mill.]

They are to house SAR staff members.

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 5

Mrs H. Bierwirth has been farewelled from Booborowie. She is moving to Tumby Bay.

Burra Town Council, 20 November

The question of superannuation for Council employees was deferred for discussion to next Council meeting, pending discussion with employees by the Town Clerk.

ETSA wrote advising consideration cannot be given at present to providing Burra with electricity.

Arrangements will be made for a petition urging that ETSA acquire the plant etc. of the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd.

The State Executive Officer for the Commonwealth Jubilee celebrations requests that where possible in country towns’ celebrations outdoors be arranged for 31 December. This matter was left in the hands of the Mayor until the next meeting.

SAR advises it will build four houses on land at Burra North and will require a portion of land leased to the Council under agreement no. AC 942.

RCA advises a price increase of £80 in sound and projection equipment quoted for on 5 September.

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 6

Mt Bryan Strawberry Fete was held on 11 November and the proceeds of c. £93 benefited the Mt Bryan Methodist Ladies’ Guild.

76, 47, 28 Nov. 1950, page 7

Burra Show. Most people are of the opinion that the show should be held at the racecourse. This seems impossible without a great deal of co-operation and financial help. The alternative is to make the best of the present grounds. A suggestion is to remove the wood and iron fence on the southern boundary and replace it with a cyclone or substantial wire fence. A skeleton-roofed sheep shed should be built over the new yards and the sideshow area needs to be levelled. A portion of the parking hill ought to be removed and slightly terraced. The ring needs to be extended and altered in shape to eliminate the need for riders to turn so sharply. Levelling off the ring and grassing it has also been suggested.

St Andrew’s Anglican Church Mt Bryan was filled on Sunday afternoon for the Patronal Festival. St Mary’s Choir attended to lead the singing of Evensong. The children had a picnic tea.

Tennis, 18 November

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-94 defeated Spalding 9-80

Booborowie v. Hallett match was drawn on account of rain

Aberdeen 16-99 defeated Mt Bryan 1-33

Leighton 11-100 defeated Willalo 9-81

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen I 15-106 defeated Aberdeen II 5-77

Ironmine II 12-102 defeated Ironmine I 8-81

Spalding 13-104 defeated Kooringa 6-74

Booborowie v. Hallett match was drawn on account of rain

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 1

Fire. A fire started in The Gums Station on Sunday night when lightning struck three sheep. Two rabbit trappers, Messrs Jackman Bros extinguished it before damage was done. The manager of the station was assisting fire fighters at Balah when this fire started only half a mile from the homestead.

Fire. A Fierce Fire is Raging ‘Out East’

On Saturday the District Clerk, Mr F.N. Fabian, was alerted by Morgan Police that a bushfire near Morgan could extend and at 7 p.m. Morgan called for help. By 8.30 seventy men with equipment had assembled and set off for Balah Station. This is about 52 miles from Burra and owned by Messrs H.V. Lord & Sons and managed by Mr Donaldson.

From midnight further men and equipment were despatched. The CWA under Mrs R. Ashton organised food and refreshment and Clare CWA assisted.

The fire was burning through scrub and grass country without fire breaks or roads. Grass was tall, dry and luxuriant. In places it ripped through tree tops without burning at ground level. By Monday it was contained, but not out and it is still being watched carefully. At one time it was burning on a 30-mile front and 120 square miles has been consumed. Damage to stock is slight, but some fencing has gone. Notable efforts were put in by Mr & Mrs Escott of Morgan, Stan Irlam, Rex, Jim and Tom Warnes of Koomooloo, Braeside and Old Koomooloo, by Andrew Tennant and the Radford Bros.

On Sunday evening the fire was visible from the top of Breakneck, some 50 miles away. With the lush growth out east at present an unchecked fire could burn for hundreds of miles.

Burra Hospital. The drive to collect funds for the rebuilding program has already seen committees set up at Hanson and Black Springs.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 9 December

Whisky Galore

Rod Cameron in Stampede

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 3

Burra Hospital. The architect does not favour stone for construction, saying it is unlikely tenderers could find masons to do the work and it would raise costs by £2,000. The Board will make further enquiries.

SAR. Train services might be claimed to be back to normal from last week, but auctioneers are having trouble getting sufficient railway trucks to transport sold stock.

Fire. As we go to press a grass and scrub fire at Quondong is less than 5 miles from the homestead, travelling south assisted by a strong north wind. Plenty of men are present, but equipment is scarce and the heat is terrific. No attempt will be made to halt the fire in the day time.

Fire. A fire has broken out in the Riverton District.

Fire. On 27 November a spark from a train is thought to have started a fire on E.C. Gebhardt’s at Mt Bryan and destroyed 22 acres of rye, which was ready for reaping. Despite a strong north wind the fire was extinguished.

Miss C. Crewes has resigned as Burra Hospital Secretary, effective from 31 December. Mr R.H. Campbell has been appointed in her place.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 4

Murray Tiver, son of Mrs M. Tiver, contributes Part 1 of an article on A Trip to Lake Eyre.

The lake was then full of water. This part gets the party as far as Muloorina, at the lake’s edge.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 5

Bowls. Mid-North Assoc.: Burra 100 defeated Peterborough 86.

The Burra Mine

In answer to a question by G.S .Hawker MP, the Director of Mines has given an unfavourable reply concerning the re-opening of Burra Mine. Wallaroo and Moonta Mines are better qualified and would be re-opened first. Detailed geological surveys of the Burra Mine in recent years suggest the prospects of finding new deposits are not as good as at Moonta or Wallaroo. Exploratory work is not considered worthwhile. When an opportunity permits, a geological survey of some adjacent areas will be done, where rock exposures are masked by thick soil and alluvial deposits. If warranted test boring will be undertaken.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 6

‘Resident’ writes urging the advantage of stone for the Hospital construction and hoping there are still stone masons to see such work done.

Burra Town Council is to seek to have the road from Sara’s Corner along Young St to the Main North Road placed on the Main Roads Schedule. At present the designated Main Road is along Morehead St to the Bon Accord Corner and then to the Mt Bryan Road. The suggested road is certainly the more heavily used.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 7

St Edmund’s Anglican Church at Booborowie celebrated its Patronal Festival last Sunday. Services were well attended despite the excessive heat.

76, 48, 5 Dec. 1950, page 8

Tennis, 25 November

‘A’ Grade Willalo 13-106 defeated Mt Bryan 7-74

Spalding 10-90 defeated Hallett 10-32

Aberdeen 11-95 defeated Leighton 9-77

‘B’ Grade Spalding 17-114 defeated Hallett 3-66

Booborowie 10-90 defeated Aberdeen II 10-87

Aberdeen I 12-104 defeated Ironmine I 8-72

Mt Bryan 14-109 defeated Ironmine II 6-67

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 1

Accidents. On Saturday there were two more victims of the Black Springs Road. A car, driven by Charles N. Nilson of Broken Hill, skidded and overturned near Nankivell’s. He was bruised, his wife suffered minor abrasions and his son sustained a dislocated shoulder. The car ended up with its four wheels in the air and was badly damaged.

At 10.30 p.m. the same day Mr Ray Rollison of Adelaide, who was riding a motorcycle with a pillion passenger, swerved to avoid a rabbit about 16 miles south of Burra. The machine dropped into a four foot deep creek and the riders were thrown off. Mr Rollison needed stitches in a lacerated thumb and the passenger had minor injuries.

Fire. Mr R.T.F. Rogers was badly burnt at Koonoona near Hanson on Thursday when he tripped and fell into the fire while getting through a fence to battle a blaze on the property.

Fire. Two fires continue to burn to the east of Burra. Military aid is being sought, but much red tape has first to be cut through. On Friday Military equipment was pulled out of the fire near Morgan when it was thought the blaze was out on that front. This withdrew 60-80 me and equipment. The fire at Oakbank has been the most serious. Most of that station has been burnt out and stock losses are high: perhaps total. The fire seems to have started on the Lilydale-Quondong boundary and raced part way along the boundary fence before crossing into Oakbank. Two strips of fire then burnt from the northwest corner to the southeast corner. Strips burnt each side of the homestead, but it survived. The fire then went into part of Pine Valley North and along the Morgan Vale boundary. The picture is then vague, but with a sudden change of wind to the southwest, the fire entered Mutooroo by the north and burnt for some miles before the wind changed to east.

The other fire started first near Morgan and entered this district by the Gluepot-Balah boundary. It burnt Gluepot, consuming most of the scrub and feed. It then entered part of Bungunnia and threatened Udale Station and Sampson’s Well, but that was saved. It burnt along the south boundary of Parcoola and Canegrass and burnt Yubalia (part of Canegrass.) The fire then turned north and burnt along the southern boundary of Lord’s Well and the eastern boundary of Canegrass. During the week it went northwest along the Lord’s Well and Canegrass and Morgan Vale boundaries.

At present a break 15 miles long has been burnt along the Canegrass and Lord’s Well Mail Track and the fire is being held. The fear is it may break through and exhausted fire fighters need a rest. Another danger is that the fire, which is going from Canopus into the south part of Morgan Vale, may get around the top end of the Canegrass-Lord’s Well Break, if the wind changes to southerly. It would then threaten the north end of Lord’s Well and Pine Valley.

Some equipment has had to be pulled back to Burra itself, where the fire siren has sounded twice during the week.

Rex Warnes at Koomooloo is charting the progress and all authentic reports must be made to him. A conservative estimate is that 1,000 square miles have been burnt, but the real figure must be greater.

[See more on page 3 of this issue.]

Electricity. A petition has been drawn up, urging the Adelaide Electric Supply Co. to supply Burra.

Fires. A train seems to have started a fire on Koonoona Proprietors’ property on Thursday and burnt into M.J. Marchant’s property between Hanson and Farrell Flat. About 200 acres of grass and 70 fence posts were burnt.

Another fire, about two miles further south, occurred on D. Short’s property, but was very quickly put out.

Hanson CWA celebrated its 5th birthday on 28 November.

Black Springs Road. The Burra Town Council will seek Peterborough Council’s support on improvements to this road and will follow up on the letter to Broken Hill to which there has so far been no reply.

Burra Rifle Club. A ladies’ shoot with .22 rifles was held on Saturday when the best shots were Mrs F.T. Marston, Miss D. Bernhardt and Mrs D.H. Field. The men shot a double 300 yard range and best scorers were J. Brown, W. Hempel and J .Lloyd.

A Vandal has ringbarked one of the avenue of cork elms in Chapel St.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for the conveyance of children from the Hundred of Ayers to the Booborowie School for 1951.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 16 December

Rod Cameron & Ilona Massey in The Plunderer

Vera Ralston & George Brent in Drums Along the Amazon

Mrs N. Bell was farewelled at Hallett on Friday 8 December. She is leaving to live at Hampstead.

Mr E. Kelly, schoolmaster at Hallett for 13 years, has been transferred. Mr Yelland from Moonta Primary School will replace him.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 3

Fire. The Eastern Fire

Exhausted men could be found sleeping almost anywhere a little shelter was offered around the house in the sheds or on the wood-heap and even on trucks in the blazing sun, as they moved from place to place. Stan Irlam’s truck did fine work carting 1,200 gallons at a time in two tanks. He is said to have done over 2,000 miles in the weekend. Another praised worker was Mrs David Radford, formerly Sister Lowe of the Burra Hospital, who dressed many burns and abrasions. One night the ‘army canteen’ served about 400 with stew, apricots and custard – very welcome after several days of sandwiches. Marj. Escott worked for three days and nights preparing and serving food, without a break. Wildlife has suffered greatly and fleeing emus with their feathers alight were seen, as were quail. Kangaroos died along fences, too exhausted to leap them.

Burra Choral Society. The Christmas Concert had a good attendance despite the number of men away fire fighting and the heat of the evening. [Both the soloists and the choir receive very favourable comment.]

Bowls. Clare Red 95 defeated Burra Green 93

Auburn 92 defeated Burra Gold 91

Burra 92 defeated RSL 73

Hallett War Memorial Gates have arrived and will be erected as soon as labour is available.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 4

Murray Tiver’s Trip to Lake Eyre is concluded in just under 11⁄2 columns.

[After boating and swimming in the lake, the party went up the Birdsville track as far as the Cooper Creek Crossing, where the water was four miles wide.]

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 5

Burra Town Council, 4 December

Council decided it was not in favour of superannuation at present.

A.R. Downer MHR will support efforts to improve the Black Springs Road.

A letter will be sent to the Peterborough Council seeking their support for improvements to the Black Springs Road. Another letter on this subject will be sent to the Broken Hill Council.

The War Memorial Committee asks Council to consider guaranteeing interest payments on capital outlay for a new main to Victoria Park. It was decided to let this lie on the table.

Fire breaks are to be burnt around the rubbish dump at the rear of Victoria Park.

The constitution drafted by the Pictures Committee was adopted.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 6

Mrs M.R. Ashton and others organised a list of people to be activated in times of fires, to supply food. [The list is printed.]

Cricket. In a drawn game Burra 209 v. Jamestown 7 for 141.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 7

St Mary’s. The organ recital by Clem Davey recently was well attended. The organ works were well handled, but the organ itself is somewhat noisy and the fund to complete the organ and to modernise it is well due.

The RSL Annual Smoke Social on Saturday night was well attended. President Reg. Davey presided. Efforts to liquidate the building fund overdraft have raised c. £168.

76, 49, 12 Dec. 1950, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-94 defeated Booborowie 9-91

Spalding 17-108 defeated Mt Bryan 3-63

Willalo 10-100 defeated Hallett 10-96

Kooringa 13-104 defeated Leighton 7-85

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 13-98 defeated Kooringa 7-85

Ironmine II 11-100 defeated Hallett 9-81

Spalding 13-97 defeated Aberdeen II 7-73

Aberdeen 19-118 defeated Mt Bryan 1-42

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 1

Fire.

The huge fire to the east has turned out to have resulted in only slight stock losses, contrary to expectations. The sheep were in good condition and able to move well. Hurried mustering saw most survive. Fire is still burning on Canopus and patrols are still watching Lord’s Well and Morgan Vale.

Losses:

Quondong 150 square miles or nearly half the property, 60 miles of fencing, 200-300 sheep

Oakbank 150-200 square miles, most fencing, small stock losses

Canegrass-Yubalia 100 square miles (c. half of Canegrass proper,) 60-80 miles of fencing, very small stock losses

Morgan Vale 130 square miles, fencing, but few if any sheep

Pine Valley hardly touched

Parcoola 30-40 square miles, 18-20 miles of netting fence, few if any stock

Balah Hideaway Scrub of up to 100 square miles

Oakvale still burning with the army relieving

Lord’s Well 50-70 square miles, no stock losses to date

Bungunnia 50 square miles and fencing

Fire. About 120 acres of grass and stubble was burnt at Mt Bryan last Thursday. The fire started soon after the passage of the midday train on the property of A.L. Collins and extended to a paddock of stubble of L.W. Gebhardt. Both properties lost fencing.

Fire. On Sunday night the old rubbish dump behind Victoria Park blazed again.

Fire. Part of the back premises of Matthew’s Emporium burnt down during lunch hour yesterday. Mostly the fire was confined to the two storey wood and iron building once used as a photographic studio. The high narrow structure acted like a chimney. Ray Bevan raised the alarm and volunteers did well salvaging lino, furniture and men’s clothing from fire and water damage. The fire brigade was prompt and contained the fire quickly. It started near a brick incinerator, but that had not been lit for three days, so the cause is unknown. Given the way the shops in the area are all joined and that several drums of petrol were nearby, it is fortunate no worse result followed. An auxiliary fire fighting truck of Mr M.H. Tiver came from Aberdeen and was of great assistance.

Burra CWA has decided to set money aside each year to equip a ward in the Hospital rebuilding – probably the Women’s Ward.

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 1 & 5

Burra High School Speech Night, Tuesday 12 December. Prizes were presented.

The Headmaster’s Report

The enrolment in January was 66. There are hopes that with larger numbers now coming on from the Primary School, some more will go beyond Intermediate.

The struggle in conjunction with the School Council, the Town Council and local MPs saw the Booborowie-Copperhouse bus operate from virtually the start of the year and this added ten students.

Miss Hannaford (Domestic Arts) is marrying in January and will be lost to the school.

The 1949 exam results were good, with six of ten getting their Intermediate Certificates and Elva Topsfield and Eric Clode each gained two credits.

After a long struggle, this year we were able to get the new septic tank system lavatories built and the school has been completely renovated, though the school yard remains untouched.

Numbers attending the night classes have been so poor that it is likely they will die out.

The Parents & Friends’ Assoc. has been active and is much appreciated. The High School Ball, which they ran, was an outstanding success.

The annual sports day was a great success, with senior cups going to Maureen Halliday and Brian Brooks and junior cups to Joy Bourman and Bruce Stockman.

Burra came third in the Inter-School Sports.

Poliomyelitis restrictions were lifted in mid-year and Clare was able to come to play us at cricket, tennis and softball, winning all three.

A planned excursion did not come off because of polio restrictions in the first half and exam commitments in the second half.

The library has been completely re-organised and a special room set aside for it and as a result much greater use has been made of it.

A High School Progress Assoc. was formed last year, with the aim of teaching children procedure at meetings, public speaking and of finding things much needed for the school. It has succeeded in each aim.

The school is now on the telephone, though the number (Burra 216) is not yet in the phone book.

[Brief addresses were then given by H.J.B. Jennison, G.S. Hawker MP & the Mayor, W. Carpenter and several items by students and the one-act play Elegant Edward followed.]

On Wednesday 13 December the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. gave their annual banquet in the High School Assembly Hall. This was a return to custom after polio caused there to be no banquets in 1948 and 1949.

[A list of prize winners is printed.]

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 2

Advt. New Year Celebrations for People of Burra & District

Sunday 31 December: Join in the Open-Air Service in Market Square at 11 p.m. to celebrate the Jubilee Year of the Federation of Australia and the 75th Anniversary of the Corporation of Burra.

The King’s New Year Message will be broadcast.

After midnight there will be Dancing and Novelties in the Street and the RSL Hall

A Collection and the Dance admission will aid the Burra Hospital.

Sponsored by the Red Cross Society.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 23 December

Humphrey Bogart in Treasure of Sierra Madre

Plus supporting short features

25 December

Hedy Lamarr & Robert Cummings in Let’s Live a Little

William Bendix in The Babe Ruth Story

28 December

Franchot Tone & Ann Richards in Lost Honeymoon

Plus Hollow Triumph

30 December

Gail Russell & John Wayne in The Wake of the Red Witch

Plus Forgotten Women

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 3

Fire. The Eastern Fires

Emergency Services were supported with food packed at the CWA rooms, at first in the Town Hall, but later the operation was moved to the RSL Rooms where there is refrigeration. Mrs M.R. Ashton of the Women’s Emergency Service thanked Burra and District for the wonderful response that provided supplies, labour and transport. Station owners out east have responded already with substantial cheques for the organisation.

Tennis. Inter-Association games on Saturday.

‘A’ Grade Burra 13-125 defeated Cavandale 8-106

‘B’ Grade Burra 16-145 defeated Cavandale 4-75

Mr L.P. Bence received facial injuries and a slight concussion when the car he was driving ran off the road yesterday afternoon between Waterloo and Marrabel, on the way back from Adelaide.

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 4

St Joseph’s School held its annual concert and prize-giving on Wednesday 13 December in the School Hall. [The program and prize list is printed.]

The Air Force Assoc. held a Christmas party last Friday in the Club Rooms for about 50 children of Air Force personnel. Visitors were welcomed by President, R.C. Lott.

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held its Christmas shoot last Saturday. Best shots were Captain F.T. Marston, J. Brown and W. Hempel.

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 6

Earthquake. A slight tremor was felt at Baldina about 9 a.m. today.

Miss Margaret Jeffrey has gained an Honours Degree in Science at the recent University Exams. She will now undertake studies on the microflora of certain mineral deficient areas of the South East of SA in the coming year.

Scholarships to Burra Boys

Ray Jennison BSc, who is a son of Mr & Mrs H.J.B .Jennison of Burra North, is presently studying engineering at Metropolitan Vickers’ works at Manchester. He has gained a scholarship worth £260 (Australian) and a free trip to Australia on completion of his studies.

Peter Goodridge (11,) son of Mr & Mrs J.C. Goodridge of Burra, has won an award in the COR Road Safety Rhymes Competition.

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 7

The Eastern Fire

G.S. Hawker MP went out east to see the fire position on Tuesday 5 December.

At Balah a break was being made by bulldozer and units were on hand to back burn. They were an Army Signalling Unit and Army Cooker on hand.

At Quondong there was the Barmera Unit and Mr Hawker’s utility with a 100 gallon tank. The fire was then 1-3 miles north of the Quondong-Oakbank Mail Track, but was extinguished by 2 a.m.

The Barmera unit left at 4 a.m. for the Lilydale fire and worked on to late Wednesday, having changed the crew. It was then ordered out by police on account of the danger.

Mr Hawker left on Wednesday hight, calling in on Rex Warnes at Koomooloo and then reporting to Sir George Jenkins, Minister of Agriculture. He stressed the urgency of the position, the extent of the damage and that this fire was far beyond the scope of an ordinary bush fire.

He said:

Bulldozers were the most effective means of making fire breaks.

Mobile army signalling units were invaluable.

Every effort should be made to get more of this equipment ans well as more trailer pumps.

Fire Controllers should be appointed for the area.

Subsequently a bulldozer left from Quorn, the Commonwealth has sent army assistance and Frie Controllers have been appointed.

There was some confusion when there was no central information point for the despatch of food and equipment from Burra. This has since been rectified with Elders, Smith & Co.’s office as the central office.

Mrs David Radford of Canegrass has been a power of strength for the distribution of food.

Mr Binks-Williams and Mr Fabian have been key players in organising the Central Committee.

Fire. A fire at Canowie, near John Davies & Sons property, was quickly extinguished on Tuesday. It was stopped in a grass paddock of G.G. Lines & Sons after about 90 acres of grass and some fencing was lost.

Bowls. Clare Blue 94 defeated Burra Green 73

Burra Gold 100 defeated Saddleworth Blue 81

Tennis, 9 December

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 13 sets defeated Mt Bryan 7 sets

Booborowie 12 sets defeated Kooringa 8 sets

Aberdeen II 14 sets defeated Ironmine II 6 sets

76, 50, 19 Dec. 1950, page 8

Burra Burra DC

The Commissioner of Railway advises that with a crossing 20 chains north of the Mt Bryan Station, a new crossing is considered unwarranted and one so near the end of the station yard is undesirable. The clerk will write again, pointing out the difficulty of using the existing crossing to access the town, due to the position of the Burra Creek and to the blockage of the southern crossing by shunting.

With Farrell Flat connected to the water main, the Council approved 300 ft of 21⁄2” canvas hose and fittings to be purchased for emergency fire use.

Booborowie Hall thanks the Council for its improved drainage.

A.A. Short’s application to buy 11 acres of District Road, presently rented by him from the Council and adjoining his property in the Hundred of Hanson, was approved.

The superannuation question for Council employees was tabled for one month.

On 30 November the Council truck was slightly damaged in a collision with a car when turning into the Burra North Quarry.

L.C. Kaehne ceased to be the Ranger on 6 November and on 4 December W.A. Nankivell was appointed in his place.

Numbering of issues in 1950

Unusually this year was numbered without anomalies.

The year began with

Volume 76 Number 1 on 10January 1950 and ended with

Volume 76 Number 50 on 19 December 1950.

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951

Page 1 Advertisements

Sara & Co. Agents for Lister Portable Shearing Plant

Davies Davies’ Motor Co., Austin Agents, Commercial St

Page 2 Advertisements

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

McGuiness & Sons Arc-Oxy Welding, Trembath St, Burra North

Mons McMahon & Sons Optometrists, Nicholls’ Pharmacy

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeons

Page 3 Advertisements

Burra Talkies

Burra Radio & Electrical Service

Mid-North Car & Tractor Co., Agents for Holden, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Vauxhall, Buick, Bedford & GMC Trucks

Kerr’s Serv-wel Store, Commercial St

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Timber & Hardware Merchants, agents for Caltex, Southern Cross Machinery, David Gray’s Sheep Dip & Dressing

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

Page 4 Advertisements

Commercial Hotel

L.L. Fiebig Burra North Service Station, Cars, Trucks & Tractors

Page 5 Advertisements

G.T. Phillips Burra Café

Burra Meat Stores, Burra North

Hurtle M. Scott General Commission Agent and agent for New Zealand Insurance Co., Southern Motors Ltd (Armstrong Sidley & Peugot), International Harvester Co. and Maughan Thiem Motors Co. Ltd (Singer, Willys & Nash)

Potter & Pank Opticians in Burra 19 January, Air Force Assoc. Rooms

Page 6 Advertisements

P.J. Byrnes Shoe Store

Alex Bevan Grocery & Delicatessen

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Savings Bank of SA

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co., Vanguard Cars, Field Marshall Diesel Tractors

Page 7 Advertisements

D.P. Kerr Agent for Neptune Oil Co., Trident Power Kerosene

J.A. Scott Hardware & General Merchandise, General Commission Agent, Commercial Street & Market Square

Bence’s Drapers & Clothiers

Page 8 Advertisements

H.J.B. Jennison Tyre Service Station

Baulderstone’s Fruit & Vegetables

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

Fred. M. Pearce & Sons Agents for Caltex

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 1

Accident. Rev. & Mrs Nicholls were travelling on the Black Springs Road about 17 miles south of Burra when their car got caught in a bank of loose gravel and turned over. Mrs Nicholls was admitted to Burra Hospital. Rev. Nicholls recently arrived from England to take charge of the Hallett Circuit.

A.J. Melrose, on behalf of Oakbank Proprietors, writes to thank fire fighters and others directly or indirectly involved in fighting the recent Quondong-Oakbank fire.

Burra Burra DC convened a Fire Meeting 21 December 1950.

The Chairman, Cr E.L. McWaters, welcomed those present. The meeting was to increase the understanding of the voluntary fire fighting organisation. Fire fighting is largely the landowner’s responsibility. Everyone in a fire situation should carry out the instructions of the Fire Control Officer. There was no penalty for a volunteer who refused duty, but there was a penalty for obstructing the work of a Fire Control Officer. The officer may, after consulting with the occupier, if present, enter lands or buildings and may cut fences etc. to make firebreaks, light fires, clear strips as firebreaks and take any water, other than domestic supplies, for fire fighting.

The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the EFS was formed by Miss MacMillan of the Police department and the Burra Section has been organised and functions effectively.

Various other aspects of the powers of individuals and the possibility of claims for compensation were clarified.

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 2

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of a son of Mr & Mrs Elder.

[Ian Christopher elder aged 5 died 19 December 1950 at North Adelaide, residence Burra North. He was the son of Rosslyn James Elder.]

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 13 January

Loretta Young & Van Johnson in Mother is a Freshman

Anne Crawford & Maxwell Reed in Night Beat

Bowls. Auburn 118 defeated Burra Green 77

Burra Gold 117 defeated Saddleworth Gold 82

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 4

Burra Town Council, 18 December

The electricity petition has not been prepared because Mr A.R. Downer MP has advised that the claims should be discussed with the company’s General Manager and that an invitation should be extended for him to visit Burra. Cr Bernhardt moved that the invitation be extended and it include the Chief Engineer, Mr R.H.M. Lea. Carried.

The question of a petition was left in abeyance.

SAR advises its intention to resume part of the land leased to the Corporation, as from 28 February 1951. (It was needed for housing opposite the Shell depot in Burra North.)

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the Fire Brigade’s swift action in quelling the recent fire that threatened the shopping area. A letter of commendation was sent to Chief Officer Whyte.

Sir Hubert Wilkins has said submarine movements under ice in the Arctic Ocean could carry American troops to within striking distance of Russia.

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 5

Marriage. Sacred Heart Church, Kadina

Lawrencie Samuel, youngest daughter of Mrs & the late Mr H.J. Samuel of Kadina, married

Henry Brian Quinn, eldest son of Mr & Mrs T.J. Quinn of Mt Bryan.

77, 1, 9 Jan. 1951, page 7

Cricket. On the first day of a two-day game Burra 166 v. Buffs 3 for 71.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 1

Jubilee Celebrations

The Mayor has called a meeting of citizens for 24 January to arrange Jubilee Celebrations for Burra. It is also the 75th Anniversary of the Corporation. Any monies raised are likely to go towards the Burra District War Memorial.

Fire. Two fires occurred at Hallett on Thursday 11 and Saturday 13 January on the property of Miss E.M. Scholz and Frank Sumner respectively. Both fires were quickly extinguished. Miss Scholz’s homestead was threatened. On Saturday Mr Sumner lost straw, implement sheds and their contents.

Burra Talkies. The new equipment for showing pictures at the Town Hall will be installed in two or three weeks and the first show is scheduled for Saturday 10 February. All funds raised will pay off the new machinery and then the Town Hall debt. Competition to supply film has been keen and we understand twelve months’ supply of first class programs have been purchased. The present lease expires on 29 January. The proprietors have shown pictures in Burra for more than 30 years.

The SA Symphony Orchestra will not be able to visit Burra till early in 1952.

Hanson residents are concerned by cars speeding through the town. The main road does not pass the school and so motorists are not forced to slow down as they otherwise would.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Top prices for the district at the recent sales went to M.G. Stockman at 199d per pound.

Accident. On Wednesday at about 6.30 p.m. a 10-ton load of chaff, on a semi-trailer driven by Mr Trevor Ivan Hahl of Waterloo, overturned on the Black Springs Road, although it was only travelling at about 10 m.p.h. The Broken Hill Council has decided to support Burra and other SA Councils in the drive to have the road improved.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 2

Notice. Rex C. Warnes, Chairman of the Eastern Districts Fire Fighting Organisation formed on 9 January 1951 expresses appreciation for the efforts of all volunteers and helpers in the disastrous fires in the Eastern District in December.

Notices thanking all who aided in fire fighting were also inserted by G.R. Finch (Burra), J.A. Dixon (Hanson), Newton Collins & Son (Greenacres, Bunyung & other properties) and E.M. Scholz.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 20 January

Dana Andrews & Gene Tierney in The Iron Curtain

Honor Blackman & John McCallum in A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

Vandalism of trees is a growing problem in Burra.

Farrell Flat Road

Motorists are using the new deviation of the Farrell Flat Road between Brown’s Corner and the second railway crossing, even though it is fenced off and signed as ‘No Thoroughfare.’ The fence has been removed by some inconsiderate motorist, to the annoyance of Council employees.

Fires. A petition with 63 signatures has been sent to the Commissioner of the SAR, asking for urgent action to reduce the number of fires started by trains. Over 12 fires have been started since trains recommenced running before Christmas. Four have occurred since the petition was despatched.

Redruth Methodists have begun their centenary year with a combined Covenant Service and Membership Recognition Service at which 12 new members were admitted. A contract has been let to Fred. M. Pearce & Sons for church renovations and beautifications. New fluorescent lights will be installed and a memorial window to pioneers. New soft furnishings are planned and total expenditure is expected to be c. £1,000. Two private memorial windows will be added. The present building was opened by the President of the [Wesleyan] Conference in 1874. Mrs Richard Reed is one of the few who can recall this event. After the renovations, the President of Conference will attend a re-opening service.

Saturday 5 May Memorial Window unveiled at 3 p.m.

Sunday 6 May 3 p.m. Service with President of Conference Rev. E.H. Woollacott

7 p.m. Service with Rev. David Longbottom

Monday 7 May Tea Meeting followed by Public Meeting

Tuesday 8 May Grand Concert at 8 p.m.

Wednesday 9 May Musical Luncheon and Motor Tour of Burra for Visitors

Thursday 10 May Thanksgiving Service with Pasty Supper

The School Bus. Some students do very well despite long bus journeys, as seen from the Willalo-Burra bus route, which began in 1946.

Rex Anderson travelled three miles to the bus and then 30 miles each way, daily, only getting board in Burra for the last two terms of his Intermediate Year. In that year he was Dux of school and afterwards went to Roseworthy College.

Brian Brooks did the same sort of trip until the middle of term 1 in his Intermediate Year, when he got board at Hallett and then only travelled 20 miles each way, daily. He too was Dux of the School in his Leaving Year.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 4

Burra Town Council, 8 January

Superannuation considerations were deferred.

A Broken Hill City representative will wait on the Minister and stress the importance to SA of a good highway to Broken Hill.

Peterborough Council will also make representations on the Broken Hill Road.

Council will top dress Aberdeen Tennis Club’s No. 2 Court.

The Burra Choral Society advises that the SA Symphony Orchestra cannot visit Burra till 1952, so the matter has been deferred for the present.

The Minister of works advises that supplying Burra with water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline cannot be justified at present.

Council resolved that a letter be written in reply disassociating itself from previous Councils in this matter and urging Burra be connected with Murray water as soon as materials and labour allowed.

Davies Motor Co. applied for permission to erect a kerbside petrol pump in Commercial St. Approved.

Information is to be sought from the E & WS Department about the cost and time involved in laying a new pipeline to Victoria Park.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 8 January

Local Government superannuation question was deferred.

Speed warning signs are to be placed at Hanson.

A further letter is to be sent to the Commissioner of Railways urging reconsideration of a crossing at the north end of Mt Bryan.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 6

Bowls. Clare Red 102 defeated Burra Gold 97

Burra Green 121 defeated Saddleworth Blue 61.

Cricket. Buffs had an outright win on Saturday.

Buffs 180 & 4 for 28 defeated Burra 166 & 3 for 108 declared.

[With Buffs totalling 208 and Burra 274, surely this could only be a win on first innings to Buffs, rather than an outright win.]

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 7

The CMF Mobile Recruiting Display visited Burra on Tuesday.

77, 2, 16 Jan. 1951, page 8

Hanson Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild celebrated the 1st anniversary of its re-opening after the hiatus caused by the war, on 10 December last. In the past year over £60 was raised to assist in church and Sunday school renovations.

77, 3, 23 Jan. 1951, page 1

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired the first shoot for the second half of the season. The 15th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy was fired over the 900 yard range. Best scores were from J. Brown & J.H. Schwier.

Local Board of Health. Strong action to prevent the running of waste water into the creek has resulted in almost eliminating mosquitoes this year.

Fire. A chimney fire in the home of Mr J. Matthews in Paxton Square was quickly extinguished with only a little damage to the roof.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Lydia Coxell.

[Born Lydia Batchelder 18 June 188 Gawler, died 4 January 1951 Burra, residence Burra North.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs M.S. Ellis.

[Born Malinda Susan Tregillas 16 June 1876 Glen Osmond: died Melinda Susan Ellis 7 January 1951, Maggea, wife of Walter Albert Ellis.]

77, 3, 23 Jan. 1951, page 2

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, last Saturday

Avis Clark, second daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Clark of Burra, married

Ron Pascoe, only son of Mr & Mrs J.T. Pascoe of Burra.

77, 3, 23 Jan. 1951, page 4

Tennis, 13 January

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 12-94 defeated Booborowie 8-91

Hallett 13-96 defeated Aberdeen I 7-72

Ironmine I 11-95 defeated Ironmine II 9-79

Spalding 11-89 defeated Aberdeen II 9-93

77, 3, 23 Jan. 1951, page 5

Cricket, Saturday. First day of game: Koonoona 192 v. Buffs 1 for 51.

77, 3, 23 Jan. 1951, page 8

Bowls. Clare White 89 defeated Burra Gold 87

Burra Green 115 defeated Saddleworth Gold 72.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 1

Murray Water

When the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline was first proposed, there was some discussion about Burra being supplied, but it did not happen. Now further representation has been made and the reply of the Minister of Works, Hon. M. McIntosh, has been that when the pipeline was laid the local support was lukewarm. The committee at the time was unable to complete its investigations in respect to the minor considerations regarding supplying Clare, Laura, Jamestown, Burra, Terowie and Peterborough. It confined its report to the trunk line to Whyalla. Subsequently the committee enquired into the supply for Laura, Clare and a combined scheme for Jamestown, Caltowie, Peterborough and Terowie. The Government approved the schemes for Laura, Clare, Jamestown and Caltowie, as these towns had no supply at all. When pipes and manpower are available the schemes for Jamestown and Caltowie will proceed. Burra has a reticulated supply, which meets most demands and the only effect of a change to Murray water would be to better quality water at an expense to taxpayers of about £25,000. Since the war a shortage of materials and manpower has forced a concentration on towns and districts with no supply at all. Thus until such places as Jamestown, Caltowie, Yorke Peninsula, Auburn, Meningie, Milang, Lameroo, Swan Reach, Pt McDonald and Karoonda are served, the diversion of resources to Burra cannot at present be justified.

Fires. A proposal to limit steam trains operations in hot weather has been put forward by G.S. Hawker MP and endorsed by Councillors. Suggested changes are:

The daytime steam train Monday, Thursday & Friday from Adelaide to Terowie be replaced by a motor train [railcar] from Adelaide to Burra.

A steam train run at about Broken Hill Express time on Tuesday and Thursday from Adelaide to Terowie.

A steam train run at about Broken Hill Express time Wednesday and Friday from Terowie to Adelaide.

This would give one up and one down train each day between Adelaide and Terowie and yet keep trains off the route in the hottest part of the day.

Burra Hospital

The Chairman of the Board and J. Gebhardt of the Building Appeal Committee, with G.S. Hawker MP, waited on the Chief Secretary, Hon. A.L. McEwin, on Wednesday, concerning the subsidy for the hospital. They said the present building was inadequate for modern surgical requirements, patient comfort and for nurse accommodation. The Chief Secretary said he saw nothing wrong with the proposed plan, estimated at c. £73,000 and the Government would give a £ for £ subsidy on an approved plan. Some further information concerning drainage was needed. The proposal would have to go to the Works Committee for approval. The Government subsidy would not be paid all at once, but would be spread over the building period and also the supply of materials would be difficult.

Local Board of Health

The Inspector for the Local Licensing Court said despite a new septic tank, the Burra Hotel was far from satisfactory. Bathroom facilities were below standard and he would have no hesitation in opposing the licence. The Board said they had been working on the problem for some time and the difficulties in obtaining materials and labour were a major factor. It was resolved that Dr Mellor and Inspector Bruce make a further inspection and Dr Mellor tender a report to the Board.

An order was made to remedy sanitary problems at the property occupied by K.J. Treleaven & Nankivell Bros.

SA Housing Trust

A call for tenders to build six timber framed dwellings in Burra resulted in no tenders being submitted and then, after an extension of time, the only price submitted was for £2,000 per house, considered far too high by the Trust. Negotiations to reduce this figure have so far failed.

Burra High School. Intermediate Exam Results

Nine of the eleven candidates gained the certificate.

[Numbers indicate the number of subjects passed.]

Valerie Terry 9 Maureen Halliday 6

John Longbottom 8 John Samuels 5

Fay Kakoschke 7 (1 credit) Rosemary Samuels 5

John Taylor 7 Lorraine Richards 4 (1 credit)

Gary Voumard 7 Kath Webster 3

June Maxted 7

In the Leaving Exams:

Brian Brooks passed 4 subjects, but failed English and will sit a supplementary examination.

Robin Samuels completed his certificate by passing Modern History.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a clearing sale 5 miles southeast of Farrell Flat on 21 February for E.N. Siegert whose property has been sold.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 3

Ladies Auxiliary of EFFS thanks all who assisted them in operations in the recent eastern fires and acknowledges the many cheques from the pastoralists and others, which will be deposited in a Trust Fund.

SAR notifies that for the fire season oil-burning locomotives will be used on the northern line following representations from G.S. Hawker MP.

Notice. The notice for Salvation Army services indicated a change of officer-in-charge from Lt W. Jenkins to Capt. Lawrence.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 4

Burra Town Council favours superannuation for its employees, but the employees do not. The Council will therefore keep it in mind for future employees, should they so desire. The cost to Council would be about £75 p.a. The premium is 7%, of which the Council would have to find 31⁄2%.

Council will advise the Municipal Assoc. it approves in principal, but would not do anything at present due to financial constraints and because present employees are opposed.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 5

Burra Town Council, 22 January

Superannuation was discussed as reported on page 1.

G.S. Hawker MP is to be asked to take up the question of the supply of electricity from ETSA.

A reply from the Secretary to the Premier about Housing Trust homes in Burra was received as reported on page 1.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 6

Jubilee Celebrations

A meeting was convened by the Mayor last Wednesday to establish a committee to organise celebrations for the Commonwealth Jubilee and the 75th Anniversary of the Corporation. The meeting was well attended. The proposal was for a ‘Back to Burra’ lasting a week. Mr H.O. Pederick moved that a committee be formed to organise this. Any surplus funds generated will be shared by the War Memorial (Victoria Park) and the Hospital Building Fund. The last week in September was chosen for the celebrations.

77, 4, 30 Jan. 1951, page 8

Tennis, 20 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 17-110 defeated Kooringa 3-56

Booborowie 10-93 defeated Leighton 10-80

Willalo 12-90 defeated Spalding 8-86

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 15-101 defeated Booborowie 5-76

Hallett 15-106 defeated Mt Bryan 5-45

Aberdeen II 16-109 defeated Kooringa 4-63

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 1

Caleb Diplock’s disputed will is being finally settled after eleven years. He directed over £200,000 to charity, but a Melbourne relative challenged the bequest and £150,000 has been repaid by charities. Some former Burra people are interested in the fortune.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. sold on Friday 472 acres of perpetual lease, 13 miles from Burra on the Robertstown Road, for £8-11-0 an acre. The land passed from R.C. Rooke to O.H. Rooke.

Burra Hospital is very short of semi-trained staff and nurses are getting well paid these days.

A trainee Nurse receives £4-16-0 plus board

Nurse Assistants get £4-8-0

Nurse Attendants get £7-9-0

Nurse Attendants under 21 get £5-13-6.

Sue Martin, daughter of Mr & Mrs R.B. Martin of Burra, has been at Girton Ladies’ College and gained six subjects at her Leaving Examination, including four credits. This has earned her a Leaving Bursary at the University of Adelaide, giving free tuition there in any course for the duration of the course.

Burra Town Hall Pictures

In 1949 Stan Woollacott, Councillor for North Ward, recommended the Council take over the moving picture rights for the community, when the lease expired in September 1950. Cr Jennison introduced the discussion in July 1950 and reported on the experience of Pt Elliott in showing pictures. Information was then sought from Pt Elliott, Pt Wakefield, Snowtown, Balaklava and Terowie. Applications from several operators were also considered. A visit was made to Pt Elliott and useful information also came from Terowie, Balaklava and Kimba. The Council then sought tenders for projection and sound equipment and sought ratepayer approval to borrow £1,700 for its purchase. When there was no objection to this, Cr Jennison moved that the Council take over the showing of films to liquidate the Town Hall debt and generate money for improvements, after paying off the equipment. A committee was formed to run this community project. The Chairman was the Mayor and the Town Clerk was Secretary. Others were the Councillors with H.C. Davies and Rev. R. Pettet as Institute representatives. Messrs Jennison & Davies became the picture buyers; Walter Nankivell was appointed Bio-operator with D. Halliday as Hall Manager, S. Scroop Assistant Hall Manager, and A. Brown and S. Kellaway Jnr as Door Stewards. The pictures will operate from next Saturday, 10 February, when 40 guests, including G.S. Hawker MP and his wife, will see the project started.

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 2

Advt. Cole Bros will conduct a sale, on 16 February in the RSL Rooms, on account of the Trustee in the Estate of the late Robert Gould, of Allotments 89 & 322 with a five-roomed house.

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 3

R.C. Lott writes complaining that the Electric Supply Co. is damaging trees – lopping pines in Paxton Terrace without authority.

Tennis, 27 January. ‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11 sets defeated Hallett 9 sets.

SAR. The Commissioner has refused to allow a railway crossing at the northern end of Mt Bryan.

Advt. Burra Pictures, Grand Opening by the Mayor at 7.45 p.m. Saturday 10 February.

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in Barkleys of Broadway

Plus Some of the Best

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 4

Weather. The long dry spell has a number of Burra households carting water and the Hospital has about a fortnight’s supply.

Bowls. Burra Green 96 defeated Burra Gold 95.

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 5

Don Gare was farewelled at Mt Bryan East Church on 25 January. He will shortly be married and move to Eurelia.

Mr & Mrs Les. Thomas were wished bon voyage, as they leave on 9 February on the Stratheden for a seven-month trip to England and the Continent.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship over 800 & 900 yards. Best shots were A.G. Heinrich, J.H. Schwier and E.C. Hopkins.

77, 5, 6 Feb. 1951, page 6

Mt Bryan. A stop sign is to be erected on the main road at Mt Bryan, at the southern end, just before the turn to the school. It is unusual for a stop sign to be erected on a main road.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 1

School Bus. Last year Mr Lehmann ran the school bus from Booborowie via Copperhouse for 1/4 a mile. This year he demanded 2/- a mile and when he got no reply from the Education Department at the opening day of school, he did not run the service. Twenty-five children are being brought in by private car, but this cannot long continue.

Burra High School opened this year with 73 students, close to the record. There are 35 new enrolments in First Year. About half are boarders or come by bus. Second Year has 23 students, Intermediate 10 and Leaving 4. Miss C. Miller replaces Miss Hannaford as Domestic Arts Teacher.

Salmon typhimurium, a rare sheep disease, similar to typhoid in humans, has killed several sheep in the district lately. The disease cannot be treated and usually breaks out suddenly and then disappears just as quickly after a few deaths.

Burra Showgrounds. New provisions are to be made for sheep at the showgrounds. There will be a 30 ft wide shed, with a ramp and race at either end for loading and unloading. The yards will comprise 96 pens each 4 ft x 5 ft in three double rows. The whole will be erected from the materials from the wood and iron fence on the south side of the grounds, which is to be removed. The fence will be replaced by pig netting (cyclone) topped with two barbed wires. The location to the west will be sheltered from wind and rain by the railway embankment. The horses-in-action ring will be extended 15 ft on the western side. The farming community will be asked to donate machinery and labour to lessen the cost. Members’ cars will be allowed to park closer to the ring and for a further distance around it.

Burra Town Hall Pictures Opened

The biggest community project ever was opened by the Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter, on Saturday, when he declared open the Burra Town Hall Pictures. There were representatives from the Film Distribution Houses and the engineering firm, which had installed the plant and guests from other communities. Burra now has one of the best projection plants outside of the metropolitan area. It was built by the Radio Corporation of America. It is capable of handling the new development in 3-dimensional effects. The sound equipment is almost perfect. All moving parts are glass covered and each machine’s arc light has a separate transformer, doing away with the motor generator plant. Arcs for the carbons are automatically fed by small electric motors. Operators can view the position of carbons by remote vision controls. Projectionist Nankivell says comparing the new with the old projectors is like comparing driving a Model T Ford with the latest motor cars. The Mayor said that in this Jubilee Year of the Corporation, this was an important venture for the Council. The previous operators had been showing pictures in Burra for 30 years. They finished a show on Saturday night and had the Bio Box clear on the following Monday, for the installation of the new plant. Other Councils with similar schemes had been very helpful – Pt Elliott in particular. About £3,100 was borrowed in 1920 to complete the building of the Dress Circle and to alter the supper room and changing rooms. Over 30 years this principal and interest had grown to something like £7,000 and the debt remained at about £3,100. Cr Jennison supported the Mayor’s remarks. Mr Blood, of Paramount Pictures, pointed out that the profit would go to pay off the Town Hall debt and then go to other town amenities. He felt that Mr Jennison and Mr Davies had chosen well in selecting the program for the coming twelve months. After the show the Mayor and Committee entertained about 60 guests to supper in the CWA Room. Supper arrangements were by Mr P.W. Carpenter. Guests included representatives of film distribution firms and Mr Minear of RCA, who installed the plant. Cr Baulderstone said this was the biggest community effort he had seen in twenty years’ residence in the town. Mr W. Nankivell said that not once in the previous thirty years had they had a serious breakdown and he hoped the new machinery would do as well. He would certainly do his best for it.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 3

Burra Rifle Club attended the Union Match Shoot at Hamley Bridge on Saturday.

Hamley Bridge 670 plus handicap 95 for total 765

Burra 653 plus handicap 70 for total 723

For Burra, best on the day were: F.T. Marston, J.H. Schwier and C.W. Edwards.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 February

Clifton Webb & Shirley Temple in Mr Belvedere Goes to College

Tom Conway & Noreen Nash in Checkered Coat

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 4

Burra Burra DC

A letter from the Commissioner of the SAR confirms he will not approve a railway crossing at the north end of Mt Bryan.

SAR also responded to queries stressing the attempts it makes to reduce fire hazards from trains, including spark arresters. Only oil-burning locomotives are running on the line from 30 January.

SA Police have approved a stop sign on the main road at Mt Bryan.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 5

SAR is again to be reminded of its undertaking not to let off steam in the Burra Station Yard – it has recently re-emerged as a noisy nuisance.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 6

Bowls, Saturday

Burra Gold 104 defeated Clare Blue 99

Clare White 113 defeated Burra Green 77.

Old Pine Trees opposite W.J. Lee’s Blacksmith’s Shop have long been considered dangerous. They will be removed by E. Jacka of Mintaro for a small sum plus the timber.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 7

Cricket. Conclusion of the match: Burra 104 & 6 for 108 declared defeated Koonoona 60 & 91.

Burra Institute held its AGM 6 February. A bare quorum was scraped together. Membership had fallen slightly. Double 102

Single 46

Juvenile 37

Life 1

Scholarship 29

215

Books totalled 6073, with 737 new books added during the year.

On 1 January 1950 the bank balance was £57-15-6 and on 31 December 1950 it was £48-15-9.

During the year £27-1-8 had come from the Burra Choral Society’s performance of excerpts from Handel’s Messiah and other items.

77, 6, 13 Feb. 1951, page 8

Tennis, 27 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 17-113 defeated Willalo 3-61

Leighton 17-110 defeated Mt Bryan 3-59

Booborowie 17-114 defeated Spalding 3-48

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 14-97 defeated Spalding 6-77

Hallett 14-105 defeated Kooringa 6-61

Ironmine II forfeited to Aberdeen I

Ironmine I 15-106 defeated Mt Bryan 5-54

77, 7, 20 Feb. 1951, page 1

The Countess of Albermarle has been sponsored by the CWA to visit Burra and, weather permitting, will address a rally at the Burra North Playground on 3 March. She will be the guest of the branch President, Mrs Andrew Tennant, at ‘The Gap.’ Lady Albermarle has been a champion of the role of women in public life.

Mr E. ‘Curly’ Wohling, who served drinks to thirsty patrons at the Burra & Commercial Hotels for 42 years, retired on Monday. He was farewelled by patrons and presented with a wallet of notes.

Vandalism lately in the town has seen windows broken in C.L. Phillips’ Dental Surgery and in Elder, Smith & Co.’s premises and a hole punched in the Market Square water trough.

Haircuts will still cost 2/6 in Burra, though city prices have risen to 3/-.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy on Saturday when best scorers were R. Bernhardt, W. Edwards, A.G. Heinrich and F.T. Marston.

Robbery. Gordon Maxted’s store was broken into on Friday night and goods and money to the value of £37 taken. A 14-year-old youth was questioned and the goods and money were re covered.

77, 7, 20 Feb. 1951, page 2

Burra Primary School opened with an enrolment of 205. Grade 1 saw 20 new girls and 14 new boys. [New admissions are named.]

77, 7, 20 Feb. 1951, page 3

Burra High School elected prefects for 1951: John Samuels, Rosemary Samuels, Gary Voumard and Joy Bourman. The Booborowie-Copperhouse school bus service re-commenced from Monday this week.

Burra RSL held its AGM last Saturday. During the past twelve months £200 was raised to liquidate the Building Fund debt. Retiring President, E.R. Davey, reported somewhat limited activity for the year, but finances improved. An Anzac Commemoration Service was held at the Memorial in Market Square, but no band could be arranged. Tom Robert’s, as drummer, assisted the march to proceed and amplified music was used. The RSL was represented at the Air Force Day Service. The Annual Ball in August was well attended. The President said they needed to build up credit in the Building Fund to carry out repairs as needed. Painting would soon be necessary.

Elected were: President, I.D. Richardson; Vice-Presidents, E. Franklin & E.R. Aldridge; Secretary, C. Davey and Treasurer, W. Kotz.

77, 7, 20 Feb. 1951, page 4

Burra Town Council, 5 February

SAR is to be written to again about engines blowing down in the Burra Station Yard.

A follow-up letter will be sent to the Local Government Department about making Young St into a main road.

Slate slabs in front of the Cold stores are to be relaced by bitumen.

Local Board of Health

Dr G.L. Mellor recommended the closure of the Burra Hotel until it complied with health requirements.

The Superintendent of Licensed Premises forwarded a copy of the notice giving the Burra Hotel till 28 February to conform.

The Officer of Health is to be informed of the above notice.

The Secretary advises that, as a temporary measure, provision has been made to absorb effluent in earth along the creek bank.

Myxomatosis is spreading rapidly through NSW.

Sole Bros Circus is coming to Burra 27 February and Morgan 26 February.

77, 7, 20 Feb. 1951, page 8

Tennis, 10 February

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 17-112 defeated Mt Bryan 3-65

Aberdeen 11-92 defeated Hallett 9-77

Leighton 10-93 defeated Spalding 10-92

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen I 18-114 defeated Mt Bryan 2-51

Aberdeen II 11-80 defeated Hallett 9-81

Spalding 16-104 defeated Ironmine I 4-68

Ironmine II 11-91 defeated Booborowie 9-87.

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 1

Burra Rifle Club sent a team of 12 to the SA Country Teams Championship at the Dean Range. Despite some individual successes, the team did not do well. The shield went to Williamstown for the handicap event and to Tweedvale for the Championship. For Burra, Jim Brown was best, ahead of Tom Heinrich.

Poliomyelitis. The diagnosis of one serious case in the town and another case in the district prompted the issuing of precautionary advice to attend to hygiene diligently and to avoid crowds and operations where possible.

ETSA. The manager, Mr R.M. Lea, will visit Burra to inspect the locality and to discuss the possibility of linking Burra to the ETSA supply. The heavy program of the Trust makes any immediate move unlikely. Work is presently concentrated on completing the main supply lines between Pt Augusta and Adelaide.

Burra Town Council

Cr H.M .Scott said he had been told by Mr Ellis, a builder and contractor, that the SA Housing Trust was not interested in building houses in Burra and no contract would be let in the near future. Town Councillors were incensed at this and if true it is another in the list of modern amenities denied Burra by the Government – others include good bitumen roads, water and electricity – despite the district producing a good proportion of the state’s wealth.

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 March

Robert Mitchum & Betsy Drake in Holliday Affair

Tim Holt & Nan Lesley in Western Heritage

Obituary. Thomas Baker, second son of the late S. & A. Baker, died at his residence in Burra North on 10 January aged 78. [Born 22 June 1872, Llwchwr.]

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 3

Burra Town Council, 19 February

The Leader of the Opposition will be requested to ask a question in the House concerning the intention of the SA Housing Trust regarding construction of homes in Burra, as land had been purchased for that purpose. Also, why no tender was accepted and how the tenders submitted compared with those for houses being built in other country towns.

Information will also be sought from H.C.W. Ellis of Black Forrest concerning his interview on the subject with the Housing Trust.

The Burra Radio & Electrical Service has submitted a price for rewiring the Town Hall.

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 5

Wool. [An article on rising wool prices.]

In 1946-47 the average price was 25.15d per lb, while in early 1951 it was averaging 195.05d per lb. The average for the past 7 months was 135.96d per lb and for the same months in 1949-50 it was 57.64d per lb. Top prices have risen from 173 to 340d per lb. A recent sale in Brisbane saw a scoured line sell at 364d per lb.

Local Board of Health

A progress report on work at the Burra Hotel was received.

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 7

Accident. On Friday, an accident at Deep Creek, five miles east of Burra, resulted in the death of 19 sheep, valued at £150. Lance Cutten, driving The Eastern Mail Truck, did not see the sheep travelling through Deep Creek towards Burra, until it was too late to stop on the steep incline. The sheep were the property of J.H. Fletcher of Pt Broughton and had been bought at Glenora Station.

77, 8, 27 Feb. 1951, page 8

Tennis, 17 February

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 9-66 defeated Spalding 8-71

Willalo 14-103 defeated Kooringa 6-84

Leighton 10-102 defeated Hallett 10-91

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen II 12-92 defeated Ironmine I 8-56

Booborowie drew with Mt Bryan

Booborowie 14-95 defeated Mt Bryan 3-53

[The last two results don’t make sense and presumably one set of results is either from a different date or from ‘A’ grade.]

77, 9, 6 Mar. 1951, page 1

Wool Sales. Top price obtained for district wool was 274d per lb for P.R. Broad of Farrell Flat.

[Other district prices are cited.]

Obituary. On Tuesday 27 February Francis Harris, a well-known resident of Burra, died. He was born in 1864, the second son of John & Ethelinda Harris and was educated at White’s School. He married Shrub Matilda Phillips, who died in 1929. He was keenly interested in town affairs and had served as a Town Councillor [December 1920-February 1930.] He was a great supporter of the Salvation Army and the Methodist Church for which he was a trustee for many years. He was a member of the Rechabite Lodge from the age of 14 and in World War I took an active role in most patriotic societies, working especially hard for the Cheer-up Society.

[Born 21 December 1864 Kooringa, died in Burra.]

Accident. Ian Allen, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J. Allen Jnr, suffered slight concussion and abrasions when his bicycle collided with the car of Mr Jim Waters at the top of ‘Sara’s Lane’ [Drew Lane] on Monday last week. The slight curve in the road appears to have hidden both parties from each other until the accident occurred.

CWA Visit by Countess of Albemarle

Uncertain weather caused the rally to be transferred from the Playground to the Town Hall on 3 March. The hall was nearly filled. Lady Albemarle was accompanied by Mrs Burton, Divisional President of the CWA; Mrs C.M. Octoman, State President; Mrs Dolling of the State Council; Miss Wein-Smith, Group President; Mrs I.J. Warnes, founder of the CWA in SA; Mrs Andrew Tennant, Burra President; Mr W. Carpenter, Mayor of Burra and Mr Stanley Hawker MP for the District.

Mrs Burton spoke of the purpose of Lady Albemarle’s visit and the Mayor welcomed her, as did Mr Hawker. Mrs Octoman introduced Lady Albemarle, who brought greetings from the Women’s Institutes in the UK. She then spoke of their meetings and their Choral Festival in the Albert Hall in London with a choir of 8,000 voices. Miss Wein-Smith proposed a vote of thanks. Lady Albemarle was the guest of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at ‘The Gap’ for the weekend.

Burra Rifle Club. Saturday was a good day, with high scores over the 800 yard range. An all-time record shoot resulted with best results from two of the oldest members. Tom Heinrich scored 18 successive bulls. He and Jim Schwier both scored possibles in the first round and Tom dropped only one point in the second round to score 99 off the rifle. Jim finished with 95 off the rifle. Jim Brown shot a 94, as did G. Webster and R. Bernhardt [all off the rifle.]

77, 9, 6 Mar. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 March

June Allyson & Peter Lawford in Little Women

Plus short features

77, 9, 6 Mar. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Town Hall, 12 March, Blind Violinist, Harold Raymond and the 1951 Jubilee Jubilators, in aid of the Brighton School for Blind and deaf Children.

Advt. Burra Pharmacy, Market Square: Ron Wickes. Formerly Brian Nicholls, Chemist.

Notice. Alex Best has disposed of ‘The Northern Café’ to S.H. & S.M. Johnson.

Accident. John Wohling suffered concussion and abrasions on Monday last week when his motor cycle collided with a car driven by Max Garrard at the corner of the Children’s Playground at Burra North.

Burra Burrs DC is concerned at the excessive speed of drivers passing through country towns in the district. ‘Slow Down’ signs are in place and a ‘Stop’ sign in Mt Bryan on the Main Road, is being considered.

77, 9, 6 Mar. 1951, page 4

Bowls. Burra Gold 98 defeated Auburn 91

Clare Red 91 defeated Burra Green 86.

Obituary. A condolence motion at Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Association reveals the death of Mrs G.H. Dow, first President of the Association.

[Born Myrtle McBride Sandland 16 March 1896 Kooringa, died 12 February 1951 Fullarton.]

Obituary. John McKenzie Bence, infant son of Mr & Mrs Leonard Bence, died at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital 4 March after a very short illness.

[John Mackenzie Bence died 4 March 1951 North Adelaide, residence Burra aged 11 months.]

Mrs E. Bishop of Hanson is 89 on 8 March.

77, 9, 6 Mar. 1951, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 17-106 defeated Mt Bryan

Willalo 14-104 defeated Leighton 6-85

Spalding 12-88 defeated Kooringa 8-85

‘B’ Grade Spalding 13-95 defeated Kooringa 7-80

Mt Bryan 12-93 defeated Aberdeen II 8-93

Hallett 20-120 defeated Booborowie 0-35

Ironmine I forfeited to Aberdeen I

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co. sold a line of 660 wethers for Messrs V.A. Riggs & Sons of Lord’s Well for a district record price of £14-5-0 a head. For a line of this size, it is believed to be a state record too.

Mr Neville Woodards of the National Bank, Burra, has been transferred to the Paskeville branch as manager. He has been secretary of the Burra Institute and of the Burra Bowling Club.

Burra Rifle Club has fired the 15th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy over 900 yards. M. Stockman was best on the day, followed by J. Lloyd and J, Brown.

SA Housing Trust Chairman, J.P. Cartledge, writes to deny any lack of interest in building in Burra. Its officers have made five visits to the town to obtain offers of land and carry out inspections of sites. Land has been bought and pegged out in accordance with a subdivisional plan. Tenders for the erection of homes have been called and the date extended. Negotiations have been carried on, so far unsuccessfully, with several builders. The Trust takes strong exception to the misleading headline of 27 February [Housing Trust Not Interested in Homes for Burra.] The evidence of Mr Ellis, as cited, is quite wrong. He did not call at the Trust Office and was not informed as stated. Mr Ellis has since stated that the report was without any foundation in fact. Mr Ellis’s first contact with the Trust was initiated by the Trust on 5 March, long after the Council meeting. The Trust is very willing to build in Burra as soon as a satisfactory price can be negotiated.

[The editor then apologises for the headline and says townspeople will be delighted to hear that negotiations are proceeding with Mr Ellis and that local builders are invited to participate.

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 March

Ann Baxter & Gregory Peck in Yellow Sky

Tom Conway & Steve Brodie in I Cheated the Law

Notice. Jim Schwier asks the person who took the 200 gallon fire fighting tank taken from his house in Burra between 6 & 7 December 1950 to communicate with him as it has been mislaid or lost and he is trying to trace it.

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 3

Notice. Tenders are called for the conveyance of schoolchildren from Booborowie and Copperhouse to Burra High & Primary Schools.

Notice. B. Stiling advises he has disposed of his business, known as ‘Burra Dry Cleaners’ to Ken Williams.

Birth. To Bill and Betty, nee Spackman, at Broken Hill Hospital on 1 March, a daughter, Lynette Lois.

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 4

Burra Burrs DC. The Highways & Local Government Department approves the Mt Bryan ‘Stop’ sign. [A report on page 7 says it has been erected.]

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 5

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM 6 March. The club had a credit balance of £78-15-11. Membership was 41, with an average attendance of 21. Purchases for the year included books, a ‘Singer’ sewing machine, Arthur Mee’s Encyclopaedia and pencil sharpeners in each room. Elected were: President, Mrs Ellis; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Jennison & Woodards; Secretary, Mrs McKenzie and Treasurer, Mrs Binks-Williams.

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 6

Bowls. Saddleworth Blue 87 defeated Burra Gold 78

Clare Blue 96 defeated Burra Green 86.

77, 10, 13 Mar. 1951, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 12-92 defeated Kooringa 8-80

Spalding 11-98 defeated Hallett 9-91

Willalo 17-114 defeated Mt Bryan 3-64

Aberdeen 14-93 defeated Leighton 6-68

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 11-98 defeated Kooringa 9-71

Spalding 14-103 defeated Hallett 6-81

Aberdeen I 11-75 defeated Aberdeen II 9-84

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 1

Cricket. The Burra Easter Carnival will be revived this year after a lapse of one year.

Accident. Leonard J. Payne of Ethelton was giving a four-year-old boy a ride on his new motorbike when it skidded as he was turning from Merthyr St into Ludgvan St. He collided with the wall leading to the bridge and broke his left foot.

Accident. A spent .22 bullet broke a window in E.P. Pearce’s East St house late on Wednesday evening. The window was open, placing the top and bottom sashes opposite each other. The bullet penetrated the outside glass, but did not damage the inner glass. M-C Chambers of Burra is investigating.

Accident. Christopher Donnellan of Clare drove his DKW into a drain on the Clare side of Hanson on the Sunday of last week. Severe dust evidently caused the error in judgement. A passenger, Mrs Holder, sustained a cut lip and another, Mr Christopher, suffered slight concussion.

Burra Show Inc. Last Wednesday eight members cut 108 mallee posts and 11 strainers for a new cyclone fence on the southern boundary of the showgrounds. The timber came from Mr E. Finch’s property. The old wood and iron fence will be used in the new Sheep Pavilion.

Mrs E. Jettner’s 432 acres of freehold between Burra and Booborowie sold for £27-10-0 per acre on Friday.

Burra Rifle Club. A.G. Heinrich won the Championship, although he did not win any of the four stages. His consistent good results gave him more points than anyone else. He also came first in the handicap event, but since he cannot win both, he could not accept that trophy. Winners of the stages of the Championship were:

Stage 1 M. Stockman

Stage 2 W. Hempel

Stage 3 E.C. Hopkins

Stage 4 W. Edwards

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM 13 March.

W.H. Lloyd was re-elected as President. The Society made a loss over the year of about £60, but the Government subsidy is yet to come in, which should see the account make it into the black. About £70 was spent on improvements. New sheep yards and pavilion should be erected by the time of the next show. The last show was opened by the Premier, Hon. T. Playford, on 14 October. Attendance, estimated at 3,000 was very satisfactory. There were 340 entries in the ring events. Gate takings were up. Sheep and wool did well, but it is intended to further encourage entries here with the new yards and pavilion. Over 30 entries were made in the sheaf-tossing, which was a new event. The pre-show ball was a success, but it could be more profitable if held a few weeks earlier, so the show’s Luncheon Pavilion could be used and a less elaborate supper would help in this regard. Sideshows were more poorly represented because the date clashed with other shows.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 2

Advt. The Kooringa Hotel is under new management: Mr & Mrs Hedley Jones.

Notice. Tenders are called by the PMG Department for mail deliveries.

Burra-North Booborowie – 3 times a week.

Burra-Booborowie – 3 times a week.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 3

Notice. A.G. Tiver, Chemist, has discovered that by Pharmacy Law he cannot trade as Burra Pharmacy, so will trade as Tiver – Chemist. Ron Wickes, Manager.

Advt. Burra Taxi Service – W.H. Kakoschke.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 March

John Payne & Gail Russell in Captain China

Jane Withers & Robert Lowery in Danger Street

26 March

Dana Andrews & Maureen O’Hara in Britannia Mews

Tyrone Power & Gene Tierney in That Wonderful Urge

Advt. For Sale: Milk Round, including two horses and milk float and cans. M. Sawley.

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Joseph Madigan, late of Booborowie.

[Joseph Vincent Madigan born 31 August 1901 Carrieton, died 17 February 1951, Adelaide.]

Obituary. George Buchanan died 9 March at Broken Hill aged 76. He was the husband of Ethel and father of Kezia, George and Ivy, late of Burra. [Born George Edwin Buchanan 26 October 1874, Coghill Creek, married as George Edward Buchanan.]

Weather. Rain has fallen out east, mostly in a strip of country. Hogback reported 224 points, Ketchowla 204, Glenora 165, Murkaby over 100, Braemar 34, Kia Ora 52 and Koomooloo 14.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 4

Burra Town council, 5 March

Council resolved to write to Mr Hawker MP regretting any inconvenience caused by the Record article on the Housing Trust building in Burra.

E & WS advises the cost of a new three-inch main to Victoria Park would be c. £500 and no starting date for the work could be given.

SAR advises that orders have been given that locomotives not blow down in the station yard.

Gum trees on the south side of the Anglican Rectory are to be investigated, as the Rev. Pettet complains they are damaging the garden.

Cr Bernhardt moved that the owner of the old mill at Burra North be asked to demolish it. Seconded by Cr Scott, but defeated.

Cr Pritchard then moved that owners of partly demolished buildings be requested to demolish them. Carried.

Sympathy was extended to the family of the late F. Harris, a former Councillor.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 6

Railway Accident. A freight train loaded with Leigh Creek coal ripped up rails between Riverton and Saddleworth on 19 March. Trains could not reach Burra last night and could not depart for the south this morning. Mails have been delayed.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 7

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 February

Mary Lloyd, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs R.W. Lloyd of Burra, married

Don White, second son of Mrs & the late Mr J.R. White of Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 10 March

Shirley Dawn Moore, only daughter of Mr & Mrs D. Moore of Burra, married

Brian James Woodman, only son of Mr & Mrs R. Woodman of Burra.

77, 11, 20 Mar. 1951, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Spalding 16-108 defeated Mt Bryan 4-61

Willalo 11-94 defeated Hallett 9-91

Aberdeen 15-109 defeated Booborowie 5-66

Leighton 12-98 defeated Kooringa 8-84

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 15-101 defeated Hallett 5-82

Aberdeen I 19-118 defeated Kooringa 1-39

Spalding 13-104 defeated Mt Bryan 7-73

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 1

The X-ray unit will visit Burra from the 17 to 13 June at the Buffalo Lodge Hall.

Miss Mary Preiss was farewelled at St Joseph’s Convent Schoolroom on Tuesday last week.

[77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, p.4 added that she left to begin nursing training at Calvary Hospital, North Adelaide.]

Armed Services Recruiting and the general public awareness of Australia’s defence problems and its post-war defence plan will be boosted by the visit of three distinguished officers on 29 March at the Town Hall: Lt Commander Howard Goodwin (32) RANR, Major Donald Patterson (29) and Squadron Leader C. Gallwey RAAF. Team Manager, Gordon Hennessy, served with Army Intelligence in New Guinea and later with LHQ at Hollandia and Morotai.

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Semi-Final last Saturday ended in a tie: Leighton 10-95 v. Kooringa 10-95.

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will sell The Eastern telephone Building on 6 April. It has a frontage of 31 ft to Commercial St and a depth of 137 ft. A portion of the top storey is leased to the Air Force assoc.

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Races on Wednesday 4 April. Stakes £588.

Burra Library will have its lighting improved by the installation of fluorescent lighting.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 March

John Wayne & Henry Fonda in Fort Apache

Plus Child of Divorce

Accident. There was a head-on collision five miles north of Mt Bryan at 4 a.m. on Good Friday between cars driven by Mr A.G. Halliday of Broken Hill and Mr A.G. Barter of Prospect. No one was seriously injured.

Accident. Mr Fox of Adelaide broke his arm in several places when his truck collided with another while he was overtaking about 22 miles south of Burra on Good Friday afternoon.

Accident. On Good Friday morning Cyril Zammit of Broken Hill was driving a car which collided head on with that of T.J. Vanstone of St Peters. The accident occurred about four miles north of Hallett. Mr Zammit had a compound fracture of the upper arm and broken bones in the forearm. Mr Vanstone was uninjured.

Cricket. Broken Hill won the Burra Easter Cricket Carnival comfortably. Details next issue.

[No they weren’t! The scores were not given, but the paper of 17 March does say the best bowling was by G. Pelgrave of Broken Hill and the best batting was by M. Copeland of Broken Hill. Copeland also achieved the highest score of 138 n.o.]

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 4

Burra Town Council, 19 March

The Council resolved that the gum tree at the Rectory would be lopped.

SA Housing Trust forwarded plans for the timber framed houses proposed for Burra, to be retained by the Council in an effort to stimulate interest from local builders.

Mr Ellis wrote saying there was no foundation in the statements [concerning the SA Housing Trust] he was alleged to have made.

A quote was received for two fluorescent lights for the Library for £7-2-6, from Burra Radio & Electrical Service.

H.M. Scott tendered his resignation from Council from 14 April, as he was leaving the district.

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 6

Bowls. Broadview bowlers visited over the Easter Weekend.

On Saturday Burra 53 defeated Broadview 52.

On Monday Broadview 52 defeated Burra 50.

CWA Rest Rooms at the Town Hall

Sometimes country members have mistaken the Town Clerk’s residence for the rest rooms, but a sign will now be painted on the rest room door, with a sign opposite the entrance too.

77, 12, 27 Mar. 1951, page 7

Burra Electric Supply

R.H.M. Lea of ETSA will visit Burra on Thursday to discuss the connection of Burra to the ETSA supply. For many years the Burra Electric Supply Co. has given good service with few interruptions to supply, but fuel and wages costs are rising and charges for electricity in Burra are high. Compare charges for Burra and Waterloo (ETSA):

Burra 15d for first 10 units

12d for the next 15

8d for next 25

Then 6d and down to 4d for light or commercial use

Waterloo 10.9d per unit for a single meter for lights

3.25d per unit down to 1.775d for domestic power

3.4d down to 1.64d for commercial power

ETSA also hired out electrical appliances.

The only down side to ETSA power came with blackouts when there was a coal strike.

Tennis.

‘B’ Grade Semi-Finals

Ironmine II 10-95 defeated Aberdeen I 10-91

Spalding 15-90 defeated Ironmine I 5-65

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 1

Koonoona Proprietors have sold a stud ram through Dalgety & Co. for 1,500 guineas to the Riverina Pastoral Co. Pty Ltd ‘Gundaline’ Hay, NSW.

Mr & Mrs Vic. Nethway & Pam were farewelled in the Parish Hall last Sunday evening.

Mr & Mrs Neville Woodards & Peta & Wendy were also farewelled. Both families have been closely associated with St Mary’s.

Accident. John Mann of Whyte Yarcowie was thrown onto his head and suffered concussion when his motorbike skidded near the grass tennis courts on Saturday afternoon. He is making a good recovery.

Burra Hospital

After months of debate between the Hospital Department and the Board, it seems an agreement has been reached to present a plan to the Government to build the whole of the new wing and to house the nurses in the old building for the time being. The cost is c. £60,000, of which the Government will be asked for half. It will be some time before the Government makes a decision.

Burra Electricity

Mr Lea, Chairman of ETSA, said the Trust was very interested in Burra and could extend a line from Waterloo, about 25 miles, for £30,000. The charges for electricity would be much lower than those presently made. A shortage of labour and materials meant this could not be achieved before October 1953. ETSA could take over the existing powerhouse at any time and boost the output, if needed, with a new engine, until ETSA lines reached Burra. The Burra Electric Supply Co. has an agreement which terminates in 1952, but ETSA would like to see it carry on till they can take over in 1953.

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. Members retiring on first Saturday in July:

Mayor: William Carpenter

North Ward: Horton Joseph Barraclough Jennison

East Ward: Maurice Francis Pritchard

West Ward: Robert George Bernhardt

Notice. The Estate of the late Mary Marston offers for sale 432 shares in the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd in lots of not less than 50.

Burra Younger Set, Junior Red Cross.

The inaugural meeting was held on 28 March and elected Maureen Halliday as Leader with Fay Kakoschke as Secretary and Helen Walker as Treasurer.

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Talkies, 7 April

Barbara Stanwyck & James Mason in East Side – West Side

Van Johnson & Elizabeth Taylor in The Big Hangover

Burra Football Club held its AGM in the RSL Hall last Wednesday. The club is in credit £85 and of that £44 was paid into the benevolent fund for injured players. Elected were: President, K.J. Murphy; Secretary, R. Chambers and Assistant Secretary, E. Lehmann. It was decided to join the North Eastern Association. The Sports Syndicate will be approached for the use of its ground and the Racing Club for the use of its building.

Bowls. Burra Gold 109 defeated Saddleworth Gold 84

Burra Green 94 defeated Auburn 79.

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 4

The Service Lecture Team appeared in the Town Hall last Thursday and the Mayor, W. Carpenter, introduced Squadron Leader Gallwey RAAF, Major D.D. Patterson ARA and Lt Commander H. Goodwin RANR to a well-attended meeting. The servicemen explained the role of the armed services in Australia today. [Details ex tend for 11⁄4 columns.]

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy over double 500 yards on Saturday. Three possibles were scored, by E.C. Hopkins, R.G. Bernhardt and Herb. Byles, a former Captain and now at Alice Springs. Best scorer on the day was D.H. Field.

Mrs A. White, Mr & Mrs C, White & Mr Max White, all of Porter Lagoon, were farewelled at Hanson Sunday School Hall on Thursday 29 March. After many years in the town they have left to settle in Adelaide. As well as appreciative speeches there were items of song, music and elocution. Mrs C. White was a long-term church worker, organist and song leader, Sunday school teacher and Ladies’ Guild President. A delicious supper concluded the evening.

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 7

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Semi-Final, replay of the drawn match. Kooringa 11-99 defeated Leighton 9-67.

Richard Tiver, of Burra High School, broke his arm for the second time in 14 months, on the horizontal bars on Monday afternoon.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Anniversary next weekend will have Rev. M.C. Morris of Clare as the speaker.

77, 13, 3 Apr. 1951, page 8

Cricket. Burra Association Final, 17 & 31 March

Burra 104 defeated Koonoona 53 and will play the Buffs in the Grand Final.

Electric Petrol Pumps are being installed in Burra service stations and should be in operation by the end of the week. They not only show the amount of petrol pumped into the car, but also the cost to the customer.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 1

SA Stud Merino Breeders Assoc. entertained a party of Stud Merino Breeders from New Zealand’s South Island at the Burra Hotel last week on Tuesday night. T.E. Ashby, as President of the Assoc., was toastmaster. Sir George Jenkins, Minister of Agriculture, toasted the visitors and Mr Lyons responded for the visiting group. Mr Ashby said the early studs had been founded in a strip about twenty miles wide stretching from Kapunda north through Burra and Hallett to Terowie. Lucerne was grown in two valleys along the strip. The oldest of the studs were Anlaby, Koonoona and Collinsville.

Accident. A taxi taking Miss Elsie Shaw, a visitor from Victoria, to the Burra Races, overturned on the Black Springs road on Wednesday. She is 22 and was found to have suffered spinal injuries.

Burra School. A petition is being circulated to get the schoolyard levelled and improved. Despite repeated requests the Department has done nothing to curtail the injuries caused by its present condition.

Burra Races last Wednesday were highly successful. The course and grounds had been watered and rain the day before eliminated any dust. Fields were small, but the racing was keen. The course was in good order. Gate money was down, but it seems likely that the club will make a profit on its two meetings for the year. There were seven races, including a hurdles event. [Results are printed.]

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC: Councillors retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Hanson Ward: Morgan de Neufville Lucas

Mt Bryan Ward: Thomas Daniel James Beckwith

Booborowie Ward: Walter Lomman

Baldina Ward: Eric Lisle McWaters

Nominations close by 12 May with a ballot, if needed, on 7 July.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 April

Richard Widmark & Lionel Barrymore in Down to the Sea in Ships

Jimmy Lyndon & Penny Edwards in Tucson

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 3

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM on 20 March. Elected were: President, Mrs Miels; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Riggs & Jennison; Secretary, Mrs Jennifer R. Ford; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Deer; Treasurer, Mrs Gare and Assistant Secretary Mrs Pederick.

As usual the chief fund raising event was the Ball and in December the students were given their usual banquet. During the year the purchase of an Encyclopaedia Britannica was the major expenditure.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 4 [numbered 10]

Marriage. Hanson Methodist Church 24 March (the first wedding there in six years)

Patricia Jean Robinson, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs S.H. Robinson of Hanson, married

Oswald Robert Fisher, youngest son of Mr & Mrs O. Fisher of Mintaro.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 5

Burra Hospital, like others in the state, is finding it difficult to survive financially in a time of rising wages and other costs. Mr F.T. Marston, the Council’s representative on the Board, said to Council that he believed the present system of financing hospitals was out of date. The matter needs to be taken up by the Local Government Assoc. The Federal Government hasn’t increased its payment of 8/- a day towards patient costs for many years. Councils need to be empowered to strike a special rate for hospitals, which should be subsidised £ for £ by the State Government. It is a scheme that would provide a much needed stability for hospital finances.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 6

Bowls. Mid-North Bowling Assoc. Champion of Champions was held at Burra on Saturday. In the final W.G. Goodenough of Clare with 21 defeated N.C. Woodards of Burra with 17.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot last Saturday.

L.B. Rayner of Hallett has had a ram he paid 2,500 guineas for last year, die suddenly after having him for only a few weeks. He hoped however, that 70 ewes were carrying his progeny and he had provided 30 lb of wool. The ram was insured.

Basketball. A meeting at Miss J. Williams’ home on 6 April elected Joan Williams as Captain, Fay Kakoschke as Vice-Captain and Mavis Broad as Secretary.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 8 [numbered 7]

Burra Burra DC, 2 April. Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau suggested that land be bought to build a road from the northern railway crossing at Mt Bryan, along the eastern side of the line, to the township. This would overcome the problem of SAR’s refusal to build a new crossing. This was dismissed by Council as too expensive.

77, 14, 10 Apr. 1951, page 9

Burra Tennis Assoc. ‘B’ Grade Preliminary Final

Spalding 14-109 defeated Aberdeen I 6-76

Burra Choral Society has resumed after its recess. Since its inception in 1949 it has raised £96 and hopes to continue to bring a better class of artists to the town. President Mrs Jennison was re-elected. The society hopes to combine with the Clare Gilbert & Sullivan Society to produce Handel’s Messiah either at Clare or Burra or both in December.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 1

Totally & Permanently Disabled Soldiers’ Assoc. will hold an appeal day in Burra on Friday. There are presently 500 members of the Assoc. in SA and the aim is to pay off the debt on the new Club Rooms on the corner of South Terrace and Hutt Street in Adelaide. There are over a dozen old Burra Boys now members of the Association.

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Grand Final

Aberdeen 15-109 defeated Kooringa 5-64

Mr & Mrs A.A. Short were farewelled from Farrell Flat on 6 April. They are leaving to live in Adelaide after about 30 years in the district.

Gebhardt Bros of Mackerode and Woollana Studs held their first Field Day last Wednesday. It was most successful, with buyers coming from all over SA, interstate and overseas.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Church trustees are spending £1,000 on renovations in honour of the church’s centenary. The Ladies’ Guild has accumulated over £500 towards the total and other donations at present total about £250. Work includes painting the building inside and out, floor surfacing and polishing; installation of fluorescent lighting, new carpets and alter furnishings. Later an inside porch will be added. New stained glass windows are planned to honour pioneers and the Woollacott and Riggs families. Celebrations begin 6 May.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, pages 1 & 8

Burra Air Force Assoc. officially received recognition on Friday evening when the State President of the Association, Mr R.M. Rechner, presented its charter. Mr R.C. Lott, as President of the Burra Branch, presided over the gathering. The main aim of the branch at present was to improve its amenities. Mr J. McBride supported the President’s remarks. Mr Rechner said no branch received a charter until it had been in existence for some time. Mr I. Richardson, as President of the RSL in Burra, offered his congratulations and Alf Woodman spoke similarly as the President of the Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc. and G.H. Dollman as President of the Fathers’ Assoc.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 2

Notice. Anzac Commemoration services

Market Square, Sunday 29 April at 3 p.m.

Music will be provided by the Ex-Naval Men’s Band from Adelaide

Church Parade at Burra North Methodist Church 7 p.m.

Notice. Burra Town Council

A Supplementary Election is called following the resignation of Cr Hurtle Melville Scott.

Nominations close 5 May with an election on 7 July if required.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 April

John Payne & Gail Russell in El Paso

William Gargan & Virginia Welles in Dynamite

25 April

House by the River

Rock Island Trail

Obituary. A Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Kevin James Barnes, son of Mr & Mrs S. Barnes of Burra North. [Died 9 March 1951 aged 8 hours.]

Collinsville Field Day. Mr A.L. Collins’ Stud Park held a Field Day on 10 April and 300 people attended to see some 100 rams. The morning brought misty rain, but the rams could be let out into the yards for better viewing in the afternoon.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 4 [numbered 7]

Burra Town Council, 2 April

Assistant Superintendent of Primary Schools has advised that the Architect-in-Chief will prepare a report on the schoolyard.

F.T. Marston, as Council’s representative on the Hospital Board, brought to Council’s attention the Hospital’s ongoing financial difficulties and suggested ways of raising additional finance.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. is to be advised that the Council has had discussions with ETSA concerning connecting the town to the ETSA supply.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 5

Australian Pensioners’ League SA Ltd met recently at the RSL Hall. Branch President, Mrs G. Eig and Secretary, Mr E. Williams, welcomed visitors from Adelaide, Mr W. Wheeler, Vice Chairman of the League and Mr J.H. Millikan JP, secretary of the league. Mr Millikan outlined the work of the League since its formation in 1932. Irresponsible people in the district had been saying that its benefits were not being paid. Such people need to substantiate their claims and the Board of the League intends to take legal action if such statements persist.

[On page 2 G.G. Gregor has a public notice retracting any statements he has made ‘with reference to the status of the Australian Pensioners’ League SA Ltd.]

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Preliminary Final

Kooringa 13-97 defeated Booborowie 7-87

‘B’ Grade Premiership

Spalding 12 sets defeated Ironmine 8 sets

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Burra Bowling Club farewelled its secretary Mr Neville Woodards and greenkeeper Vic Nethway on their leaving the district.

Burra-Redruth Methodist Church welcomed Rev. Clem Christopher to the circuit on Sunday in place of Rev. C.L.H. Pitman, who has been transferred.

The Federal Election on 28 April brought Mr A.R. Downer MHR to Burra on 16 April. His speech touching on the Communist peril, counter-inflationary measures, wool legislation (relating to income taxation) and defence measures, is reported in one column.

77, 15, 17 Apr. 1951, page 8

Burra Golf Club held its AGM on Monday in the RSL Room. The club is in credit £18. Elected were: President, I.D. Richardson, Vice-Presidents, Messrs L.H. Thomas & R. Martin and Secretary, C, Davey. The season is to open on 28 April.

Advt. A large advertisement supports the LCL Senate team and A.R. Downer for the House of Representatives in the Federal Election of 28 April.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 1

Koonoona Field Day was held last Wednesday and saw a WA buyer, Mr Clem J. Manuel, pay 1,500 guineas for a ram. About 400 people attended. Mr Roy Butcher from Mt Kokeby paid 1,000 guineas for a ram and Mr Hayfield of Yacka paid a similar amount. Three went to New Zealand for 500 guineas each. Other sales were also very good.

Anzac Commemoration Services will be held on 29 April. Usually they are held on the Sunday before Anzac Day, but the availability of the band for the 29th caused the change this year. The local platoon of the 27th Scottish Regiment CMF has been asked to participate.

Weather. Light rain has broken the drought at Booborowie and at least renewed domestic supplies.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy and Jim Brown with a possible came in first in both the handicap and off-the-rifle competitions. Next best were M .Kakoschke & B.O. Scholz.

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd sold 8,900 of 9,800 sheep yarded at their market on Friday. This is an unusually large market for this time of year.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 2

Notice. Commonwealth Returning Officer, Electoral Division of Angas

Nominations for the House of Representatives.

Downer, Alexander Russell (LCL) Dairy Farmer of Bridgewater

Edwards, John (ALP) Shipwright of Largs Bay

Polling Places: Burra RSL Hall

Burra North Court House

Notice. T.C.A. Radford has been forced through ill health to give up the Burra Monumental Works, but will continue to represent the new firm as its travelling agent.

Advt. ALP Advertisement for the Federal Election for John Edwards (for the House of Representatives) and for the Senate Team.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 April

Cary Grant, Diana Lynn, Franchot Tone & Patsy Drake in Every Girl Should be Married

Barbara Hale & Bobby Driscoll in The Window

Hallett Anzac Service was held at the Institute on Sunday 22 April.

Northern Mails will close an hour earlier at 10.00 a.m. instead of 10.55 a.m. on Thursdays in the future because the train from Adelaide will in future be an hour earlier on Thursday mornings.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 4 [numbered 7]

Myxomatosis is still spreading. It is very widely spread in NSW and Victoria and has recently made big inroads in southern inland Queensland. It has reached Adelaide in SA and the desert marginal area of the Birdsville Track. High controlling mortalities though, are confined to areas where mosquito numbers are high, such as rive r flats and frontages and swampy margins.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 5

Advt. Jim (J.A.) Scott advertises he is an agent for Dry Cleaning & Dyeing. But a notice on page 2 says he is NOT an agent for Burra Dry Cleaners.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Booborowie Soldiers’ Welcome Home Committee some time ago undertook to present each returned serviceman or servicewoman with a travelling rug. As the rugs were available only on a quota system, 23 rugs were unavailable. These last 23 have now been obtained, but at a much greater price and £100 needed to be collected to cover this. About £60 was donated at a public meeting and the district is being canvassed for the remainder.

77, 16, 24 Apr. 1951, page 8

The Hanson-Clare Pipeline has now been completed and most men have moved on, with a handful left to dismantle the mess hut and other buildings.

Cricket. Burra Association Final. Burra 202 & 2 for 23 v. Buffs 172 & 162.

Burra requires 116 to win with 8 wickets in hand.

Advt. LCL Election advertisement for A.R. Downer (for House of Representatives) and for the Senate Team.

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 1

Federal Election. In the Kooringa subdivision of the Electorate of Angas:

A.R. Downer 1380

J. Edwards 842

In the Senate the No. 1 LCL Candidate, Mr E.W. Mattner, polled 1250 and the No. 1 ALP Candidate, Mr S.W. O’Flaherty 805.

Burra Motor Cycle Club wants to build a saucer track on the outer ring of the Showgrounds for racing motor-cycles and light cars. The club is aware of the Show Society’s intention of enlarging the ring. The Show Committee is to inspect the site before making a decision.

Football. At a pre-season game on Saturday Burra lost to Robertstown by 3.2.

Burra Show Society will conduct Sheep Dog Trials, probably on 20 September in conjunction with Jubilee Week Celebrations.

Radio Station 5DN will broadcast Divine service from the Burr-Redruth Methodist Church next Sunday, when the President of the SA Methodist Conference will be the preacher. It is expected that two old Burra boys will attend in the persons of Rev. E.H. Woollacott and Rev. D.G. Longbottom.

The Anzac Commemoration Service at the War Memorial on Sunday drew about 800 in mild weather. The ex-Navalmen’s Band from Adelaide provided the music and led the march of returned servicemen and the local CMF. Ian Richardson, as President of the local sub-branch of the RSL, was in charge. The RSL later entertained the Band at afternoon tea. Rev. C. Christopher, Rev. F.E. Tregilgas and Captain Lamont of the Salvation Army all took roles in the service. (Captain Lamont was deputising for Captain Lawrence of Burra.) Rev. R. Pettet gave the address. [Which is printed.]

Wreaths were laid by: I. Richardson (RSL,) R.C. Lott (Air Force Association & Ex-Navalmen’s Association,) A.G. Woodman (Demobilised Soldiers,) G.H. Dollman (Fathers’ Association) and Mayor, W. Carpenter for the Town of Burra.

The evening Anzac Service was held in the Redruth Sunday School Hall, as the church was being prepared for the coming Centenary Celebrations. The Hall was crowded and 42 members of the RSL, led by Mr I. Richardson, were present. Lt R. Campbell also attended with CMF personnel. The choir was under the baton of Mr L.H. Thomas.

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 May

Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn in The World and His Wife

Plus short features

Wednesday 9 May: Jubilee Day

John Wayne & Vera Ralston in The Fighting Kentuckian

Robert Rockwell & Barbara Fuller in Alias the Champ

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 3

Railway Accident. This morning the locomotive hauling the 5 o’clock freight to Terowie jumped the points at the north end of the Burra Railway Station and was derailed. The mobile crane had to be sent from Islington to re-rail the engine. The Broken Hill express was able to get through on another track, but the 7.05 a.m. railcar to Adelaide was blocked and could not depart.

Obituary. Mrs Daisy Bates CBE died in her sleep recently at an Adelaide Nursing Home aged 92.

[Died at Prospect 18 April 1951 aged 91.]

Burra Rifle Club fired a match over double 700 yards in which the best results were by W.G. Edwards, R.J. Bernhardt and J. Brown. To this point R.J. Bernhardt 36 leads Jim Schwier 33 in the marksman’s contest and in the handicap section R.J. Bernhardt 30 leads from J. Brown 25.

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 5

Burra Show Society. The General Committee has recommended to the Finance Committee that the building of new sheep yards and a pavilion goes ahead at a cost of c. £600.

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 6

Cricket. On Saturday Kooringa needed 116 runs to win, with 8 wickets in hand. They managed 202 in their first innings, but could get only 87 in the second innings for a total of 289. Buffs scored 177 & 162 for 339 and so won the shield. They have won it three times in succession and it becomes their absolute property. In the second innings Kotz took 7 for 18 [or this is probably what is meant in a somewhat confusing statement.]

77, 17, 1 May 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

The State X-ray Unit will be at the Buffalo Lodge Hall, Burra North 24 May to 6 June. Everyone should contact the Town Clerk and make an appointment for a free X-ray.

Badminton. Burra North Gold 10-202 defeated Kooringa Red 2-98.

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 1

Accident. On Tuesday morning last week a broken tie-rod caused a three-ton truck, driven by J.C. Dixon of Monash, to run off the road at the Booborowie turn-off on the Mt Bryan Road about 21⁄2 miles from Burra. Damage to the truck was superficial.

Football. First round of the season.

Terowie 6.7 defeated Leighton 6.4

Spalding 6.11 defeated Booborowie 5.10

Burra 13.14 defeated Hallett 4.9

Burra Town Council

As. Rev. Pettet was the only nomination for the extraordinary vacancy created by the resignation of Cr H.M. Scott, he was elected on Saturday. We believe he is the first minister of religion to sit on the Council.

Burra Redruth Methodist Church Centenary

Former members of the congregation to return to the celebrations included:

Mr & Mrs J. Bentley Rev. H. Woollacott

Miss Mary Bentley Mr R.C. Woollacott

Mr & Mrs Guy Tiddy Mrs Arthur Harris, nee Bessie Woollacott

Miss Forder Mrs Trengove, nee Forder

Mrs Attenborough (of Prospect) Mrs Irlam (of Crystal Brook)

Mr & Mrs Lyal Fuss Mr & Mrs Bert Blunt

Mr & Mrs Colin Fuller Rev. J.C. Jennison

Rev. D.G. Longbottom Mrs R.G. Burdon, nee Thamm

Emily Sara Miss Lilian Gartrell

Miss Jessie Gartrell Mr & Mrs E.S. Bartholomaeus

Miss Joyce Fairchild Miss Sheila Fairchild

Saturday 5 May Rev. C. Christopher welcomed the President of the SA Methodist Conference, Rev. R.E. Stanley and Mr H.J.B. Jennison welcomed all visitors.

Mr J.G. Sara unveiled a new window dedicated to Pioneers. The theme of the window is ‘The Sower of the Seed.’

Mr Brian Riggs unveiled a window to the memory of William Adrian Rabbich and his daughter Mrs Emmeline Fuss. He represented the fourth generation of the Rabbich family on his mother’s side. The theme is the Shepherd’s Psalm.

Mr S.J. Woollacott unveiled the third window, to the memory of Thomas Henry Woollacott [1855-1924] and Catherine Frances Woollacott [nee Young 1857-1939.] The theme of this window is ‘The Light of the World.’

Mr James Bentley presented the pulpit chair in memory of William and Elizabeth Bentley.

Rev. Stanley acknowledged the gifts.

Afternoon tea followed in the Hall.

Sunday 6 May the church was full for a service taken by Rev. Stanley. The proceedings were broadcast by radio station 5DN. In the afternoon Rev. E.H. Woollacott conducted a service assisted by Rev. J.C. Jennison.

In the evening Rev. D.G. Longbottom of Pt Pirie and formerly of Ironmine took the service.

Soloists were Mrs Satchell and Mrs John Reed.

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 May

Moira Shearer & Anton Walbrook in The Red Shoes

Patrick Holt & Margaret Burton in Fly Away Peter

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 3

Obituary. A Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Clarence Henry Dixon of Farrell Flat.

[Born as Clarence Henry Dixson 4 February 1913 Kooringa: died 4 April 1951 North Adelaide, residence Farrell Flat aged 38.]

Burra High School Held its Sports Day last Thursday at the Burra Racecourse in excellent weather.

Cup Winners:

Senior Boys’ Cup: Gary Voumard

Senior Girls’ Cup: Joy Bourman

Junior Boys’ Cup: Bruce Stockman

Junior Girls’ Cup: Enid Mitchell

[Other results are also printed.]

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 4 [numbered 7]

St Joseph’s School Sports were held at the school on Saturday 5 May. [Results are printed.]

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of ‘The Gap’ Trophy with best results from C. Fiedler, F.T. Marston & P. Betts.

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Hall was the venue for a Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic on Friday night. [Prize winners are listed.]

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Cricket. In the Mokota Cricket Association the final was won by North Booborowie 299 from Mt Bryan 125.

Badminton, 7 May

Burra North Gold 10-189 defeated Kooringa Green 2-98

RSL 10-182 defeated Lodge Blue 2-124

Basketball. Mt Bryan 13 defeated Burra 6

Hallett 28 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 1

Leighton 9 defeated Terowie 1

Booborowie 19 defeated Spalding 9

Hallett & Willalo Schools held a combined Arbor Day on 4 May at Hallett Oval. The Hallett children planted 6 Currajong trees along the drive into the oval. Sports were played after lunch.

77, 18, 8 May 1951, page 8

Burra Town Council, 16 April

The Commissioner of Railways is to be informed that his instructions concerning blowing down of boilers in the station yard at Burra, is not being attended to.

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 1

Burra Burra Show Inc. adopted the recommendation to build the new sheep pavilion, but owing to the poor financial position of the society, it was deemed necessary to open a subscription list to try to cover the cost of the new building. The proposed pavilion is 100 ft x 30 ft and will be built of wood and iron of new timber and with materials on hand used to build the pens.

104 pens are to be built, 5 ft x 4 ft enclosed with timber and cyclone.

Burra Town Hall

The CWA ladies want to see improved supper facilities at the hall and recently they donated £30 for a new stainless sink and drainage board to be installed in the present supper room. They believe a new supper room should be built at the rear of the present building. Also there was a suggestion that the library be used for suppers and a new library be built. Council will meet with the CWA for discussions.

Stray Dogs are a major problem in the town. Council recently decided to take strong action against owners of stray dogs and to have ownerless stray dogs destroyed.

Weather. Rain has fallen throughout the district with falls of well over an inch in the west and up to 66 points in the east. World’s End received 66 points, Woolgangi 20, Parcoola 50, Old Koomooloo 30, Mt Bryan 100, Farrell Flat 130 and Booborowie 97.

Burra Town Council Elections

Mayor: W. Carpenter re-elected unopposed

West Ward: Cr Bernhardt re-elected unopposed

East Ward: Cr Pritchard

R.C. Lott

An election will be held in East Ward 7 July.

North Ward had no nominations and proceedings were adjourned till 2 June.

Crows are reported to be killing more lambs in the district than foxes are.

Burra School. The renovations to the yard are expected to be completed within the next month. The work includes a new toilet block and septic tank, grading and paving the yard and filling in the old pits. The lavatories are complete except for connection to the new mains, expected next month. The contract for grading the yard and demolishing the old lavatories has been let.

Obituary. Mr Frank Longbottom died recently. He was born at Jamestown 7 April 1877, the youngest son of the late David and Mary Longbottom. On 18 February 1903 he married Edith Haines, the daughter of the late George Haines of Mundoora. Aged 20, he went to WA for a time before returning to farm at Belalie and later at Braefoot near Burra. He retired to Burra about 11 years ago.

[Born 8 April 1877 Belalie: died 2 February 1951 Burra.]

77, 19, 15 May 1951, pages 1 & 8

Burra Redruth Methodist Church Centenary

Monday. Celebrations continued with a tea and a public meeting. Mrs Jennison and Miss Clara Reed convened the tea. The evening meeting was preceded by a session of song conducted by Rev. C. Christopher. Mr C.R. Woollacott, headmaster of Essendon Grammar School, chaired the meeting.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison read greetings from those unable to attend.

Mr L.H. Thomas provided some songs: Bridge Builders and Little Grey Home in the West.

Other items were given by Mary Cox, Marie Gare, Mrs Arthur Harris (Bessie Woollacott) and Mrs R.H. Campbell.

There was a session of reminiscences with a number of contributors:

Mrs J.G. Sara gave information about the second church building at Redruth, which was located just at the rear of the Courthouse.

Mrs Richard Reed said some of the stones from it are still to be seen there.

C.R. Woollacott recounted a beating for skipping school to rob a Murray Magpie’s nest and tearing his pants in the process.

Mr Rob. Fuss recalled being made to go to Sunday school twice every Sunday.

Someone told how Miss Bubb used to bring the girls from the Reformatory to Church.

Mr Jim Bentley spoke of the disciplinary measures of Mrs Brice and Mrs Chant, but also of their sincerity and service to the church.

Mrs Davidson told of her father leading the singing at services.

J.G. Sara recalled early men of the church, including Sir Frederick Holder, who had become an MP and later first Speaker in the House of Representatives. He also spoke in praise of Mr Rabbich, whose memorial window was recently unveiled.

Other reminiscences brought to mind by Rev. E.H. Woollacott, Mr Dunhill and Mr Guy Tiddy.

Wednesday. Redruth Sunday School was beautifully decorated for a musical luncheon at which about 160 sat down to a knife and fork meal. Rev. C. Christopher welcomed everyone. Visiting clergy gave their greetings: Rev. C.L.H. Pitman of Gladstone and previously of Redruth, Rev. R.S.T. Pettet of St Mary’s, Captain Lawrence of Burra Salvation Army, Rev. J.C. Jennison, a former Redruth Minister and Rev. F.E. Tregilgas of Kooringa. Other Guilds and Churches sent greetings.

Mrs Satchell sang There’s an Old-Fashioned House, after which there were contributions from Hilltown Ladies, Miss Barbara Humphrys of Ironmine and Miss Jefferies of Mt Bryan. Rev. E. Nicholls of Hallett gave an address.

Thursday. Celebrations ended with a thanksgiving service with a fine congregation. A former minister, Rev. C.L.H. Pitman occupied the pulpit with Rev. Christopher. The choir again gave excellent service and the evening concluded with a pasty supper.

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd announced the sale of Lord’s Well Station at the RSL Hall Burra on Friday 22 June at 2.30 p.m. 96 miles east of Burra and 70 miles northeast of Morgan and 70 miles north of Renmark, on instructions from Messrs V.A.W. Riggs & Sons. 133 square miles of pastoral lease.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 May

Bing Crosby & Virginia Field in A Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

William Eythe & Barbara Britton in Mr Reckless

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 3

Burra Burra DC Election Result

Mt Bryan Ward: T.D.J. Beckwith

Hanson Ward: M. de N. Lucas

Baldina Ward: E.L. McWaters

Booborowie Ward: W.J. Shattock

All were elected unopposed as from 7 July 1951.

Birth. To Pat & Darrell Field at Burra Hospital on 11 May, a daughter.

Burra Rifle Club fired on Saturday the second last match of the season, over double 500 yards. Best scorers were D.H. Field, W. Edwards & A. Robinson.

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 4

Mr & Mrs Hawker have presented a set of Arthur Mee’s Encyclopaedia to Booborowie School.

Burra Burra Show Inc. An anonymous donor has offered £50 towards the £180 cost of cyclone gates for the inside yards at the new sheep yards, if two others will each give £50 and another £30, (or a group of smaller donors to total the required amount.)

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 5

Booborowie Autumn Fair organised by the Booborowie Ladies’ Club, was a decided success. The exhibition had sections for flowers, Produce, Woolwork, Needlework and Cookery. [Prize winners are listed.] Aggregate winners were:

Exhibition: Mrs B.V. Keain (Spalding)

Flowers: Mesdames C. Pryde & Les. Pearce (tied)

Decorative: Mrs K. O’Toole

Cookery: Mrs F. Willis

Produce: Mrs Moody

Needlework: Mrs K. Neaylon

Woolwork: Mrs B. Keain

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 6

Badminton Carnival

The Final Match saw Burra No. 2 6-168 defeat Orroroo No.1 6-150.

Teams in the carnival came from Orroroo, Peterborough and Burra.

In the regular game Burra North Gold 12-204 defeated Redruth 0-90.

Obituary. Mrs W.J. Cousins collapsed and died on Friday morning. She was a pleasant woman, who had earned the love and respect of the district in her long sojourn in the Booborowie area. She is survived by a husband, three daughters and three sons: Michael (Adelaide,) Patrick (Adelaide,) Richard (Womnera,) Mary Mrs F. Hogan (Whyalla,) Dorothy Mrs Leo Kemp (Booborowie,) and Ellen Mrs George Kemp (Booborowie.) One daughter, Bridget Mrs J.E. Sullivan, died some years ago and another died in infancy. [Born Ellen Teresa Murphy: died 11 May 1951 Booborowie aged 75. Birth not found on SA Births CD.]

77, 19, 15 May 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Football.

Burra 15.9 defeated Leighton 7.14

Terowie defeated Spalding decisively, but the scores cited don’t make sense.

Booborowie 13.16 defeated Hallett 5.25

Basketball.

Booborowie 38 defeated Hallett 19

Spalding 25 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 6

Leighton 14 defeated Burra 10

Terowie 15 defeated Mt Bryan 4.

77, 20, 22 May 1951, page 1

Mushrooms are plentiful at present.

Offensive behaviour. A recent visitor to the town made a nuisance of himself at local hotels and was denied both drink and accommodation at them as a result. Constable Chambers was surprised to arrive home on Sunday evening to see smoke from his kitchen chimney. He found the unwelcome guest in his kitchen, about to eat the mushrooms the constable had collected, that had been cooked with the department’s wood on the police station stove. Not only had the visitor been unable to resist the mushrooms, but he had borrowed the salt from a neighbour when unable to find any. He became a guest of HM for 21 days.

Burra Burra Show Inc. The addition of several new trophies and other improvements should boost entries to the Burra Show for this year. The subscription list set up for the new sheep pavilion has reached £35-15-0.

Burra Rifle Club. Last weekend the Adelaide Metropolitan Riflemen paid their annual visit and fired a match over 300 and 700 yards. Metropolitan 740 defeated Burra 704. After the match the teams enjoyed a chop tea at Mr & Mrs Heinrich’s at ‘Dutton’s Trough.’

77, 20, 22 May 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 May

Cary Grant & Myrna Loy in Mr Blandings Builds his Dream House

William Lundigan & Jacqueline White in Mystery in Mexico

The Salvation Army will have a Jubilee Campaign meeting under the Divisional Commander Lt-Col. Wallace next Sunday.

Badminton. RSL 7-172 defeated Lodge Gold 5-141.

77, 20, 22 May 1951, pages 4 [numbered 3] & 8

Combined School Sports were held at Booborowie. North Booborowie promoted the event this year, but being without grounds of their own, they used those at Booborowie. Schools competing were: Spalding, St Joseph’s Convent Spalding, Booborowie, Willalo, North Booborowie, Hanson and Gum Creek. The day was opened by Mr B.H. Woodgate. [Sports results are printed.]

77, 20, 22 May 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Burra DC, 7 May

The E & WS Department writes to allow five unmetered hydrants to remain with the Council, but to be used only for fire fighting.

Work on the main road 46 has been completed, but it is not yet open for traffic.

‘Slow Down’ notices have been erected at either end of Hanson, but those for Farrell Flat have not yet arrived.

77, 20, 22 May 1951, page 6

Burra-Redruth Church Centenary

The celebrations included a concert on Tuesday 8 May. It was presented by Mr Reg. Bellenger and a party of vocalists from the city, assisted by Mr John Drake at the piano and Miss Margaret Cornwell of Hilltown, elocutionist. The program began with several items from Gilbert & Sullivan operas. Performers were:

Miss Dorothy Slee (Soprano,) Miss Lola Cross (Contralto,) Miss Ruth Angel (Soprano,) Mr Lloyd Angel (Bass-baritone,) Mr Reg. Bellenger (Tenor,) Mr Sydney Morrell (Light baritone,) Mrs John Drake (Piano) and Miss Margaret Cornwell.

A supper convened by Mrs Rex Pickering concluded a very enjoyable evening.

77, 20, 22 May 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Inter-High School Sports were held on 11 May at Kapunda. Some mishaps along the way saw most Burra students arrive too late for the opening ceremony. Results were:

Clare 2001⁄2

Balaklava 1851⁄2

Burra 1151⁄2

Riverton 941⁄2

Kapunda 79

One of the school buses had to wait for a spare part to come from Adelaide, so about half the students returned by private cars. Next year Burra hosts the event.

Football.

Burra 11.14 defeated Terowie 4.9

Leighton 13.22 defeated Booborowie 10.4

Hallett 12.13 defeated Spalding 5.10

Basketball.

Burra 29 defeated Terowie 16

Hallett 19 defeated Spalding 13

Booborowie 32 defeated Leighton 17

Mt Bryan 23 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 12.

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 1

Burra Post Office

Business has increased so much that facilities are cramped. The switchboard at the exchange can handle 300 subscribers and that number has nearly been reached. There is no room for expansion. The Department surveyor has recently inspected the vacant block adjacent to the Billiard Saloon in Market Square and has recommended it and the Billiard Saloon be purchased, plus a Corporation owned lane at the rear. Whether this advice will be followed has not yet been announced. Even if it is done, shortages of building materials will delay any new post office for quite some time. In the mean time it has been decided to try to relocate the postmaster’s residence so that the residential area of the present building can be used to extend the telephone exchange and increase postal facilities. It is intended that the Burra exchange will serve Gum Creek, Hanson and other small localities in the district.

The Diggers’ Mad Hatters’ Ball at the Town Hall on Friday last was a colourful affair, with a huge number of dancers. About £50 was taken at the door. [Prize winning hats are described.]

Burra Bowling Club ended its season with a social evening on 16 May. Trophies were presented by Mr H. Jennison, the Club Patron.

Championship: N. Woodards

Handicap Singles: G. Terry

Handicap Consolation: J. Topsfield

Consistency: V. Riggs

Champion Pairs: R. Harris & J. Topsfield

Electric Light Pairs: N.C. Woodards & L. Hood

Burra Burra Show Inc. Contributions to the Sheep Pavilion have reached £117-19-0 with, so far, no further £50 donors to match ‘Anonymous.’

Accident. E.J. Lehmann’s passenger bus and a car collided opposite the Fire Station on Thursday night. The bus was entering the Main Road from Mt Pleasant and was halfway across when struck by the car travelling north from Commercial Street. The bus veered into the light pole at the Fire Station. The car was driven by Norman Kakoschke of Burra North who sustained lacerations, as did a passenger Miss Fay Kakoschke. Damage to the bus is estimated at £100 and to the 1939 Ford V-8 car at about £200.

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 June

James Stewart & June Allyson in The Stratton Story

Edward Arnold & Ann Harding in Eyes in the Night

Birth. To Cyril and Shirley Moore nee Wohling, at Burra Maternity Wing on 25 May, twins (a boy and a girl.)

The Salvation Army had a record Sunday morning congregation to hear the Motorcade Evangelist. Lt-Col. Wallace led the meeting. Captain Chapman, who was once stationed in Burra, gave the main address. A special dinner followed the service.

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Football. Spalding & Burra drew with 7.7 each.

Booborowie 13.13 defeated Terowie 10.14.

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 6

Obituary. Field Marshall Lord Birdwood, first Commander of the AIF, died recently in London, aged 85. He was in command at Gallipoli in 1915.

Basketball

Terowie 23 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 2

Hallett 10 defeated Leighton 9

Booborowie 28 defeated Mt Bryan 16

Spalding 27 defeated Burra 20

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 7

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Pet Show last Saturday.

Golf. Burra visited Blyth last Saturday, where Burra Men lost 7 to 1 and Burra Ladies won 3 to 1.

Badminton. Burra North Blue 6-182 defeated Burra North Gold 6-176.

77, 21, 29 May 1951, page 8

Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations at Booborowie School are reported. Mr L. Gill spoke on District History and among other observations said:

The original settlers were the Brown Bros in 1843.

Transport then was by horse or bullock wagon.

Medical care was hard to get and many young people died from diphtheria and other epidemic diseases.

Brown Bros erected a small hut on Booborowie Creek. It is understood because of running water, but only the foundations remain.

Brown’s original holding was 153 square miles with an annual rent of 15/- per square mile. The lease was later reduced and the rent increased.

In 1878 the town was surveyed after an unsuccessful attempt to establish one midway between Burra and Booborowie. Allotments sold for £5-5-0 for a quarter-acre block.

The Methodist Church was the original building in the town and for many years also served as the school.

The Catholic Church followed and for many years these were the only buildings in Booborowie, until North and South Booborowie Estates were sold.

Mr Charles Fahey opened the first store.

The Hotel was built and the licence transferred from Opie’s Hotel in Burra by the licensee, Alf. Taylor. [1917]

A baker and butcher then appeared and a school, bank, store and blacksmith.

For many years entertainments were held in the Booborowie Woolshed, but in 1922 the local Hall was completed.

When a telephone line gave communication to trunk lines it was housed at the premises of Ted Wall, local postmaster and mail contractor and this service was carried on by his son-in-law Bob Morris, until the post office was removed to the township.

In the afternoon a visit was made to the home of Messrs Broad Bros, close to the original hut of the Brown Bros, where a re-enactment of SA’s proclamation was held in costume. The group visited Master Colin Landorf on the way. He is recovering from polio. Then the children went to the Anglican Church where there is a plaque to the memory of the Brown Bros. An excellent afternoon tea concluded the day’s activities.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 1

Burra Hospital. Elder’s Trustee & Executor Co. has advised the Hospital of a further sum of £500 from the estate of the late Charles Ernest Gebhardt, bringing the total value of the bequest to about £5,000. The sum is designated for new nurses’ quarters and private wards.

The plans for the new building have been verbally approved by the Chief Secretary and sent for official approval. The supply of building materials will still cause delays.

Burra Rifle Club

R.G. (Jock) Bernhardt had already won the Marksman’s Trophy when Saturday’s shoot confirmed his leading position in the handicap competition for ‘The Gap’ Trophy too. He has 30 points to D.H. Field’s 28. In the Marksman’s Trophy he had 40 points to J.H. Schwier’s 33. Best results on Saturday were by W.G. Woodman & M. Stockman on handicap and A.G. Heinrich & W.G. Woodman off the rifle.

Burra Jubilee Year Committee has finalised a program for the week 22-29 September:

Saturday 22 September: Procession Burra to Burra Racecourse

Sports meeting with sideshows, band, dance in RSL Hall & picture show

Sunday 23 September: Church Reunions, Band Concert?

Sacred Concert in Town Hall after evening Church services

Monday 24 September: Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic at night

Tuesday 25 September: Back to School in the morning and Back to the Lodges at night

Wednesday 26 September: Inspection of Competition Gardens

Amateur Hour in the Town Hall at night

Thursday 27 September: Sheep Dog Field Trials, Flower Show, Arts & Crafts and Antique Exhibition in RSL Hall.

Friday 28 September: Gossip Day & Mock Court in Market Square

Jubilee Ball in the Town Hall

Saturday 29 September: Children’s Sports at Burra Showground

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 2

Burra Town Council, Supplementary Election for North Ward

Nominations: Henry Cecil Davies

Leslie White

Election to be held 7 July.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 June

June Haver & Mark Stevens in O You Beautiful Doll

George Montgomery & Ruth Roman in Belle Starr’s Daughter

11 June

John Wayne & Adele Mara in Sands of Iwo Jima

George Cooper & Roy Roberts in Flaming Fury

Burra Burra Show Inc. Four £50 donors have now come forward for the show gates for the new sheep pavilion. E.C. Collins was the original anonymous donor and is now joined by Messrs I.J. Warnes & Sons, Reg. Warnes & A.T. McWaters. Other subscriptions to the project now total £213-12-0.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Town Council, 21 May

The swing bridge will be inspected and consideration of its future has been delayed till after that.

The CWA thanks the Council for more storage space [at the Town Hall] and says £30 will be available when a sink has been purchased.

The Department of the Interior requests Council considers selling a portion of Howard St 19 ft 10 inches wide by 72 ft 10 inches long from Lloyd St end and asks for the price required. [This is the strip of land behind the area then being considered for, and later acquired for, a new post office.] The Council resolved that the required road be sold for £80 with transfer cost to be paid by the purchaser.

Burra Electric Supply Co. replied to a letter saying it would negotiate with ETSA if the Trust approached it.

The Town Clerk reported on the Council elections as already noted in the papers of 15 May and 5 June.

It was resolved to form Elphick St when the plant can be hired from the District Council.

A light will be installed on the swing bridge and the approach to the swing bridge will be repaired.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

RSL Madhatters’ Ball on 2 5 May took nearly £150.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 6

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 12 May

Barbara Hill, second daughter of Mrs M.E. Hill and the late Mr H.L. Hill of Burra, married

W. Arthur Lewis, second son of Mr & Mrs F.G. Lewis of Hallett.

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 7 [numbered 9]

Football

Burra 12.9 defeated Booborowie 6.11

Terowie 12.9 or 12.10 (depending on which paragraph is correct) defeated Hallett 11.12

Spalding 11.20 defeated Leighton 4.14

77, 22, 5 June 1951, page 8

Booborowie Hall. To raise money for the proposed supper room project, Mr M.S. Hawker of north Bungaree has agreed to lend about 50 acres of land for a crop and others are now being approached for tractors, ploughs, cultivators, combines, seed and super.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 1

Burra Burra DC will have to increase rates this year from the present 2/5 in the £.

The X-ray Plant recently in Burra was visited by about 750 people from Burra, Hallett, Spalding, Booborowie, Mt Bryan, Robertstown, Hanson, Farrell Flat and World’s End.

Burra Housing. At a recent Council meeting the Mayor said it was time to again approach the SA Housing Trust. There had been no action and people were still seeking houses in the town. Id nothing was done commercial travellers, tradesmen and intending residents would bypass the town. Businesses in the town were having trouble retaining tradesmen because of the lack of satisfactory housing. Mr Hawker MP will be asked to take up the matter with the SA Housing Trust.

RSL, Air Force Assoc., Fathers’ Assoc. and the district Council will be approached about a united deputation to the Premier on the matter.

Weather. Rain has fallen in useful amounts on 6 & 7 June, varying from 66 points at World’s End to 84 at Burra, 91 at Booborowie and 141 at Farrell Flat.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Donations to the Society’s new Sheep Pavilion have now reached £496.

Trees. Damage to trees in the park lands is being done by horses ringbarking them. If lessees do not care for trees, their leases will be cancelled and costs deducted from the refundable portion of the lease.

Burra Hospital has such an acute shortage of trained staff that even closure is a possibility.

Empire Day was celebrated at Hallett on Friday.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 2

Advt. Rabbit Wholesalers of 189 Waymouth Street, Adelaide, buy rabbits for 2/6 a pair and pay the freight. All trains are met, Mondays to Fridays.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell on 15 June:

Allotment 37 New Aberdeen with a stone house of six rooms etc. (Subject to an existing tenancy.)

Allotment 131 Aberdeen with a stone house of 5 rooms. (Subject to an existing tenancy.)

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell on 22 June at the RSL Hall, on instructions from executors in the estate of the late Clara Pohlner:

Sections 452, 453N, 453S, 454 & 455 in Hd of Whyte comprising 49 acres 2 roods with an old wood & iron house etc.

Sections 52, 53, 54 & 55 in Hd Tomkinson comprising 1,588 acres leasehold.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures 16 June

Alan Ladd & Brenda Marshall in Whispering Smith

Veronica Lake & Mona Freeman in Isn’t It Romantic?

Weather. Further rain has fallen since the report on page 1 was written. It has cut telephone lines to the east and creeks there are generally in flood. Main falls to the east have been between half an inch and an inch while at Burra 111 points have fallen, with 117 at Booborowie and 163 at Farrell Flat.

Basketball

Spalding 38 defeated Mt Bryan 14

Hallett 14 defeated Terowie 8

Booborowie 43 defeated Burra 21

Leighton 46 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 9

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Town Council, 4 June

The Municipal Assoc. seeks Council support in asking the Government to increase its contribution to the Fire Brigade costs. At present the Government input does not rise with increasing costs, while Council contributions in Burra last year totalled £450 and it is estimated will be £620 this year.

Lands Titles Office seeks to have a piece of land that encroaches on the roadway in front of Mr R.H. Garrard’s residence included in his title under the RPA. Granted.

The Town Clerk reported on the need for an election in North Ward. [As previously noted.]

Cr Jennison reported on horses damaging trees in park lands.

The Mayor reported on the housing shortage as noted from page 1 of this issue.

The picture plant at the Town Hall is to be insured for £2,000.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Badminton. RSL 11-196 defeated Redruth 1-86

Burra North Gold 9-179 defeated Kooringa Red 3-149.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 6

Football

Terowie 17.19 defeated Leighton 2.5

On Monday on a wet ground with water and mud in abundance North-Eastern Assoc. ‘B’ team 4.3 defeated Whyalla ‘B’ team 2.7.

Whyalla ‘A’ 2.17 defeated North-Eastern ‘A’ 2.5.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 7

Football. Burra 10.12 defeated Hallett 7.11

Spalding 16.13 defeated Booborowie 6.10.

77, 23, 12 June 1951, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 4 June

Cr Lomman thanked Councillors for their co-operation during his terms of office, as he was retiring for personal health and family reasons.

The practice of supplying up to 25 trees to ratepayers who applied for them will be stopped immediately.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co. held an outstanding market on Friday. It attracted the biggest crowd seen for many years. Buyers came from all over the state. 7,213 sheep were yarded and all were sold for the amazing average figure of £7-18-10 a head. There were magnificent lines of woolly sheep, mostly wethers, and some excellent lines of shorn breeding ewes and young sheep. The top price was £12-3-9 a head.

Burra Housing. We hear the Housing Trust has accepted the tender of a contractor from outside the district and work will commence at the end of the month.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Donations for the new Sheep Pavilion etc. have reached £598-1-0. [Donations were individually acknowledged in the paper for the several weeks that the list was open.]

Rev. F.E. Tregilgas, in charge of the Burra-Kooringa Circuit for about three years, has been transferred to Tailem Bend.

Mr R.W. Herbert of Messrs Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra has been appointed manager of the Balmoral Branch in the Western District of Victoria. He was only here a short time and was active in the Burra football and cricket teams. Mr W. Venning takes over Mr Herbert’s role and Mr Wohlers comes from Millicent to take up Mr Venning’s duties.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 June

John Wayne & Laraine Day in Tycoon

Sir Cedric Hardwicke & Judith Anderson in Variety Time

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 2

Obituary. Adelaide Barber Dew, widow of the late Fred Dew, died at her daughter’s residence Strathalbyn 15 June aged 84. She was the mother of Olive Mrs Wise, Win Mrs Przibilla, Mona Mrs Motherall, Gordon and Robert of WA and also of Freddie, Alfred, James, Albert (32nd Batt. AIF,) Idona & Stanley all deceased. There are 18 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. [Born Adelaide Barber Cullen 25 April 1868, Hampton SA.]

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 3

Badminton, 18 June

Burra North Gold 6-156 defeated Kooringa Green 6-146

Burra North Blue 8-160 defeated RSL 4-134

Redruth 10-201 defeated Kooringa Red 2-127.

Basketball

Burra 31 defeated Hallett 13

Booborowie 48 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 13

Leighton 16 defeated Mt Bryan 3

Spalding 21 defeated Terowie 15

R. Hughes & O. Heinrich were farewelled by the RSL last Saturday.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Rifle Club. Though the season is officially over, a scratch match was fired on Saturday.

Hopkin’s Team 585 defeated D.H. Field’s team 566.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Homing Club flew the first race for the season from Carrieton. It was won by W. Holman. On 16 June the second race, also from Carrieton, was again won by W. Holman.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 6

Football. Terowie 7.13 defeated Spalding 6.13.

RSL Ball at Booborowie on 8 June was an outstanding success.

77, 24, 19 June 1951, page 7

Football

Burra 17.9 defeated Leighton 3.20

Hallett 10.9 defeated Booborowie 5.9.

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 1

The Adelaide Wool Market has seen Burra producers top the market. On the first day K.R. Phillips of ‘The Gums’ headed it with 184d and then E.L. McWaters of Sampson’s Well got 185d. Thomas Bros of Hogback also managed 184d. Other local prices ranged from 1351⁄4d to 182d.

SA Stockowners’ Assoc. is concerned about noxious weeds along stock routes. Horehound and onion weed are the most serious menace. Burra Town Council advised it would cooperate in any way possible with eradication.

Lord’s Well & the Pohlner Estate attracted very active interest when offered for sale on Friday in the RSL Rooms. Over 200 people attended. Lord’s Well was sold ‘bare,’ the homestead having burnt down recently. [The price is not reported, though the report says that after £17,500 bids dropped to £250 a time till the end.]

Pohlner’s 1,588 acre leasehold sold for £3 per acre and was bought by L.W. Gare & Sons of Glen View, Hallett. The 49 acre block a half a mile west of Yarcowie sold for £650 to Ben Dunstan & Son of Mt Bryan East.

Weather. Rain has fallen again over the district with the East doing better than areas to the west. Falls ranged from 35 points at Braemar to 100 at Woolgangi and 110 at Koomooloo. To the west falls were mostly 35-50 points, though Hilltown recorded 98.

Cr H. Jennison was farewelled as a Town Councillor at a social gathering on Monday night. He has been connected with the Council for 19 years and prior to the War was in office as Councillor and Mayor for 17 consecutive years.* He entered Council 5 January 1931 aged 33 and was believed to be the youngest member ever received.† Mr W. Carpenter arranged the social and in his speech regretted that Mr Jennison would not be a member of Council for the Jubilee celebrations.

Mr Jennison responded to the speech and endorsements by other Councillors with memories of welcoming to the town such famous gentlemen as Hon. J.B. Chifley, the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and the late Hon. J. Lyons.

[*This makes no sense. His service was much more broken than this and he was Mayor after WWII, not before it. In fact his record may be summarised: filled the extraordinary vacancy for North Ward created when T.H. Woollacott was elected Mayor, December 1930-November 1933, defeated candidate for Mayor December 1933, North Ward Councillor December 1934-June 1937, North Ward Councillor July 1945-June 1946, Mayor July 1946-June 1948, North Ward Councillor July 1949-June 1951.

†This is also quite wrong. Two members of Council were probably elected when in their 20s:

Edward Lipsett’s birth date is not certain, but he may have been only 28 or 29 when he joined the first Council in 1876 and he was Mayor two years later. An article in the Burra Record, XV, 274, 13 Dec. 1893, page 3 also says William Henry Linkson was born 9 July 1865, which would have made him only 26 when he joined the Council in December 1891, but his birth cannot be traced in SA registrations. There is more certainty about Dr Robert Brummitt’s case. He was 32 years 4 months when elected as Mayor and Mr Jennison was 32 years 11 months when first elected to Council.]

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 June

George Brent & Jane Powell in Luxury Liner

Plus The Inlanders

The Catholic Jubilee Ball was held in the Town Hall last Friday. The Hall was beautifully decorated in the Jubilee Colours of green and gold. The Catherine Orchestra provided excellent music and Ken Murphy was MC.

Advt. The Burra Choral Society will present a concert in the Town Hall on Friday 29 June with local and visiting artists: Sydney Morrell (Baritone,) Marjorie Forsaith (Soprano,) Patricia Klose (Violin) and Dorothy Oldham (Piano.)

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 3

Burra Jubilee Year Celebrations will include a garden contest. Mr E.T. Baulderstone will publish garden notes to help competitors.

Badminton. RSL 11-199 defeated Kooringa Green 1-84.

Burra Homing Club. The race on Saturday from Carrieton was won by C. Moore.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 23 June

Lorna Jean Broad, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.T. Broad of Burra, married

Maxwell Keith Bell, second son of Mr & Mrs C.R. Bell of Waikerie.

Basketball

Hallett 17 defeated Mt Bryan 10

Leighton forfeited to Spalding

The Whyte-Yarcowie v. Burra and the Booborowie v. Terowie matches were abandoned.

Football. Travelling to Terowie on Saturday was difficult for the Burra Footballers. The road between Ulooloo and Mt Bryan was particularly slippery and most cars covered 10 of the 15 miles sideways. There were two minor accidents when one car slid into a fence and another into a culvert. Fortunately there was no serious damage. Another car was swamped with water and stopped. The match resulted in a win to Terowie 5.14 to Burra 3.3. [The scores were reported on page 7.]

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Town Council, 18 June

M.A. McIntosh, Minister of Public Works, advises that approval has been given to lay new and larger water mains in Market Square and Commercial Street, to serve the shopping centre and the Burra Hospital where water supply is inadequate. The cost of material is estimated at £2,350. The work is to be done when materials and labour are available.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. was given permission to cut back trees in Morehead St that are interfering with light mains.

The estimated cost of the Fire Station for 12 months is £621.

The Stockowners’ Assoc. draws attention to the problem of noxious weeds, especially horehound and onion weed. Council will co-operate in their elimination.

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM. The club is in a sound financial position. F.T. Marston, as retiring Captain, reported on the year’s efforts. The year saw a series of inter-club matches organised by the Northern District Rifle Clubs Union Executive. The matches were run on a handicap system with Burra on scratch. Burra thus did quite well to come in fourth, being 11 points behind the winner. When firing against Hamley Bridge Burra scored a record 6 possibles. The team however, broke down badly on the return visit to Hamley Bridge. Burra’s performance at the Country Teams’ Championship at the Dean Rifle Range at Pt Adelaide was disappointing. Mr Marston announced he could not continue as Captain. Elected were: Captain, D.H. Field; Vice-Captain, E.C. Hopkins; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt and Treasurer, P. Betts.

77, 25, 26 June 1951, page 7

Football

Booborowie 9.16 defeated Leighton 4.7

Terowie 5.14 defeated Burra 3.3.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 1

Burra Burra Show Inc. The Committee met last Tuesday and decided on the plan for the new sheep pavilion. The plan for a 72 pen shed was adopted. The ring will be enlarged and reshaped to avoid sharp turns. Mr A.R. Downer will be approached to open this year’s show. The Society will apply for a special railcar to run to the show from Adelaide.

The SA Housing Trust homes for Burra are at last under construction. Contractors arrived last week and the framework for the first house is virtually complete and a start made on the second.

Mr L. Billings of Glenbower has donated a bale of wool, through the Air Force Association, for sale with the funds to go to the Burra Hospital.

Mr Jack Heinrich was congratulated at a meeting of the Burra Hospital Board on Friday on having completed 20 years as a Board Member.

Accident. Mr Dennis J. Broderick of Semaphore was badly injured in a car crash about two miles out of Burra on the Adelaide Road on Saturday afternoon. The car crashed through a fence and ended up in a narrow creek, without overturning.

Badminton. The Mitcham Club will visit Burra for a return match on 17 July. It is believed to be the first visit of an Adelaide team to Burra.

Leighton WWII Honour Roll, for men and women who volunteered for overseas service in the 1939-45 War, was unveiled last Wednesday night. The whole district assembled at Leighton Hall where a dance preceded the ceremony. Mr G. Gask, as Chairman of the Hall, introduced Mr J. Field, who spoke as a returned soldier and then Mr I. Richardson, as President of the Burra Sub-Branch of the RSL, was asked to perform the unveiling. He spoke of the men who had served in the Battle of Britain, the Western Desert, Greece, Crete, Syria, Malaya, New Guinea, the Pacific Islands and Borneo. The roll was cast in bronze and stands approximately 4 ft high by 3 ft and hangs on the wall facing the WWI Honour Roll.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, pages 1 & 8

Ratepayers’ Meeting

The Mayor presided. He reported that a survey of the town a year ago revealed so many urgent works demanded attention that no new major projects could be undertaken. The Caravan Park has thus been held in abeyance and improvements to the Dept and other matters have not materialised. There is a task ahead to attend to minor repairs. The town has many bridges and wooden fences, which need to be kept in repair. The wooden posts in the fence to Burra North are being replaced with cement ones. The bridges have, as yet, received little attention. Attention has been paid to back roads or lesser used roads, including those in Burra North, like St Just St and roads in Millerton. Smelts Road was repaired, but with a dry spell needs further attention.

The Cemetery curator resigned this year and was replaced by Mr W. Broad. The truck required a new engine at a cost of £264-3-5. An auto-scythe was purchased to save time and money in cleaning watertables. Cedar trees in Thames St have been lopped and are again growing well without berries.

Negotiations were begun with ETSA and, if successful, Burra could have ETSA electricity by 1953.

The Housing Trust builders are erecting six Trust Homes in Burra.

The efforts of the Board of Health have brought about new sewage systems at Burra Hotel and Burra School.

The Mayor appealed for more interest in civic affairs and was disappointed that so few attended the meeting. He concluded by paying tribute to Cr Jennison, who was retiring after being connected with the Council since 1931.

He reminded everyone that this year marked the 75th anniversary of the town becoming a Corporate Town. He said the town was in a fairly sound financial position despite rising costs.

H.C. Davies, as candidate for North Ward, said that as a comparative newcomer he was taking an interest because he intended to stop in the town. Les White, his rival for the North Ward seat, said he would do his best for the Ward and for the town as a whole.

Cr Pritchard said he was proud of the Council’s achievements and would continue to do his best if returned. Mr Lott, who will oppose Mr Pritchard, was unable to be present.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 July

Will James & Mark Stevens in Sand

Richard Conte & Valentina Cortesa in Thieves’ Highway

Notice. Burra Town Council Annual Elections

A ballot is required for North and East Wards with polling to take place in the Oddfellows’ Hall and the Council Chamber, respectively.

North Ward: Henry Cecil Davies

Leslie White

East Ward: Robert Clifton Lott

Maurice Francis Pritchard

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 3

Railway Accident. Yesterday the Adelaide-Terowie goods train struck the rear of a truck driven by Mr F. Seaford, carrier of Burra, at the Bon Accord crossing. Mr Seaford apparently never heard the warning bell, nor saw the approaching train. He escaped unhurt, but the rear of the truck tray and the wooden cross-members were smashed.

Annual Terowie RSL Dinner is reported.

Badminton. RSL 8-186 defeated Burra North Gold 4-134.

Rev. S.W. Line has arrived to take charge of the Kooringa Methodist Circuit. He served five years in the RAF.

Burra High School had a sports trip to Clare recently.

Football: Clare 17.14 defeated Burra 0.3

Basketball: ‘A’ Clare 23 defeated Burra 22

‘B’ Clare 24 defeated Burra 5.

The Education Department has purchased a house for one of its teachers from Mr Pettet on Smelts Rd.

A grove of trees will be planted on the block of land south of the Primary School Tennis Courts.

The new 3 inch main has been completed and the new lavatories are ready for use.

Obituary. Clifford Flower, an old scholar of Burra High, has died. He graduated from Adelaide University with a BSc and Dip. Ed. and at his death was headmaster at Mt Gambier high School.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Badminton. Burra North Blue 7-183 defeated Kooringa Red 5-167.

Burra North Gold 9-197 defeated Redruth 3-103.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Basketball

Booborowie 27 defeated Terowie 24

Burra 32 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 9

Spalding 34 defeated Mt Bryan 5

Hallett 11 defeated Leighton 7

Rev. H.K. Bartlett, a former Redruth Circuit minister, will visit the district next week in connection with Overseas Missions.

77, 26, 3 July 1951, page 7

Football

Burra 11.14 defeated Spalding 10.9

Terowie 11.19 defeated Booborowie 3.9

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 1

The Air Force Ball was held on 6 July in the Burra Town Hall.

Official guests included Mr Alec Coombs, President of the Clare branch of the Air Force Association, Mr Eckert, Secretary of the Clare Branch and Wing Commander Buckham (or Huckam in another paragraph) of Parafield. They and friends of members attended a pre-ball cocktail party in the old Brewery Cellars on the property owned by Mr W. Young. The ball was opened by the Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter. Music was supplied by Bruce Gray’s ‘All Star Five’ Band. Miss Thelma Seaford was declared Belle of the Ball with Mrs L.P. Bence as Matron of the Ball. The Burra Hospital will benefit by £100 or more.

Weather. Over the weekend rain and hail swept the district and snow fell at Hallett and Terowie. The road to Broken Hill was cut and the Clare-Farrell Flat road was impassable. Little damage was reported to roads in the area of the Town or District Councils. Some rain extended to the Eastern District. Burra recorded 125 points, Hallett 171, Booborowie 138, Koomooloo 24, Quondong 45 and Baldina 50.

Football

A severe hailstorm in the third quarter forced the teams off the ground at Booborowie, where Burra was playing the local team. So dense was the downpour that half the spectators did not even know the players had left the ground. The fall lasted about six or seven minutes. Twenty players made for the same small truck and car on the eastern boundary and could only shelter their heads. Several inches of hail piled up on their backs and necks. The match was declared a draw, as both teams had scored 4.6 when play was abandoned.

Victoria Park should be ready for cricket next season.

SA Housing Trust homes at Burra are nearing completion, though the contractor is having trouble sourcing bricks.

Copper. With a shortage of copper there is yet another call to put in a test boring with a view to re-opening the Burra Mine.

Burra Town Council Elections

At the declaration of the poll on Saturday, E.R. Davey chastised North Ward ratepayers for wasting money. Firstly no one nominated and then when a further call was made two nominated, of whom one took little interest in campaigning. Staging the election cost £32 and only 70 voters turned out. The result was:

Les. White 63

H.C. Davies 7

The cost to ratepayers was 9/- per vote. Ex-Councillor had previously been appointed to his term for North Ward when no one signified his willingness to come forward.

The East Ward result was closer:

Cr. Pritchard 139

R.C. Lott 57

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co., on instructions from the estate of the late John Peak, offers 736 acres freehold in three lots, six miles south of Burra on the Farrell Flat Road, with small blocks adjacent to and within Hanson Township.

Notice. Under the Crown Rates & Taxes Recovery Act the sale is announced of Allotments in Millerton: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 18, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, and 106.

Burra: 11, 12, 13, LTO Plan 1672.

Notice. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from L.M. Gordon will sell a house of seven rooms situated at the rear of the Powerhouse on allotments 18 to 21.

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 3

Burra Homing Club last Saturday flew a race from Parachilna in very rough conditions. Only C. Moore’s bird got in within qualifying time, to give him his third successive win.

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Badminton. Mitcham played Burra in the Kooringa Methodist Hall on Saturday. Mitcham 16 sets defeated Burra 12 sets.

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc.

Mrs Miels has resigned as President as she has left the district. Mrs Ford was elected in her place.

Basketball

Terowie 9 defeated Hallett 7

Mt Bryan 1 5 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 5

The Leighton v. Spalding match was abandoned

Burra forfeited to Booborowie.

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 6

Badminton

RSL 11-192 defeated Kooringa Red 1-64

Burra North Blue 7-190 defeated Burra North Gold 5-156

The 5th Choral Society Concert at the Burra Town Hall on 29 June drew only a small attendance despite presenting a program of high standard and having some of Adelaide’s best as visiting artists. The program was well presented within the limitations imposed by numbers and the soloists were excellent. The small attendance is discouraging and it would be a pity if lack of patronage limits such visits and occasions.

77, 27, 10 July 1951, page 7

Football. At Hallett on Saturday: Hallett 6.5 defeated Terowie 3.17.

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 1

Marriage. At Burra Hospital on Saturday night

Dawn Bernhardt, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.G. Bernhardt of Burra, married

Michael Dennis Broderick, son of Mr & Mrs Broderick of Semaphore.

Mick was in hospital with a badly broken leg and other severe injuries sustained in a car accident a week ago. Rev. R.S. Pettet of St Mary’s officiated.

Burra Burra DC has received a substantial increase in its main road grant for the 1951-52 year and many district roads will benefit as a result.

Burra Mine. Some years ago the Burra Progress Assoc. compiled a full and comprehensive résumé of the history of the Burra Mine and published it in pamphlet form. A few months ago a copy was sent to the Leader of the Opposition in State Parliament, but we have now been advised that it never reached him. The Council is now trying to get the matter re-opened through Mr G.S. Hawker MP, but cannot find another copy of the pamphlet. Can anyone help out? Moves to find more copper at Moonta are being made, so why not at Burra?

Weather. More rain fell at the weekend. Falls to the west ranged from 38 points at Mt Bryan to 72 at Farrell Flat. Burra recorded 68 points. Little fell in the East, but a few places were lucky. ‘The Gums’ received 25 points. Unusual waterfowl have appeared in the district, including some wild geese.

Paxton Square was inspected last week by the Local Health Inspector, E.R. Davey. Two years ago it was found there was much room for improvement. Now there has been some progress, but plenty of room for improvement remains. The call two years ago was for new ceilings, for water to be connected and for a twentieth century sewage disposal system to be installed. Some new ceilings have gone in, water has been connected and some cement floors added. Sanitary conditions remain poor and in places drainage is bad. Some residents have installed electric light at their own expense. One or two residents continue to live in squalor. Rents in the Square remain low, at 1/- per room per week, and we can hardly expect the Trustee to provide more modern conditions. Perhaps it would be possible to raise rents to enable improvements. The Inspector will report to the next meeting of Council.

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for Allotments 1, 2, 3 & 9 Copperhouse, owned by E.A. & R. Threadgold, with house, motor shed, cow shed, fowl house, fencing, well, mill and tank.

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 July

Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer in The Big Steal

Robert Young & Shirley Temple in Adventure in Baltimore

Booborowie Hall

Recently it was decided to raise funds for the Hall by cropping. M.S. Hawker loaned 33 acres. G.R. Shattock & J.W. McKeough did the ploughing, harrowing and cultivating. G.S. Williams & P.C. Brook attended to the seeding with plant operated by Colin Robinson. Seed and super were delivered by F.L. Hogan and Pearce Bros loaned the seed barley. A.C. Woodgate, W.J. Shattock & H. Dawson assisted at the sowing. [A long list of people who contributed super is printed along with the names of those on the committee.]

Redruth Methodists held a social for youth at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday for Knights and Girl Comrades and another on Thursday for past and present choir members.

Badminton. RSL 10-173 defeated Redruth Methodists 2-84

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Town Council, 8 July

W. Carpenter was sworn in as Mayor and Crs Pritchard, White & Bernhardt as Councillors.

Parkland No. 7 adjoins the railway line and was previously entered from the stock road. The District Council has sold the stock road, leaving the parkland without access, except through Mr T.H. Villis’s property. The Clerk will enquire of Mr J.G. Carpenter if, under the circumstances, he still requires the lease.

There was considerable debate over the Mayoral allowance for the Jubilee Year, but the outcome is not clearly stated. £70 seems likely.

Committees were appointed.

Grants for roads 1951-52 were £500 for main roads with the District Council’s contribution £100.

A federal Rural Grant of £400 was made to complete Eyers St [sic.]

There was a £150 grant for Smelts Road.

ETSA advises that they have been in communication with the Burra Electric Supply Co. about buying them out. The latter will be asked to discuss the matter with Council on 8 August.

The Council’s contribution for the Burra Hospital will be £340 for 1951-52.

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Rifle Club had to abandon its opening shoot for the season halfway through, due to rain. The season will be re-started next Saturday.

77, 28, 17 July 1951, page 6

Football

Hallett 12.12 defeated Burra 11.9

Terowie 14.20 defeated Leighton 4.7

Kooringa Methodist Church Princess Competition came to a head at a Variety Concert last Wednesday in the Town Hall. Elaine Steven of Farrell Flat was crowned Princess by the Mayoress, Mrs W. Carpenter.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 1

Obituary/Murder/Suicide

An apparent murder-suicide was discovered by Tom Rogers at his father’s farm near Hanson last Tuesday. The body of his step-mother, Stella Rogers, was lying between two buildings, where she was apparently strangled with a belt found nearby. The body of Mr Reuben T.F. Rogers was in a nearby shed with a gunshot wound to the head and the gun lying by it. The inquest opened on 19 July by Mr J.A.S. Fisher was adjourned to 15 August. Mr Rogers was 52 and Mrs Rogers, who was his second wife, was 42. [Reuben Thomas Ford Rogers born 27 January 1899 Gum Creek: died 15 July 1951 Hanson. Stella May Rogers died 15 July 1951 Hanson. Perhaps born Stella May Blight 29 October 1909 Terowie to Frederick & Susannah nee Bryan.]

Weather. In a nine day period Burra has had 153 points of rain and snow. This was accompanied by high winds. The cold snap was the worst for 50 years. Snow fell last week on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday. The fall on Wednesday morning lightly covered roofs and hills and falls continued intermittently throughout the day. On Thursday the town was still snow covered and there was another fall on Friday morning and occasional falls into Friday night. Rain in between falls meant that it did not accumulate to any great depth. Mt Bryan was covered in white and the thaw brought many local creeks down in bankers. [Some recollections of the 1901 fall are printed.]

Fire totally destroyed a caravan owned by Clive Jettner of Burra and used as living quarters on the site of his employment, Monday of last week. He was dam-sinking at Murkaby Station and the caravan burnt to a heap of ashes while Mr Jettner and an employee were away at work nearby.

Burra Market on Friday was held in very adverse weather with drafting in the early morning being held while snow fell. Flooded creeks kept some stock from arriving. Despite this, a good clearance saw 2,549 sheep change hands at an average of £5-0-6 per head.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer for sale on 3 August, 80 acres 3 roods 7 perches of freehold land adjacent to Burra Township in the estate of the late I.J. Warnes.

Lot 1. Allotments 136-144 of 16 acres 2 roods 7 perches [Copperhouse St] & Pt Section 4 of 14 acres.

Lot 2. Pt Block 3 of Section 1 comprising 43 acres in Hd of Kooringa, adjacent to the main Eastern Stock Route. [Probably the rifle range block.]

Lot 3. Pt Block 2 of section 1 comprising 21 acres 1 rood in Hd of Kooringa, also adjacent to the main Eastern Stock Route.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell for Mr M.F. Humphrys, on 10 August, the property on the corner of Commercial & Ware Streets with a four-roomed house etc. Presently tenanted at 20/- per week.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 3

Advt. Mr R.M. Commons will carry on the Burra Monumental Works on behalf of Messrs A.S. Tillett who have purchased them from Mr T.C. A. Radford.

Notice. Ron Wickes has now taken over the Chemist Shop he was previously managing for Mr A.G. Tiver.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 July

Spencer Tracy & Deborah Kerr in Edward My Son

Plus a Cartoon, News & Shorts

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Burra DC

The Chairman’s allowance was fixed at £30.

Cr E.L. McWaters was elected Chairman.

T.H. Villis applied to buy a small piece of district road passing through the property he owned in section 2277 Hd of Kooringa.

Council’s contribution to Burra Hospital 1951-52 will be £1,150 and for Clare Hospital £10.

Main Road Grant is £12,000 with the Council contribution to be £300.

Grant for the old Broken Hill Road £600.

Grant for Farrell Flat Township roads £400 subject to a rate grant of £200.

Grant for Mt Bryan east Road £250 if Council contributes £100.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra & District War Memorial Committee

About half the target of levelling the oval, grassing the area and erecting a boundary fence and grandstand, has been met.

An enlarged area of oval has been re-surveyed and levelled and a banked bicycle track formed.

The old dressing rooms, which intruded on the enlarged area, have been partly demolished and made usable after remodelling.

The ground was seeded, but the year was too dry for germination last spring. The clover germinated in the recent winter rains and the couch should come on in spring.

The main bottlenecks in the progress have been lack of finance and the shortage of materials. The latter has gradually been overcome and the committee is ready to install a watering system and a boundary fence before erecting a grandstand if finance for that can be found.

A donation list was opened, but the response has been disappointing and an appeal for funds is now renewed.

Obituary. Thomas Gabriel Sellars died in his home in Taylor Street 8 June. He was the eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs Ernest Sellars of Burra and was educated at Burra School. He resided in Burra for a number of years before becoming a miner at Broken Hill. He married Adelaide, the daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J .Holmes of Ironmine in 1900. In Broken Hill Mr & Mrs Sellars took an active part in church and town affairs for many years. He was secretary and treasurer of the Baptist Church there in Chapel St and was Captain of the Chapel St Tennis Club. With increasing age and ill health the couple returned to Burra to live. He is survived by a widow and one son, Frank of Adelaide. He has two sisters: Mrs F. Gibbs of Norwood and Mrs R. Kakoschke of Burra North.

[Born 20 September 1876 Cartapo. SA Births CD says at Cartarpo as Thomas Gabriel Selles.]

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 6

Accident. Bad corrugations are blamed for a panel van driven by C. Radford veering through a fence on the side of the Adelaide Road about seven miles out of Burra on Tuesday evening. Mrs Radford, a passenger in the vehicle, was thrown onto a tree and suffered a slight concussion and shock. Mr Radford suffered bruising and an injured knee.

Badminton

Burra defeated Peterborough 21 July in the Kooringa Methodist Hall. [Scores are not totalled.]

RSL 7-142 defeated Lodge Blues 5-140.

Football

Hallett defeated Booborowie. At three quarter time Hallett 3.5 led Booborowie 0.5. Final scores are not given. The description of the final quarter adds a goal to Hallett and a goal and a point to Booborowie, but then says Hallett’s lead was 18 points, so perhaps Hallett scored another point as well.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 7

Football

Burra 6.11 defeated Leighton 5.5

Terowie 9.18 defeated Spalding 8.13.

77, 29, 24 July 1951, page 8

Burra Rifle Club after a false start the previous week, re-started the season last Saturday when the best scorers were Tom Lynch, F. Marston and P. Betts.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 1

Gipsies. A group of some 20 Gipsies passed through Burra last week and en route they invaded Sid Johnson’s Northern Café where they insisted on ‘Blessing’ his hands and ‘Blessing’ his money. After they had gone he found that some £60-£70 of his money had gone with them. He jumped into Mr B.H. Rogers’ Jeep and caught up with the party on the Adelaide Road. His recent active role in the boxing ring enabled him to ‘throw his weight around’ to some purpose and he got his money back.

The CWA is to plant an avenue of trees on the entrance to the town between the Hospital and the Hanson turn-off. The Town Council has approved, but the tree type has not yet been selected.

Rubbish Dump

The Town Council is concerned with the untidy state of the rubbish dump behind Victoria Park and at the recent meeting of Council it decided to approach Mr T. Villis to see if a quarry or cutting in the old mine site could be used and the present depot could then be closed.

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired a match over 500 & double 600 yards. Possibles at 500 yards were scored by C.W. Edwards & Captain Field. At 600 yards possibles were scored by Jim Schwier, M. Stockman & I. Burdon. Overall the best results were (with handicap) scored by J.H. Schwier, J. Lloyd & J. Fisher.

Vermin. An article wonders if it is best to eliminate rabbits, so the foxes turn to lambs, or to allow some rabbits to eat grass so that the foxes in turn can eat the rabbits.

77, 30, 3 July 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer for sale on 10 August the Burra North Quarry Paddock from the Estate of the late R.F.E. Ford, comprising 62 acres 1 rood of Pt Section 4 of Hd Kooringa.

The Quarry is leased to the SAR Commissioners for 50 years from 26 May 1941 for £10 p.a. and royalties of 2d per ton of stone removed.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Goldsbrough, Mort will offer for sale in the RSL Hall, Burra on 10 August:

736 acres freehold in 3 lots. The land is situated 6 miles south of Burra and 11⁄2 miles north of Hanson on the Burra-Farrell Flat Road, with small blocks adjacent to and in the Hanson Township.

In the estate of the late John Peak

Lot 1. Sections 178-198 Hd Hanson comprising 112 acres 1 rood

Sections 873, 877 & pt 878 Hd Hanson comprising 341 acres 3 roods 37 perches

Pt section 871 & 872 & a closed road Hd Hanson comprising 270 acres 1 rood 38 perches, with a five-roomed stone house etc.

Lot 2. Allotments 19 & 21-24 Hd Hanson comprising 2 acres 3 roods 6 perches

Allotments 17 & 20 Hd Hanson comprising 1 acre 1 rood 2 perches

Adjacent to the Township of Hanson

On account of Mrs I.O. Humphrys

Lot 3. Town allotment 97 Hd Hanson comprising 3 roods 27 perches with small lean-to galvanised iron shed.

The Salvation Army will farewell Captain F. Lawrence tonight. He is going to take an appointment at the Mt Barker Boys’ Home. His successor will be Captain & Mrs Abel Reeve, who will be welcomed next Thursday night at 8 p.m.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell, on instructions from Mr D.S. Craig of Hallett, in the Burra RSL Hall on 10 August, the well-known grazing property of ‘Rocky Glen.’

[Details of sections etc. are given.]

Notice. Baulderstone’s Quality Fruit & Vegetable Palace will have a change of premises and on and after Monday 6 August will be conducted at the shop known as the Burra Café and will continue to serve the same quality goods as for the past 20 years.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 August

Cary Grant & Ann Sheridan in I was a Male War Bride

John Calvert & Rochelle Hudson in Devil’s Cargo

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Mt Bryan CWA held its AGM and the annual report is printed at length.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Red Cross held its 36th AGM in the RSL Rooms on 10 July. Elected: President, Mrs S.M. Sandland; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & L. Boothby; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield.

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 4 July. The report gives a membership of 42, but with only about 12 regularly attending meetings.

Burra CWA held its AGM 20 July and elected: President, Mrs A. Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J.R. Barker & W. Smith; secretary, Mrs H. Jennison and Treasurer, Miss Eunice Tiver.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 6

Burra High School Ball was held last Friday and was one of the most successful balls of the year. Nett profit is expected to be just over £60.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 7

Football. Terowie 11.8 defeated Burra 10.8.

Sid Proctor of the National Bank in Burra has been transferred to Paskeville, where Mr Neville Woodard, late of Burra, is the manager.

Rev. Donald Llewellyn Redding, Vicar of St Andrew’s Church of England at Brighton, Victoria, and formerly of St Mary’s, Burra, has accepted the Bishopric of Bunbury WA.

77, 30, 31 July 1951, page 8

Burra Town Council, 23 July

The Bank of Australasia has granted a request for a £2,000 overdraft.

The E & WS Department has cleared the mains to Victoria Park and the pressure should be improved.

Two members of the Board of the Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd will attend the next Council meeting.

Council granted the CWA’s request to plant an avenue of trees from the Hospital to the Hanson Turn-off.

L.L. Fiebig asked permission to alter his premises to a service station and lubritorium and to remove one of his existing service stations. He was advised that he would first need a permit from the Building Materials Office.

Council resolved to get the front of the Town Hall painted.

Council decided to interview T.H. Villis with a view to finding a future site for a rubbish depot.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 1

Trust Homes in Burra

Six homes are to be erected, with three of them nearly completed. We understand that six more are going to be erected near the railway station in Burra North. The homes are frame houses with asbestos sheets. The most modern conveniences are being installed. BUT:

Why is Burra being inflicted with such hastily built buildings, while other towns are graced with brick structures?

Are these going to be reasonably sound investments for purchasers.

Even though Burra is far from brick kilns, there is plenty of dressed stone around and some good stone masons about.

The second question is doubtful. We believe that the price will be £2,000 or better and that a £400 deposit will be required, with interest and capital paid off over 20 years. The weekly repayment will be 30/- (£1-10-0) plus rates, taxes and repair bills. The timber used is green and light and may not have a good life of much more than 15 years.

30/- a week plus rates and taxes amounts to about £1,180 over 15 years. To this add the £400 deposit and the weekly rental bill amounts to £2-4-0. If the residents walks out of his tumble-down shack after 15 years, the Housing Trust will be left lamenting for £420 of the £2,000 first mentioned.

We don’t call that a good idea and investment.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee has decided to push ahead with getting the oval in order. Twenty-five sawn blue gum posts have been ordered for the oval fence and punt cables have been ordered from Morgan to ropw off the playing area. Speciafications for a suitable entrance gate have been called for. Application has been made to have the three roads on the north, south and east sides of the oval closed and added to the oval. This would prvide more room if the walls were removed.

Accident. A truck and trailer carrying furniture capsized at the Black Springs Corner opposite the church last week. The furniture belonged to O.L. Heinrich, who is moving from Burra to the Southeast. The furniture was broken and a piano cut in half. A fowl coop with fowls was smashed and the fowls freed.

Accident. A Landrover driven by Mr Clarence V. Ranger crashed into the safety railing on the approach to the Bon Accord Bridge from the north on Saturday afternoon. Three guide posts were broken off and there was substantial damage to the vehicle.

A Demonstration of the latest post-hole digger was given at the Burra Showgrounds last Monday. About 20 men attended. The machine dug some 50 holes at the rate of about a hole a minute. These were part of the Show Society’s improvement program for the Pavilion, the cattle yeards and for jumping events. Iy also gave some good publicity for Dalgety & Co.’s new machine, with Mr Young as agent.

The Mothers’ and Babies’ Health Association ran a Debutante Ball at Mt Bryan recently. It was a great success with door takings of £50. Daphne Wenham’s Orchestra provided the music. Those presented and their partners were:

June Maxted with Mr Foster

Glenda Rawlins with J. Quinn

Margaret Jefferies with D. Wilkinson

Avis Auhl with R. Wardle

Carmen Dare with Mr Disher

Mary Best with Mr Kellaway

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, pages 1 & 8

Burra Burra Hospital Inc. held its annual meeting of ratepayers and subscribers in the Council Chamber last Wednesday. Chairman of the Board of Management, F.T. Marston presided. It was only the second meeting of such a nature. Before that meetings had not been open to the public. Mr Marston said that in the past hospitals had often been poorly equipped and staffed by poorly paid nurses. Now people demanded modern equipment and staff were well paid. This meant that financial support had to change. No longer were balls and fetes sufficient to fund the institution. He announced that each member of the Board had carried out his duties well and the Medical Officers were keen and efficient. Matron Tscharke had served them well for many years and despite the difficulties posed by rising wages and other costs, had presided over a year of great achievements. The Maternity Wing was now worthy of any large hospital, with its autoclaves, fresh paint and hot water system. The kitchen is modern and hygienic. The operating theatre is good, with new sterilisers and other equipment, but new bathrooms are urgently needed. A new refrigerator has recently been installed. The Air Force Association has been helping in a material way and the President, Mr Cliff Lott says this will continue. Help has also come from the Estate of the late Mrs Thomas, the Booborowie Ladies’ Club, Hallett and Burra Red Cross Branches, the CWA and the Demobilised Soldiers Association.

Despite staff shortages, the Hospital has been very busy. In 1950 it saw 642 patients and in 1951 there were 832. [Given the date these figures might be for 1949 and 1950.] Last year 11 babies were born at the hospital compared with 93 the previous year. Daily average patient numbers are down because staff shortages have forced shorter convalescent periods.

Nursing and domestic staff have been hard to get and no less than 62 different names appear on the list of staff wages. The difficulty of getting nursing staff continues. Presently there are only 3 permanent Sisters, 3 temporary qualified Nurses, 1 temporary Sister and 8 Nurse Attendants. There are no Trainees. Through the year the overdraft has grown. Permission to increase patient fees was eventually granted, but by that time wage increases increased the overdraft further. Wages have risen by about 60%. Comparisons show the picture

And from tomorrow an extra 13/- per week, to which must be added 32/6 (£1-12-6) for board and lodging.

[The report then goes on the detail costs, showing wages as 56.3% of costs. The total expenditure was £13,723 and the income only £13,051.]

Maintenace costs had been exceptionally high because they had been neglected for many years.

The Chairman held out little hope that the deficit would be made up from the Governments at any tier of Government. Functions to aid the Hospital would help for some very specific things, but overall he saw rising costs to patients as the only real outcome and that patients would increasingly have to look to helath insurance.

Expansion of the Hospital would yield more income, but that relied on getting more staff and that, in turn, depended upon erecting good quarters for nursing and domestic staff. Plans for a new building [for such a purpose] had been discussed with Architect Mr Dean Berry in 1950 and plans submitted to a Building Committee in August. The plans offered two approaches to the problem and eventually Plan B was submitted to the Chief Secretary. He scrubbed certain parts of it and after we returned to Mr Berry Plan C was proposed. The Chief Secretary indicated that he would approve Plan C and we would get a grant of something like £30,000 towards it. When submitted to the Board of Management, Plan C was rejected. Dr Heddle then took an amended Plan C to the Chief Secretary, who replied that the Director was not prepared to accept that all parts of the plan were essential. The original Plan C was then submitted to the Board of Management and approved. It was then sent back to the chief Secretary and the Board is awaiting a reply. The estimated expenditure is c. £65,000. Meanwhile the price of wool has fallen and the costs of building have risen. The future path looks difficult.

Dr R.C. Heddle as Medical Officer reported that the Hospital had been successfully run throughout the year, that the Maternity Wing was very good and the operating theatre was fairly good, but needed certain improvements.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 2

Advt. Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd have instructions from Mr A.M. Sawley, who is relinquishing dairying, to disperse his ‘Koorama’ Jersey Stud and plant on Tuesday 14 August at 2 p.m. [Details are printed.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd have instructions from M.F. Humphrys to auction his property on the corner of Commercial and Ware Streets, comprising 16 perches on which is located a stone house of four main rooms, presently tenanted at 20/- (£1) a week.

Advt. Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd have instructions from trustees in the estate of the late R.F.F. Ford to sell Part Section 4 Hundred of Kooringa containing 62 acres 1 rood with improvements, known as the Quarry Paddock. The quarry is leased to the SAR for 50 years from [date illegible – perhaps 24 June] 1941 at a yearly rental of [illegible – perhaps £18] and royalties of 2d per ton of stone removed.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Racing Club Ltd. Committee Members retiring due to the effluxion of time: Gerald Gask, John Macke Gebhardt and Kenneth Joseph Murphy. The three offer themselves for re-election and are considered duly nominated. Other nominations must be received by the secretary, R.A. Bevan by 8 August.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 August

Burt Lancaster & Paul Henreid in Rope of Sand

Richard Arlen & Jean Rogers in Speed to Spare.

Advt. Ron Wickes Chemist. I have now taken over the business, which I was formerly managing for Mr A.G. Tiver.

Advt. Burra Monumental Works is under new management. A.S. Tillett is the new proprietor and has secured the services of Mr Richard M. Commons, Memorial and Ecclesiastical Sculptor, late of F.w. Commons & Son, Melbourne and Ballarat.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 4

St Mary’s Church. The Bishop of Adelaide the Rt Rev. D.P. Robin conducted a confirmation service last Sunday for fifteen candidates. [Listed.]

North Eastern Basketball Association. 14 July

Booborowie 22 defeated Spalding 14

Terowie 29 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 5

Hallett drew with Burra 19-19

North Eastern Number 1 Team carried away the trophy in the Peterborough Lightning Carnival 21 July.

Badminton, 23 July

Burra North Gold 8 sets defeated Kooringa Green 4 sets.

30 July

RSL 11-206 defeated Kooringa Green 1-105

Burra North Gold 9-178 defeated Redruth 3-99.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 5

Burra bowling Club held its AGM in the Council Chambers with an attendance of 23 members.

The Past-President Mr M.T. Fuller presented the report for the year. The club had entered two teams in the Mid Northern Association and each finished with seven wins and seven losses. He recommended further social games in the coming year. Tournament winners were listed:

Club Championship O.H. Ockenden

Singles Handicap O.H. Ockenden

Consistency H. Binks-Williams

Night Pairs Messrs E. Pearce & Hunt

Championship Pairs Messrs L. Kellaway & Ockenden

Nothing further had been done with the Marston Bequest, which remained on deposit with the Savings Bank of SA and currently stood at £525-5-10.

Membership stood at 53 full members, 9 night members and 10 associates.

He hoped that the Associates section of the club would make more progress in the coming year.

Officers for the next year:

Patron, A.A. Davey; President, J.T. Pascoe; Vice-Presidents, R.J. Jeffery & H.J.B. Jennison; Secretary & Treasurer, H.O. Pederick.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 6

Basketball

Burra 27 defeated Spalding 24

Booborowie 29 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 5

Hallett 20 defeated Mt Bryan 7

The Leighton versus Terowie match was abandoned.

Accident. Mr Archibald Kellock’s Buckboard crashed to the bottom of a 20 ft deep creek on Monday evening. The accident occurred at Ford’s Corner while Mr Kellock was driving home to Thistlebeds from Burra. The vehicle skidded and became unmanageable while negotiating the corner. Mr Kellock escaped with a slight concusion and the vehicle seems to be little damaged.

The Jubilee Train will visit Burra next weekend and will be open for inspection 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Saturday and from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. on Sunday.

77, 31, 7 Aug. 1951, page 7

Football

Spalding 17.11 defeated Burra 8.17.

Terowie 10.6 defeated Booborowie 6.5.

Burra Rifle Club. Plenty of members attended on Saturday, but water had seeped into the target pits and they were unworkable.

Burra Homing Club. Two races were held from Maree.

The first on 14 July resulted in the pigeons making such good time that all members were caught napping. 1st L. Hood, 2nd K. Kellaway and 3rd C. Moore. Winning velocity 1,996 yards per minute.

The race on 21 July. 1st L. Hood and 2nd K. Kellaway, who were the only ones in qualifying time.

No birds returned in qualifying time on 28th, making this no race.

Badminton

RSL 9-176 defeated Lodge Gold 3-120.

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co.’s sale of land between Hallett and Booborowie for Mr D.S. Craig drew a very large attendance to the RSL Hall on Friday. It was sold to E.M. Murray of Petherton, Mt Bryan, for £27 per acre and N.D. Tiver of Hallett, both of whom have adjoining properties and purchased the land between them.

The Quarry Paddock in the account of the Estate of the late R.F.E. Ford was bought by Mr T.H. Villis for £22-10-0.

The Jubilee Train visited Burra on Saturday and Sunday and long queues of people waited to enter it. About 1,000 saw through on Saturday and 800 on Sunday. There was more to see than time or the crowds allowed. There were displays from the following Government Departments:

RAN Army RAAF

Immigration National Gallery Education

Public Library Public Health SA Harbours Board

SA Police Architect-in-Chief SAR

Lands, Woods & Forests Agriculture E & WS

ETSA Highways & Local Government Mines, Fisheries & Game

The Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter, and G.S. Hawker MP spoke before the Mayor declared the exhibition open. Train personnel were entertained by the Mayor for dinner at the RSL Rooms. The CWA ladies supplied a splendid meal. On Sunday morning five cars were organised to show the train personnel around the town.

[The Mayor’s speech indicates some of the worries of the time. It touched on inflation and the Communist threat to the Australian way of life.

‘Australians could have anything they wanted if only they’d work. In this respect there was too much sport in the middle of the week.’

He mentioned as famous men of the town: Sir Frederick Holder (first Speaker of the House of Representatives,) Hon. P.A. McBride (presently Minister of Defence) and Essington Lewis.

Football

It was a rough game on Saturday when Burra played Booborowie. After about five minutes of play Dean Bernhardt sustained a broken leg. Time-keeper, Jim Watson, had a nausea attack and had to be replaced. Ron Chambers had a head-on collision and was rendered momentarily unconscious, but was roused and finished the game. On Sunday he had two ‘shiners,’ one eye was almost closed and needed three stitches and a large plaster.

Burra Burra DC has raised this year’s rate to 2/9.

Obituary. Mr Harry Tiver, former resident and postal officer of Burra, died at Dudley Park on 10 August aged 73. He was the eleventh child of the late James Tiver. He is survived by a wife, two sons and five brothers and sisters. He was associated with the post office when the Postal Department was connected with the railways at the Railway Station some sixty years ago. When the two separated he chose to go with the Postal Department and served over the years as postmaster at Gawler South, Hawker, Cockburn and Crystal Brook, from which he retired and went to live at Dudley Park. He was a keen poultry farmer and gardener and is believed to have had a good living from both until his final brief illness. [Henry Tiver born 24 November 1877 Aberdeen: died 10 August 1951 Flinders Park.]

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 August

Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon & Ethel Barrymore in Night Song

Tim Holt & Jack Holt in The Arizona Ranger

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Café: Modern Tea Rooms opening in one week.

Advt. Baulderstone’s Modern Fruit Palace. Next Door to the Savings Bank.

Burra Homing Club. In the race from Oodnadatta on 4 August Ken Kellaway’s pigeon was the only one home in qualifying time.

Badminton. RSL 10-168 defeated Kooringa Red 2-99.

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Senator Pearson & Mr G.S. Hawker addressed the Women’s Branch of the LCL in Burra. The Senator said the Government now controlled both Houses of Parliament and would press ahead with a referendum to gain the constitutional powers to enforce the Anti-Communist Act of 1950. Also it would press for secret ballots in union elections and give more power to the Arbitration Court. He urged support for the referendum.

Mr G.S. Hawker spoke of his recent trip to Ceylon and Malaya and of the Communist threat in both countries.

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Town Council, 6 August

Council will visit the site of the proposed CWA avenue of trees on 7 August.

Matters arising from the discussion between the Burra Electric Supply Co. and the Council were discussed in committee.

The grant-in-aid for 1951-52 will be £441.

L.L. Fiebig asked that the property in Burra North, [which he wished to convert to a service station] be condemned as unfit for habitation.

There will be no further action on this until a report is received from the Health Inspector.

The Burra & District War Memorial Committee asked Council to give consideration to enlarging Victoria Park by closing roads on the north, east and south sides.

Council decided to take the initial steps to do this.

Burra Cold Stores was given permission to alter their shop front.

Davies Motor Co. was given permission to erect and extend an existing workshop at the rear of the Eastern Telephone Building.

Burra Electric Supply Co. was asked to take more care and not leaves holes for poles uncovered at night [as had recently been done in Queen Street.]

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 6

Burr Burra DC, 6 August

Grant-in-aid for 1951-52 will be £822.

Five objections were received to the proposal to close the road between section 1 and sections 2276-2277. Issue referred to the Surveyor General.

Rate declared at 33d (2/9) in the £.

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 7

Football

Booborowie 9.8 defeated Burra 8.8

Terowie 9.25 defeated Hallett 9.7.

Basketball

Burra 25 defeated Mt Bryan 15

Booborowie 33 defeated Leighton 12

Hallett 34 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 12

Terowie 29 defeated Spalding 7.

77, 32, 14 Aug. 1951, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired a match against Hamley Bridge on Saturday on home ranges. Burra 789 defeated Hamley Bridge 776.

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 1

Obituary. Stanley Kellaway died at Burra Hospital on Monday 13 August. Over many years he had taken a prominent role in most things to do with the welfare and betterment of the town. He was born in Burra on 11 August 1885 and lived all his life in the town. Although he received only three and a half years’ education at Burra Primary School, the citizens placed him in the highest positions, including that of Mayor. He began his working life as a tributer in the old Burra Mine. When that became unprofitable he took on a wheat-buying and insurance agency from the SA Farmers’ Union and worked at it for 41 years until his death. Forty years ago he married Olive Short at Peterborough and they had six sons: Tom, Stan, Clarence (deceased,) Clyde, Ken and Charlie. Tom and Clyde are in Adelaide, Charlie is at Peterborough and Ken and Stan live in Burra. There are eleven grandchildren. He took a great interest in civic affairs and was first elected to Burra Town Council when about 28 years old.* He served the Council for 27* years, serving through two World Wars* as well as being Mayor 1938-39.* During his time in Council he served on many committees and deputations to the Government. For much of this time he was Chairman of the Public Works Committee and a Member of the Burra Hospital Board. For many years he was a JP and sometimes acted as the Local Coroner. Mr Kellaway was an active member of the Kooringa Methodist Church, where he served terms as Church Steward and Trustee. He also served on the Burra Primary School Committee, some of the time as Chairman. He was also on the High School Council and in the Fathers’ Association. In both World Wars he served on numerous Patriotic Committees and during bad times saw that pensioners got comforts they would not otherwise have received. In his youth he was a prominent footballer and when he grew too old to play became an umpire, with a reputation for impartiality. He encouraged his sons in the sport and both Tom and Clyde played in the SANFL. For approximately the last twenty years he was prominent in the Burra Bowling Club and was at one time the President. [Born 11 April 1885 Kooringa: died 13 August 1951 Burra.]

[*The in formation relating to his Council service is quite inaccurate. The following is a summary of his actual service.

Defeated candidate for East Ward December 1918

Councillor for East Ward December 1919-November 1927

Defeated candidate for Mayor December 1928

East Ward Councillor March 1930-November 1930 (filled an extraordinary vacancy)

Defeated candidate for Mayor December 1930

East Ward Councillor December 1933-June 1937

Mayor July 1937-June 1939

East Ward Councillor July 1941-June 1947

Defeated candidate for Mayor July 1948

This means he was 34 when elected in 1919. He served 171⁄2 years as a Councillor plus two years as Mayor.]

Football. At the first semi-final at Leighton Oval Spalding 11.8 defeated Burra 9.15.

Milk Supply. With the dispersal of ‘Koorama’ Dairy, Rob Garrard is the town’s only milkman. He has to import milk from Adelaide to meet the demand. ‘Koorama’ had 30 cows and only six were purchased by locals. Many dairymen across Australia find the work too hard and profits too low, even at 7d a pint. [The paper says the dairy was for many years Ken Drew’s, but when sold it was A.M. Sawley’s, as stated in the report of the sale on page 3 of this issue. See 76, 39, 3 Oct. 1950, page 1 for the transfer from Drew to Sawley.]

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Air Force Assoc. Dance in Burra Town Hall 31 August.

Advt. Burra Buffalo Jubilee Ball, Burra Town Hall, 24 August.

Advt. Burra Burra Show Inc. Sheep Dog Trials, Burra Showground, 27 September.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 August

Esther Williams & Red Skelton in Neptune’s Daughter

Plus Tale of the Navajos

Advt. [The notice for services shows the local corps is led by Captain & Mrs Abel Reeve.]

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 3

Possible Travel for Local Boys

The Advertiser Youth Travel Scheme will assist a local boy to make a 17-week educational trip to the UK. There is a need to raise £275 locally and neither the District nor the Town Council is prepared to fund it all. Local donations are sought.

Football. Ray ‘Jimmy’ James of Burra won the Mail Medal again this year. He also won it last year. He won 24 votes to the runner-up, H. Burton’s 16.

Basketball. In the semi-finals Spalding 14 defeated Leighton 10

Booborowie 29 defeated Hallett 18.

Badminton. Burra North Green 6-154 defeated RSL 6-145.

Dairy Sale. The ‘Koorama’ Jersey Stud was sold on behalf of A.M. Sawley at Burra on 14 August. It reached very satisfactory prices. Plant, hay, etc. was also sold.

Hallett Dramatic Society. A Dramatic Society with Mrs E. Nicholls as producer has been formed at Hallett. The first production on 6 September will be two one-act plays: The Shadow Passes and OHMS.

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Benevolent Society held its AGM on 17 August. M. Riggs, Hon. Secretary, reported that there were 11 financial members, but only a small attendance at meetings. This year the society lost its Chairman, Rev. C. Pitman and then his replacement Rev. E. Tregilgas, through removal from the district. Arrangements were made for several families to collect goods to a specified value from a town store to make Christmas a happier occasion. Wood was distributed to needy folk from trees felled by Council and wood merchants have also assisted. Two wheelchairs are held by the Society – one in use and one at the Hospital.

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Rifle Club. At the Saturday match the best scorers were J. Harris & T. Lynch.

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 7

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church last Saturday

Margaret Jeffery, daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffery of Burra North, married

John Loutit, son of Mr & Mrs A. Stuart Loutit of Walkerville.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM last Saturday and re-elected: President, Mrs R. Ellis; Vice Presidents, Mesdames E. Finch & H. White; Treasurer, Mrs E. Wilson; Secretary, Mrs H. White;

Captain, Mrs E. Steer and Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Finch.

77, 33, 21 Aug. 1951, page 8

Burra Women’s Branch LCL held its AGM in the RSL Rooms 3 August. Elected: President, Mrs Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs, Archer & Marchant; Secretary, Mrs A. Tennant; Assistant Secretary, Mrs L.R. Boothby and Treasurer, Mrs J. Marchant. The meeting was addressed by Senator Pearson and Mr G. Stanley Hawker.

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 1

Football. Second Semi-Final at Booborowie. Terowie 9.14 defeated Hallett 9.8.

Accident. A blow-out caused a panel-van driven by Mr J.W. Grover of Brighton to roll over about five miles from Burra last Saturday. The panelling and cabin were torn off when the van rolled over and all passengers were thrown onto the road, where miraculously they all survived with only shock and abrasions. The occupants were Mr & Mrs Grover and their two sons aged 31⁄2 years and 4 months.

Burra’s Sealed Road? There are rumours that the sealed road will by-pass Burra, [taking the route later used by the heavy vehicle by-pass.] Burra people want it to come into the town and then go past Gully’s Wharf [Young Street] to the saleyards and thence to the Main North Road.

The Buffalo Jubilee Ball in the Burra Town Hall on Friday night was successful and door takings were £85. Proceeds will be divided between the Hospital and the War Memorial. The band was Johnnie Green’s Jubilee Band and the MC was Mr Frank Fillmore.

Burra Rifle Club members went to Gawler on Friday and Saturday for the No. 4 District Union Prize Meeting. Captain Field was second over 300 yards and well up in the grand aggregate. F.T. Marston was 4th in Saturday’s aggregate.

Kangaroo St Bridge. On Tuesday night last week part of the bridge collapsed after the passage of a truck loaded with 25 tons on cement. Several people had lucky escapes, including Richard Tiver who almost rode his bike into the hole. The road was quickly barricaded and repairs are going to prove expensive.

Car Accidents

Friday. Steering failure of a truck driven by H. Moxham caused it to run into a light pole on Ludgvan St, bringing down wires and damaging the truck. Mr Moxham was unhurt.

Friday. In the afternoon near ‘The Gap’ loose gravel caused a car driven by Mr A.S. Tillett to skid, striking a guide post at a culvert, damaging its radiator, fan, sump, etc.

Saturday. Brake failure in a car driven by Mr M. Irlam caused it to slightly damage a parked car of Mr C.W. Knight near Sara’s Corner.

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Loretta Young & Celeste Holm in Come to the Stable

Rory Calhoun & Audrey Long in Miraculous Journey

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 3

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs M.T. Wardle.

[Born Maria Tharsa Player 27 November 1868 Truro: died Thursa Maria Wardle 28 June 1951, Alberton, residence Manoora.]

Obituary. Robert Laidlaw, an old Burra resident, died at Burra Hospital on Friday night. He was born at Dumfries, Scotland in 1866 and migrated with his parents when aged 10. The family was employed by the sheep stud breeder Mr A.J. Murray of Mr Crawford Station. Later Mr Robert Laidlaw worked on ‘Cartapo’ Mt Bryan for 20 years. After that he worked for Sir Sidney Kidman as manager of ‘Witchelina’ Station at Farina, before retiring. In 1892 he married Miss Julia Kain who died about 39 years ago. There were four sons and a daughter. Mr Laidlaw was keenly interested in sheep dogs and was a prominent judge etc. at trials in various centres. In 1906 at Jubilee Oval he won the first cup presented in SA for a sheep dog trial, with ‘Quinn.’ For over forty years he was a member of the Masonic Lodge. [Died 24 August 1951, Burra. He married 17 August 1895 and his wife died 17 August 1913 at Burra, residence Mt Bryan.]

Booborowie Club for Ladies AGM is reported.

Badminton. The second semi-final was won by Burra North Gold 9-189 when they defeated an un-named team 3-113.

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Football. A benefit match for Dean Bernhardt, who sustained a broken leg at a recent match.

Burra 13.7 defeated Broken Hill 5.7.

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 6

Badminton. The Jubilee Badminton Club was opened at the Show Hall by the Mayor, W. Carpenter, on 18 August. The club has about 30 members. At a competition on the opening day Miss Eunice Tiver was the lady winner and Mr W. Carpenter the winner in the gents’ competition.

Dean Bernhardt will benefit from an afternoon tea at the Football Final.

Basketball. In the final Spalding 12 defeated Hallett 11.

77, 34, 28 Aug. 1951, page 7

Burra Town Council, 20 August

Tributes were paid to the late Stanley Kellaway.

The Department of the Interior is still considering the purchase of a portion of Howard Street.

LTO advises a Limited Certificate of Title has been issued for part allotment 80 in the name of SAMA. An ordinary title can be obtained by providing proof of 30 years uninterrupted and undisputed possession. [Allotment 80 is the corner of Market Square and Mt Pleasant Road.]

Cr Fisher moved an application for title be made, as a portion of the land gives access to the rear of the shopping area and an e & WS main runs through it for fire service.

Safety wire on the bridge near the Bowling Green will be attended to.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 1

Burra Racing Club held its AGM last Wednesday. The financial position is sound, with over £300 in the bank plus assets. The President, L.R. Boothby, reported two successful meetings for the year with prize money of £1,006 compared with £760 the previous year. Renovations and additions cost £203-6-10, principally on enlarging the members’ booth. Mr G. Gask was elected President with E.R. Davey as Secretary.

Burra-Adelaide Road Race

The 120-mile cycle event was run last Saturday. The Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter, cut the tape to see them off in good conditions. The route went via Clare. The 19-year-old Salisbury rider, W. Carling, won the event on handicap with Keith Thurgood the fastest in 5 hours 32 minutes 37 seconds.

Football. The Preliminary Final was played on Saturday at the Burra Racecourse.

Hallett 9.7 defeated Spalding 8.9.

[Page 7 gives details and cites a crowd of 800. It also says it took place at the Burra Oval.]

Dean Bernhardt Fund benefited by £11 from the afternoon tea at Saturday’s football.

Burra Hospital will make a public appeal for funds to liquidate an overdraft, which has grown to about £4,000. The Board sees no hope of reducing it from Council contributions or Government grants.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 September

John Lund & Diana Lyn in My Friend Irma

Richard Denning & Trudy Marshall in Disaster

Advt. Burra Jubilee Sports Meeting at Burra Racecourse, 22 September

Cycle events over 1⁄2, 1, 2 and 3 miles

Foot races over 50, 75, 100 and 130 yards

Novelty events

Motor Cycle Races

The Mid-North Local Government Conference at Kapunda on Wednesday was attended by the Mayor and Cr Pettet and the Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey. The main address concerned Housing Trust building in country towns.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 3

Burra & District Tennis Assoc. held its AGM 3 September. Elected: President, John Murray & W.H. Holman as Secretary & Treasurer. B.O. Scholz retired as Secretary after 13 years. This year there will be 8 ‘A’ grade teams and 8 ‘B’ grade teams.

Basketball. In the North-Eastern Grand Final Booborowie 22 defeated Spalding 12.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Homing Club flew its first race for the season on the South Line from Tailem Bend on Saturday 18 August. The winner was P.J. Byrnes. In the second race from Tailem Bend on 25 August the winner was L. Hood.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the Championship. Five possibles were scored: 2 by F.T. Marston and one each by J.H. Schwier, J. Brown & B.O. Scholz. Best scores for the day were from F.T. Marston, T. Lynch and J.H. Schwier.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 25 August

Valda Prior of Hallett married Clarrie Porter of Dawson.

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 6

A Variety Concert at Redruth Memorial Hall on Friday 31 August is reported in a column of detail.

[Mrs Satchell featured several times and Miss Eunice Tiver presented an elocution item. Miss Eunice Tiver and Joan Fairchild were among the actors in the final one-act play Meddlin’ Mothers-in-law.]

77, 35, 4 Sep. 1951, page 8

Ironmine Tennis Club held its AGM on Thursday and resolved to enter two ‘B’ grade teams in the Burra Lawn Tennis Assoc. this season. Elected: Patron, W.H. Lloyd; Patron [sic: perhaps President?] R.J. Steele and Secretary & Treasurer, Don White.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Four possibles were scored on Saturday. Captain Field achieved one at 600 yards and then Bert Scholz. R. Bernhardt and Bert Scholz scores possibles at 700 yards. [Check this: it seems strange that Scholz was still not one of the best with handicap.] Best score off the rifle was E.C .Hopkins while with handicap the top scores were from M. Kakoschke, E.C. Hopkins & D.H. Field.

Wild Ducks are about in unusually large numbers. The season is closed. Cape Barren Geese have also been seen.

E.W. Dunhill of Redruth, at 76, celebrates 50 years as a Local Preacher on Sunday 16 September. [The next week’s paper got this right by reporting it as 60 years.] He will be acknowledged with a service of recognition and a presentation. In the early years he rode a bicycle 40 miles to conduct three services on Sunday and occasionally up to 60 miles. He has been Superintendent of the Redruth Sunday School and caretaker of the Redruth Church properties, while still finding time to wield the smithy’s hammer. Over the course of years the Congregational and Baptist Churches have also benefited from his services.

The Burra Town Hall has been painted. The outside front has been completed except for the name ‘Burra Town Hall.’ It is believed this will be the first time the name has been included. The Council Chamber and foyer have been painted. The railings on the steps have been repaired.

Burra Town Council has declared special rates as follows: Hospital 51⁄2d, Street Lights 4d and Fire Brigade 21⁄2d.

Football. On Saturday at Spalding Mr Ray James of Burra was presented with the Mail Medal and George Phillips Cup for Fairest and Most Brilliant Player in the Assoc. for 1951. The runner-up trophy went to Mr Burton of Terowie.

J.W. Carling of Salisbury won the trophy awarded by the Citizens of Burra for being the first country rider to finish in the Burra-Adelaide Cycling Classic Road Race.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 September

Patrick O’Brien & Robert Ryan in The Boy with Green Hair

Johnny Weissmuller & Brenda Joyce in Tarzan and the Mermaids

21 September

A free picture show for all children

Football. Grand Final of the North-Eastern Association.

Juniors: Hallett 5.6 defeated Burra 0.0.

‘A’ Grade: Terowie 10.12 defeated Hallett 9.8.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara on 1 September was won by P.J. Byrne.

The race on 8 September from Tintinara was won by W. Holman.

Mr & Mrs Thomas Williams are celebrating their Golden Wedding, solemnised at Gumbowie 11 September 1901 by the late Rev. W. Gray.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Burra DC, 3 September

1,100 sheep have been camped at King Dam for some weeks and are a concern that will be followed up. The responsible parties have been asked to move them.

The year ended £1,304 in credit, with some outstanding commitments. This largely results from a special grant of £1,500 from the Highways & Local Government Department for the Main Road 46 deviation.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

D. Bernhardt Fund at £34-14-91⁄2.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 6

Mt Bryan CWA Jubilee Fete is reported in almost 1 column.

The grand total of £138 will be used on the Hall kitchen and trees and shrubs at the Hall.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 7

Burra Town Council, 3 September

The Bank of Australasia advised of its merger with the Union Bank of Australia from 1 October 1951, to form the Australian and New Zealand Bank Ltd. (ANZ)

The Town Clerk was authorised to attend to such documents as would allow the transfer of Council accounts, funds etc. to the ANZ Bank.

A General Rate of 4/- in the £ was declared, plus special rates: Hospital 51⁄2d, Street Lights 4d and Fire Brigade 21⁄2d.

A motion was carried to accept Mr Villis’s offer of a rubbish dump site at the Burra Mine.

The dump at the rear of Memorial Oval will be closed.

Advice is to be sought from the Highways & Local Government Department about the possibility of the town being by-passed by the new sealed road.

Badminton. In the Final the RSL 9-16 8 defeated an un-named team 3-105.

77, 36, 11 Sep. 1951, page 8

Hallett Red Cross was addressed by Lady Mawson on 5 September. She spoke mainly about her travels in Spain and Portugal.

Burra High School held a tree planting ceremony last Monday morning. The trees had been donated by the Town Council.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 1

Air Force Commemoration Day. A service was held at the War Memorial on Saturday on the Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The ceremony was well attended by members of the Air Force Association, RSL, Fathers’ Association and the Demobilised soldiers’ Association. Mr R.C. Lott gave a short address as President of the Air Force Association and Rev. S. Line, a former RAF man, who served in the Battle of Britain, also spoke.

Stud Sheep Sale. Messrs L.B. Rayner & Sons of Hallett have bought a ram from Messrs John Collins & Sons of Collinsville for 3,100 guineas.

Obituary. Allan Gilbert Harry, son of Mrs E.M. Nelson of Burra, died at Springbank Hospital on Saturday aged 30. He was, in his day, a lightweight boxer of interstate repute and three or four years ago toured NSW & Queensland in ‘Red’ Mitchell’s team. [Born Allen Gilbert Harry 5 August 1921 Kooringa: died Allan Gilbert Harry 15 September 1951 Springbank, residence Burra.]

Royal Show. L.B. Rayner & Sons won five firsts and five seconds and two third prizes and all reserve and championship awards in the medium, open and strong wool ewe sections. W.B. Ashby & Sons did well also, particularly with rams.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell, on account of Mr John N. Keynes, on 15 October at Booborowie Institute, Section 856, Hundred of Ayers, comprising 488 acres freehold with a stone and brick house of 5 rooms, etc.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 September

Van Johnson & J. Hodiak in Battle-Ground

Plus short features

21 September

Special Free screening for Children

Laurel & Hardy in Great Guns plus cartoons etc.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Hallett Dramatic Society presented The Shadow Passes and OHMS at the Hallett Institute.

Air Force Day at Burra was the occasion for three Mustangs to fly over the town. They demonstrated close formation flying for about 15 minutes.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 6

Burra Show subscription list is at £850.

Mr E.W. Dunhill’s 60th anniversary as a local preacher drew a very good congregation to the Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday evening, when he preached to the texts:

Go ye unto all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.’ And:

The Kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.’

A social hour followed in the hall, where Rev. Christopher had charge of the proceedings.

With him and Mr Dunhill on the platform was Mr Albert Dunhill, his elder brother from Norwood. The speakers were: Mr R.H. Campbell (Redruth Circuit), Miss Beth Pearce (Kooringa Circuit), H.J.B. Jennison (as a former Sunday school scholar), the Mayor Mr W. Carpenter, Mr Sara and Mr M. Morton. Mr David Sara presented a travelling rug and an envelope of cash. The President of the SA Conference, Rev. R.E. Stanley, sent a letter of congratulations, as did P.H. Nicholls, Secretary of the Local Preachers Association. A Certificate of Merit for laymen with service of over 50 years was presented from the General Conference: the first such awarded in Australia.

The Dean Bernhardt fund has reached £41-11-91⁄2.

77, 37, 18 Sep. 1951, page 7

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday in the Juniors’ Grand Final Hallett 8.7 defeated Booborowie 2.5. In a visiting team game Booborowie 14.8 (92) defeated Goodwood 13.13 (91.)

Allen Hickenbotham, formerly a science teacher at Burra High School, is now on the staff at Geelong Grammar School and is one of the outstanding footballers for Geelong in First Class Football.

Burra Homing Club. On Saturday the race from Wolseley was won by W. Holman.

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 1

Accident. Mr D. Holmes was seriously injured when his utility got out of control at Weir Corner near Spalding on Friday night. Of the two passengers, Mr John Bruce was unhurt and Mr Murray Holmes was admitted to Burra Hospital. The vehicle turned over three times, but despite extensive damage to the vehicle surprisingly no glass was broken. Mr Clive Jettner owned the vehicle.

Accident. On Monday a car driven by Mr Harrison of Broken Hill skidded on the Black Springs Road, rolled over and came to rest on the driver’s side. The driver suffered an injured ear.

Accident. Mr Jack McMahon of Booborowie suffered concussion when thrown from his horse when the horse slipped on a treacherous piece of road on Thursday afternoon.

Reg. Warnes topped the district at the recent Adelaide wool sales with 90d. Other prices ranged down to 62d.

E. Finch lost four sheep to lightning strike last Wednesday night.

Burra Sheep Dog Trials have a record 50 entries for the Jubilee Trials next Thursday.

Obituary. William Herbert Collins aged 62, a farmer of Booborowie, died at the Burra Hospital on Thursday from terrible injuries inflicted on him on Tuesday morning by a Jersey bull. The animal attacked him when he went to tie it up, trampling and butting him. Mr Collins’s 22-year-old son, Ross, chased off the bull and dragged his father clear. Mr Collins suffered four broken ribs, a broken hip, broken pelvis and concussion. He was a returned man from WWI and a highly respected gentleman in the district. Seventy cars followed the hearse to the Booborowie Cemetery.

[Born 7 August 1889 Gum Creek: died 20 September 1951 Burra, residence Booborowie.]

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, pages 1 & 8

Jubilee Celebrations got off to a good start on Saturday last. The town was decorated with flags and stores carried window decorations and displays. A large crowd assembled for the start of the procession in Commercial St under the direction of Mr R.C. Lott. Burra Cold Stores had a float representing a Blacks’ Camp and called ‘Burra before Copper.’ The Burra High School float was a large Birthday Cake. Burra North Junior Red Cross had a hospital ship Manunda. Mr W.E.D. Young had a band of Gipsies dispensing music. Mr Johnson Carpenter had a great deal of earth-moving equipment on a truck. A number of decorated cars followed. The Mayor led off in his car and the procession marched to the strains of the Ex-Navalmen’s Band. The procession went via Burra North to the Sports Ground. The official party comprised Hon. A.G. Cameron, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Mr G.S. Hawker MP and Mrs Hawker; the Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter and Mrs Carpenter. The Mayor said the Speaker’s presence was particularly apt because Sir Frederick Holder had been the first Speaker fifty years ago. The Hon. A.G. Cameron then opened the Sports Day and said that like Sir F.W. Holder he had been born at Happy Valley. A daughter of Sir Frederick’s still held a highly placed position in the Government and so the Parliament’s connection with the family had not been broken. In 1901 another South Australian, Sir Richard Baker, had been the first President of the Senate and now SA Senator Sir Edward Mattner held the position. He paid tribute to other local men in Mr Essington Lewis and Hon. P.A. McBride, whom he inferred could be the next PM.

The Ex-Navalmen’s Band played on Saturday and on Sunday morning visited Burra North and gave a concert in the afternoon in the Town Hall. This was transferred from Market Square due to the cold weather. Towards evening they played a few pieces at the Hospital.

The sports on Saturday produced a gate of £86 despite the drizzly conditions.

[The sporting results are printed.]

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures

Claudette Colbert & Patrick Knowles in Three Came Home

Lois Collier & Jimmy Lydon in Miss Mink of 1949

Advt. On 28 September SAFU will conduct a Furniture Sale at Burra North for Mr P.W. Hogan, who is leaving the district.

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

The Referendum [to grant the Commonwealth the power to outlaw Communism was narrowly defeated on Saturday last.] In the Kooringa Subdivision the voting was:

YES 1180

NO 1053

Burra YES 300

NO 383

Burra North YES 45

NO 12

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Town Council, 17 September

Burra Burra Show Inc. applied to erect a Sheep Pavilion, having obtained permission from the Building Materials Office. Granted.

Mid-North Car & Tractor Co. was given permission to re-erect a petrol pump and install another on the kerb in front of their business.

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 6

Burra Telephone Exchange has several vacancies caused by marriage and removals.

Burra Homing Club’s race from Wolseley on Saturday was won by L. Hood.

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mr J.O. Beinke.

[Johann Otto Beinke born 14 July 1878 Truro: died 4 September 1951 Burra, residence Copperhouse.]

77, 38, 25 Sep. 1951, page 7

A Sacred Concert was given by the Burra Choral Society and conducted by Mr Lindsay Thomas in the Burra Town Hall on Sunday, to a small but appreciative audience.

Terowie Football Club Premiership Dinner 22 September is reported.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 1 [Check numbering]

Burra Jubilee Committee. Photograph, also a separate photograph (head & shoulders) of the Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter.

Jubilee Sheep Dog Trials

These were well run in good weather, but takings only just covered costs. They were regarded as one of the best trials for some time. Thirty-three trials were run in the day. The gate took only £17-3-0.

Open Class was won by Reg. Cosser’s Blondie.

Novice Class was won by W.J. Holding’s Suzi.

H.L. Burton owned the runner-up in both events.

These were the first sheep dog trials held in the town for some years.

School Sports were held at the Showgrounds on Saturday as a fitting finale to the Jubilee Celebrations. £27 was taken at the gate. During the day each child got an ice cream or two, cakes, sweets and a cash prize. At the conclusion of the day the Mayor presented trophies for:

Best Window to Messrs T.W. Wilkinson & Co.

Best 1901-51 Window to Miss A. Bentley.

Best Window Dressed for trade to Messrs Topsfield.

Prizes also went to Bence’s Ltd, R.A. Bevan and Sara & Co.

The Garden Competition was won by Mr F.H. Reed for a garden where a man was employed.

And to Mr H. Thompson of Burra North for a cottage garden.

Honourable mentions were made to the gardens of Miss A. Bentley and Mr D.A. Halliday.

[The results for the School Sports are printed.]

An Amateur Hour was conducted in the Burra Town Hall on Wednesday with Mr G.H. Dollman as compere. Over £40 was taken at the door. [Competitors are listed.]

Winners: Senior Section Dead Heat between Marie Gare (soprano) and

The Three Broad Sisters, Lorna, Mavis and Shirley

Junior Section Michael Kelly (boy soprano)

Jubilee Ball Friday Night in the Burra Town Hall took over £90. Decorations were the best for several years. K.J. Murphy was the MC. ‘Johnnie Green’s’ Orchestra supplied the music.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a land sale at Mt Bryan Hall 10 October of Block 188 Hundred of Kingston, comprising 463 acres freehold, two miles northeast of Mt Bryan Township.

[In the Estate of the late R. Wardle.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 5,000 sheep on 5 October.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell Pt Allotments 40, 43 & 44 of Pt Section 33 & Pt Section 34 Hundred of Kooringa, with a five-roomed house etc. located in Ludgvan Street, Burra North, in the Estate of the late Adelaide Barbara Dew, on the property 12 October.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 October

Olivia de Havilland & Montgomery Clift in The Heiress

Plus News and Shorts

8 October

Jean Simmons & Donald Houston in The Blue Lagoon

Basil Radford & Naunton Wayne in It’s Not Cricket

Jubilee Badminton Exhibition in Burra Town Hall. A large number of people attended to see the exhibition games followed by supper.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Accident. Mr Brian Chandler of Broken Hill is in the Burra Hospital with a suspected fractured skull after an accident with his motor cycle about half a mile from Hallett on the Main Road on Friday night.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

A Children’s Frolic was held at the Burra Town Hall on Monday night. A large number of children attended in a wide range of costumes. [A long list of results is printed.]

Back to School at Burra drew about 150 visitors, mostly old scholars, to the school last Tuesday. They were welcomed by Mr A.G. Heinrich, President of the Primary School Committee and Mr A.B. Riggs, President of the High School Council and they were addressed by the Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter. Four of those present had been there at the opening of the school 74 years earlier: Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara, Mrs A. Carpenter and Mr W. Bland.

The celebrations were deemed a great success.

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 7

Advt. The Chief Inspector of Stock advises of dates when local farmers should bring in six uninjured rabbits to be inoculated with Myxomatosis. Clare 5 November and Burra 6 November.

The Ex-Navalmen’s Band writes thanking Burra for its hospitality.

Eastern Fire Fighting Organisation held its AGM at Koomooloo 26 September. Chairman Rex Warnes welcomed 34 members ranging from Mutooroo in the north to Bungunnia in the south and from Morgan Vale in the east to Mongolata in the west. There were also representatives from adjacent districts. A constitution was accepted by the meeting and will be forwarded to head office. Elected were: Chairman, Rex Warnes and H. Binks-Williams & F.N. Fabian as joint Secretaries.

[Fire Control Officers are listed.]

Exhibition of Arts, Crafts & Antiques was held at Burra RSL Hall on Thursday as part of Jubilee celebrations. It was a remarkable and delightful event. Paintings served as a background to silverware dating back to the seventeenth century. [A number of the exhibits are listed in a report extending for one column.]

77, 38 (2), 2 Oct. 1951, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA Birthday Party is reported.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 1

Burra Races have received 95 nominations for Wednesday of next week.

Myxomatosis: a map is printed showing the spread since its release along the River Murray in 1950.

Accident. A car driven by Mr & Mrs Stanley D. Logan of Myrtlebank skidded and turned over on the Black Springs Road 15 miles from Burra on Saturday. Mr Logan was thrown out and passing motorists helped Mrs Logan and child from the car. Mr Logan suffered severe facial injuries and was admitted to Burra Hospital.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 11,500 sheep for sale on 19 October.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 October

Merle Oberon & Robert Ryan in Berlin Express

Tim Holt in Guns of Hate

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Burra DC, 1 October

Circulars were received from the Department of Agriculture about the spread of Myomatosis.

O.J. Oates has agreed to transfer a portion of land for the deviation of Road 46 to Clare provided the adjacent District Road between sections 2236 and 2245, and between sections 2235 and 2355, is closed and transferred to him. The Commissioner of Highways seeks Council agreement.

The bonfire at Mt Bryan on 5 November was approved subject to the supervision of Cr Beckwith.

The owners of sheep loitering at King Dam had been taken to court and fined the maximum amount.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Burra Town Council, 1 October

The RAA wrote that straying stock was a problem and a danger in Burra North at night and asked for action. Council resolved to do what it could to take action against the offenders.

A report by the District Engineer, Mr C.B. Sieber, on the Kangaroo St Bridge, was received.

It was resolved to carry out temporary repairs as suggested, pending advice on the best means of repairing or replacing it.

Action is to be taken to curb noisy motor cycles.

The Railway Commissioner is to be advised that Council considers the warning device at the Bon Accord Crossing to be inadequate.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 6

J. Barlow, station hand of Woolgangi, sustained concussion and fractured a collarbone in an accident on his motor cycle between Woolgangi and Koomooloo last Saturday.

Burra Rifle Club. A visit to Balaklava on Saturday saw Burra 764 defeated Balaklava 758.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 7

Perth Royal Show. A Koonoona Special Stud Ram was sold for 1,425 guineas; three were sold for an average of 900 guineas and six for an average of 200 guineas. The nine averaged 440 guineas.

77, 39, 9 Oct. 1951, page 8

Football. The Prospect team came to Burra by rail on Friday night and the Goodwood team came by bus. After sightseeing on Saturday, a match was played on Sunday. Goodwood defeated Prospect by 7 goals. £5-10-0 was collected for the Hospital. On Sunday evening the teams had a chop picnic at the Gorge.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Anniversary as a climax to Jubilee Week. Rev. Guthrie C. Hutchinson, who served the circuit in 1933-36, returned to preach. A Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was held.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales on 9 & 10 October saw top district prices for J.M. Gebhardt & Sons of Mackerode. For the best fleeces prices were well up on the last sales, being some 60-70% higher. Other top prices for local wool went to A.J. & P.A. McBride of Braemar and to D.R. McInnes & Sons of Hallett and R.J. Steele of Burra.

The Burra Show, 13 October

The show was probably the best ever held in Burra. The grounds had been re-organised and there was a new sheep pavilion. The arena has been partially moved to improve the jumps and the cattle pens shifted to the southwest. All this makes better use of the flatter portion of the grounds. The good season also helped exhibitors. Entries were a record 2,569. Up 800 on last year. Sideshows were numerous and well patronised. Never before were there three merry-go-rounds. Only the timing of the Spalding Rodeo on the same day detracted from attendance. The gate takings were up £20. The weather looked threatening at dawn, but turned out to be good. Cattle numbers were up and of good quality. Ring event entries were more numerous and more varied, with good competition. Both pavilions contained splendid displays. That of the Agricultural Department was particularly effective. Art entries were down in quantity, but not in quality. Cut flowers were very good, as were the Dairy Produce and Cookery sections and the Cookery was keenly contested. Grain and Fodder displays were impressive, while Needlework and Birds were better than ever.

[The next issue of the paper added complimentary remarks about School Exhibits from Burra Primary, Burra High and Booborowie Schools.]

Mr W.H. Lloyd, as President, welcomed visitors and outlined the improvements made. He thanked the Showmen’s Guild for the fine collection of sideshows. He introduced the District MHR, Mr A.R. Downer, who opened the Show. Mr Rex Warnes was then introduced and asked to declare the new Sheep Pavilion open. He was a member of the Council of the Royal Show and a son of the past President of the Burra Society, Mr I.J. Warnes. Mr Warnes congratulated the Show on £850 well spent and believed it would house some of the best sheep in the world. Mr G.S. Stanley MP moved a vote of thanks to the speakers.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra, Saturday 27 October, at the Old Saleyards, Silver’s Circus and Zoo.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 3

Advt. PMG Department. An examination for appointment as a Telephonist will be held at Burra on Saturday 3 November. Eligible persons are Female British Subjects between 13 years 11 months and 25 years of age, or ex-servicewomen under 28 years of age.

Advt. Clare Show, Saturday 20 October

To be opened by the Prime Minister of Australia.

Notice. Public Meeting at the Burra Town Hall, Friday 26 October. An address to celebrate United Nations Week will be given by His Excellency the High Commissioner for India, Mr K.S. Duleepsinghi.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 October

Esther Williams, Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra in Take Me Out to the Ball Game

M. O’Brien & H. Marshall in The Secret Garden

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 4 [numbered 3]

Burra Lawn Tennis Club is opening for play earlier this year, on 20 October.

They have at present four splendid grass courts and hope a fifth will be ready by the end of the year. Much credit is due to Mr Reg. Ellis for work in re-blocking and top-dressing the courts and also to Gilbert Wilson. Mr A.L. Bence has been elected President.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 5 [numbered 6]

Marriage. St Dympna’s [sic] Church, Booborowie, 29 September

Ross Berriman, youngest son of Mr J. & the late Mrs Berriman of Leighton, married

Joan Elizabeth Hogan, youngest daughter of Mrs C.D. & the late Martin Hogan of Leighton.

Hallett Junior Footballers held a victory dinner on 7 October in the form of a picnic amid the Ulooloo mallee. About 40 cars and trucks with footballers and supporters attended. Veteran Tom Surfield demonstrated place kicking. Long distance football kick contest for those under 12 was won by Michael Brooks and a contest for those over 10 was won by Len Deer.

The Fairest and Most Brilliant Player was C. Furst.

The Best Placed Man was Bob Scott.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 6

Mokota Cricket Assoc. Leighton 152 v. Mt Bryan i1st innings 7 for 249, including C. Heneker retired on 101 and M. Connors 90.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, page 7

Recent Auctions

The 463 acres freehold in the Estate of the late R. Wardle, located two miles northeast of Mt Bryan, was sold to Mr John Murray of Hallett for £33 per acre.

The 488 acres about 41⁄2 miles north of Booborowie, sold on account of Mr John Keynes, went to Mr Angus McInnes of Hallett for £26-10-0 per acre.

Mr M.R.W. Motherall, the present tenant, bought the five-roomed stone house auctioned in the estate of A.B. Dew, for £1,200.

Weather. There have been falls to the east in patchy thunderstorms. Redcliffe received 280 points in an hour last Tuesday. [Other falls are printed.]

Burra Homing Club. The 1951 season concluded with a race from Mt Gambier, which was won by L. Hood.

Obituary. Mr J.G. [Johann Gottlieb] Rooke died at his daughter’s residence in Burra (Mrs Albert Bruce) on 9 October. He was born at Tanunda 9 July 1868 and came to Baldina with his parents when a boy. In 1891 he married Emma Kickebusch of Baldina and they carried on mixed farming there all their lives. He was a Burra District Councillor for many years. In his teens he drove a bullock team to Broken Hill with supplies and returned with wool. He was very active until he broke his leg in a fall eighteen months ago. He spent three months in hospital. His wife died two years ago. He is survived by a family of three sons and three daughters: Mrs W. Davis, Mrs A. Bruce, Mrs Bennett and Messrs Eugen, Ted & Herb. Rooke.

77, 40, 16 Oct. 1951, pages 9 & 10

Burra Show Prize Winners are printed.

[Personal interest:

R. Fuss was head flower steward and won the following:

Calendula 6 of one shade 2nd

Calendula 3 of one shade 2nd

Calendula 3 distinct 1st

12 Pansies 1st

6 Pansies 2nd

3 Pansies 1st

Champion Pansy

Ranunculi 3 semi or double 2nd

Violas 6 of one shade 1st]

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 1

Wombats have been seen at the 20-mile ramp on the Burra-Morgan Road and there are a number of burrows a few miles southeast from there.

Hallett Flower Show was held successfully in aid of the Red Cross and raised £60-15-9.

[Results are printed.]

Sheep Sale. Elder, Smith & Co. sold 10,215 sheep last Friday at Burra at an average £4-6-0 per head.

[Details are printed.]

Mr Cliff Lott is collecting money and rubbish for the annual Guy Fawkes bonfire, scheduled this year for 6 November.

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 7,000 merino sheep off the shears on 2 November.

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 7 October

Jeanne Crain, Linda Darrell & Ann Southern in A Letter to Three Wives

William Gargan & Marjorie Lord in The Argyle Secrets

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 4

Burra Races. The club’s spring races were run last Wednesday. It was one of the most enjoyable and most financially successful meetings since the end of the war, even though the weather was unkind. Gate takings were close to last year’s record. Bookmakers turned over the best ever sum of £38,700. The best race for the day was the Burra LV Handicap for a stake of £115 plus a 30 guinea trophy. The winner was Atheria, ridden by the young jockey W. Pyers and owned by Mr M. Flannagan. The CWA provided an excellent luncheon. [Other results are printed.]

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 6

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened its season on 26 September during jubilee Week. Mrs W. Carpenter hit off the first ball and declared the lawns open for play.

77, 41, 23 Oct. 1951, page 7

Weather. A wind gust partly removed the roof from the home of W.G. Winchester at Mt Bryan yesterday, but quick action had it restored by about 5 p.m.

Obituary. The Rev. J.H. Neil died in Adelaide on Sunday aged 84. He will be remembered by older residents as being in charge of the Kooringa Methodist Circuit 1911-14 and in the latter year laid the foundation stone of the present Kooringa Church.

[John Henry Nield born 7 October 1867: died 19 Oct 1951 Prospect.]

Burra Bowling and Croquet Club opened the season last Saturday. J.T. Pascoe, as President, welcomed members and visitors from Saddleworth and auburn. H.J.B. Jennison, Patron for many years, performed the opening ceremony and was glad to see the club growing in strength. Life membership has been conferred on Mr C.D. Wilkinson, who was the last surviving original member. Mr A.A. Davey, now the Patron, raised the flag for the season. Mrs J.T. Pascoe sent down the first jack. Mrs H.O. Pederick sent down the first bowl. Mrs H.W. Tiver opened the croquet season and hit the first ball.

The Burra Town Council has decided to buy a 31⁄2 cubic foot concrete mixer with motor for £250. Its main use will be in mixing the new type of preparation for bitumen roads and for normal concrete work.

77, 42, 30 Oct. 1951, page 1

Burra Burra DC is to buy a new front end loader with hydraulic control and bulldozer blade for approximately £6,000, to replace its ageing machinery. Delivery is expected in about twelve months.

The Indian High Commissioner, Mr Duleepsinjhi, was welcomed to a well-attended meeting at the Burra Town Hall by Mayor, W. Carpenter. Mr G.S. Hawker MP also welcomed the party. The Chairman of the Sa Branch of the United Nations, Mr T.S. Raggatt, spoke of the t ask of raising living standards in India and elsewhere. His Excellency Mr Duleepsinjhi then spoke of progress in India and Mr H.J.B. Jennison moved a vote of thanks at the end of the speech, seconded by Rev. R.S.T. Pettet. His Excellency and his wife were the guests of Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker at ‘Belcunda’ over the weekend.

D.S. Craig’s clearing sale on Wednesday 24 October was held despite driving wind, rain and hail. Despite all the disadvantages good prices were bid for equipment. By the end of the day a number of those who attended had to have their cars hauled out of boggy ground by a tractor.

[Prices for various items are printed.]

Myxomatosis is a mixed blessing according to some farmers. While many say it will do away with rabbits and leave more feed for sheep, others are fearful that without rabbits the numerous foxes will turn to lambs. At Spalding last season one landowner claimed that after myxomatosis foxes got 76% of lambs. Others fear its spread to humans.

77, 42, 30 Oct. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 November

Phyllis Calvert & Melvyn Douglas in My Own True Love

William Holden & William Bendix in Streets of Laredo

Burra Lawn Tennis Club courts were opened for the season by President A.L. Bence last Saturday afternoon.

The Adelaide-Burra Road

It is reported that the section of road from Porter Lagoon to Burra will not be ready for sealing for at least two years. The District Council will, in the meantime, keep the Koonoona-Burra road in repair. Its condition is presently very unsatisfactory, but nothing beyond essential repairs can be contemplated in the light of the new route.

77, 42, 30 Oct. 1951, page 4

Cricket. Burra Association

Koonoona 68 v. Burra Buffs 8 for 91

27 October

Burra 69 v. Farrell Flat 44

77, 42, 30 Oct. 1951, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the second stage of the Jubilee Championship over 800 & 900 yards. Best were P. Betts, B.O. Scholz and D.H. Field.

77, 42, 30 Oct. 1951, page 7

Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker’s garden party at ‘Belcunda’ for the Indian High Commissioner and his wife is reported.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Bro. W.A. Field as Worshipful Master on Wednesday 24 October. A ball in the Burra Town Hall followed.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 1

Weather. O n Monday night a storm with terrific winds swept across the district. Wind velocities reached 80-90 m.p.h. Early in the morning a thunderstorm with much lightning heralded its approach and the wind rapidly increased in strength from 6 a.m. Dozens of sheds lost their roofs and iron walls were flattened. Many picket fences were knocked flat and trees were uprooted. Three large gums were blown over in the stationmaster’s yard. One fell on the house and penetrated the ceilings of two rooms. The other fell on outhouses. Another fell on the railway cottage and one cut the telephone link along the line. Cliff Lott was lucky when a large pine tree missed his house by a couple of feet. A portion of Paxton Square lost its roof, which landed in the yard of the Kooringa Hotel. Several electricity poles were flattened, cutting supply and a tree fell on wires near the Burra north Police station. Several homes lost verandahs. The Burra-Farrell Flat telephone line is precarious with the wires holding up the poles in several places. One shed in Burra North lost its roof, which has not been found.

Goldsbrough, Mort’s Sale produced new record prices at Burra.

[Results are listed.]

The Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a Jubilee Fete in the RSL Hall last Friday. It was opened by Mrs Stanley Hawker. Takings were £67-7-0.

The Burra Show Finance Committee was shocked on Friday when it learned of the cost of the new sheep pavilion. The anticipated cost was £630 plus the cost of an extra 200 ft of gating at about £70, for a total of about £700. To pay for this £850 was collected, but the bills now to hand total £934.

The CWA has made a start planting an avenue of trees along the approach to the town on the Adelaide Road. They have so far planted 50 Arizonica Pines.

Burra Football Colts and friends went to the Gorge on Saturday for a chop picnic. They enjoyed swimming afterward lunch.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 2

Notice. All members of the Burra Platoon of the 27th (Scottish) Regiment are requested to attend parade at 10.30 Tuesday 13 November to hear guest speaker C.H. Cummins on ‘Army Intelligence.’

R. Campbell, Lt.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 November

Claudette Colbert & Robert Young in Bride for Sale

Bill Williams & Barbara Hale in The Clay Pigeon

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its Anniversary on 28 October. Two fine addresses were given by Rev. Christopher of Redruth. There was a social on Monday evening.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the Bushell Trophy on Saturday. Best scorers were T. Lynch, M. Kakoschke, J. Harris and G. Webster.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 5

Bowls. Burra green 101 defeated Burra Gold 93.

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 7

Tennis. Burra Association

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 13-95 defeated Leighton 7-76

Willalo 12-91 defeated Mt Bryan 8-77

Booborowie 17-112 defeated Kooringa 3-61

Spalding 12-97 defeated Hallett 8-78

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 13-101 defeated Aberdeen 7-77

Ironmine I 15-110 defeated Mt Bryan 5-66

Hallett forfeited to Spalding

Kooringa 14-99 defeated Booborowie 6-72

RSPCA intends to prosecute the CSIRO and other persons or organisations injecting rabbits with myxomatosis.

Cricket, at Burra racecourse 3 November

Burra 62 v. Buffs 45

77, 43, 6 Nov. 1951, page 8

11th Annual Synod of the Mid-North District of the Methodist Church was held at Spalding 30 & 31 October. The Kooringa Circuit desired that probationer S.W. Line continue in that circuit next year and all other ministers have been invited to continue in their circuits for a further year.

£1,000 was spent on the Redruth Church at the time of its centenary and £900 has been spent on the Saddleworth Church and manse.

Synod was strongly opposed to the Bill to legalise mechanical hare coursing.

The next synod will be at Kooringa 28 & 29 October 1952.

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 1

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten

A meeting at the RSL Hall on 15 November will give people the chance to learn about the pre-school movement. Much preliminary work is needed and such a project could not be run without the ardent support of parents and friends.

Public Notice. On Cr Pettet’s motion a public notice board will be placed in the space provided at Mr E.T. Baulderstone’s shop.

Armistice Day was remembered at the Soldiers’ Memorial in Burra on Sunday morning. Last Post was followed by two minutes’ silence. Rev. S.W. Line gave a short address and then wreathes were laid by: Mr I. Richardson for the RSL, Mr R.C .Lott for the Air Force Assoc. and Mr G.H. Dollman for the Fathers’ Assoc.

Burra Football Club held a social in the RSL Rooms on Saturday night. Trophies were presented.

Speakers were: Jack Kellock, Alex Bevan (Patron), Ron Chambers (Secretary), C. Howard (President of the Terowie Football Club), Frank Lynch (Secretary of Leighton Football Club), R.H. Slee (representing Hallett Football Club), Messrs Jack and Fred Allen (Burra Trainers) and K.J. Murphy as President of Burra Football Club. Trophies:

Fairest and Most Brilliant R. James

Most Improved R. Samuels

Best Placed Man D. Edwards

Best Forward C. Morrison

Most Improved Junior D. Bernhardt

Most Consistent at Training S. Johnson

Best Utility Player W. Kotz

Most Earnest R. Crewes

Most Consistent Player D. Watson

Best Backman I Hirschausen

Most Effective Player B. Beinke

Most ‘common’ number of votes from members outside the boundary: I. Hirschausen & K. Kellaway

Music Exam Results for pupils of Mr C. Davey & St Joseph’s Convent are printed.

Guy Fawkes Night was cancelled on Tuesday last because of bad weather, but the bonfire with life-sized Guy went up on Thursday instead. Children got a free ice cream and an impressive display of fireworks. Grilled chops and rolls raised £7-19-0 for the War Memorial Project. Prize Winners for the best Guy were: Donald Best, June Goodridge, Alec Robins and Michael Johnson.

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 15,500 sheep in their off-shears sale at Burra on 16 November.

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 3

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort will sell the house of seven main rooms and bathroom etc. being on part allotment 73 Commercial St with a frontage of 72 links and a depth of 333 links. O n instructions from Mrs L.D. Gordon.

On instructions from Mr T.R. & Mrs E.R. Williams they will sell part allotment 70, Mount Pleasant Road with a residence of seven stone rooms etc. presently disposed as three self contained flats, one of which is occupied.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 November

Big City

Go West

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 4

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on Sunday 4 November. Attendances were good. Rev. C. Christopher had charge of the three services. A sumptuous tea was held on Monday in the storm blackout and was dimly lit by batteries supplied by Mr H.J.B. Jennison. The lights came on in time for the following meeting and supper. Mr E.W. Dunhill chaired the meeting.

Willalo School Welfare Club’s 4th birthday was celebrated on 23 October.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the C.N. Bushell Trophy and the G.S. Hawker Trophy.

M. Kakoschke scored a possible over 900 yards. This has rarely been achieved and not at all until recent years. Best results were from D. Bernhardt, M. Kakoschke and J. Schwier.

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 5

Tennis, Burra Association

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 14-101 defeated Spalding 6-81

Aberdeen 12-84 defeated Mt Bryan 8-81

Hallett 11-93 defeated Booborowie 9-87

Leighton 13-100 defeated Willalo 7-82

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 16-110 defeated Mt Bryan 4-62

Ironmine II 14-104 defeated Ironmine I 6-73

Hallett 17-115 defeated Booborowie 3-57

Spalding 15-107 defeated Kooringa 5-72

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 6

Obituary. John Frederic Nieman died suddenly 29 October at Waterloo Corner, Salisbury. He was the husband of Catherine Esther Nieman, late of Hallett. [Born Johann Friederich Niemann 9 October 1889 Copperhouse; married in 1915 as John Frederick Niemann and died as John Frederick Nieman.]

Bowls. Clare Blue 92 defeated Burra Gold 86

Clare White 110 defeated Burra Green 86

Cricket. Farrell Flat 80 v. Buffs 2 for 95.

World’s End Methodist Church held its Anniversary with Rev. Line conducting the service. Marlene Lorraine Rooke, daughter of Mr & Mrs Herb Rooke, was christened.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church

Shirley Dawn Villis, daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Villis of Burra, married

Mervyn John Longford, son of the late Mr H. Longford & Mrs D. Scholz of Hallett.

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 7

Redruth Girls’ Club, under the leadership of Mrs L. Irlam, has just got underway. President, Mrs Christopher; Secretary, Rosalyn Reed and Treasurer, Julie Pearce. They assemble each Friday evening for physical training and culture.

Myxomatosis was injected into over 200 rabbits at Burra last Tuesday. About 24 landowners brought in rabbits for inoculation.

Burra Bridge Club held a Melbourne Cup meeting in the RSL Rooms on Tuesday. As a result £10-2-6 will be given to the Burra Red Cross Hospital Fund.

Obituary. John Quinn died at Macclesfield Hotel on 12 October. He was the son of the late Mr & Mrs Michael Quinn, respected residents of World’s End, where John Quinn was born in April 1884. He was educated at World’s End School. He worked on eastern stations and only a week before his death had returned from erecting fencing and telephone line on Oakbank Station following last year’s fires. In 1913 he marries the only daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Richard Hill in the last marriage at the old Kooringa Methodist Church. The late Rev. J.H. Nield officiated. He leaves a wife, four daughters and a son, along with 11 grandchildren. (Another son, Cecil, is deceased.) They are: Floris Mrs Kellock of Oakbank Station, Sam of Koonoona, Chloe Mrs Eberhard of Robertstown, Marjorie Mrs Halkett of Macclesfield Hotel and Natalie Mrs Noble of Wirrabara.

[Born 2 April 1884 Hundred of Bright]

77, 44, 13 Nov. 1951, page 8

Burra Town Council, 5 November

The State Director of the 1952 Royal Visit acknowledged the receipt of the invitation to visit Burra.

The National Safety Council of SA will visit Burra on 20 November and requests that a public meeting be arranged. Council will do so.

(Later advice has been received that the visit will not now be made until the New Year.)

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 1

Burra Off-Shears Sales last Friday were one of the largest ever. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd offered nearly 16,000 sheep in their second off-shears sale for this season. Prices for wether lambs were high. Of the 15,875 yarded 13,584 changed hands at an average of £4-9-7 per head. [More detail is printed.]

An appeal at the sale by Mr G. Stanley Hawker for funds to aid Legacy, resulted in the donation of no less than 43 sheep by 32 owners and Legacy will benefit by £209-2-0 as a result. When the sums to Legacy from sales by Messrs Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. are added, the charity will benefit by a total of approcimately £400.

St Mary’s Church Service next Sunday will be broadcast over 5AN. This is Annual Temple Day when parishioners offer direct gifts to the church. Clem Davey will be organist and Rev. R.S.T. Pettet will preach at this sung service to ‘Merbecke’ setting of the Holy Communion. This is the second occasion on which a service from St Mary’s has been broadcast. The first was on 5 November 1939, when Rev. C. Gray was the Rector in Charge.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, pages 1 & 5

Burra Kindergarten. A meeting held in the RSL Rooms on 15 November to discuss forming a Kindergarten in Burra, was well attended. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet took the chair. Mrs I. Richardson addressed the group on the principles of Froebel, who first came up with the term Kindergarten.

They were:

The early years are vital in the physical, emotional and social development of the child.

Play is the only rational starting point in the education of a young child.

It is necessary to provide suitable play materials that will present a challenge and stimulus to the developing powers of the child.

The child needs the companionship of other children of a similar age, under the guidance of a teacher trained to aid his development.

The pre-school kindergarten opens up new avenues for a child to explore. The equipment is graded so as always to offer a challenge, whether in muscular activity, appreciation of music or in intellectual activity. Attention is paid to hygiene and cleanliness. [Further details of the conduct of such a pre-school are given.]

Three main things needed to be considered in establishing a kindergarten:

Where would it be located?

How would it be staffed?

How would it be equipped?

Mrs Richardson said they thought question 1 could quickly be answered. [The answer is not reported.]

The kindergarten would be run by Mrs Richardson with the voluntary assistance of the mothers.

An appeal would be made to parents and friends re the equipping of the pre-school.

A committee was then established.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, pages 1 & 8

Fire Controllers held a meeting at Mt Bryan last Wednesday night. Mr E. Murray took the chair as they discussed arrangements for control of fires that might break out in the coming summer.

[The duties of various people are listed.]

Arrangements include:

B. Hirschausen (Corporation Overseer) would man the trailer pump and take it immediately to the fire.

B. Rogers would attend with a Jeep and tow rope etc. to act as a mechanic as needed.

The Burra Postmaster would keep lines open to the District Office.

Elder, smith Ltd in Burra would man the hydrant outside the District Office for filling tanks on trucks.

The Waterworks Department would make the 6 inch main at Burra North available for large fires.

The Stationmaster would sanction the use of water at the Burra Railway Station – particularly for fires after trains.

Each of 26 Fire Control Officers had been made aware of the location of hydrants on the Morgan-Whyalla Pipeline.

[Other details follow.]

It was advised that oil burning locomotives were already being employed on the line.

Roadside burning operations were arranged.

[Various other details are reported. One interesting problem raised was that of shunting in the Mt Bryan railway yards, which could block the crossing for up to half an hour. The Railways Commissioner had rejected any idea of a new crossing.]

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd on instructions from the executors in the estate of the late J.G. Rooke will sell on 6 December on the property 10 miles southeast of Burra, Crown Lease Perpetual No. 15828 containing 605 acres with improvements that include a hoestead of 6 main rooms., etc.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will conduct a clearing sale for F. Angus, who is leasing his property and leaving the district. On the property 4 miles southwest of Farrell Flat on 22 November.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd have instructions from Mrs L.D. Gordon to offer for auction on 23 November a property with a frontage of 72 links to Commercial Street and a depth of 333 links, being a portion of Allotment 73 of Kooringa, on which is erected a substantial bungalow with a tiled roof, comprising 7 main rooms etc.

At the same time and place they will offer on instructions from Mr T.R. & Mrs E.R. Williams the land with a frontage to Mt Pleasant Road, being part of allotment 70 on which is erected a residence of 7 stone rooms etc.

Advt. The Burra Show Society calls tenders for the demolition of the timber sheep and cattle yards at the Showgrounds.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 3

Advt. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens Fathers’ Asociation, Amateur Hour, Quiz and Dance in Burra Town Hall on Friday 23 November.

Advt. Burra Choral Society Christmas Concert in Burra Town Hall, Wednesday 5 December.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 November

Cesar Romero & Rudy Vallee with Olga San Juan in Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Edward G. Robinson & Susan Hayward in House of Strangers.

Letter. E.P. Sara writes urging people to support ‘The Call’ made by Ministers of the Churches and the Judiciary of Australia and published on the front page of The Advertiser of 12 November, to combat the consumption of alcohol in whatever way they can. There is also a suggestion to help couples not to go to the divorce court.

Burra Cricket Association.

Buffs (1st innings) 5 for 116 vesus Koonoona (1st innings) 5 for 133.

[There is no mention of a declaration.]

Farrell Flat (1st innings) 134 versus Burra (1st innings) 4 for 147.

Mokota Cricket Association

Mt Bryan (1st innings) 3 declared for 264 & 5 for 62 versus Booborowie (1st innings) 113.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 5 November

J.W. Short is prepared to accept responsibility for the Council water tank stationed at Hanson.

The condition of the Main Adelaide Road will be inspected with the District Engineer of the Highways & Local Government Department on 8 November after which the Council will respond to letters from Burra Town Council and DC of Robertstown.

The Farrell Flat-Booborowie main road will be inspected at the same time.

Department of Lands enquired whether the Booborowie Recreation Reserve could be resumed and is to be informed that this Council is willing for the Reserve to be resumed by H.M. Government.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 6

Burra Tennis Association

A Grade

Aberdeen 12-100 defeated Kooringa 8-88

Willalo 13-98 defeated Spalding 6-71

Leighton 11-92 defeated Booborowie 9-78

Hallett received a forfeit from Mt Bryan

B Grade

Aberdeen 11-85 defeated Kooringa 9-80

Ironmine I 17-112 defeated Spalding 3-50

Hallett received a forfeit from Mt Bryan

Ironmine II versus Booborowie – no results received.

77, 45, 20 Nov. 1951, page 7

Indoor Bowls Season Wind-up

Kooringa Methodist Hall last Wednesday afternoon.

The guest speaker was Mrs Fabian who spoke on her trip overseas and to her home in Scotland.

Trophies for the Indoor Bowls

Highest Bowls Score Mrs Prior

Attending every meeting Mrs A. Bown (also for help in preparing the hall)

Burra Rifle Club

The postponed 5th stage of the C.N. Bushel Trophy was fired on Saturday. Attendance was not high possibly because the distances were 800 and 900 yards.

The outstanding marksman for the day was D.H. Field with 45 at the 800 yards and 47 at 900 yards. Other best marksmen were E.C. Hopkins, B.O. Scholz and M. Stockman.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 1

SA Housing Trust in Burra

The six houses erected in Queen Street have been completed and will be handed over to occupants in the near future. Some of the workers have moved on to Robertstown. The houses look very pretty, but at over £2,000 each are more than the ordinary working man or returned soldier can afford, or be able to find the deposit for. That is expected to be 25% to 33%. It was expected when they were mooted that the deposit would be about £300. It has been alleged that the Trust will not rent the homes, so the result will be interesting. Will they be left empty to rot? Will some Government Department acquire them? Will desperate people grab them at any price?

Ray Jennison, son of Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, who is serving an apprenticeship in Stretford, Manchester in the UK, has won a further award, this time from the Overseas Association for apprentices showing the best personal qualities.

The Amateur Hour organised by the Fathers’ Association at Burra Town Hall on Friday drew a large crowd. Door takings were £32-12-0 and total takings were £41. Winners:

Seniors: Julie Pearce & Rosslyn Reed danced the minuet with Mrs C. Christopher as vocalist.

Mrs R. Angel sang One Kiss

Juniors: Michael Kelly sang The Holy City

Allan Day, Terry Allen & Douglas Lott presented The Teddy Bear’s Picnic

In the break in the program the Mayor introduced Mr W.E. Muller, State President of the Fathers’ Association, who gave a short address.

Mr Anderson, President of the South Road Branch, also endorsed Mr Muller’s remarks and ‘Dad’ Culley, immediate Past President, also spoke.

Burra Hospital Appeal to reduce the £4,000 overdraft has so far raised £123-2-0.

Accident. A car driven by E. Carpenter collided with a buckboard driven by Mr R.H. Muller, a station hand of Mullaby, at Woollacott’s Corner at Burra North at about 2 p.m. Saturday. Both vehicles overturned and the buckboard was badly damaged. Mrs Muller, her mother Mrs Wooton and Mrs Carpenter were all treated for minor injuries, while seven-year-old Gladys Muller sustained a broken collarbone.

Burra Sewerage. The Minister of Works will have Burra surveyed for deep drainage on representation from Mr G.S. Hawker.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, pages 1 & 4

E.L. McWaters, Chairman of the Burra Burra DC, welcomed those who attended a meeting at the Town Hall on Monday night to organise fire control in the district. F.H. Reed is Supervisor of Fire Control Officers and four deputies and twenty-one officers have been appointed. L.R. Boothby was elected to chair the meeting. Mr Hawker addressed the gathering. He outlined Government activity and Mr Boothby outlined the present set-up for water supply and the telephone arrangements. J. Gebhardt outlined what had been done at Mt Bryan regarding despatch riders and thought it might be extended. Miss Beth Collins spoke of how the Ladies Auxiliary would work. Burning off along railway lines was discussed, along with co-operation with SAR.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 December

Bob Hope & Lucille Ball in Sorrowful Jones

William Eythe & George Reeves in Special Agent

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. Four possibles were scored on Saturday: one each by Gordon Webster, D. Field, Peter Betts and J. Harris. Best scorers for the day were G. Webster, D.H. Field, P. Betts and J. Harris.

The Shell Co. presented a picture evening at Hallett Institute 16 November. The interesting evening drew a large crowd.

Fires. Two early season grass fires occurred, but both were quickly controlled:

In the creek at the rear of Mr A. Aldam’s premises

At the rear of A.L. Clode’s premises at Burra North.

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Dunn died recently. She was the only daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Stephen King and was born at Mt Bryan in 1879. In 1901 she married Horace Joseph Dunn of Black Springs, where they lived at ‘Barton Hill’ till 1947, before retiring to Brighton Road, Glenelg. At Black Springs the deceased was prominent in public life, being a keen supporter of the Methodist Church and for many years President of the Church Guild. She was also for some considerable time President of the Black Springs Red Cross branch. She is survived by a husband, two sons and three daughters. [Born 18 November 1879 Hallett: died 17 August 1951 Glenelg.]

Bowls. Clare Red 111 defeated Burra Green 83

Burra Gold 107 defeated Auburn 66

St Mary’s morning service on Sunday last was broadcast by 5AN. The organist was Clem Davey.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 5

The Booborowie Methodist Jubilee Fete is reported at length. A concert followed in the evening.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 7

Tennis, Burra Association

‘A’ Grade Leighton 17-111 defeated Mt Bryan 3-65

Hallett 16-107 defeated Kooringa 4-70

Booborowie 13-94 defeated Spalding 7-72

Aberdeen 11-90 defeated Willalo 9-91

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 17-115 defeated Mt Bryan 3-70

Booborowie 14-102 defeated Spalding 6-69

Hallett 14-105 defeated Kooringa 6-60

Cricket. Buffs 101 v. Burra 118.

Redruth Methodist Fete on Saturday was held in Redruth Memorial Hall. Takings were over £150 with very little expense.

77, 46, 27 Nov. 1951, page 8

Burra CWA celebrated International Day at Burra Town Hall on 16 November. Switzerland was the chosen country this year. Mrs Sydney Ayers gave the address.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten

A meeting last week decided to start a subscription fund to raise money for equipment etc. St Mary’s Hall is being considered as a suitable ‘home.’

So far one donation of £5-5-0 has been received.

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 1

Shearers Prosecuted. Six men of a shearing gang who left their job at Bookoomatta Station in March, when their demand for over award payments were refused, were charged under the Commonwealth Conciliation an d arbitration Act. Fines imposed ranged from £8-12-0 for a shed hand to £13-13-0 for the two shearers.

Fires. The paper decries the lack of fire breaks on farmers’ properties.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Appeal reaches £319-5-0.

Booborowie Tennis Club held a Mock Debutante Ball, which was one of the most successful balls held for some time. [On such occasions the men dressed as women and the women as men.]

Hallett Welfare Club & School Concert on 23 November raised £46.

Burra Air Force Assoc. will donate a new bathroom to the Burra Hospital to be located at the rear of the present Men’s Ward. There is a subscription list, which at present stands at £100, and the cost is estimated to be £400. A £ for £ Government subsidy will be sought.

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 2

Notice. Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd have appointed Mr R.L. Wuttke, previously at Yorketown, as manager at Burra.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 December

Loretta Young, Robert Mitchum & William Holden in Rachel and the Stranger

William Lundigan & Dorothy Patrick in Follow me Quietly

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 3

Obituary. Colin Arthur Crowhurst, husband of Jean, died 3 December at Burra Hospital aged 28. He was the father of John & Colleen of Booborowie. [Born 7 November 1923 Edwardstown. See longer obituary 77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 6.]

Mrs William Finch will be 85 on 7 December. She was a great Red Cross worker during the war years.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the C.N. Bushell & G.S. Hawker Trophies and the best scorers were A.G. Heinrich, J. Brown & R. Bernhardt.

The Air Force Association Annual Dinner was held at the Bon Accord Hotel on Saturday night.

St Mary’s Church. Temple Day Collection and Continental yielded about £600 for St Mary’s on 30 November. The stalls and Christmas tree were well laden. Mrs Talbot Sobels opened the fete.

[Details of the takings are printed.]

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 4

Tennis. Burra Association, 24 November

‘A’ Grade Hallett 12-109 defeated Aberdeen 8-85

Booborowie 11-92 defeated Willalo 9-89

Kooringa 17-110 defeated Mt Bryan 3-64

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 13-89 defeated Booborowie 7-73

Hallett 14-93 defeated Kooringa 6-78

Ironmine II 16-98 defeated Spalding 4-63

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 5

Burra Town Council, 19 November

The hospital Department has advised that the Council’s contribution to the Burra Hospital will be £340 for the year.

The Commonwealth Crown Solicitor advises that Lot G has been acquired from Mrs M.E. Watson for postal purposes. [Lot G is in Paxton Terrace.]

Council agreed to repair the Burra High School tennis courts at cost.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten subscription list is at £11-15-0. A list of requirements is in shop windows at Bence’s Ltd and Sara & Co. Fees will be 5/- a week or 7/6 for two children in one family. Ages 31⁄2 to school age. Secretary, Mrs G.L. Mellor.

A. & L. Pearce of Booborowie announce that their Christmas Pageant will move off at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday 22 December, headed by the Spalding Brass Band. It is understood 40 staff from John Martin’s of Adelaide will augment the locals.

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 7

Cricket, 24 November. Hallett 166 & 7 for 92 was defeated by Mt Bryan 171, on the first innings.

Bowls. Bowling Club 101 defeated Rifle Club 66.

77, 47, 4 Dec. 1951, page 8

Gum Creek School Welfare Club raised £18-15-0 at a social afternoon at Leighton Hall.

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 1

Burra Burra DC has been advised that it is not known when bitumen will be available to seal Main Road 45, as other busier roads have priority. The present sections of the Main Road via ‘The Gap’ have been repaired for the Robertstown and Burra Districts. The bad stretch, where most accidents occur, is in the Saddleworth District.

Forged £10 notes in circulation have caused local readers to shun £10 notes.

Burra Rifle Club. Two possibles were fired by J.H. Schwier and C.W. Edwards. Best results for the day were by J.H. Schwier, M. Kakoschke and C. Fiedler.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Appeal stands at £426-17-0.

Accident. A blow-out caused a car driven by R. Spackman of Burra to roll over a quarter of a mile east of Deep Creek on the way in from Kia-Ora at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday. The driver and a passenger were treated at Burra Hospital for lacerations, bruises and shock.

Victoria Park is now ready for cricket and permission has been granted to the Burra Cricket Assoc. for games on Saturday s and public holidays and for practice on Tuesdays and Thursday s.

A Rural Automatic Telephone Exchange has been installed at Gum Creek, with a new trunk line from there to Burra, as from 7 December.

Burra Burra DC will acquire a light grader from Berri DC for £1,000. It has a 10 ft blade and replaces a makeshift plant with a drawn grader with 8 ft blade.

Auction. The land of the late J.G. Rooke at World’s End was sold to A. Bruce at £10-10-0 an acre. The land of the late W. Turner at Black Springs went to Mr F.O. Harvey of ‘Kanbara’ Station Broken Hill, for £39 an acre.

The Burra Mine was visited recently by geologists and residents hope an extensive search of the district will follow. Recent use of a scintillameter on Yorke Peninsula was unsuccessful, but this instrument has not been tried on Burra. Cr Bernhardt has suggested the local Council try to get the local field examined with it.

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon in Julia Misbehaves

Robert Montgomery & Robert Taylor in The Secret Land

CWA International Day at Mt Bryan is reported in 1 column of detail. Miss Marcia Collins was the speaker about Switzerland.

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 3 December

Advice was received from the Hospital Department that the Council’s contribution for 1951-52 would be £10 to Clare Hospital and £1,150 to Burra Hospital.

The Highways Department has advised it cannot indicate when it will be possible to seal Main Road 45.

Council decided to buy a ‘W’ Speed Patrol grader from Berri DC.

Highways & Local Government Department approved the application for a loan to buy a TD9 Tractor & Shovel Loader.

The matter of a new railway crossing at Mt Bryan, or construction of a dry weather road from the Mount Bryan East Road along the eastern side of the line, was considered, but deferred till a reply is received from the Minister.

Two additional hydrants were received for fire fighting use on the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline. Hydrants are now stored at:

Rasmus’s Store Farrell Flat (Clare pipeline)

T.R. Rogers

T.E. Goodridge

‘Kimbo’ Station

The District Office (for Deputies and Supervisor)

C.A. McDonald

Burra Quarry rubble is being used to re-sheet the road north and south of Burra.

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 5

Tennis, 1 December

‘A’ Grade Hallett 15-106 defeated Leighton 5-63

Aberdeen 12-103 defeated Spalding 8-71

Kooringa 13-98 defeated Willalo 7-71

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 11-92 defeated Spalding 7-79

Ironmine II 17-117 defeated Kooringa 3-49

Straying Sheep, Cattle & Horses are a problem in Burra. Some sheep on the main road by the Kooringa Hotel recently almost caused an accident and home gardens suffer from their depredations. Yesterday two young Jerseys were enjoying the pansies in the Rotunda Garden in Market Square.

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 6

Cricket. Burra 141 v. Farrell Flat 47.

Obituary. Colin Crowhurst, who died in Burra Hospital on Monday, had been thrown from a motor cycle on the previous Sunday week on the Spalding-Booborowie Road and had sustained serious head injuries. He came from Adelaide several years ago and worked for Mr E.J. Affolter of Booborowie. He was of a quiet and retiring disposition and universally popular. He leaves a widow, formerly Miss Jean Baynes of Booborowie and two children: John aged 2 and Colleen aged 5 weeks.

[Born 7 November 1923 Edwardstown: died 3 December at Burra Hospital.]

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 7

Mr E.W. Dunhill will preach at Kersbrook Methodist Church on Sunday. It was there, 50 years* ago, that he commenced his lay preaching and he wished to do so again before closing his years of service as a layman in the church service. He will be staying with his sister, Mrs Crooks.

[This is an error for 60 years.]

77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 8

Burra Choral Society presented a fine concert at the Town Hall on Wednesday 5 December. More than 200 attended despite the hot weather. Excerpts from Messiah were presented. Locals were assisted by four of Adelaide’s leading soloists: Gwen Collett (contralto), Mary Hepenstall (soprano), William Harrison (bass) and Neville Hicks (tenor.) A fine performance drew spontaneous and generous applause.

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 1

Accident. A car driven by Mr Herbert Ross Johnson, of Pannawilla Station via Wilcannia, failed to negotiate the bend on the Bon Accord Bridge when travelling south on Wednesday morning last. The car crashed through the railing and dropped ten feet to land on its hood, flattening the hood to dashboard level. There were three passengers: George Henry Watts, station manager of Wilcannia; Albert George Woof, fitter of Albert Park and Raymond Keith Maddison, painter of North Adelaide. With the exception of Mr Watts they crawled from the wreck. Mr Watts’ arm was pinned under the steering wheel and the car had to be lifted to free him. None were seriously hurt and after treatment were not detained at the hospital. In the crash one of the iron pipe railings penetrated the radiator and knocked off the distributor and other engine parts, stopping at the dashboard. Had it gone further very serious results could have followed. Damage to the car is put at £800 to £1,000. The bridge had only had the posts repaired on Tuesday afternoon.

Fire. The rubbish tip near H.B. Quinn’s property at Booborowie caught alight on Sunday evening, but was soon extinguished, aided by the fire break he had ploughed.

Hallett DC farewelled its Chairman, Cr W.G. Miller, at the last meeting.

St Joseph’s Annual School Concert was held at the Burra Town Hall on Thursday 13 December. The performance was very good. [Performers are listed.] Rev. Fr Hughes presented the prizes. Progress Certificates were awarded to: Mary Hogan, Marlene Kakoschke, Helen Fisher, Dean Callahan, Reginald Broad and Donald Hogan. [The prize list is printed.]

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 December

Fighting Man of the Plains

Sofia

26 December

Eagle and the Hawk

Big Town After Dark

28 December

Oliver Twist

Love in Waiting

29 December

Dear Wife

Big Town Scandal

1 January

The Lie

Duck Soup

5 January

Velvet Touch

Make Mine Laughs

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 3

Advt. Lutheran Service at Burra North, 30 December, 10 a.m. Rev. C. Hoff.

Rev. S.W. Line, Methodist Minister for the Kooringa Circuit, will marry Miss Doreen Webber of Monash, at Berri on 27 December.

Christmas Choral Services were held last Sunday at the two Methodist Churches in Burra. The morning service was at Redruth with Rev. C. Christopher and the evening one at Kooringa with Rev. S.W. Line. The combined choir was led by L.H. Thomas. Mrs M. Satchell was soloist for Cradled in a Manger Meanly. Soloist for the anthem was Mrs Lorna Bell. The organist was Mrs E.J. Reed. The program included Cornish carols: Awake! Arise!

Calm on the Listening Ear of Night

The New Born King

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Bushell & Hawker Trophies and the best scores came from R. Bernhardt, M. Kakoschke, J. Brown & J.H. Schwier.

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 5

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund stands at £543-15-0.

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 6

Burra Air Force Assoc. held its annual Christmas Party on Saturday in the Club Rooms. Rev. Line handed out presents from the tree to the children. President, R.C .Lott, welcomed all and sadly farewelled Mr W. Venning (Secretary) who is leaving the district.

77, 49, 18 Dec. 1951, page 7

Fire broke out on Pine Valley Station of H.V. Lord & Sons, some 75 miles from Burra, yesterday. It travelled south towards Canegrass. The Eastern District Fire Fighting Organisation got into action and soon had the fire under control, aided by a wind change to the southwest and some light rain. The area continues to be patrolled.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Payment for the new Sheep Pavilion at the showgrounds has been made in full. The final amount was £853, exactly the amount collected. Negotiations reduced the bill from £912 – well over the estimates given. The President would be glad to receive a few outstanding donations.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 15 December

Connie Bown, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs M. Bown of Burra, married

Frank Kirkland, third son of Mr & Mrs S.G. Kirkland of Jamestown.

Mr W. Venning, who has been second in charge of Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra for some time, has been transferred to Mt Pleasant. He will be missed in Burra as Secretary of the Air Force Association, a member of the Jubilee Committee and for taking a keen interest in the town’s sporting bodies.

Numbering of issues in 1951

The numbering of issues in this year was straightforward, with just one anomaly.

The year started with:

Volume 77, Number 1 on 9 January and ended with

Volume 77, Number 49 on 18 December.

The anomaly was the use of Number 38 twice; on 25 September and 2 October.

Number 39 followed on 9 October.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952

Page 1 Advertisements

Davies Motor Co. Ford Dealers, Commercial St

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Potter & Pank Certified Opticians, Air Force assoc. Rooms

Burra Cold Stores Minespa Cool Drinks

Nelson Hann Tractor Dealer

C. Leslie Phillips Dental Surgeon

Page 3 Advertisements

Matthews’ Drapers & Furnishing Emporium

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

Kerr’s Serv-Wel Store

Laubman & Pank Opticians, visiting Burra regularly

Page 4 Advertisements

Commercial Hotel, Commercial St

Savings Bank of SA

Ted Polgreen District Agent for Rover Cars

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

Page 5 Advertisements

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Agent for Vanguard Cars, Ferguson Tractors, also Humber, Hillman, Triumph & Renault Cars, Dodge & Fargo Trucks

B.H. Rogers Burra North Motors, Morehead St. Agent for Armstrong Sidley & Peugeot Cars. Oxywelding etc.

A.B. Aldam GMH Agent, Service & General Repairs, Thames St

Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth &

Edwards Ltd Stock & Station Agents

J.A. Scott Carpets, Furniture, Lino, Refrigerators, Hardware & General Merchandise, Commission Agent, Dry Cleaning, Commercial St & Market Square

Page 6 Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Timber & Hardware Merchants, Agent for Caltex, Southern Cross Machinery, David Gray’s Sheep Dip & Dressings

J.C. Goodridge & L.A. Beinke Burra Radio & Electrical Service

T.A. Brazil Home Service Store (Grocer) Burra North

Page 7 Advertisements

H.J.B. Jennison Tyre Service, Batteries & Refrigerators

R.H. Campbell Agent for the New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd

W.H. Watts Motor Engineers, Arc & Oxy Welding & Turning, Burra North

Bence’s Ltd Manchester & Clothing

Page 8 Advertisements

H.C. & E. Jones Kooringa Hotel

S.H. & M.B. Johnson Northern Café

E.T. Baulderstone Burra Café, Bread, Cake, Smallgoods, Tea Rooms

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 1

Booborowie Red Cross sent £28-8-3 for Christmas Cheer to the Fathers’ Association and they replied that their Christmas Appeal resulted in 200 parcels being sent to Korea and others to ex-service patients in various hospitals.

L.M. Roberts of the Moonta Mines Revival Committee, headed by the Mayor of Moonta Mr L.R. Tossell, writes to say the Committee has finally been granted certain mining leases in the district with an idea of floating a company to work copper deposits. He writes knowing of the interests of many of the paper’s subscribers.

Mr & Mrs Leo Hawke, previously of the National Bank in Burra, and then at Moonta, have just returned to Australia from a five month trip to the UK and the Continent.

Myxomatosis reports are wanted for the district. There seems to be few rabbits around Renmark or Morgan, but locally the results seem poor.

Mr & Mrs Dudley Jacka have just moved into a fine new home in Mitchell St. Mr Jacka built it himself. Congratulations.

Weather. Rain fell in thunderstorms to the east last week. Falls were patchy and ranged between 5 points at Redcliffe and 70 at Sturt Vale.

Burra High School students did well at the various craft examinations. Nine students passed Woodwork with Malcolm Goodridge topping the state. There was a 100% pass rate in Needlework, Home Science and Drawing, with Sylvia James second in the state in Needlework.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 January

Errol Flynn, Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon in The Forsyte Saga

Plus short features

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 3

Burra Burra DC, 7 January

Robertstown DC thanked the Council for repairs to Main Road 45. [The Adelaide Road.]

SAR advises that the royalty on stone from the Railway Quarry would be increased from 1 January.

The Minister of Railways says a railway crossing just north of the Mt Bryan Station Yard would be very undesirable, but the Railways Commissioner would be willing to make a contribution to a new road on the eastern side of the line from Mt Bryan East Road, to the township.

Council resolved to submit, through Mr Hawker, an estimate of the cost of the road, with a request for an increase in the proposed contribution.

Council took delivery of the ‘W’ Speed Patrol Grader from the Berri DC on 13 December.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 4

Burra High School held its speech night in the Burra Town Hall on 18 December. Mr G.S. Hawker spoke briefly on his trip to Malaya. Mrs G.S. Hawker presented the prizes.

[Prize winners are listed.]

Various items were performed, including three one-act plays.

On 19 December the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. entertained scholars and visitors at a banquet.

Headmaster’s Report by H.O. Pederick

Numbers were only slightly up on 1950, but the next few years are expected to see a steady increase.

The 1950 results were excellent. Nine of eleven candidates gained Intermediate certificates and the only Leaving candidate gained four subjects. In craft subjects eight from eight passed Needlework and two gained credits. Seven from eight passed Home science. We are unfortunate to be losing Miss Blesing after three years of excellent service.

The bus service has continued to function this year, but the buses could be much improved. One is very cold in winter and dusty in summer and the other so small that two trips are needed morning and night.

The High School Council has been instrumental in the Department’s purchase of two houses for members of staff.

The new septic system has been completed and the old lavatories demolished.

The school yard is still in a deplorable state.

The Parents & Friends’ Association continues to flourish, though we lost their President, Mrs Miels, during the year. Her place has been filled by Mrs A.C. Ford.

This year they have provided over £50 worth of library books and hurdles for school sports, which also cost over £50. As well as providing other needed items for the school, they helped the School Council and scholars pay for a strip film and slide projector.

The School Ball was easily the best we have had.

A ‘Back to School’ day was held very successfully as part of the Jubilee Celebrations and the school contributed a float in the procession and helped with the children’s sports. This year saw the introduction of typewriter instruction to musical records.

Sports have not been neglected.

Senior Cup winners were Joy Bourman and Gary Voumard.

Junior Cups went to Bruce Stockman and Enid Mitchell.

At the inter-high school sports Burra came third.

(Bruce Stockman bettered the junior shot putt record by almost 6 ft.)

The school visited a shearing shed at the invitation of Mr E. Finch and many students had not seen shearing in full swing.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 5

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten

Moves are being made to open this on 5 February at St Mary’s Hall. Arrangements have been made with Mr E. Lehmann to collect students at two points at either end of the town. An advertisement is out for a girl who would like to train as a Kindergarten Assistant. Subscriptions so far are £16-9-6.

Booborowie New Year Ball was an outstanding success both socially and financially. Music was by Daphne Wenham’s Jamestown Band. Harold Broad was MC.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 6

The Hallett Methodist Manse has been improved by the installation of a kerosene refrigerator and a pipe has been laid on to connect the manse with Mr Reed’s water system. A quota for each church in the circuit soon raised the money for the refrigerator.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 7

Cricket. Burra 76 v. Farrell Flat 39.

Mr Lyle Tiver, manager of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. at Burra, is reported to have been transferred to Adelaide. Mr Gardiner of Kadina will take his place. Mr Tiver is originally from Burra, but has served the firm in various places and came to Burra from Pt Lincoln.

Bowls. Burra Green 128 defeated Saddleworth Gold 71

Clare White 90 defeated Burra Gold 86.

78, 1, 8 Jan. 1952, page 8

Burra Town Council, 17 December

The Highways & Local Government Department has granted a loan of £256-10-0 over five years for the purchase of a concrete mixer.

An invitation for Council to attend the Buffalo Lodge’s Christmas Tree Festival was accepted.

Crossings are to be made to effect entrance to each new Housing Trust home in Queen St, with owners to pay half the cost.

L.L. Fiebig applied for entrances to be made to the building and patrol pumps at the new site in Best Place. A plan was called for.

The Overseer will inspect the swing bridge and make it safe.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales. Hallett producers L.B. Rayner & Sons achieved the highest price in the district at the recent sales.

Accident. At 8 p.m. Sunday 13 January a Mercedes Benz diesel sedan, driven by J.A. McGuire of Broken Hill, struck a culvert guide post, mounted an embankment and came to rest against a telephone post in the railway reserve near the commencement of the bitumen on the Mt Bryan Road near L.H. Thomas’s property. The driver was treated for abrasions.

Accident. On Saturday 12 January a Chevrolet sedan driven by F. Jenkins of Broken Hill got out of control on the Black Springs Road and crashed into a creek, apparently sliding on loose gravel. The driver and his wife were treated for cuts, but three children were unhurt.

Myxomatosis failed in the Burra area, apparently due to the lack of mosquitoes here.

Kangaroos, emus & wild turkeys are common out east apparently having come from very dry conditions further north.

George Herbert, boot repairer, is giving up work after 68 years due to ill health. He began working for Walker & Sons of Burra and stayed with them for 58 years. Shortly before they closed he started up on his own and has conducted a business for ten years. Mr Herbert took a keen interest in the town, particularly in its sporting activities and was a good rifle shot and later a keen member of the Burra Bowling Club.

Fire Breaks in the district are still most notable by their absence, despite the threat offered by high roadside vegetation.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Appeal has reached £601-11-6.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

William Powell, Mark Stevens, Betsy Drake & Adolphe Menjou in Dancing in the Dark

Hugh Beaumont & Frances Rafferty in Money Madness

Fire. Last Thursday a fire broke out on the property of A.J. Broad at Leighton and spread to adjoining properties of A.T. McWaters & S.T. Miller. It destroyed about 150 acres of feed I each, as well as fencing. Many volunteers came and soon put out the flames.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 3

Cricket. 5 & 12 January: a drawn game

Mt Bryan 4 for 291 including R. Collins 107 and M. Connors 90 versus

Leighton 9 for 195.

At the conclusion of the match last Saturday Burra 76 & 2 for 114 defeated Farrell Flat 39 & 127.

Burra High School. Miss R.F. Blesing transferred to Gawler High School, Miss M.C. Miller (Domestic Arts) transferred to Glossop High School. They will be replaced by Miss C. Milazzo & Miss H.M. Inglis.

Bowls. Burra Gold 115 defeated Burra Green 72.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 January

SAR advises that from 1 January the royalty for material taken from the railway quarry had been increased to 4d per ton.

RAA forwarded another complaint about straying stock in Burra.

L.L. Fiebig submitted further advice and plans for entrances needed at the new Burra North Service Station. The work required will be done as soon as possible.

The Queen St Footbridge will receive necessary attention.

A sign will be placed on the Queen St Bridge advising it was safe only for light traffic.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 5

CWA decided at their December meeting to donate £50 to the Burra Hospital towards a ‘Romesse’ heater for the drying room. It also donated £1-1-0 each to the Adelaide Children’s Hospital, Spastic Children’s Centre and Burra Pre-School Kindergarten.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 6

The Burra Drill Hall has been closed as a CMF training centre from 31 December 1951. Lack of enthusiasm and insufficient numbers has made its retention unwarranted. It is doubtful if Burra will ever again be considered as a training centre. The nearest centre will now be at Clare.

78, 2, 15 Jan. 1952, page 7

Booborowie Wheat Yields have been up to a shade over 14 bags per acre, but some yields were poor. Oats yields of 12-15 bags per acre were common. Lucerne has made good growth after recent thunderstorms.

Mrs Bob Cousins last week found in her garden a penny-sized copper disc that has been identified as one of the first dog discs ever issued. The Dog Act was declared in 1884 and this disc registered its wearer from July 1885 to June 1886 and was issued by the Burra Town Council.

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, Saturday

Joan Pritchard, only daughter of Mr & Mrs M. Pritchard of Burra, married

Ron Moreland, elder son of Mrs Moreland of Gurrai.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 1

Dingoes are reported as having been seen in the district by S.W. Schmidt of Robertstown – in the vicinity of Bundey Station. He saw one and heard of another being seen there. His description certainly matches that of a dingo. How did a dingo get so far south, past vermin-proof fencing? Floods last year certainly damaged the fence in places in Queensland and we have heard of dingo troubles in the northwest of NSW, but that is still some 400 miles from Mr Schmidt’s sighting.

Myxomatosis has been a mixed blessing at Millicent, where the masses of dead rabbits have created an unbearable stench. Flies breeding in the bodies have contaminated sheep. Up north of Peterborough the disease is beginning to take effect. Locally Mr Humble will be around this week to inoculate more rabbits.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund has reached £622-6-6.

Adelaide Wool Sales. R.W. Humphrys & Sons of ‘Blink Bonnie’ Stud got top price for rams’ wool at the recent Adelaide Sales with 801⁄2d per lb. They also got top district price of 97d for ordinary wool.

Fire broke out on the property of W.M Rucioch at Booborowie North on Friday and is believed to have been started by an aeroplane that was being used to spray lucerne. About 20 acres of grass was lost before it was extinguished.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 2

Advt. SAFU will auction at Booborowie on 25 January, on instructions from Syd Cordon, who has left the district: Section 44 Sixth Street Booborowie of half an acre with a galvanised iron hut 14 ft x 12 ft and a galvanised iron motor shed, etc. Also the adjoining Section 53 of half an acre.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 January

Alan Ladd & June Havoc in Chicago Deadline

Well Groomed Bride

28 January

Barbara Stanwyck & Burt Lancaster in Sorry Wrong Number

John Lund & Corinne Calvert in My Friend Irma Goes West

Obituary. Edith Annie Tiver died at Burra 19 January aged 73. She was the wife of Harold Walter Tiver and mother of Murray H. & Davey M. Tiver, late of Flagstaff.

[Born Edith Annie Ford 17 October 1878 Kooringa, death registered as Edith Anne Tiver.]

Royal Visit. The Mayor, Mr Carpenter, is arranging transport so that schoolchildren will be able to see HRH Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh in early March when they visit Tanunda and Nuriootpa.

Foxes are very numerous this year and many bodies are found on roadsides.

Caterpillars are eating their way through the lucerne at Booborowie and crows are having a feast.

The Season has been good for hay, was evidenced by the many bales around the district. Wheat crops were generally below expectations, but barley and oats did well.

Mr & Mrs K.R. Crewes left Burra this morning for a six-month cruise to the UK and Europe.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. Peter Betts won both the marksman’s and handicap competitions on Saturday over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Best scores otherwise were from Cec. Edwards, W. Hempel & E.C. Hopkins.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 5

Galahs. The District Clerk, Mr F.N. Fabian, has received several reports of considerable damage done by galahs. Huge flocks are the result of increases in recent years and all types of crops suffer. Robertstown also reports problems and landowners who poisoned them there then suffered from polluted water when their bodies ended up in dams and troughs. Poisoned oats is effective, but sheep and other stock can be endangered. Shooting is too expensive. The matter will be raised at the next Mid-North Local Government Assoc. meeting.

Burra Hospital costs have been investigated and are reported to compare favourably with other hospitals of a similar size.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 6

Burra Institute held its AGM 14 January. Membership has risen slightly. The committee continued its practice of scholarships to school students in the district. 214 new books had been acquired in the year. Subscriptions:

Single Double Juvenile Scholarship Life Total

At the end of 1951 44 115 22 36 1 218

On 1 January 1951 there were 6,810 books and at 31 December 1951 6,587 after a culling of 437.

The balance in the bank was £48-15-9 on 1 January and £39-8-8 on 31 December 1951.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 7

Tennis, 12 January

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 16-110 defeated Booborowie 4-59

Mt Bryan 12-95 defeated Willalo 8-84

Hallett 16-109 defeated Spalding 4-60

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 12-88 defeated Ironmine II 8-81

Booborowie 11-95 defeated Kooringa 9-93

Hallett 17-99 defeated Spalding 3-54

Ironmine I 13-103 defeated Mt Bryan 7-74

Aberdeen forfeited to Leighton.

Burra Hospital Board

The hospital roof is to be painted in the near future.

Lack of trained staff and of girl trainees continues to be a problem.

A public meeting is called for Wednesday to present proposals for improvements to the present buildings and the provision of adequate Nurses’ Quarters.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten will open on 12 February, not 15 February as previously stated.

Sufficient equipment has been bought to commence. Subscription list stands at £25-8-0.

78, 3, 22 Jan. 1952, page 8

Royal Adelaide Exhibition

[An article on the Exhibition to be opened on the day the Royal Visitors arrive in Adelaide and to then run to 3 May. Arrangements had been made for SAR to offer additional services and concession fares.]

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, pages 1 & 8

Burra Hospital Building Project

A public meeting was held at the Burra Town Hall last Wednesday with F.T. Marston in the chair, as Chairman of the Hospital Board. He reported:

On 19 May 1950 as a consequence of a report by Dr McQueen and officers of the Central Board of Health, the Board decided to investigate the possibility of repairing, renewing, or reconstructing the Hospital.

Dean W. Berry, architect, was invited to discuss proposed alterations and additions on 29 June 1950.

A committee was formed at a public meeting on 1 August 1950 to raise funds for the proposed building, on the approval of the Chief Secretary.

The plans were received 1 September 1950 from Dean W. Berry and a joint meeting was arranged with the Fund-raising Committee.

On 15 September 1950 a meeting of the Board and the Fund-raising Committee discussed Plan A, estimated to cost £73,000 and Plan B, estimated to cost £78,000. It was decided not to launch an appeal until the Government’s assurance of a £ for £ subsidy was obtained and it was decided to get further plans and estimates from Overall & Walkley.

A joint meeting on 23 November 1950 decided to recommend Plan B.

A deputation on 2 February 1951 was advised that the Government would give a £ for £ subsidy when the need for a new building had been established to the satisfaction of the Director General of Medical Services and the Chief Secretary.

On 2 March 1951 it was disclosed that the Government was unlikely to approve a grant by way of a subsidy in excess of £30,000. It was suggested that the modifications to Plan B outlined by Dr Rollison be approved by the Board and if not approved, it was unlikely that approval would be given to any other plan.

After completion of the modified plan the Government would give consideration to the completion of Plan B.

The amended plan was estimated by Dean W. Berry to cost £56,000.

The Medical Officers said they were not in favour of Plan B as modified, as it provided inadequate hospitalisation and would defeat the ends of the original Plan B and be less convenient that the existing buildings. Dr Heddle agreed to interview Dr Rollison with a view to having the modifications extended to provide adequate hospitalisation.

Dr Heddle reported on 29 March 1951 that he and Dr Rollison had agreed on an acceptable plan to be submitted to the Chief Secretary.

After considerable delay and further information the Chief Secretary advised that approval was not given for the modified plan as agreed between Drs Heddle and Rollison, but was given for the £56,000 version and that £10,000 would likely be placed on the 1951-52 estimates to allow for it to be commenced.

The Board then agreed to the amended plan as approved, with the provision that when completed the whole of Plan B would then be completed.

On 4 September 1951 Dean Berry advised the estimated cost was now £61,600.

Further action was suspended on 28 September 1951 pending up-to-date information from the Fund-raising Committee and Dean Berry was instructed to halt further action pending the Board’s instructions.

At a meeting of the Board and the Fund-raising Committee on 20 November 1951 the latter said it was not prepared to launch an appeal for the plan as approved on the following grounds:

Money was now harder to get than twelve months ago.

Costs had risen so much it was unlikely they would go higher and would possibly recede and the project should be postponed to a more propitious time.

The amended and approved plan did not have the whole-hearted approval of the Board’s Medical Officers, or the Committee and it would be a breach of faith to ask subscribers to support a fund in which the organisers had no real faith.

They were prepared to launch a fund to improve the present building and to provide adequate Nurses’ Quarters.

On 30 November 1951 Dean Berry advised the project was postponed.

A public meeting was then decided on with invitations to go to the Chief Secretary & Dr Walker, President of SA Hospitals Assoc.

Now from the Board of Management comes a suggestion that extensions be made to the present Isolation Block, which is quite modern and which currently houses the Sisters, so that it could serve as Nurses Quarters. This would not be so very expensive and would solve that problem for all time.

Mr Marston believed the Gebhardt Estate money could be used for that. It was not available for building other than Nurses Quarters. The Key point is that accommodation for patients is reasonably good, but for nurses is not good at all. He thought Nurses’ accommodation should be attended to now and additions to the main hospital be deferred until wages and the cost of materials levelled out. If agreed to, the question of fund-raising would then arise.

Mr Andrew Tennant then moved that the Fund-raising Committee’s offer be accepted and first priority be the provision of good backs and bathrooms for the Men’s and Women’s Wards and second priority be accommodation for nurses. Mrs Ashton seconded the motion. Mr W. Carpenter spoke in support as did Dr Heddle. The motion was carried.

Mr Earle then outlined a proposal to raise money by getting landowners to give the hospital the use of an area of their land for cultivation of say 20-50 acres of barley to be sold for the benefit of the fund. The owner would benefit from fodder grass sown with the grain and from the stubble for feed. Similar schemes worked well elsewhere. Another fund raiser was similar to the way Legacy raised funds from selling sheep at local markets. Both schemes will be put to the Fund-raising Committee.

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 2

Notice. A public meeting is called to consider ways of getting the children to either Nuriootpa or Adelaide to see the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. W. Carpenter, Mayor.

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures

Myrna Dell & Darryl Hickman in Fighting Father Dunne

George Raft & William Bendix in Race Street

Advt. British Motor Industries and their local agent, R.R. Reed of Hallett, invite you to a field Demonstration of Rabbit Eradication with the David Brown Super Cropmaster, Cropmaster Six, Reversible-type earth scoop, single furrow rabbit-ripper and their Gem and Bantam Rotary Hoes.

Morris Williams, World’s End 12 February 9.30 a.m.

Norman Ford, Burra 12 February 2.30 p.m.

Edwards Bros ‘Belcunda’ Station 13 February 10 a.m.

L.W. Gare ‘Glenview’ Mt Bryan East 14 February 10 a.m.

Burra High School Intermediate results

Mary Cox, 10 subjects with 1 credit

K. Joy Bourman, 9 subjects with 1 credit

Mollie Williams, 8 subjects

Glenda Rawlins, 8 subjects

Donald Edwards, 6 subjects, but unfortunately not with the compulsory English

Donald Schwier, 4 subjects

Ian McKenzie, 1 subject

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 4

J.A.S. Fisher of Burra repaired a bottling machine last week and was trying it out when a bottle exploded. Glass cut his face and a piece flew into the white of his eye. Stitches were inserted and he was sent to Adelaide for specialist attention. He is expected to make a full recovery.

Weather. Rainfall for January has been unusually high at 128 points, but last Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday were very hot. The last two days mentioned reached 106°F in the shade.

Burra High School Students last year entered into a competition associated with the Commonwealth Trades Alphabet. Prize winners were Leith Pederick & Beverley Wood (£2 each), Helen James (£1), Enid Mitchell (10/-), Keith Cockburn and Ruth Woodman (5/- each.)

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 5

Obituary. Mrs Cain[s], who had been an inmate of Burra Hospital for some time, died last week.

[Born Hannah Blinman 10 May 1882 Blinman: died Hannah Cains 24 January 1952 Burra.]

Obituary. Mrs Mary Ann Motherall, wife of the late H.R. Motherall of Burra, died in Adelaide on Thursday 24 January. [See details page 6 of this issue.]

Obituary. Mrs Percy Clark, well known in Burra for the number of years she and her late husband owned the Commercial Hotel, died in Adelaide last week. She had been in good health despite her age and her last illness was of comparatively short duration. [Born Emilie Ottilie Schrader 9 May 1866: death registered as both Othilie Emeile and Emilie Ottelie Clark 10 January 1952 Adelaide, residence Goodwood Park.]

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 6

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday a practice teams’ match saw the Captain’s Team 398 defeated the Vice-Captain’s Team 344.

Obituary. Mrs Robert Motherall died at Glenelg on 24 January. She was an old Burra resident. She was born on 27 April 1867 at Burra as Mary Ann Morgan and married her late husband 20 February 1890 and they went to live at Thistlebeds Station. Later they moved to Hanson and then to Burra and she was a resident of the town for 28 years and an active member of the Methodist Church. There were three sons and four daughters: Edward & Robert of Burra, Lancelot (deceased), Elsie Mrs J.R. White of Glenelg, Clara Mrs W. Marshall of Glenelg, Myrtle Mrs Cullen of Adelaide and Beryl Mrs F. Williams of Burra. She was buried in Burra on 25 January. [Born 27 April 1867 Booborowie.]

78, 4, 29 Jan. 1952, page 7

Kerosene. So far this summer there have been at least eight cases of kerosene poisoning in Burra. More will occur as long as people leave bottles of it around where children can obtain it easily. Despite representations against the practice kerosene is still being bottled in old drink bottles, sometimes with the original labels still attached. As long as this goes on the risk of serious consequences remains.

Cricket. 19 & 26 January. Mr Bryan 228 defeated Spalding 135 on first innings.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund has reached £647-5-6.

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 1

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund stands at £679-13-6.

C.E. & S.M. Spackman sold a house property and block in Ayres [sic] St to Mr F.W. Evans for £700.

Royal Visit. It is less than four weeks before Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh are due in SA. A meeting is called for tonight to organise a trip to Adelaide or Nuriootpa for Burra children to see the Royal visitors. The Nuriootpa visit coincides with the Vintage Festival.

Obituary. Ben Hill, known in the town for many years as ‘Old Ben,’ died at Burra hospital on Saturday. Never blessed with much of this world’s goods and never attaining high office, he was nevertheless well known and held an affectionate spot in most people’s hearts. Twenty-seven cars followed the hearse when he was given a Military Funeral on Sunday, with a Guard of Honour and a Union Jack draped over the coffin. He was 69. Ben was renowned for greeting anyone in the street at 5 or 6 a.m. with his very deep bass voice. For many years he worked for the late Tod Sandland on Balah Station. He had a value to the boss and even though he would sack himself occasionally, he was always back at Balah a few days later. One legendary story reports that one day he wanted something from Burra that the Boss thought was not good for him and which he consequently ‘forgot’ to bring out. Ben sacked himself in indignation and walked the fifty odd miles to town. When he arrived his thirst was as epic as the journey. He always claimed to be the first man in town to drive a car. He was working for Dr Jack Sangster when the doctor bought an Albion motor car, the first in the town. Ben laid down the reins of the doctor’s spanking ponies and took to driving the new vehicle for him. He saw service in WWI and the RSL provided the bearers at his funeral: Ian Richardson, E.R. Davey, H. Cornelius and L. Kellaway. Rev. Line officiated.

[Benjamin Hill born 10 August 1882 Kooringa: died 1 February 1952 Burra.]

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Prices have been increased

Dress Circle and Back Stalls 2/9, Children 1/6

Front Stalls 1/6, Children 9d. Effective from 16 February 1952.

9 February

Spencer Tracy & Joan Bennett in Father of the Bride

James Whitmore & Nancy Davis in The Next Voice You Hear

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 3

Bowls. Clare Blue 101 defeated Burra Gold 97

Burra Green 101 defeated Clare White 86.

Dogs are attacking and killing sheep at Booborowie. T.W. Harvey has lost ten sheep and two completely missing. Attacks are also reported from Bungaree, where there were no deaths, but a lot of lame sheep.

Another old dog disc from 1884 has been found by A. Laidlaw, tacked to the wall in a boundary rider’s hut on Grassville Station (formerly part of ‘The Gums’ Station.)

Measles are about in epidemic proportions among the younger population. It has been going on for some weeks and the illness is accompanied by an exhausting and very persistent cough. Several adults have also been struck down.

Lyall Tiver, who has been managing Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. at Burra, has been promoted to Assistant Manager of the Stock Department of the firm and leaves for Adelaide on 14 February. Mr C.C. Gardner from the Kadina Branch comes to Burra.

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. A Union match versus Balaklava was scheduled, but Balaklava could not muster a team. Burra fired the match and scored 757.

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 5

A Rabbit Burrow Ripping Demonstration was given in Mr T.H. Villis’s paddock on Friday by the Stevens’ System. Bob Campbell, formerly of Burra, handled the equipment. Davies Motor Co. of Burra sponsored the demonstration.

78, 5, 5 Feb. 1952, page 7

Kindergarten

Parents are notified that Mr Lehmann’s bus will collect children on 12 February at Dollman’s Garage Corner at 8.40 a.m. and at Brazil’s and Sara & Co.’s at Burra North at 8.50 approximately. A meeting of mothers is called for Thursday at 3 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Donations now stand at £26-9-0.

‘A Reader’ writes enquiring what has happened to the garden seat formerly placed by Council in the shade of the trees in Best Place and later moved to the verandah of the little ship and finally to under the verandah of the Exchange Hotel.

78, 6, 12 Feb. 1952, page 1

Obituary. HM King George VI died on 6 February aged 56. Burra heard the news of the death with deep regret. All flags are at half mast. At the pictures on Saturday night the Mayor asked the audience to observe a minute’s silence in respect for the late King. A National Day of Mourning will be observed on Friday next and in Burra there will be a Civic Memorial Service in the Town Hall at 11 a.m. conducted by the Burra Ministers Fraternal. The Mayor will introduce the theme of the service and the MP for the District, Mr G. Stanley Hawker, will attend.

[Albert Frederick Arthur George, who ascended the throne 11 December 1936 as George VI, was the second son of King George V and was born 14 December 1895.]

Caravan Park. The Mayor said this week that it was time Burra had a Caravan Park. The project had been under discussion for a long time. Councillors seemed to favour a site among the trees near the Children’s Playground [later to become the motel site.] The Mayor said it would induce tourists to stop and increase the trade for the town’s businesses. The site was close to the post office and the business centre. The Town Council could not do the work of building the park, due to shortage of labour, but would appreciate the help of civic minded citizens. The suggestion was to call the site the Woollacott Caravan Park in honour of Mr T.H. Woollacott, who worked to benefit the area for so many years. The estimated supplies needed were: a cooper, stand and bath, 12 bags of cement, a load of gravel, 100 ft of 3⁄4-inch pipe, 50 f t of 1⁄2-inch pipe, sheets of flat galvanised iron 2-12 ft, 10 inch by 10 inch posts, 4 yards of 3 ft cyclone fencing, a rain-water tank and two cyclone gates. The total cost was estimated at £126. Most towns of any size in Victoria and NSW have caravan parks and they charge anything from 2/- to 7/- per night.

Paxton Square is to be included in the Burra Survey for deep drainage.

Foxes are in almost plague proportions. Two rabbit trappers working the ‘Wyoming’ area said they recently trapped 60 foxes in 9 days.

Burra Public Conveniences. A recent complaint from a Broken Hill visitor about the filth in everyway at the women’s convenience in Burra, prompted the Council to say that the place was thoroughly cleaned every Friday, but by Monday offenders had again turned it into a place of vile filth. It will be thoroughly cleaned on Monday as well and an effort made to catch the offenders.

78, 6, 12 Feb. 1952, pages 1 & 8

Midlands Wheat Competition this year had record low entries. Two reasons are given: the extremely wet winter made seeding difficult and subsequent growth was poor. Between April and October 20-30 inches of rain fell in the wettest season for 70 years. Nitrates were leached and soils were waterlogged with low bacterial action. The area sown was at an all-time low. Competition crops were generally clean, with wild oats the main contaminant. Local entrants were:

1. N.R. I’Anson, Manoora with Magnet, Quadrat and Pinnacle

2. J.W. Burge, Farrell Flat with Quadrat

3. N.A. Mickel, Farrell Flat with Nawab and Quadrat

4. C.A. Heinrich, Black Springs with Pinnacle

5. Reg. Heinrich, Black springs with Quadrat

6. W. Heinrich, Black Springs with Insignia

7. C.C. Heinrich, Black Springs with Insignia.

[Each entry is described in a paragraph of detail.]

78, 6, 12 Feb. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 February

Anna Neagle & Trevor Howard in Odette

Donald O’Connor & Gloria de Haven in Yes, Sir That’s My Baby

Memorial Services for King George VI were held at the Methodist Churches on Sunday. Rev. C. Christopher conducted that at Redruth at 11 a.m. and among the worshippers were Mr G.S. Hawker MP and Mrs Hawker and Mrs I. Richardson, local RSL President. A similar service was conducted at 7 p.m. by Rev. S.W. Line at the Kooringa Methodist Church.

Bowls. Clare Red 104 defeated Burra Green 96.

78, 6, 12 Feb. 1952, page 4

The Air Force Assoc. held its AGM on Friday in the Club Rooms. Retiring President, Mr R.C. Lott, reported on the year. Secretary W.G. Venning had retired about six weeks earlier due to his transfer to Mt Pleasant. The Treasurer reported healthy finances. Elected were: President, W. Young; Vice-Presidents, R.C. Lott & J. McBride; Treasurer, J. Sorrell and Secretary, E. Wohlers. A two-minute silence was observed in respect to the late King.

78, 6, 12 Feb. 1952, page 7

Cricket. Koonoona 182 (including R. Radford 113) v. Burra 181.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, page 1

Dingoes. The story recently from Mr Schmidt appears to be verified by reports of a dingo attacking sheep at Mount Mary.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, pages 1 & 4

Burra’s Tribute to King George VI was held on Friday 15 February at 11 a.m. Clem Davey played Chopin’s Funeral March. The service was conducted by Rev. C. Christopher & Rev. S.W. Line (Methodists) and Lt Coffey (Salvation Army). Rev. R.S.T. Pettet (Anglican) was absent on furlough.

Mayor W. Carpenter outlined the purpose of the meeting and spoke of the late King’s courage and of the sympathy extended to the members of the Royal family. Lt Coffey led a prayer and scripture passages were read by Rev. Line, followed by another prayer from Lt Coffey and scripture passages from Rev. Christopher, who then gave the occasional address. [This is printed and extends to page 4.] The hymn Abide With Me then followed, after which Rev. Line said prayers for the new Queen, the Queen Mother and Queen Grandmother. The last Post was followed by a two-minute silence and Reveille. The gathering ended with the National Anthem: God Save the Queen. The audience included Mr G.S. Hawker MP, members of the Town and District Councils, staff & students of the High School and a good number of returned servicemen led by Mr I. Richardson, President of the local RSL.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, pages 1 & 8

The RSL held its AGM its club rooms on Saturday night. A minute silence was observed in remembrance of the late King. Elected were: President, I.D. Richardson; Vice-Presidents, H.C. Cornelius & R.C. Lott; Secretary, C. Davey and Treasurer, J. Sorrell.

The President read his report on an active and successful year. Repairs and a repainting of the outside of the building were accomplished. The Ball was very successful, as was the annual Smoke Social. Many thank were due to the Ladies’ Auxiliary who helped so much with both these functions and with the Children’s Party. Two badge days were held. The TB Soldiers’ Appeal raised £14-5-0 and the Anzac Day Badge Appeal raised £15-10-0. Another Ward in the Legacy Appeal was adopted by donating £25. We obtained the services of the Ex-Navalmen’s Band for the Anzac Day Service on 29 April, where the collection was £32. Services were attended and wreaths laid on Remembrance Day and Air Force Day. On 1 June the President unveiled the Honour Roll of those who served [in WWII] from the Leighton District, in the Leighton Hall. The President also attended the presentation of the Charter to the Burra Sub-Branch of the Air Force Assoc., their annual Smoke Social and the Cocktail Party prior to their Ball. Early in the year we entertained the recruiting party and we regret the recent disbanding on the local platoon [of the CMF.] There were no Anzac Sports this year because we were involved in organising the Jubilee Sports, from which our cheque for £34 has been handed to the Celebrations Secretary. Two active committee members left the town: Dick Aldridge went to Adelaide and Ray Hughes went to Georgetown. Their places have been taken by Tom Fuller and Cec. Beckwith.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 February

Alan Ladd & Wanda Hendrix in After Midnight

Betty Hutton & Sonny Tufts in Cross My Heart

Burra Primary School welcomed 41 new students to Grade I last Tuesday: 22 girls and 19 boys. [Their names are listed.]

Mr Clarrie Gardner has arrived to manage Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. at Burra, in place of Lyall Tiver.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten got away to a good start at the Parish Hall, but the number enrolled is far too small to enable it to continue successfully. The committee feels that with suitable transport arrangements numbers will grow. Arrangements have therefore been made with L. Fiebig to transport children to and from for 3d each way per child, collecting children at Sara’s Corner at 9 a.m. and at the Kooringa Methodist Church at 9.10 a.m. from 5 February. Help keep the Kindergarten open by swelling numbers.

Mr Lyall Tiver was given a farewell at the Commercial Hotel on Thursday evening. He has managed Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. in Burra for the last five years. Mr Tiver will continue to visit the town as Assistant Manager of the firm’s Stock Department.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, page 3

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 12-92 defeated Mt Bryan 8-86

Aberdeen 11-87 defeated Hallett 9-85

Booborowie defeated Willalo

Leighton 15-103 defeated Spalding 5-78

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 16-107 defeated Booborowie 4-55

Kooringa 10-95 defeated Mt Bryan 10-90

Hallett 10-91 defeated Aberdeen 10-76

Spalding forfeited to Ironmine II

Burra Rifle Club. The Captain, D.H. Field, scored a possible at 600 yards and C.W. Edwards also scored a possible. Best scorers for the day were C.W. Edwards, D.H. Field & E.C. Hopkins.

78, 7, 19 Feb. 1952, page 7

Birth. To Mr & Mrs R. Burchell of Burra at the Burra Hospital last Friday, twin daughters.

[The print is garbled, but seems to say that Mr Burchell is a member of the permanent Air Force.]

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 1

Burra Hospital is faced with a mounting overdraft and medical staff shortages. The staff shortages confront all subsidised and private hospitals. The overdraft on 18 January was £4,832-4-3.

Patient fees from 18 January to last Friday 615-11-1

Government benefits 175-4-0

Subsidies 45-18-9

Total 836-13-10

Costs for the same period:

Wages 756-13-6

Food 498-8-9

Total 1,255-2-3

The overdraft is now £5,250-12-8, after payment of several hundred pounds of donations.

This problem applies to virtually all hospitals, and cannot continue. The Government is about to spend £380,000 on a hospital at Pt Lincoln. Why, we ask, when it already ahs an adequate hospital and the sum would liquidate the overdraft accounts of all the hospitals across the state.

Burra School

The drinking water in the school tanks is polluted by dead rats and pigeon manure. Much of this comes from problems with broken ventilators on the roof and the type of guttering, which provides excellent breeding ground for rats and pigeons. Recently it is said, when the tanks were emptied, six rats were removed and sixty-one buckets of pigeon manure were taken from one section of guttering. Why does this continue when it would not take a great deal to put these things in order? It is said that children were asked to go into the tanks in shorts and sand-shoes to clean them out. Should this be so? It w as raised at a Local Board of Health meeting recently.

The school yard is considered unsafe as a playing are and Councillors raised this continually with the Education Department. The Department said a contract to do the work was let, but that was some considerable time ago. Mt Bryan and Farrell Flat have bitumen paved playing areas. Why not Burra? The Council will again write to the Department.

Burra Electricity Supply

The labour and material position has not improved and so ETSA advises that it cannot supply the town for another five to seven years. ETSA advises it has not had further negotiations with the Burra Electric Supply Co. and suggests the Council should renew the franchise, which expired in November 1951, for a period of five to seven years. ETSA would be willing to make machinery available if the company’s plant could not be maintained. High voltage ETSA lines serve Farrell Flat and Spalding, but are not large enough to serve Burra as well. The Council is concerned that it will not be able to meet the increased street lighting cost if the franchise is renewed. At present the charge is £380 p.a. and the Council cannot afford much more. Mr G. S. Hawker MP will be approached to try to get the ETSA supply expedited.

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Larry Park s & Barbara Hale in Jolson Sings Again

Hurd Hatfield & Jean Willes in Chinatown at Midnight

Mrs H.J. Bruce of Thames St celebrated her 89th birthday with a party given by family and friends. The cake was made by Mrs C. Bruce and iced by Mr G. Wilson. Mr Albert Bruce proposed his mother’s health. [A list of those present is printed.]

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 3

Bowls. Burra Green 101 defeated Clare Blue 96

Lyall Tiver was given a farewell by sheep people at the Commercial Hotel and they also welcomed Mr Clarrie Gardner as Mr Tiver’s replacement as manager at Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. in Burra.

Accident. Jack Bown, youngest son of Mr & Mrs S. Bown of Burra, broke his leg in a motor cycle accident in Adelaide on Friday.

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the C.N. Bushell & G.S. Hawker Trophies. Murray Stockman scored a possible over 600 yards. Other possibles were scored by A.G. Heinrich and Jim Brown. Best scores for the day came from M. Stockman, A. Heinrich, J. Brown and J.H. Schwier.

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 5

Burra Town Council, 18 February

Advice was received that the PMG will acquire a portion of Howard St with settlement in approximately two months.

ETSA advises it cannot take over the Burra Electric Supply Co. for some time and suggests that the latter’s franchise be extended for five to seven years.

A letter will be written to G.S. Hawker MP to see if ETSA’s takeover of the town’s electricity supply can be expedited.

A letter will be sent to the Education Department about the unsafe playing surface at the Burra School.

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 7

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival last Sunday. The preacher was Rev. S.W. Line. In the afternoon the address was given by Rev. C. Christopher.

78, 8, 26 Feb. 1952, page 8

Cricket. Burra 6 for 225 declared defeated Farrell Flat 30 & 46.

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales. Local prices are cited.

Foxes are said to be now hunting in packs. While the small mixed farmer dislikes foxes, who take lambs and raid chicken runs, the sheep station proprietor often considers they help to keep down rabbits and are thus not unwelcome.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund stands at £966-8-0.

Burra School. Headmaster Hubert O. Pederick writes denying that any students were asked to clean out the tanks. Several lads volunteered, but it was decided not to allow it. He does not consider the solution to the problems to be simple and challenges anyone to produce a simple remedy. The editor says his report was based on the Local Board of Health meeting and in any case was prefaced by the statement ‘It is also reported,’ removing it from being a dogmatic statement. He also feels that any good suggestions are as likely to produce as rapid a response as the schoolyard problem got.

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 March

Jane Powell & Ann Southern in Nancy Goes to Rio

Farley Granger & Cathy O’Donnell in Side Street

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 3

Myxomatosis is said to have cleaned up the rabbits at Gum Creek.

Obituary. The late Mrs O.A. Boulton died at Burra Hospital on 15 February. She was born at Kapunda 80 years ago. At the age of five she went to live at World’s End with her late father, Carl Pittman. She married the late Archibald Boulton of Burra on 24 January 1896 and the couple moved to Burra. On the death of her husband nine years ago she went to live with her youngest daughter, Mrs H. Parkes of Burra North and stayed there until she broke her hip, from which she did not recover. She is survived by two daughters: Mrs Hantken of Morphettville and Mrs Parkes of Burra North. There are four grandsons, two granddaughters and six great-granddaughters. One daughter, Mrs Chappell of Melbourne, died ten years ago.

[Born Olga Adelgunde Puttmann 30 January 1872 Spring Creek near Friedrichswalde (Tarnma since 1918): died Olga Adelgunda Boulton 15 February 1952 Burra, residence Burra North.]

Obituary. Mrs Ada Maria Strong died at her son’s residence at Burra North on 6 February. She was born at Bimbowrie Station in the northeast of SA on 12 April 1863. Her parents were the late Mr & Mrs E.B. Gare. While she was young the family lived at several places, including Happy Valley. Later they farmed at Banbury, Mt Bryan East and later at Whitfield, which is also at Mt Bryan East, and while there she married Mr James Thomas in 1890 and they lived near Caroona Station and in 1901 purchased ‘Wallinga’ Mt Bryan East, where they lived for 20 years. They retired to ‘Northfield’ Burra North until her husband died in 1935. She later married Mr A.H. Strong and lived at Burra North and later Highgate where Mr Strong died two years ago. Just after Christmas she came to Burra for a holiday and was unable to return home. She took a keen interest in the Methodist Church and the Burra Benevolent Society. She is survived by three sons: G.R. & F.G. Thomas of Burra and A.L. Thomas of Terowie. There are eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She is also survived by five brothers: Edward Gare (Seacliff), Wesley and William Gare (Burra), Lewis and Stanley Gare (Adelaide) and one sister, Florrie Mrs Hunkin (Unley.) [Married Arthur Hamlyn Strong, a widower, in 1936.]

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 4

Tennis, 16 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 11-78 defeated Aberdeen 9-89

Mt Bryan 12-105 defeated Booborowie 8-81

Leighton 11-95 defeated Hallett 9-95

Kooringa 12-90 defeated Willalo 8-73

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 16-111 defeated Spalding 4-68

Ironmine I 14-102 defeated Hallett 6-80

Kooringa 10-89 defeated Ironmine II 10-82

Mt Bryan 12-99 defeated Booborowie 8-67

23 February

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-91 defeated Leighton 9-83

Hallett 11-102 defeated Spalding 9-79

Kooringa 10-89 defeated Booborowie 10-75

‘B’ Grade Hallett 17-110 defeated Spalding 3-49

Ironmine II 14-102 defeated Aberdeen 6-75

Kooringa defeated Booborowie

Burra Kindergarten. Numbers attending are growing. The voluntary services of Mrs Satchell, who is assisting the supervisor, are much appreciated. Transport arrangements are proving satisfactory.

Subscriptions total £28-5-0.

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. The best results last Saturday were from E.C. Hopkins, J.H. Schwier & R. Bernhardt.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 23 February

Eunice Honan, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R.S. Honan of Hallett, married

Garth Tudor, elder son of Mr & Mrs Tudor of Yongala.

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 6

Cricket. In the third ‘Test’ match between Burra Association and Jamestown, Jamestown won the series two to one. Jamestown 6 for 150 defeated Burra 51.

In the Burra Association Koonoona is playing Farrell Flat and in the first innings Koonoona 264.

78, 9, 4 Mar. 1952, page 7

Bowls. Saddleworth 100 defeated Burra Gold 84.

Double Marriage, Kooringa Methodist Church, 16 February

Fay Holmes, daughter of Mr & Mrs R.W. Holmes of Leighton, married

Ross Collins, son of Mrs & the late Mr H. Collins of Booborowie.

And

Pat Holmes, daughter of Mr & Mrs R.W. Holmes of Leighton, married

Max Earle, son of Mr & Mrs H.R. Earle of Burra.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 1

Burra Caravan Park

Mr Carpenter says he has £10 in hand and a promise of gates for the park. The Town Clerk said that some time ago the Director of the Tourist Bureau had said that if plans for the park were approved by himself and the Minister of Works, there could be a Government subsidy of £ for £. The Mayor believes quite an attractive park could be made for about £150 and with a subsidy only £75 had to be raised. The £10 in hand and the gates reduced this still further. The intended site is near the Children’s Playground opposite the Post Office. At present the playground is not in very good condition.

The Burra Cemetery needs a clean-up with high grass in places. It is beyond one man to keep it in order and a working bee is suggested.

Accident. A blow-out caused a car to overturn on the Mt Bryan Road on Friday. Cecil Albert Arbon was the driver and the passengers: William Stuart Ryan, Allen Reginald Robinson and Patrick Ian Davidson, all from Pt Pirie, luckily escaped unhurt. Damage to the car is estimated at £400.

Kooringa Methodist Church Stewards have protested about the transfer of Rev. S.W. Line to Kalangadoo, as it is the third change of ministers in twelve months, but to no avail. It is believed a former minister, Rev. Hobbs, is to return to Burra.

Accident. Robert Gillett (10), son of Mr R. Gillett of Hanson, is in hospital for observation for about a week, after being kicked in the head by a horse on Saturday. The horse panicked when a new shaft in a cart snapped. Two other children of Mr Gillett’s escaped harm.

Mrs W.E. Bails of Bridge St has her Singer sewing machine in working condition at the Adelaide Exhibition. It is one of the first treadle models and dates from 1865.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Joseph Cotton, Orson Welles & Trevor Howard in The Third Man

Robert Cummings & Ann Blyth in Free for All

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 3

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of a daughter of Mr & Mrs Patrick Ryan.

[Meredith Satchell’s database reveals the death of Mary Ellen Ryan on 22 February 1952, but there is no entry on SA Deaths CD.]

Burra Kindergarten held a street stall on 7 March and raised nearly £27.

Foxes are plentiful and rabbits scarce at Mt Bryan East. Mr Len Dare has killed over 70 foxes so far this year.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM on 4 March.

Membership was 41 and average attendance was 23. The report lists a considerable number of purchases made to help the school during the past year. All of the items were relatively small. Elected were: President, Mrs T. Williams; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Murray Tiver & Reg. Ellis; Secretary, Mrs J. Wohlers and Treasurer, Mrs H. Binks-Williams.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 3 March

On request from the Kindergarten some minor repairs will be made at the Children’s Playground and the circular sea-saw [sic] will be made stationary.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 5

A.G. Brandon writes suggesting that landowners get together to pay scalp money or some form of bounty to people prepared to go spotlighting to reduce fox numbers.

‘Onlooker’ writes concerning the late Ben Hill.

Before WWI ‘Spider’ Hill, as he was known, was a good enough footballer to be picked for the Association team when Kooringa had five big Kellaway brothers and Aberdeen a hard-hitting team with only the rovers weighing in at anything near the ten stone mark. The Ramblers (mainly Kooringa shop assistants) also had some good men who failed to keep ‘Spider’ quiet. His claim to be the first Burraite to drive a car could well be correct because Jack Sangster and Albert Gebhardt had SA registration numbers 27 & 28 between them.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 6

Hubert O. Pederick reiterates his statement that no students had to bring shorts and shoes to clean out the tanks and none has done so despite anything said at a Local Board of Health meeting. The making of the roof pigeon-proof is not simple. They nest right in the deep well gutters in the centre of the school. Vents and gutterings have been overhauled in recent years. One solution would be to drain away water from the central area and capture only that from the outer roof. Another is to capture water only from the larger shelter sheds. The Inspector of Schools says the Department view is that the service water was drinkable [i.e. the town supply.]

[The editor comments that all this was just words and as usual the Department would do nothing and telling pupils to drink the tap water was asking them to drink water that ‘any self respecting house-wife refuses in which to wash her family’s dirty linen’.]

Obituary. Mrs J.K. Clemson of Burra died at Burra Hospital on Friday aged 69. She was born at Lincoln in the UK and came to Australia after WWI. In that war she served in the British Army as a nursing sister and was stationed at Eastbourne Hospital. There she met and married Sgt J.K. Clemson of the AIF. After the war the couple came back to Australia and lived in Victoria where Mr Clemson was employed by the Water Board. They remained in that state for some years before coming to SA, eventually taking up residence in Burra a year or two prior to WWII. She was reputedly a splendid nurse and particularly in the days after arriving in Victoria was always ready to exercise her professional help for those in need. She is survived by a husband and a daughter, Elizabeth, who is mother to the deceased’s three grandsons and who lives in England.

[Clarice Lizzie Ann (maiden name unknown) died at Burra 7 March 1952 aged 69.]

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 7

Bowls

Championship won by H.J.B. Jennison 28 from T. Cory 18.

Handicap Champion C. Radford 21 from W. Bails 18.

Consistency Champion C. Radford 100 from H. Pederick 96.

Burra Gold 103 defeated Saddleworth Gold 77.

Auburn 101 defeated Burra Green 83.

Hallett Basketball Club held its AGM 21 February and elected President, Mrs F. McRae and Secretary, Miss P. Jeffery.

78, 10, 11 Mar. 1952, page 8

Mr & Mrs Frank Richards were given a farewell on 22 February by the residents of Mt Bryan. They had lived their all their married lives. Mrs Richards was born at Mt Bryan East and went to live in Mt Bryan with her parents in 1913. Mr Frank Richards went to Mt Bryan with his parents as a youth. He enlisted for service in WWI and served for three years. They had a family of five girls and two boys and had been active in town affairs. Mr G.S. Hawker made the presentation of a wireless set to the couple.

Mr & Mrs Bert Wardle were given a farewell at Mt Bryan last Saturday at a social evening. Mr Wardle had been a cricket club member for many years. Mr Cecil Beckwith made the presentation from the Cricket Club. Mr T. Quinn made a presentation from friends in the district. Mrs Edwards mad a presentation from the School Welfare Club to Mrs Wardle. Mr & Mrs Wardle will live in Burra for some time.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 1

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM.

W.H. Lloyd was re-elected President.

P.H. McBride was appointed Patron.

The Secretary, R.E. Angel, resigned and was replaced by F.N. Fabian.

Mrs Emma Bishop of Hanson celebrated her 90th birthday on 8 March and not being in the best of health, has been staying with her son Bert at Mt Bryan, for some time.

[Born Emma Weston 8 March 1862, Blakiston, SA: died 18 May 1952, Burra, residence Hanson.]

Kangaroos in large mobs are wreaking great damage when new growth appears after rain in districts around Broken Hill.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

William Holden & Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard

William Gargon & Jean Rogers in Hot Cargo

Notice. Lutheran Service at Burra North 23 March, Rev. C. Hoff.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 3

Bowls. Saddleworth Blue 96 defeated Burra Green 92.

Burra Hospital Overdraft Fund stands at £978-15-0.

Mr R.C. Jones, Booborowie teacher, has been transferred to Virginia, to be replaced by Mr Wood.

Fire broke out on the property of Mr A.L. Collins near Mt Bryan on Monday 17 March and soon spread to the boundaries of the house block. It started after the passage of a freight train and was extinguished after burning 40-50 acres of feed.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 3 March

A deputation is to be made to the Minister for Local Government about Main Road 45.

There is as yet no reply from the Minister of Railways about the proposed new road at Mt Bryan. It is believed the matter has been referred to the Highways and Local Government Department.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 7

Cricket. In Burra v. Koonoona on Saturday, Burra’s first innings reached 4 for 309 with S. Kellaway 152 not out and I. Burdon 100 retired. Burra & Koonoona will play off the final with the first day’s play on 26 March.

78, 11, 18 Mar. 1952, page 8

Burra Burra Show Inc. Annual report of the President, W.H. Lloyd.

The last show was on 13 October. Attendance was estimated at 3,000. The show was opened by Hon. A.R. Downer. Mr Rex Warnes opened the new Sheep Pavilion. Entries were numerous and for ring events a record 350. Sheep entries were disappointing owing chiefly to some doubt of the pavilion being ready in time. The ring was improved in shape and the jumps adjusted for greater safety. A new fence was erected on the southern boundary, from donated material and two new gates were hung. Sideshows were well patronised. School exhibits were appreciated and shade provided for dogs. A Gala Night was held and was well attended. The Sheep Dog Trials were well attended and keenly contested. The President thanked all those who contributed in time, money or labour to the improvements and to the successful show.

78, 12, 25 Mar. 1952, page 1

Sheep, cows and horses that stray in Burra continue to be a pest. Many people do not complain promptly and so the stock is not caught.

Syd Williams had four toes crushed at the Vacuum Oil Depot at Burra North recently when the draw bar of a loaded trailer fell across his foot.

Burra Races for 2 April have 110 nominations.

Burra Rifle Club. Championship: off the rifle scores

D.H. Field, 1st; R.G. Bernhardt, 2nd & J.H. Schwier, 3rd.

Stage winners in the Championship were:

1st Stage, F.T. Marston

2nd Stage, B.O. Scholz

3rd Stage, C.W. Edwards

4th Stage, C. Fiedler

Best results on Saturday were from C. Fielder, R. Moore & D.H. Field.

Adelaide Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Burra & District Dog House Club will hold a social and dance at the RSL Rooms 9 April to wind up the appeal. The social is for members only and at present there are 220. Chief Kennel Master is Jim Scott and Kennel Mistress is Mrs ‘Joe’ Pascoe.

78, 12, 25 Mar. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 March

Judy Holliday & William Holden in Born Yesterday

Douglas Kennedy & Marjorie Lord in Chain Gang

78, 12, 25 Mar. 1952, page 3

Tennis. Semi-Finals

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-99 defeated Kooringa 8-81

Leighton 13-99 defeated Hallett 7-88

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 15-104 defeated Aberdeen 5-71

Hallett defeated Ironmine II

Bowls. Burra Green 94 defeated Saddleworth Gold 83

Clare White 115 defeated Burra Gold 78.

78, 12, 25 Mar. 1952, page 4

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 15 March

Phyllis M. Schwier, elder daughter of Mrs & the late Mr P. Schwier, married

Colin Earle, eldest son of Mr & Mrs H.R. Earle.

78, 12, 25 Mar. 1952, page 7

St Patrick’s Dance in the RSL Rooms on Wednesday 19 March had satisfactory door takings for St Joseph’s School. Johnnie Green’s Band supplied the music. K.J. Murphy and P.J. Byrnes acted as MCs.

Redruth Girls’ Club held a social in the Memorial Hall on Friday last to raise funds for a tumbling mat. Proceeds of £12 and some later donations provided a good start.

Cricket. Burra in its 1st innings 344 including S. Kellaway 160 & I. Burdon 100 retired.

Koonoona 131.

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 1

Fire. At about 3.30 p.m. 27 March fire broke out near the Old Koomooloo Homestead. Apparently employees were burning stubble when 100 yards from the northeast corner of the paddock a whirlwind scattered the fire. Despite prompt action it spread and burnt towards the Adelaide Road. The fire was extinguished by 6.30 p.m., but about 1 p.m. on Friday a gusty northeaster saw it break out on the south side of the burnt area and quickly spread towards Koonoona Homestead. The hilly access was difficult and it burnt until c. 4.30 p.m. Stock losses were very low and about 5 square miles of grass was lost.

Fathers’ Assoc. held its AGM on 27 March [Amended in hand writing to 28 March.]

There was only a small attendance. Elected were: President, G.H. Dollman; V ice-Presidents, A.B. Riggs and G.A. Heinrich and Secretary and Treasurer, W. Carpenter.

The number of members was 20, down from 27 in 1950. Finances were sound. Ex-servicemen who are fathers are now eligible to join. TPI Button Day raised £69-5-2. £20 was sent to Head Office for Christmas Cheer. R. Fuss sent £2 for a parcel of books, which were forwarded to Head Office for distribution. There were also donations from Miss A. Bentley, A.B. Riggs, A. & G. Kellock and J.R. Barker. The Amateur Hour produced a nett profit of £36-9-5.

Burra Hospital Finances are showing some improvements after months of detailed planning and care. The Hospital received a special subsidy of £300. The shortage of nurses and the collection of accounts remain problems. The first is acute and no relief has been forthcoming. A double or single certificated sister is urgently needed and also five or six girls to train. The second difficulty is being tackled resolutely and more than 40 legal requests for payment have been made since October.

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 April

Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer & Paula Raymond in Crisis

Deborah Kerr & Robert Walker in Please Believe Me

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 3

Victoria Park

The Memorial Oval Committee is trying to make a playing oval that will be an asset to the town. The scheme started in 1947. The oval now looks like a football ground. Couch grass and clover were planted last year. The couch did not germinate, but the clover did, along with natural grasses. In spring there was vigorous growth. The Committee now believes the best way to generate interest in the project is to get the ground used for games. The cricket clubs have been playing there and it is hoped the football club will decide to use it this season. More work is to be done in the form of a grandstand, gates etc. The park is to be a Memorial to Heroes of World War 1940-45 [sic.]

Mr Leo Hawkes as 1st President did much work to get the project started. Jim Rowe, his successor, is keen to keep the project on the move. H.J.B. Jennison, the present Chairman, is anxious and wiling to see headway maintained. The property belongs to ratepayers and was originally a Memorial to Queen Victoria. The aim is to foster good clean sport and provide a playing arena for today and for those to come. People are asked not to condemn the endeavour without coming to see what has been achieved. More help is needed and donations of time, money and materials are sought.

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 17 March

Council voted to support a deputation from the District Council to wait upon the Minister about the Adelaide Road.

The Director of the SA Government Tourist Bureau advises that the conditions in his letter of 14 March 1951 concerning assistance for caravan parks still apply.

Transfer of Part allotment G from M.E. Watson to the Commonwealth is advised. [Paxton Terrace.]

Lots 4 & 6 are transferred from SA Housing Trust to the Minister of Education. [Presumably the new allotments in the Housing Trust development in Chapel St. Lot 6 is on the corner of Stock and Chapel Streets and lot 4 is the next north but one.]

It was moved that consideration of an agreement with the Burra Electric Supply Co. be deferred pending a reply from G.S. Hawker MP, [concerning ETSA’s position] but an amendment resulted in the Council seeking prices for street lighting if the agreement were to be extended.

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Bushell Trophy. Best results were from A. Heinrich, J. Brown & B. Moore.

78, 13, 1 Apr. 1952, page 7

Burra Hospital Overdraft Appeal has reached £992-17-0.

Cricket. In the final on the first day’s play Koonoona 33 v. Burra 4 for 106.

Tennis. Burra Association Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-93 defeated Aberdeen 7-91 [Grand Final yet to come.]

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 10-94 defeated Ironmine II 10-85

Last Saturday at Blyth Kooringa 16-128 defeated Blyth 5-99.

Burra Football Club held its AGM in the RSL Rooms 27 March. 37 members attended.

The General Fund was in credit £56-8-7. The Benevolent Fund was in credit £33-15-9.

[The latter paid medical and doctors’ fees for players.]

In the last year the Benevolent Fund paid out £44-6-6 for injuries in the 1950 season and £50-7-10 for injuries in the 1951 season. A private collection for Dean Bernhardt, when he broke his leg, raised £42. Gate receipts brought in £125-14-6 and subscriptions £91-18-6 (for both funds) of which one sixth or £15 went to the Benevolent Fund. Elected were: Chairman, R.A. Bevan; Secretary, R.W. Chambers; Assistant Secretary, E.J. Lehmann and Patron, K.J. Murphy. Admission fees will have to rise to 2/- and cars 1/- (the car fee was amended to 6d in the next issue.) The cost of footballs was up by £2 each and 12 were used in a season.

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 1

Burra Primary School roof and tanks were inspected on 3 April by two superintendents of the Architect-in-Chief’s Department. A.L. Clode promised to submit a price to the Education Department within seven days for the renovation of the roof with new box gutters and to clean gutters. Mr Yule will supply three new 2,000 gallon tanks to collect water from the outside gutterings only. Water will be pumped from the underground tanks. Mr G. Stevens has advised that work on the yard will begin in two to three weeks.

Burra Rifle Club. In the No. 4 District Union Shoot Burra 672 defeated Hamley Bridge 668.

Fire. A truck driven by William Matthews, with Mr W. Lines as a passenger, caught alight near Thistlebeds en route to Oakbank Station last Wednesday. They were able to roll a 44 gallon drum of petrol off the tray, but lost personal belongings and fencing equipment. Damage to the truck is put at £250.

The Fathers’ Assoc. is appealing for wool to make up a bale for sale. The funds obtained will send comforts to troops in Korea.

Burra Football Club has decided to use Victoria Park for its home matches and will charge cars 6d instead of 1/- as previously announced. The first match will be on 3 May when Burra plays Hallett.

Burra Graduates

Miss C. Millazzo of Burra High School Staff was given her BA at a ceremony at Adelaide University on 2 April. Diplomas in Arts & Education were given to Miss Nancy Pearce of Kapunda High School and to Rev. F.E. Tregilgas of Tailem Bend and formerly of Burra.

Burra Races had gate takings of £255 and bookmakers turned over £40,000 last Wednesday at a meeting that was an outstanding success. The main race was the Burra Squatters’ Handicap, which was won by Minstrel Lass ridden by M. Raven and owned by W.G. Wylie. The CWA luncheon was voted the best in the State. The publican’s booth was operated by Ern Mutlow of the Burra Hotel. The club’s profit is estimated at £350. [Other results are not printed.]

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council. Members retiring due to the effluxion of time:

Mayor: William Carpenter

North Ward: John Alfred Scott Fisher

East Ward: Edward Thomas Baulderstone

West Ward: Reginald Stanley Thomas Pettet

Nominations are called by 10 May with elections on 5 July if required.

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 April

Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride in Ma & Pa Kettle go to Town

Ida Lupino & Howard Duff in Woman in Hiding

14 April

John Lund & Wanda Hendrix in Miss Tatlock’s Millions

Robert Lowery & Barbara Britton in They Made Me a Killer

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 4

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild. [The year’s activities are reviewed in 1 column of detail.]

There were 51 financial members. 1951 was the church’s centenary and the Guild provided a very successful Musical Luncheon as its contribution to the celebrations. Invitations were received to Guild afternoons at Hanson and Booborowie. Some got to Booborowie, but wet conditions prevented them from attending Booborowie. A fete was held on the 4th Saturday in November. A social afternoon each month saw varied activities. Badges were sold for the Brighton Babies Home and raised £6. Other donations went to carious causes. There was a service organised for the Women’s world Day of Prayer on 29 February and the collection of £3-17-6 went to the British & Foreign Bible Society. The Guild provides the church flowers each week. The fete allowed the Guild to give £30 to the Manse Fund and £30 to the Manse Furnishing Committee.

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 6

Booborowie Football Club will join the North-Eastern Assoc. It elected: Patroness, Mrs P.N. Collins; President, L. Gill; Chairman, L. Gill; Secretary, G. Harris; Coach, J. Nairn; Captain, F. Willis & Vice-Captain, F. Cousins. P.T. Cousins was made a life member.

Booborowie RSL has set up a relief fund for Mrs Crowhurst. Colin Crowhurst was accidentally killed in this district leaving a widow and two young children.

[See 77, 48, 11 Dec. 1951, page 6.]

Booborowie Hall benefited by £250 from the Agricultural Project run last year on North Bungaree. Anama Pastoral Co. will make 100 acres available for cropping and a meeting to organise this year’s planting will be held 16 April in the Memorial Hall.

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 7

Tennis. Grand Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-95 defeated Leighton 8-83

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-85 defeated Ironmine I 9-92.

North-Eastern Football Assoc. met at Booborowie 31 March.

This year competing teams will be: Terowie, Spalding, Leighton, Booborowie, Burra & Hallett.

Elected: President, L. Gill; Secretary, W. Holman; Patron, Mr Craig.

Matches will begin 3 May. An Association match is organised with Whyalla South at Whyalla for the June Holiday and an Inter-Assoc. match with Balaklava will be played in July. This year’s grand final will be played at Burra.

78, 14, 8 Apr. 1952, page 8

The Annual St Patrick’s Day Sports at Booborowie were held on 22 March. The crowd was down a little, but nominations were exceptionally good. The High Tea was a feature of the day and the evening dance was a fitting conclusion. [Results are printed.]

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 1

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary recently. Three services were held at which Rev. Line officiated in the morning and afternoon and Rev. Christopher in the evening. On the following Sunday there was a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon when the address was given by the Superintendent, Mr W. Carpenter, and prizes were distributed.

Housing Trust lot 3 has been transferred to K.J. & B.D. Murphy.

Riding bicycles on footpaths in Burra is a common and dangerous practice.

Mayor W. Carpenter writes to say the Council cannot afford to do more than repair the fence at the Children’s Playground and clean the area up. He suggests a committee be formed to make it a beauty spot. Part of the adjacent creek area has been grazed in recent years, but it would be better served if stock were kept out and more trees planted and cared for. The playground needs more modern equipment: some items are out of date and dangerous for young children and a fence along the road is needed. Water, lawns and lighting would all be assets.

Mrs Annie Seal is the 85-year-old licensee of the 100-year-old Gasworks Hotel at Brompton. Older residents may recall she was licensee of Opie’s Hotel, (now the home of R. Fuss at Burra North) in 1907. For more than 44 years Mrs Seal has been serving beer, but claims still to be a teetotaller. She began at Opie’s Hotel in 1907 and then transferred to the Globe Hotel at Naracoorte. In 1911 she came back to be at the Royal exchange Hotel and the Kooringa Hotel. She took her present hotel in 1926, but spent 12 years in the Manoora Hotel since then. [Hoad disagrees with these dates. He shows her at Opie’s in 1910, at the Royal Exchange 1912-15 and at the Kooringa 1916-20 and at the Royal Exchange again 1921-26.]

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 April

Betty Hutton & Fred Astaire in Let’s Dance

Plus short features.

Notice. Burra Burra District Council Councillors retiring due to the effluxion of time:

Farrell Flat Ward A.R. Mickel

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward H.R. Earle

Mongolata Ward J.R. Barker

Anzac Day March. The RSL, following a decision at their 1951 annual conference, invite any ex-servicewomen, irrespective of their area of service, to march on Anzac Day. Previously it was limited to those who served overseas.

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 April.

The Education Department advises that E.J. Stevens will begin work on the Burra Schoolyard in about three weeks.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee advises the Memorial Oval is now fit for use for football.

Council had a long discussion and finally resolved that it would support the establishment of a State Lottery to help the financing of hospitals in SA.

Council will inspect roads in the are of the schools following a request from the High School Council to make the corner by the school house easier for large vehicles and that consideration be given for a road on the western side of the tennis courts.

A.L. Clode protested against Council letting a portion of the road between his property and Mr C. Heinrich’s. He is to be advised no action will be taken until advice is received from the Lands Titles Office.

Council was invited to the Anzac Commemoration service at the Soldiers’ Memorial 27 aril.

Police are to be requested to apprehend riders of bicycles on footpaths.

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 7 April

The Highways & Local Government Department approved spending an extra £1,000 on the main Booborowie-Black Springs Road. [It is unclear to me which road is meant. Booborowie-Hanson perhaps and then which?]

A.R. Downer MP advised that the World’s End telephone exchange was now open two extra hours daily, Monday to Saturday, i.e. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and also that a rural automatic exchange operated at Hanson from 2 April 1952.

An invitation was received for the Council to attend Anzac Day Service 22 April [sic: error for 27 April.]

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 6

Obituary/Accident

Sydney Clarence Wilmott of Burra was killed early this morning when the tractor he was driving collided with a train from Terowie at the Bon Accord crossing. He was driving a crawler tractor going north when the train struck it at about 6.45 a.m. The impact turned the tractor around and it continued on past the E & WS property and was finally stopped on the next corner by Mr Suck, a lodger at the Bon Accord Hotel. Mr Wilmott was flung off and thrown against the engine, sustaining fatal head injuries. It is thought he may have been listening to the tractor engine, which had just been overhauled, and so failed to hear the approaching train. The train was a special for the Easter period. It is reported that this is the first death at the crossing. Mr Wilmott was employed by W.H. Kakoschke and leaves a widow and six young children. [Sydney Clarence Willmott, born 26 April 1915 Kooringa.]

Cricket. End of the second day’s play in the Final.

Koonoona 33 & 2 for 69 v. Burra 233.

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 7

Rev. & Mrs Line were given a farewell after the evening service at Kooringa Methodist Church 6 April.

78, 15, 15 Apr. 1952, page 8

The War Memorial Oval Committee met on 8 April. Burra Football Club advised it would like to use the oval this season. The Committee was glad it would see activity on the old ground once more. Football had been absent from Victoria Park for five years. They were also delighted to hear that Mr Clive Jettner had removed all the big tree butts from the oval. They will now seek aid from the District Council to have the ground skimmed and cleaned up. The shed will be partitioned off and water laid on for showers and they hope to provide at least some seating.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 1

The Sheep Stud Field Days have resulted in all the Burra Hotels being booked out and they will stay so till the Field Days are completed on 1 May. Many have had to seek accommodation in adjacent towns.

Weather. Light rain has fallen over the East in the past week. Falls have generally ranged from 20-50 points, but Kia-Ora reported 87 and a few placed recorded less than 20 points.

Burra Air Force Assoc. has been seeking £400 to build a bathroom at the Burra Hospital. The Assoc. has donated £100 and L. Billings a bale of wool crutchings. W. Giersch of Black Springs has donated £55. I.J. Warnes & Sons have given £10 and Max Jacka £4-4-0. The appeal continues with work due to start soon on the bathroom.

Sheep Stud Field Days. John Collins & Sons of Mt Bryan sold 20 rams for an average £326. J.H. Jones & Sons of Edjaning WA paid 850 guineas for one ram. At Mackerode interstate buyers got 9 of the 15 rams. Top price of 175 guineas was paid by E.D. Goode of Kingston. On Friday ‘The Bluff’ and ‘Ashmore’ Studs had over 1,200 rams on display. Top price at ‘The Bluff’ was 150 guineas and Roy Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’ paid top price of 250 guineas for an ‘Ashmore’ sire.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 5 April

Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour in My Favourite Brunette

Edward G. Robinson & Bail Russell in Night has a Thousand Eyes

26 April

Ray Milland & Rosalind Russell in A Woman of Distinction

William Eythe & Marjorie Reynolds in Customs Agent

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th Stage of the Bushell & Hawker Trophies. Best scores were from A. Heinrich, P. Betts & W. Hempel.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its harvest Thanksgiving services recently. Rev. E.C. Nicholls officiated.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 4

Mt Bryan CWA meeting at ‘Petherton’ is reported.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 5

Burra CWA meeting of 18 April is reported.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 6

Cricket. Mokota Assoc. Final. Mt Bryan 348 defeated Hallett 193.

For Mt Bryan R. Jarmyn scored 106 (retired.)

M.T. Fuller, coroner, has deemed an inquest into the death of Sydney Clarence Willmott, who was killed at the Bon Accord crossing on 15 April, is unnecessary.

The Crowhurst Distress Appeal stands at £43-10-0.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church has a new super room, which was opened on 18 April by Mr Wesley Miller of Hallett. The new minister, Rev. Armstrong, was welcomed.

78, 16, 22 Apr. 1952, page 8

Victoria Park was the site of a successful working bee over the weekend. Water has been laid on to the change rooms, a portion of which has been partitioned off to make two large change rooms and a shower room. Conveniences are in the hands of L. Kellaway. Mr Pritchard has burnt out some tree stumps. After some grading by the District Council, it is hoped to make provisions for a basketball court. [A list of those who helped is printed.]

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 1

The department of Mines is seeking reports on mines in SA. Specifically it seeks information on old mines not previously included in the Mining Review or the Record of Mines. This especially includes very old mines for which information is incomplete. The information sought is:

The exact location of the mine (by Hundred, section etc.)

Present conditions

Last date of working

By whom it is owned

Any reports to companies or publications (other than The Department of Mines)

Any details about re-opening and details of name changes, company involved and dates of operation.

Information is sought on the following 24 mines:

Pompurne

Broughton Copper Mine

Ardincaple Mining Syndicate

Stanley Mine

Lloyd’s Prospect

Catarpo, Cartapo, Cartarpo, Cartope, Cartopo, Cartapa

Wakefield

Bon Accord

Edeberg Mine

Flinder’s Mine, Burra

New Burra Copper Mine, formerly the Utica Copper Mine

Dutton’s Mine

All Nations Mine

Princess Royal Mine

Sod Hut Mine

Mule’s Yard Mine

Burra Consols

Apoinga Copper Mine

St Elmo Mining and Prospecting Syndicate NL, formerly Carn brae Mine

Burra Creek Mining Venture

Ulooloo Copper Mine

Scrubber’s Camp Mine

Murphy’s Claim

Kingston Mine

The CWA supports the Caravan Project. It has handed £70 to the Council, of which £20 is for the Caravan Park, specifically for a kitchen or laundry facility. £50 is towards the cost of a new kitchen at the Town Hall, or if that is impossible towards remodelling the existing kitchen.

Weather. Light rain has fallen in the week, with most registrations between 50 & 60 points.

Mrs John Honan of Hallett turned 93 on 26 April. Mr & Mrs Honan lived at Mt Bryan East in their early married life and reared a family of seven daughters and two sons, all of whom are still living. Most attended Mt Bryan East School in the time Sir Hubert Wilkins was there. Later they moved to Hallett. Mr Honan died eight years ago and Mrs Honan continues to walk to the Methodist Church on most Sundays and has been an active guild member for many years.

Burra High School Sports were held at the Racecourse on Thursday. Showers held up proceedings two or three times. Trophies:

Senior Girls’ Cup Coralie Ellis

Senior Boys’ Cup Bruce Stockman & Donald Edwards tied

Junior Girls’ Cup Robyn Tattersall

Junior Boys’ Cup Trevor Franklin

[Results are printed on page 5.]

Burra Dog House Club raised £121-10-0 for the Adelaide Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. The social went off very well.

Stud Sheep Field Days

East Bungaree and Old Bungaree Field Days on 22 April drew Merino enthusiasts. Top price of 300 guineas was paid by Quartermain Bros of Northam, WA.

Melton Park held its first field day on Thursday and sold a number of sheep at satisfactory prices.

Koonoona Field Day is being held today.

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 May

Errol Flynn & Dean Stockwell in Kim

Plus short features

Basketball.

Spalding 45 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Terowie 19 defeated Mt Bryan 7

Booborowie 26 defeated Hallett 13

Burra 18 defeated Leighton 15.

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 3

Anzac Commemoration Service. The conditions in Market Square on Sunday 27 April were very cold and windy. About 60 returned men marched under the leadership of Ian Richardson, with W. Young, President of the Air Force Assoc. and Padre Hobbs. About 300 people attended the service. The march was led by the Ex-Navalmen’s Band from Adelaide. The service was led by Rev. R.S.T. Pettet of St Mary’s, assisted by Methodist ministers Rev. H. Hobbs (Kooringa) and Rev. C. Christopher who gave the occasional address. Wreaths were laid by Mr Richardson for the RSL, Mr W. Young for the Air Force Assoc., The Drum Major of the Ex-Navalmen’s Band, M. Heinrich for the Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen, E. Finch for the Burra Burra DC, W. Carpenter for the Burra Town Council and G. Dollman for the Fathers’ Assoc.

The Annual Church Parade of ex-servicemen was held at the Kooringa Methodist Church at 7 p.m. when both Methodist ministers took part and Mr Ian Richardson led a number of returned men into the church. Rev. Hobbs gave the address. The RSL entertained band members at lunch in the club rooms. On arrival the band played some bright pieces at the Burra Hospital.

At Hallett the Annual Anzac Service was held in the Memorial Hall on 20 April. Attendance, though good, was less than the previous year. Rev. Armstrong officiated.

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of the Bushell & Hawker Trophies. J. Schwier scored a possible over 800 yards and Peter Betts scored one over the 900 yard range. Best results on the day were from J.H. Schwier, M. Stockman, C. Edwards & P. Betts.

Burra High School Parents & Friends Assoc. Report on the year’s work. Membership was 68. In Jubilee Week a back-to-school was staged. Annual Sports were held in May with cups presented to winners. The Annual Inter-School Sports were held at Kapunda. Mrs Miels, the President, resigned and Mrs A.C. Ford, who was secretary, took on the role. The Annual Ball in July was most successful. The Assoc. shared in buying a strip film projector. Sporting equipment was purchased and magazine subscriptions paid. The usual banquet closed a very successful year.

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 6

Farrell Flat CWA Debutante Ball was held in the local hall on 18 April. Proceeds amounted to about £63. [Details extend for 1 column.]

78, 17, 29 Apr. 1952, page 7

Booborowie Ladies Club. The visit of Mrs Spooner, the State Supervisor for Red Cross, is reported in 11⁄2 columns. She came for a Paddy’s Market and Fair, which raised just over £100 for Red Cross.

Kooringa Methodist Comrades have formed a Basketball Team and have applied to join the North-Eastern Assoc. Captain is Barbara Humphrys with Dorothy Nahda as Vice-Captain.

The Burra Kindergarten will close from 3 May to 2 June owing to the Supervisor’s annual holidays. Several families have left the district, lowering the already small enrolment. Parents are urged to enrol children to keep the Kindergarten going. As we go to press it has just been decided that due to low numbers the Kindergarten will close from today to 2 June.

78, 18, 6 May 1952, page 1

Mushrooms are plentiful following recent rains.

Koonoona Field Day. A top price of 700 guineas was paid for a ram and J. Lindsay of Camara Stud, Winton, Queensland, paid 600 guineas, while two at 500 guineas and one at 300 guineas went to WA, among the good sales. Although not an official Field Day, Roy Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’ Proprietors showed several car loads of visitors some very good rams, to fill in some time at the weekend.

Broken Hill trade with SA could be under threat if the NSW Government were to build a bitumen connection – say south to Mildura. Complaints about the road to Broken Hill from Adelaide have increased in recent months. SA provides the Broken Hill fruit and vegetable market and this could be lost.

78, 18, 6 May 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 May

Sabu, Raymond Massey & Valerie Hobson in The Drum

Alastair Sim & Margaret Rutherford in The Happiest Days of Your Life

Victoria Park. The Football Club has received donations of over £14 since it announced its intention to install a kerosene bath heater for the Victoria Park showers.

Burra Town Council will continue its tree-planting program.

78, 18, 6 May 1952, page 3

Football. At Terowie on Saturday: Terowie 17.23 defeated Leighton 11.5.

At Victoria Park Burra 14.20 defeated Hallett 6.10. For Burra Bert Beinke has been elected Captain with Ivan Hirschausen as Vice-Captain.

Basketball. Burra 24 defeated Mt Bryan 9

Hallett 19 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 16

Booborowie 30 defeated Spalding 23

Terowie 23 defeated Leighton 4

78, 18, 6 May 1952, page 4

Marriage. Farrell Flat Methodist Church, Easter Saturday 12 April

Irene Bailey, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.G. Bailey, married

William Keane, second son of Mr & Mrs P.W. Keane.

Burra Rifle Club. Burra riflemen failed to get into the prize money at the Country Teams Championships at the Dean Range at Pt Adelaide on Saturday. The team score on Saturday was 899, with best results from J.H. Schwier, R.G .Bernhardt & J. Brown.

78, 18, 6 May 1952, page 5

Football. At Booborowie: Booborowie 21.19 defeated Spalding 6.14.

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 1

Burra Town Council Elections

Following a petition from 123 ratepayers on 9 May, the Mayor Mr W. Carpenter agreed to stand again. When nominations closed all retiring members of the Town Council had been re-elected.

Mayor W. Carpenter

North Ward J. Fisher

East Ward E.T. Baulderstone

West Ward R.S.T. Pettet

Burra Burrs DC Elections

When nominations closed all retiring members had been re-elected.

Farrell Flat Ward A.R. Mickel

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Mongolata Ward J.R. Barker

Leighton Ward H.R. Earle

Weather. Rain fell on the Eastern Country last week. Falls were light and produced little run-off. Most were in the range from 39 points at Braemar to 90 points at Oakbank, but Hogback received only 11 and Woolgangi only 9 points.

Mt Bryan Railway Crossing. The Highways & Railway Departments have agreed on a new crossing 8 chains north of the stockyards, with the old crossing further north to be closed. The Burra Burra DC is opposed to the closing of the old crossing.

The Crowhurst Distress Fund has reached £106-14-0,

Burra Caravan Park. A subscription list has been opened to raise the necessary finance. It is felt that given a Government £ for £ subsidy a good park could be had for donations of £200 and with £100 a good start could be made.

Basketball. The Memorial Oval Committee has begun work on a new court for ladies’ matches. It will be on the northern end of the oval. The District Council plant is being used and Mr Ross Day has given two days’ labour to operate it. It is hoped to have it ready in about two weeks.

Inter-High School Sports were held last Friday at the Racecourse. The program was successfully completed despite showery conditions. Schools competing were Balaklava, Clare, Burra, Riverton and Kapunda. Final points for the shield were: Clare 199

Balaklava 1771⁄2

Burra 1591⁄2

Riverton 101

Kapunda 80

Burra athletes of note were:

David McBride, winner of the 100 yards

Trevor Franklin, winner of the junior hurdles

Don Edwards for the Open Boys’ High Jump and the 880 yards

Julie Pearce who dead heated for 1st in the Junior Girls’ Broad Jump

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Association supplied lunch. No fewer than 800 home made pasties came in.

[Results are printed on page 7.]

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 2

Advt. Wirth’s Circus will be at Burra Friday 16 May.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 May

Bob Hope & Lucille Ball in Fancy Pants

Philip Reed & Hillary Brooke in I Cover Big Town

Notice. S. Johnson thanks customers for their patronage upon having disposed of the ‘Northern Café.’

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 3

Football. At Spalding on Saturday: Terowie 13.22 defeated Spalding 2.8.

Basketball. Spalding 32 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 11

Booborowie 34 defeated Hallett 14

Terowie 18 defeated Mt Bryan 8

Burra 34 defeated Leighton 9.

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 5 May

Applications for District and Main Road Grants were considered.

Cr Baulderstone moved an application for £500 for Main Road maintenance, with the Council to contribute £100 and an application for £800 for Smelts Road with the Council to contribute £200 and a special grant be applied for to resurface Young St and Watt Rd, in the amount of £1,500, as this route was now more used as a main road than Morehead St. Carried.

Cr White moved a subscription list be started for the Caravan Park development. Carried.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee is to be advised that a basketball court could be formed in a portion of the road to be closed on the northern side of the ground and a gateway can be made in the wall to provide an entrance from the oval grounds.

The McKenzie Family was farewelled at Kooringa Methodist Church on Sunday after the Mothers’ Day Service. The family is moving to Peterborough after Mr McKenzie’s transfer to that school. Mr Carpenter made a presentation. Mr McKenzie has been a member of the Institute Committee and gave valuable help during the organisation of Jubilee Week. Mrs McKenzie was an active member of the Primary School Welfare Committee. [Mr McKenzie was Primary School Headmaster.]

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 5

St Joseph’s School held its annual sports on 3 May in the school grounds. Mrs V. Dower and a band of helpers provided afternoon tea. Other stalls were also popular. The Mayor was introduced by Rev. Fr Hughes and presented the cup to the successful house. As Captain of St Patrick’s House, Patrick Ryan accepted the cup. [Results are printed.]

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 6

Burra Golf Club opened the links for the 1952 season last Saturday. President R. Jeffery invited Dr Heddle to drive the first ball.

The Associates AGM on 5 May elected: President, Mrs J.R. Barker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R.J. Jeffery & M. Archer; Secretary, Mrs H.J. Topsfield; Captain, Miss M.V. Pearce & Vice-Captain, Mrs R.S.T. Pettet.

78, 19, 13 May 1952, page 1

Redruth Methodist Church held its anniversary on 11 & 12 May. Rev. C. Christopher officiated at three services.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 1

Burra Football Club thanks donors for £20-11-0 and expects the bath-heater to be in operation for the showers at the oval on 24 May.

Adelaide Wool Sales, ending 15 May. J.V. Lord & Sons of Balah did best for the district. [Other district prices are reported.]

Weather. Rain in good quantities has fallen in the past week. On the 15-19 May Burra recorded 168 points. World’s End reported 112 points. The Eastern country got about an inch, but only a few placed reported any run-off.

J.Y. (Joe) Woollacott, formerly of Burra, is Mayor of Unley.

Mrs Edgar Tiver turned 80 on 4 May. Her seven children and their spouses attended to celebrate. There are 20 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 May

Broderick Crawford & Joanne Dru in All the King’s Men

Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake in Blondie’s Big Deal

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 3

Basketball. Booborowie 14 defeated Leighton 11

Mt Bryan 14 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 6

Spalding 30 defeated Hallett 9

Burra 37 defeated Terowie 20.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 4

Mr & Mrs McKenzie were given a farewell on Wednesday 14 May by members of the school community. M. Stockman, as President of the School Committee, was MC and a travelling rug and bed lamp were presented.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 5

CWA. The 16 branches of the Warnes Group held their annual conference at Mt Bryan. Fifteen of the group were represented. Group President, Miss Wien-Smith of Clare, presided. Guest speaker was Mrs Octoman (State President). [There is 1 column of detail.]

Rev. Eric Nicholls has been transferred from Hallett to Whyalla and Rev. Gowan Armstrong has been welcomed in his place. His first duty was the Anzac Service.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 6

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 19.13 defeated Leighton 10.9.

At Terowie: Terowie 10.10 defeated Burra 3.11.

Spalding 6.17 defeated Hallett 2.14.

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 7

Redruth Methodist Church Anniversary continued with a tea meeting on Monday 12 May.

[The report extends for 1⁄2 column.]

78, 20, 20 May 1952, page 8

Combined Inter-School Sports were held at Booborowie. Schools participating were: Booborowie, North Booborowie, Willalo, Spalding, St Joseph’s Convent Spalding, Gum Creek and Hanson.

[Results are printed.]

79, 21, 27 May 1952, page 1

Poor lambing rates have been blamed on foxes, which in turn have been blamed on myxomatosis. The success of myxomatosis has caused a fox plague. In Victoria pastoralists say foxes are worse than for many years. Locally lambing rates of 50% or less are being blamed on the same cause. Some farmers are claiming a rate of only 30%. One man claims to have killed 40 foxes in three weeks and others claim 50 in the same period. At Mt Bryan and Mt Bryan East poultry has to be very securely locked up at night or foxes take them.

Burra Burra Show Inc. The next show is on 11 October. Further improvements to the ground are planned. The secretary for four years, Mr R.E. Angel, has resigned and been replaced by Mr F.N. Fabian from 1 May.

Weather. Rainfall figures for the East show falls of from half an inch to just over one inch and water is running at Thistlebeds. From 19-25 May Farrell Flat reported 222 points, Hanson 210, Burra 199, Mt Bryan 119 and Hallett 66.

A public meeting was called by H.J.B. Jennison, Vice-President of the old Burra Progress Assoc., for 28 May in an effort to re-form the Association. The Mayor had written to him expressing his belief that such an Association could be of great assistance to the town and Council. The old Association ceased to function at the end of 1939, with the outbreak of the War. The late F.T. Sara was then President. The Association could assist in the re-opening of the Burra Mine, better town and district roads, town amenities like parks and gardens, better rail and telephone facilities, assisting visitors, fostering youth activities and creating civic mindedness. A lime kiln and brick manufacture could both be profitable in the district. [The next issue indicated that the last AGM of the old association was held in August 1941.]

79, 21, 27 May 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 May

David Wayne & Cecil Kellaway in The Reformer and the Redhead

Joel McCrea & Ellen Drew in Stars in My Crown

Badminton. Redruth 11 sets defeated Kooringa Methodists Red 1 set.

79, 21, 27 May 1952, page 3

Obituary. William Stockman aged 84 died at Burra Hospital 14 May after a short illness. He was born at Lyndoch and went to Spalding at an early age with his parents, where he was engaged in farming. In 1896 he married Emelie Bradtke of Yongala, who died nine years ago. He continued to farm in the Jamestown district till 1902 when he moved to part of the Shafton Estate, Burra, where he farmed successfully for 50 years. He was probably best known for breeding Clydesdale draught horses, which he exhibited at Burra Shows for many years. He leaves three sons and two daughters: Hedley & Murray of Burra, Algernon of Karoonda, Mrs G. Finch and Mrs C.P. Thamm of Burra.

[Born Fredrick William Stockman 25 November 1867 Leasingham: died Frederick William Stockman.]

79, 21, 27 May 1952, page 6

Caravan Park Subscriptions are slow in coming in.

Basketball. Terowie 26 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 6

Leighton 10 defeated Hallett 8

Spalding 22 defeated Burra 18

Booborowie 18 defeated Mt Bryan 6.

79, 21, 27 May 1952, page 7

Football. A chaotic game took place at Terowie on Saturday. The umpire lacked control and the game was played to Rafferty’s Rules. The last quarter ran for 45 minutes before both captains and the umpire decided to call it a day, by which time it was so dark spectators could hardly distinguish the players. It was then 5.45 and the time-keepers still maintained there was 1 minute 15 seconds to go. Booborowie 14-23 defeated Terowie 7.13.

Hallett 8.16 defeated Leighton 5.5.

Burra 16.8 defeated Spalding 5.5

[The symmetry of these figures may be coincidence, but they look suspect.]

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 1

Burra Progress Association was re-formed at a well-attended meeting on Wednesday 28 May and a pro-tem committee was set up pending an AGM in August. Mr Jennison chaired the meeting and introduced the Mayor. The previous AGM minutes of August 1941 were then read. The Association has seven aims:

To promote Burra’s trade and commerce.

To promote and assist all movements aimed to improve the town and district.

To co-operate with Town & District Councils to foster better transport.

To encourage tourism and develop tourist facilities.

To arrange publicity for the town.

To promote or oppose legislative or other measures affecting the above.

To do such thing incidental to attaining the above.

Basketball games on Saturday last were all cancelled due to the bad weather and all teams were awarded one point.

Weather. Last month was the wettest May since 1893 with 559 points. 1893 recorded 638 and 1880 received 830 points.

Sheep. Three local studs will be represented at the Sydney Sheep Sales with 38 merino rams:

East Bungaree Ltd, Belcunda, Mt Bryan (6 stud rams)

Koonoona Proprietors, Koonoona, Burra (6 special and 14 stud rams)

John Collins & Sons, Collinsville, Mt Bryan (12 stud rams)

Other studs offering rams are:

The Estate of the late M.S. Hawker (17 rams)

R. Hawker Ltd, Bungaree (10 rams)

Murray Thomas, Stadbrooke & Fairbanks (21 rams)

Of the above 53 went by air, 12 by rail and Murray Thomas took his by road.

The show was last week with sales this week.

Empire Day was celebrated at Burra High School last Friday when trees were planted in honour of:

Eleven old scholars and one teacher who gave their lives in WWII.

Two Burra boys who were former Burra Primary School scholars who went down with HMAS Sydney. [in fact Dick Satchell went down with HMAS Parramatta, Dec. 1941- added by Meredith Satchell]

Mr S. Kellaway who had given almost 23 years of service on the High School Council.

Representatives of the RSL, Air Force Assoc. and Town Council attended.

Speeches were made by the Headmaster Mr H.O. Pederick, A.B. Riggs, the Mayor & H.J.B. Jennison.

12 Arizona Cypress tree were planted to honour:

Dudley H. Armstrong Mervyn B. Davey Kenneth R. Fuller

David E. Genders Leonard W. Mumme Ian L. Penrose

Russell C. Sellars Roy R. Walker* Lawrence D. Walker

Noel T.H. Woollacott Roy H. Woollacott Lloyd Draysey

[*This name was corrected in the next issue to Robert M. Walker.]

Two trees for those lost in HMAS Sydney

Rodney Wilson Dick Satchell

The tree to honour S. Kellaway Sen. was planted by his grandson, Kevin.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, pages 1 & 4

Mt Bryan Cricket Club celebrated its premiership of the Mokota Association with a dinner at the Mt Bryan Hotel on Saturday last and the event is reported at length.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 June

Douglas Fairbanks Jun. & Glynis John in The Desert Hawk

Plus short features

9 June

Bing Crosby & Joan Caulfield in Welcome Stranger

Plus the documentary Cassino in Korea

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 3

Badminton. 2 June, Burra North Gold 6-187 defeated Burra North Blue 6-118.

Booborowie. Farming operations here have been suspended due to the wet conditions and roads are in a poor state.

Mr James Brady of Mt Bryan East is 90 today. He still looks after his flock of 400 sheep and tails his lambs and comes in each week with his oversized grey draught horse, for mail and provisions. He lives alone, attending to his property, driving a buggy and sometimes riding a horse. Until two years ago he shore his own sheep.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 4

Badminton. After waiting on the Council on 19 May, Burra North Badminton Club was granted use of the Town Hall twice weekly for 6/- per night.

Burra History. An article under the heading ‘World News’ is clearly reprinted from some un-named publication. It says that a girl picking wildflowers in 1845 noticed blue-specked earth and reported it. Mines quickly developed. Miners came from Cornwall and dug their homes out of the clay along the banks of the Burra creek until they were driven out by floods and houses built from stone quarried from the hills. Johnnie Green is mentioned: ‘dangles from a pole at the northern entrance to the town.’ Low price of copper and flooding of the pits caused abandonment of the mines after over £5 million worth of copper had been taken.

[A girl picking wildflowers is much more romantic than an alcoholic shepherd!]

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 5

St Mary’s Ladies Guild held its AGM in the Parish Hall 27 May. 14 attended. In the year the Continental was a great success. Elected were: President, Mrs R. Pettet; Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs J. Wohlers. The retiring Secretary was Mrs Ellis and retiring Treasurer Mrs Archer.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 6

Mt Bryan East. The season is excellent with 21⁄4 inches of rain in April and 23⁄4 inches in May.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 7

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 5.7 defeated Burra 4.9.

Hallett 3.6 defeated Terowie 3.3.

Leighton 7.4 defeated Spalding 3.12.

‘J.R.’ from Booborowie writes about the report last week of the Terowie-Booborowie football match. While not wanting to praise the umpire, he felt some allowance had to be made for the near gale force wind and rain.

79, 22, 3 June 1952, page 8

Land transfer. Lot 5 of the SA Housing Trust to J.C. & E.A. Goodridge.

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 1

The Mt Bryan Railway Crossing. This has been a concern for some time. At present there are two crossings, one at the north end and one at the south. The problem has been that people from the east have to use the northern crossing and then come south to use the southern crossing to gain access to the station or other parts of the town. Goods trains often block the southern crossing while loading and unloading and people have to wait for 30 or 45 minutes. There was a proposal for a crossing in the middle and to close the northern one, but the District Council and residents opposed that. Lately there has been a proposal for a road on the eastern side of the line to enable resident from the east to reach the town without crossing the line. While the Highways and Railways Departments considers this proposal the District Council has accepted the offer from T.J. & W.H. Quinn to sell them a strip of land one chain wide along the railway line adjoining sections 185 & 186 in the Hundred of Kingston, to enable the construction of the road. Locals have donated fencing.

The Adelaide Road. A deputation from Peterborough, Hallett, Burra, Robertstown and Saddleworth will wait on the Minister of Highways and Local Government to expedite improvements to the Adelaide Road. They are seeking either the bituminising of the existing road or action on the proposed new road via Hanson.

The Sydney Sheep Sales saw weaker demand for SA stud sheep than in previous years.

[Results for local sellers are printed.]

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 June

Ray Milland & Hedy Lamarr in Copper Canyon

Albert Dekker & Willie Best in Hold that Blonde

Obituary. William Archibald Kearns died suddenly in Melbourne on 1 June aged 36. He was the husband of June Kearns and the son of Mrs John Kellaway and the late Richard Kearns and brother to Dick, Lorna, Jack & Verna. [Born 2 May 1916 Rose Park. Lorna, Jack & Verna were children of the second marriage. See more at 79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 4.]

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 3

Poliomyelitis. The prevalence of this disease at the time prompted a lengthy statement of advice from the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis.

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 June

L.L. Fiebig, through All British Motor House Ltd, is negotiating with the Town Clerk about the erection of a neon sign at his Burra North garage.

Davies Motor Co. seeks permission to erect another petrol pump. Decision deferred pending a site inspection.

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 2 June

The Department of Lands advises that section 879 Hd Hanson has been reserved for railway purposes.

All retiring Councillors were re-elected unopposed.

The Chairman reported organising a deputation to the Minister concerning Main Road 45.

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 6

Burra Homing Club. The opening race for the season was flown from Carrieton last Saturday and was won by L. Hood.

The Crowhurst Distress Fund has reached £124-10-0.

79, 23, 10 June 1952, page 7

Football. At Spalding on Saturday: Booborowie 20.19 defeated Spalding 6.9.

At Leighton on Saturday: Terowie 9.10 defeated Leighton 8.7.

Hallett 7.6 defeated Burra 6.9.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 21st stage of the Bushell’s & Hawker’s Trophies over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Two postponed stages remain to be fired. Jim Schwier won the G. Stanley Hawker Trophy for best marksman. Four members are still in with a chance for the C.N. Bushell Trophy. Best results on Saturday were from P. Betts, C.W. Edwards & M. Kakoschke.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 1

Burra Hospital. A £25,000 Hospital Appeal will shortly be launched. Plans for a complete new hospital block were abandoned in December due to the impossibility of raising the sum needed. Certain improvements are long overdue, particularly proper accommodation for the staff. The appeal committee formed two years ago has now been re-formed with local sub-committees to organise the appeal. The aim is to build a Nurses’ Home, which will become part of the originally planned new block. In addition improvements to the bathrooms and conveniences will be made. With a Government £ for £ subsidy it is hoped to raise £25,000.

Miss Ratinji from Suva, Fiji, was a guest speaker at the Kooringa Methodist Church on 8 June. She is training as a nurse at Memorial Hospital North Adelaide.

CWA Avenue. The remaining 50 trees to complete the CWA Avenue at the entrance to the town from Hanson have now been planted. The Council planted the trees, which were financed by the CWA. Several of last year’s trees that had been eaten by stray sheep were replaced. Approximately 150 trees have been planted around Burra by the Council, 50 of them at the Memorial Oval.

Burra School. The contractor, Mr G. Stevens, has again failed to begin the promised work on the schoolyard. There is a new promise he will inspect the site on 18 June. The contract was let in December 1949. The Education Department advised on March 25 this year that the work would begin within a fortnight.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 June

Robert Young & Barbara Hale in And Baby Makes Three

Jon Hall & Lisa Ferraday in China Corsair

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the C.N. Bushell Trophy on Saturday over 300, 500 & 600 yards. G. Webster & A.G. Heinrich scored possibles at 500 yards. Best results were by G. Webster, E.C. Hopkins & W. Hempel.

Basketball. Terowie 31 defeated Spalding 15

Mt Bryan 17 defeated Leighton 4

Burra 22 defeated Hallett 21

Booborowie 25 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 10.

Badminton. Burra North Gold 8 sets defeated Redruth 4 sets

Burra North Blue 8 sets defeated Kooringa Red 4 sets.

Bowls. The end of the season social was held on Wednesday last.

Trophies were presented by the Mayor W. Carpenter.

Bowls Championship H.J.B. Jennison

Bowls Handicap C. Radford

Bowls Consistency C. Radford

Croquet Handicap Mrs J. Pascoe

Croquet Pairs Handicap Mrs D. Watson & Mrs J. Sorrell

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 4

Obituary. Elizabeth Ann Ward was buried in Burra on 6 June. Miss Ward had been an active member of the Salvation Army in Burra for 61 years and a long-time Sunday school teacher there. For the last six years she lived in a private nursing home in Adelaide. [Born 10 October 1861 Clare: died 5 June 1952 Melrose Park. Age given as 92 on death.]

Obituary. William Archibald Kearns died suddenly in Melbourne 1 June 1952 aged 36. He was the son of the late Mrs John Kellaway and the late Richard Kearns. He was educated at Burra High School and before WWII earned a number of SA and Australasian weight-lifting records. He joined the AIF in May 1940 and served in the Middle East and New Guinea with the 2/3rd Australian Field Park Engineers till January 1946. After his discharge he settled in Melbourne. He had a fine tenor voice and studied singing in Melbourne where he appeared in a number of opera productions. He is survived by a widow. [Born 2 May 1916 Rose Park.]

RSL entertained members of the Air Force Assoc. 6 June at an evening of competitive games: quoits, badminton, darts, table tennis & snooker.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 5

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten. The Supervisor, E.M. Richardson, writes concerning the precarious state of the operation. After 41⁄2 months the numbers are much too low to continue. There are 20 enrolled, but the peak attendance is only 14. The Kindergarten is held in St Mary’s Parish Hall each morning and appeals for equipment have been well responded to. It is well equipped and L. Fiebig’s taxi service transports the children to and from the hall. Every call for equipment and aid has met a ready response and finance is not lacking. Everything is in place except for the number of children to make it viable. This is a surprise to the writer as experience of similar schools in other country towns has seen enrolments of 30 with a long waiting list.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 6

Burra Rifle Club Ball was held last Friday. Captain Darrell Field was MC. Members’ wives and the Burra North Red Cross prepared a generous and delicious supper. Daphne Wenham’s Jamestown Band provided the music.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 7

Football. Burra 11.15 defeated Leighton 5.10

Booborowie 12.13 defeated Hallett 6.7

Terowie 13.23 defeated Spalding 5.2.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Carrieton on Saturday was won by C. Moore.

79, 24, 17 June 1952, page 8

Booborowie Amateur Hour 6 June is reported. It aided the North Booborowie School, which was raising money for a piano. Performers are listed. Rosslyn Woodward topped the popular vote. (Song.) The judges’ award went to North Booborowie School’s Action Song.

Golf. Mrs R.S.T. Pettet won several prizes at the recent Country Golf Week at Pt Pirie.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 1

Adelaide-Broken Hill Road. The Broken Hill Citizens & Taxpayers’ Better & Safer Roads Committee is enlisting the support of Councils in SA in their cause. Some 600 people attended a meeting at Broken Hill on 30 April and a petition with 12,000 signatures has gone to the [NSW?] Parliament. [Their argument is reported in two columns.]

Adelaide Wool Sales. The recent sales were on a par with previous sales. K.R. Phillips topped the district prices at 100d. [Other district prices are printed.]

Dr Heddle was farewelled as Chief MO by the Burra Hospital Board last Friday. He was thanked by Vice-Chairman M. de N. Lucas for his untiring efforts to improve the hospital. He had been MO for five years. Mr Lucas presented Dr Heddle with a recording of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony. The hospital staff made a presentation to Dr Heddle on Thursday.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 June

Van Johnson & Kathryn Grayson in Grounds for Marriage

June Allyson & Dick Powell in Right Cross

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Mary Turner of Black Springs, spinster, who died 12 March 1952. [The name is common, but this seems likely to be the Mary Turner born 29 April 1890 at Black Springs to William Turner and Julia nee Oram. She died at Burra, residence Black Springs.]

Burra High School. On Tuesday last Mr E. Finch took a Geiger counter to the school. It is used for detecting uranium and he had several specimens of ore from Mt Painter.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 3

Basketball. Leighton 13 defeated Spalding 9

Hallett drew with Mt Bryan 6 each.

Booborowie forfeited to Terowie.

TB Soldiers’ Badge Appeal. Mayor W. Carpenter acknowledges the receipt of £17-13-0.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 16 June

A deputation with other Councils will meet the Minister of Local Government on 2 July with respect to Main Road 45.

Housing Trust lot 1 in Burra has been transferred to the Minister of Works.

Kooringa Methodist Church Youth Week is reported.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 5

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 1 June, but the very wet weather forced a postponement of the evening service to 15 June when it was held in the afternoon. Rev. G. Armstrong officiated.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 6

Golf. Burra Associates did well at Crystal Brook last Friday. The team of Mesdames Gardner, Pettet, Jeffery & Moore won the 18 hole match from 20 teams competing. Mrs R. Pettet was runner-up in the 27 hole handicap competition.

Burra Rifle Club. The final stage of the C.N. Bushell Trophy was fired over 500 and double 600 yards. Bert Scholz scored a possible at 500 yards and Tom Heinrich scored one at 600 yards. Best results for the day came from C. Edwards, B.O. Scholz & T.B. Lynch.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 7

Football. Terowie 7.17 defeated Burra 3.10

Booborowie 9.9 defeated Leighton 6.9

Hallett 10.14 defeated Spalding 2.3.

79, 25, 24 June 1952, page 8

Burra Homing Club held a race from Carrieton on Saturday, which was won by C. Moore.

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 1

Burra Mine. An article in a daily paper recently said a representative of a USA Mining Corporation, Mr L.S. Bracken, is in Australia seeking information on copper, tin, zinc and other mineral deposits. Mr R. Cummins sent a telegram alerting him to Burra Copper Mines. The Progress Assoc. has sent a second wire offering particulars of the Burra Mine.

Mr H. Pederick has moved at the Progress Association for Burra to become a place for official meteorological readings.

Matthews’ Emporium had a window broken on Friday last in the crush of customers trying to get into their winter sale.

Burra Progress Assoc. has moved to support the call for action on the sealing of the main road from Adelaide to Broken Hill.

At a meeting on 25 June a resolution was passed to assist in the completion of the Caravan Park project.

Burra Theatrical Group held its first meeting on 17 June and elected: President, T. Jenkinson; Secretary, R.H. Campbell and Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver. The comedy Quiet Weekend by Esther McCrocken will be their first production in September or early October.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna on Saturday was won by C. Moore.

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 July

Maureen O’Hara & MacDonald Carey in Comanche Territory

Will Geer & Charles Drake in Spring in Park Lane

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 3

Salvation Army. Special meetings on 5 & 6 July will be conducted by Snr Major & Mrs Blake. (Divisional Commander for SA.)

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 4

[Rev.] Clem Christopher writes a lengthy letter opposing the introduction of a State Lottery in SA.

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 6

Badminton. Kooringa Green 5 sets defeated Kooringa Red 3 sets.

Basketball. Spalding 19 defeated Mt Bryan 16

Burra 43 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 10

Leighton 14 defeated Hallett 7

Booborowie drew with Terowie 21 each.

79, 26, 1 July 1952, page 7

Football. Burra 6.11 defeated Spalding 6.9

Booborowie 9.10 defeated Terowie 8.5

Hallett comfortably defeated Leighton.

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 1

Mr J.G. Sara was 89 on 5 July and a number of friends and a large group of relatives came to congratulate him. [Family members present are listed.]

Colin Crowhurst Distress Fund, organised by the Booborowie RSL has reached £179-18-0 and will close on 16 July.

The Adelaide Road. Mr E.L. McWaters, Chairman of the Burra Burra DC, led the deputation to the Minister of Works, Mr McIntosh, on Wednesday 2 July. Mr McIntosh insisted that the matter had not been ‘shelved’ but re-scheduled to take its turn in the order of importance.

Rev. A.D. Hunt, who was Methodist minister at Burra over seven years ago, returned to preach on 6 July at Redruth, Kooringa and Mt Bryan. In the interim he has been in India as a missionary attached to the Wesley Technical School in Benares. He spoke of his experiences in India. This week he will address gatherings at Farrell Flat on Wednesday, Kooringa on Friday and at Redruth on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Hunt is a missionary nurse and with their daughter, Jennifer, the Hunts hope to be returning to work in India after this furlough in England and Australia.

Burra Town Council Annual Ratepayers’ Meeting was held in the Council Chamber on Monday 30 June. Only eight of the 500 ratepayers attended.

Perhaps this means that everyone is very satisfied, but it is disappointing for the members of Council. The Mayor reported on the work done by Council, which this year had concentrated on road work within the town. There were, he said 62 tree types within the town and more trees than in any other SA country town. Mr Pederick, as headmaster of the Burra High School had done much to promote tree planting and to interest scholars in it. Unfortunately the cemetery was in a bad state and the Children’s Playground had been neglected. The Council was doing what it could at the cemetery, but it was not enough to maintain it in a satisfactory condition. The Playground would be attended to as part of the Caravan Park project. Jubilee week last year had shown a profit of £161, of which £80-10-0 went to the Burra Hospital and the same amount to the Burra & District War Memorial. The Burra Town Hall Pictures had been running as a community project for 18 months and were going along satisfactorily. Two repayments of the initial loan had been made. A.A. Davey was congratulated for running an efficient library, as good as in any country town. H.J.B. Jennison thought Burra North had not been getting its due proportion of road works and asked that that be rectified in the coming year. The Mayor outlined his duties throughout the year in entertaining visitors and visiting the school and various other places. He thanked the Councillors and the Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey for their support. Mr M.T. Fuller moved a vote of thanks, which was seconded by H.J.B. Jennison.

Burra Burra District Council re-elected E.L. McWaters as Chairman for the next twelve months. He was first elected Chairman in July 1950.

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Air Force Association Ball in Burra Town Hall next Friday.

Advt. Grand Catholic Debutante Ball Burra Town Hall Friday 25 July. Johnnie Green’s Dance Band.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 July

William Holden & Nancy Olson in Union Station

Lyle Bettger & Jan Sterling in Bride of Vengeance.

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM at the Fire station 28 June. Secretary R.G. Bernhardt reported on a successful year. Elected were: Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Captain, D.H. Field; Vice-Captain, C.W. Edwards and Treasurer, J. Fisher. J.H. Schwier was made a life member. The Captain reported an excellent year of shooting with a number of new members. 44 possibles were scored, but only four marksmen reached 100 off the rifle: M.G. Stockman 102, F. Lynch 101, J. Schwier & R.G. Bernhardt 100. Burra won Inter-Union matches against Balaklava and Hamley Bridge and was 13th in the Country Teams Match at Dean Range Pt Adelaide.

[He then went of to name and thank all those who contributed to the year’s success.]

The club’s first ball had been a great success.

Burra High School scholars visited Clare on 27 June.

Football: Burra 9.15 defeated Clare 0.5.

Basketball ‘A’: Burra 34 defeated Clare 12.

Basketball ‘B’: Burra 27 defeated Clare 13.

[Clare teams were weakened because Clare was playing Balaklava on the same day.]

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 6

Basketball. Leighton 21 defeated Spalding 15

Terowie 41 defeated Hallett 9

Burra 27 defeated Booborowie 22

Mt Bryan 10 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 3.

Booborowie RSL Annual Ball was held on 27 June and was an outstanding success. Attendance eclipsed all previous efforts.

Burra RSL members cut and carted wood for the Burra Hospital on 6 July. In all about nine tons of wood, including a ton of stumps, were delivered.

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 7

Football. At Victoria Park on Saturday: Booborowie 10.11 defeated Burra 3.9.

Hallett 14.12 defeated Terowie 7.9.

Spalding 17.13 defeated Leighton 3.8.

Badminton. Redruth 132 strokes defeated Kooringa Red 115.

79, 27, 8 July 1952, page 8

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Parachilna was won by P.J. Byrnes.

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 1

Obituary. James Charles (Jimmy) Bancks, the creator of Ginger Meggs, died suddenly at his home in Sydney recently aged 57. Ginger Meggs first appeared in 1921.

Burra Hospital Building Appeal. An encouraging initial response has resulted in £2,967-18-6. [Donors are listed.]

Auctions. Local land has met with keen demand recently.

Messrs C.P. & H.H. Overton sold 393 acres of freehold, in earlier days known as ‘Boggy Flat’ midway between Hallett and Mt Bryan. After being passed in, it went to Messrs H.T & M.M. Heinrich of Oulnina Park, Mannahill, for £37-15-0 an acre.

The late Mrs Bishop’s estate of 300 acres at Hanson was bought by a neighbour, Mr W.S. Mitchell for £28 an acre.

Burra Homing Club. Only two birds made it back from Marree on time and the winner was P.J. Byrne.

Drew Lane. The private lane between the premises of Sara’s and Bence’s has been used as a public thoroughfare for longer than ten years and the Council has now declared it a public road. Cr Bernhardt recently suggested it be named Drew Lane in honour of the late John Drew. Mr Drew used the lane several times a day for many years, from his residence to Drew & Crewes’ (now Bence’s) and was a prominent citizen who was connected with the Kooringa Methodist Church for about fifty years as Superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a Town Councillor and Mayor in 1906.

Thieves forced their way in to Mr G.H. Dollman’s Burra Motor Co. on Friday night and stole the safe and contents. They also entered the Burra hotel and stole cigarettes and £14 cash. They apparently escaped in a Holden car stolen from Kapunda. The stolen safe contained £80 in notes plus some cheques and legal documents. Petrol was stolen from a bowser at Clare on Saturday morning.

Weather: Snow & Frost

Several residents reported snow at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday morning, to a depth of about one inch. Before dawn a heavy shower of rain washed away all traces. The frost on Monday was probably the heaviest for many years. Mrs E.J. Lehmann hung out some washing at 5.30 a.m. and at 6 a.m. it was frozen as stiff as a board. Mr Lehmann took passengers to the train before 6 a.m., picked up parcels and delivered them, and then took a passenger to World’s End and on reaching Burra again at about 8 a.m. his car was still white with frost.

Burra Rifle Club Trophy Presentations

C.N. Bushell yearly Handicap Trophy J.H. Schwier

G.S. Hawker yearly Marksman’s Trophy J.H. Schwier

Club Championship D.H. Field

Handicap Championship R.G. Bernhardt

1st Stage of the Championship F.T. Marston

2nd Stage of the Championship P. Betts

3rd Stage of the Championship C.W. Edwards

4th Stage of the Championship C. Fiedler

First 7 Matches T. Lynch

Second 7 Matches A.G. Heinrich

Third 7 Matches C.W. Edwards

Hard Luck Trophy G. Webster

First Half-Year Aggregate E.C. Hopkins

Second Half-Year Aggregate E.C. Hopkins

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 July

Margaret Sullivan & Wendell Corey in No Sad Songs for Me

Stanley Clements & Myron Welton in Military Academy

Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau held a successful Field Day on 10 July.

At F. Jefferies’ they inspected Phalaris tuberose and Colac Perennial Rye pastures.

At Dave Thomas’s Early Dwalganup and Bacchus Marsh clovers with Wimmera Rye Grass were inspected.

At Ron Murray’s Perennial Rye Grass and lucerne were seen.

Members also inspected over 100 trees of many varieties, growing in tins before transplanting and Mr Murray’s collection of implements.

At John Hooper’s they saw a Clare strain of sub-clover and Bacchus Marsh clover with Wimmera Rye.

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 3

Burra Motor Co.’s stolen safe was found between ‘Eagle-on-the-Hill’ and Waterfall Gully on Monday by a party of young people including Miss June Lucas, daughter of Mr & Mrs M. de N. Lucas. The safe was wrecked by explosives, but the cheques and legal papers were still there. The stolen car was found at Ashford.

Basketball. Inter-Assoc. matches were played on Saturday.

In the first game North-Eastern 16 defeated Mid-Murray 6.

In the second game Mid-Murray 8 defeated North Eastern 7.

Obituary. Mrs Ivon Gare died on Saturday 28 June following a short illness. Mrs Gare had a life of devotion to her family, home and church. She was a leading member of the Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild and a teacher at the Redruth Methodist Sunday School. She was interested in all the church’s activities. When her children were at school she was a member of the Welfare Committee and was later associated with the High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. Miss Roma Gare, who has been nursing at Mildura, was able to get home prior to her mother’s death.

[Born Nellie Norma Reed 28 August 1902 Aberdeen: died at Burra, residence Burra North.]

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 4

Mr J.G. Sara was born at Willunga and at a young age was taken to Rhynie, where the family lived briefly. They then moved to Farrell Flat for about three years. His father kept a general store as well as being a carpenter and undertaker. A local identity, Johnny O’Leary, once came in when a coffin was being made and asked if he kept any second hand ones. (Meaning ready made.) The family next moved to Burra where J.G. spent his boyhood and youthful years. He remembered Cooper & Bailey’s Circus and Wild Animal Show coming, but there was no performance due to a great flood. Sara & Dunstan’s had the contract for the Anglican Church and the Burra Public School. J.G. worked on the school and also at Roseworthy College for the firm. He later worked at Butterworth’s Mill. (In 1952 the Shell Depot.) When he was 19 he and another Burra boy, Arthur Leighton, decided to go to WA and in 1883 they sailed in the barque Ribston of 350 tons from Pt Adelaide to Fremantle in 21 days. He got suitable work in WA for 12 months before returning to SA. For a year he worked with Dunn & Co., flour millers at Quorn. On returning to Burra he married Miss Emma Tiver and in the first year the couple went to Terowie in Sara & Dunstan’s ironmongery store. Then he was sent to Cockburn to take charge of the general store and forwarding agency. His wife followed in the company’s train and he had a camp oven roast ready for her and his daughter when they arrived. At one time there were 150 teams ready to load goods to Broken Hill. When the railway was completed through to Broken Hill the store and goods were packed on a jinker and moved to Argent St where the firm was established at builders, ironmongers etc. They were successful tenderers for buildings of all sizes. Many small wood and iron dwellings were erected and later added to. He has a photo of Mr J.H. Cann, former President of the AMA with skull cap, knee straps, upturned sleeves and pick in hand, shaking hands with the underground manager of the BHP Mine, showing the good feeling between capital and labour. Mr Cann was later an MP in the NSW Parliament. Messrs Sleath & Ferguson were among Union officials at the time of the big strike when some ugly incidents were reported and the Riot Act was read. A number of Union officials were arrested and convicted. Sleath & Ferguson each received two years. Safety and health conditions were improved with better wages and the bonus according to the lead price. Other notable events there were the big fire and the water famine, when at one time J.G. had to pay 30/- per 100 gallons for water. He was for some years the Burra Record’s correspondent in Broken Hill. With a decline in trade he worked for some time for BHP open cut, as time-keeper for contractors. He and George Green decided to try WA and they started a cash grocery store in Perth, but when his wife’s father and brothers wanted to leave their Aberdeen General Store to go on the land, J.G. was offered and accepted the well-known business of James Tiver & Sons. Their son Frank Sara was with G. & R. Wills & Co. in Perth, but they decided to have him with them in the Burra store. For two years J.G. continued to take groceries and about 100 loaves of bread to Mt Bryan & district. The Aberdeen Post Office was in the store and J.G. was postmaster for over 30 years, retiring at 78. The late Frank Sara will be remembered for his ability and integrity. Now J.G. has failing hearing and sight.

[John George Sara born 6 July 1863 Willunga: died 28 August 1953 Burra North aged 90.

Emma Price Sara nee Tiver born 31 October 1864, Redruth, Burra: died 31 August 1959 Burra North aged 94.]

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 5

Terowie RSL Dinner was held on 5 July and is reported in 3⁄4 column.

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 6

Rev. A. Hunt’s Message on India is reported in a little over 1 column.

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 7

Football. An Inter-Assoc. match was played at Booborowie on Saturday.

There had been heavy rain overnight and again at midday and heavy hail fell just before the match started. North-Eastern Assoc. 13.21 defeated Mid-Murray Assoc. 5.9.

79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 8

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church 5 July

Lois Edwards [daughter of Mr & Mrs Horace A.A. Edwards] married

Norman Maxted [son of Mr & Mrs Gordon Maxted.]

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 1

Burra Air Force Assoc. has raised over £1,000* (including subsidy) for the Burra Hospital, in twelve months, despite having only 40 members. Of this Mr Harry Giersch of Black Springs has contributed almost £100. One source has been the collecting of dead wool. In the near future the Assoc. expects to have a modern bathroom built for patients at the hospital, at a cost of about £800.

[*This sum was corrected in the paper 79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 8 to a little over £700.]

Burra Air Force Assoc. Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall 11 July and was a grand success with gross takings of c. £160. The Belle of the Ball was Miss J. McLean of Clare. There was a sumptuous poultry supper in four sittings convened by Mrs H.J.B. Jennison.

The Crowhurst Distress Fund has raised £206-11-0 and will definitely close on 31 July.

Mt Bryan Railway Crossing. The District Council considered the proposal of the Commissioner of Highways, but they consider the existing northern crossing more satisfactory than the proposed new one. They approved of a road on the eastern side of the line to connect with the existing crossing.

Burra Burra DC has approved a motion to resume part of the Booborowie Parklands to be dealt with by the Director of Lands on the recommendation that the area be declared a Recreation Reserve and be placed under the control of the Booborowie Recreation Ground Committee.

St Mary’s Ladies’ Guild raised £22 at a street stall.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st Stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy over 200 and double 300 yards. Best scorers were K. Heinrich, M. Stockman & C. Edwards. Ken Heinrich is only 17 and shows great promise.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 July

Joel McCrea & Arlene Dahl in The Outriders

Ricardo Montalban & Sally Forrest in Mystery Street

Burra-Redruth Courts of the Methodist Order of Knights & Girls Comradeship held a birthday social on 15 July.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten. A special general meeting was held on Friday 4 July and it was decided there was no option but to close. After paying all debts, there will be about £8 cash, which will go to the Burra Hospital for the use of children patients. Donated equipment can be reclaimed or after 26 July will be sold or given to the Burra Hospital if suitable. Barbara Mellor, Hon. Secretary.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 3

Burra Hospital Building Appeal reaches £3,755-4-6.

Burra Red Cross held its 37th AGM in the RSL Hall 8 July. Four of those present had over 30 years of service: Mesdames S.M. Sandland, J. Barker, W. Finch & G. Herbert. Along with Mrs John Tennant and Miss Muriel Barker they have earned gold bars to wear with their Red Cross Gold Medals. (Medals were given for 20 years’ service and a bar for30 years’ service.)

Mrs Herbert is leaving Burra to live with her daughter at Gawler. £60 has been forwarded to Headquarters with £20 of it to go to aftercare of polio victims. Elected were: President, Mrs S.M. Sandland; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Barker & J. Hill; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 July

The Mayoral allowance for 1952-53 was set at £70.

ANZ Bank is to be asked for a £2,000 overdraft for 1952-53.

The Fire Brigade Board estimates the necessary expenditure in Burra will be £774.

Contribution of Council to the Burra Hospital will be £410 for 1952-53.

A letter is to be sent to the SAR expressing the view that the warning device at the Bon Accord crossing is unsuitable.

A further letter is to be sent to the Education Department about the lack of action on the Burra School Yard.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 5

Burra RSL Auxiliary is striving to increase its membership. It was formed in 1946 and Mrs A.L. Bence was its first President. Mrs H.J.B. Jennison succeeded her and this year Mrs I.D. Richardson takes over.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 6

Badminton. Kooringa Red 135 points defeated Burra North Lodge 107.

Burra North Gold 5 sets 144 games defeated Redruth 3 sets 126 games.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 7

Football. Hallett 10.9 defeated Burra 6.9

Terowie 16.15 defeated Leighton 9.9

Booborowie 19.13 defeated Spalding 8.5.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Marree on Saturday was won by E.J. Reed.

79, 29, 22 July 1952, page 8

The Most Rev. Dr Bryan Gallagher, recently enthroned as the Catholic Bishop of Pt Pirie, will make his first visit to Burra on Friday when he will receive the debutantes at the Catholic Ball.

Burra Burra DC, 7 July

The Chairman’s allowance was fixed at £30.

The Headmaster of Hanson School applied for and was granted 12 Aleppo Pines for the school’s Arbor Day.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 1

Hallett RSL is nearing the completion of arrangements to purchase the Church of England property in Hallett. This was originally the Hallett Institute. Several generous donations have made it possible, but more will be needed to repair and furnish it.

Dr Heddle & Mrs Heddle attended several functions arranged to farewell them before their departure for Adelaide. A subscription list was opened and £17 was collected as an expression of regard from the people of Burra.

Edward J. Davey, who held the position of Town Clerk for 34 years, celebrates his 83rd birthday today. He is in good health, still drives and only recently retired from bowling. He is still secretary of the local Foresters’ Lodge, a position he has held for 40 years. As a young man he was a miner at Kalgoorlie, Broken Hill and Burra. Mr Davey and three other family members have filled local government and other public posts for 137 years. His father, the late William Davey, was District Clerk for 13 years, Town Clerk for 10 years and caretaker and librarian of the Burra Institute for 221⁄2 years. His brother, Arthur A. Davey, who is 76, has been caretaker and librarian of the Institute for 48 years and acted as District Clerk for 25 years. Mr Edward Davey retired as Town Clerk on 30 June 1945 and the position is now held by Mr E.R. (Reg.) Davey, son of Mr Arthur Davey. He has had the position for seven years.

Burra Hospital Building Appeal has reached £4,378-13-6. The Building Committee feels enough has been raised or is in sight to begin negotiations for the erection of the buildings.

Burra Racing Club has decided that the next race day will be conducted as a charity race meeting for the benefit of the Burra Hospital Building Appeal. The date set is 15 October. Burra CWA will cater.

Burra Catholic Debutante Ball was a huge success on Friday 25 July in the Burra Town Hall. Approximately 400 attended. Music was supplied by Johnnie Green’s Band. Four Debutantes were presented to the Most Rev. Dr Bryan Gallagher, newly appointed Bishop of Pt Pirie.

Those presented were:

Patricia Fahey with Frank Cousins

Mary Fahey with Joseph Furst

Joan Fisher with Tom Preiss

Barbara Klingberg with Phil Canny

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 2

Advt. The Burra Hotel is under new management: W.J. Heading.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 August

James Stewart & Shelly Winters in Winchester ’7.3

Ann Blyth & Mark Stevens in Katie Did It

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Mrs M. Morrison.

[Mrs Murdoch Morrison nee Emma Talbot was born 1861 and died 20 June 1952 Burra.]

Hon. T. Playford, Premier of SA, will visit Burra on 1 August at the invitation of the Burra Women’s Branch of the LCL and he will address the public at the Town Hall at 3 p.m. at the conclusion of the LCL AGM.

Basketball. Spalding 26 defeated Booborowie 22

Terowie 33 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 16

Hallett forfeited to Burra.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 3

Hanson CWA held its AGM in Hanson Memorial Hall 16 July and drew a large audience. £110 was raised for the year. £60 went to the Hall Committee to help pay for a lighting plant and a further £27 was voted at the AGM. Elected were: President, Mrs M.J. Marchant; Vice-Presidents Mesdames J. Short & L. McWaters; Joint Secretaries, Mesdames W.R. Daw & E.G. Robinson; Assistant Secretary, Mrs Moody; Treasurer, Mrs S.A. Robinson & Handcraft Secretary, Mrs M. Mitchell.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 4

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 2 July. The Secretary reported a membership of 58, but not all were regular attenders. They had helped with the supper at the Air Force Assoc. Ball and also with the Buffalo Lodge Ball supper. The branch had a float in the Jubilee Week celebrations. They had sent £35 to Headquarters as part of the March Appeal.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, pages 5 & 8

Mt Bryan CWA AGM on 16 July is reported at length.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 6

Badminton. On 28 July Lodge Gold 12-204 defeated Kooringa Red 0-95.

79, 30, 29 July 1952, page 7

Football. At Leighton on Saturday: Burra 10.13 defeated Leighton 8.7.

Terowie 10.12 defeated Spalding 10.11.

Hallett 11.7 defeated Booborowie 10.7.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 1

Hon. T. Playford addressed about 80 people at the Town Hall on Friday afternoon. The Mayor Mr W. Carpenter welcomed the Premier and called on Mrs G. Stanley Hawker who announced that the new Women’s Branch President of the LCL was Mrs J. Gebhardt.

The Hon. R.R. Wilson MP introduced the Premier in the absence of Mr G.S. Hawker, who is recovering from a serious illness. Mr Playford spoke on taxation. He also anticipated the development of atomic power. He spoke of the development by the USA of atomic powered submarines and he anticipated atomic power for electricity and other forms of transport.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School held its 29th Anniversary on Monday 28 July at a social.

Polio. From May 1949 to the end of 1951 there were 3,044 cases in South Australia and 99 deaths. (Of this total the Metropolitan area accounted for 2,318 and 71 respectively.) In the first three months of 1952 there had been 326 cases and 8 deaths. The second three months of 1952 produced 140 cases and 0 deaths.

Mr & Mrs K.R. Crewes are returning from England on the Stratheden after a visit of some months.

Mr Ray Jennison is also on board the Stratheden after some years in England furthering his studies at Vickers Vimy as an electrical engineer.

Burra Hospital Building Fund stands at £5,359-4-6.

Mr J.G. Sara handed in to the Record office a two-colour poster printed here 69 years ago advertising the Burra Rechabite ‘Demonstration’ at Princess Royal Grounds, kindly lent by A. McCulloch Esq. JP on 28 December. The prize money was very good for the time, totalling c. £60 and up to £9-9-0 for one event. [A list of the names of the men involved in the organisation of the event is printed.]

Mr Binks-Williams unearthed an artillery shell in the fowl yard of his Queen Street residence at the weekend. It is possibly a souvenir Turkish or German shell from WWI.

Mr & Mrs G. Herbert were farewelled by the Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild at a social last Wednesday. Mrs Herbert has been associated with the Guild for 50 years. She was presented with a large-print copy of the Methodist Hymn Book. Miss Beth Pearce, on behalf of the church and circuit, presented Mr & Mrs Herbert with a packet of notes. The Mayor spoke on behalf of the town and district and also presented a gift. Rev. H. Hobbs wished them God Speed.

Darrell Field, the three-year-old son of Mr & Mrs D.H. Field, fell from a car driven by his father, when the door flew open near the Burra Railway Station. He fell on his head and a wheel struck his right hand, but no serious harm was done.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 2

Obituary. A Notice to creditors reveals the death of John Matthew Furst, a farmer and grazier of Hallett who died 27 April 1952 at Burra. [Aged 68: birth not traced on SA Births CD.]

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 August

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in At War with the Army

Alan Ladd & Donna Reed in Beyond Glory

Burra CWA elected Mrs H.J.B. Jennison as President at its recent AGM. She replaced the long serving Mrs A. Tennant.

Burra Bowling Club AGM. [This heading is corrected by hand on the bound copy from ‘Golf Club.’] Elected: Patron, A.B. Riggs; President, J.T. Pascoe; Vice-Presidents, R. Jeffery & H. Jennison and Secretary, J. Topsfield.

Salvation Army. Next Sunday the Divisional Young People’s Secretary for SA, Major Ron Smith, will conduct the meeting. He will be accompanied by his father, Major W. Smith. Captain Walter Smith spent a term at Burra in 1915.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 4

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday B.O. Schulz scored a possible at 500 yards, while at 600 yards possibles were scored by M. Kakoschke, C. Edwards, F.T. Marston, K. Heinrich & A.G. Heinrich. Best scores for the day were from A.G. Heinrich, M. Kakoschke & C. Edwards.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Oodnadatta was won by A.H. Broad.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 6

Burra Town Council, 21 July

The Minister of Education advises that the contractor will start work on the Burra Schoolyard on 17 August.

J.A.S. Fisher tendered his resignation as Corporation Representative on the Burra High School Council and the Burra Institute Committee in view of the implied vote of no confidence at the last meeting. This was not accepted and he was asked to reconsider the resignation.

Mr Tillett is requested to either renovate or demolish the house on the corner of Kingston St and Bridge Terrace.

H.J.B. Jennison and C.H. Cummins of Burra Progress Assoc. waited on the Council and suggested the entrance to the Town Hall needed redecorating and they said their Assoc. was prepared to assist the proposed Burra Caravan Park in any way.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 7

Football. Terowie 7.8 defeated Burra 5.13.

Booborowie 24.24 defeated Leighton 7.10.

79, 31, 5 Aug. 1952, page 8

The Burra Branch of SA Stockowners’ Assoc. held its AGM in Pearce’s Building 29 July. President A.B. Riggs welcomed visitors, particularly Glen Hawkes (the SA President) and A.J. (Jim) McBride. Elected were: President, Mr John Murray; Deputy President, Mr M.G. Stockman and Secretary, Mr H. Binks-Williams.

The matter of the private telephone lines from Eastern Pastoral Stations to Burra was mentioned. The point made was that ETSA was putting power lines through to Radium Hill and this will have a detrimental effect on the telephone lines. It was proposed that the PMG be asked to erect a line from Four Mile Government Terminal to the Chalk Cliffs Junction and the Secretary will request Central Office to approach the PMG in Adelaide.

Mr Hawkes then gave a short address followed by Mr A.J. McBride and Mr C.S. Wood, the State Secretary.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 1

Burra Ambulance. There is a lengthy article wondering why Burra has not acquired an ambulance when Clare, Kapunda and recently Eudunda have them. A recent trip to Queensland showed the writer that even smaller towns there had ambulances.

Obituary. Mr C. Wesley Gare died suddenly at his home on 10 August. In the morning he had attended church and in the afternoon drove to Burra North Sunday School. He collapsed in the sitting room of his home at about 5 p.m. and died. He was 82. He was a staunch member of the Methodist Church, a Member of the Hallett DC for many years and a Member of the Burra Hospital Board.

[Cornelius Wesley Gare born 28 March 1870 Bimbowrie. There is an extended obituary 79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 8.]

Road to re-open. The Highways & Local Government Department has decided to connect rhe new Main Road 46 with Burra by re-opening the road between sections 2264 and 2263, which was closed 8 April 1880. The Town Council will have to purchase a portion of Mr Lomman’s land and fence the new road. It is thought this move is in preparation for the bitumen road some day.

SAR & NSW Railways are competing for the Broken Hill holiday traffic. NSW is upgrading the Silver City Comet with better cooking and refrigeration. SA by contrast offers a mad scramble for tea with sandwiches or pies and pasties at Terowie and Riverton. A buffet car is used on the Pt Pirie train and SAR might consider a dining car on the Broken Hill express, or at least a buffet car.

Burra Photographs will appear in the Chronicle next Friday through the efforts of the efforts of the Buffalo Lodge. Mr Frank Fillmore has organised the photos of the following groups:

The Town Council

Burra Burra District Council

RSL

RSL Auxiliary

Burra CWA

Burra High & Primary Schools

St Joseph’s Convent

Air Force Assoc.

Stockowners’ Assoc.

Burra Hospital Board

Burra Red Cross

Mothers’ Welfare Club

Institute Committee

Pictures of Burra

A copy of the Illustrated London News of 2 December 1848 was sent to the Mayor by a soldier pensioner, J. Crisp, 74, of Bournemouth, UK. The paper tells of the life of Mr J.B. Graham, one of the original investors in the Burra Mine and there are four pictures of Burra: two surface illustrations and two of the underground workings.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 August

Randolph Scott & Dorothy Malone in The Nevadan

Johnny Weissmuller & Virginia Grey in Jungle Jim

Obituary. Thomas Ryan died at the Burra Hospital on 7 August aged 60. He was the husband of Ellen and the father of Mary, Pat, Mick, Joan, Tom, Anthony, Jack, Jim and Eileen (deceased.)

Rev. F. Hambly, Principal of Lincoln College, North Adelaide, will preach at Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday. He became a well-known preacher during his time at the Pirie Street Methodist Church.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 3

Badminton. Redruth 8 sets defeated Kooringa 4 sets.

Burra North Gold or Red (depending on which line of the report is correct) 6-156 defeated Kooringa Green.

Burra Burra DC, 4 August

The Highways Department advised of the proposed deviation of the district road from Main Road 46 to Burra. This necessitated the re-opening of the road between sections 2264 and 2263, which had been closed 8 April 1880.

The Council’s subscription to Burra Hospital for 1952-53 was £1,380 and for the Clare Hospital £10.

The Main Roads Grant was £5,500 with Council to contribute £300.

Federal Aid to Rural Areas was £900 with the Council to contribute £275.

The Grant-in-aid was £337.

Negotiations with Messrs T.J. & W.H. Quinn for the purchase of one chain wide strip of land at Mt Bryan were finalised except for legal formalities.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 4

CWA AGM of 18 July is reported at length. Elected: President, Mrs H.J.B .Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant, J.R. Barker & W. Smith; Secretary, Mrs P.D. Betts & Treasurer, Miss Eunice Tiver.

In the year membership increased and it was possible to help financially the Headquarters and Club Fund, Burra Town Hall, Burra Hospital, the proposed Burra Caravan Park and with the planting of the CWA Avenue of trees at the town’s entrance.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 5

Obituary. Mr Max Morton of Redruth died suddenly after a very short illness aged 67. He had had a long interest in the children of the town, in the Methodist Church and in sport. He was born in Burra and lived here most of his life, but for a few years at Pt Wakefield as a blacksmith. About 40 years ago he married Mabel Dunhill. In partnership with Clem Sampson he set up business as a blacksmith on the site now occupied by Mr Aldam’s garage and it was only about three years ago that he gave up the site and the arduous tasks of a smithy. In sport Max Morton was a keen participant in football, tennis and on the running track. He was a keen supporter long after he gave up participating. He was a judge at the last High School Sports Day and was a great organiser of picnics and social evenings for the young of the town. The Redruth Children’s Playground was one of his projects and he spent many hours making toys for children to be placed in fetes or as gifts. He was keenly involved with the Methodist Church and was for a short term Circuit Steward. He was more closely involved with the Sunday school, being Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent for over 30 years, for much of that time in partnership with his brother-in-law Mr Dunhill. He served long and well as a local preacher, beginning over 40 years ago at Pt Wakefield and was on the Redruth Circuit Plan when he died. He is survived by his wife and children: Thelma (Mrs Reg. Black of Wallaroo), Bob (of Qantas Airways, Sydney), Bruce (of Lightburn’s, Adelaide) and Max (of SAR Stock Department, Adelaide.) Another son, Clarence, accidentally drowned as a small child. [Maxwell John Morton born 16 April 1885 Aberdeen: died 29 July 1952 Burra, residence Burra North.]

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 6

Basketball. Terowie 18 defeated Leighton 10

Booborowie 28 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 11

Mt Bryan 20 defeated Hallett 15.

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 7

Football. Booborowie 12.16 defeated Terowie 9.13.

Burra 20.11 defeated Spalding 5.11.

Booborowie Colts 7.9 defeated Terowie Colts 0.1.

Salvation Army. Many gathered at the Citadel to hear Major Ron Smith assisted by his father Major W. Smith. Major W. Smith (79) recalled many pleasant memories of Burra and visited the place where he was born (a miner’s cottage in the bank of the creek*) and met old friends from his second term as an officer here in 1915. His father built the first railway station in Burra. Major Ron Smith also had memories of a boyhood in the town, of the school and the creek.

[*Walter Smith was born in Kooringa 23 November 1873. This seems a very late date for a dugout in the creek. Most other references suggest they were abandoned by about 1860.]

79, 32, 12 Aug. 1952, page 8

Burra Bowling Club President’s Report by J.T. Pascoe

The membership was down slightly due to removals from the district and the Ladies’ Bowling Club did not continue. There were 50 full-paying members, 2 life members and 6 night members. Mr C.D. Wilkinson was made a life member. He is one of the club’s original members. Another of our oldest members, Mr George Herbert, is soon moving to Gawler. We lost through death another valued member in the year: Mr Stan Kellaway. We had two teams in the Mid-North Association, where Green came third and Gold came fifth. Thanks are due to the croquet Ladies for preparing afternoon teas and for handing the club £40. Financially the club was sound with £92-2-3 in hand.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison had won the Championship and Mr C. Radford had won both the Consistency and Handicap events. [Mr Pascoe went on to thank various others, including the Greenkeeper and Greens Manager as well as the Secretary, Mr H. Pederick.]

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 1

Burra Burra Hospital Inc. held its AGM at the Burra Town Hall last week. Chairman, F.T. Marston, reported on the year. The year was the first for which ratepayers had been directly represented on the Board and the first in which two women had been members in Mrs Ashton and Mrs A.G. Tennant. Despite steeply rising costs the trading account overdraft had been reduced by c. £550 and then £1,010 further by donations. Mr R. Campbell had been appointed full time secretary. A drive had been made to collect outstanding debts. Assistance from various bodies had helped to see a medical refrigerator installed, an aspirator for the operating theatre, a Romesse room heater for the laundry drying room, children’s cots and more fly-proof doors etc. The CWA had attended to linen and mending. The Building appeal Fund Committee had launched an appeal for the construction of Nurses’ Quarters and improvements to existing buildings and had abandoned plans for a major rebuilding. Building and equipping the Nurses’ Quarters would require £25,000. It was expected the Government would grant a £ for £ subsidy, leaving Burra to raise £12,500.

Present daily costs per bed were £2-10-0 and daily average fees were £2-3-0. The 7/- gap was derived from Government subsidy and Council ratings. Dr G.L. Mellor took over from Dr Heddle as MO on 13 June. Dr Mellor stressed the need for more girls to train at the hospital. The Medical Officers supported the building proposals. He thought the town needed an ambulance.

The Colin Crowhurst Distress Fund, set up by the Booborowie RSL, reached a total of £250 and is now closed.

Obituary. Ella Shields, who was famous on the variety stage for her act as ‘Burlington Bertie’ died recently aged 73.

Burra Hospital Building Appeal has reached £5,637-1-6.

Burra Hospital Nurses are organising a Ball to raise funds and the Bruce Richardson’s Twentieth Century Dance Band from Adelaide has been engaged.

Burra Schoolyard has at last received attention and a surface of asphalt has been laid over the stony and dangerous surface.

The 15th Buffalo Lodge Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday night and drew 350 people. £92-15-0 was taken at the door. Johnnie Green’s Five Star Band played and Jim Watson was MC.

Proceeds will benefit the CWA Town Hall Improvement Fund and as a result £68 will go towards improving the kitchen etc.

Obituary. Miss Margaret Wardle aged 21, daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Wardle, died at her home on 17 August. Mr & Mrs Wardle retired to Burra recently from Mt Bryan. The death was not altogether unexpected. [Margaret Grace Wardle born 9 December 1930.]

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 August

Fred Astaire, Red Skelton & Vera Ellen in Three Little Words

Plus short features

Down Every Street Appeal for the Crippled Children’s Assoc. raised £61-7-1 from Burra & District, including £8-14-0 from Farrell Flat.

Badminton. Burra North Gold 6 sets defeated Burra North Blue 4 sets.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 3

Burra Homing Club. The Saturday race from Tailem Bend was won by E.J. Reed.

Burra Rifle Club fired a match over 600 & double 700 yards. A.G. (Tom) Heinrich scored a possible over 600 yards and one over 700 yards to score 35, 34, 35. This is one point off the range record of three possibles held by P.W. Hogan and scored a couple of years ago. Possibles were also scored by J.H .Schwier, J. Brown, while C.W. Edwards scored two possible over 700 yards.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 4 August

Mrs C. Drew thanked Council for naming Drew Lane after her late husband Mr John Drew.

A.B .Aldam was granted permission to install a kerbside petrol pump in Thames St.

The Highways & Local Government Department advised the 1952-53 grants would be:

Grant-in-Aid £262

Main Road Grant £500 with Council contribution of £100

Federal Rural Areas Grant of £500 with Council contribution of £200.

Mrs V.P. Lomman was granted permission to erect a four-roomed dwelling on lot 12 at Hampton. [!]

A.B. Aldam was permitted to erect a brick front to his garage in Thames St.

A General Rate of 5/- in the £ was struck for 1952-53.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 5

Rt Rev. B.P. Robin, the Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, and the Rector of St Mary’s, with Mrs Pettet, visited stations east of Burra on Thursday. They called first on Mr & Mrs J.R. Barker at Baldina. They also called in at the shearing shed where shearing was in progress. The Bishop had not seen blade shearing before in Australia and also saw a bale of wool pressed. They continued to Woolgangi where a service was to be held at 2.30. Mr & Mrs Reg Warnes welcomed the party to lunch after which more than 50 people assembled in the lounge for the service. The Bishop was at home, having experience in earlier days as a bush brother in Queensland. A baptism followed and then all enjoyed afternoon tea. The following morning Holy Communion was celebrated in the same room before the party moved on to Old Koomooloo where Mr & Mrs Tom Warnes welcomed them and where the old homestead is being transformed. After morning tea they moved on to Koomooloo, firstly calling on Mr & Mrs Jim Wiseman before going on to the homestead where Mr & Mrs Rex Warnes had lunch ready. After inspecting the buildings and modern equipment, including a 240 volt electric plant they moved on to Braeside, arriving at about 4 p.m. to find Mignon Warnes’ birthday party in progress. From there the party returned to Woolgangi. The following morning Reg Warnes took everyone for a run around the property where emus and ’roos were plentiful.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 6

Basketball. Spalding 24 defeated Terowie 19

Booborowie 25 defeated Leighton 15

Hallett 31 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 15

Burra 49 defeated Mt Bryan 6.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 7

Football. At Booborowie on Saturday: Booborowie 19.23 defeated Burra 5.8.

Hallett 15.15 defeated Terowie 8.7.

79, 33, 19 Aug. 1952, page 8

Burra School is presently having three 2,000-gallon tanks installed, which will do away with the underground tank. The new tanks will be fed from areas of roof not inhabited by pigeons.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 1

Burra Progress Assoc. held its AGM in the Council Chamber on 20 August.

The Mayor and Cr Pettet attended on invitation to explain the costs etc. associated with the proposed Burra Caravan Park. Costs are expected to total £212. It is also intended to renovate the adjacent Children’s Playground. The Assoc. formed a committee with the aim of raising £100 towards the project. Elected: President, R. Cummins; Secretary, J. Wohlers and Treasurer, K.J. Murphy.

The Meteorological Department advises it is impossible at present to form a meteorological station at Burra.

Foxes are said to be dying of mange in parts of the Eastern Country and by the hundreds further north. Spot-lighters are reporting very few sightings of foxes.

Burra Hospital Building Fund has reached £5,724-2-6.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, pages 1 & 8

Redruth Methodist Concert in Burra Town Hall 22 August netted £56 despite steady rain. Much of the program was provided by the Redruth Girls’ & Boys’ Clubs. [The concert is reviewed at length.]

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 2

Advt. Peter Fox Studios, Melbourne’s Leading Photographers, will visit Burra Tuesday 9 September.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 August

Donald O’Connor & Jimmy Durante in The Milkman

Barry Jones & Olive Sloane in Seven Days to Noon

Notice. Rev. E. Kriewold will preach at a Lutheran service at Burra North on Sunday 31 August.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 3

Badminton. Lodge Blue 10 sets defeated Kooringa Red 2 sets

Burra North Gold 9-190 defeated Redruth 3-140

Basketball. Spalding 17 defeated Booborowie 13

Burra 19 defeated Terowie 14

The Shell Co. recently gave a picture evening in connection with the Agricultural Bureau at Mt Bryan. Films included ones on spraying crops and seeking oil. CWA ladies provided supper.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best scorers were W. Corner, P. Betts & G. Webster.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Tailem Bend was won by E.J. Reed.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 6

Hallett Library was gutted by fire on 10 August in the late afternoon. Only prompt action confined the fire to the library room. Damage has been put at £400 plus the books.

Burra High School. The winners of the Arbor Day Essay Competition were:

Juniors: Peter Goodridge & Margaret Hopkins

Seniors: Mary Cox & Malcolm Goodridge.

Burra Progress Association will raise funds for the Caravan Park by running a Meanest Person in Burra Competition. A blackboard outside Mr J. Scott’s shop will list ten names. To have your name removed will cost a minimum of 2/-, which gives you the right to add someone else’s name to the list who has not previously been there.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 7

Football. Terowie 14.13 defeated Burra 7.12.

Hallett Colts 3.5 defeated Terowie Colts 3.1.

79, 34, 26 Aug. 1952, page 8

Obituary. The late Cornelius Wesley Gare was born at Bimbowrie Station in the precincts of Quorn on 6 March 1870*. His father was Edward Gare, manager of the Station. Later the family moved to Mt Bryan on the land and still later to Mt Bryan East, until forced by drought to move to Broken Hill in 1888. Here Mr Wesley Gare tried to earn a living with horses and drays in connection with mining, but these too had to be given up and he became a shift worker at the South Broken Hill Smelters until 1893 when the big strike was on. He then went to Queensland and undertook a butchery business at Charters Towers, but about a year later he contracted typhoid fever and his life was despaired of for quite some time. He eventually made a slow recovery. He stayed another four years at Charters Towers, part of the time in mining and part of it as an engine driver. In 1898 he returned to Burra and married Miss M.M. Frances Thomas of ‘Three Trees.’ The couple went to New Zealand where Mr Gare had the promise of a job as an engine driver at the Waiomo Mines. They stayed for two years before returning to Burra where Mr Gare joined his brother-in-law, Mr Henry H. Thomas in sheep farming. They soon became successfully established as sheep men. His property was at Mt Bryan East which proved bountiful this time despite earlier misfortune there. He retired to Burra 24 years ago. He was always very active in the Methodist Church. While at Broken Hill he was one of the first members of the Broken Hill YMCA and also of the Christian Endeavour Society. He remained loyal to his church to the end, attending the morning service at Redruth Methodist Church on the day he died. He was a teetotaller and was never heard to swear. He also took his civic responsibilities seriously. He was a member of the Hallett DC for over 35 years, a member of the Burra Hospital Board and a Trustee of the Mount Bryan East Methodist Church. His children are Messrs Ivan Gare of Burra, Laurie Gare of Mt Bryan East and Mrs John Reed of Gawler.

[*Note that despite the above the registration of birth states Cornelius Wesley Gare born 28 March 1870 Bimbowrie North East: died 10 August 1952 Burra.]

79, 35, 2 Sep. 1952, page 1

Burra Racing Club held its AGM on Wednesday. Mr E.C. Collins was elected a life member in appreciation of the work done for it over many years, we believe since 1936, and for many years as President. The AGM drew only a poor attendance. The financial position was good with £536 in hand, an increase of £231 for the year. The two meetings for the year were successful. The financial success is due to the Winning Bet Tax: income from the Betting Control Board was £1,458 compared with £880 the previous year. Renewal and repairs cost £322 and additions to buildings £77. Several hundred yards of new railing were put up and 720 ft of railing is on hand. CWA luncheons and afternoon teas contributed greatly to meetings. The resignation of Cyril Collins from the committee, through ill health, was accepted with great regret. Mr G. Gask was unanimously re-elected as President.

Dave Edwards of Burra has won the Mail Medal and Trophy for the Fairest and Most Brilliant Player in the North-Eastern Football Assoc.

Burra Primary School held its Arbor Day on Friday when 24 trees were planted at the school. The school assembled on the newly asphalted yard. Speaker for the day was F.T. Marston.

J.R. Barker has forwarded a cheque for £25 to the Burra Town Council to help clean up the cemetery.

The Adelaide-Burra Cycling Classic will be run next Saturday over 125 miles, starting from the City Baths in a massed start. The 125 mile State Road Championship is being competed for at the same time. There will be 33 starters. [Riders are listed.]

Burra Hospital Appeal is at £6060-8-6.

79, 35, 2 Sep. 1952, page 2

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Joseph Byrne of Hallett.

[Died 7 August 1952 Burra, residence Burra aged 78 according to SA Deaths CD.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 September.

Alan Ladd & Mona Freeman in Branded

Gertrude Berg & Philip Loeb in Molly

Burra Town Council, 18 August

SAR advises after inspecting the Bon Accord crossing that it proposed replacing ‘Look Out For Train’ signs with a new reflective type and placing a ‘Stop’ sign on the eastern approach. Council approved the proposal and also a proposal for approach signs.

Highways & Local Government Department will be contacted concerning approach signs.

Highways & Local Government Department requested the Council acquire a portion of land through the western part of section 34 for the continuation of Main Road 45. Council agreed.

Burra Burra Lodge No. 220 forwarded £68-4-0 from a Ball to aid the Burra Town Hall Improvement Fund.

The footbridge near the Court House will be removed and pipes placed across the road.

J.R. Barker offered £25 towards the maintenance of the cemetery.

A letter will be sent to the Burra electric Supply Co. to arrange a meeting about the extension of the franchise agreement.

79, 35, 2 Sep. 1952, page 6

Badminton Semi-finals

Burra North Gold 7-160 defeated Kooringa Green 5-163

Kooringa Red 11 sets defeated Redruth 1 set.

Burra Golf Club. J. Bogisch won the ‘A’ Grade Championship.

79, 35, 2 Sep. 1952, page 7

Football. Hallett 12.11 defeated Booborowie 11.7.

Burra Primary School went to Clare for football and basketball matches last Friday.

Football: Burra 8.14 defeated Clare 4.2.

Basketball: Burra 15 defeated Clare 8.

79, 35, 2 Sep. 1952, page 8

Burra High School. The seventh High school Ball was an outstanding success with over £104 taken at the door. Mr I. Burdon was MC and Johnnie Green’s Dance Band supplied the music. The nett result is likely to exceed £80 to be spent by the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. to benefit the scholars.

Burra Electric Supply Co. franchise expires about the end of November. For how long will it be extended? When will ETSA take over and will its supply match the good record of the local company for uninterrupted supply?

Burra Homing Club. The third race from Tailem Bend was won by E.J. Reed, making three in a row.

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 1

The Mayor as JP. The mayor of a country town becomes a JP by virtue of his office, but does not retain the position once he leaves office. Members of the Burra Council feel that if the position is held for three or more years that person should be appointed a permanent JP. An approach will be made to the District Member to recommend this to the Chief Secretary.

The Bon Accord Bridge was damaged on Monday when a car belonging to Mr Mitchell of Broken Hill knocked off three cement posts holding up the guard rail. No one was injured in the accident.

Burra Air Force Assoc. has donated £250 to the Burra hospital to be used exclusively for building and equipping the Men’s Bathroom.

The Kooringa Swing Bridge. Children and others are still riding their bicycles over this despite notices forbidding it. The notices will be renewed.

The Kingston St Bridge is also causing concern. Cyclists approaching its eastern end from the school are not easily seen by motorists travelling east. The school’s co-operation will be sought and Cr Baulderstone moved that ‘School’ signs be placed at the approach near the RSL corner to slow traffic to 15 m.p.h. over the bridge.

Drew Lane. The Town Council will ask the police to approve a ‘Stop’ sign at the south end of Drew Lane.

Accident. Another car has overturned on the Adelaide Road near ‘The Gap.’ A party of surveyors in an Austin utility were the latest victims yesterday. The party continued in the badly dented vehicle after the accident.

Goats have been culled recently on Balah Station by Messrs Jack & Alf Rowe. One ‘Old Billy’ had a 40 inch span between the tips of its horns.

The late C.W. Gare has bequeathed £100 to the Burra Hospital.

Adelaide-Burra Cycle Race. J. Conyers was first and fastest in 5 hours 51 minutes 2.2 seconds. He is aged 41 and his win is notable in that he fell early, injuring several ribs and had chain troubles towards the end, having to replace it six times in the last few miles. On the outskirts of Burra he was 50 yards behind, but gained the lead just 200 yards from the finish. The trophy was presented at the dance in the RSL Hall in the evening, by the Mayor Mr W. Carpenter. The prize money is a small £25. The Adelaide-Pt Pirie race has £160 in prize money of which £50 is first prize.

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 September

Louis Hayward & Patricia Medina in Fortunes of Captain Blood

Ron Randell & June Vincent in The Lone Wolf and His Lady

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 3

Mt Bryan Fete on Saturday 30 August raised £120. [Details extend for 3⁄4 column.]

Kooringa Methodist church Young Worshippers’ League held their Anniversary Service on 31 August at 8 p.m. Rev. H. Hobbs officiated. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 1 September

R.J. Steele purchased the district road through sections 887 & 888 and E. Finch purchased the district road south of sections 291, 292 and 48 in Hd of Kooringa.

Highways & Local Government Department approved negotiations to purchase pt section 2280 Hd Kooringa in order to straighten the road.

The Railways Commissioner has no objection to the retention of the existing railway crossing north of Mt Bryan. The roadway on the eastern side of the railway line may now be fenced off.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the Championship. Best results came from L. Palmer, P. Marston, D.H. Field & F.T. Marston.

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 5

District properties changing hands: E.A. Tiver has purchased under the RPA lots 1, 2 to 9 & 10 on St Anne’s Road and O’Brien Rd Harrow Hill. [Subdivision of Section 83 adjoining sections 80 & 52.]

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 6

Burra Hospital Building Appeal is at £6,352-13-6.

Burra Homing Club. The 4th race from Tailem Bend was won by E.J .Reed.

Obituary. Elizabeth Chatterton Reed, widow of the late James Reed of Burra North, died at her home on Monday morning aged 82.

[Born Elizabeth Chatterton Bentley 8 March 1870 Moonta: died 8 September 1952 Burra North.]

79, 36, 9 Sep. 1952, page 7

Football. Preliminary Final. Booborowie 18.17 defeated Terowie 11.8.

Burra Town Council will meet with the Burra Electric Supply Co. 26 September.

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 1

Football. Grand Final: Booborowie 14.11 defeated Hallett 12.10.

Burra Pre-School Kindergarten had its equipment sold at an auction in August. As a result a cheque for £48 has been sent to the Burra hospital to buy equipment for the Children’s Ward.

St Mary’s. The ABC will record a half-hour session of hymns by the combined Methodist and Anglican Choirs of Burra and District, at 2 p.m. next Sunday.

Burra Homing Club. The 1st race from Tintinara was won by P.J. Byrne.

Royal Adelaide Show Ram Sales. The average price realised was £120 compared with last year’s £116. Top price was for a ‘Collinsville’ Ram at 1,900 guineas. John M. Gebhardt of ‘Mackerode’ Mt Bryan sold one for 950 guineas. [Details of district sales are printed.]

Burra air Force Assoc. held a commemoration on Monday at 10.45 at the War Memorial in Market Square, to honour those who gave their lives in the defence of Britain. Rev. C. Christopher gave the address.

Kingscote Council Members, who are visiting SA Councils, were guests of Burra Town & District Councils on 3 September.

Burra Hospital Building Appeal has reached £6,563-8-6.

Ironmine Tennis Club recently held its AGM and elected: Patron, R.W. Humphrys; President, W.H. Lloyd; Secretary & Treasurer, Ray Lloyd; Captains, Messrs D. White & R. Earle and Assistant Secretary, Don White.

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Choral Society Concert, Hallett Institute, Saturday 20 September in aid of Hallett RSL Club Rooms. Concert at Burra Wednesday 24 September.

Advt. Football at Booborowie Saturday 20 September

Visit of Point Pearce Aboriginal Junior and Senior Football teams.

Point Pearce team includes the Mail Medal winner for 1952, Mr Keith Warrior.

Display of boomerang throwing by Mr Albert Webb.

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 3

Basketball. Grand Final of the North-Eastern Assoc. Spalding 22 defeated Burra 17. Best and fairest player trophy went to Nelda Kleinig of Leighton.

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 5

Football. Details of the arrangements for the visit of the Point Pearce footballers’ occupy 2⁄3 column.

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 September

Clark Gable & Barbara Stanwyck in To Please a Lady

Marshall Thompson & Virginia Field in Violent Hour

79, 37, 16 Sep. 1952, page 7

Ron W. Chambers writes saying that some person or persons had an ‘all out’ attempt to sabotage the success of the Burra Football Club in staging the Grand Final at Victoria Park. Rumours were spread that cars would not be admitted to the oval, except for official vehicles. In fact the gate was a record £112, indicating that 900 attended. Taking into account increased prices, this meant it compared with £97 taken at Spalding last year. By the end of the first quarter 158 vehicles had been admitted and others came up to half-time.

79, 38, 23 Sep. 1952, page 1

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal has reached £7,228-10-6.

Burra Progress Assoc. is planning a Christmas Pageant for Burra.

Burra Town Council has been poisoning grass on footpaths etc.

Brian Henderson, employed on Redcliffe Station, was thrown from a horse on the property on Friday. Fortunately he was found by Sid. Villis, the Overseer, as he lay bruised and shocked and unable to move. He remains an inmate of Burra Hospital.

Bruce Wauchope of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred to Penola after about 18 months in Burra. He was active here in badminton and cricket.

Burra Progress Association and the Caravan Park Project

Mr W. Carpenter reported an anonymous donation of £25 and that the ‘Ten Meanest People’ had raised £26. [Though 80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, page 1 says £31.] A dance is to be held tonight in the RSL Hall and a competition guessing the weight of a sheep will be run at the show. It is anticipated that the needed £100 will be raised. The Mayor said there was c. £45 in hand and if the £100 comes in and the government subsidy is approved, then the £290 total should allow a fairly up-to-date park with the necessary conveniences. A suggestion of school boys’ cycle races is being considered.

79, 38, 23 Sep. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

Marjorie Main & Percy Kirkbride in Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm

Valerie Hobson & Richard Todd in The Interrupted Journey

79, 38, 23 Sep. 1952, page 3

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara was won by L. Hood.

Football. Burra Football Club entertained two visiting teams at the weekend. Sturt ‘C’ Grade and Kelvinators. They played a match on Saturday when Sturt ‘C’ 7.16 defeated Kelvinators 6.6.

There was a chop picnic on Sunday.

79, 38, 23 Sep. 1952, page 4

Badminton Grand Final. Burra Town Hall 18 September

Kooringa Green 6-170 defeated Burra North Gold 6-164.

The Mayor presented the shield to Mr Ron Walker, Captain on Kooringa Green.

Burra Theatrical Group (Formed in July)

Miss E. Tiver has resigned from the position of Treasurer due to pressure of other interests. Mr P. Disher has taken on the role. The production Quiet Weekend will be staged at the Town Hall on 24 October.

Burra Rifle Club. At Burra on Saturday Burra 678 defeated Clare 652 off the rifle, but after handicap and away from home points (10) Clare 797 defeated Burra 764.

79, 38, 23 Sep. 1952, page 7

St Mary’s Temple Day Service was held last Sunday and the service was broadcast. Clem Davey played the organ. After the service luncheon was served in the Parish Hall. At 2 p.m. the combined Redruth and Kooringa Methodist Choirs and St Mary’s Choir and choir folk from outside the town joined in recording hymn singing to be broadcast by the ABC at 6 p.m. on 12 October. Mr Lindsay Thomas conducted and Clem Davey played the organ. Mrs W.H. Field (88) now living in Adelaide has written to say how much she enjoyed being able to hear the service.

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 1

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM last Saturday. Mrs John Barker was re-elected President and was made a life member. Vice-Presidents are Mesdames R. Jeffery & H. Topsfield and Secretary-Treasurer is Mrs C.C. Gardner.

Smelts Road is to be bituminised.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Wolseley was won by E.J. Reed.

Burra Rifle Club. The 5th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy was fired. Best marksmen were D.H. Field, M. Kakoschke & T. Lynch and after handicap the best were D.H. Field, W. Corner & W. Hempel.

Adelaide Wool Sales 23-25 September saw top price in the district go to Melton Stud Ltd of Hallett.

[Other district prices are printed.]

Burra Hospital Building Fund stands at £7,646-7-6.

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 October

Gene Tierney & John Lund in The Mating Season

William Gargan & Ann Savage in Midnight Manhunt

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 3

Burra Golf Club closed its 1952 season with a social last Thursday night. Trophies were presented by Mrs John Barker.

‘A’ Grade Championship J. Bogisch

‘B’ Grade Championship O. Tattersall

36 Hole Handicap E. Wood

Eclectic E. Wood

18 Hole Handicap J. Bogisch & E. Wood

Associates ‘A’ Championship Mrs C. Gardner

Associates ‘B’ Championship Mrs C. Blight

‘A’ Grade Season’s Eclectic Mrs M.V. Pearce

‘B’ Grade Season’s Eclectic Mrs E. Jeffery

Most improved player Mrs M.R. Ashton

Mixed Foursomes Mr & Mrs E. Jeffery

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 4

The Children’s Frolic on Friday evening was a success, though not attended by a large crowd. It was organised by members of the St Mary’s Church of England Guild.

[Results listing winners and their costumes are printed.]

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 5

Combined School Sports were held at Hallett 26 September. This was the 22nd such annual event. It was established in 1928 and has only been cancelled twice: 1949 due to the polio epidemic and 1951 due to petrol restrictions. Schools competing were:

Division A: Hallett, Willalo, Mt Bryan

Division B: North Booborowie, Whyte Yarcowie, Hundred of Whyte and Canowie Belt

Mt Bryan won Division A and North Booborowie won Division B.

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 6

Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau held a field day on 17 September which is reported.

Aberdeen Croquet Club opened its season on Saturday. The opening was performed by Mrs G. Stanley Hawker.

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 7

A Flying Saucer was reportedly seen on Saturday evening at about 8.50 by Messrs P.J. Byrne & R.A. Bevan. The object had a white light at each end and left a trail of vapour. It came from the northeast over the Fire Station as seen from Bevan’s shop and disappeared over Brewery Hill. Many people across the state reported a similar object at about that time.

80, 39, 30 Sep. 1952, page 8

Mr & Mrs L. Irlam were farewelled at Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday 21 September. Mr Irlam has been transferred from Burra Railway Station to Naracoorte. Rev. C. Christopher said the Church regretted losing such valued members. Mr Irlam had been a Circuit Steward. Rev. Christopher’s remarks were supported by Mr H.J.B. Jennison, Mrs Jennison, Mrs V. Cox, Mr L.H .Thomas and Mr W. Carpenter. Mr Christopher presented the Irlams with a Ranleigh tray.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 1

Weather. Steady rain began to fall last Tuesday morning and it gradually extended to the east. This proved to be the best brain for three years. It is considered that to the east sufficient supplies of water have been caught to last 12 to 18 months. The feed position previously had been very good and is now assured for a considerable time. [The extensive list of rainfall figures printed shows falls ranging from 1 to 2 inches in the main.]

Burra Hospital Ball, organised by the staff to aid the Building Fund, was attended by over 500 people on Friday night at the Burra Town Hall. It is expected that the amount raised will be c. £90. Dancing continued till 2 a.m. A 10-piece dance orchestra came from Adelaide, led by Jack Brokensha. Mc was the popular 5KA midnight announcer and disc jockey, Jack Fox. CWA ladies coped admirably with less than favourable facilities to produce a most enjoyable supper.

A brawl at a local hotel on Saturday evening after 6 o’clock resulted in one victim sustaining slight concussion when a full bottle of beer was smashed over his head, the remnants, none larger than a 2/- piece, scattered in a 15 to 20 yard radius.

Burra Hospital Building Fund has reached £7,957-15-6.

Fire. A car belonging to Metal & General Industries Co., well drillers and engineers of Adelaide, caught alight at Burra North on Friday evening, apparently due to an electrical fault. The fire brigade responded.

Fire Fighting Meeting

The Eastern Districts Fire Fighting Organisation had a meeting at Koomooloo on Tuesday. Some members travelled 140 miles to attend. Some 50 people were present. Mr F.L. Kerr gave an address and demonstrated fire fighting equipment. In the business section of the meeting Chairman Rex Warnes was re-elected as were all other committee members and the joint secretaries Messrs H. Binks-Williams & F.N. Fabian. In the past year two fires were reported. One could have been very serious, but was controlled after c. 12 hours. Another small outbreak was quickly extinguished. One of the significant dangers is posed by wood cutters. They will now be required to notify police and lessees of their intention to move camp at least seven days prior to doing so. As Mr Kerr spoke the rain, which began about the same time as the meeting, grew in intensity, so that the noise on the iron roof of the woolshed drowned out the speaker. Eventually he had to give up and proceed with the demonstration of fire fighting equipment, which also had to be done indoors! Three types of sprays were demonstrated on a trough of waste oil. Mrs Warnes and other ladies provided a fine afternoon tea and those present then had a wet and sometimes exciting trip home on sticky roads and the way to Burra lay through heavy fog and severe lightning, which made the town lights a very welcome sight.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 October

Humphrey Bogart in Tokyo Joe

Robert Hutton & Ruth Warrick in Beauty on Parade

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 3

‘Udale’ situated nine miles north of Morgan was sold on Monday to Mr Don Watson of Morgan for £2-3-0 per acre.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church 20 September

Roma Schwier, younger daughter of the late P.L. Schwier, married

Colin Lloyd, elder son of Mr & Mrs R.W. Lloyd.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best results were from M. Stockman, D.H. Field & E.C .Hopkins. E.C. Hopkins scored a possible at 800 yards.

Hallett RSL is renovating the ‘Old Hall’ as its club rooms. The Burra Choral Society Concert at Hallett benefited the cause by c. £30.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 5

Gum Creek School Welfare Club held its first birthday in the Leighton Hall on Thursday. In its first year it raised £60 to support the school with £30 worth of library books, a strip film projector and several other aids. The school was opened in 1897. The birthday cake was cut by Miss E. Bailey who had been one of the original students. The afternoon produced £29-10-0 profit for the organisation.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 6

Obituary. Mr Percy Lord, a member of the firm of J.V. Lord & Sons, died last Friday aged 56. He was late of Thackaringa Station near broken Hill. Sympathy is extended to his brothers: Les (Oakvale), Silv. (Balah), Eric (Yardea), Harold (Adelaide), and Hurtle (Angorichina) as well as to his widow and three sons: John (Thackaringa), Neville (Pine valley) and Lester.

[Born 3 March Llwchwr, Burra: died 3 October 1952 Toorak East SA.]

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 7

Mt Bryan East. On Tuesday 30 September rainfall totalling 130 points fell during the day and during the night a thunderstorm added another 130 points. Dust Hole Creek flooded removing many fences in the catchment and district roads have been affected.

An Earth Tremor was felt at Mt Bryan East about 5.30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, rattling things a little.

‘An Ordinary Public Citizen’ writes complaining about the supper arrangements at the Hospital Ball on 3 October. White and green tickets were issued and he wonders on what basis. In any event many were left supperless.

80, 40, 7 Oct. 1952, page 8

Football. A report on the visit of the Point Pearce teams to Booborowie.

Point Pearce Juniors 12.10 defeated Booborowie Juniors 3.4.

Point Pearce 16.13 defeated Booborowie 11.8.

[Details of the visit extend for 11⁄3 columns.]

80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, page 1

Burra Show was held last Saturday. The new covered sheep pavilion attracted the greatest number of exhibits seen for years. Exhibits of wool are thought to be in excess of the number at the Royal Show. The weather was not good, with rain at intervals in the morning and a cold wind. Nevertheless gate receipts were up £10. The weather improved through the day and overall the show was a success. There were more sideshows, but they were considered less spectacular than in 1951. Entries for ring events were well up. There were nearly 2,000 exhibits in the pavilions and the quality was well up to standard.

Art entries were outstanding in black and white and pencil drawings.

Blood stock entries were lacking, but of good quality.

J.S. Hope’s Jersey entries were admired.

Cookery entries were excellent.

Dogs were not keenly contested.

Flowers were glorious, despite troubles with the weather of late.

Wheat and barley entries were excellent, though wet weather reduced green fodder entries.

Needlework produced some fine new entries as well as the hardy annuals.

Farm produce was poorly represented and the section was saved by Mr J.E. Goulter’s entries from Crystal Brook.

The sheep judges said the quality of animals was above the standard generally seen at Burra Shows.

Vegetable entries were few, but of good quality.

Wool put on a good display, but some sections could have been more keenly contested.

Pigeons and poultry were well represented.

School exhibits were very good.

The sheaf tossing contest was won by L.C. Kaehne of Booborowie with c. 36 ft, said to be the highest for a Burra Show.

Sir George Jenkins, the SA Minister of Agriculture, opened the Show.

Theft. Thieves broke into L.L. Fiebig’s Burra North service station and stole £30 on Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Fred Gaskell, who has been District Clerk for the Hallett DC for nine years, will retire at the end of the year. The Council has chosen Mr G. Eric Pulford to succeed him. He is presently District Clerk at Penola.

The Guy Fawkes Night fireworks organised by Mr R.C. Lott will benefit equipment replacement at Burra Primary School this year.

Burra Progress Assoc. met on 8 October

‘Ten Meanest People’ was reported to have raised £31.

The dance in the RSL Hall raised £14-4-0.

On the subject of a Christmas carnival the Buffalo Lodge indicated it could run a Christmas Tree. It was suggested 6.30-8.30 p.m. on Saturday 20 December, followed by the Carnival. This was accepted. It was suggested pictures be shown on Friday 19 December so as not to clash with the Carnival, to their mutual advantage.

80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Off-Shears Sheep Sale

Elder’s annual Burra Market Surplus Sheep Sale will be held on Friday 17 October when 17,500 sheep will be offered.

Notice. All ex-members of the 10 Pln Burra Unit VDC are advised of the Annual Dinner and Smoke Social at the Royal exchange Hotel, Saturday 25 October 7-11 p.m. Frank H. Reed.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 October

Jane Wyman & Van Johnson in Three Guys Named Mike

Red Skelton & Arlene Dahl in Watch the Birdie

8 November

Melbourne Cup Film, Shorts and News

80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, page 3

Accident. A utility driven by Mr E. Franklin of Burra skidded at the bend on the Mt Bryan Road near Mr E. Finch’s property and struck two motor cycles parked on the side of the road. Mr Noel Roberts of Wattle Avenue Brighton sustained a fractured leg. He was astride his machine at the time.

‘Another Investigator’ writes to say the bottle bashing fracas took place on ‘Cow-dung Hill’ nowhere near a hotel. He asks why this case was given publicity when others have not been reported and the paper has not reported court news for a considerable time.

80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, page 6

Booborowie Football Club’s Premiership Dinner was held 27 September at the Booborowie Memorial Hall and is reported in 1⁄2 column.

80, 41, 14 Oct. 1952, pages 7 & 8

Burra Show List of Prize Winners

[Personal interest: R. Fuss was Head Flower Steward and won the following prizes:

3 distinct Calendula 1st & 2nd

12 Pansies 1st

3 distinct shades of Violas 1st

Basket Plant in bloom 1st

Pot Plant: Begonia 1st & 2nd

Best Pot Plant for Table 1st

Hanging Basket Plant 1st]

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd yarded 17,500 and sold 16,500 sheep last Friday in one of the biggest sales at Burra for some years. The record yarding for SA was 44,000 with 36,000 sold by Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra in September 1895.

G.S. Hawker MP has recovered from his pneumonia and is back at work.

Hallett Flower Show was opened by Mrs J.G .Tiver. She organised the first such show eleven years ago in aid of Red Cross. Takings this year were £78-0-1. [The prize list is completed on page 5.]

Adelaide Wool Sales. In a strong market Mr Andrew Tennant topped district sellers with 102d. [Other local prices are listed.]

Accident. A truck driven by Mr T. Scholz of Gum Creek collided with one driven by Mr F.G. Seaford of Burra North near the Bon Accord railway crossing on 10 October. The drivers were not injured, but the tray of Mr Scholz’s truck was ripped off.

Burra Hospital. The building plans No. 3 as submitted to the Chief Secretary has been approved for the erection of the new Nurses’ Home and renovation of existing buildings. Specifications can now be prepared and tenders called. The Building Fund Appeal has now reached £8,149-5-6. A pen of 21 sheep at the Burra Market raised £39-18-9 and this will be added to the above.

Mrs A.S. Field turns 88 on 25 October. She now lives at Victoria St, Prospect.

Burra Races. The charity meeting to aid the Burra Hospital Building Fund was held last Wednesday in bad weather with high winds and rain. Unfortunately the rain did not meet the requirements to collect insurance payouts. Acceptances were also poor and in the Hospital Handicap with stake money of £100 there were only four entrants. The CWA ladies provided a splendid luncheon. The track was in good order and the whole event was well organised, but it seems unlikely that the Hospital will benefit to any great extend, if at all. [Results are printed on page 8.]

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC intends to close and sell the road through Pt section 817, 816 & 250, 249 & 248 Hd Hanson.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 October

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Foreign Legion

Yvonne de Carlo & Charles Coburn in The Gal Who Took the West

Obituary. Mr Herbert Richard Edwards of ‘Mount View’ Mt Bryan East died in the Burra Hospital aged 69. [Born 28 November 1882 Terowie.]

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 3

Burra Lawn Tennis Club held its AGM in the Air Force Club room 7 October. Sixteen attended and elected: President, H. Topsfield; Patron, J.R. Barker; Secretary, R. Crewes; Treasurer, M. Archer and Assistant Secretary, C. Davey. Retiring Secretary was G. Wilson and retiring President was A.L. Bence. The courts are in excellent condition and opening day will be 25 October. The clubhouse has been renovated with a new ceiling and repainting.

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 6 October

Council agreed to a Christmas Carnival to be organised by the Burra Progress Assoc. and is prepared to assist. RAA forwarded complaints about straying stock at night at Burra North.

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 5

Glen M. Saint writes to the Anglican minister in appreciation of the recent broadcast from St Mary’s. Cpl Saint B Squadron heard the broadcast while stationed at Iwakuni, Japan.

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 6

W.H. Williams has retired recently after 40 years as a worker for the Burra Burra DC. He attended the Council meeting on 6 October, where he was congratulated on his service.

Burra Bowling Club 1952-53 season was opened by Mr W. Klau of Auburn, President of the Assoc. Mrs J. Pascoe put down the 1st kitty and Mrs Topsfield, wife of the secretary, the 1st bowl. Mrs S. Kellaway Sen., Croquet President, opened the croquet green for play.

80, 42, 21 Oct. 1952, page 7

Burra Burra DC, 6 October

The Secretary of the Gum Creek School Committee thanks the Council for assistance in improving the schoolyard.

H.L. Foote advises he has arranged a working bee for the new roadway on the eastern side of the railway line at Mt Bryan for 22 October.

N.A. Mickel requested conveniences at Porter Lagoon, given its popularity in the summer months. Council considered this was a matter for a sporting club as they had no one who could be responsible for maintaining conveniences in this locality.

The Highways & Local Government Department advised it was policy to refuse permission for any hoardings on main roads and requested the removal of any in position.

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday the 2nd Match No. 4 District Union Shoot took place. Burra riflemen had a bye and shot on their home range. Best results were from D.H. Field, T. Heinrich & T. Lynch.

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 1

Burra Hospital Building Fund benefited by £70-4-0 from a street stall conducted by the Trained Nurses of the Burra District on Friday.

Vandalism at the showgrounds has resulted in the breakage of all the windows in the Secretary’s office in the last week.

Rex Ingamells, a former Burra boy, is having a novel Of Us Now Living published. He lived in Burra as a boy and attended Burra Primary School when his father, Rev. E.M. Ingamells, was in charge of Redruth Methodist Church some 25 years ago. Under a 1949 Commonwealth Literary Fund Scholarship he was called on to write an epic poem and a novel. He was born at Orroroo in 1913 and after time in Burra the family moved to Pt Lincoln. He has since been a freelance journalist, a SA schoolteacher and a traveller for a Melbourne publisher.

Annual Perth Merino Sales. ‘Collinsville’ rams topped the sales when 17 studs sold at up to 1,200 guineas with an average of £364-15-0.

Burra Lawn Tennis Club opened its season on Saturday.

Burra Theatrical Group very successfully presented Quiet Weekend at the Burra Town Hall last Friday. Door-takings were £83. Producer, T. Jenkinson, is to be congratulated.

Hallett RSL Annual Ball on 17 October drew over 400 people to benefit the RSL Building Fund by over £200. Robert Fricker, the 5AD announcer, was MC.

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort will offer 12,500 sheep on 7 November.

Advt. Oates Ltd on instructions from H.L. Foote will hold a clearing sale on the property ‘Leabrook’ seven miles east of Mt Bryan on 11 November.

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd on instructions from Mr Andrew Tennant will offer ‘The Gap’ Station for sale on Thursday 20 November at The Wool Exchange in Grenfell Street, Adelaide, comprising 6,640 acres freehold and 481 acres perpetual leasehold. [Details of improvements are printed.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 November

Bing Crosby & Nancy Olson in Mr Music

Plus Shorts

Tuesday 4 November

A. Matthew & Cecil Parker in Chiltern Hundreds

Lloyd Bridges & Barbara Paton in Trapped

8 November

Special Screening of the 1952 Melbourne Cup

Burra High School. Clare High School visited Burra last Friday.

Girls’ Softball Clare 40 defeated Burra 19

Girls’ Tennis Burra 5 sets defeated Clare 4 sets

Cricket Clare 65 defeated Burra 25

Boys’ Tennis Burra 4-39 defeated Clare 4-38

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 6

Cricket. Burra Assoc.

Koonoona 126 defeated Buffs 122

Burra 9 for 74 defeated Farrell Flat 41

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best were W. Hempel, R. Bernhardt & K. Spackman. Best off the rifle were J.H. Schwier, W. Hempel & J. Brown.

80, 43, 28 Oct. 1952, page 8

Obituary. Mr Joseph Denton of Farrell Flat died on 9 October. He was a widely known and respected businessman, the second son of the late Joseph Denton of Aldinga, where he was born in 1869. After attending the local public school he was an assistant at a general store for six years and then moved to a similar position at Two Wells for six months. He went to Saddleworth in 1896. He next started as a storekeeper on his own account at Waterloo. He married Ruth Matilda Olley of Saddleworth in 1899 and six years later they moved to Farrell Flat and then for a brief time to Mintaro before moving back to Farrell Flat in 1907. There he continued in business until his death. His wife died in 1942. He leaves three sons and four daughters. He had been a JP for over 40 years and was very active in local affairs. He was President of the Institute Committee for many years and was made a life member on resigning a few years ago. He was on the Burra Hospital Board and was Chairman of the Hanson DC for some years. He was a member of the Farrell Flat Show Committee. In his young days he was well known as a sportsman as a footballer and runner. At 60 he took up tennis and golf and was a member of the Clare Bowling Club. He was a staunch supporter of the Farrell Flat Methodist Church, a trustee and a steward. [Born 7 November 1869 Aldinga: died 9 October 1952 Adelaide, residence Farrell Flat.]

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 1

Burra Mine. Reports from recent geological and geophysical surveys have failed to find new ore prospects at the mine. [The article then repeats data on old production 1845-77.]

Reports from examinations made soon after the mine closed and in previous managers’ reports showed three main lines of lode: Kingston’s, Sanders’ and Trinline’s [sic: for Tinline’s.] The richest part of the mine was where the open cut is. Here small veins and the lodes intersected and were rich in copper, chiefly carbo nates. This ground was worked to 60 fathoms (360 ft.)

Recent investigations found:

No new ore prospects.

Drilling beneath the old workings has been suggested to find the grade of primary mineralisation at depth.

Discovery of payable ore at depth is not rated as very promising.

This information and all other available has been supplied to an overseas company keen to develop mines in Australia.

Uranium is often associated with copper, but there are no signs of it in Burra.

Guy Fawkes Night. There will be a parade of ‘Guys’ on Wednesday afternoon with prizes for the best. Hot dogs and grilled chops will be available at the bonfire. The Primary School will benefit.

Mt Bryan Catholic Ball at the Mt Bryan Institute last Friday raised £76 for St Brendan’s Church, Mt Bryan. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Mid-North Annual Methodist Synod was held at Kooringa 28 & 29 October.

Pastor H. Hobbs of Kooringa will retire next April and the circuit has asked for a married probationary minister or a married home missioner. Appreciation was expressed for Rev. Hobbs’ generosity in coming out of retirement to take the position.

On Tuesday night Rev. I. Wardle gave an address on Church work among migrants. The synod endorsed the retention of 6 o’clock closing for hotels and was opposed to lotteries in SA.

CWA attended to the avenue of trees running west from the Hospital on Wednesday. They are growing well.

Burra Caravan Park. Some initial work was done on forming the approach to the park on Saturday.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge. Bro. D. Thomas was installed as Worshipful Master on Wednesday 29 October and a ball followed at the Town Hall.

Mt Bryan. The new road from the Mt Bryan East Road, alongside the east side of the railway line, has been completed and during the last week it was fenced by a working bee that erected a twenty chain 6-wire fence of 35 wooden posts and 70 iron posts.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 November

Lucille Ball & William Holden in Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Johnny Weissmuller & Myrna Dell in The Lost Tribe

Special screening of the 1952 Melbourne Cup.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 4

Cricket. Farrell Flat 9 for 69 defeated Buffs 64.

Koonoona 6 for 138 defeated Burra 7 for 92.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 5

Burra Town Council, 20 October

The Hospital Department advises Council that contributions for the Burra Hospital for 1952-53 are £410.

Burra Progress Assoc. was granted permission to close part of the roadway in Market Square and Commercial St for the Christmas Carnival.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 6

Jean Crowhurst thanks all who contributed to the Crowhurst Relief Fund, the Booborowie RSL for setting it up and all who have aided her in other ways.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of their Championship. J.H. Schwier & T. Lynch were best off the rifle.

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal stands at £8,303-14-3.

Bowls. At Saddleworth on Saturday Burra Gold 110 defeated Saddleworth Gold 81.

At Burra on Saturday Clare Red 107 defeated Burra Green 79.

80, 44, 4 Nov. 1952, page 8

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-94 defeated Booborowie 9-95

Kooringa 10-86 defeated Leighton 10-78

Hallett 14-104 defeated Willalo 6-63

Mt Bryan 16-109 defeated Spalding 4-63

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 15-103 defeated Kooringa 5-69

Booborowie forfeited to Aberdeen

Hallett forfeited to Ironmine II

Spalding forfeited to Mt Bryan

St Jude’s Players of Brighton will visit Hallett to present The Chiltern Hundreds on 15 November.

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on 7 November yarded 14,353 sheep and sold 12,525. Collinsville with a line of 31 specially selected ewes topped the market with an average £25-3-6 each.

[Other prices are printed.]

T.J. Canny, who has been a resident of Gum Creek for many years, will leave soon to farm a property about 200 miles north of Perth WA. He has long been active in many matters affecting the welfare of the district and was particularly interested in the Burra Branch of the ALP. On one occasion he stood for Parliament.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its annual Spring Fair in the RSL room and pronounced it a great success.

Snake. The 20-month-old son of Mr & Mrs Szwajko, who are employed at ‘The Gap,’ was bitten by a 5 ft brown snake last Thursday. He has recovered.

Railway Accident. A train that was being shunted at Mt Bryan emerged from behind a brake van and hit a utility that was crossing the line at about 8.15 p.m. The utility rolled over and was dragged under the truck until it cut the air line and stopped the train. When the train moved forward the utility was pulled back onto its wheels. One boy in the back was thrown onto the permanent way and got a few scratches and bruises. The three in the cabin were unhurt except for bruises. The four involved were: Robert John Foote, Douglas Burton, Murray Burton and L. Hughes.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Top price for district wool was 102d for Mr G. Lines of Mt Bryan.

[Other local prices are printed.]

The Guy Fawkes celebration last Wednesday drew the largest crowd ever and all went very well. S.T. Miller won the competition. [This seems to have been for best fancy dress as a Guy rather than for best Guy because the winners for best Guy are listed as: Boys, Robin Rosewall & Don McBride and for Girls, Mary Aspin.] £37 was raised for the Primary School.

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 3

Armistice Day was remembered with a brief ceremony at the War Memorial with a two-minute silence at 11 a.m. Prayers were led by Rev. Hobbs.

Bowls. Burra Green 98 defeated Saddleworth Blue 72.

Burra Gold 113 defeated Clare Blue 81.

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 4

Obituary. Christian Hugo Hentschke died suddenly at his residence [at Bright] on Tuesday 14 October. He was born at Candowie Plain (near Brinkworth) 1 June 1880. At 12 months of age he and his family moved to Tothill Belt. When he was 15 he went to live at Jamestown briefly before his parents took up residence at Bright. On 21 October 1909 he married Louisa Auguste Meyer of Bright. They had four daughters and three sons. One daughter and one son died in infancy. The late Mr Hentschke was a lay-reader in the local church for 33 years and a church Trustee and elder for many years for the Bright Zion Lutheran Church. For 11 years he was a Councillor in the DC of Robertstown. He was Chairman of the Bright and World’s End School Committees for many years. During the war he did great work on many district committees. He leaves a widow and two sons and three daughters: Len & Lyall at Bright, Dora Mrs A.C. White of Clare, Rita Mrs A.H. Busch of Tothill Belt and Mavis Mrs W.A. White of Marrabel. There are 12 grandchildren. [Birth is registered as at Boucaut.]

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 5

Burra CWA corresponds with English counterparts. Letters are printed from two English correspondents: Miss May Wyatt, President of Heybridge Women’s Institute, Maldon, Essex, and Winifred I.H. Adams, President of Paddington Women’s Institute, Bicester, Oxon.

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 November

Joan Leslie & Robert Walker in The Skipper Surprised His Wife

Gene Kelly & J. Carroll Nash in Black Hand

Cricket. Played in rain on a wet pitch with a very heavy outfield.

Burra 16 v. Buffs 6 for 21.

Farrell Flat 3 for 95 v. Koonoona 75.

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-88 defeated Leighton 9-83

Mt Bryan 14-106 defeated Willalo 6-85

Booborowie 12-97 defeated Kooringa 8-72

Hallett 16-102 defeated Spalding 4-61

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-83 defeated Ironmine II 7-72

Mt Bryan 14-102 defeated Ironmine I 6-69

Booborowie 16-113 defeated Kooringa 4-66

Hallett 15-105 defeated Spalding 5-57

Mr & Mrs Fred Kemble celebrated their Golden Wedding. The marriage was at Kooringa on 10 November 1902 by Rev. T.B. Anguin [sic: for Angwin.] They are at present living at Katanning WA.

80, 45, 11 Nov. 1952, page 7

Burra Rifle Club. At Burra at the weekend Waikerie 701 defeated Burra 698.

Roy Edwards cut two of his fingers badly about a week ago while cleaning a mower knife at Mt Bryan.

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 1

Railway Accident. At about 5 a.m. yesterday one of the most spectacular railway accidents for many years occurred four miles north of Mt Bryan. A goods train from Terowie was travelling at about 40 m.p.h. when apparently a bogey wheel on one of the steel vans came loose, left the axle and ran into the following vans. There was a big crash and the train came to a staggering stop. Three steel vans completely left the tracks and two had their wheels torn from the undercarriages. One van telescoped into another with such force that it ended up with on end about ten feet in the air, resting on the top of another van. Large holes were torn in the vans, but the goods, comprising bales of wool, were not damaged. The accident, at Ron Murray’s crossing, blocked all north and south bound rail and road traffic. Passengers from Burra, Mt Bryan and Hallett were transferred to Riverton by motor bus.

Bush Poet Dan Duncan is trapping rabbits at Collinsville. He also suitably illustrated them with sketches. [Two of his poems are printed – without illustrations.]

Christmas train bookings for Adelaide opened at Sulphide St Station in Broken Hill on 12 November at 10 a.m. and more than 150 people were in the queue, which had begun to form at 1 a.m. Each train accommodates about 250 passengers. As well as heavy Christmas traffic through Burra by rail, there will be many who come by road.

SA Housing Trust is building a home in Hallett for G.E. Pulford who will take up duties as DC Clerk early in 1953. Mr Wilkinson is the contractor for the timber-framed asbestos house.

SA Women’s Cricket saw a record recently when Miss Valma Hirschausen took 5 for 1 run and Miss Aileen Day took 3 for 1 run to complete two hat tricks in one innings. Miss Hirschausen and Miss Day were playing for ‘Windsor’ in a match against ‘Graduans.’ Miss Hirschausen is a former Burra girl and a sister to Mrs Sid. Scroop. She played for SA against WA in Perth last year and has been chosen to play against Victoria this year.

Burra Hospital. The Board has £13,000 in hand towards building a new Nurses’ Home and the renovation of the bathrooms for the men’s and women’s wards. £8,300 was raised by an appeal to the public, mostly from organisations. The architects Messrs Dean W. Berry & Gilbert will now proceed with specifications and call tenders, when the Chief Secretary will be approached to consider the amount of Government subsidy. The estimated cost was £16,000 and £2,000 should cover any increased costs and furnishings should be covered by a further £2,000. Raised so far:

By appeal £8,230

C.E. Gebhardt bequest £5,500

Total £13,730

Of the estimated cost of £22,000 the expected Government subsidy is £11,000 and that will leave £2,700 as a surplus nucleus for the continuation of the appeal to continue for a further 12 months towards stage two of the rebuilding.

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 November

Leo Genn & David Tomlinson in The Wooden Horse

Diana Lynn & Charles Coburn in Peggy

Notice. Rev. C. Hoff will hold a Lutheran Service at Burra North 23 November.

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 3

Cricket. Burra Assoc. Rain forced both games on Saturday to be abandoned.

Buffs 7 for 95 v. Koonoona 0 for 1 after 1 over when play was abandoned.

Burra 6 for 120 v. Farrell Flat, whose part innings was not reported.

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-77 defeated Spalding 8-79

Willalo 11-87 defeated Leighton 6-65

Burra defeated Hallett (no details)

Aberdeen drew with Mt Bryan due to rain

‘B’ Grade All matches drawn due to rain

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 4

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary 2 November.

Services were conducted by Rev. G. Armstrong of Hallett. Congregations were large. A tea meeting was held on 3 November. Mr Dunhill took the chair for the Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports and Rev. Christopher gave the address. Mr Dunhill presided at a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon on 9 November when Mr F.N. Fabian was guest speaker and he distributed the prizes.

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 6

Burra Burra DC

G.S. Hawker forwarded a report from the Minister of Mines concerning Burra. This was negative for both uranium and copper.

A £500 special grant was received to make the road on the eastern side of the railway line at Mt Bryan.

Bowls. The Burra Green v. Burra Gold match was abandoned due to rain.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild met on Wednesday for the last time before breaking until March 1953.

St Mary’s. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet, having been asked by the Bishop to consider taking over St Hugh’s Parish at Angaston, has visited that town and has decided to accept. He expects to be instituted as Priest-in-charge of Angaston early in the New Year. He began duties at Burra in March 1948.

80, 46, 18 Nov. 1952, page 7

The Annual St Mary’s Fete was held in the RSL Hall on Friday. Mrs Michael Hawker opened the event. The fete was a success and raised over £230.

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co. yarded 19,660 sheep on Friday and sold 18,183 of them. The total included 16,000 lambs and it is doubtful if so many lambs have been yarded anywhere in SA for many years.

Top price went the Estate of G.S. Melrose ‘Willogoleche’ Hallett with 83/9 for a line of 393 11⁄2-year-old ewes shorn in August. [Quotations of other prices are on page 10.]

Booborowie Methodist Fete was opened by the Mayoress of Clare, Mrs Michael. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Mt Bryan Volunteers met on 19 November to prepare rosters and work parties to counter the bushfire menace. The meeting protested against the planting of trees along main roads adjacent to railway lines (as had been done by the CWA) because grass under the trees was liable to catch fire from passing trains. [The names of those involved are printed.]

Sheep. The annual off-shears sales by various agents in the district have resulted in some 65,000 sheep leaving the district in two months.

Leighton Hall benefited by £80 from the Concert and Variety Shoe organised by the Leighton Ladies’ Guild. Hall maintenance has been somewhat neglected and this will help to rectify that.

Women’s Auxiliary of Emergency Services met at the Burra CWA rest rooms on 11 November to organise themselves for the coming fire season. President: Mrs H. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Ashby & Ashton and Secretary, Miss B. Collins.

Hanson CWA celebrated its 7th birthday on 14 November with a social evening in Hanson Hall.

The Bon Accord Crossing will have a stop sign erected on the south side.

River Murray Pipeline. The Premier Hon. T. Playford has said in Parliament that growth at Woomera and centres at the head of Spencer Gulf means the time is approaching when the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline will need to be duplicated. A new pipeline would reasonably follow a different route to bring water to places along the way. From Hanson a branch would go to Burra and the main line to Booborowie, possibly some miles south of Jamestown and go through Caltowie, Wirrabara, via Pt Germein Gorge to the present line east of Pt Germein.

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 2

Elder, Smith & Co., under instruction from T.J. & T.P. Canny, will sell by auction at the RSL Hall, Burra on 12 December 502 acres of pastoral lease and 181 acres [sic] perpetual lease at Gum Creek:

Lot 1 5021⁄2 acres on account of T.J. Canny

Lot 2 186 acres [sic] on account T.P. Canny

[Details of improvements are printed.]

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 5

Advt. Burra Choral Society will present a performance of Handel’s Messiah in Burra Town Hall 10 December.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 November

Bing Crosby & Colleen Gray in Riding High

Plus short features

Tuesday 2 December

Special screening: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Parade – an evening entirely of cartoons

Burra Rifle Club, On Saturday the best scorers were D.H. Field, P. Betts & W. Corner. D.H. Field & F.T. Marston scored possibles at 700 yards.

Bowls. Burra Green 123 defeated Saddleworth Gold 72

Cricket. Koonoona 6 for 101 defeated Burra 9 for 49

Farrell Flat 106 defeated Buffs 99.

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 3

Rabbits are becoming a nuisance again at Mt Bryan East.

B.H.K. Dunstan Sen. has been appointed Mt Bryan East postmaster on the resignation of Mrs George Dare.

Messrs Stewart & Reuben Thomas completed the shearing for the nonagenarian Mr James Brady, tailed the lambs and dipped the flock of 450.

New homes at the north end of Mt Bryan East District are being erected for Mr & Mrs Lew Dare & Mr & Mrs Keith Gare.

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 4

Mt Bryan Methodist Fete was held Saturday 15 November and was successful in raising £124.

[Details are given in 2⁄3 column.]

80, 47, 25 Nov. 1952, page 9

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal has reached £8,484-6-9.

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 1

Burra Caravan Park. The Progress Assoc. has collected enough money to carry out work in accordance with the plan for the Caravan Park and will hand the sum over to the Town Council. The Council has been advised by the government tourist Bureau that a £ for £ subsidy has been approved.

Burra Branch of the Fathers’ Assoc. met on 21 November and sent £10-10-0 for Christmas Cheer for the Boys of Korea & Hospital Patients and a sum was voted for local Christmas Cheer as well.

Australian Music Board Examination results show that Burra students of Mr C. Davey and pupils of St Joseph’s Convent did well. [Results are printed.]

Thieves broke into Waters’ Café in Commercial St on the night of 26 November and stole £3 in change, but did not take chocolates and cigarettes.

Burra CWA celebrated its International Day at Burra Town Hall 21 November. Miss Lois Riggs, who has recently returned from a European trip that included Sweden, gave an address on that country, which was the focus for this year.

‘The Gap’ was sold at the Adelaide Wool Exchange on 20 November. Mr Rex. Warnes of Koomooloo Station bought it for £45,000. It was sold by Mr Andrew Tennant and comprises 7,121 acres.

Mr Bronte Bunney of Toorak Gardens left Melbourne on 26 November to attend the World youth Conference in Travencore, India, as a representative of the Student Christian Movement. He is a son of Mr & Mrs Roy Bunney. Some years ago Mr Bunney was postmaster at Burra and Bronte received his education at Burra Primary School.

The Air Force Assoc. held its annual dinner on Saturday night at the Bon Accord Hotel. Thirty attended.

R.H. Campbell of Burra North won a prize of £645 for completing a limerick in a contest conducted by the Infantile Paralysis Welfare Assoc.

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council calls nominations for a Supplementary Election for West Ward following the resignation of Cr R.S.T. Pettet. Nominations close 13 December.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 December

Rosalind Russell & Robert Cummings in Tell it to the Judge

Jerome Courtland & Beverly Tyler in Hills of the Brave

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 3

Redruth Methodist Fete. The Bluebird Fete organised by the Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild was opened by Mrs G.S. Hawker in Redruth Memorial Hall 29 November. It raised over £220.

[Personal interest: Mrs R. Fuss was a cake stall helper.]

Aberdeen Croquet Club has opened its new season. Officers this year: Patroness, Mrs W.H. Gare; President, Mrs H.V. White; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A.B. Riggs & F.M. Pearce; Captain, Mrs J.G. Sara; Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Finch; Treasurer, Mrs E. Steer and Secretary Mrs R. Ellis.

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 17 November

The ‘Stop’ sign at the Bon Accord railway crossing will be erected 1 December.

Mr Hawker MP will be asked to investigate the possibility of Burra being included in the water scheme recently outlined by the Premier.

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 5

Cricket. Inter-Association match at Jamestown: Jamestown 129 defeated Burra 56.

Saturday: Koonoona 109 defeated Farrell Flat 73.

Burra 54 defeated Buffs 46. For Burra A. Baulderstone took 6 wickets for 9 runs.

80, 48, 2 Dec. 1952, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy over 500 & double 600 yards. T. Lynch scored a possible at 500 yards. Best on the day were R. Bernhardt, T. Lynch & P. Betts. T. Lynch leads in the Marksman’s Trophy and D.H. Field leads in the J.H. Schwier (handicap) Trophy.

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 1

Christmas poultry is being stolen in such numbers that it is clearly for sale and not personal use.

Adelaide Wool Sales 2 & 3 December saw wool from Sir Walter Duncan’s ‘Gum Creek’ Station achieve top district prices. [Other district prices are printed.]

Robbery. Thieves forced their way into A. & L. Pearce’s shop at Booborowie on the night of Sunday/Monday and got away with £250 in cash and £167 in cheques. The thieves opened the safe with a duplicate key found on the premises. They may have used a car stolen from Dr G. Mellor’s garage and later recovered from a disused quarry on the Burra side of Riverton. Another car stolen from Saddleworth was recovered from Kangaroo St, Burra. It is possible that this is the fourth in a series of robberies in the last few months: Burra Motor Co., Fiebig’s Service Station and the Burra Bakery have all been hit in recent times.

Property transfer: Lostwithiel allotment 18 from E.J. Affolter to T.J. & E.A. Schultz.

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal has reached £9,105-12-5.

Burra Hospital Fete was organised by various branches of the CWA & Red Cross in the district and was opened by Mr G. Stanley Hawker MP on Friday. He was able to announce that £10,000 had been placed on Government estimates for this year, to be spent on building additions to Burra Hospital. The fete raised about £300.

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 December

Jane Powell & Ricardo Montalban in Two Weeks with Love

Frank Morgan in A Stranger in Town

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired a match over 200 & double 300 yards for the Schwier Trophy. Best results were from K. Phillips, K. Heinrich & B. Pearce. Best marksmen were Jim Schwier, F.T. Marston & M. Kakoschke.

Bowls. Clare White 99 defeated Burra Green 97

Auburn 100 defeated Burra Gold 72

‘Civilised’ writes from Terowie complaining of the expression used in a recent article that had described Burra as the first civilised town from Broken Hill to Adelaide.

The editor says the reporter was evidently thinking only of incorporated towns.

Cricket. Koonoona 110 defeated Buffs 13.

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 4

Burra Town Council, 1 December

ANZ Bank advises that following its merger with the Bank of Australasia a new mortgage for the Burra Town Hall will have to be drawn up. The bank will bear all charges.

The Government Tourist Bureau advises that a £ for £ subsidy has been granted for the Burra Caravan Park project.

Cr R.S.T. Pettet tendered his resignation, to take effect from the close of the meeting on 15 December, due to his transfer to Angaston. Accepted with regret.

Obituary. Charles Frederick Phillips died 23 November at an Adelaide hospital aged 50. He was the youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs Robert Phillips of World’s End and was educated at World’s End School and was a regular attender there of the church and Sunday school. In his younger days he took a keen interest in tennis. He lived with his parents at World’s End. His father died 33 years ago and his mother 20 years ago, after which he lived with his sister Mrs Eugen Rooke till 11 years ago. He went to Adelaide for specialist treatment, but failed to respond greatly. [Born Charles Friedrich Phillips 21 April 1902 World’s End: died 23 November 1952 Northfield, residence World’s End.]

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 5

Safety First. S-C Ron Chambers of the Burra Police Station gave a lecture to several grades at the Burra Primary School as part of a Safety First Drive. Mr Chambers and the School Committee contribute 8/- as prize money for two essays written on the subject. The winners are Judy Williams of Grade IV and Ann Pettit of Grade VII. [The winning essays are printed.]

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 7

Tennis, 22 November

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 11-82 defeated Spalding 9-85

Kooringa 12-98 defeated Hallett 8-76

Mt Bryan 11-97 defeated Leighton 9-82

Aberdeen 18-117 defeated Willalo 2-68

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-98 defeated Booborowie 9-81

Ironmine I 11-87 defeated Aberdeen 9-89

Ironmine II 14-100 defeated Mt Bryan 6-79

29 November

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 15-105 defeated Mt Bryan 5-56

Spalding 10-88 defeated Leighton 10-81

Hallett 13-101 defeated Aberdeen 7-89

Booborowie Defeated Willalo [No details available]

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 13-95 defeated Spalding 7-79

Mt Bryan 11-89 defeated Kooringa 9-78

Aberdeen forfeited to Hallett

Mr & Mrs L.G.H. Wallace and baby son Andrew will leave Burra on Friday for Orroroo where Mr Wallace has been appointed postmaster.

80, 49, 9 Dec. 1952, page 8

Burra Burrs DC, 1 December

Rabbits breeding on private property and on stock roads have become numerous and a drive to eradicate them is necessary.

Obituary. Walter Scott Murray, one of SA’s leading merino sheep breeders, died at his home Wootoona Terrace, St Georges on Friday 21 November aged 76. For 50 years he was associated with Cappeedee Stud, Hallett, first as manager for his father and then as partner with his brothers and finally in partnership with his only son, John, who is the present manager. The stud was founded in 1843. Mr Murray was born [8 May] 1876 at Rhine Park, [Kongolia from 1918] Eden Valley and educated at St Peter’s College and Roseworthy. He took over management of Cappeedee in 1902 and married Miss Goddard in 1904. The reputation of ‘Murray’ merinos grew under his direction and they were much sought after in SA, WA, NZ and South Africa. He was a past president of the SA Stockowners’ Assoc. and of the SA Stud Merino Breeders Assoc. He has also been a Chairman of Hallett DC. He was also much interested in the Masonic Lodge. He had been a keen polo player and a member of the Mid-North Polo Team for about 11 years. He was a member of the team which won the Barr-Smith Trophy in 1921. He also played tennis for Hallett and in retirement took up bowls. He leaves a widow, three daughters and one son. There are 18 grandchildren.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 1

Burra Choral Society in association with soloists from Adelaide presented Handel’s Messiah at Burra Town Hall 10 December. The audience, though not large, was most appreciative.

[The review runs for 1 column.] The conductor was L. Thomas and the pianist was Clem Davey. Adelaide soloists were: Carol Kohler (soprano), Rhonda Garnaut (contralto), Donald Chynoweth (tenor) and Noel Robbins (bass.)

Burra Rifle Club, held its Christmas Shoot and the best scorers were D.H .Field and T. Lynch.

Burra Hospital Fete. Additional amounts bring the total raised to £294-11-3.

Burra Town Council Supplementary Election. W.E.D. Young was elected unopposed to represent West Ward on Saturday, in place of R.S.T. Pettet. He will hold office till June 1954.

Burra Air Force Assoc. held its Christmas tree in Pearce’s Building on Saturday night.

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal has reached £9,113-12-0.

Myxomatosis is spreading east of Burra and while old foxes seem much affected by mange, there are many young foxes that might prove troublesome if rabbit numbers fall.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, pages 1 & 4

St Joseph’s Annual School Concert and Prize Giving took place in the Town Hall on 11 December. [The 21 items are listed and the prize list is printed.] Progress Certificates were awarded to: Beverley Samuel, Laurel Callahan and Elizabeth Pinyon. Rev. Fr Hughes gave an address and the Mayor distributed the prizes.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, Friday 19 December [Not Saturday: to avoid clashing with the Christmas Pageant.]

Ginger Rogers & Jack Carson in The Groom Wore Spurs

John Clements & Aubrey Smith in The Four Feathers

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 3

T.J. & T.P. Canny’s properties at Gum Creek were passed in at auction on Friday and we understand negotiations are proceeding by private treaty.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Christmas Party last Saturday.

Burra High School. The Prize List for 1952 is printed.

Leaving Certificates (1951) were awarded to John Samuels & Valerie Terry.

Intermediate Certificates (1951) were awarded to Joy Bourman, Mary Cox, Glenda Rawlins and Mollie Williams.

A Christmas Carol service was held last Sunday morning at Redruth Methodist Church, with the combined choirs of the Redruth and Kooringa Churches under the leadership of Mr L.H. Thomas, and with Mrs E.J. Reed at the organ. Rev. C. Christopher gave the address. Kooringa Methodist Church repeated the service in the evening, when Rev. H. Hobbs officiated.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 4

Cricket. In a 2-day game Koonoona 110 & 3 for 12 defeated Buffs 13 & 105.

In a 1-day game Farrell Flat 5 for 109 defeated Burra 8 for 89.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 5

Redruth & Kooringa Methodist Knights & Comrades held a Halloween evening, which is reported in one column.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 6

Mrs F. Gaskell, who is leaving the Hallett district, was given a farewell as secretary of Hallett Red Cross at their monthly meeting on Wednesday 3 December.

80, 50, 16 Dec. 1952, page 7

Bowls. On Saturday Saddleworth Blue 106 defeated Burra Gold 101.

Clare Green 111 defeated Burra Green 72.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 1

Harry Prior, grader driver for the Burra Burra DC, received severe burns to his left arm when petrol ignited as he was pouring it into the tank.

Straying sheep are a nuisance at the Burra School. They have sought refuge from heat under the classrooms and recently damaged the young memorial trees in front of the school.

Fire. A self-sown crop of c. 150 acres of grass of Mr H. Launer and three or four acres of grass of Mr P.J. Thomas were burnt on Saturday at world’s End. Ashes from Mr Launer’s are believed to have been the source.

Fire. A Holden car of Mr T.J. Wedding of Booborowie caught alight and burnt out on Wednesday, probably due to a wiring fault. Fortunately the petrol tank did not explode and the adjacent wheat crop was also saved.

Dr Tim Ashton, son of Mrs R.M. Ashton of Burra, has passed his final examinations for medicine. After leaving school he went onto the land for some time before returning to study.

Mr Keith Butler, son of Mr & Mrs Butler one time manager of the Burra branch of the ANZ Bank, will be the Advertiser’s press representative in England next year for the cricket tests. Mrs Butler, formerly Miss Elizabeth Ashton of Burra, will go with him.

Burra’s First Christmas Pageant was held last Saturday evening. It was organised by the Burra Progress Association and was a success beyond all expectations. 2,000 or more people lined the streets to see the procession, which left the Hospital at about 6 p.m. and travelled down Commercial Street. [The series of floats is then described.]

After the pageant an open-air concert was staged on a specially built stage. [This is also described in some detail.]

A dance was then held in the RSL Hall. £26 was taken at the door and Mr W. Nankivell was MC. Mr Young’s Orchestra supplied the music. Much of the success is due to the work of R. Cummins, President of the Progress Assoc. and of J. Wohling, its Secretary.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, pages 1 & 8

Burra High School Speech Night was held 16 December at the Town Hall. The Headmaster Mr H.O. Pederick outlined the year’s achievements. The 2nd Year Class presented the play Money Makes a Difference. Mr A.B .Riggs spoke briefly as Chairman of the High School Council. Mr G.S. Hawker MP also spoke briefly. Further items were then presented by students.

Mr Pederick said the year started with 75 on the roll, but 18 left during the year, some being removals, but others to jobs. He emphasised the need for disciplined hard work at school and at home and feared that wireless was a distraction. Last year only seven sat for the Intermediate and four girls gained a certificate. One boy got six subjects, but missed the compulsory English. Results in Craft & Drawing examinations were excellent. Malcolm Goodridge topped the state in Intermediate Woodwork. Sylvia James came second in Intermediate Needlework.

The yard has been asphalted this year, making playing conditions much safer and the school tennis courts were resurfaced. The Assembly Room will be re-floored during the Christmas Holidays. The Library has been refurnished. The Parents & Friends’ Assoc. raised £150 and conducted a very successful High School Ball. They also fed over 500 at the Inter-High School Sports Day and sent them away well satisfied. Library books worth over £50 were purchased and a piano worth £145 was bought. The Woodwork Centre gained an electric grinder (£27) and a strip film projector has proved very valuable. Two great supporters of the school died during the year: Mrs I. Gare, who was Treasurer of the Parents & Friends Assoc. for several years and Mr Max Morton, who always took a keen interest in the boys of the school.

The Students’ Progress Assoc. obtained the materials for and then made a table tennis table and two deck tennis courts were levelled by the boys. The school’s Sports Day was most successful. Donald Edwards and Bruce Stock tied for Senior Boys’ Cup. Coralie Ellis won the Senior Girls’ Cup. Robyn Tattersall gained the Junior Girls’ Cup and Trevor Franklin the Junior Boys’ Cup. The Inter-High School Sports were held at the Burra racecourse, and Burra came a close third to Clare and Balaklava. In inter-school games Burra won the football against Clare for the first time in many years.

Old scholars and one teacher who gave their lives in WWII were honoured on Arbor Day with an avenue of trees.

The First Year Class again visited ‘Pencarrow’ courtesy of Mr E. Finch, to see shearing operations and prizes for writing about this visit went to Meryll Jackson, Kevin Williams, Shirley Richter and Barrie McElroy. A Camera Club was formed during the year.

[Donors of prizes are then listed.]

At the end of the year we lose Miss C. Milazzo after one year here. She will be replaced by Miss J. Hallewell from Jamestown.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called by the Burra Burra Hospital Inc. for the sale and removal of:

A 20 ft windmill tower and equipment.

The associated galvanised iron tank and stand.

Piping, wire-netting and joints at present erected around the tennis court at the hospital.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 3

Tennis. Inter-Association Match

Burra Assoc. 21-145 defeated Jamestown Assoc. 6-93.

Burra Institute Library. The 20 Library Scholarships for 1953 are listed.

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its Christmas tree on Wednesday 17 December. Three ladies were presented with gifts in recognition of their long and faithful Sunday school service: Misses A. & M.G. Bentley and Miss E.W. Bryce. Miss A. Bentley has served the Kindergarten as Superintendent since it was formed about 40 years ago. Miss M.G. Bentley has also been associated with the Sunday school for many years as a scholar and teacher. Miss Essie Bryce has been a teacher in the Sunday school for 13 years and for the last eight years has been Superintendent of the Primary Department. Miss A. Bentley was given a flower trough. Miss M.G. Bentley received a plate and saucer set and Miss Bryce was given an all purpose fancy jug. These ladies ended their term of service to the Sunday school at the annual meeting held after the School Anniversary Services.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 4

Cr Rev. R.S.T. Pettet was farewelled by members of the Town Council and the Picture Committee on Monday night 15 December in the CWA Room. Mr H.J.B. Jennison spoke for the picture Committee. Mr F.T. Marston also spoke, as did Crs E. Baulderstone, J. Fisher, R.G. Bernhardt & M. Pritchard. The Mayor then made a presentation of a handsome fire-side chair. Cr Pettet made a suitable response.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 5

The RSL Christmas Tree last night saw gifts handed out to c. 70 children. After Father Christmas had handed out the gifts there was a showing of cartoons by Mr H.J.B. Jennison.

Booborowie School Welfare Club held its AGM, which is reported in 1⁄2 column. Elected were: President, Mrs G. Freer, Vice-Presidents, Mesdames L. Gill & E. Woolford; Treasurer, Mrs H.J. White and Secretary, Mrs S. Moore.

Marriage. Saturday 6 December at St Mary’s Burra

Nita May Burton, daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Burton of Mt Bryan, married

Carmel Evan Jones, son of Mrs & the late Mr Jones of Adelaide.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 6

Rev. R.S.T. Pettet, Mrs Pettet & Mr Gilbert Wilson were farewelled after a Carol Evensong on Sunday night. Rev. Pettet has been Rector of St Mary’s for five years and is leaving to take up similar duties at Angaston.

Mr Gilbert Wilson has been an enthusiastic member of the church and a choir member from boyhood.

Mr Pettet was presented with a cheque and Mr Wilson with a travelling rug. The Ladies’ Guild presented Mrs Pettet with a coffee table and a box of handkerchiefs.

Rev. R.S.T. Pettet and Mrs Pettet and Mr Wilson were farewelled at the Burra Golf Club on Friday evening. Mrs J.R. Barker presented Mr & Mrs Pettet with a picnic basket and Mr Wilson received a very fine book.

Bowls. Burra Gold 93 defeated Clare Green 88.

Auburn 98 defeated Burra Green 88.

Redruth Methodist Sunday School which was held on 17 December was arranged by the newly appointed Superintendent Miss Joan Fairchild, supported by Kindergarten teachers and some of the mothers.

80, 51, 23 Dec. 1952, page 7

Burra Town Council, 15 December

The General Manager of ETSA offered to meet the Council on 12 December at his office, or if inconvenient on a date to be fixed in January. A meeting has been arranged for 8 January with the Mayor, Cr Baulderstone and the Town Clerk to represent the Council.

The LTO advises it requires the Recreation Ground (Victoria Park) to be brought under the Real Property Act.

Burra School complains of damage caused by straying sheep to trees planted near the school. The owner is to be advised and warned that action will be taken to recover damages if it is repeated.

The Town Clerk advised that William Eddy Young was the only nomination for Councillor for West Ward for the term to expire on 1 Saturday in July 1954 and he was therefore duly elected.

Accident. Mr Brian Halls of Burra North suffered a broken leg when the motor cycle he was riding with Miss K. Pens at pillion passenger skidded and fell on the road between Burra North and Hanson on Thursday night.

Miss Beverley Samuel of St Joseph’s School and daughter of Mr & Mrs C. Samuel of Kangaroo St has won a scholarship to St Aloysius College in Adelaide that will pay half the fees for board and secondary education.

Numbering of issues in 1952

The numbering of issues in 1952 was uninterrupted by anomalies, but the volume numbers are less consistent. The year started with:

Volume 78, Number 1 on 8 January and ran through to

Volume 78, Number 20 on 20 May, then

Volume 79, Number 21 on 27 May to

Volume 79, Number 38 on 23 September, then

Volume 80, Number 39 on 30 September to

Volume 80, Number 51 on 23 December.

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Auctioneers etc.

W.H. Kakoschke Agent for Oat Growers Voluntary Pool

L. Fiebig Kerosene Lanterns, Electric Irons & Car Accessories, Burra North

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Auctioneers etc. [Regular advertisers, though not in this issue.]

Burra Pictures, Burra Town Hall

Page 3 Advertisements

Oates Ltd Agents for Rover Cars

Matthews Emporium Drapers and Clothiers

Davies’ Motor Co. Ford Agents

Page 4 Advertisements

H.J.B. Jennison Tyre Service & Kelvinator Agent

Mid-North Car & Tractor Co. Agents for Caterpillar & John Deer Tractors, Commercial St

Nelson Hann Sub-Agent for McCormick, International Tractors etc.

Commercial Hotel

Page 5 Advertisements

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

Davies’ Motor Co. Ford Dealer

C. Leslie Phillips Dentist

R.H. Campbell Agent for New Zealand Insurance Co.

W.A. Field Agent for Massey Harris Pty Ltd, Tractors, Headers etc. and parts and supplies

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

Page 6 Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Merchants

Burra Hotel

Fred. M. Pearce & Sons Agents for Wiles Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Agricultural Engineers

Page 7 Advertisements

J.W. Bogisch Grocer, Fruit & Vegetables & Smallgoods, Burra North

[Guy Dollman] Burra Motor Co. Lubritorium

Aldam’s Garage Garage and GMH Dealer

Sara & Co. COR Agent

Bence’s Ltd Drapers & Clothiers

Page 8 Advertisements

A.J. Allen National Mutual Life Agent

Burra Record: all printing jobs

Watts Bros Motor Engineers, Arc & Oxy Welders, Burra North

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 1

Sir Philip A. McBride

Senator P.A. McBride received a knighthood in the New Year Honours List. He is a Kt Commander of St Michael & St George. He was born in Burra and joins other local knights such as Sir Frederick Holder, Sir Hubert Wilkins and Mr Essington Lewis. [Sic!] He is the son of Mr & Mrs A.J. McBride, pioneer pastoralist. The family still owns the properties Braemar & Faraway Hill in the district. Sir Philip entered politics at a relatively young age as LCL Member for Grey in the House of Representatives and soon rose to Cabinet rank. He lost his seat in a landslide to Labor, but at the following election was elected a Senator on the District of Wakefield and has since continued to play a big part in state and national affairs. [Details of his political life are disputed by Noel Tiver, 81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 7.]

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School held a Christmas Party 18 December.

SAR has expressed appreciation for the assistance of the DC in burning fire breaks along railway lines.

Mr Brian Jefferies has qualified for the Degree of Bachelor of Agricultural Science. We understand he will join the Government Department soon as Assistant animal Adviser.

Christmas Holiday trade in Burra has been good, but was down on last year. It seems this is due to Broken Hill travellers seeking to avoid the Black Springs Road and travelling from the Bon Accord Hotel directly to Clare to the advantage of the latter town and to Burra’s loss.

Burra War Memorial Park. A few years ago a Burra War Memorial Committee was formed to transform Victoria Park. Working bees were held, some money collected and some ratepayers’ funds were added. Despite rather half-hearted support from the public, the oval was graded and enlarged. Other improvements were made and the oval was planted with grass. The big blow has been the discovery that the water pressure available is insufficient to work the sprinklers and the Water Supply Department, apparently seeing little likelihood of revenue, refused to go about increasing the pressure to any extent. As a result the ground remained idle for a year or two, waiting for rain to make the grass grow. The grass did grow and for last winter it looked good, but with summer no couch came on to maintain the ‘green sward’ through summer and large bare patches have emerged. Cricketers are complaining and footballers wondering what will be done, but how many of those who get enjoyment from the oval appear on working bees? It would be possible to turn the water on, but the problem is getting someone to move the sprinklers during the day and until that problem is solved the Burra War Memorial Oval is not going to flourish and the War Memorial Project will fail.

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 January

Lucille Ball & Eddie Albert in The Fuller Brush Girl

Ann Savage & David Bruce in Pygmy Island

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 3

Cricket. 1st day’s play: Burra 103 v. Koonoona 3 for 41.

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 4

Burra Burra DC, 5 January

A request to the SAR to use oil burning locomotives has received the response that due to rising oil prices their locomotives are being re-converted to coal.

Passenger locomotives have a greater potential to start fires because they develop a greater percentage of their horse power. Oil burners will continue to be used for passenger trains.

G.S. Hawker advises that at this stage it seems Burra and Booborowie are likely to benefit from any duplication of the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline.

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 6

Bowls, 10 January

Burra Gold 91 defeated Saddleworth Gold 86

Clare Red 104 defeated Burra Green 96.

John Kelly, son of Mr & Mrs Charlie Kelly of Burra, has gained top marks in SA in Intermediate Geometrical Drawing. He is a student at Burra High School.

81, 1, 13 Jan. 1953, page 8

Christmas Carols. A combined Hallett and Mt Bryan service was held at Mt Bryan Methodist Church on 21 December. The church was filled to capacity with the largest congregation for about 12 years. The service was conducted by Rev. G. Armstrong.

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 1

The Burra Market saw higher prices continue with young wethers at £5-1-3, probably due to a firm wool market. [Prices are printed.]

Mr Fred Gaskell, former District Clerk of Hallett, and Mrs Gaskell have left the district for Adelaide. They will live in Adelaide till April and then travel to England.

Hallett Memorial Gates will be opened shortly by the State President of the RSL. They have just been completed, after a three-year delay, as a memorial to all who served in the District in WWII.

A new woolshed at Grassville was opened on Saturday night with a dance. Grassville is owned by J.R. Barker and managed by A. Laidlaw. A delicious supper ended the evening.

[The headline says over £50 was raised for the hospital, but nothing more is said of it in the article.]

Mr Peter Disher, with Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. for some years in Burra, has been transferred to Wentworth. He has been active in the Football and Tennis Clubs and in the Burra Theatrical Group.

Mr Ian Richardson of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred to Keith after seven years in Burra. Mr Richardson has been President of the Burra RSL and of the local Golf Club. Mrs Richardson has been active in town affairs and President of the Women’s Auxiliary of the RSL.

Fires

A passing goods train started two fires on Thursday morning at about 2 a.m. between Burra and Farrell Flat in the vicinity of Hanson.

[The editor expressed the opinion that coal-burning locomotives should not run between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. when fires are most likely to take hold without being observed.]

Adelaide Wool Sales saw the market move 5% higher. Gum Creek wool topped the district prices at 112 pence per pound. [Other district prices are printed.]

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 January

Robert Cummings & Joan Caulfield in The Girl of the Year

Mark Stevens & Edmond O’Brien in Between Midnight and Dawn

26 January

John Payne & Dennis O’Keefe in High Adventure

Barbara Stanwyck & Robert Cummings in The Bride Wore Boots

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 3

Cricket. Match concluded: Koonoona 161 defeated Burra 103

Buffs 2 for 160 declared & 3 for 42 defeated Farrell Flat 44 & 136

Vandalism of street trees is concerning the Burra Town Council.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 10-89 defeated Aberdeen 10-74

Spalding 14-98 defeated Mt Bryan 6-69

Hallett 16-116 defeated Willalo 4-57

Leighton forfeited to Kooringa

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 16-100 defeated Booborowie 4-64

Hallett 16 sets defeated Ironmine II 4 sets

Ironmine 12-86 defeated Kooringa 8-72

Spalding forfeited to Mt Bryan

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 4

Burra Institute held its AGM and elected: President, J. Fisher; Vice-President, E.T. Baulderstone; Treasurer, H.C. Davies and Secretary, H.O. Pederick.

Membership rose slightly. The number of books has increased. There are 800 in the Juvenile Section and 6,783 in the Adult Section. Subscriptions at the end of the year were:

Double 91

Single 51

Juvenile 24

Life 1

Scholarships 36

Total 203

Balance in the bank: 1 January 1952 £39-8-8

31 December 1952 £47-5-8

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 5

Burra Town Council, 5 January

W.E.D. Young was sworn in as Councillor for West Ward.

W.D. Bednall wrote concerning the SA Mining Association that the Registrar of Companies has agreed to convey the Recreation Reserve [Victoria Park] to the corporation and has not yet considered the sale of the other pieces of land.

Sara & Co. have applied to build a shed 30 ft x 30 ft for the storage of flammable oils and advises that the site has been approved by the Factories and Steam Boilers Department. Council called for the plans to be submitted.

The Stationmaster is to be asked to co-operate in stopping trains from standing on the Bon Accord crossing for long periods.

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 6

Burra Hospital Building Fund Appeal stands at £9,292-15-0.

Bowls. Burra Gold 98 defeated Clare Blue 79

Saddleworth Gold 102 defeated Burra Green 98.

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 7

Burra High School. L. Keith Cockrum topped the state in Woodwork. [Other Arts & Crafts results are printed.] In the Leaving Examination there were two Burra Candidates:

Valerie Terry 4 subjects

Mary Cox 4 subjects

Hallett RSL held its AGM on 10 January in the new club rooms, which had been purchased from the Church of England. J.R. Hooper was elected President and Les. Gray is Secretary.

Noel Tiver corrects details in the political life of Sir Philip McBride. P.A. McBride was not defeated while a Member of the House of Representatives, but he nominated for and was elected to the Senate and then at the following election lost his Senate seat in a landslide. Three years later he won the seat of Wakefield for the LCL. The reference to winning the seat of Wakefield in the Senate must be an error as a Senator represents the whole state.

81, 2, 20 Jan. 1953, page 8

Mr & Mrs Fred Gaskell were farewelled at the Hallett Institute on 9 January after 30 years’ residence. Mr Noel Tiver chaired the occasion. Mr & Mrs Gaskell were presented with a china cabinet, a five-valve mantel radio and a roll of notes.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the Jim Schwier Trophy. Captain Field scored the only possible for the day. Best results were from E.C .Hopkins, M. Kakoschke & W. Hempel.

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 1

The Wheat Harvest this year is a bumper. The crop benefited from late heavy rains. The best crop in the district is said to be that of Brendan Hogan of Leighton, which we understand was 17 bags per acre. The wheat stack at Burra is 12,000 bags. The price is also good at 16/8 a bushel or £2-10-0 a bag. With 7/- for the bag and 3/- for freight the farmer gets £2 a bag. Bag sewers are in demand with an average man sewing 200 a day and a top man 300. They earn £3 per 100 bags.

Burra Town Hall was inspected recently and the outside woodwork was found to be in a bad state and in need of painting. Interior painting is also needed.

Foxes are plentiful and two have been seen in Burra Creek behind the Burra Motor Co. Out East they are seriously hampering rabbiters. One trapper setting 120 traps a night is getting only 14 rabbits a day and foxes are taking 40 to 50 pairs a day.

Burra Caravan Park. The Council recently authorised the purchase of the materials needed to complete the buildings. Shortages of cement will delay floors and bathroom construction.

Electricity. ETSA is not willing or not able at present to extend high tension lines from Waterloo with effort concentrated of servicing Radium Hill. The local company is reluctant to dispose of its plant and lines cheaply, either to the Council or to ETSA. Meanwhile local housewives look enviously at others who can enjoy the luxury of an all-electric home with stoves etc. The local domestic user and employer both suffer from the effects of the high price of local power. A solution would be for the local company or the Council to buy in bulk from ETSA, but the £50,000 cost of the line from Waterloo is the stumbling block. The cost to Council would be more like £70,000, as they would have to acquire the local transmission lines. The question is whether people in Burra would buy enough electricity to justify a Council borrowing £70,000.

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a clearing sale for T.J. & T.P. Canny on 11 February on the property of T.J. Canny, 14 miles west of Burra and 8 miles south of Booborowie. The properties have been sold and the Messrs Canny are moving to WA. [Details printed are extensive.]

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 January

Joseph Cotton & Joan Fontaine in September Affair

Plus Flaming Feather

Tuesday 3 February

Special Featurette Royal Journey- Canada

Jean Simmons & Dirk Bogarde in So Long at the Fair

Burra Primary School has an increased enrolment and an extra teacher, Miss Till, has been appointed. The School Committee has been advised that nothing can be done to the classroom due for renovation until the 1953 estimates are out. In the meantime the Committee is endeavouring to obtain the use of St Mary’s Parish Hall as a class-room.

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 4

Tennis, 17 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 15-108 defeated Leighton 5-69

Kooringa 16-110 defeated Booborowie 4-59

Hallett 11-98 defeated Spalding 9-87

Mt Bryan 17-113 defeated Willalo 2-51

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 18-116 defeated Mt Bryan 2-64

Hallett 18-116 defeated Spalding 2-39

Aberdeen 13-99 defeated Ironmine II 7-73

Booborowie forfeited to Kooringa

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 5

Burra Town Council, 19 January

Burra Electric supply Co. sent a letter summarising the conference between representatives of the Council and the Company and ETSA and the following discussion between the Council and the Company. All this had been transacted in committee and the correspondence was also dealt with in committee.

Sir P.A. McBride MHR was congratulated on his knighthood.

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 6

Cricket

Farrell Flat 124 defeated Koonoona 41

Buffs 8 for 117 defeated Burra 59.

81, 3, 27 Jan. 1953, page 7

‘Citizen’ responds to the observation that a few working enthusiasts do all the work on the oval project. He basically says it was ever thus and suggests that the few take it week about during the summer, to water the oval, as the paper seems to have no other bright ideas.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 1

Fire. A stack of baled hay at Eric Ashby’s ‘Ashrose’ was struck by lightning on 3 January during a severe electrical storm at about 2 a.m. The fofty to sixty ton stack was well ablaze when firefighters arrived and it could not be saved. They did however, manage to save two adjacent stacks of about 50-60 tons and 80-90 tons respectively. There was a fall of about 30 points of rain at the time, which helped the effort.

Jim Schwier reports a stange form of lightning in the thunderstorm at his Mongolata property about 2 a.m. on Friday. A brilliant red-orange flash was accompanied by a high pitched sound like the cracking of a stock-whip. The telephone fuse was blown, but no other damage resulted.

Fires. Goods trains have caused three fires at Hallett this year so far. The latest was on the property of G.S. Melrose and about 20 acres of grass was burnt.

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Jane Honan of Hallett died at her home on Sunday morning 18 January, aged 93. She is survived by all nine of her children.

[Born Elizabeth Jane Prior, 26 April 1859 at Nelson (Burra). Married John Honan in 1882.]

Rev. & Mrs H. Hobbs were given a farewell after the evening service of the Kooringa Methodist Church on 25 January.

Weather. There have been intermittent thunderstorms across the eastern plains for the last fortnight. They have delivered patchy rain. Falls have been heavier further east as a rule, though also uneven.

Oakbank received 140 points, Pine valley 53, Sturtvale 40, Poonunda 26, Morgan Vale 28, Canopus 72, Balah 36, Braeside 7, Canegrass 70 Lochlily 228.

Sixteenth Security Loan. Burra will be awarded a pale blue pennant with one star for contributing £8 or more per head of population. Burra contributed £8-7-8 per head in the section for towns with a population of 1,500 to 3,000. Its quota was £9,000 and £14,670 was contributed.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from T.J. & T.P. Canny to conduct a clearing sale on the Gum Creek property of T.J. Canny, 14 miles west of Burra, 8 miles NW of Hanson and 8 miles south of Booborowie on 11 February. T.J. & T.P. Canny have sold their properties and are moving to WA.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instruction from the agents for Mrs May Walker to sell a portion of Lot 307 with a frontage of 49 ft 9 inches to Bridge Stree East, subject to a right of way over 10 ft 9 inches in width and with a rear measurement of 76 ft and an irregular depth of approximately 300 ft. Improvements include a stone house of six rooms, large cellar, conveniences and a shed.

Also Portion of Lot 307 with a frontage of 28 ft 9 inches to Bridge Street East, with a right of way of 10 ft 9 inches and a rear measurement of 27 ft 4 inches and an irregular depth of approximately 140 ft. Improvements are a stone house of 4 rooms and conveniences with a detached laundry.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Town Council calls tenders for the painting of the exterior of the Burra Town Hall. Also for the painting of the foyer. Separate tenders to be submitted by 27 February.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 4

Burra Tennis Association, 24 January

‘A’ Grade

Kooringa 17-109 defeated Spalding 3-61

Aberdeen 11-97 defeated Mt Bryan 9-85

Hallett received a forfeit from Booborowie

Leighton drew with Willalo

‘B’ Grade

Aberdeen 13-89 defeated Mt Bryan 7-64

Ironmine I 7-61 defeated Ironmine II 7-59

Spalding 12-99 defeated Kooringa 8-72

Hallett received a forfeit from Booborowie.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 5

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired the 13th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy over 500 and double 600 yards. Eddy Hopkins scored a double possible – the first over 500 yards and the second over 600 yards. He also topped the handicap section. The only other commendable score for the day was Tom Lynch’s 95 off the rifle.

Postal Items

Three commemorative stamps will be issued to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - 31⁄2d, 71⁄2d and 2/-. They will be issued shortly before the Coronation.

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 6

Rev. & Mrs Hobbs were farewelled by the Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild last Wednesday. Speeches were delivered by Mrs A.B. Riggs and Mrs Jennison. Mrs H. Pearce then presented Mrs Hobbs with a fruit bowl. Rev. Hobbs responded.

Burra High School; Intermediate Results 1952.

Seven students gained certificates and one passed seven subjects, but failed the compulsory English.

Malcolm Goodridge 9 subjects with 4 credits.

Donald Lloyd 8 subjects with 1 credit

Coralie Ellis 8 subjects

Coral Brandon 7 subjects

Russell Harris 5 subjects with 1 credit

Kevin Kakoschke 5 subjects

Donald Edwards, English, completing a certificate.

Peter Murphy 7 subjects (no English)

Levi Hughes 4 subjects

Merlene Jackson 4 subjects

Ian Rosewall 3 subjects

Bruce Stockman 3 subjects

John Kelly 2 subjects

81, 4, 3 Feb. 1953, page 7

Bowls, Saturday

Burra Gold 98 defeated Burra Green 95

Electric Light Bowls on Wednesday

Tennis Clubs defeated Burra Bowling Club by 23.

Burra Cricket Association

First innings

Farrell Flat 124

Koonoona 41

Second Innings

Koonoona 5 for 191 declared

Farrell Flat 9 for 106

A win to Farrell Flat on the first innings.

Buffs 1st innings 130

Burra 1st innings 59, 2nd innings 6 for 192

A win for Buffs on the 1st innings.

Fire. Smouldering rubbish caused a grassfire in Paxton Square on Monday afternoon. The local fire brigade responded and while they prevented any serious damage to property, most of the grass within the square was burnt.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 1

Burra Burra DC placed 25,470 yards of metal on roads for 1952. Some came from the Burra Quarry, but the greater proportion came from road dumps and quarries in the district.

Obituary. James Mathew Miller of Gum Creek died in Adelaide on Friday aged 47. He had been in ill health for the past 12 months. [Though age at death doesn’t quite match he was presumably born James Matthew Miller 25 September 1904 Farrell Flat: died as James Mathew Miller 6 February 1953 Adelaide, residence Gum Creek.]

Rev. B.B. & Mrs Ashdown were welcomed to Kooringa Methodist Church on Sunday evening 8 February. They arrived from England last week. Mr Ashdown comes originally from WA, but his wife and baby Catherine come from the UK.

Stray dogs have been a nuisance in Burra for some time and numerous complaints have been made to Council. Shopkeepers complain of fouled footpaths and shop entrances. Perhaps a dog-catcher is needed.

Burra Caravan Park should soon be ready for use. Cement floors have now been laid and the remainder of the work should be done within a fortnight.

Mr & Mrs Tom Canny were given a farewell at Leighton Hall on 6 February. Mr C. McDonald was chairman. R. Earle spoke for the RSL, C. Bailey for district people and M. Carmody for the Leighton Football Club, regretting the loss of three prominent players in Jack, Phil & Tom Jnr (the last unfortunately unable to attend.) Each was presented with a pewter mug.

Dancing followed and the evening concluded with a supper.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 2

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth C.J. Finch, wife of the late William Finch of Burra, died on 7 February aged 86, at the residence of her daughter Mrs T.E. Kite of West Croydon. She was the mother of Ethel, Robert, Elizabeth, Lily, Dora, John and the late William & Albert. [Born Elizabeth Caroline Jane Nankivell 7 December 1866 Diprose’s Creek, District of Burra.]

Mr C. Leslie Phillips, dentist of Burra, had a parcel of 504 false teeth and five bottles of anaesthetic stolen from his car near Adelaide Oval on 26 January.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 3

The Education Department has not been satisfied with the condition of the Hallett-Mt Bryan-Burra school bus and cancelled the contract at Christmas. The old operator was the only tenderer and at a higher rate. This was rejected. A new advertisement brought no response and the service lapsed. Twenty to twenty-four students are affected. The Department then offered the contract to the old operator at last year’s price, but he rejected it and another operator was also unwilling to do the work. A solution is imperative. Why does the Department not get its own bus and pay teachers to drive it? As well as High School students about a dozen Primary School students were carried to Mt Bryan and another half a dozen to Burra. More than forty students are being penalised at present.

English Flood Disaster Relief Fund. The Town & District Clerks will receive donations, which so far total £8-3-0.

Bowls. Burra Green 104 defeated Saddleworth Gold 82.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 5

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday fired the postponed 10 stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Possibles were scored by Jim Brown, Peter Marston, Maurie Kakoschke and Barry Pearce. Best scores for the day came from J. Brown, P. Marston, B. Pearce and W. Corner.

Mrs E. Barratt of the Royal Exchange Hotel supplies a letter from Rev. Dr M.F. Toal, formerly of St Joseph’s, Burra, and now of Collegio Teutonica, Vatican. His letter is printed. It deals with his recent health, his arranging of an audience with the Pope for Mrs Barratt and remembrances of Burra folk and best wishes for them. He has visited Ireland and did some months of duty in England.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 6

Burra High School. Miss J. Hallewell has taken up duty in place of Miss C. Milazzo, who has gone to Waikerie.

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 7

Cricket. 1st day of two-day matches

Koonoona 110 v. Buffs 3 for 66

Farrell Flat 103 v. Burra 72

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 16-110 defeated Aberdeen 4-54

Hallett 13-102 defeated Mt Bryan 7-84

Spalding defeated Willalo

Booborowie defeated Leighton

‘B’ Grade Hallett 12-93 defeated Mt Bryan 8-78

Spalding 11-90 defeated Ironmine I 9-69

Aberdeen 16-110 defeated Kooringa 4-71

Ironmine II 15 93 defeated Booborowie 5-67

81, 5, 10 Feb. 1953, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 2 February

A ratepayer in the Hundred of King complains of the plague of rabbits from the stock route. This is being addressed.

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 1

T.J. Canny’s clearing sale at Gum Creek last Wednesday drew over 250 vehicles and the refreshment tables took £75. Bidding was keen and the sale took six hours. The herd of Jersey dairy cattle were keenly sought, with the top cow fetching £50-10-0.

Don. W. Thomas, formerly living with his parents, Mr & Mrs J. Thomas at Willalo, writes from Glengarry, Tasmania, about his turkey business. [There is a lengthy article on page 5.]

Fire at the Mt Bryan wheat stack on Friday 13 February caused about £10 damage. Two boys smoking near it are thought to have caused the hessian cover to catch alight. It was soon put out by a nearby railway gang and Mr G. Maxted.

English Flood Victims Fund stands at £27-13-6.

CWA in Burra has opened a third link with Women’s Institutes in the UK. Previously they have been corresponding with Women’s Institute branches in Bicester and Maldon and now add Taffs Well South Wales.

Fire on the property of J.R. Barker at Baldina last Wednesday burnt about 200 acres of feed and spread to Malcolm Kellock’s property before being controlled. About 50 acres of his feed was also burnt.

Adelaide Wool Sales last week saw D.M. Short & Sons of Farrell Flat and H.W. & D.M. Tiver of ‘Flagstaff’ top the district wool prices. [Other district prices are printed.]

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith will conduct auctions at the RSL Hall, Burra on 27 February:

For Elder’s Trustee & Executor Co. and Mrs May Walker. Part allotment 307 with a frontage of 49 ft 9 inches to Bridge St East with a right of way over 10 ft 9 inches and a rear measurement of 76 ft with irregular depths of about 300 ft on which is erected a six-roomed stone house with large cellar etc.

Part allotment 307 with frontage of 28 ft 9 inches to Bridge St East with right of way of 10 ft 9 inches and rear measurement of 27 ft 4 inches and an irregular depth of about 140 ft.

On account of Mr A.S. Tillett, Part allotment 298A with frontage 126 links to Bridge Terrace and depths of 179 and 178 links and rear of 132 links.

Advt. Oates Ltd will sell on the premises on Friday 6 March, for Murray, Cudmore, Worth and Mills Allotment 324 & pt 325 with house and sheds. [Corner of Blyth & Ayers Streets.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 February

Susan Hayward & Dan Dailey in I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Mickey Rooney & Pat O’Brien in The Fireball

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 3

SA Elections

At the elections on 7 March the choice for the Burra District will be between G. Stanley Hawker (LCL) sitting Member and R.S. Richards (ALP) former Premier etc.

Obituary. E. Jettner died 17 February at Inman Valley aged 83. He was the husband of Edith May and the father of Eva, Matt, Beth, Grace, Alex, Lindsay and Brenda. [Ebenezer Jettner born 14 March 1871, Oakbank, South Para, and therefore 81 at death. See more at 81, 11, 24 Mar. 1953, page 8.] [The children are listed in order of birth, but the list omits Clive George, who was born in 1922 and was alive in 1951 and does not appear to have died by 1953 – at least in SA.]

The School Bus. Last week we said the bus was not running because the operator wanted 10/- a day more. In fact he wanted the same as last year and the Department offered 10/- a day less. Even at last year’s rates it did not pay the operator to continue, but he was willing to go on. The Education Department is not satisfied with the conditions of travel and the contract has been extended for this year on the condition parents subsidise the contractor 10/- a day. Something will have to be done to see that the conditions do not continue next year.

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 13-101 defeated Leighton 7-79

Kooringa 17-117 defeated Hallett 3-68

Aberdeen 17-112 defeated Willalo 3-57

Leighton 13-100 defeated Mt Bryan 7-79

[Leighton’s appearance twice seems odd, but the players appear to be Leighton’s in both.]

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 11-97 defeated Ironmine I 9-73

Booborowie 14-99 defeated Spalding 6-70

Hallett 19 defeated Kooringa 2

[Sic: though a total of 21 sets is at odds with other results.]

Mt Bryan 13 defeated Ironmine II 7

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship on Saturday. Jim Schwier won this stage, which was shot over double 700 yards. Three possibles were scored by Jim Schwier, R. Bernhardt and M. Kakoschke. In the handicap contest Schwier leads from Bernhardt and Brown.

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 5

Article on D.W. Thomas [formerly of Willalo] and his turkey raising operations in Tasmania. [About 11⁄4 columns.]

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 6

Bowls. Clare Blue 100 defeated Burra Green 87

Clare Red 135 defeated Burra Gold 75

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 7

Burra Cricket Association

Buffs 1st innings 7 declared for 203 versus Koonoona 1st innings 110; 2nd innings 8 for 68.

Farrell Flat 1st innings 103; 2nd innings 108 versus Burra 1st innings 72; 2nd innings 6 for 138

Burra High School has won the Savings Bank of SA Thrift Award for 1953. This will give them £30 for library books, which will attract a Government subsidy of the same amount.

81, 6, 17 Feb. 1953, page 8

Air Force Assoc. held its AGM 13 May in the club rooms. Elected were: President, W.E.D. Young; Vice-Presidents, C. Gardner & J. Warnes; Secretary, P. Betts and Treasurer, J. Sorrell. J. Wohlers was unable to continue as Secretary due to work demands. In the past year the Association presented £307-10-0 towards the hospital Building Fund and £8-8-0 to other organisations.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 1

Burra Hospital. Specifications for the additions are on hand. Some minor changes, sought by the Board, are to be discussed with the architect Mr Dean Berry and then tenders will be called. The estimated cost is £25,000. The Board has in hand £9,292 from donations and about £5,000 from the Gebhardt Bequest. The Government has placed £10,000 on the estimates for the purpose. The Board feels the most modern building possible is needed and this will increase costs considerably.

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday 14th at a match over double 700 yards for the Championship Jim Schwier scored 14 successive bulls. On Saturday last at a match against Auburn he began with a further 8 bulls to give a run of 22 successive bullseyes.

I.J. Warnes & Sons have donated a bale of wool to the Burra Air Force Assoc. for its charity and building fund.

Mr R. Wilson MLC was in Burra on Friday in connection with the present elections.

Fire. A small fire occurred on Sunday afternoon in the yard adjacent to Sid. Johnson’s property in Kangaroo St. It was soon extinguished after burning some fence posts and a pile of rubbish.

English Flood Relief Fund stands at £57-15-2.

Buffalo Lodge. On 22 February several members of the Burra Buffalo Lodge No. 104 travelled to Norwood to witness the exaltation ceremony of Bro. Frank Baulderstone KOM to the 4th degree (ROH), the highest degree obtainable. Formerly a member of Burra Lodge, Bro. Baulderstone is now a member of Kings Lodge. Attending from Burra were his brother E.T. Baulderstone and Messrs F. Fillmore, S. Williams, T.G. Corry, H. Jones, Ben Kotz and E.J. Lehmann. At the same event Mr Laurie Baulderstone, another brother, was elevated to KOM.

Mr G.S. Hawker, LCL candidate for Burra, opened his campaign at Booborowie on 20 February in conjunction with Hon. R.R. Wilson. [His speech is reported in c. 11⁄2 columns.]

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 2

Advt. State Elections. Candidates’ speaking engagements are listed. For Burra, The Hon. Tom Playford, Premier of SA, will speak at the Town Hall on Tuesday 3 March, with Mr G.S. Hawker MP.

Notice. On and after 1 March B.E. & E.B. Olsen will take over the business of G. Maxted.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 February.

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Van Heflin & Yvonne de Carlo in Tomahawk

4 March (instead of 3 March)

Morning Departure

Boy from Indiana

Advt. Cooper’s Beauty Salon has opened in Pearce’s Building in Commercial St.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 3

Donald Lloyd has obtained a Continuation Scholarship worth £25, on the results of his Intermediate Examination, tenable for two years. He has, however, left school to help his father on the farm and is unlikely to accept the scholarship.

School Bus. The Education Department has advised they will now supply a bus, but they desire a teacher-driver and so it will probably not come into use until term 2. In the meantime Mr R. Reed will continue to drive his bus.

Mr & Mrs Ian Richardson were farewelled at the Golf Club on Thursday night. Mr Richardson has been a keen golfer and a member of the committee since the club re-formed in 1946 and was its President for two years. He has also done much work associated with course improvements.

Advt. State Elections. Mr Allan Fraser MHR, a great orator in the Federal Parliament, and Hon. R.S. Richards, [ALP] candidate for the District, will address electors at the RSL Hall on Wednesday 4 March.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. At Auburn on Saturday Burra 800 defeated Auburn 796.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 5

Cricket. First day of play:

Buffs 90 v. Farrell Flat 56.

Burra 8 for 219 v. Koonoona.

On Sunday Burra went to Jamestown where Jamestown 150 defeated Burra 121.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 6

Bowls. Clare White 100 defeated Burra Green 74.

Burra Gold 90 defeated Auburn 77.

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 7

Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Finch died at her daughter’s residence at West Croydon on 7 February. She was born at “Diprose’s” in 1866 as the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Nankivell. In 1890 she married William, eldest son of the late Mr & Mrs William Finch of Baldina and they came to live at Chivell’s Farm near Princess Royal, where she resided at the same house for nearly 63 years. She was a member of the Burra Red Cross through two World Wars and received medals for her service. She was also a member of the Kooringa Methodist Guild for many years. Six children survive: Ethel Mrs Kite (West Croydon), Robert (Hindmarsh), Lizzie Mrs Villis (Burra), Lily (Burra), Dora Mrs Wade (Albert Park) and John (Burra.) William & Albert are deceased. There are 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.

[Born Elizabeth Jane Nankivell 7 December 1866 Diprose’s Creek, District of Burra.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 15-113 defeated Mt Bryan 5-61

Booborowie 13-100 defeated Willalo 7-68

Spalding 11-93 defeated Leighton 9-97

Hallett defeated Aberdeen

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 14-110 defeated Booborowie 6-72

Kooringa 13-96 defeated Mt Bryan 7-87

Spalding 17-111 defeated Ironmine II 3-56

Hallett 10-89 defeated Aberdeen 10-87

81, 7, 24 Feb. 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 16 February

Sir P.A. McBride acknowledged congratulations on his knighthood.

Five elm trees are to be removed from Chapel St near the bridge and replaced with more suitable trees at an appropriate time.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 1

Burra Rifle Club competed with 18 other country teams on Sunday at the Country Teams Match at Pt Adelaide. The Burra Team won the handicap section. Best team members were A.G. Heinrich, T. Lynch, P. Betts and J. Harris. In the outright section Langhorne’s Creek scored 930 and Burra scored 900.

Mt Bryan is finally getting a bitumen road through the town after some years of agitation.

A Dog Poisoner is active in Burra again. Eleven dogs have died from baits in the last three weeks. Rumour has it that some of the baits use ground glass, which inflicts an agonising death.

Mr & Mrs H. Foote & Mr & Mrs G. Maxted were farewelled from Mt Bryan Hall on Saturday. They were thanked for service rendered. Both families were good adherents of the Methodist Church. Mrs Maxted was secretary of the Mothers & Babies’ Health Assoc. and aided the Welfare club and was a member of the Methodist Choir.

Mr Foote was thanked for services to the School Committee and Welfare Club and was a member of the Methodist Church Trust.

June Maxted was in the Basketball Club and the Methodist Choir.

Hallett War Memorial Gates at the Recreation Ground were opened by the State President of the RSL, Brigadier Eastick on Saturday 22 February. The total cost of the gates and adding WWII names to the WWI Monument was c. £430.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival on Sunday 1 March. Rev. G. Armstrong officiated and gave two splendid addresses.

Pigeons in large numbers are a pest at Pearce’s Building, the ANZ Bank and the Commercial Hotel. They are also in large numbers at the old mill.

Mrs H.J. Bruce [born Hannah Jane Prior] of Thames St celebrated her 90th birthday on 22 February and her eight children were there to celebrate together for the first time in 21 years. She was born in Burra and has lived here all her life. Four daughters and four sons attended: [Hannah] Mrs H. Byles (Adelaide), [Ethel] Mrs E. Marks (Beachport), [Elaine] Mrs E. Rawlings (Broken Hill), [Elizabeth] Mrs E. Hunter (Pt Pirie), R.W. [Richard William] (Burra), A.J. [Albert James] (Burra), C. [Colin] (Burra) and J.A. [Joseph Alfred] (Yunta.)

Forty-five friends and relatives attended.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 March

Mario Lanza in Midnight Kiss

Ray Milland in Night into Morning

English Flood Victims Fund reaches £83-11-2.

Mrs John Gebhardt held a bridge afternoon at Mackerode in aid of the Burra Golf Club and proceeds were c. £34.

Burra’s Long-Married Couples

Mr & Mrs J.G. Sara have been married 67 years.

Mr & Mrs J.J. Metcalf, who were married 2 March 1881, lived in the district when Mr Metcalf managed a farm at Leighton. They celebrated their 72nd anniversary yesterday. They now live at Royston Park.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 3

Mt Bryan School Bus. Mr & Mrs Rol Dare, Mr & Mrs Arch Jones and Mr & Mrs George Lomman have purchased a small bus to take their children to school. Miss Marcus, who boards at Mt Bryan Old Sheep Station, drives the bus in and collects eleven children by the time it reaches the school. The Department pays an allowance for each child carried over a three mile limit.

Hon. N. Makin, war-time Minister for Munitions, made a quiet visit to Burra recently to support Hon. R.S. Richards, ALP candidate for the electorate.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11-96 defeated Leighton 9-89

Booborowie 12-98 defeated Mt Bryan 8-74

Aberdeen 17-110 defeated Spalding 3-67

Kooringa 20-120 defeated Willalo 0-37

‘B’ Grade Hallett 15-106 defeated Ironmine I 5-59

Aberdeen 12-102 defeated Spalding 8-76

Booborowie 10-88 defeated Mt Bryan 10-86

Kooringa defeated Ironmine II

Myxomatosis is having some impact on rabbits at Mt Bryan East, but many have escaped the virus.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 4

Burra Hospital Nurses’ Home Subscription List complete to 23 February 1953 is printed. Total subscriptions are £9,404-17-0.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 5

RSL held its AGM in the Club Rooms last Saturday. Elected were: President, H. Griffin; Vice-Presidents, Messrs H.C. Cornelius & L. Kellaway, Secretary, J. Sorrell & Treasurer, B. Bloomfield.

Mr Richardson, who had been President for two years, and previously Treasurer for two, was farewelled and Mrs Richardson was last year leader of the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Mr & Mrs Richardson are moving to Keith. A presentation of a standard lamp was made. Mr Richardson reported a successful year. Visits were made to Barmera Sub-Branch in August and to Clare for a games night and for their Annual Dinner. Burra was also represented at Whyte-Yarcowie’s Smoke Social. Various other social events were arranged including those with the Air Force Assoc., Fathers’ Assoc., Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Assoc. and the Ladies’ Auxiliary. The Anzac Service was well attended on 27 April and a Church Parade was held at night in the Kooringa Methodist Church. The Sub-Branch was represented at the Memorial for Air Force Week and Remembrance Day. The Ball was enjoyed, but was not a financial success, due to inclement weather. The Smoke Social was successful and the Christmas Tree was well attended. We supplied the hospital with two loads of sawn timber and stumps and allowed the RSL Hall free to the 5AD Good Friday Appeal for the Adelaide Children’s Hospital and to the Burra Progress Assoc. for its Gala Night at Christmas.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 6

Cricket. Buffs 90 & 4 for 103 declared defeated Farrell Flat 56 & 56.

Burra 223 defeated Koonoona 106.

81, 8, 3 Mar. 1953, page 7

Hon. R.S. Richards addressed a large assembly of electors as the ALP candidate for the Burra District in the House of Assembly on 26 February. He berated the LCL Government on finance and said they could hardly claim to be Anti-Socialists in view of the Playford Government’s record of State Enterprises and socialist undertakings. The State Government followed the policies of the Federal Chifley Labour Government; policies being undermined by the Federal Liberals under Menzies and Fadden. [The rest of the speech continued to develop the financial theme and is reported in a little less than 2 columns.]

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 1

SA Election Results

G.S. Hawker (Sitting LCL Member) 2103

R.S. Richards (ALP) 1487

Mr Hawker won in every ballot box except those in Burra and Burra North:

Burra Burra North

Hawker 253 134

Richards 371 172

In the Legislative Council the Robinson & Wilson LCL team looks like winning and at the present stage of counting is leading 967 to 438.

The SA Tourist Bureau advises that Burra Caravan Park is eligible for a maximum subsidy of £150.

Burra Show in 1952 made a profit of £200, as was revealed at a poorly attended AGM in Pearce’s Building 2 March.

The Premier, Hon. T. Playford visited on Tuesday night last week and gave an interesting and instructive address. We note, however, he hedged when questioned about the state of the Black Springs Road. We learnt he came to Burra via Clare because the Black Springs Road might have been injurious to the Government owned car he travelled in.

The former home of Miss Doris Geake & Miss Jenkins on the corner of Ayre [sic: for Ayers] and Blyth Streets, which is over 100 years old, was sold on Friday for £720 to Mr A.H. Broad. Though old, it is in good repair.

Population. The election on Saturday showed how population in the district has fallen. At the 1950 election there were 4,292 voters and on Saturday there were 579 fewer, or 3,615.

[This decline was corrected on page 2 to 429 instead of 579 after the receipt of postal votes.]

[The writer goes on to urge the necessity of stopping this decline through diversification and decentralisation of industry, suggesting meat, wool and wheat processing industries for Burra.]

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 March

Joseph Cotten & Corinne Calvet in Peking Express

Advt. Grand Autumn Show at Leighton Hall, 15 April

[The list of categories to be judged is printed in a one-column advertisement. Main sections were: Cakes, Flowers, Produce, Needlework and Novelty.]

Redcliffe’s Barbecue & Dance, organised by Messrs Sid. Johnson and Cyril Irlam and shearers, raised £74 for the Burra Hospital last Saturday.

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 3

Cricket. First day of the match. Farrell Flat 57 v. Koonoona 4 for 137.

Buffs 112 v. Burra 76.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 14-104 defeated Spalding 6-69

Aberdeen 14-105 defeated Willalo 6-74

Mt Bryan 11-86 defeated Leighton 9-80

Hallett forfeited to Kooringa

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 14-107 defeated Ironmine I 6-70

Hallett 16-104 defeated Kooringa 4-69

Ironmine II 12-92 defeated Mt Bryan 8-72

Spalding 12-94 defeated Booborowie 8-80

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 4

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its 1st AGM on 3 March in the Assembly Hall. The year had been very successful financially and in 1952 they had provided the school with chalkboards, an electric iron, library books, kettle drum, stock for the medicine chest and timber for easels. With the High School they had purchased a piano and cover for the Assembly Hall and equipment for woodwork. Wire netting had been bought for the boys’ garden and prizes for the top boy and girl in Grade VII. They had held a Christmas party for the children. It was decided to buy a new broadcast receiver this year, at a cost of £300; to be aided by a street stall on 13 March. Elected were: President, Mrs T. Williams; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Stockman & Lott; Secretary, Mrs Wohlers and Treasurer, Mrs H. Binks-Williams.

Fires. There were three rubbish fires on Friday afternoon, Sunday afternoon and Monday early afternoon. Each was soon extinguished. The most serious was at Mr J. Bogisch’s at Burra North where a wormwood hedge and packing cases were destroyed. This had potential to do far more damage, as it was near Sara’s old wooden storeroom.

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy over 600 and double 700 yards. Best results were from K. Heinrich and F.T. Marston. At present Ken Heinrich with 19 points leads M. Kakoschke with 18. In the marksman’s contest Captain Darrell Field has 29 points leading Jim Schwier with 26.

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 6

Bowls. Burra Gold 101 defeated Clare Green 76.

Burra Green drew with Auburn 89 each.

81, 9, 10 Mar. 1953, page 8

Burra Burra Show Inc.

The Annual Report from the retiring President, W.H. Lloyd, was read by the Secretary , F.N. Fabian.

The show on 11 October drew a similar crowd to the previous year despite rather unfavourable weather. Receipts, at £184 were £10 higher. During the year Mr F.N. Fabian took over from R.E. Angel as Secretary. The grounds received little attention this year, but guttering was erected on the sheep pavilion at a cost of £48 and the old sheep and cattle yards were demolished and sold for £38. The Badminton Club has used the Main Hall and they have painted the fascia and spouting. They also donated £8 from a dance they held. The outsides of other buildings have been painted. Membership fees contributed £400. The Show was well supported.

Two loyal supporters died during the year. C.W. Gare had been a committee man for many years and W. Stockman had been a staunch supporter of draught horses in earlier days and of agricultural products.

The ring events drew over 300 entries.

Catering by Mr M. Burpee of Eudunda was very good.

The Bank overdraft at the end of 1951 was £580 and this had been reduced to £369 at the end of 1952.

Depasturing of sheep on the grounds brought in £99.

Elected were: President, W.H. Lloyd. Other officers were re-elected and Mr Ivan Gare was added as a Vice-President.

The next show, after considerable discussion, will be held on the Saturday of the Labour Day weekend.

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales. E.C. Collins topped the local sellers. [Other district prices are printed.]

Fire. The 4th call out in two weeks occurred at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday. Fire broke out on the vacant block between the premises of Mr Syd. Bown and Mr E.J. Lehmann. It was soon extinguished.

Graham M. Mudge of Elder, Smith & Co. has been transferred to Pinnaroo after 12 months here. He is replaced by Mr Prior from Tumby Bay.

Telephone Service. A new trunk line to cope with extra traffic will operate between Burra and Robertstown from 20 March 1953.

Shearers are having a hard time coping with dried mud on legs and bellies due to the low level of water in many dams.

Mokota Cricket Assoc. Premiership went to Booborowie when they defeated Mt Bryan. Mt Bryan were Premiers last year.

Accident. A car driven by D. Williams stalled in Church St on Saturday night and began to roll back. When the driver braked the car seems to have slid off the road and into a stationary car owned by Rex Opperman. Both cars were slightly damaged.

Burra Progress Assoc. has lacked a quorum for meetings called in December and February and may have to go into recess. It was only re-formed 28 May 1952 after being in recess during the war years. President is R.C .Cummins and Secretary is J.E. Wohlers.

The Burra Racecourse is being regularly watered to eliminate dust at the races on 1 April.

Tennis: after the minor round Kooringa tops the ‘A’ Grade and Hallett tops the ‘B’ Grade.

Rain water is in short supply in Burra, as there has been no rain for many weeks. If the drought continues it appears that many will have to rely on River Murray water available from the Railway Station.

Burra and the Coronation

A public meeting in the Town Hall on 9 March, presided over by W. Pattrick, drew a poor attendance. It was to decide on how Burra would celebrate the coronation. The discussion emphasised the children of the town and how to cater for them. It was eventually resolved that there would be a Grand March with School Children, CWA, RSL, etc. and a sports day. The route of the march is to be left in the hands of the committee and if possible a Coronation Ball will be held on Tuesday night. A committee of ten with power to add was formed. W. Carpenter is the Chairman and W. Pattrick the Vice Chair. E.R. Davey was elected Secretary and J. Sorrell is Assistant Secretary.

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 March

Irene Dunn & Alec Guinness in The Mudlark

Don Castle & Jane Nigh in Motor Patrol

Advt. Cooper’s Beauty Salon in Pearce’s Building is under new management.

[The paper of 24 February had announced its opening (phone Burra 273).]

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 15th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy and best scores were from C.W. Edwards, J. Brown & P. Marston.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club raised £38-12-6 towards a broadcast receiver at a street stall on Friday 13 March.

Bowls. Clare Green 123 defeated Burra Green 72

Burra Gold 93 defeated Saddleworth Blue 90.

Hallett Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on 9 March. The church is being renovated for its approaching 75th anniversary.

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 4

E.R. Davey declared G. Stanley Hawker elected for Burra District in the House of Assembly on Friday afternoon.

Final Total G.S. Hawker R.S. Richards

Burra Sub-Division 1099 1002

Jamestown Sub-Division 778 351

Spalding Sub-Division 226 134

Absent 290 169

Postal 82 41

Winning margin for Hawker was 778 votes.

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 5

Tennis

7 March

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 16-107 defeated Willalo 4-68

Leighton 14-102 defeated Spalding 6-60

Hallett 11-97 defeated Aberdeen 9-89

Kooringa forfeited to Mt Bryan

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I 12-90 defeated Booborowie 8-79

Hallett 11-90 defeated Aberdeen 9-83

Kooringa 12-87 defeated Mt Bryan 8-81

Ironmine II 14-96 defeated Spalding 6-62

14 March

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 16-106 defeated Willalo 4-63

Booborowie 10-83 defeated Mt Bryan 10-82

Hallett 15-107 defeated Leighton 5-66

Aberdeen 11 defeated Spalding 9

‘B’ Grade Ironmine II 13-89 defeated Kooringa 7-53

Booborowie 18-113 defeated Mt Bryan 2-58

Ironmine I 11 defeated Hallett 9

Spalding forfeited to Aberdeen

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 7

Cricket. Burra Association: end of the minor round.

Farrell Flat 57 & 7 for 126 v. Koonoona 8 for 221

Burra 76 & 74 v. Buffs 2nd innings 4 for 144

On 8 March Peterborough Buffs visited. Burra Buffs 69 defeated Peterborough Buffs 36.

In the minor round the top batsmen were:

Innings Not outs Aggregate Average Top Score

R. Wuttke 13 5 612 76.5 115

A.D. Radford 14 5 628 69.6 130

V. Kellaway 7 0 243 34.7 117

Best bowlers

Wickets Runs Average

W. Kotz 63 411 6.52

A. Baulderstone 29 274 9.4

C. Spackman 17 171 10

In the Mokota Cricket Association final match Booborowie 2 for 105 defeated Mt Bryan 104.

81, 10, 17 Mar. 1953, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 2 March

Arrangements have been made for bitumen to be laid on the main road through Mt Bryan on 2 March 1953.

81, 11, 24 Mar. 1953, page 1

Fire. Last Friday fire at Gum Creek burnt about 940 acres of heavily grassed country. Five landowners were affected:

H.W. Player lost 400 acres of grazing and some fencing.

Alf McWaters lost 220 acres of grass and fencing. Stock was saved by a lull in the wind.

Lynch Bros lost 220 acres and nearly all their fencing.

Jack Gask lost 30 acres of grass and a dividing fence.

Peter Drew lost 30 acres of grass.

The fire started from a spark from a bulldozer near the stone wall on the Leighton-Hilltown Road and it took about 30 minutes for help to arrive.

Bowls. Nine Burra bowlers joined 22 others from the Mid-North Assoc. to visit Whyalla last weekend. On Saturday morning they visited the shipyard and the dairy. In the afternoon and evening Whyalla players proved too good for them on the green.

Burra Town Council considered employing a caretaker at the cemetery, but the cost is prohibitive. A number of visitors have commented that the town is in general well kept, but the condition of the cemetery spoils the effect somewhat.

81, 11, 24 Mar. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 March

James Stewart & Arthur Kennedy in Bend of the River

Linda Darrell & Stephen McNally in The Lady Pays Off

81, 11, 24 Mar. 1953, page 5

Burra Cricket Assoc. First day’s play of the Grand Final: Koonoona 72 v. Buffs 91.

81, 11, 24 Mar. 1953, page 8

Obituary. Mr E. Jettner died at his home at Lower Inman Valley 17 February aged 82. He was born at Templars and for many years was engaged in farming at Black Rock and Leighton. He was at one time a member of the Booborowie DC and of the Burra Hospital Board, the [which?] school committee and the Burra Show Society. At Leighton he was a member of the local Golf Club. He moved to Inman Valley some five years ago. He leaves a widow and family of four sons and four daughters. There are 18 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

[Ebenezer Jettner born 14 March 1871, Oakbank, South Para, and therefore 81 at death.]

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 1

Burra Primary School

At the annual meeting of the Primary School the question of inadequate accommodation was raised. At present 11⁄2 classes are being taught in St Mary’s Parish Hall, involving students walking between the two buildings. While fairly satisfactory at present, it would become unsatisfactory in winter. It was suggested the present assembly room be used for the classes. There is a room in the school unfit for use and which the Department has failed to renovate. The Department excuse has been lack of finances, but it could possibly be on next year’s estimates. J. Wohlers, Secretary, said local finance could be arranged if the Department repaid it in the next financial year. The Department will be informed of this. At present the school has four rooms and 250 pupils.

Tennis. Semi-Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11 defeated Aberdeen 9

Kooringa 15 defeated Booborowie 5

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 15 defeated Hallett 5

Ironmine I 11 defeated Ironmine II 9

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association met in the RSL Hall on Saturday night for the presentation of trophies. The Mayor, W. Carpenter, presented the Shield to the Buffs.

Best batting average: R. Wuttke

Best batting aggregate: A.D. Radford

Highest score: A.D. Radford

Best bowling average: W. Kotz

Best bowling aggregate: W. Kotz

Best all-rounder: J.L. Riggs

Best fielder: J. Pugsley

Most improved junior: A. Baulderstone & W. Martin

Fire. On Tuesday afternoon a fire spread by a whirlwind burnt grass and stubble on Mrs R.M. Ashton’s property and burnt stubble and fencing of P.B .Byles. The following day strong winds removed roofing from two of Mr Byles’ sheds.

Fire. On Friday a big fire at Hallett burnt 300 to 400 acres and fencing. It started on Mr A. McInnes’s property and extended to F.W. Sumner’s holding and thence to Cappeedee Station. It was started by a train and took hold in country too rugged for vehicular access.

Burra Progress Assoc. met on 25 March. The report on a successful Christmas Pageant was received and action to buy an extra £11 worth of presents for children was endorsed. It was agreed to hand the £65 raised to the Caravan Park Fund. The Association will support the Coronation Celebration Committee in its parade, children’s sports and the Coronation Ball. Any surplus funds will be divided between the War Memorial Oval Fund and the Hospital Building Fund. Another approach to the Government will be made on the poor state of the Burra-Marrabel Road. At present it is believed there is about £700 in trust for a swimming pool. Plans and specifications were drawn up in 1934, but would need to be modernised and further discussions will be held. A minute’s silence was held in respect of the death of the Queen Great-grandmother, Queen Mary.

[Obituary. Queen Mary, the mother of King Edward VIII and King George VI died 24 March 1953 in London. She had been born Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes, daughter of the Duke of Teck, at Kensington Palace, London 26 May 1867 and on 6 July 1893 married the Duke of York, who later became King George V.]

John G. Sara writes recalling the visit of Queen Mary, then the Duchess of York, to Perth in 1901, with the Duke, later George V.

Burra Football Club held its AGM in the RSL Hall 24 March. About 25 people attended. Elected were: Chairman, K.J. Murphy; Secretary, R.J. Broad; Assistant Secretary, C. Morrison and Patron, W. Heading.

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 April

Stewart Granger in Soldiers Three

Donald Crisp in Challenge to Lassie

Easter Monday 6 April

Susan Hayward in I’d Climb the Highest Mountain

John Millican in Penfire

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 3

Bowls. On 28 March Burra Gold 107 defeated Clare White 78.

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 5

Legislative Council Election.

After the distribution of preferences W.W. Robinson & R.R. Wilson, both LCL sitting members, were returned to represent the Northern District.

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, pages 5 & 7

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM 17 March. A successful year was reported. There was £80 profit from the High School Ball. The year had ended with the usual banquet for students and parents. The death of Treasurer Mrs Gare was deeply regretted.

[See: 79, 28, 15 July 1952, page 3. Mrs Ivon Gare died on Saturday 28 June 1952 at Burra, residence Burra North. She had been born Nellie Norma Reed 28 August 1902 Aberdeen.]

Elected were: President, Mrs Ellis; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Ford & H. Jennison; Treasurer & Secretary, Mrs Deer and Assistant Treasurer & Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs.

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 6

Cricket. Buffs win the 1952-53 Premiership.

Buffs 91 & 3 for 113 defeated Koonoona 72 & 129.

81, 12, 31 Mar. 1953, page 7

Inter-High School Sports. Clare visited Burra on Friday. Except for boys’ tennis and girls’ softball the teams were not Clare’s best because they were also playing Balaklava that day.

Girls’ Tennis: Burra 9-63 defeated Clare 0-12.

Boys’ Tennis: Burra 6-54 defeated Clare 3-35.

Cricket: Burra: 7 for 68 defeated Clare 7 for 33.

Girls’ Softball: Burra 33 defeated Clare 29.

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 1

Miss June Maxted, formerly of Mt Bryan, writes an account of how she, Mrs H.R. Edwards of Mt Bryan and Mr & Mrs N. Maxted, formerly of Mt Bryan and over thirty others had an unenviable experience of flooding in Queensland between Bundaberg and Maryborough. [13⁄4 columns.]

The Marrabel-Burra Road was so dusty on Wednesday that people travelling to Burra for the races were delayed and many arrived late.

Mr E.E. Finch is having an analysis made of samples of uranium ore found in the district and which contains a new mineral. Other persons are interested in deposits of plastic clay found between Burra & Mt Bryan.

Accidents. Mrs Pitcher overturned the doctor’s car near Bute when a tyre blew out. The Doctor got the use of another car and this was extensively damaged when another car ran into it while it was parked in front of his residence on Wednesday. J. Scott apparently lost control of a utility he was driving, when it hit the culvert at the northern end of the Post Office, ran along the footpath to the Town Hall entrance, swerved left for a few yards and then veered right, striking the car parked in front of Dr Pitcher’s residence.

Burra Races were held on Wednesday 1 April The gate was £173 and the meeting went well, though the field for the Squatters’ Handicap was a disappointingly small five. All in all the meeting was a great success. [Results are printed.]

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 2

Notice. A Lutheran Service will be held at Burra North on Sunday 12 April at 2 p.m. Rev. C. Hoff.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 April

Kirk Douglas & Eleanor Parker in Detective Story

Plus short features.

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 3

Burra Primary School Committee.

The President reported a particularly satisfactory year. Empire Day and Arbor Day were both very pleasing. School Visiting Day on 5 November and its half holiday saw a procession of Guys in the main street. They were then burnt on a huge bonfire. This event raised £38.

Following the inspection of the school buildings by the Architect-in-Chief’s Department last year, two 2,000 gallon tanks were installed and the polluted water problem was solved though we still have pigeons and are open to suggestions about how to deal with them. At last the yard has been asphalted, after being surveyed for it 25 years ago. A new garden has been laid out and ploughed in the old sale yards. A new assistant has been appointed since enrolments increased to 250. The so-called condemned classroom has not yet been renovated because the Department cannot finance it till after 30 June. We are attempting to finance it locally as a matter of urgency and to be repaid. St Mary’s Hall has been hired in the meantime, but is not very satisfactory from either the teachers’ of students’ points of view.

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 5

The War memorial Committee will hold a working bee on 18 April to tighten the steel rope around the playing area. The timber for seats around the oval is now on hand and they should be erected for the coming season. Basketball courts on the north side should be finished shortly.

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 6

Theft. A Dodge sedan worth £1,200, belonging to W.J. Heading of the Burra Hotel, was stolen from there on the night of Thursday/Friday. It was recovered undamaged from Adelaide.

Marriage. Pirie St Methodist Church, Adelaide, 21 March

Dawn Walker, second daughter of Mr & Mrs M .Walker of Hanson, married

Allan Couzner, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Couzner of Jamestown.

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 7

Easter Tennis Tournament. Results:

Men’s Championship R. Hopgood

Ladies’ Championship Miss Merle Nelson

Men’s Championship Doubles R. & L. Hopgood

Ladies’ Championship Doubles Mrs C. Cross & Miss Hopgood

Men’s Handicap Singles ‘A’ L. Hirschausen

Men’s Handicap Singles ‘B’ T.J. Pfitzner

Ladies Handicap Singles ‘A’ Miss J. Nelson [Wrongly labelled ‘B’]

Ladies Handicap Singles ‘B’ Miss Jaycinth Pickering

Men’s Handicap Doubles ‘A’ L. Hirschausen & S. Scroop

Men’s Handicap Doubles ‘B’ H. Armstrong & T. Pfitzner

Ladies Handicap Doubles ‘A’ Mrs Moore & Mrs Sullivan

Ladies Handicap Doubles ‘B’ Miss P. Bourman & Miss M. Terry

Junior Boys’ Andrew Jesser

Junior Girls Marcia Terry

81, 13, 7 Apr. 1953, page 8

Burra Hospital

Tenders for the Nurses’ Home and other renovations closed last Friday. The Appeals Committee was formed at a public meeting at the Burra Institute in August 1950, when, in preparation for the adoption of any satisfactory rebuilding scheme, a fund raising committee was decided on. It comprises representatives from Burra Town Council and the District Councils of Burra Burra and Hallett along with representatives of the Eastern Stations. The Committee has met monthly at the Hospital and is quite separate from the Board. The plan adopted is for new quarters for nursing staff – a long overdue need. It will be incorporated into any new hospital scheme, when the room can become private rooms. An appeal was made to the public for funds. A comparatively small number of residents have donated almost £10,000. Trading tables, fetes and dances have contributed too. A Government grant has been promised.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 1

The Marrabel-Cockburn Road is now in such a poor condition that travellers are finding different routes where possible, to the detriment of towns en route, especially Burra and Terowie. Potholes, corrugations and dust are causes for the complaints. People are by-passing Burra to get to Peterborough. This is a main road and should be bituminised.

Baldina Creek has become so covered with reeds that it is difficult to water stock. The Burra Burra DC has been asked to procure a hormone spray, which will kill off reeds, but it will prove an expensive operation.

Car Accidents.

On Tuesday a car driven by Norman Francis Kotz of Whyalla was being driven south past the Rotunda when it collided with a car travelling east along Commercial St towards Kingston St, driven by Samuel Ernest Garrard of Burra. The former car suffered moderate damage, but the latter had to be towed away.

On Thursday 9 April Mr Kevin W. Kakoschke was backing out from the kerb and collided with a car driven by John William Bogisch, who was seeking a car park.

On Thursday night a car skidded across the footpath and damaged the fence of Mr E.E. Holder in George St. S-C Chambers is investigating.

Fire. A fire to burn some rubbish at the cemetery appears to have got out of control, burnt the whole area of the cemetery and killed many trees and shrubs and damaged others. A report from the curator has been called for, as no burning had been authorised. Council has also discussed the matter of keeping spare open graves ready and it was resolved to allow not more than two and only in areas not frequented.

Vandalism & theft? 50 wire tree guards protecting young pines at the War Memorial Oval have disappeared. They are required to protect the trees from rabbits.

Burra Town Council authorised the dropping of pamphlets over the town from the air, to publicise the Brooklyn Speedway Club meeting at Pt Wakefield.

Burra Football Club has been granted use of the War Memorial Oval for the coming season.

Burra’s Quota for the 17th Security Loan was £16,000 for a town with a population of 1,750. It has exceeded this target and the loan does not close till 17 April.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 2

Elections. Burra Town Council: members retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Mayor William Carpenter

North Ward Leslie White

East Ward Maurice Francis Pritchard

West Ward Robert George Bernhardt

Burra Burra District Council: members retiring due to the effluxion of time.

Hanson Ward M. de N. Lucas

Mt Bryan Ward T.D.J. Beckwith

Booborowie Ward W.J. Shattock

Baldina Ward E.L. McWaters

Nominations for both Councils are called by 8 May with elections if needed on 4 July.

Advt. Burra Pictures

James Stewart & Jeff Chandler in Broken Arrow

Glenn Langan & Adele Jergens in Treasure of Monte Carlo [Sic, but should be Monte Cristo.]

Obituary. Andrew Hedley Bishop died at Fullarton. He was the son of the late Mr & Mrs A. Bishop of Hanson and brother to Bert, Alice, Stan & Lil.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 3

Bowls. Clare Blue 98 defeated Burra Green 90

Clare Red 90 drew with Burra Gold 90.

Local Charities: Red Cross, St Mary’s Church of England, Air Force Assoc., Salvation Army and the Fathers’ Assoc. will benefit from £140 donated b y local sheep breeders:

I.J. Warnes & Sons, Koomooloo, £129-3-0

Reg. Warnes, Woolgangi, £7

Rex Warnes, The Gap, £2

John R. Barker, Baldina, £7

Burra Amateur Dramatic Society will present the farce See How They Run on Thursday and Friday this week. Bookings at Wilkinson’s.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best scores were from J. Brown, R. Bernhardt and Tom Heinrich. J. Brown had a possible at 900 yards.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 5

Senator R.W. Pearson, No. 1 LCL candidate at the coming elections on 9 May, visited Burra on 10 April. He spoke of the achievements of the Menzies Government in ending tea, petrol and sugar rationing and of the use of secret ballots in union elections, which ended the role of many top line Communists. Production of basic commodities had risen. Defence had been a focus. Primary producers benefited from the end of Land Tax and from other tax changes.

Coronation Celebrations Committee suggests to all Councils that Tuesday afternoon be for sporting and other functions. Tuesday night to be left free to listen to the Coronation broadcast. Councils should ensure representation at all special Church Coronation Services. State Schools will have special assemblies on the afternoon of Monday 1 June and arrangements should be made for the attendance of Councils, School Committees and Citizens.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 6

Tennis Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-98 defeated Booborowie 7-83

‘B’ Grade Ironmine I defeated Hallett

Grand Finals 18 April.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 7

Burra High School students had an excursion to Adelaide last Friday. They caught the train at 6.55 a.m. On arrival they were taken to Torrenside Woollen Mills at Torrensville, after which they drove through the Torrens Gorge to lunch at the Gorge Kiosk and had a half-hour break in the picnic area. This was followed by a visit to the Lenswood Packing Sheds where each child received an apple. The return via Basket Range, Ashton and Norton Summit included a stop at Morialta Reserve. There was time for a brief visit to the Museum before tea at the Railway Station and their train (with an extra carriage for them) that arrived just after 9.30 p.m.

Burra Burra DC has improved their section of the road from Mt Bryan to Mt Bryan East.

George Lomman is carting water 17 miles to his eastern block because of the shortage of wind to pump water from the bore.

Croquet. On Easter Monday Kooringa defeated Aberdeen by two points.

81, 14, 14 Apr. 1953, page 8

Burra Burra DC, 8 April

The DC invited the Town Council to join their Council in the Coronation Celebrations planned for 2 June.

DC. Hallett is concerned about the prevalence of Dyer Weed in Booborowie area.

Rabbit warrens have been ripped up on the King Stock Road from Morgan boundary for 20 miles and some also on World’s End Stock Road.

Mt Bryan East road has been improved and the new road on the east side of the railway line to Mt Bryan Station has been formed and metalled and RC pipes installed to make it an all-weather road.

Main Road 45 through Mt Bryan Township was bituminised early in the month.

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 1

Tennis Grand Finals

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-99 defeated Hallett 9-93. This was Kooringa’s 1st Grand Final win in 23 years.

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 12-96 defeated Ironmine I 8-75

Aberdeen Captain has been S. Scroop. This is Aberdeen’s first Grand Final win since 1936.

A New Polio Vaccine will be tested on thousands of children in this Northern Hemisphere summer.

War Memorial Oval. A disappointingly small working bee repaired and tightened the cable fence around the oval on Saturday.

Burra Amateur Dramatic Society presented See How They Run at Burra Town Hall on Thursday and Friday last week. The show ran very smoothly and reflected much credit on producer Trevor Jenkinson. The hall was practically full on both nights. The principal roles were taken by Muriel Bence, Dawn Klinberg, Bruce Nelson, Charlotte Carmody and Trevor Jenkinson, supported ably by Eric McKenna, Dick Barratt, Robert Campbell and Alec Best.

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 2

Advt. Oates Ltd advise on 5 May: The Complete Dispersal and Clearing Sale of ‘Booborowie’ Jersey Stud at Booborowie. 16 Registered Stud Jersey Cows, etc.

Notice. R.A. Bevan notifies the closure of his Grocery Business in Market Square after seven years and advises the premises will be used as an extension of his delicatessen and café.

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of James Mathew Miller, formerly of Hamilton, but late of Gum Creek, who died 6 February 1953. [Born James Matthew Miller 25 September 1904 Farrell’s Flat: died as James Mathew Miller 6 February 1953 Adelaide, residence Gum Creek.]

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 3

Notice. Grand opening of the Robertstown Football Oval 25 April with a match: Robertstown v. Umpires’ Association.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 April

Claudette Colbert & Robert Douglas in Thunder on the Hill

Ronald Regan & Diana Lynn in Bedtime for Bonzo

Burra Primary School Sports Day was held at Burra North Playground. Profit from the day organised by the Welfare Club was £52-9-8. [Details and results in 11⁄4 columns.]

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 4

Leighton Autumn Show was held last Wednesday at the Hall. There were 321 entries, including 130 in needlework. Cakes and antiques were also numerous. Mrs Owen-Smyth opened the show. The Hall Guild will benefit by c. £45 with which they hope to give the interior of the Hall a facelift. Aggregate winners were:

Needlework Miss J. Ley

Cookery Mrs Roy Lloyd

Flowers Mrs Lucas

Novelties Mrs Moody

Produce Mrs Moody

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 6

Booborowie District Combined Schools Sports Day on Saturday 11 April is reported. It was held at the Willalo Oval. Nine schools competed: Willalo, Hilltown, St Joseph’s Convent, Hanson, Gum Creek, Washpool, North Booborowie, Spalding and Booborowie.

North Booborowie won the teams’ cup. Willalo won the Kevin Cup for boys. Spalding won the Committee Cup for girls. [Report in c. 3⁄4 column with results in the next issue.]

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 7

Burra Lawn Tennis Club’s tennis and bridge afternoon raised £40.

Burra Rifle Club. At Clare on Saturday Burra scored 780 with best results from W. Hempel, R.G. Bernhardt & T. Lynch.

Stud Park Field Day is reported. A.L. Collins put on a great show of big-framed plain-bodied rams with good open faces, strong, well set horns and a wonderful covering of beautiful soft handling wool. 450-500 people attended.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary last Sunday. The preacher was Rev. B. Ashdown.

81, 15, 21 Apr. 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 8 April

Permission was granted for the Brooklyn Speedway SA to drop leaflets from an aircraft to publicise a motor racing meeting at Pt Wakefield on 25 April.

W. Kakoschke’s application to use the War Memorial Oval after the football season to train a pacer was refused du to conditions of the existing lease.

H.J. & J.B. Topsfield were granted permission for a new shop front on Pt allotment 70A.

A photograph of H.M. the Queen 20 inches x 16 inches at £6-6-0 is to be purchased.

The Town clerk reported the removal of netting protection around trees at the rear of the Memorial Oval.

Only two graves at a time are to be left open at the cemetery and the matter of filling those open to be left in the hands of the Mayor and Town Clerk [which sounds a bit sinister!]

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 1

The Anzac Service in Market Square on Sunday afternoon was well attended. Some 160 returned men attended despite many having been in Adelaide the previous day for the march. Mr W. Kotz & Mr M. Burt were the flag bearers. The Ex-Navalmen’s Band led the parade. Mr Griffen, RSL President, directed proceedings. Rev. C. Christopher led the Ministers’ Fraternal and was assisted by Pastor B.V. Ashdown. Rev. A.W. Pain (Anglican) gave the address and called attention to those who served and fell in the Korean and Malayan conflicts. There was an evening Anzac Service at St Mary’s, conducted by Rev. Pain.

War Memorial Oval. The Burra Football Club and Town Council have agreed on a rental of £4-4-0 for the season.

The Women’s Fire-Fighting Auxiliary will combine with the CWA following a meeting on 7 April.

Accident. A utility, driven by William C.D. Connors of Mannunda Station via Yunta, skidded and rolled over on loose gravel near Schuyler’s Crossing on the Burra-Mt Bryan Road. Though not seriously hurt, the driver was trapped in the cabin with two sheep dogs until released by passing motorists. The utility’s load was widely scattered.

Accident. A cream coloured utility demolished six guide posts at Burra North on Friday 24 April, went down a two-foot embankment, but failed to stop or report the accident.

Accident. On Sunday morning a Chevrolet sedan, driven by Mr Thomas King of Parkside, crashed over the Bon Accord Bridge. It was coming from Broken Hill and failed to take the turn at the approach to the bridge. Damage to the car is estimated at £300. Neither the driver nor passenger was injured, although they were shaken.

A Public Meeting at the Town Hall on 27 May will discuss forming a branch of the National Safety Council.

Gum Creek School. The School Committee and Mothers’ Club report a successful year. Six working bees have painted the school inside and out and the desks. The yard was gravelled and an area made for tennis. £109 was raised in 14 months. The school has 12 students. Other equipment has been purchased for sports and a strip film projector has been obtained. There are plans to get the yard sealed. Officers: Chairman, Mr Gask; Secretary of the School Committee, Mr Arnold; President of the Welfare Club, Mrs Gask and Secretary of the Welfare Club, Mrs Moody.

Lindsay Auld (13) late of Mt Bryan, and a friend, recently made a cannon and experimented with gunpowder. The cannon was made of 3⁄4 inch copper tubing sealed at one end. They loaded the cannon and lit the fuse, which failed to ignite the gunpowder, but as Lindsay picked it up, it blew up, breaking his arm and cutting his face. He is recovering.

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 May

Clark Gable in Across the Wide Missouri

Lionel Barrymore in Banner Line

Tuesday 5 May

Jack Warner & Jimmy Hanley in The Blue Lamp

W.C. Fields & Bing Crosby in Down Memory Lane

Advt. Burra Primary School: First Ball of the Season, Burra Town Hall 15 May with Daphne Wenham’s Band.

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 3

Booborowie Autumn Fair was held in the Memorial Hall 18 April. Funds will aid the Memorial Playground. The fair was opened by Mr G.S. Hawker MP. [Reported with 1 column of details.]

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 4

Booborowie Combined Schools Sports. Results are printed.

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 5

Senator Laught of the LCL Senate Team addressed electors in the Town Hall last Wednesday night, supported by Mr Downer, MHR for Angas. Mayor, W. Carpenter, presided. [His topics were similar to those of Senator Pearson’s address a fortnight earlier.]

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 6

Double Marriage. St Mary’s Church of England, Burra 25 April

Betty, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs A.J .Clark of Burra North, married

Ron Thamm, eldest son of Mr & Mrs C.T. Thamm of Burra North.

Fay, third daughter of Mr & Mrs A.J. Clark of Burra North, married

Roy Partridge, eldest son of Mr & Mrs L.W. Partridge of Burra.

Marriage. Holy Trinity Church, Dubbo, NSW

Edna May Sibley, daughter of Mr & Mrs A.E. Sibley of Dubbo, married

James Arthur Terry, son of Mr & Mrs W.G .Terry of Burra.

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 7

Burra Caravan Park is not yet completed, but it has its first customer: Mr Gordon Shore and family of Sydney NSW. Mr Shore is a carpenter working his way to WA and will stay some time if work is offered.

R.M. Hawker Ltd held its field day at Booborowie 22 April. About 350 persons attended. 400 ram hoggets and 45 4-tooth rams were on show and all were in excellent condition. There were also 17 rams for the Sydney Sales of which 10 were sold on the spot. Sales were most satisfactory.

81, 16, 28 Apr. 1953, page 8

Mid-North Agricultural Bureau Conference

Mr Oram, Member of the Advisory Board, gave the address. In England importers used to mix Australian wheat with other wheat to improve its milling quality. At times now the reverse is done.

Dr Callaghan said:

1865-90 SA grew half the wheat grown in Australia and now this has fallen to 16%.

1930-31 4.5 million acres were planted and last season 1.5 million acres were sown to wheat.

1860-90 the yield was 10 b per acre

1890-1900 the yield was 5 b per acre

1900-40 the yield was 10 b per acre with superphosphate

1940-50 the yield was 21 b per acre

1953 the yield was 22 b per acre

SA needs 8 million bushels for its home consumption. The SA Government would like to see 2.25 million acres of wheat, 900,000 acres of barley and 550,000 acres of oats sown in SA annually. They hope to achieve this by 1957-58. Barley is in demand for Japan, where it is used as an alternative to rice.

Dennis Muirhead gave advice on feeding sheep.

Lambing ewes should be hand fed in the lean months March to May. Drought stricken sheep do better on one good feed a week rather than a little daily. There was discussion on sheep dipping before mating and after shearing.

Mr Herriot spoke on soil conservation.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 1

Smelts Chimney to be Blown Down

For years the chimney has been the roost for thousands of pigeons. Occasionally for celebrations someone burnt tyres in it and it came briefly to life. Various Councils have suggested demolition because of the dangers to children playing around its base. This time it is to go for keeps. Albert Morrison has the job of dynamiting the chimney and has been preparing it for some time. In the process over 200 bags of pigeon manure have been removed. The base walls are 3 ft 6 inches thick and the foundations are about 10 ft deep. The bricks at the base are a special fire resistant type of whitish kaolin, while further up they are a mixture of red clay and kaolin. All are particularly hard. Mr Morrison has brought into the office a brick branded 1846. The kaolin is said to have come from a deposit about 18 miles east at Motherall’s. The red clay came from an old kiln area near the cemetery. The supply at Motherall’s is still plentiful and it is a pity it is not being used. The chimney is being demolished to obtain the bricks, and to avoid too many being broken, demolition is being held off until rain has softened the ground and given the bricks some moisture content. Originally the Smelts Chimney was low, with a short draft, but an engineer from Germany advised building it higher and feeding it with a draft of about 100 yards.

Burra Football Club has elected Ron Wuttke as Captain-Coach and I. Hirschausen as Vice-Captain.

A New School Bus has been obtained through the efforts of Mr G. Stanley Hawker MP. The 35-passenger Bedford bus will bring children from Hallett and intermediate places and will be driven by Mr Malcolm Pettet.

The Burra Burra Show Inc. has opened an appeal for funds to buy pigeon coops.

Adelaide Wool Sales 28-30 April. Top district prices were obtained by J.Y. Woollacott.

Bowls. The season closed on Saturday. Trophy winners were:

President’s Trophy J.T. Pascoe

Handicap Singles V. Riggs

Consistency H. Binks-Williams

Night Pairs H. Pearce & W. Heading

Champion Pairs W. Patrick & S.A. Pearce

Pairs Tournament

(Held over from last season) H. Binks-William s & L. Hood

Obituary. Mrs J.R. Barker of Baldina died last Wednesday night [29 April]. She married Mr John R. Barker 35 years ago next July and was born Grace Mabel Fearon, eldest daughter of Mrs & the late Mr A.H. Fearon of North Adelaide and was born in Dubbo NSW in 1896. After her marriage she interested herself in the welfare of the community. She was the oldest surviving member of the Burra Red Cross and was at one time the branch’s vice-president. In WWII she was, with other hard workers, instrumental in making the branch one of the foremost in SA. She was also local head of the Burra Air Observers’ Corps for women and Vice-President of the Fighting Forces Comfort Fund and of the CWA. She was a staunch member of St Mary’s Guild and Chief Organiser of the Baldina Section of the Women’s Fire Fighting Auxiliary and President of the local Girl Guides Troop. She was also President of Burra Golf Associates and an interested non-playing member of the Aberdeen Croquet Club. Her funeral was largely attended and 80 cars followed the casket to the cemetery.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 2

Advt. Public Meeting in Burra Town Hall 6 May at 8 p.m.

Senator T. Nicholls & C.D. Hutchens MP. Hear Labor’s answer to the Menzies-Fadden muddle.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 May

Alan Ladd & Phyllis Calvert in Appointment with Danger

Ellen Drew & Bruce Bennett in The Great Missouri Raid

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 3

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of George Byles.

[George Byles (single) died 26 April 1953 Hundred of Wanilla, residence Burra aged 79.]

Burra Rifle Club. The final stage of the Championship was fired over 800 & 900 yards. Best scores were from B.O. Scholz, R.G. Bernhardt & W. Corner.

The Championship Aggregate was won by J.H. Schwier.

The Championship Handicap Aggregate was won by R.G. Bernhardt.

The final stage of the Handicap Aggregate was won by B.O. Scholz.

W. Corner scored the only possible for the day.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club will hold a Grand Ball in the Town Hall on 15 May. It is the final effort in their plans to raise £600 for a new modern broadcast receiver and talkie projector.

Harold Raymond’s Variety Show paid its annual visit to Burra on Thursday night at the Town Hall, which was almost full for the performance.

East Bungaree Field Day on 21 April had 400 hogget rams on show. Good sales were reported. There was a new departure too with the offer of surplus age and two-year-old ewes mated to stud rams. Luncheon was served to about 150 people.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 4

Combined Kooringa & Redruth Methodist Sunday School Picnic was held on Anzac Day at Gum Creek Station. While the children explored the area lunch was prepared in the shearers’ quarters. In the afternoon there was a program of flat and novelty races. [The results are printed.]

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 5

Burra Town Council

The Burra North Badminton Club was granted use of the Town Hall for the season under the same conditions as last year.

RSL invites the Council to the Anzac Commemoration Service at the War Memorial on Sunday 26 April. Offer accepted.

A report said that a fire escaped while rubbish was being burnt at the cemetery and caused the damage previously noted. Drums will be provided for rubbish at the cemetery.

An offer from the Burra Football Club of £4-4-0 for the use of the Memorial Oval for the season was accepted after discussion.

Two dead trees near the Royal Exchange Hotel are to be removed and the proprietor will be asked to care for the candle pines that replace them.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 6

Football. First matches for the season.

Hallett 14.21 defeated Burra 8.8.

Leighton 14.13 defeated Terowie 6.10.

Booborowie 14.17 defeated Spalding 9.10.

Water. Due to the shortage of water in the town Mr G.S. Hawker has arranged for 1,000 gallons a day to be made available from the Railway Station, whose supply taps the Whyalla Pipeline.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 7

Red Cross held a street stall on Friday and raised £70.

Basketball

Burra 22 defeated Mt Bryan 13

Booborowie 15 defeated Spalding 8

Hallett 21 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 11

Leighton 14 drew with Terowie 14.

81, 17, 5 May 1953, page 8

Burra High School Sports Day was held at the Racecourse in excellent weather conditions on Tuesday last. Cup winners:

Senior Girls’ Cup Robyn Tattersall

Senior Boys’ Cup Trevor Franklin

Junior Girls’ Cup Thora Allen

Junior Boys’ Cup Ian Allen

[Other results are printed.]

81, 18, 12 May 1953, page 1

Burra High School competed in the Inter-High School Sports at Balaklava on Friday. Trevor Franklin set a new record in Senior Hurdles of 17.2 compared with the old record of 18.3 seconds.

Robyn Tattersall set a new record for Senior Girls’ Hurdles of 15.5 secs, clipping 0.8 sec from the old record.

For the day Balaklava came first, followed by Clare, Riverton, Burra and Kapunda.

Accident. A Citroen sedan collided with a tractor and grader near Schuyler’s Crossing 21⁄2 miles south of Mt Bryan on 6 May. The car, driven by Mrs A.C. Farrant of Broken Hill, was travelling north and Ross Day of the BBDC was travelling south. Mrs Farrant was apparently passing a semi-trailer in a cloud of dust when the accident occurred. She was treated for shock and bruises and the car was extensively damaged. The tractor lost an off-side front wheel and sustained a bent axle.

Burra Fire Station is to be renovated.

Council Elections

In the Hallett and Burra Burra DCs the retiring Councillors were all re-elected unopposed.

In the Burra Town Council there are two new members. C.W. Samuel replaces R.G. Bernhardt for West Ward and J.B. Topsfield replaces Cr Pritchard for East Ward. Cr Samuel has had previous experience on Council.

CWA. The 9th Warnes Group Conference of CWA was held at Farrell Flat Hall.

[It is reported in just less than 1 column.]

Adelaide Road. The Burra Burrs DC discussed the road recently and will approach Mr Hawker MP to find out when the road will be sealed and which route will be followed. The Better and Safer Roads Committee of Broken Hill is also battling for a decent road.

Burra CWA has given £35 towards improving the Town Hall kitchen or supper room.

Burra High School has received the 1952 Savings Bank Pennant and £30 worth of books for having the year’s best record for thrift.

Football

Burra 15.15 defeated Leighton 10.10.

Terowie 12.12 defeated Spalding 11.13.

Hallett 17.9 defeated Booborowie 10.11.

Basketball

Spalding 55 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8.

Burra 19 defeated Leighton 17.

Booborowie 31 defeated Hallett 8.

Terowie 30 defeated Mt Bryan 8.

The Golf Season was opened on Saturday by Dr Pitcher, and J. Bogisch, as Club Champion, hit the first ball.

Buff Cricket Club held a victory dinner and social in the Buffalo Hall on Saturday to celebrate their winning the Shield for 1953.

Redruth Methodist Church Trustees have had a new entrance porch constructed inside the church. It is built of selected timbers and cathedral glass and is about 8 ft x 9 ft. It will help exclude noise and drafts and provide a place where wedding groups can assemble and arrange trains etc. and where mothers with small children can sit if not able to remain in the church. It is fitted with double swing doors and was built by R. Fuss of Burra North. The architect was Mr Gordon of Adelaide.

81, 18, 12 May 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 May

Clifton Webb & Jeanne Crain in Cheaper by the Dozen

Preston Foster & Barbara Britton in I Shot Jesse James

Burra Burra DC Elections. Nominations received 8 May 1953

All were elected unopposed.

Hanson Ward M. de N. Lucas

Baldina Ward E.L. McWaters

Mt Bryan Ward T.D.J. Beckwith

Booborowie Ward W.J. Shattock

Burra Town Council Elections. Nominations received 8 may 1953

All were elected unopposed.

Mayor William Carpenter

North Ward Leslie White

East Ward John Bremer Topsfield

West Ward Cornelius William Samuel

Obituary. Francis Barber Griffiths, husband of Annie Griffiths, died 7 May at Burra North. He was the father of Charles, Frank, William (deceased) and John. Brother to Emma Mrs Dunstan (Mt Bryan East), Frances Mrs Maslin (Bridgewater), Charles (Belair) and Gwen Mrs Eig (Burra.) [See more details in the obituary on page 8 of this issue.]

Inter-High School Sports. Some further information is printed.

Korean War. Bob Hawkes was wounded by shrapnel in the right forearm on 8 may. Before enlisting Bob was staying with Mr G. Stanley Hawker on whose property he was gaining experience to further his education in Sheep and Station Management. He played football for Booborowie in the 1951 season.

Rev. Colin White visited Burra from Wednesday to Sunday last. He and his wife have been in Papua for the last three years on missionary work. While here he preached at Hanson and Kooringa and visited Farrell Flat, Ironmine and World’s End. He gave lectures on his work illustrated by coloured slides.

81, 18, 12 May 1953, page 3

Redruth Methodist Church celebrated its 102nd Anniversary on 10 & 11 May. Three services were conducted by Rev. T.C.O. Patrick of Jamestown. Collections exceeded £42.

[The report extends for 3⁄4 column.]

Badminton. Kooringa Green 10-180 defeated Kooringa Red 6-169.

Canopus Station has had a drive to raise funds for the Flying Doctor Service and donations have reached £79-15-0.

Sir Winston Churchill. Mr Churchill has been persuaded by the Queen to accept the insignia of a Knight of the Garter.

Senate Elections. Results for the Division of Angus are not yet available from last Saturday’s elections, but for the local district:

LCL 1153

ALP 881

Communist 6

In. [Independent?] 17

Informal 92

81, 18, 12 May 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best scores were from A.G. Heinrich, A.C. Hopkins and B.O. Scholz. Bert Scholz scored a possible at 800 yards and Tom Heinrich got one at 900 yards.

81, 18, 12 May 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 4 May

Council discussed the electricity supply for the town.

[This debate is fully reported in the paper of 19 May, page 1.]

CWA donation of £35 to improve the Town Hall kitchen was received.

[Most of Council time was devoted to the consideration of roadwork to be done in the coming financial year.]

Obituary. Mr Frank Griffiths died [at Burra North] 7 May. He was the eldest son of the late Charles and Emma Griffiths and was born at Blinman [24 January] 1870. He was one of the first pupils enrolled at the Burra Public School, where he was educated. After school he worked on building the Scottish Bank at Wilcannia, where he learnt his trade as a stone mason. With his late brother, John Griffiths, he built many of the buildings now standing in Burra, including Pearce’s Building and the Post Office. At 19 he joined the Foresters’ Lodge and was a member for 64 years. In 1913 he married Annie, daughter of Thomas and Mary Read of Burra and they went to live at Burra North, where they resided till his death. There were four sons: Charles (Burra North), Frank (Woodside), William (deceased) and John (Coobowie.) There are 11 grandchildren.

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 1

Burra Progress Assoc. will hold a working bee on 24 may to clean up the cemetery.

Booborowie Basketball Club is intent on having the present dirt court asphalted – a not unreasonable request from the young ladies considering the appalling state of the present court when it is wet.

Burra High School held its half day holiday for Empire Day on Thursday. The usual day is Friday following the holidays, but this was deemed too near Coronation Day.

Broken Hill Safer & Better Roads Committee wants the city to be ceded to SA.

John Nankivell (20) of Burra was admitted to the Royal Adelaide hospital on Friday after his motorcycle collided with a horse at Parafield. His injuries were not serious.

Football

Burra 12.13 defeated Terowie 6.7

Hallett 15.14 defeated Spalding 12.4

Leighton 18.21 defeated Booborowie 15.14

Burra Colts 13.7 defeated Terowie Colts 0.0. So far this season Burra Colts have not had a point scored against them.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy over 200 & double 300 yards. Peter Betts & Jim Brown scored best.

Basketball

Mt Bryan 20 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 9

Booborowie 16 defeated Leighton 15

Burra 33 defeated Terowie 23

Spalding 39 defeated Hallett 16.

Burra Electricity Supply

E.R. Davey, Town Clerk, produced a 12⁄3-column letter on the town’s electricity supply.

On 23 November 1937 the Town Council entered into an agreement with the Burra Electric Supply Co. [BESC] to supply electricity to the town for 15 years. This expired in November 1952. Negotiations began in July 1952 to extend the agreement, but no agreement has been reached. Four conferences have been held between the Company and the Council and one that included Mr R.H.M. Lea, Chairman of ETSA. When negotiations began the Council had applied to ETSA to be included in their scheme for the electrification of the Northern Areas. Mr Lea had asked for certain details to be obtained from the local Company, which they had refused to supply. In October 1952 ETSA advised that it hoped to be able to connect Burra with a transmission line in about 2 years. Work of national importance has since lengthened this period. [Connection of Radium Hill to the grid.] ETSA then spoke to the local Company and undertook to provide a diesel plant to maintain supply if it were needed.

BESC said it was in a position to meet demand for the next seven years. ETSA so advised the Council, saying that BESC must have a large reserve of plant if they expect to meet all load demands for a further seven years. The Secretary to the Premier wrote to Mr Hawker MP saying that it sounded likely that a seven year extension of their agreement would require BESC to obtain additional plant and from a State government point of view such an acquisition would be undesirable, as ETSA had a spare diesel plant available and would be in a position to supply power from its mains in about two years.

Council is prepared to extend the franchise for two years and BESC will not accept an agreement for less than seven, saying they need such a period for planning and the uncertainty effect on staff. Negotiations were deadlocked at 28 November 1952 when BESC sought a three-way conference, which took place on 8 January 1953.

Mr Lea reiterated the two-year time frame and the offer to supply plant from ETSA. In an emergency ETSA could supply material for the line from Waterloo, if the Council and/or the Company would provide the labour. Council thought it better to await ETSA construction in two years. The community appreciates the service given by BESC since 1923. [Sic: supply actually began Thursday 27 March 1924.] However, Council is desirous of safeguarding the future supply so that when ETSA power arrives all will be in order.

This article was written to advise ratepayers of the position and to squash any rumours that may be circulating relating to this matter.

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 May

Dennis Price & John McCallum in Lady Godiva Rides Again

Charles Laughton & Robert Donat in The Private Life of Henry VIII

Notice. A Public Meeting is called in Burra Town Hall 27 May to consider the formation of a Branch of the National Safety Council.

Advt. Messrs Broad Bros of Booborowie have purchased the Modern Meat Store in Commercial Street and Keith J. Treleaven has been appointed manager. A new slaughterhouse has been erected under approved hygienic conditions.

Badminton. Burra North Gold 9-177 defeated Kooringa Reds 7-186.

Weather. Rain fell in the week with 14 points on Sunday and 106 on Monday. There are reports of heavier falls at Burra North. Creeks ran at ‘Kookaburra’ and behind the Courthouse. Virtually no rain fell to the east.

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 4

Mid-North High School Sports Results from 8 May are printed.

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 5

Mrs M.B. Miller’s clearing sale at Gum Creek last Wednesday is reported in 2⁄3 column. Excellent values were obtained.

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 6

Obituary. RSL notes reveal the death of O.H. Ockenden. [Oliver Henry Ockenden, known as ‘Twist’ Ockenden. Born 25 May 1888, Kooringa: died 14 May 1953, Adelaide, residence Burra. See a further obituary at 81, 22, 9 June 1953, page 2.]

81, 19, 19 May 1953, page 7

Burra Primary School Ball netted £128 profit from takings of about £150.

81, 20, 26 May 1953, page 1

Telephone Service. An additional trunk line between Burra & Mt Bryan will be available from 25 May, making the 3rd direct circuit between the two centres.

Burra’s Heifer Triplets, announced born on 12 May to a black Jersey-Friesian cross cow owned by R. Garrard of Burra, are believed to be the first identical triplet heifers in Australia. Only four other sets are known in the world: one in Sweden and three in Minnesota, USA. At the end of April a set of identical triplet bull calves were born in NSW to an Illawarra Shorthorn cow.

A Basketball Court is being made at Victoria Park.

A Storm at Fisherman’s Bay last week damaged shacks owned by Burra residents. The storm surge flooded Colin Morrison’s shack to a depth of three feet. Others flooded were the shacks of Mr Allan Pearce and Mr G. Gask. Those owned by I. Burdon, R.C .Lott and C.L. Phillips escaped injury.

Burra Progress Assoc. did a good job at the weekend cleaning up the cemetery. Fifteen townsmen, including 80-year-old Bill Thomas did a great job. [Participants are listed.]

Coronation Celebration Plans

Sunday 31 May Special Service in the Town Hall conducted by the Ministers’ Fraternal.

Monday 1 June Addresses at the schools with the distribution of either the New Testament (authorised version) or the Four Gospels in translation of Rev. Fr Ronald Knox.

This is a gift of the SA Government. There will be a broadcast from the Governor-General. Parents and friends are invited.

Tuesday 2 June At 1 p.m. a grand parade will go from Market Square to the War Memorial Oval, led by the Marananga Band and members of the CMF 27th Infantry Fn in Regimental Dress with fixed bayonets, followed by the school children. A short religious service will follow and then a sports program.

Friday 5 June The Coronation Ball will be held in the Town Hall.

Tuesday night has been left free to enable people to listen to the broadcast of the Coronation.

Football

Hallett 21.18 defeated Leighton 7.8

Burra 10.4 defeated Spalding 7.3

Booborowie 18.27 defeated Terowie 2.7.

Basketball

Terowie 39 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 5

Leighton 29 defeated Hallett 5

Mt Bryan 10 defeated Booborowie 9

Burra 20 defeated Spalding 16.

81, 20, 26 May 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 May

June Allyson in Too Young to Kiss

Lionel Barrymore in Calling Bulldog Drummond

3 June

Robert Hare & Stanley Holloway in One Wild Oat

Scott Brady & K.T. Stevens in Port of New York

Notice. Film evening at Burra Town Hall 26 May

Cartoons, Comedies & Colour Film of the South East by the SA Forestry Commission.

Advt. Catholic ‘Coronation Year’ Ball, Burra Town Hall, Friday 29 May.

Mrs Preiss’s Five-Piece Band.

81, 20, 26 May 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best scores were from E.C. Hopkins, D.H. Field & J.H. Schwier. In the marksman’s trophy Captain Field 41 leads C. Edwards 33, but in the handicap contest for the J.H. Schwier Trophy Jim Brown 26 leads E.C. Hopkins & P. Betts with 23 each.

St Joseph’s School held their sports day recently. The effort was financially successful and raised £130. [Results are not printed.]

81, 20, 26 May 1953, page 5

Adelaide Wool Sales are reported.

81, 20, 26 May 1953, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Blue 8-201 defeated Redruth 8-185

Kooringa Green 9-183 defeated Burra North Gold 7-190.

Burra North Croquet season has ended, but members will meet fortnightly for bug or games afternoons.

RSL Ladies’ Evening was well attended.

81, 21, 3 June 1953, page 1

Coronation Service in Burra

The service at the Town Hall on Sunday was attended by between 300 & 400 people. Rev. C. Christopher was in charge. Mr G.S. Hawker MP and Mrs Hawker attended, along with Mayor W. Carpenter and the Chairman of the District Council Mr E.L. McWaters and Members of the respective Councils. Pastor B.V. Ashdown of Kooringa Methodist Church and Lieutenants Bloxham & Boehm of the Salvation Army were also on the platform. Combined Choirs of Burra were conducted by Mr L.H .Thomas with Mr Clem Davey of St Mary’s as the pianist. Just over £17 will be sent to the Crippled Children’s Home from the offertory.

Photograph of Mr Bob Garrard’s heifer triplets and their mother.

TPI Returned Servicemen will benefit by £65-5-9 as a result of a recent badge day in Burra.

The Coronation Decorations. Burra was gay with streamers and bunting on Monday and Tuesday in honour of the Coronation. Bence’s store was artistically dressed with window displays and other window displays could be seen at Matthews Emporium, Sara & Co. and Messrs Wilkinson’s, Carpenter’s, Mavis Halliday’s and Jennison’s.

Burra Primary School has taken possession of a new £300 movie projector to replace the old one, which could only show silent films. It is a Bell & Howard. [Sic: for Bell & Howell?]

National Safety Council. The meeting in the Council Chamber on Wednesday night was very poorly attended, but it was decided to go ahead with the formation of a Burra Branch. Mr C.E. Page, an Unley Councillor and Chairman of the Industrial Committee of the NSC, addressed the meeting, followed by Mr Campbell, who outlined hoe the Council worked. It was resolved to start a branch in Burra and Mr W. Carpenter was elected President, with Mr Pattrick (Primary School Headmaster) as Vice-President.

Football

Hallett 24.22 defeated Terowie 2.7

Spalding 13.15 defeated Leighton 9.16

Booborowie 16.9 defeated Burra 13.10.

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Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 June

Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman in Here Comes the Groom

Plus short features and News.

Advt. St Mary’s Church of England Ball, Friday 3 July with Daphne Wenham’s Band.

Burra High School held its Coronation Ceremony in the Assembly Hall on Monday. A large number of adults also attended. Mr G.S. Hawker unveiled a tinted portrait of the Queen. The assembly listened to a Coronation Broadcast by the Governor of SA, Sir Robert George. Mr G.S. Hawker gave a speech in which he recalled listening to the previous Coronation Broadcast on the American liner SS Monterey on their way to New York.

The New Testaments and Gospels had not arrived, so the Mayor gave a short address. Russell Harris, as Head Prefect, read an address on the ‘Keynote of Loyalty to the Queen.’ Senior Girl Prefect, Coralie Ellis read the Queen’s Declaration of Dedication on her 21st birthday. A general declaration of loyalty was followed by a film on historic occasions in the Queen’s life. 26 trees were planted on the flat below the tennis court in honour of the Coronation Year.

81, 21, 3 June 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy. Best scores were by P. Marston, F. Marston & R. Bernhardt. Possibles were fired by Capt. Darrell Field, Jock Bernhardt & Bert Scholz.

Vic Kellaway has been offered a place in the Port Adelaide Colts team, but he does not come within the prescribed age limits. In the past Messrs Tom, Clyde and Stan Kellaway played with the Port Adelaide team and Ken was offered a place, but refused it.

81, 21, 3 June 1953, page 5

Catholic Coronation Year Ball on 29 May was a success with takings of £80 and a profit of £60. Mr K. Murphy was MC and the ball ended at 1.30 p.m.

SA Perpetual Forests Ltd held a film night at Burra Town Hall on Tuesday 2 6 May. A good crowd attended and the Welfare Club benefited by £7.

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Badminton. Kooringa Red 12-225 defeated Burra North Blue 4-126.

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Weather. On 18 May high winds at Mt Bryan East produced the worst storm in memory for that area. Trees were widely flattened with large limbs torn off or trunks broken off half way up. Windmills were reduced to twisted ruins. Sheds were demolished and haystacks blown over. Dry grass was piled high against fences. About 28 points of rain were recorded at the southern end of the district. Hand feeding of stock and some water carting are the main jobs for the day at present.

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Methodist Youth March

On Sunday 24 May about 60 young people marched from the Kooringa Church to the Burra Town Hall as part of Wesley Day Celebrations commemorating the conversion of John Wesley. After reaching the Town Hall the Kindergarten Group returned to the Sunday School where a session was conducted by Mrs Baulderstone and Miss Joan Fairchild. The others and adults had a service in the Town Hall conducted by Rev. C. Christopher with Pastor Ashdown leading the prayers. Guest speaker for the afternoon was R.M. Le Maistre, head teacher at Eudunda High School. The Brighton Babies Home was sent £3-15-5 from the offertory.

81, 22, 9 June 1953, page 1

[Note that from here on the day of publication changed from Wednesday to Tuesday.]

Coronation Celebrations

On Tuesday a procession marched through the gaily decorated streets to the War Memorial Oval where the Children’s Sports Day was held. The Marananga Band led the two ‘B’ Platoons of the 27th Scottish SA Regiment in a column of threes, marching in kilts with fixed bayonets, among them Burra’s own local boys. Captain Foster of Bungaree was in charge with CSM WO II McFarlane, Permanent Army, from Clare. Next came members of the Burra Sub-Branch RSL, Air Force Assoc., Fathers’ Assoc. and Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc., children of Burra High and Primary Schools and then those of Booborowie, North Booborowie, Mt Bryan, Farrell Flat, Hanson and Gum Creek Schools. The procession marched first to the Hospital and then back, picking up the children at Market Square on the way to the War Memorial Oval.

On a dais to take the salute were the Mayor W. Carpenter, Major C.P. Tracey (OC B Company), Mr M.N. Gibson (President of Clare RSL), Mr C.H. Griffen (President Burra RSL), Mr W. Young (President Burra Air Force Assoc.) and Mr A.G. Woodman (Burra Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc.)

At the Oval Rev. Christopher conducted a short religious service in which Pastor B. Ashdown led the people in prayer. Major Tracey gave a short address, as did the Mayor, who then inspected a guard of honour formed by the 27th SA Scottish.

Sports then followed. [Organisers are listed and sports results printed.]

Accident. R.J. White slipped and got his right leg caught in a large circular saw at ‘Wildotta’ on 28 May. He suffered two gashed, each requiring six stitches.

Burra Burra Show Inc. pigeon coop fund has reached £21-17-0.

ETSA has announced it has acceptances from residents of Booborowie and Farrell Flat to supply electricity and consequently the Burra Burra DC has approved supply to these towns and to consumers within a three mile radius of them.

Hallett Methodist Church held its 75th Anniversary celebration. Guest speaker was Conference President Rev. W. Glen Clarke. Miss Edna Statton received a marcasite brooch in recognition of 21 years’ service as organist. The church has been renovated inside and out and Mr Noel Tiver has collected £200 towards the cost thereof.

The 27th Scottish Regiment is to open a platoon again in Burra in July. A platoon last operated here for 18 months ending in December 1951.

Football

Hallett 15.15 defeated Burra 4.8

Leighton 13.13 defeated Terowie 8.8

Booborowie 11.12 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 7.5.

Basketball

Burra 31 defeated Hallett 22

Leighton 25 defeated Mt Bryan 4

Booborowie 51 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 12.

Burra Primary School. Tenders are to be called to remodel classrooms at the school.

Burra Schools

It has been rumoured that if BHS co-operated with the Primary School it would be possible for periods to be arranged so that the Primary School could use the assembly room at times and St Mary’s Parish Hall would not have to be used. The Primary School Committee has been complaining. The High School is governed by a Council of Citizens and the Primary School is assisted by a Committee of people from the town and district. The two schools are both small, with about 60 in the High School and 250 in the Primary School. The High School now wants a movie projector, but surely it would be better to share the Primary School’s recently acquired £300 projector.

Recently the two schools ran celebrations separately for the Coronation, at the same time on the same day. Surely combining would allow parents and friends to attend without having to choose between them. The two committees if united would surely have more influence when approaching the Department with requests etc.

Mr G.S. Hawker MP has advised the Burra Burra DC that the proposed sealed road from Adelaide will run to Black Springs and thence to Burra via Hanson and will not by-pass the town as some have believed.

81, 22, 9 June 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 June

Gary Cooper & Jane Greer in You’re in the Navy Now

George Montgomery & Paula Corday in Sword of Monte Cristo

‘Interested’ writes, saying triplet bull calves were born to a shorthorn cow on the property of J.M. Murphy at Booborowie in 1946.

The editor comments that though interesting, triplets to cows are not all that unusual: it is the identical triplets that are rare.

Coronation Medals have been awarded to:

Burra Mayor, Mr W. Carpenter

Burra Burra DC Chairman, Mr E.L. McWaters

Mr G.S. Hawker MP

Mr M.W. Bednall, President of the Institutes Assoc. and Secretary of the Law Society.

Obituary. Mr Oliver Henry Ockenden was buried at Kooringa 16 May 1953. He was born 25 May 1888. He was well known in bowls circles as a player of merit. He was one of six brothers who served in the Great War and had worked as a barber for Messrs R.D. Pascoe & Sons for 45 years. On September 15 1921 he married Miss Vera Pascoe.

[Born 25 May 1888, Kooringa: died 14 May 1953, Adelaide, residence Burra.]

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The Coronation Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday 5 June and drew people from all over the district. The door takings exceeded £128. The hall was tastefully and simply decorated with red white and blue streamers and an Australian flag on the railing of the dress circle, pot plants on the stage and a framed portrait of the Queen. Dancing continued to 2 a.m.

81, 22, 9 June 1953, page 7

Badminton

Redruth 11-198 defeated Burra North Gold 5-181

Kooringa Green 13-221 defeated Burra North Blue 3-123

[These results are repeated in the paper, but the other version has Burra North Blue 3-138.]

Burra Town Council sent a message of loyalty to the Queen, the text of which is printed.

Hallett Coronation Service in the Hall on 31 May was crowded. The President of the Methodist Conference, Rev. W. Glen Clarke was assisted by Rev. Gowan Armstrong.

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Miss June Dollman, daughter of Mr & Mrs G.H. Dollman of Burra, who is at present residing in London, contributes a 11⁄2-column article as an eye witness of the Coronation Procession. She writes of seeing guests arrive at Westminster Abbey from her seat in a stand where she arrived at 5.50 a.m. They stayed for the return procession and saw the fly-past from the roof of their hotel.

Football

Hallett 6.14 defeated Booborowie 6.9

Spalding 26.25 defeated Terowie 2.1

Leighton 6.11 defeated Burra 5.7.

Basketball

Spalding 16 defeated Terowie 15

All other teams had a bye.

Burra Cemetery. A second d working bee of 12 men continued the clean-up job.

Burra Rifle Club. The final stage of the J.H. Schwier Trophy was interrupted by heavy rain halfway through and was abandoned till next Saturday.

F.N. Fabian, who has been District Clerk since 1949 and Secretary of Burra Burra Show Inc. for one year, is leaving the town to live in Adelaide. Mr H.L. Foote becomes the Show Secretary. Mr Fabian has also held various positions in the Methodist Church. Mr T.G. Perry will become District Clerk. He is an ex-RAAF man and was previously District Clerk for Le Hunte and is presently living at Wudinna.

Weather. Good saturating rain has fallen to the east, but with little run-off. Falls generally were in the range 20-50 points.

Constable E.W.R. Wilson, in charge of Burra North Police Station for about 4 years, is retiring after leave beginning on 18 June. He will be replaced by Sgt J. McInerney from Morphett Vale.

Burra Homing Club ran its first race for the season on Saturday from Carrieton. The winner was C. Moore.

Burra Burra Show Inc.

A tree planting program will be introduced as an on-going project.

Sir Philip McBride will open the 1953 Show.

The grain and fodder section has been changed and the swine section dropped due to lack of interest.

Fred. M. Pearce & Sons will build new pigeon coops for £92-10-0. This will accommodate 126 birds – still only enough for about half the entries received last year, when there were 600 entries.

F.N. Fabian resigned on leaving the district and was replaced as Secretary by H.L. Foote.

It was decided to run a special railcar from Adelaide and to hold a dance on show night in the Show Hall.

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Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Philip Parnell O’Connell at North Adelaide 29 March 1953. He was a bookkeeper, late of Martin’s Well Station via Yunta.

[Born 5 April 1888 Adelaide: died 29 March 1953 North Adelaide, residence Yunta.]

Notice. A meeting is called at Booborowie for 25 June with a view to forming a CWA branch there.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 June

Anna Neagle & Michael Wilding in The Lady with a Lamp

Plus short features.

Birth. At Burra Hospital on 12 June to Ron & Avis Pascoe nee Clark, a daughter, Denise Margaret.

Jaycinth Pickering, daughter of Mr & Mrs Rex Pickering of Burra North, won the Girls’ Under 12 Singles at the Hard Court Age Tennis Championships in Adelaide during the May school vacation. She won the final 6-1.

81, 23, 16 June 1953, pages 4 & 8

Hanson Methodist Church held its Jubilee services on Sunday 7 June 1953. Rev. E.M. Ingamells, a former Redruth minister, returned for the occasion and preached for each service. It was 30 years since he was last at Hanson and though now superannuated he gave vigorous and enthusiastic sermons, which are reported in about 1⁄2 column.

The Hanson Church is known as the Wesley Bi-Centenary Church – the only such named in the Commonwealth because it was opened on the 200th anniversary of John Wesley’s birth, when the circuit minister was Rev. W.F. James. He was State Secretary for the birthday celebrations and launched an appeal all over the state and beyond for funds for the memorial church. The church opened on Good Friday 1904, before which services had been held in the District Council Chambers for 25 years. Mr Jesse Humphrys started the financial side with a donation of £20, though that was some years before building got under way. The Church Hall was built in 1928. Moves were made for this at a memorial service to Jesse Humphrys (grandfather of Roy Humphrys of ‘Blink Bonnie’) to be named the Jesse Humphrys Memorial Hall, but it took some years to realise this aim. A concert to conclude the celebrations was held on 8 June and in all the Church Trust will benefit by over £30 from the Jubilee. [The concert is reviewed in c. 1⁄2 column and a number of visitors to the Jubilee are named in the article.]

[The first services in the church were actually held on the 20 December 1903, which makes 1953 a more reasonable Jubilee year than a 1904 opening would suggest, though why celebrate in June is not clear. It was in June 1903 that the name of the church was chosen and memorial stones were laid on 14 October that year.]

81, 23, 16 June 1953, page 6

Badminton

Burra North Blue 9-190 defeated Burra North Gold 7-183

Kooringa Green 10-205 defeated Kooringa Red 6-152.

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Hallett Coronation Ball was held on Monday 1 June at the Hallett Institute. It was an outstanding success. The ball was organised by Hallett Red Cross with music by Miss Daphne Wenham’s Band.

81, 24, 23 June 1953, page 1

Copper. Rumour has it that a rich copper lode has been found in the district, while boring for water. If true, the discoverers are keeping very quiet.

Bob Hawkes writes from Korea thanking the Burra RSL for a parcel they sent him.

The Burra CMF Platoon is due to start in July and will be attached to the 27th Scottish SA Regiment. 20 National Service Trainees live within a five mile radius and 40 within 10 miles.

Basketball

Burra 27 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Mt Bryan 14 defeated Hallett 5

Booborowie 10 defeated Terowie 5

Burra Homing Club flew a race from Carrieton, which was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The 11th and final sales for the season are reported. Top price for the district was achieved by Radford Bros of Canegrass Station.

Burra Hospital. Additions to the Hospital have been started. Designs are sought for a new garden and a £5-5-0 prize is offered. (Details later.)

Burra Coronation Committee made a profit of £94. The sum has been divided equally between the Burra Hospital and the War Memorial Committee with Mrs Andrew Tennant making each sum up to £50.

Fire. A chimney fire at Maurice Williams’ residence on Cemetery Road [i.e. Ayers St] attracted a large crowd on Thursday, but it was soon extinguished.

81, 24, 23 June 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 June

Spencer Tracy in People Against O’Hara

Walter Pidgeon in Home Town Story

Boy Scouts. A meeting is called for Monday 29 June at the Primary School with a view to forming a Boy Scout Troop.

Obituary. Mrs A.A. Nankivell’s fat little pony ‘Billy’ died recently aged 35. During the depression he helped out by dragging a cart bigger than he was about the town. Later he had an easier job of pulling his mistress round in a nice little jinker.

81, 24, 23 June 1953, page 3

Football. Booborowie 9.6 defeated Leighton 5.9.

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Burra Rifle Club. The final stag e of the J.H .Schwier Trophy was fired. Jim Brown was best on the day followed by P. Marston. Jim Brown also won the J.H. Schwier Trophy with 31 points.

F.T. Marston & P.J. Marston scored possibles over 500 yards.

81, 24, 23 June 1953, page 6

Football

Burra 11.6 defeated Terowie 5.9

Burra Colts 10.10 defeated Terowie Colts 0.0.

Badminton

Kooringa Reds 8-185 defeated Burra North Gold 8-178

Kooringa Green 12-212 defeated Redruth 4-136.

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RSL members and wives enjoyed a trip to Morgan where they had a trip with Jim Warnes on his launch.

Burra Choral Society gave a concert at Mt Bryan Hall 18 June, led by Mr Lindsay Thomas, with Clem Davey at the piano. [Reviewed in 2⁄3 column.]

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Football. Hallett defeated Leighton by 122 points.

Basketball

Spalding 33 defeated Mt Bryan 5

Burra 30 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Leighton 25 defeated Hallett 7 [Or if you prefer the page 6 version Leighton 28 defeated Hallett 7.]

Booborowie 21 defeated Terowie 14.

Burra Homing Club. The 3rd race from Carrieton was won by P.J .Byrnes.

Ratepayers’ Meeting

The Mayor decided not to call a ratepayers’ meeting this year due to the lack of interest in recent years and the lack of interest in nominating for Council. Last year only nine people attended the meeting.

Telephone Services. An additional trunk telephone line will be available between Burra and Booborowie from 1 July, bringing the number to three.

Methodist Guild Street Stall on 2 6 June raised £30.

Miss Von Harvey (23) of North Adelaide, who recently won the singles and with Mrs Vima Osborne also the Women’s Doubles at the City of Adelaide Championships, was born and educated in Burra.

Square Dancing has been popular in Adelaide for about six months. On 4 September the Air Force Assoc. is bringing a Square Dancing Set and a Caller from Adelaide and perhaps as a result Burra will form a Square Dance Club.

Mushrooms are plentiful as present.

Football. Prior to the match on Saturday Messrs Murphy & Lehman presented Jimmy James with a bundle of notes worth £61 in recognition of his services to football. The collection of money was initiated early in the year when Jimmy was a polio victim.

Booborowie CWA Branch was formed at a meeting on 25 June. President, Mrs John Drew; Vice-President, Mrs W. Bruce; Secretary, Mrs P. Moore and Mrs Leo Gill is Treasurer. The first meeting of the club is scheduled for 9 July, when Mrs C. Murray as President of the Warnes Group will address the meeting.

Burra Town Council met on 22 June and farewelled Crs Bernhardt and Pritchard.

81, 25, 30 June 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 July

Ronald Regan & Rhonda Fleming in The Last Outpost

Mona Freeman & Bill De Wolfe in Dear Brat

7 July

Michael Redgrave & Jean Kent in The Browning Version

Suzanne Parrett & Nigel Lovell in Wherever She Goes

81, 25, 30 June 1953, page 3

Football. Booborowie 16.11 defeated Terowie 8.21.

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Football

Burra 12.12 defeated Spalding 4.8

Burra Colts 14.11 defeated Spalding Colts 0.0

Booborowie Colts 2.4 defeated Terowie Colts 1.7.

J.D. Kelly of Hallett will be 80 on 7 July.

81, 25, 30 June 1953, page 7

Badminton

Kooringa Green 8-205 defeated Burra North Gold 8-171

Redruth 11-197 defeated Burra North Blue 5-178.

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Burra Rifle Club Trophies

J.H. Schwier Annual Trophy (Handicap) J. Brown

Marksman’s Trophy D.H. Field

Championship J.H. Schwier

Handicap Championship R.G. Bernhardt

1st Seven Matches W. Corner

2nd Seven Matches K. Heinrich

3rd Seven Matches J. Brown

1st Stage Championship L. Palmer 2nd Stage Championship K. Phillips

3rd Stage Championship M. Kakoschke

4th Stage Championship B.O. Scholz

Hard Luck Trophy P.J. Marston

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Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Lambing Rates in the inside country of the district (western portion) will average c. 75%, which is good considering that the season broke late and ewes were in poor condition. In the east the rate is 75 to 80%.

Scouts. A meeting of ten adults and about 40 boys from 11 to 16 at Burra Primary School last Monday resolved to form a troop if a scoutmaster can be found.

Mrs W.H. Quinn is 88 on 8 July. Mrs Quinn, who now lives in Adelaide, was formerly of Mt Bryan.

Mr John G. Sara of Burra North was 90 on 5 July and many friends and relatives gathered to wish him well. Mrs Sara [88] made a birthday cake.

Constable Wilson was farewelled by the Burra JPs when he retired on 30 June. He was presented with a reading lamp. Mr & Mrs Wilson will make their home at Victor Harbor. Senior Constable Chambers is presently in charge at Burra North, but Sgt J. McInerney of Morphett Vale has been appointed.

Leighton Hall is to be renovated at a cost of £210. This will cover repainting of the hall and supper-room and some repairs to the outside walls.

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Notice. [Rev.] Clem Christopher advises that some agents of the Seventh Day Adventists are selling a book in the town called Desire of the Ages. They present a list of commendations, one of which is from Rev. C. Christopher. He revokes that ‘commendation’ absolutely and advises all Methodists not to purchase the said book.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 July

Danny Kaye & Gene Tierney in On the Riviera

Robert Lowery & Billy Kimbley in Shep Comes Home

18 July

The Coronation Special Newsreel with 22 minutes of Coronation Highlights.

25 & 26 September

A Queen is Crowned

Annual Church of England Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall 3 July and drew a large crowd. Takings were c. £123, with a profit of c. £95. Daphne Wenham’s Band played and Mr D. Field was MC.

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Football

Booborowie 14.9 defeated Burra 8.15

Hallett 17.21 defeated Terowie 4.4.

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Football

Hallett Colts 4.11 defeated Terowie Colts 0.1

Burra Colts 7.7 defeated Booborowie Colts 2.0.

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Burra Rifle Club held its AGM in the Fire Station. The club was in a very sound financial position and is probably one of the few clubs without an overdraft. Elected: Captain, T. Lynch; Vive-Captain, J. Brown; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt and Treasurer, K. Spackman. The new season begins on 26 July. The Captain reported a successful year. There had been 51 possibles scored for the year and although only three people had reached a score of 100 off the rifle, it was encouraging that they were three of the younger members.

Basketball

Leighton 16 defeated Spalding 14

Terowie 33 defeated Hallett 6

Whyte Yarcowie 19 defeated Mt Bryan 15

Burra 21 defeated Booborowie 15

Badminton

Burra North Gold 10-202 defeated Redruth Methodists 6-189

Kooringa Methodists Red 9-213 defeated Burra North Blue 7-163.

Obituary. Ralph John Hill died on Thursday last [2 July] aged 81. He was born at Burra 29 May 1872 and was educated at Burra School. He worked first as a tributer at the Burra Mine and later was a miner at Broken Hill. He spent five years there and while there began a football career that brought him into prominence as a player for many years. He returned to Burra and drove the Burra Brewery’s delivery van for about five years, going to Spalding, Robertstown and Eudunda. When the Brewery closed he worked at different times for three of the local butchers: Messrs Truscott, Rabbich and George Lawn. After about 30 years with them he ended his working life employed by the Burra Town Council. In 1906 he married Miss M.D. Ockenden who died about 13 years ago. He was a great lover of sport and was Captain of the Kooringa Football team for many years and could well hold the record for the number of years as a playing member and captain. He was a foundation member of the Burra Coursing Club. Even in his 60s he rode a draught horse in a race for such animals at an Anzac Sports Meeting, popular before WWII.

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Accident. A police car carrying detectives R.M. Harvey & B. Cox and PCC B. Stewart overturned on the Burra-Hallett Road on Wednesday 8 July about 13 miles north of Burra. The car skidded on mud and ended up on its wheels. R.W. Humphrys of Burra North brought Detective Harvey and PCC Stewart to Burra where they were attended to at the Burra Hospital. Detective Harvey had possible fractured ribs and a lacerated scalp. PCC Stewart had a fractured collarbone. Detective Cox sustained a sprained ankle. The car was extensively damaged.

The Adelaide Road. Mr G.S. Hawker has found out that the Highways Department is well aware of the problems with the present Black Springs-Burra Road, but is not able to do anything immediately due to lack of finance. As soon as finance is available a sealed road via Hanson will be constructed.

Football. On Saturday a North-Eastern Assoc. team went to Cadell where:

North-Eastern Association 16.15 defeated Mid-Murray Association 11.12.

Badminton. Burra North 16 sets defeated Morgan 8 sets at Morgan last Saturday.

Burra Homing Club. In the second race from Parachilna the birds struck some sort of trouble and only two homed in qualifying time. The winner was E.J. Reed.

Burra High School

Students visited Adelaide on 6 July to see the film Hamlet, as they are studying the play this year. The party were also shown over the Telephone Exchange.

The Burra High School Council for the next three years will comprise: Mesdames A.B. Riggs, H.J.B. Jennison & J.G. Sara and Messrs H.J.B. Jennison, K. Murphy, W. Carpenter, J.A. Fisher, E.T. Baulderstone, R. Jeffrey, G. Harris, S. Woollacott and W. Pettet.

Lumpy Superphosphate has hindered sowing this year. Manufacturers are blaming a lack of sulphur.

The Burra Caravan Park progressed with a working bee at the weekend and it is now almost completed. Electric power is yet to be installed and the entrance gates finished.

Burra Rifle Club had a working bee at the range on Saturday 11 July. They dug up the mounds and shifted the stop butts back and cleared out the club house. A working bee next week will erect a new telephone line.

National Safety Council of SA. The inaugural meeting of the Burra Branch is planned for 16 July in the Town Hall.

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Advt. Burra Pictures 18 July

Donald O’Connor & Piper Laurie in Francis Goes to the Races

Oscar Homolka & Derek Farr in The Shop at the Corner

Plus the Special Coronation Newsreel

Pat Hogan, former member of the Burra Rifle Club, has joined the Port Adelaide Club and is making quite a name for himself there, frequently getting top score or near it. He holds an unbeatable record at Burra with a triple possible over 600 & double 700 yards.

81, 27, 14 July 1953, page 3

Mrs F.N. Fabian was given a farewell social afternoon by the Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ guild last Wednesday and about 80 ladies attended. After several musical items Mrs Fabian gave a talk entitled Palestine Pieces, about her experiences in Palestine and surrounding places. Afterwards a presentation was made and afternoon tea followed.

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Football. Before the game at Cadell at the weekend it was announced that the best player for the North-Eastern Assoc. this season was J. Furst of Hallett. After the game a dance was held at Morgan on Saturday evening. On Sunday the team inspected the Cadell packing sheds and Mr Frank Toole’s property and the Morgan-Whyalla Pumping Station.

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Burra North Red Cross held its AGM at the Croquet Club Hall on 1 July. Meetings have been held in the Croquet Hall each month. Although there are 64 members only a few stalwarts attend. The main income is from trading tables. The November meeting took the form of a garden party and a hospital fete took the place of a Christmas Tree and Children’s Party. A street stall was held on 27 March from which £40 was sent to Headquarters and we have recently donated £30 to the local hospital. We regret the death of a former Vice-President, Miss Rogers, who was an active supporter for many years.

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Mr Alec Best & Miss Mary Best were farewelled on Thursday evening by young people at Kooringa Methodist Church. They are going to England where they will stay with Mrs Best’s mother and expect to return in late November or early December.

Badminton

Kooringa Green 9-189 defeated Burra North Blue 7-153

Burra North 19-298 defeated Cadell 8-215.

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Burra Burra DC

Cr E.L. McWaters was appointed Chairmen for the next 12 months.

For 1953-54 the Council is to pay the Burra hospital £1,380 and the Clare Hospital £15.

Booborowie RSL applied to rent the Council Depot at Booborowie. Approved subject to conditions.

Reeds in Baldina creek are dying and an attempt will be made to burn them.

81, 28, 21 July 1953, page 1

Superphosphate Troubles. Following the trouble already reported about lumpy superphosphate, some farmers have also found a considerable amount of unwelcome debris in the super: bits of iron, nuts, bolts and nails. Not only can these damage machinery, but an added cost is the delay caused in sowing can lead to loss of crop in the long run.

Burra to Adelaide Classic Cycle Race is to be included in the three-day Advertiser Tour this year. The tour is sponsored by the paper in conjunction with the League of Wheelmen and prize money will total £329.

Stage 1 – West Terrace-Noarlunga-Aldinga-Myponga-Victor Harbor-Goolwa-Strathalbyn-Macclesfield-Mt Barker. 115 miles

Stage 2 – Mt Barker-Hahndorf-Lobethal-Birdwood-Mt Pleasant-Angaston-Kapunda-Burra. 109 miles

Stage 3 – Burra-Clare-Freeling-Gawler-Finish close to the city.

Tourists. A busload of elderly tourists visiting Burra recently included a number of former Burraites:

Sister Watson, nee [Mary Ellen] Rosewall, daughter of the late J.A. Rosewall and now Night Sister at the Home for Incurables. [1890-1971]

Thomas R.J. [Robert James] Reynolds whose family was at Booborowie in 1874 and who once worked at the Burra Brewery. He was born in Burra and now lives at Hindmarsh. [1876-1957]

Mrs Norman, who was born in Burra, lived at Booborowie and also nursed at Burra Hospital in Dr Steele’s time.

Mrs Nolan, nee Bernhardt, was born in Burra and is sister to Mr R.J. Bernhardt of Burra. [Louisa Christiana: 1888-1970]

Mr A.E. Grey of Hindmarsh, formerly of Farrell Flat and whose family came to the district in 1874.

C.F. Veale, who knew Kapunda better, but whose family came here in 1834 [sic: perhaps 1854?] and worked in the Burra Copper Mines. [Perhaps Congdon Fox Veale: 1870-1967]

Sheep Branding. Sheep owners are warned to use only branding fluids prepared according to CSIRO formula. Some Australian wool is causing trouble in England with tarry spots that will not scour out and contaminate large quantities of yarn. The cost to the industry last year was £7 million.

Burra Hospital Board will investigate the possibility of the hospital’s land being used to sustain dairy cows and chickens to make the institution self sufficient in milk and eggs. A number of other country hospitals do this.

Burra homing Club. The third race from Parachilna on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes whose bird was the only one to home in the qualifying time limit.

Burra Colts Footballers have not been beaten this season and now they have jerseys from £30 they raised from a sheep donated by Mr Dick Reed. They are now going after socks and have opened a subscription list.

Burra Progress Assoc. is to raise £200 for up-to-date playground equipment. They will begin with a Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic on 10 October. Arrangements are being made to prepare the ground in anticipation. The seaside picnic association will be approached for a donation. It was resolved to hold a Christmas Pageant again this year.

81, 28, 21 July 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 July

Jane Powell in Rich, Young and Pretty

Hedy Lamarr in Lady Without a Passport

Alec Best was farewelled by his fellow firemen on Thursday evening.

The Church of England is raising money to build a new church at Farrell Flat.

Mt Bryan intends to hold a Legacy Ball 24 July. The move is led by Howard Griffen, Burra RSL President, and Jack Hooper, Hallett RSL President.

The Fathers’ Assoc. will hold a badge day on 24 July to benefit Angorichina Hostel for Tubercular Soldiers.

Burra Rifle Club. Best scores at a practice shoot were made by J.H .Schwier and R.G. Bernhardt.

81, 28, 21 July 1953, page 3

Badminton

Kooringa Green11-203 defeated Kooringa Red 5-157

Burra North Blue 12-209 defeated Burra North Gold 4-156

National Safety Council meeting on 16 July was poorly attended, but it was decided a branch was needed in Burra and a committee was elected. Chairman is W. Carpenter with T. Pattrick as Vice-Chairman and E.R. Davey as Secretary.

81, 28, 21 July 1953, pages 5, 7 & 8

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported in some 33⁄4 columns.

81, 28, 21 July 1953, page 7

Burra CWA held its AGM 17 July

Elected were: President, Mrs Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant & Smith; Secretary, Mrs Ford and Treasurer, Miss [Eunice] Tiver.

The late Miss W. Rogers has left the CWA her piano and stool.

A dozen pine trees are to be given to the Burra North Children’s Playground and 12 trees or shrubs will be offered to the War Memorial Oval Committee.

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 1

Accident/Obituary. Andrew (Gus) [Ross] Kakoschke (13) of Burra North was fatally injured in the old Ballast Quarry at Burra North on Saturday afternoon when struck on the head by a falling stone. Constable Barbary and Stan Irlam found the lad unconscious and bleeding from the head. He was taken to Burra Hospital and treated for a compound fracture of the skull. He died on Sunday morning [26 July.] Nine lads aged 8-13 had been playing cops and robbers and when they reached the north end of the cut they climbed its face. At the top one lad placed a large stone on the edge and the earth gave way. It bounced down the face taking other stones with it. They crashed around Andrew and one of them hit his head. The drop was about 60 ft. [See funeral note: 81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 1.]

Spalding Rodeo will be held 31 October and prize money has been increased to £250, only £50 short of the Marrabel Rodeo.

Burra Colts need £11 for socks. Mr R.A. Bevan has headed the donation list with £2.

Good drinkable water has recently been struck at Canopus Station 120 miles east of Burra, at 1,000 ft and it rose to within 90 ft of the surface.

A Miniature Debutante Ball will be held at Leighton next Friday 31 July to help raise money for Hall renovations.

Football

Leighton 11-10 defeated Terowie 4.6

Booborowie 12.7 defeated Spalding 7.10.

Bill Phin of Hallett suffered a broken leg in the game with Burra. It did not occur during a scrimmage and he seems to have just fallen over with his leg doubled under him. [Results to the match, page 3.]

Basketball

Terowie 64 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 6

Burra 33 defeated Hallett 15

Booborowie 23 defeated Spalding 16

Burra Homing Club. The race from Marree was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Onion Weed is a prevalent pest in the district.

The Bendigo waxflower has been found growing at Black springs on rocky outcrops. It is a native species well known in the Eastern States, but not in SA.

Burra Rifle Club. 1st Stage of the Annual Trophy. E.C. Hopkins 103 off the rifle.

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 August

Bob Hope & Hedy Lamarr in Mt Favourite Spy

When Worlds Collide

Advt. Bullen’s Circus & Zoo is coming to Burra for One night: 4 August.

Many New Acts. Nine Performing Elephants: Biggest Herd in the Southern Hemisphere.

Location: Mr Fiebig’s paddock opposite the Court House.

Obituary. Eric Murray of ‘Petherton’ Mt Bryan died at Walkerville last Thursday aged 59. He was well known in the district where he had resided for over 30 years. He was a son of the late Mr & Mrs Alex Murray of Mt Crawford and was educated at St Peter’s College, Adelaide. Like his brothers, he was a splendid horseman and member of the famous Mt Crawford Polo Team, which comprised himself, Cyril & Elliott Murray and R.F. Angas. It had a nation-wide reputation and was never beaten off the stick, playing all-comers from around Australia. He enlisted soon after the outbreak of WWI in the 1st Regiment of King Edward’s Own horse and saw much service. During the war he was married in New York to Miss Jean Knox of Melbourne and in crossing the Atlantic the ship he was on was torpedoed by a German U-boat. In 1920 he came to reside at ‘Petherton’ Mt Bryan and the Mt Crawford Sheep Stud was transferred there. The late Messrs Eric & Cyril Murray carried on the stud together until 1947, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr Murray involved himself with many of the district’s sporting activities. He was ably supported by his wife and three daughters: Mary Mrs F. Hamblyn (Treweek, Queensland), Sheila Mrs C.M. Manning (McKay [sic] Queensland) and Anne Mrs John Knox (Melbourne.) In WWII he was OC the Burra VDC. His funeral at Hallett on Saturday was very largely attended. [Eric Moray Murray born 13 May 1894 North Adelaide: died 23 July 1953, Walkerville, residence Mt Bryan.]

Elder, Smith & Co. held a film evening about farming and grazing topics in the Town Hall on Thursday for about 300 guests. Eric McWaters, as Chairman of the Burra Burra DC, thanked the company and Messrs J. McBride & A.B. Riggs moved the vote of thanks. H. Binks-Williams, the Burra Manager for Elders, responded. Burra CWA provided a tasty supper.

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 3

Football

Hallett 11.19 defeated Burra 9.12

Burra Colts 7.7 defeated Hallett 0.0.

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 4

Golf Associates Open Day was held last Wednesday. Winners were:

18 Hole Championship ‘A’ Mrs H. Robinson (Peterborough) 86

18 Hole Championship ‘B’ Miss M. Collins (Burra) 94

18 Hole Handicap Stroke Miss M. Collins (Burra) 94 (29) 65

12 Hole Handicap Stroke Miss M. Collins (Burra) 60 (191⁄3) 402⁄3

9 Hole Handicap Stroke

For 36 Handicap only Mrs C. Blight (Burra) 58 (18) 40

18 Hole Teams Match Burra No. 1 comprising Mesdames P. Moore, C. Gardner & Miss M. Collins

9 Hole Handicap Foursomes Mrs Sobels 48 (143⁄4) & Miss Hynes 331⁄4

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 5

CWA Report for Burra 1953

The Secretary reported a membership of 87 and an average attendance of c. 20. They had a successful year under the presidency of Mrs Jennison. A roster system has seen attendance at the hospital for mending. Parcels continue to be sent to England and mixed fruits at Christmastime were particularly welcome.

We convened a ball at the request of nurses, to aid the new hospital building. We catered for the Burra Races in October 1952 and April 1953. Miss Lois Riggs was guest speaker for International Day and spoke about Sweden.

Our first Hospital Fete, which we shared with other organisations in December, was successful in raising £290 for that institution. We transferred £50 earmarked for the hospital and a further £35, being half the proceeds from the April Races luncheon. The other half went to the Town Hall kitchen improvement fund. [A number of smaller disbursements are listed.]

The Women’s Fire Fighting Group was recently combined with the CWA.

The Group Conference in April was at Farrell Flat and next year will be in Burra.

Two staunch supporters died during the year in Mrs J.R. Barker and Miss M. Rogers. The former was a Vice-President and the latter a former President.

81, 29, 28 July 1953, page 7

Children’s Playground Appeal has so far £49-10-6 for new equipment.

Fathers’ Assoc. Button Day raised £17-16-0.

Burra CMF Unit reopened on Wednesday with Sgt E. Franklin in charge and W/02 McFarlane along for instruction. The number of National Service Trainees in the area will ensure its continuance.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 1

Mt Bryan Legacy Ball was a great success. The takings of £108 will nett over £90 for Legacy.

[Details occupy 1 column.]

ETSA workers are laying a line 31⁄2 miles from the pumping station to Farrell Flat. The town is looking up with well-graded streets, Murray water and now electricity.

Burra High School. Tenders are called for new fences.

A Miniature Debutante Ball was held at Leighton Hall on Friday. Eight little debs aged from 5 to 10 were presented to Mr Quirke MP & Mrs Quirke of Clare. Door takings were £66.

Debutantes & partners were: Patricia Miller & Raymond McWaters

Mary Anne Gask & Geoffrey White

Gillian Arnold & Richard Price

Helen Butler & Richard Gask

Shirley Goodridge & Harold Bailey

Mary McDonald & Russell Woodford

Sandra McWaters & Dennis Miller

Susan Harris & Michael Miller

Police raided an Emu Downs Barbecue and Dance on Friday and took names after taking away an 18-gallon keg of beer and a beer pump.

A.B. Riggs has been made a life member of the Burra Bowling Club.

At Andrew Kakoschke’s funeral 100 schoolmates from St Joseph’s Convent and Burra High Schools formed a guard of honour at the cemetery gates.

Kooringa Lodge No. 6 commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the membership of A.B. Riggs. He joined on 7 July 1903 and during that period acted as Treasurer for 37 years. Wpl Bro. W.H. Lloyd spoke for Kooringa Mark Lodge and paid tribute to Bro. Riggs’s services as a citizen and church worker as well as a Mason. W. Bro. Riggs was a member for 29 years and Secretary for 17. E.C. Affolter spoke of services rendered to RA Chapter as Secretary and Treasurer. W. Bro. Dave Thomas presented W. Bro. Riggs with a beautifully polished blackwood reading lamp.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 August

Clifton Webb & Joanne Dru in Mr Belvedere Rings the Bell

Congolaise

Tuesday 11 August

David Farrar & Diana Dors in Diamond City

Ronar Colleano & Renee Asherson in Pool of London

Cycling Prizes. A committee has been formed to raise £20 for a Citizen’s Trophy and other prizes for the Advertiser Cycling Tour.

Advt. Stan Gill’s Rodeo & Circus, starring Tim McNamara, King of the Singing Cowboys.

Burra, Thursday 6 August at “Fiebig’s”

Badminton

Burra North Blue 9-180 defeated Redruth 7-167

Kooringa Green 8-197 defeated Burra North Gold 8-187.

Basketball

Booborowie 29 defeated Hallett 13

Burra 17 defeated Leighton 14

Terowie 39 defeated Mt Bryan 13.

Ironmine Sunday School held its 30th Anniversary 23 July. A cake with 30 candles was lit by Mrs W.H. Lloyd and his wife cut it. Both have close associations with the school throughout its history.

Obituary. Mrs H.J. Bruce of Thames St died at home on Sunday morning aged 90. She was born in Burra and lived in the district all her life. Her eight children assembled at ‘home’ for the first time in 21 years earlier this year to celebrate her 90th birthday. They are: Mrs H. Byles (Adelaide), Mrs E. Marks (Beachport), Mrs E. Rawlings (Broken Hill), Mrs E. Hunter (Pt Pirie), R.W. [Richard William] (Burra), A.J. [Albert James] (Burra), C. [Colin] (Burra) and J.A. [Joseph Alfred] (Yunta.)

[Born Hannah Jane Prior 22 February 1863 Nelson, Burra: died 2 August 1953 Burra.]

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 3

Football

Hallett 14.9 defeated Booborowie 7.13

Terowie defeated Spalding by 8 points.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, pages 3 & 6

Football. Burra 12.13 defeated Leighton 2.7.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 4

Burra bowling Club held its AGM last Wednesday. J.T. Pascoe, retiring President, reported a successful year. Membership was slightly down to 46 from 50, but there were 8 night members, up 2 from the previous year. The death of an old member, ‘Twist’ Ockenden is regretted.

In the Mid-north Assoc. Burra Gold was runner-up to Clare. A marvellous time was had on a trip to Whyalla, even though the home side won the bowls. Elected: Patron, A.B. Riggs; President, R.J. Jeffery; Vice-Presidents, H.J.B. Jennison & H. Binks-Williams and Secretary, J. Topsfield.

Table Tennis Tournament at Redruth Memorial Hall had 50 participants.

Men’s singles Don Lloyd defeated Eric McKenna

Women’s Singles Joan Nelson defeated Meryl Nelson

Mixed Doubles Joan Nelson & Don Edwards defeated Valerie Terry & Alan Baulderstone

The Redruth Comrades organised it and the £10-4-0 raised aids the Redruth Circuit Fund.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st match for the 1953-54 season and the 1st stage of the Kookaburra Trophy over Double 200 & 300 yards. Best off the rifle were Eddy Hopkins, Jim Schwier & Capt. Tom Lynch. Eight possibles were scored at 200 yards.

Burra Air Force Assoc. organised a trip to Waikerie on Saturday. Jim Warnes was host at Morgan with his craft The Mayfair and from there they sailed to Waikerie and returned on Sunday.

Burra Red Cross held its 33rd annual meeting on 13 July at ‘Heathmont.’ Elected were: President, Mrs S.M. Sandland; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Hill & J. Kellock; Secretary, Mrs R. Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield.

Superphosphate. Further complaints about ironware contamination are cited. One farmer had £14 worth of repairs and time lost after three 3⁄8 inch and one 1⁄2 inch nut tried to get through the cogs of his drill. Also the super was setting as hard as a rock in the bags and had to be broken with a sledge hammer. Old super, up to four years old, was still soft.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 7

Farrell Flat Church of England. The building fund will benefit from a successful concert there on 24 July. Dancing followed the concert.

Football. Burra Colts have received donations of £5-13-0, which is just over halfway to their needed total for socks.

81, 30, 4 Aug. 1953, page 8

Graham Heinrich, son of Mr & Mrs A.G. Heinrich of World’s End, contributes a letter of just over 1 column describing a recent seven day tour to Leigh Creek and Whyalla with 21 students from Immanuel College, North Walkerville.

81, 31, 11 Aug. 1953, page 1

Football

Hallett 21.20 defeated Spalding 2.9

Booborowie 26.21 defeated Leighton 3.5

Burra 25.19 defeated Terowie 1.2.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the Kookaburra Trophy over 200 & 300 yards. Best off the rifle was B. Scholz and best on handicap W. Holman.

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race [from Marree] was won by E.J. Reed.

Mt Bryan School. The Education Department intends installing extra toilets and a septic tank system. The old school building will be converted to a residence.

Valueless Cheques have been passed locally by a shearer who had been working on Woolgangi for one day. Michael Peter Nolan, who originally said he was Patrick J. Kelly, then stopped at the Bon Accord and Burra Hotels for about nine days and passed four cheques to the value of £85. As he was being escorted to Adelaide on Thursday by Sgt Barbary he jumped from the train’s toilet window near Dry Creek and was later recaptured at Owen. He is wanted by Police in Victoria for similar offences, as well as in other parts of SA.

The Buffalo Lodge Ball was held 7 August in Burra Town Hall. Door takings exceeded £50. Darrell Field was MC and the ball was opened by Primo of the Lodge, Mr M. Heinrich.

Accident. A buckboard driven by Donald S. Beauchamp of Princess Royal Station collided with a car driven by Mervyn R. Irlam at the corner of Kangaroo St and Commercial St on Saturday morning. The buckboard was badly damaged.

Burra Showgrounds. 12 Arizona Cyprus Pines donated by R.W. Humphrys have been planted.

[Cypress?]

T.G. Perry, the new Burra Burra DC District Clerk, has arrived from Wudinna. He is ex-RAAF.

Hanson Rural Youth. A meeting on 17 august is called to form a Rural Youth Club at Hanson.

81, 31, 11 Aug. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 August

Moira Shearer & Robert Helpman in The Tales of Hoffmann

William Powell & Julian Adams in The Treasure of Lost Canyon.

Shearing on Eastern Stations will be finished for the season when Woolgangi cuts out today. Quality is good, but quantity is down in the areas closer to Burra, though the regions further out are having a good season.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club had its 16th birthday on 4 May in the RSL Hall. The afternoon took the form of an old-fashioned mannequin parade showing garments extending back from 40 to 200 years.

Redruth Comrades & Order of Knights celebrated their 5th birthday on 14 July with the presentation of a play, Day in a Broadcasting Station.

81, 31, 11 Aug. 1953, page 6

Legacy will benefit by over £200 from the joint efforts of the Burra and Mt Bryan RSL Sub-Branches.

81, 31, 11 Aug. 1953, page 7

Badminton

Kooringa Red 9-186 defeated Burra North Blue 7-191

Burra North Gold 12-220 defeated Redruth 4-158.

81, 31, 11 Aug. 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 3 August

A fund will be set up for the public to donate to the Queen Elizabeth Coronation Gift Fund, which will fund humid cribs for hospitals – not necessarily the local hospital.

M.J. Heinrich was given permission to set up a fuel depot at Burra North.

War Memorial Oval. 44 shrubs were planted in the northeast corner and around the basketball court on Saturday.

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 1

RSL War Graves Appeal. £15,000 is urgently needed. Funds are needed to maintain the Garden of Memory at West Terrace Cemetery and other 2nd AIF cemeteries, yet to be established. The Garden of Memory has been maintained for 30 years and there are almost 3,000 graves there.

Burra Burra DC has greatly improved Brewery Hill Road.

Miss Till, who has been teaching Grade III at Burra, was given a farewell on 13 August after Kooringa Methodist Choir practice. She is leaving to take up domestic duties. Mr Brian George is her temporary replacement.

Burra Colts now have £11-17-0 of the £13 needed to outfit the team with socks.

SA Stockowners’ Assoc. held its AGM at Burra on 11 August. The meeting was unanimously in favour of lifting the ban on the export of stud merino sheep. Elected: President, Mr John Murray; Deputy, Mr A.D. Radford and Secretary, Mr H. Binks-Williams. Mr A.J. McBride gave an address on the new Australian Wool Bureau.

Leslie Carson was committed for sentence on Saturday after admitting the theft of £190 from a fellow employee, Alfred Parker, at Braemar Station.

Weather. Snow fell at Burra on Sunday morning between 1 & 2 a.m. and carpeted gardens and roofs till 9.30-10 a.m. Children enjoyed snowball fights. Further light falls took place at 9.30 and 11.30 a.m. Further north sheep losses have been significant, but locally they seem to have been fairly light.

Redruth Methodist Church circuit funds will benefit by over £130 from an auction on Friday 11 August on the vacant lot next to the Billiard Saloon. [Particularly featuring sheep, poultry and feed.]

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 August

Clark Gable in Lone Star

Walter Pidgeon in The Sellout

25 & 26 September

A Queen Crowned

Prices 2/9 & 1/6, Children 1/6 & 9d.

Advt. Methodist Mission, 23-30 August 1953. Missioner is Rev. R.D. Vawser of Eudunda.

[Details are printed of daily meetings throughout the district.]

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 3

Football. Burra 7.11 defeated Spalding 5.2.

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 4

‘Mission to the Nation.’ A one-column outline of the national mission program of the Methodist Church, currently under way.

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 6

Football

Booborowie 13.5 defeated Terowie 2.8

Hallett 11.4 defeated Leighton 2.6

Burra Colts 4.6 defeated Spalding Colts 0.0.

Badminton

Burra North Blue 10.197 defeated Kooringa Green 6.151

Kooringa Red 9-191 defeated Redruth 7-153

Burra 11 sets defeated Orroroo 7 sets at Orroroo last Saturday.

81, 32, 18 Aug. 1953, page 7

Salvation Army. The annual Self-Denial Appeal is under way. The target is £178 for Burra.

Weather. Light snow blanketed the Mt Bryan Hills till about 10.30 a.m. last Sunday.

Mrs A.A. Jefferies of Burra North celebrated her 85th birthday on 10 August.

She came to Burra as Molly Simpson in 1869 and was educated at Burra Model School. [This seems unlikely as the school did not open till 1878 when she was 91⁄2, but she may have completed her education there.] She played the organ at Redruth Methodist Sunday school before moving to Hamley Bridge, where she married A.A. Jefferies and the couple later lived at Wallaroo, Medindie and Reynella. In 1912 they took up land at Mt Bryan, where Mr Frank Jefferies is currently carrying on the farm. Mrs Jefferies came to live in Burra after her husband died in 1941.

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 1

Accident. T.H. Villis’s car was badly damaged in the week when it rolled down the hill at the Mine, narrowly missing Morphett’s Shaft and rolling over twice. Had it continued it might have ended in the pool. The owner’s dog apparently relaxed the handbrake when it jumped into the parked vehicle.

Football

Hallett 18.27 defeated Terowie 7.6

Leighton 8.9 defeated Spalding 3.2

Booborowie 11.10 [or 12.10 on page 3] defeated Burra 7.15.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the kookaburra Trophy over double 500 & 600 yards. Best off the rifle was Capt. T. Lynch, while best on handicap was W. Corner.

Bowls. A meeting convened by Mr Owen-Smyth at Hallett on 11 August resolved to form a Bowling Club. Elected were: President, Jack Goddard; Secretary, Ron Sibley and Treasurer, Eric Pulford. The club will be located at the Recreation Ground between the Memorial Gates and the tennis courts.

Burra RSL has undertaken to plant an avenue of 30 Bushy Sugar Gums on the eastern road leading into Burra.

Queen Elizabeth Coronation Gift Fund: £13-13-0.

Hallett Fire Fighting Organisation has decided to acquire a fire truck.

Robertstown Oval. Robertstown now has a fine new football oval with 300 trees planted around it. A farmer donated 12 acres of land and the district raised £1,000 last year to establish the oval and its necessary facilities. A Queen Competition held recently raised £1,452 to write off the outstanding debt and leave a healthy balance.

Spalding Bowling Club has applied to join the Mid-North Assoc. for the coming season.

A Collinsville Ram fetched a record 510 guineas at the recent Naracoorte Merino Sales.

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell ‘Heathmont’ at the RSL Hall, Burra 25 September 1953 on instructions from the Executor in the estate of the late William Humphrey Sandland. It comprises a stone house of ten rooms, two bathrooms, pantry, laundry, cellar, with septic tank etc. on 4 acres 3 roods 38 perches. (Mrs W.H. Sandland has decided to leave the district.)

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 August

Alan Ladd & Elizabeth Scott in Red Mountain

Jose Ferrer & Kim Hunter in Anything Can Happen

1 September

Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway & Sid James in The Lavender Hill Mob

Jean Kent & Dirk Bogarde in The Woman in Question

Burra Progress Assoc. held its 2nd AGM on 19 August at the end of its first year of operation since the war. Elected were: President, J. Wohlers; Vice-President, R. Cummins and Secretary & Treasurer, E. Wickes.

Badminton

Burra North Blue 9-208 defeated Burra North Gold 17-62

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 3

Football. Burra Colts 7.12 defeated Booborowie 0.0.

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 4

Obituary. John G. Sara died at his residence at Burra North on Thursday aged 90. He was born at Willunga 5 July 1863. He remained an extremely active man both mentally and physically, as demonstrated last month, when after his 90th birthday he sat down and wrote 40 letters in reply to birthday greetings, some of several pages. He was the second son of Mr & Mrs George Sara and came to Burra as a boy. He began his education under the late Sir Frederick Holder in the private school which used to be situated near the Kooringa Hotel.* His father was in partnership with Mr Dunstan, as building contractors. They built the present Primary School and John Sara helped the plasterers and later attended the school. As a young man he and a friend went to WA in the barque Ribston, taking three weeks to get there. They stayed about 12 months, working in a timber mill and a flour mill. On returning to SA Mr Sara worked as a miller at Quorn with Messrs Dunn & Co. before returning to Burra to marry Miss Emma Tiver in 1885. She survives him. The couple had two children: Frank Sara, who died six years ago and Natalie, who is now Mrs T.M. Carey of Melbourne. After the marriage the couple went to Cockburn, where they ran a store and acted as forwarding agents for Messrs Sara & Dunstan before the railway went through to Broken Hill and goods had to be sent beyond Cockburn by bullock wagon. After about seven months the railway was completed and the couple moved to Broken Hill, where they worked for Sara & Dunstan. Later Mr Sara was time-keeper for the biggest of the mines. They later sold out and went to WA where they conducted a business for 17 years. In 1909 they returned to Burra and took over the business of Messrs Tiver & Sons, which they carried on with their son Frank until his death in 1947. Mr Sara was then 84, but took an active interest in the business, which is now carried on by his grandson, David Sara. Mr Sara was an active worker for Methodism and a local preacher. He was a Rechabite and a member of the Masonic Lodge. As JPs, he and Mrs Sara often sat on the bench together. He had been a keen cricketer and was an assiduous reader.

[*The statement about his schooling is suspect. Frederick Holder took over John & Eliza Stephens’ school in 1876. It was conducted in the 1847 Wesleyan Chapel on a site to the rear of the present Burra Uniting Church. Given John Sara’s age, he is unlikely to have started school with Mr Holder. The Burra Grammar School was a different institution, housed in a building on the site of the Kooringa Hotel. He may indeed have gone there.]

[John George Sara born 5 July 1863 Willunga: died 20 August 1953 Burra North.]

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 5

The RSL Ball was held in the Town Hall on 21 August. A large crowd attended and over £100 was taken at the door and the floor was crowded throughout the evening. The theme was a Mad Hatter’s Ball and prizes went to: Mrs T. Schulz most humorous

Miss J. Jennison most original

Mr M. Tiver smallest

Mrs Elder tallest

Mrs W. Heading most artistic

Mr H. Cornelius was MC

81, 33, 25 Aug. 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 3 August

Permission was granted for the RSL to plant 30 trees on the eastern approach to the town.

Information is to be sought from the Adelaide City Council about correct parking angles and distances between cars etc.

Numerous complaints have been received by Councillors concerning the blowing down of locomotive boilers in the railway yard and the unnecessary ringing of the Bon Accord gong.

[Presumably activated by shunting operations that did not actually cross the road.]

SAR Commissioner’s attention will be drawn to the above.

Straying sheep are causing concern in the town.

81, 34, 1 Sep. 1953, page 1

Burra Hospital AGM was held last Wednesday.

Chairman F.T. Marston reported that financially the year had seen an increase in the overdraft of about £1,500, due to fewer patients and consequently less income. Economies had been effected, but a minimum number of staff are needed to function. Outstanding accounts owed to the hospital amounted to some £2,400, which appears too high for the district.

The advent of the extended Commonwealth Medical Scheme should help. The number of patients had dropped from an average 17.4 per day to 10.4 this year. Maintenance had been limited to essential work. A start had been made on the Nurses’ Home and renovation to existing bathrooms.

The working loss for the year was £1,562 and the overdraft was £3,330 (up from £1,872 the previous year.)

Dr Mellor, as MO, pointed out the difficulties of staffing and especially of getting trained staff.

The re-organised No. 5 Private Room, which had become a Minor Casualty Room, had greatly helped in handling outpatients and provided an X-ray and dressing room. He also spoke on the advantages that would flow from the new Nurses’ Home and the bathroom renovations.

The foundation stone of the Nurses’ Home would be laid by the Premier, Mr Playford, on Friday 2 October.

Hanson Rural Youth Club was decided on recently. Mr P. Angove, organiser of the movement, will attend on 14 September to help set up a committee.

Mrs H. White was given a farewell by the Church of England on Tuesday evening 25 August. Mr G.H. Dollman was MC. An electric toaster was given as a presentation and Mr Ken White responded on behalf of his mother.

Burra Golf Club held its first Open Day Tournament for many years, last Sunday. The winner was S. Longford of Hallett, from Clarrie Gardner of Burra, with Len Bence of Burra in third place.

In ‘B’ Grade L. Kingdon of Blyth was first. Other winner:

36 hole handicap ‘A’ Grade C. Gardner

30 hole handicap ‘B’ Grade L. Kingdon

18 hole morning handicap ‘A’ Grade O. Tattersall

18 hole morning handicap ‘B’ Grade R. Garrard

18 hole afternoon handicap ‘A’ Grade L. Bence

18 hole afternoon handicap ‘B’ Grade A.L. Bence

Handicap Teams’ Trophy Watervale

Veterans’ Event O. Tattersall & R. Jeffery

Football. The Mail Medal for the Fairest & Most Brilliant Player in the North-Eastern Association went to Frank Cousins of Booborowie.

Blink Bonnie Proprietors did well at the Crystal Brook Show, gaining Champion Ram in the Medium Wool Class and Grand Champion Ram of the Show.

Burra Golf Club Championship was decided on Saturday and went to B. Bloomfield, from J. Bogisch.

81, 34, 1 Sep. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures

James Mason & Cedric Hardwicke in The Desert Fox

Monty Woolley in As Young as You Feel.

81, 34, 1 Sep. 1953, page 3

Football. First Semi-Final: Burra 15.5 (95) defeated Leighton 10.16 (76).

Burra High School Ball in aid of Parents & Friends’ Assoc. funds was very successful on Friday with over 400 attending and tickets sold to the value of £108. Mr Ken Murphy was MC, with music by Mrs Preiss’s Band. There was a demonstration on square dancing and a great supper.

81, 34, 1 Sep. 1953, page 6

Badminton. Saturday 29 August: Prospect 8-192 defeated Burra 8-174.

25 August: Second Semi-Final: Kooringa Red 12-203 defeated Kooringa Green 4-136.

31 August: Final: Burra North Blue 10-192 defeated Kooringa Green 6-187.

Burra Homing Club. In the race from Oodnadatta on 22 August only two birds homed within the qualifying time. Both were owned by E.J. Reed.

North-Eastern Basketball Assoc.: First Semi-Final

Burra 30 defeated Booborowie 29.

Second Semi-Final

Terowie 19 defeated Spalding 11.

81, 34, 1 Sep. 1953, page 7

Burra Primary School held its Arbor Day last Friday. The address was given by Mr Stockman, Chairman of the School Committee. 25 shrubs were planted on the plot previously used for the School Garden Club.

81, 35, 8 Sep. 1953, page 1

First Adelaide Wool Sale for 1953. The top district price was achieved by E.J. & A.W. Kellock with 1181⁄4d per lb. [Other district prices are printed.]

The Minister for Local Government sends a three-foolscap page reply to a recent letter from the Burra Progress Assoc. about a comment he was reported to have made concerning such associations.

[It essentially expresses his view that if Councils were living up to their opportunities for service, there would be no need for such associations.]

Accident. Last Monday night the 6.30 p.m. goods train, moving slowly over the Mt Bryan crossing, was struck by a car driven by Mr Thomas of Belcunda. The car was very badly damaged indeed, but Mr Thomas and his passenger had miraculous escapes.

Football. Second Semi-Final: Booborowie 9.7 defeated Hallett 9.5.

Basketball. Preliminary Final: Booborowie 20 defeated Terowie 13.

Burra Homing Club. The Saturday race from Tailem Bend was won by E.J. Reed.

Burra Rifle Club. The first stage of the Championship was fired over 300, 500 & 600 yards and was won by P. Marston.

H.J. Dunn has recently retired after serving 50 continuous years as a Councillor and 47 as chairman. He served 26 years as Chairman of the Waterloo DC and when Waterloo was amalgamated in 1932 he then served as Chairman of the Saddleworth Dc until his retirement on 30 June last. In the last five years of service he had retired to Glenelg, but made the 70-mile trip to Saddleworth each month. He received an MBE in 1947 for service to Local Government and for patriotic activities. In conjunction with his son Kevin, of Black Springs, he built up the stud known as ‘Barton Hill.’

Burra Memorial Oval. Sixty shrubs have now been planted at the oval.

Accident. The derailment of a goods train between Hallett and Ulooloo delayed this morning’s Broken Hill express to Adelaide by two hours.

Accident. Brake failure on Sara & Co.’s truck last Wednesday caused it to knock down a verandah post at Bence’s in Commercial St. The post narrowly missed the window in falling, but damaged the vitrolite at the base of the windows.

Burra Racing Club held its AGM. The club had a deficit for the year. President G. Gask reported on a rather unsatisfactory year. [Details occupy a little over 1 column.]

Mrs H. White, a teacher at Burra Primary School for 171⁄2 years, was farewelled on Thursday afternoon. She was presented with a gold wristlet watch from scholars and staff.

81, 35, 8 Sep. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 September

Arthur Kennedy & Peggy Dow in Bright Victory

Plus Wyoming Maid

Burra Golf Club. The final of the Club Championship in ‘B’ Grade was won by R. Jeffery.

81, 35, 8 Sep. 1953, page 3

Football. Burra Colts 1.4 defeated Booborowie Colts 1.0.

Badminton. Grand Final: Kooringa Red 11-219 defeated Burra North Blue 5.146.

81, 35, 8 Sep. 1953, page 4

Burra Methodist Mission. Good attendances marked the meetings of the last week, for which the Missioner was Rev. R.D. Vawser of Eudunda Circuit. Public meetings at Hanson, Farrell Flat, Ironmine and Kooringa drew appreciative if not large audiences. The themes were To Whom Shall We Go? and The Reasonableness of Christianity.

[At Hanson Mrs M. Satchell sang O Lord Most Holy.]

There was a youth gathering at Redruth Memorial Hall on Tuesday 25 August, when 57 young people attended. On Wednesday about 100 ladies attended a Ladies’ Afternoon in Kooringa Methodist Hall. At the High School on Wednesday morning there was a session for students. There was a Men’s Tea to which 56 men sat down and the Mission concluded with a good Sunday attendance at both Redruth and Kooringa. [Mrs M. Satchell sang He shall feed his flock at Redruth in the morning.]

Burra Primary School is to construct a terraced shrubbery garden at the side of the school.

81, 35, 8 Sep. 1953, page 7

Marriage. At Mt Bryan Methodist Church, 29 August

Carmen Dare married Peter Disher.

Burra High School visited Clare on 21 August.

Football: Clare 13.14 defeated Burra 3.0.

In basketball both Burra ‘A’ and Burra ‘B’ were thoroughly beaten. [Apparently too thoroughly to mention the scores.]

81, 36, 15 Sep. 1953, page 1

School Bus. Despite having a new bus, the Hallett and Mt Bryan students are in trouble getting to school again. Mr M. Pettet has resigned as driver and so far no one else has come forward. Mr Pettet will do one more week and Mr Hiles Cockrum another week, but after that the future is uncertain.

Burra Children’s Playground Equipment Fund benefited by c. £80 from a Burra Progress Assoc. Dance in the RSL Hall on Saturday.

Burra electric Supply Co. Burra Town Council has refused to extend arrangements with the company from two to seven years, as the company requested.

Burra Homing Club. E.J. Reed won the race from Tintinara on Saturday, with F. Brandt second.

The War graves Appeal stands at £5-16-0.

Square Dancing first appeared in Burra at the High School Dance and a week later there was a demonstration set from Adelaide, at the Air Force Assoc. Ball. On 11 September the Town Council sponsored an ‘all-night’ Square Dance in Burra. Another is planned for 22 September.

The Advertiser Tour. The Mt Barker-Burra stage finished in Burra on Saturday, but only a small group attended the finish, which had to compete with the football final. Fifteen riders contested the finish, which was won by K. Stewart of Victoria. Local people presented the stage winner with a 5 guinea trophy and £12 cash, with £13 going to other places. The Mayor greeted the riders. Many more people were on hand for the start of the fifth and final stage at 9 a.m. Sunday in Market Square.

Burra Town Council will complain over the £203 road grant this year. It is a reduction of £59 from last year.

Wanton Damage. Someone illegally drove the Burra Cold Stores truck along the kerb in front of the building on Thursday evening, severely damaging several of the verandah posts.

Vandalism. Attacks have been made on young trees in West Street Burra North and (with an axe) to large gum trees around the Church of England Rectory.

Burra Hospital and Pensioners. Subsidised hospitals must admit and treat indigent and destitute patients free of charge and it has often been wrongly assumed that this includes old age pensioners. This is not so. Recovery of charges from them is at the discretion of the Board and the sum involved can be recovered from the pensioner, their children, or their estate after death. Other matters affecting hospital costs were discussed at the Annual Conference of SA Hospitals Assoc. on Wednesday last.

Baseball. Glenelg Baseball Club will play an exhibition game at the Memorial Oval next Sunday.

Basketball. Grand Final at Terowie last Saturday: Burra 30 defeated Booborowie 26.

Miss Josie Jennison, Captain of the Burra team, was presented with the North-Eastern Assoc. Basketball Shield.

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Football. Hallett 15.17 (107) defeated Burra 4.9 (33) at Terowie.

‘Monty.’ Miss Josie Jennison’s sheep dog ‘Monty’ has been going to the school now for about nine years whenever he gets the chance and he appeared this morning after the holiday, though no one knows how he knew the holidays were over. He is getting a bit old and crotchety and has bitten several pupils who got a bit rough with him, which has cost his owner quite a bit in tetanus shots. But this morning the family forgot that school was restarting and so forgot to tie him up, but he remembered.

81, 36, 15 Sep. 1953, page 5

The Air Force Assoc. Ball was held last Friday and was a huge success. The highlight of the evening was a square dancing demonstration given by a professional set and caller, Mr Bob Tregertha, Melbourne’s leading caller. The poultry supper was delicious.

Burra Hospital Board

F.T. Marston was re-elected as Chairman for the ensuing year. Some progress has been made for sowing part block 62. The annual fete to aid the hospital will be held on 4 December. The building may be delayed due to the shortage of cream bricks.

81, 36, 15 Sep. 1953, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 September

Greer Garson in The Law and the Lady

Dick Powell in The Tall Target

81, 36, 15 Sep. 1953, page 7

Mt Bryan CWA Fete was held on 26 August and raised c. £133.

81, 36, 15 Sep. 1953, page 8

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society AGM was held on 20 August in the Council Chamber at the Town Hall. Elected were: Chairman, Rev. C. Christopher; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs and Treasurer, E.R. Davey. An active year was reported, but there were only a few active members. Parcels of clothing and donations of money came in and before Christmas again a lot of eggs from W.H. Lloyd. The chief aim of the society was to distribute wood in winter and Christmas cheer. During the year the society lost through removal Rev. H. Hobbs & Lieut. Copley and gained Pastor Ashdown & Lieut. Bloxom [sic: for Bloxham] in their place. The society will receive £100 under the will of the late Miss Wilhelmina Rogers. [Report from Myrtle Riggs, Secretary.]

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 1

Drought in the Eastern Plains is presenting owners with the question of whether to drove sheep out or use semi-trailers. Trucked sheep arrive in much better condition at market and therefore get higher prices. Drovers find little water along the way and rely on private people to supply it and in some cases water has to be carted out for the travelling sheep.

Emus are entering the district in large mobs due to the shortage of green feed to the east. One landowner counted 247 in one paddock and other mobs of 100 or more have entered cropland in the district. They also damage fences. Permits are required to destroy emus.

A Queen is Crowned will be shown at a special screening for school students on Friday afternoon, with the co-operation of the Town Council. The charge will be 6d.

Baseball. On Sunday two teams from Glenelg Baseball Club played a match on the Memorial Oval.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Football. Burra Colts won the Grand Final on Saturday. They were leading [Booborowie] 5.5 to 0.0 when play was abandoned in the final quarter.

Burra Hospital. Arrangements have been made for the laying of the foundation stone of the Nurses’ Quarters by the Premier, Mr Playford, on Friday 2 October.

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Advt. Burra Pictures, Friday 25 September & Saturday 26 September at 1.45 p.m. & 7.45 p.m.

A Queen is Crowned

Jeremy Spenser & Henry Oscar in Prelude to Fame

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 3

Football. Grand Final at Booborowie: Booborowie 9.11 (65) defeated Hallett 4.9 (33).

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 4

SA Stockowners’ Association held its 63rd AGM. The address by Mr G.G. Hawkes is printed in 11⁄3 columns.

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. At auburn on Saturday: Auburn 748 defeated Burra 718.

Mt Bryan East received 11⁄4 inches of rain in the latter part of August and early September, but since then it has again been very dry. The area has a large number of kangaroos and emus because of the eastern drought.

A.H. Peters, Director of Lands, advises the height of Mt Bryan is 3065 ft and of Razorback is 2835 ft.

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 6

B Company 27th Scottish Regiment will hold mortar practice on the Burra Rifle Range on Wednesday night. All types of flares will be used and the general public is invited.

Burra Cricket Assoc. held its AGM and elected: Patron, Glen Hawkes; President, A.D. Radford and Secretary, J.W. Sorrell. Matches will begin 31 October with the season to comprise two rounds of one-day matches and two rounds of two-day matches. The Association is made up of Buffs, Burra, Farrell Flat and Koonoona.

Riverton High School visited Burra on Friday.

Football: Riverton 8.12 defeated Burra 3.4.

Basketball, ‘A’ Teams: Riverton 18 defeated Burra 10.

Basketball, ‘B’ Teams: Riverton 22 defeated Burra 17.

81, 37, 22 Sep. 1953, page 7

Andrews is to receive water from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline via an extension from the branch at the former Yakilo School, a further four miles. Work will begin almost at once.

The War Graves Appeal stands at £34-11-0.

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 1

Local Properties Sold by Elder, Smith & Co. at the Burra RSL Hall last Friday:

For V.A.W. Riggs, 7083⁄4 acres ‘Springbank’ to Eberhard Bros of Robertstown for £31-15-0 per acre.

For D.K. Williams 427 acres sold to Dr T.J. Ashton for £37-17-6 an acre.

For E.L. McWaters 5,954 acres of ‘outside’ land: ‘The Gums’ paddocks. This lot was passed in, but subsequently sold privately to the adjoining landowner, K. Phillips.

‘Heathmont’ on account of W.H. Sandland was passed in at £4,000 with little interest shown in it.

The E & WS advises that fire hydrants will no longer be metered and instead a flat rate of £10 per annum will be charged for each stand pipe.

The War Graves Appeal stands at £52-7-0.

Accident. A Holden driven by Mr J. Loan overturned on Sunday eight miles south of Burra, when a rear tyre blew out. Three occupants escaped injury.

Mr E.R. Dunhill [Sic, in error for E.W.] celebrated his 62nd anniversary as a local preacher on Sunday 20 September, by preaching at Redruth in the morning and Kooringa in the afternoon.

Adelaide Wool Sales. District prices are printed.

Burra Primary School. A contract has been let for the renovation of the condemned classroom.

Burra Footballers visited Kadina at the weekend. Arrangements were made for accommodation and entertainment with the Kadina Football Club, but not one representative of that club met the visitors on arrival. The boys were accommodated and made their own fun, going to the trots in the afternoon and to a dance in the evening. They were also given a football lecture by Bob Quinn.

Weather. Good rains have saved local crops. To the east falls were lighter and only a few placed got any run-off. A few dams caught some water. Falls ranged from 11 points at Old Koomooloo to 50 at Redcliffe and 77 at Baldina. In the west falls ranged from 64 at Hallett to 86 at Booborowie. Burra recorded 65 points. (Though Gum Creek managed only 52 points.)

As we go to press reports are coming in of big rains to the east, with many falls so far between 50 and 110 points. Koomooloo reports 10 ft in the house dam and Braeside has 4 ft in a dam. At Collinsville the house dam is full. At ‘The Gums’ the south paddock dam, which has been dry for months, is now 6 ft deep and King Dam has 9 ft. Hogback is rumoured to have 18 ft in the house dam. Most phone lines are now out.

Obituary. Mr E. Cyril Collins died this morning in Adelaide. He was active in the RSL and Rifle and Racing Clubs here. [Edward Cyril Collins born 7 November 1893: died 29 September 1953 North Adelaide, residence Mt Bryan.]

Burra Primary School. Miss Mounce replaces Miss Till with Grade III and Mrs Perry replaces Mrs White with Grade II.

Football Teams from Kersbrook and Hindmarsh Catholic Young Men’s Societies visited at the weekend. The former stayed at the Bon Accord Hotel and the latter at the Burra Hotel. The Burra Colts defeated CYMS team in a match on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday they had a picnic at the World’s End Gorge.

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday damaged targets at the range caused the 4th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy to be postponed.

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Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 October

Claudette Colbert & McDonald Caney in Let’s Make it Legal

John Emery & Osa Massen in Rocketship X-M

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 3

Burra Football Club presented trophies on 17 September:

Best backman B. Beinke & R. Seaford (draw)

Best utilityman R. Collins & W. Kotz

Most Mail Medal votes R. Crewes

Best forward R. Kellett

Best in Preliminary Final J. McLaren

Best in Semi-Final D. Bern

Most purposeful D. Bernhardt

Best placed T. Wilden

Most unselfish J. McLaren

Fairest and most brilliant R. Collins & K. Treleaven (draw)

Most improved junior D. Bernhardt

Most effective R. Seaford

Most improved R. Crewes

Most consistent D. Bernhardt

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 4

Burra Hospital Board, 18 September

Repairs and alterations to the Midwifery Section are to be attended to.

The Women’s Ward is to be painted (less the part due for demolition.)

SA Hospitals Conference has recommended pensioners be charged £2-10-0 a week from the pension and it was moved the pensioners be requested to authorise the hospital to collect their pensions whilst in hospital and to deduct the sum of £2-10-0 a week.

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 5

RSL State President Mr Eastick addressed the branch on 19 September in an entertaining manner, on his trip to Korea and on matters concerning the League generally. Trees were planted on the eastern approach to the town on 27 September. £5-5-0 was donated to the War Graves Appeal.

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 6

Burra Town Council will again approach ETSA to see if they can speed up the connection of the town to their supply.

The Hanson-Gum Creek Pet Show was held at Gum Creek School. £8 was raised.

[The prize list is printed.]

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 7

Rt Rev. Monsignor M.B. Clune, the Catholic priest at Spalding, will be invested on Tuesday 6 October with the Insignor [sic] of a Protonotary Apostolic, a high honour in the church. [There is a one-column article on his life.]

81, 38, 29 Sep. 1953, page 8

Burra Town Council, 21 September

M.W. Bednall advised that the Recreation Ground had been transferred under the RPA from the Registrar of Companies to the corporation of Burra.

Mayor W. Carpenter and Crs Fisher & Baulderstone have been appointed to the Burra High School Council for three years from 1 July.

Burra Electric Supply Co. says all street lights have been inspected and repaired, except those over the bridge near Mr Bernhardt’s, which was awaiting parts.

ETSA is to be approached to see if connection of Burra to their network can be advanced.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 1

Burra Hospital. The Premier, Hon. T. Playford, visited Burra on Friday 2 October to lay the foundation stone of the new Nurses’ Home. F.T. Marston, as Chairman of the Board, welcomed the visitors. He said the Gebhardt bequest had started the process with c. £5,000 and the government had agreed to provide funds on a £ for £ basis. A public appeal followed. The proposal was seen as the first stage in a rebuilding process, but was being done in such a way that it could stand alone as a complete unit, so that it would not be wasted in any event. He also referred to the new bathrooms and other renovations, which owed much to the Red Cross and Air Force Association.

The Premier in his response said the grant to the Burra Hospital had been raised this year from £3,250 to £3,750. He then laid the stone. John Gebhardt, as chairman of the Appeals Committee, called for money to be laid on the stone and Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant started the list with a donation of £200. Others then brought the total to £432. [A list of donors is printed.]

Hon. M. O’Halloran, Leader of the Opposition, congratulated Burra on the fine forward move this building represented.

Weather. The fine rains at the start of last week have assured many eastern properties of water supplies for the coming year. Falls ranged from 30 to 100 points, but most were in the 50-100 point range.

The War Graves Appeal stands at £61-10-3.

Guy Fawkes Night. Preparations are in hand for the annual bonfire in aid of the school, organised by R.C. Lott.

John Arthur Woods (25) was arrested near Mt Bryan and charged with the illegal use of a Ford Prefect sedan and a number of driving offences. He had taken the car from Angus McLean Ltd of Adelaide and had been using it for about six weeks, during which time he had travelled about 10,000 miles. He and his wife and four young children had been living in the vehicle for about a month in the outback parts of the state.

The Governor, Sir Robert George, will open the new RSL rooms at Hallett on 23 October.

An influenza epidemic is sweeping through the district and seems to have affected Booborowie especially, with over 100 cases in that area. Fortunately it is not a particularly dangerous strain.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 2

Advt. SAFU will conduct a clearing sale for H. Baynes on 15 October, the property having been sold.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 October

John mills & Phyllis Calvert in Mr Denning Drives North

Kieron Moore & Christine Norden in Saints and Sinners

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 3

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM and elected: President, Mrs R. Jeffery; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H. Topsfield & M.R. Ashton; Secretary, Mrs C.C. Gardner; Treasurer, Mrs M. Archer; Captain, Miss M. Collins and Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Jeffery.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara on 26 September was won by E.J. Reed with P.J. Byrnes second. Last Saturday the race from Wolseley saw only one bird home in qualifying time and returns were very poor. The winner was E.J. Reed.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 4

Air Force Assoc. Peter Betts has resigned as Secretary of the branch to be replaced by Evan C. Jones.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 6

The Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau Field Day concentrated on improving pastures on 28 September.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 7

Burra Rifle Club paid tribute to their late member E.C. Collins on Saturday. He had been a long time member and a past captain and committeeman. Mr & Mrs Peter Betts were farewelled.

At the shooting match Jim Schwier had scored a possible over 800 yards and K. Spackman was doing well when rain washed the paper off the target and the day had to be abandoned.

Weather. More rain in the east has caused another postponement of the Eastern District Fire fighting Organisation Meeting. This is the third time rain has fallen on the planned meeting day.

81, 39, 6 Oct. 1953, page 8

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Anniversary on 27 September and Monday 28 September. Three services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Steadman, last year’s President of the SA Methodist Conference. On Monday a social was held with games, competitions and pictures on the town of Katherine NT, followed by the Treasurer’s report and then supper.

81, 40, 13 Oct. 1953, page 1

Burra Show was held on Saturday in excellent weather. Sideshows were numerous, but mostly on similar lines, because the boxing troupe’s conveyance broke down en route and there were none of the more exciting sideshows like merry-go-rounds etc.

Machinery and car exhibits were very numerous.

1,600 paid at the gates and there were 365 members’ tickets admitting three people each to give a total attendance of over 2,500.

Entries were a record 2,135.

Cookery entries were up nearly 100%.

Art and craft entries were down.

Fleeces were about the same as last year.

Produce was very attractive.

Bouquet and fodder entries were about the same while cut flowers were better due to the better weather conditions.

Needlework was of superb quality.

Sheep entries were numerous with keen competition.

Sheaf-tossing attracted nine entries and was won by Bruce Stockman with 33 ft.

Ring entries were popular and in excess of last year.

Sideshow men complained of poor business and one said he had made a profit of £100 in 1952, but would be lucky to break even this year. A similar lack of profits has been reported from other shows.

Entries in sections: Art 29, Poultry & Birds 708, Cattle 31, Cookery 168, Dogs 26, Flowers 297, Bouquets 75, Fresh Fruit 7, Grain & Fodder 36, Horses 350, Needlework 170, Produce 42, Sheep 170, Vegetables 42, Wool 47.

The SAR has again replied to complaints about the blowing down of engine boilers in the station yard and the blocking of the Bon Accord crossing by shunting trains for long periods. Instructions have again been issued to staff. It is likely the affect will not be long lasting, judging by previous occasions.

The Aberdeen Croquet Club, at its AGM elected: President, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Sara & J. Fisher; Secretary, Mrs Ellis, Treasurer, Mrs Steer and Captain, Miss M.V. Pearce.

Town Council Assessment. There were numerous appeals against the new assessment. Results have not been announced, but we don’t expect any successes as the values were based on E & WS valuations, against which there were no appeals. The problem was that the Council had not increased the assessment gradually as property values rose and owners were then confronted with a large leap in values.

Buffs Cricket Club held its AGM and elected: Patron, T. Villis; President, H. Jones; Captain, W. Kotz; Vice-Captain, C. Hobba and Secretary, K. Williams.

Hallett Red Cross Flower Show was held on Saturday 3 October and £74-17-10 was raised. [A full prize list will be printed next issue.]

Vandals have attacked the avenue of trees on the town’s eastern approaches, damaging and removing the tree guards and stakes.

Local Board of Health, 5 October

A report from the Central Board of Health inspector says that the bakehouse of J.H. Waters does not meet structural requirements of the regulations under the Act.

Mr Waters will be interviewed regarding the matter.

The inspector also recommended more frequent removal of rubbish from the town, especially in the summer months.

81, 40, 13 Oct. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 October

Van Johnson in Invitation

Elizabeth Taylor in Love is Better than Ever

Notice. VDC. To all ex-members 10 Platoon Burra Unit. The Annual Dinner and Smoke Social will be held at the Royal Exchange Hotel Saturday 31 October. F.H. Reed.

Advt. Square Dancing at Burra Town Hall, Friday 16 October. Caller: Allan Dennis.

Advt. Rodeo at Spalding Oval, Saturday 31 October. Ball to follow.

Notice. The opening of the Hallett RSL Club Rooms by H.E. the Governor, Sir Robert George, 3 p.m. Friday 23 October. The public are cordially invited.

81, 40, 13 Oct. 1953, pages 4 & 5

Burra Show Prize List is printed.

[Personal interest: R. Fuss was head flower steward. His prizes were:

Calendula – 3 distinct 2nd

Freesia – 3 2nd

Tulips, tuberous, 6 2nd

Begonias in pot 2nd

Best pot plant 2nd

Basket plant 1st]

81, 40, 13 Oct. 1953, page 7

Accident. The steering failed on a truck loaded with five tons of tallow and hides about two miles south of Hallett near Bell’s Corner and its crashed into the creek doing some £500 damage to the truck. No one was injured. The driver was Arthur John Jackaman, master butcher of Broken Hill.

Burra Show takings were up from 1952 £184 to well over £200.

Burra Homing Club. The race last Saturday from Wolseley was won by P.J. Byrnes with E.J. Reed second.

The War Graves Appeal stands at £63-13-9.

Rev. L.R. Lenthall of Meadows has been appointed to St Mary’s and will be inducted by the Bishop of Adelaide on Monday 9 November.

81, 40, 13 Oct. 1953, Supplement [Slightly less than full-sized.]

Burra Rifle Club will fire a match against Tanunda at Tanunda next Saturday.

Burra Show. W.H. Lloyd, as President, introduced the Patron, Sir Philip McBride, to open the 79th Burra Show. [Sir Philip’s speech is reported.]

Burra Town Council, 5 October

RSL reported planting trees on the eastern approach to the town on 27 September.

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 1

Burra Hospital

The paddock opposite the main building has been ploughed ready to plant lucerne. Super and lucerne seed have been donated along with posts and strainers.

The new garden design plans are on display in Mr Baulderstone’s window.

Lady George will be the guest of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at Princess Royal on the 3 & 4 December and has agreed to open the fete organised by Women’s Organisations of the District to aid the Burra Hospital.

Guy Fawkes. Good prizes are on offeror the best Guys this year.

Breeding Ewes have been in demand at the Burra Market.

Rt Rev. Monsignor M.B. Clune was invested with the Honour of Protonotary Apostolic by Most Rev. Dr Brian Gallagher, Bishop of Pt Pirie in a service at Spalding on 6 October. Rev. Fr R. Pope read the Papal Bull conferring the title. Also present were Rev. Dr Walsh of Peterborough, Very Rev. Mons. Coffey of St Mark’s Cathedral, Pt Pirie and Rev. Fr Prendergast of Jamestown. There was a concert in the evening.

Adelaide Wool Sales are reported. [District prices are listed.]

Burra Homing Club. The final race for the season was from Mt Gambier, but although flown in good conditions, the returns were small and E.J. Reed was the only one to clock a bird in qualifying time.

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 October

Ray Milland & Florence Marley in Sealed Verdict

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in That’s My Boy

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 3

Advt. Henry Biddell of Port Broughton will sell fresh fish in Market Square on Friday 6 November at 8.30 a.m. Snook, Tommy Roughs, Gars and Whiting (only on order.)

Bowls. The new season opened at Spalding and Burra on Saturday. The Burra season was opened by Mr George Crawford, President of the Mid-North Bowling Association.

Croquet. Mrs Roy Jeffery declared the new season open and hit off the first ball.

Burra Rifle Club at Tanunda on Saturday fired a drawn match against Tanunda in the second Teams Match of the No. 4 District Union for the season. Both teams scored 760.

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 4

Hallett Flower Show Prize List is printed.

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 6

Marriage. St Edmund’s Church, Booborowie, 10 October

Joan Farrelly, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Farrelly of Booborowie, married

Neil Bruce, third son of Mr & Mrs W. Bruce of Booborowie.

81, 41, 20 Oct. 1953, page 7

Mr & Mrs Doxo Barratt contribute a letter of about 11⁄4 columns about their six-month trip overseas. They are on their way home.

Accident. A truck driven by Karlif Janmeijf, a building contractor of Murray Park, was being driven to Radium Hill when it overturned on Monday between Mt Bryan and Hallett. A man in the back of the truck was thrown clear and three in the front seat scrambled clear. Only one of the passengers, Olafa Snepts, had his fingers so badly damaged that amputation was necessary.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 1

Hallett RSL. On Friday 23 October the Governor, Sir Robert George, opened the new club rooms. The building had been erected in 1879as the Hallett Institute and later (1928-52) was used as the Church of England. In 1952 it was bought by the RSL for £1,250. It has been converted into a very useful set of rooms, equipped with modern conveniences. The main hall is spacious. The work was done by voluntary effort. The Governor and Lady George were the guests of Mr & Mrs Owen-Smyth of Ulooloo and were greeted by the Chairman of the District Council, Mr N.G. Tiver upon arrival at the rooms. Mr J. Hooper, as President of Hallett RSL, outlined the history of the building and how it was transformed into RSL rooms. [The report extends for c. 13⁄4 columns.]

Weather. Further rain, including areas to the east, fell on Tuesday last and has ensured a good season. To the east up to 95 points were recorded and many dams rose by between 2 and 4 ft. Most falls to the east ranged between 50 and 60 points.

The Eastern Fire Fighting Organisation postponed its meeting for the fourth time on 20 October, again on account of rain.

Hallett Bowls. Locals have so far contributed £1,000 towards the cost of the bowling green. A bore sunk to 240 ft cost £540. There is every likelihood the greens will open in 1954, free of debt.

Burra Town Council has declared a rate of 5/- in the £.

ETSA. With work on the Radium Hill line nearing completion Burra hopes soon to hear of the situation concerning Burra’s connection to the ETSA grid.

E. Kelly writes from England. He is a brother to Charles Kelly of Thames St. He thanks Burra travellers to England who take the trouble to look up friends and relatives of Burra people who live in the UK. It is appreciated.

Off-Shears Sheep Sales have been much less this year, perhaps reflecting increased sales over the period since 1 July and the inability to hold sheep because of the drought.

Hallett RSL Ball on 23 October drew c. 500 people, surpassing the record of 470 and takings were over £143. The Governor and Lady George attended.

St Mary’s. Rev. L.R. Lenthall will take over on Monday 9 November, when he will be inducted by the Bishop of Adelaide the Rt Rev. B.P. Robin, assisted by the Archdeacon of Broughton, Ven. A.L. Bulbeck. Rev. Lenthall served under Rev. Donald Redding when he was Arch-Deacon of Mt Gambier. Rt Rev. Donald Redding is now Bishop of Bunbury and was a past Rector of St Mary’s.

Burra Primary School. The condemned classroom is undergoing renovation and when completed it will be occupied by the students presently in St Mary’s Parish Hall.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co., on instructions from L.R. Bell, will offer for sale in the RSL Hall on 13 November, 554 acres freehold and 507 acres perpetual lease.

The 554 acres freehold being sections 160, 161, 162, 163 & Block 3 Hd Hallett located 21⁄2miles south of Hallett on the main road, with a stone house of 5 rooms etc.

The 507 acres leasehold adjoins the Ulooloo Railway Siding and comprises four sheep-proof paddocks.

Advt. Oates Ltd, on instructions from M.C. & M.K. McEvoy, will offer for sale the freehold property comprising sections 619, 620 & 643 Hd Ayers with a five-roomed stone and Asbestolite house.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 October

Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward in David and Bathsheba

Plus Highway 13

3 November

Jean Simmons & Anne Crawford in Trio

Gaylord Pendleton & Mikel Conrad in Untamed Fury

Hanson Rural Youth continues to prosper.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 4

Burra Hospital Board meeting of 16 October

The foundation stone of the new Nurses’ Home was laid by the Premier.

A prize of £5-5-0 is offered for the best garden design for the hospital (up to 19 November.) Designs are on display in Mr Baulderstone’s window.

Progress has been made on ploughing and seeding the hospital paddock.

A statement of variations shows the present state of the building contract to be £22,920.

A quote of £588-19-0 for heating the new block relaces an estimate of £700.

Sisters L. Leedham and P. Bauer have resigned.

Sister Bartholomaeus began on 13 October and Nurses Davies and Houston began on 5 & 13 October respectively.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 5

Burra Town Council, 19 October

Lot 146 conveyed to the Council by J.G. Terry is not a valid transfer, as J.G. Terry did not hold the legal estate.

The Council will have to establish title by possession.

The tender of E.L. Steer for £49-15-0 was accepted for the redecoration of the Town Hall foyer.

The tender of E. & J. Carpenter of £130 for repairing and painting the house at the Town Hall was accepted.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 6

SAR appeals to farmers to take early delivery of at least one third of their superphosphate requirements.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 7

Burra Races had a fair attendance at the postponed meeting held yesterday. Heavy rain had made the track unsafe on the scheduled day of Wednesday last week. The main race was the Burra LVA Handicap with five starters. It was won by Colincourt, owned by Mr Grundy and ridden by Jim Johnson. [Other results are printed.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the fifth stage of the Kookaburra Trophy on Saturday, but it attracted only a poor muster of members. Best score was from K. Heinrich.

Cricket. The season opens next Saturday.

81, 42, 27 Oct. 1953, page 8

Tennis. Burra District Lawn Tennis Assoc., 17 October

‘A’ Grade Hallett 15-103 defeated Leighton 5-65

Aberdeen 18-112 defeated Willalo 2-71

Spalding 14-101 defeated Ironmine 6-74

Kooringa 10-95 defeated Mt Bryan 9-86

‘B’ Grade Spalding 16-111 defeated Ironmine 4-36

Kooringa 16-113 defeated Mt Bryan 4-56

Hallett 14-102 defeated Booborowie 6-78.

81, 43, 3 Nov. 1953, page 1

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Bro. K. White as Master on 28 October, followed by a ball at the Town Hall.

Booborowie Mothers & Wives’ Assoc. conducted an annual appeal for Wounded Diggers.

Spalding Rodeo was held last Saturday and drew a crowd of nearly 4,000. Gate takings were £630. [Results are printed on page 5.]

Accident. At 3.20 a.m. on Sunday 1 November a car driven by Mr George Gallagher collided with the concrete centre pylon in Market Square, shattering part of its base.

Accident. A car driven by Mr Percival Lemm of Pt Pirie killed two sheep when it ran into a straying mob on the Booborowie Road, just west of Cobb & Co.’s Corner on Saturday 31 October.

Weather. Heavy thunderstorms out east delivered good intakes to many dams on Wednesday last. Falls were generally between 30 and 60 points.

Trevor Jenkinson of the ANZ Bank in Burra has been transferred to the Enfield branch.

He will be replaced by Mr Hendnkus Hietbink from Gladstone. Mr Jenkinson was instrumental in the formation of the Burra Dramatic Society.

Burra Lawn Tennis Club opened its season on 31 October. President Mr H. Topsfield welcomed about 40 people.

A Fireworks Display on Guy Fawkes Night, organised by Mr R.C. Lott, will benefit Burra Primary School funds.

The Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic in the Town Hall last Friday night raised c. £40 for playground equipment. About 200 children were dressed for the occasion. [Prize winners are listed on page 5.]

81, 43, 3 Nov. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 November

Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride in Ma & Pa Kettle at the Fair

Plus Spy Hunt

Plus a Newsreel of the 1954 [sic!] Melbourne Cup (run today.)

81, 43, 3 Nov. 1953, page 4

Cricket. Saturday last

Burra 7 for 117 v. Farrell Flat 77

Koonoona 127 v. Buffs 93.

81, 43, 3 Nov. 1953, page 6

Bowls, 31 October

Burra Gold 111 defeated Clare Blue 85

Clare White 98 defeated Burra Green 82.

Methodist Synod at Saddleworth, 27 & 28 October

Pastor B.V. Ashdown of Kooringa was examined and recommended to the annual Conference as a candidate for the ministry.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy with best results from K. Spackman & R. Bernhardt.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 1

Eastern Districts Fire Fighting Organisation held its AGM recently. Rex Warnes as Chairman presided and was unanimously re-elected.

Guy Fawkes Night bonfire in Burra was attended by hundreds of children despite the wind and rain. £7 was made from the grilled chops. Mr W. Carpenter judged that the best Guy was that of Donna Williams with second prize to Peter & GnaereWohler. The Primary School will benefit by c. £11.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Committee met on Friday and learnt that the show was a financial success. Pigeon coop donations have reached £59-7-6.

Mrs W. Carpenter Sen., the mother of the Mayor was 85 on 8 November.

Burra Seaside Picnic Assoc. held a committee meeting on 7 November and decided to wind up the Association. Accumulated funds will be distributed among schools and playground committees.

Vandalism. Each week vandals attack the town’s public toilets. Police have been asked to attempt to catch the culprits.

Adelaide Wool Sales. In the 4th series for 1953 M.H. Tiver of Abberton Park achieved the highest district price of 1141⁄4d. [Other district prices are printed.]

Obituary. Richard Norman (Dick) Jesser of Burra died suddenly on Sunday night at his sister-in-law’s residence at Semaphore. He had not been ill prior to his death. He was born at Pt Pirie in September 1888. In his youth he was interested in athletics, football and cricket. He was a member of the Buffalo Lodge. He is survived by a widow, nee Jetty Hoy of Pt Germein and eight children: George (Yunta), Mavis Mrs Tom Allen (Burra), Norman (Burra), June Mrs T. Secker (Yeelanna), Mary Mrs J. Olifant (Adelaide) and Linthal (Adelaide.) Thora, another daughter, predeceased him.

[Born 24 August Wirrabara Forest: died 7 November 1953 Semaphore, residence Burra.]

Hanson School has been renovated and painted.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 November

Stewart Granger in The Light touch

Plus Shadow in the Sky

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 3

Vandalism. Another tree has been damaged in Thames St, with hopes of a prosecution.

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade matches were abandoned due to rain.

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11 sets defeated Spalding 4 sets.

Cricket

Spalding 74 & 74 v. Hallett 115 & 0 for 28.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 4

Burra Town Council, 2 November

Cr Fisher of North Ward submitted a letter of resignation, citing threats and abuse from a North Ward ratepayer as the reason.

Cr Young moved the letter lie on the table and Cr Fisher be asked to attend the next meeting.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee said it was unsure of its jurisdiction over the roads in the vicinity of the oval and requested information regarding its powers over them. The information will be provided.

The Town Clerk reported on several matters, including the abuse and threats of a North Ward ratepayer.

Cr Baulderstone moved that the ratepayer be written to, advising that his remarks had been taken seriously by Council and its employees and requesting an apology in writing within 14 days. Carried.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 5

Weather. Mt Bryan East experienced very heavy rain on Wednesday 28 October in some places with thunder and hailstones as large as marbles. E.S. Wilkes recorded 130 points in less than half an hour and 144 points in all. Dust Holes Creek ran strongly and carried away fences.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 7

Bowls, 7 November

Clare Green 98 defeated Burra Gold 71

Burra Green 109 defeated Clare Red 74.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a Coronation fair as their annual fete this year in the RSL Hall on Friday. In all £122-1-5 was taken.

Burra Rifle Club. The second stage of the Championship was fired in misty rain and strong winds on Saturday and was won by J.H. Schwier, the oldest competitor, with F.T. Marston second.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, page 8

Burra Burra DC

An application is to be made to ETSA for the installation of five street lights in Farrell Flat Township.

81, 44, 10 Nov. 1953, Supplement

Cricket. Burra 7 for 73 defeated Koonoona 33 (on 1st innings.)

Buffs 78 defeated Farrell Flat 19 & 33.

Tennis, 31 October

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 12-91 defeated Leighton 8-77

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 20-120 defeated Mt Bryan 0-11

Hallett 16-111 defeated Ironmine 4-47.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 1 [Note that there was no Number 45 in this volume.]

Assessment Proposals

New proposals circulated by the Municipal and Local Government Assoc. for assessments based on sections of both the Annual and Land Values Systems presently in use have been rejected by all Councils in this section of the state. The Burra town Council, which has been getting further into debt, has recently adopted the E & WS values for its assessment. Many ratepayers consider this treats them harshly and some anomalies are apparent. Nevertheless the Council has to have revenue to retain services. Judging by the state of roads the Burra Burra DC is also short of funds. The Annual Values System, currently in use, encourages speculators to hold vacant blocks because they pay minimal rates on them, but if a person buys and develops the site he is immediately hit by a heavy rate, despite adding to the town’s progress. The Unimproved Land Value system seems to answer this problem and is used throughout Queensland and in many SA Councils.

Burra Caravan Park is paying its way. The Mayor has been heard to say a good idea would be to erect a rent-free cottage on the park for a pensioner to act as a caretaker and chief waterer of the Market Square Gardens.

Legacy will benefit by £65-18-6 from donations to the Burra Market held by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. 6 November.

Sgt J.C. McInnerney will arrive early in December to take over at Burra North, to replace Constable Wilson, who left in June.

Accident. Jack Kemp, a passenger from Broken Hill North, left Burra for Adelaide on Friday night 6 November. The car rolled completely over on the Black Springs Road about 15 miles south of Burra, but it ended up on its wheels facing the way it had come. No one was much hurt and the vehicle was roadworthy and so they continued on their way, reporting the accident at the next police station. Senior Constable Chambers had some difficulty convincing them they were at Burra and not Kapunda.

Aberdeen Croquet Club’s new season was opened by the Mayoress Mrs W. Carpenter.

Remembrance Day was observed on 11 November with a short ceremony at the War Memorial. Pastor Ashdown gave the address and conducted the ceremony. H. Griffen laid the wreath for the RSL. W. Young laid the wreath for the Air Force Assoc. and G.H. Dollman did the same for the Fathers’ Assoc. The Mayor performed the service for the Town.

Laurie Partridge, drover of Burra, lost his horse, a wireless, and other provisions in an accident near Redcliffe Station last week. The horse seems to have decided on a drink in the dam while still attached to the van. The weight of the van appears to have pushed the horse into the water, where it drowned. A tractor retrieved the van and horse.

Sales

H.V. Porter’s 400 acres of freehold land at Gum Creek was sold on Friday for £37 an acre.

L.R. Bell’s homestead block of 55 acres freehold was passed in at £29 an acre, but will probably be sold by private treaty.

L.R. Bell’s perpetual lease property of 507 acres brought an unacceptable offer of £14 per acre, but is also likely to be sold by private treaty.

Burra Progress Assoc. decided at its November meeting to begin the purchase of playground equipment, beginning with a large slide, a log swing, a double seesaw and two self-propelled swings with footrests for the tiny tots. There was a proposal to extend the area to the swing bridge.

It was also decided to hold the Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve again this year, after which gifts will be distributed from the Buffs’ Christmas Tree. Then Mr G.H. Dollman will compere a concert at or near the Rotunda and Mr Walter Nankivell will MC a dance in the RSL Hall. Ron James of Gladstone will be asked to bring his merry-go-round.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, smith & Co. on instructions from Miss A.L. Walker, will sell the House and Contents in Kingston Street on 11 December: Allotments 404-06, 416 & Q of 3 roods 38 perches with a seven roomed stone house etc.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 November

Hedy Lamarr & Victor Mature in Sampson & Delilah

Plus short features and news.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 3

Tennis, 7 November

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 12-96 defeated Ironmine 8-69

No other ‘A’ Grade matches were played and each side got 1 point.

‘B’ Grade Hallett 14-103 defeated Spalding 6-73

Ironmine 11-74 defeated Kooringa 9-74

Aberdeen & Booborowie got 1 point each.

Mt Bryan Catholic Ball was held on 11 November. Takings aid St Brendan’s Church.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 4

Hanson & Gum Creek Schools held a combined picnic on Wednesday 28 October at Gum Creek Station. Group games ended with the tug-o-war and then a treasure hunt before lunch. Races were held in the afternoon.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 5

Cricket

Burra 4 for 121 defeated Buffs 12 & 2 for 25.

In the Buffs’ first innings Vic. Kellaway took 6 wickets for 4 runs, including a hat trick. The top score in the Buffs’ innings were extras at 6.

Unable to field a team due to harvesting, Farrell Flat had to forfeit to Koonoona.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 7

Bowls

At Saddleworth, Burra Green 110 defeated Saddleworth Gold 101.

At Burra, Burra Gold 106 defeated Saddleworth Gold [sic: for Blue] 77.

Mt Bryan Fire Fighting Organisation met on Friday night and agreed to co-operate with the SAR in burning off along the railway line.

81, 46, 17 Nov. 1953, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. Shooters at the 4th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy were hampered by wind and dust. Best results were from J. Brown & M. Stockman.

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 1

Obituary. Cr A.R. Mickel of Farrell Flat died suddenly at his home yesterday morning. Cr Mickel had been keenly interested in Local Government affairs and had represented Farrell Flat in the Burra Burra DC since 1945. He was often the Council’s representative at Local Government Conferences and was its representative on the Clare Hospital Board. One of his last duties was to choose the positions for the street lights ETSA will shortly install in Farrell Flat.

[Andreas Rudolf Mickel born 3 June 1894 Hd of English: died 23 November 1953 Clare, residence Farrell Flat.]

War Graves Appeal stands at £110-8-9.

Burra Market conducted by elder, Smith & Co. on Friday offered 24,000 sheep – the biggest yarding since 1938. Following the sale 10,000 sheep were on rail by midnight and another 1,500 had been loaded onto road transport. The yards were cleared by dark on Saturday.

Before the sale commenced a special sale for Legacy raised £133-1-6 and Mr G.S. Hawker added a donation of £10.

The Central Board of Health has told the Local Board that it has to do something about unsatisfactory drainage systems in three of the local Trust Homes. When built the system was passed by the Central Board, so the Local Board says it considers the problem to be the Central Board’s ‘pigeon.’

Thefts and Vandalism. A spate of offences is reported. The public conveniences continue to suffer. A young couple had £10 stolen from their house and other people are reporting the theft of clothing from clothes lines.

Obituary. Otto Adolph Tschirn, (63) a farmer and postal attendant of Brady Creek, died at Burra Hospital on Wednesday following a double shooting at his home on Tuesday. Police responded to the report of a shot being fired at his home and Constable N. Wakefield of Eudunda found Mrs Mary Pauline Tschirn, the deceased’s wife wandering along a nearby road in a dazed state, with her face covered in blood. She underwent an operation at Eudunda Hospital and is now said to be in a satisfactory condition. Mr Tschirn was found on the floor of his home, unconscious, with a.33 revolver nearby. He was taken to Burra Hospital where he died the following morning. Two sons, William Oswald and Norman Leslie Tschirn, were contacted by the police and took their mother to the Eudunda hospital. [Born 20 April 1891 Robertstown: died 18 November 1953 Burra, residence Brady Creek.]

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 3

Bowls

Burra Gold 64 defeated Clare 80 with one other set of scores not to hand. [Though the difference seems an incredible amount to make up!]

Clare Blue 111 defeated Burra 83.

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 4

Tennis, 14 November

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 13-104 defeated Booborowie 7-77

Spalding 12-92 defeated Willalo 8-78

Ironmine 13-95 defeated Mt Bryan 7-62

Hallett forfeited to Aberdeen

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 16-103 defeated Mt Bryan 4-52

Hallett 14-104 defeated Aberdeen 6-82

Kooringa 13-102 defeated Booborowie 7-64

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 5

Burra Town Council, 16 November

Burra Progress Assoc. sought better lighting in Market Square – fluid or gas light.

The light on the Keep Left Sign was frequently not switched on at night.

It was decided that present finances did not allow improvements.

Burra Progress Assoc. sought the co-operation to:

Enlarge the playground area to the swing bridge.

Erect signs at the playground to keep out cars and caravans.

Erect signs and pass a by-law limiting users to children under the age of 14.

Effect road closures in Market Square and have extra lighting for the Christmas Pageant.

Council will inspect the site before deciding on any enlargement of the playground.

Council agreed to the closure of the Square for the Pageant.

The Town Clerk will table the necessary information about a by-law to limit the use of the playground to those under 14.

E. Wall was permitted to erect a four-roomed house in West St.

With respect to the resignation received from Cr Fisher the move was not accepted.

[Cr Fisher attended this meeting of Council.]

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 6

An Amateur Hour was held in the Town Hall 20 November and was sponsored by the Fathers’ Assoc. and the RSL. It raised £25 for the War Graves Appeal.

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 7

Cricket

Buffs 2 for 132 v. Koonoona 121

Farrell Flat 57 v. Burra 5 for 113

81, 47, 24 Nov. 1953, page 8

Hanson Methodist Fete & Jubilee Fair netted £63.

[The paper says the Jubilee of the Church was celebrated last May – the 60th Anniversary of the Church. Once again the paper gets it wrong about this church, as it had done also when the Jubilee was celebrated. It was the 50th anniversary, not the 60th. It was celebrated with Jubilee services on Sunday 7 June 1953. The first services in the church were actually held on the 20 December 1903.]

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 1

The War Graves Appeal concluded at £115-9-9.

Fire. A grass fire on Saturday destroyed about half an acre of grass on the property of T.H. Villis at Burra North.

The Burra hospital Fete will be opened by Lady George (the Governor’s wife) on Friday in Burra Town Hall. The main aim is to raise money to paint the roof.

Constable Kies of the Police Barracks in Adelaide is relieving Constable Barbary, who is on leave.

Fire. On 28 November a fire broke out in the Hundred of Hanson where the Earle Brothers were raking hay. 25 acres of oaten hay belonging to F.C. Lynch and A.T. McWaters were lost at a cost of about £170.

Music Exam Results are published for pupils of Clem Davey and St Joseph’s Convent.

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer for sale on 18 December, on instructions from Charles Lomman of Penwortham, a house and land at Hampton:

Lot 1. Allotments 1, 8, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, Pt 14, 50, 55, 56 & Pt 60: in all c. 61⁄2 acres including a stone house of 7 rooms with verandahs on two sides, enclosed at the back. (Old, but in good repair) Underground tank of 7,000 gallons, large stone shed, bore and 1,000 gallon overhead tank.

Lot 2. Allotments 17 & 22 Burra North of about 10 acres comprising one paddock.

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 December

Michael Wilding & Odile Versios in Into the Blue

Robert Shackleton & Christa Winter in The Wonder Kid

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy on 16 November with best results from Jim Schwier, R. Bernhardt and T. Heinrich. J. Schwier leads in the marksman’s trophy and Maurie Kakoschke leads in the handicap event.

Bowls. Burra Green 113 defeated Burra Gold 72.

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 4

CWA district branches celebrated International Day recently.

Booborowie on 11 November heard Mrs Dalzell of Cadell speak on Ireland, following her recent trip abroad.

Mt Bryan on 17 November heard Mrs Bennett of Whyte Yarcowie as speaker.

Mr Barratt of Burra and Mrs Dalzell of Cadell spoke to the Burra Branch at the Burra Town Hall on 13 November.

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 5

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, Saturday afternoon

Barbara Jennison, daughter of Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison of Burra North, married

John Thompson, son of Mr & Mrs R.S. Thompson of Gladstone.

Burra Rural Youth held its first ball in the Showground Pavilion on 27 November. A moderate crowd of young people attended and about £30 was raised. Dancing to 1.30 a.m.

81, 48, 1 Dec. 1953, page 7

Cricket

Koonoona 86 defeated Burra 74

Buffs 1 for 73 defeated Farrell Flat 19 & 27

St Mary’s. In November Rev. L.R. Lenthall was inducted as the Rector of St Mary’s by the Bishop of Adelaide, the Rt Rev. B.P. Robin, assisted by the Archdeacon A.L. Bulbeck of Broughton, with attending clergy from Riverton, Koolunga, Clare, Auburn, Gawler and Rev. R.S.T. Pettet from Angaston who was St Mary’s last Rector.

The service was followed by a welcome in the Parish Hall.

John Kelly & Edmund Bagg recently passed the Technician & Training Examination for entry into the PMG Department.

81, 49, 8 Dec. 1953, page 1

Burra Hospital Fete was held on Friday last in the Town Hall and was opened by Lady George. The sum raised on the day was £680 and with some amounts yet to be finalised looks likely to be close to £700. The fete was organised by various ladies’ organisations throughout the district. Shortly after 5 p.m. the stalls were cleared. Lady George (wife of H.E. Sir Robert George, Governor of SA) was accompanied by her son,Mr Anthony George and while in Burra was the guest of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at Princess Royal.

[When final sums were done the total raised was £705-11-5.]

Strawberry Fetes have done very well this year (though frequently called Coronation Fetes etc.) and takings are good:

Burra c. £700

Mt Bryan £382 [Details on page 5.]

Booborowie: about the same as Mt Bryan. [Details pages 4 & 8.]

Kooringa Methodist £122

Redruth Methodist £240 [Details page 7.]

Patricia Lehmann, 12-year-old daughter of Mr & Mrs E.J. Lehmann of Burra, has won a scholarship for St Scholastica’s College, Mt Barker, tenable for three years. She has been educated at St Joseph’s Burra.

Burra RSL Annual Social was attended by about 84 members on Saturday night.

5th Series of Adelaide Wool Sales saw best district prices obtained by K.A. Duncan of Gum Creek with 1151⁄4d. [Other district prices are printed.]

Fire. An extended blast on a train’s whistle on Friday alerted locals at Mt Bryan to the danger from a fire that had started behind the school. It was soon extinguished, but not before threatening great damage as it swept the rear of the buildings in the main street and around B. & E. Olsen’s and John Beaglehole & Sons’ petrol depots. Dieseline in 25 drums got hot enough to bubble, but a disaster was averted.

Weather. Heavy rain in the week may pose a threat to stooked and stacked hay, but will benefit young lucerne. Some rain extended to the east, but reports are patchy because phone lines are out in places. It came in patchy thunderstorms with falls reported from 3 to 95 points.

81, 49, 8 Dec. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer on 18 December allotments of land in the Townships of Copperhouse and Lostwithiel in the estate of Johan Otto Beinke, deceased.

Notice. Burra Burra DC calls nominations for the Extraordinary Vacancy in Farrell Flat Ward caused by the death of Cr A.R. Mickel. Nominations by 13 December.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 December

Esther Williams in Texas Carnival

Barry Sullivan in Cause for Alarm

Mr H.O. Pederick, Burra High School headmaster for 9 years, has been transferred to Unley as Senior Master.

81, 49, 8 Dec. 1953, page 3

Bowls, 5 December

Burra Green 129 defeated Saddleworth Blue 56

Burra Gold 100 defeated Saddleworth Gold 87.

Burra High School. A memorial board to old scholars who gave their lives in WWII will be placed at the entrance to the Avenue of Memory running up to the school and will be unveiled by A.B. Riggs on 16 December. It was donated by S. Woollacott.

Cricket

Buffs 7 for 127 defeated Burra 7 for 56

Koonoona 3 for 119 defeated Farrell Flat 63 & 6 for 33.

On Sunday Burra played Booborowie in a match that was washed out when Booborowie was 8 for 65.

81, 49, 8 Dec. 1953, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 11-92 defeated Spalding 9-79

Aberdeen 15-99 defeated Ironmine 5-52

Hallett 15-104 defeated Booborowie 5-77

Willalo 18-113 defeated Mt Bryan 2-58.

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 15-105 defeated Kooringa 5-64

Spalding 20-120 defeated Mt Bryan 0-24.

81, 49, 8 Dec. 1953, page 7

Redruth Coronation Spring Fair raised c. £240, which is up somewhat on last year. It was held at the Redruth Memorial Hall on 28 November.

[Personal interest: Mrs M. Satchell sang a solo For England at the opening and in the evening concert she sang a duet with C. Christopher.

Mrs R. Fuss was on the cake stall and the Misses Joyce and Joan Fairchild were on children’s dips.]

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 1

St Joseph’s Annual Christmas Concert was held in the Town Hall on 11 December and drew an audience of over 400. [The concert is reviewed in a column of detail followed by the prize list for the school year.] Progress Certificates went to:

Patrick Ryan Victor Bampton Barry Samuel

Patricia Lehmann Jennifer Ryan

Farrell Flat CWA Strawberry Fete took about £82.

Miss A.L. Walker’s modern 7-roomed house on Kingston Street was sold to A.T. McWaters for £4,650 on Friday.

Accident. A utility driven by Mr Bamfield and owned by Mr L. Gordon overturned several times near Mt Bryan on Wednesday night, when a rear tyre blew out. Passengers were Mrs Bamfield and Mr J. Hunt. No one was seriously hurt.

Air Force Assoc. Annual Dinner was held at the Bon Accord Hotel on Friday night. President W. Young welcomed about 30 members and visitors from the RSL, the Fathers’ Assoc., Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc. and the Clare Branch.

Burra Hospital

Since the laying of the foundation stone for the Nurses’ Home donations have been received totalling £704-14-3 and with the previously donated £9,461-2-6 this brings the total to £10,165-16-9. It is expected the home will be completed and ready for occupation at the end of March.

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 December

Bing Crosby in Going My Way

Plus selected shorts and news

Burra Primary School held its visiting day on Friday 11 December. Over 80 parents inspected the decorated rooms and the work on display. After recess students sang, played musical games and performed folk dances. Head Teacher, Mr Pattrick, addressed the parents. It is reported that the ‘condemned cell’ at the school (condemned by the Local Board of Health) is nearly fir for human habitation again. The school expects this year to raise about £40 from the sale of produce from the school garden.

Cricket

Saturday saw the start of the two day series.

Farrell Flat 79 v. Burra 2 for 158. In Burra’s innings I. Burdon was 92 not out.

Koonoona 89 v. Buffs 2 for 111. In Buffs’ innings R. Seaford was 56 not out.

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the postponed 9th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy in very difficult conditions with a severe and inconsistent mirage. J. Schwier led in both the marksman’s and handicap sections with Ken Heinrich second.

Burra town Council, Monday last week.

The Progress Assoc. is to be advised Council will make an entrance from the swing bridge and a pathway along the fence to the new playground.

A post and rail fence will separate the playground from the Caravan Park.

A decision on a proposed by-law about the playground was deferred.

Burra Electric Supply Co. advised that the plant loaned to it by ETSA was in bad repair and could not carry the load required. They claim, however, that their own machinery is sufficient without additional plant.

The tender of J.D. Salter of £5-10-0 per tree or £49-10-0 for all pine trees to be removed from Kangaroo Street is to lie on the table for a few weeks.

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 5

Tennis, 5 December

‘A’ Grade Willalo 13-103 defeated Ironmine 7-73

Spalding 18-113 defeated Mt Bryan 2-60

Booborowie 11-86 defeated Leighton 9-95

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-85 defeated Aberdeen 9-89

Hallett 17-112 defeated Kooringa 3-64

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 7

Bowls

Clare White 104 defeated Burra Gold 84

Clare Green 109 defeated Burra [Presumably defeated Burra Green, but no score is given.]

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held its Christmas Party last Saturday. Games were played till 2.30 p.m. when Gerry Baulderstone, whose birthday was nearest to the day, opened the door for Father Christmas. Each child had brought a gift for children at the Methodist Children’s Homes and received a gift from Father Christmas’s sack.

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, page 8

Mt Bryan East Agricultural Bureau held its first meeting for some time in the school room last Saturday with 19 members present. They resolved to meet monthly, alternately at Hallett and Mt Bryan East. Elected were: President, B.H.K. Dunstan; Vice-President, L.W. Gare; Secretary, Ray McInnes and Assistant Secretary, Les Thomas.

A Fire Fighting Meeting was also held. Cr L.W .Gare advised that the Hallett Council had bought a second-hand three-ton Maple Leaf Truck for £310, to be kept at Mr Lucas’s Garage in Hallett and to be used solely for fire fighting.

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 1

Burra High School Speech Night was held 15 December in the Town Hall. After the School Hymn there was a bracket of songs and a play by the 1st year class Shivering Shocks. The Headmaster’s Report followed and a speech by the President of the High School Council, Mr H.J.B. Jenison. A piano duet preceded the distribution of prizes. Top students were:

1st Year Marcia Terry, Robert Bourman & Robert Lott

2nd Year Sally Williams & Peter Goodridge

3rd Year Judith Wood & Keith Cockrum

Leaving Malcolm Goodridge (Dux of the School)

Senior Cup Girls’ Robyn Tattersall

Boys’ Trevor Franklin

Junior Cup Girls’ Thora Allen

Boys’ Ian Allen

The Intermediate students presented the play Helping a Friend.

81, 50, 15 Dec. 1953, pages 1 & 4

High School Headmaster’s Report (9th and final report)

The headmaster thanked parents for their co-operation and the staff for their conscientiousness and loyalty. He thought the children the friendliest and happiest he had encountered.

Enrolment at the start of the year was 70, but 8 left during the year. He felt the number completing their Intermediate was lower than it should be and those going on to Leaving were only a handful. Of a class of 36 in 1st year about 40% reach Intermediate and 10% do Leaving. Parents would be well advised to let their children stay at school longer, for the child’s good.

The school bus proved a problem this year and at the start it did not come some days because the contractor wanted more money. At the end of term 1 we got a Departmental bus driven by Mr Malcolm Pettet, but he could do only one term and we had trouble getting a new driver, but finally managed to get Mr A.G. Brandon, who proved very satisfactory.

Last years results were very pleasing.

Malcolm Goodridge in particular gained 9 subjects with 4 credits and had he not been a month overage would most certainly have got an exhibition.

Donald Lloyd, with 8 subjects and 1 credit, gained a Continuation Scholarship, though he did not take it up.

For the second year in succession a boy in the school, Keith Cockrum, gained top position in the state for woodwork, winning a prize from the Timber Merchants’ Assoc. – greatly helped by the excellent coaching of Mr R. Walker. Last year seven students gained their Intermediate Certificates and two their Leaving Certificates.

In the Mid-North High School Sports Burra managed only fourth place, though Trevor Franklin and Robyn Tattersall both broke records in the hurdles.

The local sports day was held at the Racecourse in April and it was very successful, but it is likely the event will revert to Victoria Park in 1954.

At the start of the year the school won the Savings Bank Award for Thrift and £30 for library books.

The school joined in the Coronation celebrations.

A large number of trees were planted in a grove below the school and the approach to the school through the Avenue of Memory has been improved.

In March there was an excursion to Adelaide to a woollen factory and through the Adelaide Hills.

A new School Council has settled in to help the school. Thank are particularly due to A.B. Riggs who had been a member of the High School Council for 24 years and President for the last 8. Mr H. J.B. Jennison succeeds him. The Secretary, Mr J. Fisher, also deserves many thanks.

The ladies of the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. under Mrs Ellis as President and Mrs Deere as Secretary are also to be thanked for their help in improving many amenities.

The High school Ball was a great success and netted over £89.

[Many other people are thanked.]

Thanks are extended to Mr Burdon & Mr Deer on the teaching staff and to Miss Hallewell. Mr Walker, who has given excellent service as Woodwork teacher and Miss Inglis in Home Science and Needlework are both moving on.

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from H.L. Riggs will sell ‘Bazentin’ of 11,268 acres Perpetual Lease, comprising Blocks 76W & 77 E in the County of Burra with a comfortable wood and iron house of four rooms and two sleep-outs, bathroom etc. Disposed as three large and two small well-fenced paddocks. (17 miles of vermin-proof boundary.) Located 50 miles east of Burra.

Advt. SAFU will conduct a clearing sale on 14 January for A. Rosewall who is leaving the district.

Located two miles north of Burra on the Main Road.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell the House Property and furniture in the estate of the late Hannah Jane Bruce on Friday 22 January at the RSL Hall, Burra. Stone House of six rooms on Pt Allotment 296 Burra with frontage to Upper Thames Street.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instruction from Messrs Robert C. & George Warnes will offer their Township Paddock known as ‘The Rifle Range’ on Pt Block 3 of Section 1 Hd of Kooringa, adjoining the stock road and comprising one paddock of 42 acres, fenced and sheep-proof. Town water is within 250 yards. RSL Hall Friday 22 January.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell land and stud sheep at Hallett on 3 February in the Estate of the late R.F. Thomas. Located four miles from Hallett and known as ‘Glenburnie’ Stud.’

Comprising 1,386 acres Freehold, 700 stud ewes, 240 stud lambs and 12 stud rams.

Notice. Burra Burra DC

John Harrold Jenkin Stevens, being the only nominee for Councillor for Farrell Flat Ward on 8 December 1953, is declared elected.

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 3

Advt. Burra Christmas Pageant on Christmas Eve, sponsored by the Progress Association will start at 6 p.m.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 December

Joanne Cain & Myrna Loy in Belles on their Toes

Don Barry & Shiela Ryan in Ringside

28 December

Richard Widmark & Dana Andrews in The Frogman

Paul Douglas & Joan Bennett in The Guy Who Came Back

1 January

Montgomery Clift & Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun

Plus shorts and news

2 January

Budd Abbott & Lou Costello in Coming Round the Mountain

Plus Seven Days to Noon

9 January

Red Skelton in Excuse My Dust

Ethel Barrymore in Kind Lady

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 6

Bowls

Burra Gold 121 defeated Spalding 79

Auburn 99 defeated Burra Green 94

Clem Blight, head teacher of Mt Bryan School, has had a leg amputated during the week. We understand Mr Blight was wounded in the hip in WWII.

Mt Bryan East Methodist Church held a Christmas service on Wednesday 16 December with Rev. G. Armstrong.

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 7

Burra Rifle Club held its annual Christmas Shoot. W. Holman won the day with C. Woodman best off the gun.

Cricket, conclusion of the two-day games.

Burra 239 declared defeated Farrell Flat 58.

Buffs 89 defeated Koonoona 76 & 168. [A decision on the first innings.]

81, 51, 22 Dec. 1953, page 8

Marriage. St Brendan’s Catholic Church, Mt Bryan, 5 December

Patricia Jeffery, only child of Mr & Mrs M. Jeffery of Hallett, married

Bruce Honan, eldest son of Mr & Mrs R. Honan of Hallett.

Obituary. Some weeks ago the death occurred of Robert Joseph Dixon, formerly of Hanson and lately of Redruth. He was aged 87 before being laid up with a leg injury to which he succumbed after many weeks that at first seemed hopeful. He came to Hanson district as a small boy with his parents and they lived where the McWaters are now and from where he used to walk to Farrell Flat to work at the blacksmith’s shop when about 18. At about 20 he took land near Hanson and built a home, living there till about three years ago, when the farm was sold and he and his wife came to live in Redruth with their daughter Mrs M. Woodward. In 1895 Mr Dixon married Miss Mary Ann Byles of Douglas. Mrs Dixon still lives with her daughter. She taught her husband to read, which proved a great advantage to him. The youngest son, Clarence, died about three years ago, up to which time the old couple had been living with him on the old property with his wife and children. The other children are: Robert (Croydon), Edith Mrs Turner (Burra), Slias [sic: William Silas] (Findon), Claire [Clara Isabel] Mrs Pattison (Kadina) and Martha Mrs Woodward (Redruth.) Mr Dixon was a regular worshipper at Hanson Methodist Church and used to recall incidents that took place when the services were held in the District Council Chamber at Hanson. [Born 13 August 1866 Yurko Station, District of Burra: died 24 October 1953 Redruth, Burra.]

Numbering of issues in 1953

There was only one anomaly in the 1953 numbering of issues; there was no number 45.

The year began with:

Volume 81, Number 1 on 13 January and went to

Volume 81, Number 44 on 10 November and then to

Volume 81, Number 46 on 17 November and concluded with

Volume 81, Number 51 on 22 December.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 2

Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Auctioneers, etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Auctioneers, etc.

Oates Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

SAFU Auctioneers, etc.

R.H. Campbell Agent for New Zealand Insurance Co. Ltd

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 3

Advertisements

__________ Burra Town Hall Pictures, Movies Saturdays & Public Holidays

M.T. Fuller Agent for A.C. Collins, Monumental Mason

__________ Savings Bank of SA

Matthews Drapers & Furnishers’ Emporium, Market Square

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 4

Advertisements

Cooper’s Beauty Salon, Pearce’s Building

__________ Commonwealth Savings Bank

__________ Mid-North Car & Tractor Co.

W.E.D. Young Travel Agent

[Rasheed’s] Commercial Hotel

[Guy Dollman] Burra Motors, Agent for the Waymouth Group of Companies

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 5

Advertisements

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Burnie Board Distributors, Burra North

Davies Davies’ Motor Co. Thames Trucks, Commercial Street

C. Leslie Phillips Dentist

H.J.B. Jennison Tyre Service

J.W. Bogisch Cash Store, Burra North

Agent for Northern Insurance Co.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 6

Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Store

Aldam’s Garage, General Motors-Holdens Agency

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 7

Advertisements

H.J.B. Jennison Kelvinator Agent

Kerr’s Serv-Wel Store

Bence’s Drapers & Clothiers

R.J. Pickering & H.L. Foote Oates Ltd, Farm Supplies

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 8

Advertisements

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder

Watts Bros Motor Engineers, Arc & Oxy Welders, Burra North

Fiebig’s Service Station, Radios & Records

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 1

Commercial Hotel

The proprietress, Miss E. Scovell, says she has leased the hotel to Mrs Rasheed of Adelaide. Though there have been a number of owners, this is the first time the hotel has been leased. The late Mr Tom Scovell bought it about 151⁄2 years ago. He died in 1945, since when the business has been carried on by his sister, Miss E. Scovell, who will now go to live in Adelaide.

[See 82, 4, 5 Feb. 1954, page 1 (incorrect date for 2 Feb.) for information which contradicts this statement about the leasing of the hotel.]

Fire. Last Week on the property of R.F. Thomas of Hallett fire destroyed about seven acres of wheat and five acres of grass. It is believed to have been started by a spark from a tractor.

The Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors & Airmen’s Assoc. held their annual Christmas dinner party at Barratt’s Royal Exchange Hotel on 19 December.

The E & WS are to replace a number of water mains in the area of Market Square and the hospital in the near future.

Burra Rifle Club held a practice shoot as a prelude to the second half of the 1953-54 season. The club is awaiting news of its fate, because the land on which the range is located is up for sale by Messrs Robert C. & George Warnes.

Mr & Mrs E.J. Reed, Rosslyn & Miriam were given a farewell at Redruth Memorial Hall, though Rosslyn was unable to be present. On behalf of the Sunday school Miss Joan Fairchild presented Biroette pens for Rosslyn and Miriam. Mrs H.J.B. Jennison spoke for the Ladies’ Guild and Choir and Mr Jennison represented the Church Trust. Mrs Satchell spoke on behalf of the Young Worshippers’ League. Rev. C. Christopher presented Mr & Mrs Reed with a nest of tables and Mr & Mrs Reed responded.

Booborowie Mothers & Wives raised £45 for the Daws Road Hospital Appeal.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church & Sunday School held a Christmas Social on 10 December in the public hall. This and other Christmas activities are reported in 2⁄3 column.

Mrs M.A. Taylor, an old Burra identity, who has recently returned to live in Burra North, has donated a wheelchair to the Burra Hospital.

Clarrie Gardner, manager of Burra Branch of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., has been transferred to Millicent.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. announce a sale in the estate of the late Wilhelmina Rogers, for the 26 February.

8121⁄2 acres freehold located 61⁄2 miles west of Burra and 3 miles north of Hanson.

House property allotments 133 & 134 & part allotment 136, Aberdeen.

Allotments 88 & 91 in the Town of Davies [i.e. Hanson]

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 April

Jerry Lewis in Sailor Beware

Plus shorts and news.

Mr I. Blight, headmaster of Mt Bryan School, who recently had a leg amputated, is expected to be back when school reopens, or soon afterwards.

Bowls. Burra Green 95 defeated Spalding 84

Jaycinth Pickering, 12-year-old daughter of Mr & Mrs Rex. Pickering of Burra North, has won the SA Lawn Tennis Championship Singles, after winning the Under 12 Junior Championship in May.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 4

Burra High School. On the Wednesday before break-up the annual banquet was presided over by Mrs R. Ellis of the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. The Mayor Mr W. Carpenter, the President of the High school Council Mr H.J.B. Jennison & Mrs Jennison, Headmaster Mr H. Pederick and Mrs Pederick also attended.

In the afternoon the guests were entertained by the scholars. Mr & Mrs Pederick were given presentations. At the end of the gathering the shield naming 12 old scholars and one teacher who gave their lives in WWII was unveiled. It has been presented by Mr S. Woollacott. The President of the RSL, Mr Griffen, addressed the gathering, as did Mr W. Young of the air Force Association. On Thursday the final assembly of the year was held. Miss H. Inglis has received a transfer to Nuriootpa and Kapunda. Miss J. Hallewell will move to Brighton.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 5

Booborowie. The school break-up and Christmas tree is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held a Christmas party on 19 December.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 7

Cricket. On 9 January Buffs 109 defeated Farrell Flat 99.

Burra 4 for 209 v. Koonoona.

82, 1, 12 Jan. 1954, page 8

Burra Hospital Board

A list of required items will be circulated to ladies’ organisations. Repairs to the tennis court have been deleted from the list for the time being. Dean W. Berry notified the full contract price with alterations at £23,887. This was passed for payment. The fifth progress payment was made, bringing the total so far to £12,200.

Notification was received of conditional subsidy for 1953-54 of £3,520, an increase of c. £260. Attracting trained staff remains a serious problem. The overdraft stands at c. £5,000, but should ease by c. £400 by 31 December. Mr Marston congratulated Mrs Tennant on the success of the Ladies’ Fete on 4 December, which raised about £667 for essential maintenance.

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 1

The 6th Series of Adelaide Wool Sales saw top district price of 1121⁄2d to W. & D.M. Tiver of Flagstaff. [Other district prices are cited.]

New Year was celebrated by some prankster at Burra North by ‘flying’ a dead fox at half-mast from the flagpole at Sara & Co.’s store.

Fire. A lightning strike began a fire at Ulooloo on Saturday at Mr Owen-Smyth’s property and about 2,000 acres of grassland was burnt.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy on Saturday. Best results were from K. Spackman, J. Brown & M. Kakoschke. In the Marksman’s Competition J. Schwier is well in front with 39 points from M. Kakoschke with 17. On handicap J. Schwier has 18 points, leading M. Kakoschke with 17.

‘Bazentin’ Station was sold on Friday on account of H.L. Riggs for £1-4-9 per acre. The buyer of the 11,000 odd acres of perpetual leasehold was J. Klem & Sons of Farrell Flat.

Vandalism. A 14-year-old boy has been questioned over vandalism to the girls’ lavatory at the Burra School and others will soon be interviewed.

Weather. Heavy rain from thunderstorms on Friday & Saturday brought relief to the Eastern Pastoral Areas. Though inevitably patchy, many falls were between 45 and 125 points. In Burra on Friday a storm dropped heavy rain and hail briefly, but with temperatures over 90°F conditions became very humid.

Burra-Black Springs Road. The Minister of Roads has advised that the road from Black Springs to Burra is hilly and full of bends and would be very expensive to reconstruct. It has been decided, after investigation, to survey a new route via Hanson. This has been temporarily postponed due to urgent works elsewhere. While the work is seen as very desirable, it is not possible to say when work on it might commence.

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Picture, 23 January

James Mason & Danielle Darrieux in Five Fingers

James Ellison & Mary Hughes in Last of the Wild Horses

Cricket. Continuation of matches:

Burra 4 for 209 declared defeated Koonoona 148 (On 1st innings.)

Buffs 183 defeated Farrell Flat 99 & 58.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 16-116 defeated Kooringa 4-77

Aberdeen forfeited to Spalding

Ironmine forfeited to Hallett

Booborowie 16-109 defeated Mt Bryan 4-62

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen forfeited to Hallett

Kooringa 10-87 defeated Mt Bryan 10-81

Booborowie 12-89 defeated Ironmine 8-75

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 4

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church 9 January

Aileen Elsie Scroop, daughter of Mr & Mrs Sid. Scroop of Burra North, married

Ronald Cullen Kelly, son of Mr & Mrs J.D. Kelly of Hallett.

Cricket. Sunday: Burra 6 for 215 defeated Jamestown 145.

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 5

Burra Burra DC

Results of the Extraordinary Election for Farrell Flat Ward:

J.H.J. Stevens was declared elected unopposed from 18 December 1953.

An approach will be made to the Government for support in improving Main Road 45, in particular from Harding’s Corner to Hanson Tanks, to ready it for bitumen.

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 6

Burra Institute AGM

Balance at the end of 1953 was £31-17-7.

Membership at the end of 1953 was: Double 100

Single 48

Juvenile 39

Scholarship 28

Life 1

216

Books in the Library at 31 December 1953: 6,587

The library was open Monday-Friday 2.30-5 p.m. and Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday evenings 7.30-9.00 p.m.

82, 2, 19 Jan. 1954, page 7

Burra Town Council

A request from the SA Tree Planting Association to support a program of plantings to commemorate the Queen’s visit is to lie on the table for the time being.

The Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd is pleased to supply extra lighting during the holiday period.

The water tank at the cemetery will receive attention.

Mr Dunhill has now retired from the position of teacher and superintendent at the Burra North Methodist Sunday School, after over 40 years’ service. Mr E.J. Reed recently spoke very highly of Mr Dunhill’s service when he (Mr Reed) was tendered a farewell on 17 January. Mr Dunhill was presented with a table electric light stand in appreciation of his work for the Sunday school over many years.

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 1

Flood. A cloudburst at Pine Creek Station, some 55 miles northeast of Burra, had a spectacular result on Monday last week. Without any warning between 2 inches and six inches of rain fell on parts of Pine creek and Stuart’s Well Stations from 2 p.m. As a result a wall of water over six feet high rushed down Pine Creek carrying fences, large trees and other debris before it. It tapered off towards the edges to form a mass of water about three quarters of a mile wide, filling all the dams in its path and depositing in them fence posts, tree trunks and the like. On either side of the storm there was insufficient rain to settle the dust. Lou Gare reported the event and Ivan Gare, his brother, said in his years of experience in the district he did not know of a similar incident.

E.V.C. Simpson paid £38-10-0 an acre for 175 acres of Mt Bryan land sold by Elder, Smith & Co. on Friday for Mr John Hooper.

C.W. Dare & Sons gave £20-2-6 an acre for the property known as ‘Razorback’ about eight miles northeast of Mt Bryan.

J.T. Pascoe bought a house from the estate of Mrs Bruce for £650.

E.L. McWaters purchased the 42-acre Rifle Range property for £25 per acre. He said the Rifle Club would be able to carry on using the area. The club hopes to be able to arrange a lease, which has not previously been possible. A lease under appropriate conditions would result in Government funds being available for maintenance.

Mr H. Pederick, the headmaster of Burra High School, was given a farewell at the conclusion of the Town Council meeting on 18 January. The Mayor Mr W. Carpenter thanked him for his services to the town. He had been instrumental in establishing the Avenue of Memory at the school, had helped much in the Jubilee Celebrations and had maintained a high standard of sport at the school, as well as serving the town as a Councillor. Cr Baulderstone added his support, as did Crs Fisher, White and Topsfield. Cr Young spoke on behalf also of the Air force Association and the Town Clerk added his support. The Mayor then presented Mr Pederick with a tray and six glasses. Mrs Pederick could not attend because Leith had chickenpox.

E & WS Department is laying a new main in Commercial St.

Mrs George Terry recalls the Royal Visit of 1920, when the Prince of Wales came to SA and the Cheer-up Ladies’ Band from Burra went to Adelaide to play for the occasion. She also recalls the band returning to Burra on the same train as the French General Pau, when the band was ordered to play the Marsellaise at each station. They were heartily sick of the tune by the time they got home and no doubt the General was equally tired of hearing it. [The incident with General Pau was in November 1918.]

Accident. A car driven by W.G. Kempster, a commercial traveller for an Adelaide electrical firm, overturned about three miles north of Mt Bryan, on the main road on Thursday. The driver escaped serious injury, but the car was extensively damaged.

Mr Alec Best attended the Burra Town Council meeting on Monday night to convey greetings from the Mayor of Bury St Edmunds in England, after he had made a visit to that town where he was born. [In 1905.]

Burra Students Exam Results

In the Leaving Examination Malcolm Goodridge passed in four subjects with one credit and an English Q. Russell Harris passed two subjects.

Passes in Arts & Crafts exams are listed for: Edmund Bagg, Alan Baulderstone, Francis A. Fillmore, David McBride, Kevin Williams, Ian Allen, Andrew Jesser, Sally Williams, Roger Watts, June Pearce and Carleeta Simpson. [Robyn Tattersall’s name was added 82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 6.]

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 January

Margaret Lockwood & Michael Wilding in Trent’s Last Case

Irene Dunne & Dean Jagger in It Grows on Trees

Monday 1 February

Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen & Marilyn Monroe, etc. in We’re Not Married

Jim Davis & Marsha Jones in Hi-Jacked

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 3

Advt. Black Springs Grand Gymkhana, 1 February. To be opened by G.S. Hawker MP.

Obituary. Bertha Elizabeth Robinson [sic: error for Robertson] nee Heinrich, died at Burra Hospital 21 January aged 71.

[Bertha Elizabeth Robertson nee Heinrich, born 8 May 1882 Emu Downs: died 20 January 1954 Burra.]

CMF. Cpl Wicklein is one of a pair to be selected in the Central Command Contingent to attend the Opening of Federal Parliament in Canberra by H.M. the Queen on 15 February. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Fred Wicklein, once of Burra and now of Kurralta Park and a grandson of Mrs Wicklein and her late husband of Burra.

Cricket. (1st day of the matches)

Koonoona 3 for 125 declared v. Farrell Flat 67

Buffs 144 v. Burra 3 for 31

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 16-112 defeated Mt Bryan 4-50

Booborowie 12-95 defeated Ironmine 8-84

Aberdeen 14-98 defeated Kooringa 6-71

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen forfeited to Kooringa

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 4

Burra Hospital Board, 15 January

A series of essentially routine maintenance matters were discussed. The new building continues to make progress and the urgent need for further trained staff continues.

The overdraft at 15 January was £5,545-11-1.

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 5

Burra Rifle Club. A practice shoot was fired. Top scorer for the day was Eddy Hopkins.

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 6

Bowls

At Clare: Clare Red 94 defeated Burra Green 93.

Burra Gold 94 defeated Clare White 79.

Fire & Floods have occurred in the last week or so. While lightning caused the 2,000-acre fire at Ulooloo on 16 January, the same clouds dropped heavy rain in the Franklin and Pandappa district, 10 miles away. Short, local floodwaters flowed as far as Mallett Station.

Yesterday 140 points fell at George Hagger’s between Hallett & Jamestown, while three miles away lightning caused a 20-acre fire.

Yesterday evening continuous lightning could be seen to the east of Burra – apparently from a cloud bank, now known to have been over Hogback Station, which received 162 points of rain in an hour. Floodwaters filled the Kia-Ora house dam and reached the lagoon. For the week Hogback has recorded over 230 points. Koomooloo received 63 points from the same storm and the house dam overflowed. Woolgangi filled three dams from a fall of 30 points and Glenora recorded 46 points.

82, 3, 26 Jan. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 18 January

It was resolved that the Mayor call a public meeting about tree planting.

Mrs E. Barratt of Burra North submitted a claim for damages to her garden when vegetable plants were eaten by a stray heifer.

Council’s position will be obtained from the solicitor.

82, 4, 5 Feb. 1954, page 1 [Hand correction to 2 Feb. Other pages have the correct date.]

Weather. Good rains fell to the east in the last two weeks and have set pastoralists up for the next twelve months. Most dams are full and green feed should last to the next summer. This follows a dry period from September 1952 to September 1953, which was stated to be the driest on record. Ketchowla for example recorded just 122 points in that period. Rain fell last Wednesday. Most falls varied between 40 points and one inch, but Murkaby received 220, Sturt Vale 110 and Koomooloo 156.

Water. Anticipated expansion at Pt Pirie will generate a need to duplicate the pipeline from Hanson and it is anticipated that when this is done Burra will get River Murray water.

Kangaroos and Goats are beating sheep to the best feed in the northwest pastoral country, on stations like Old Boolcoomatta, Bulloo Creek, Abminga and Oringa.

Messrs Dearlove of Ketchowla have bought 6,450 acres of land near Whyte Yarcowie at £5-2-0 per acre.

Commercial Hotel. Perhaps we were wrong that this hotel had never before been leased. Mr R. Sellars of Burra North recalls Vivians running the hotel, but says the late Mr Percy Clark bought the freehold from a Mr Jock Richardson. He then resigned from the police force to run the hotel. Anyway, it has been run by its owners for upwards of 30 years.

The Burra Races will be held this year at Balaklava on 31 March because the Club is about to undertake alterations at the local course. The Club will offer £500 in stake money and trophies.

Fruit Crops in Burra are usually affected by late frosts, but this year they have been particularly heavy and there are peaches, apricots and plums in abundance.

Intermediate Woodwork

For three years in a row students at Burra High School topped the state in Woodwork:

Malcolm Goodridge in 1951, K. Cockrum in 1952 and B.I. McElroy in 1953. (Son of Mr & Mrs McElroy of Hallett.) Mr Ron Walker has been the teacher at Burra for about the last four years, but this year he will teach at Kapunda High School.

82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will hold a clearing sale on 9 February for L.R. Bell, on the property, which has been sold.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a clearing sale for V.H. Porter at Gum Creek on Monday 15 February, having sold the property.

82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 February

Allan Young & Diana Shaw in Marshmallow Moon

Ray Milland in Something to Live For

Tennis, 23 January

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-103 defeated Ironmine 7-59

Willalo 11-89 defeated Aberdeen 9-85

‘B’ Grade Spalding 18-116 defeated Ironmine 2-48

82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 4

New Traffic Laws

Motorists are now permitted to complete a right hand turn against a red light at intersections with traffic lights.

Vehicles at stop signs will have right of way over vehicles approaching from the left. Once a driver has stopped at a sign ordinary right of way will prevail when he moves off.

82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 6

Intermediate Woodwork

As well as the excellent result for Barrie McElroy as noted on page 1, Peter Goodridge also gained a credit and 11 out of the 11 who sat, passed.

82, 4, 2 Feb. 1954, page 7

Cricket. Completion of games:

Koonoona 3 for 121 declared and 2 for 67 defeated Farrell Flat 67 & 113.

Buffs 144 defeated Burra 130. (Each played one innings.)

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy. Possibles were scored by Jim Brown, Ken Heinrich and M. Kakoschke. [Though the description of the above does not seem to quite match the scores given.] Jim Brown came first in both the marksman’s and handicap competitions on the day.

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 1

Theft. A home and a garage in Hill Street were broken into and money stolen in the last week. Rex Opperman of Ware Street had about £8 stolen in the last week. Entry was gained via the sleep-out. The shed and garage of Frank Foster in Hill Street were also entered, bicycles were damaged and empty cool drink bottles were taken. The car was moved. Several children have been questioned in connection with the events.

‘Glenburnie’ Hallett was passed in at £29 [per acre] when offered for auction on Wednesday and a sale by private treaty is expected shortly. The dispersal of 805 ewes was generally satisfactory. The stud rams sold to 50 guineas.

Accident. A motor cyclist and his pillion passenger escaped serious injury when the cycle skidded on loose gravel about a mile south of Black Springs on Saturday 6 February. The cycle was badly damaged. (James Bruce Draffern & Ronald Malcolm Hanton of North Adelaide.)

School Children will receive medals to commemorate the visit of the Queen.

Burra Air Force Assoc. held its AGM. W.E.D. Young retired as President and was replaced by J. Wohlers. Mr E.C. (Tich) Jones continues as Secretary and Mr G.L. Halliday replaces J.W. Sorrell as Treasurer. The members will decide at the next meeting whether to build club rooms or not.

Burra High School Intermediate Results for 1953 are published. 11 of the 15 who sat gained certificates. Two others passed sufficient subjects, but failed English.

Judith Wood 10 subjects 1 credit

Anne Lucas 9

Leith Pederick 8 2

Keith Cockrum 8 1

Pam Bourman 8 1

Trevor Franklin 8

John Kelly 7

Peter Samuel 7

Ian Rosewall 7

Edmund Bagg 6

Marie Gare 5

Alan Baulderstone 5 without English

Ashley Phin 5 without English

Heather Stolte 4

Beverly Wood 3

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 February

Ethel Merman & Donald O’Connor in Call Me Madame

Mikel Conrad in The Flying Saucer

News & Shorts, including The Queen in Fiji & Tonga

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa drew with Willalo 10-88 each

Spalding 17-111 defeated Booborowie 3-56

Leighton forfeited to Ironmine

‘B’ Grade Hallett 16-107 defeated Ironmine 4-54

Mt Bryan forfeited to Aberdeen

Booborowie forfeited to Spalding

Bowls. Burra Green 112 defeated Saddleworth Gold 89.

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club visited Waikerie on Saturday where Waikerie 595 defeated Burra 590.

Burra Town Council

The Town Clerk reported the advice of the solicitor concerning the impounding act.

Council will co-operate with the District Council concerning the provision of medals to school children, commemorating the Queen’s visit.

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 5

Cricket. Beginning of the final round:

Farrell Flat 64 v. Burra 3 for 75.

Koonoona 129 v. Buffs 5 for 37.

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 6

Cricket. Recently at Booborowie: Burra 175 defeated Booborowie 106.

82, 5, 9 Feb. 1954, page 7

‘Ratepayer’ writes complaining of uneven punishments meted out to people who breach the bushfire act.

83, 6, 16 Feb. 1954, page 1 [Note change in Volume number]

[Note that all other pages are wrongly dated 15 February – unless the day of issue changed – in which case page one date is wrong.]

Burra Primary School

The so-called ‘condemned cell’ has been renovated and is now a fine classroom, used by Miss Mounce. With this change the school can be accommodated on the one site, whereas last year 11⁄2 classes had to use St Mary’s Parish Hall. [The 28 new scholars for the year are listed.]

Mr Lyle R. Bell’s clearing sale at Hallett was very successful. He is now residing at Cabra.

T.H. Villis of Burra North lost his wallet somewhere in the town last week. It has obviously been found since a cheque in it has been cashed in Adelaide and returned to the bank. Burra North police are investigating.

Pigeons. The large flock of pigeons making their home on the roof of the Salvation Army Hall has practically been wiped out. Mr Harry Swinson of Burra has killed 58 with his shanghai, made especially for the purpose. He operated at night and shot the heads off the birds as they appeared above the gutter in the light of a torch held by a young lad who accompanied him.

Burra Seaside Picnic Association has been wound up and its funds distributed as below:

Burra Playground Committee £50

Burra North Playground Committee £50

Hallett School Committee £15

Booborowie School Committee £15

Mt Bryan School Committee £13-6-0

Burra High School Council £10

Burra Primary School Committee £10

Burra Catholic School Committee £10

Farrell Flat School Committee £10

Hanson School Committee £10

Willalo School Committee £7-10-0

Gum Creek School Committee £7-10-0

Mintaro School Committee £7-10-0

Manoora School Committee £7-10-0

Whyte Yarcowie School Committee £5

Total £228-6-0

This donation means there is £146-15-11 in hand for Burra Playground equipment. The order is now ready for delivery in Adelaide.

Burra High School. New staff at the school for 1954:

Mr R. Jeffery, Headmaster (from Unley H.S.)

Mr Pillar

Mrs R. Jeffery

Miss Miller

Adelaide Wool Sales. In the 7th series the top district price was 105d by the Estate of the late E.C. Collins. [Other district prices are listed.]

83, 6, 15 Feb. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 February

Ralph Richardson & Ann Todd in The Sound Barrier

MacDonald Carey & Marta Toren in Mystery Submarine

Burra Rural Youth meeting on 9 February drew 25 members, a record for the club.

83, 6, 16 Feb. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd Stage of the Championship. Scores were low due to a mirage.

Captain T. Lynch top scored off the rifle and with handicap.

83, 6, 16 Feb. 1954, page 5

Cricket

Burra 6 for 165 declared defeated Farrell Flat 64 & 62.

Koonoona 129 defeated Buffs 46 & 8 for 131 (A win on the first innings.)

83, 6, 16 Feb. 1954, page 6

Bowls

Clare Blue 88 defeated Burra Green 83

Clare Red 84 defeated Burra Gold 79

83, 6, 16 Feb. 1954, page 7

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 14-107 defeated Aberdeen 6-70

Leighton 11 defeated Willalo 9

Kooringa 17-112 defeated Ironmine 3-53

Spalding 12-103 defeated Hallett 8-75

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-89 defeated Spalding 9-86

Kooringa 17-115 defeated Ironmine 3-41

Aberdeen forfeited to Booborowie

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 1 [The date would be expected to be 23 February, but given the previous week’s confusion of dates it remains uncertain.]

Burra Rifle Club. At Eudunda on Saturday, Eudunda 783 defeated Burra 740.

The Burra Burra DC truck crashed into a creek near I’Anson’s Bridge, four miles north of Hanson, on Wednesday, when the steering jammed. Messrs Henderson and Angwin, who were on board, escaped injury, but for a few bruises.

John Samuels, elder son of Mr & Mrs Samuels, has received a Metallurgical Cadetship at BHAS Pt Pirie. After education at St Joseph’s and Burra High School he has been at Adelaide University doing a Teachers Training Course.

Mrs L. Gill & Mrs Murray Collins, who are leaving the district, were given a farewell at Booborowie on 18 February, by the Booborowie Welfare Club. Mr & Mrs Gill will live in Adelaide and Mrs Collins at Mt Bryan.

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, pages 1 & 5

Burra RSL AGM

Elected were: President, C.H. Griffen; Vice-Presidents, H. Cornelius & V. Riggs; Secretary, J.W. Sorrell.

Mr C. Griffen, as President, reported on a successful year.

There were a number of pleasant social evenings. In September Mr Eastick visited and gave an address on Korea and there had been a series of exchanges with other branches. The Anzac Day Parade was well attended and we were represented at Remembrance Day and at Air Force Week.

We also contributed to the success of the coronation celebrations. Tow Legacy Wards were sponsored at £25 each. Badge sales were undertaken. We joined in the appeal for funds for War Graves. The annual ball went off very well and there was excellent patronage. The usual smoke social also went off successfully. With the Air Force Assoc. we staged a successful Christmas tree. Comfort parcels were sent to two young men from the district serving in Korea. Trees given by A.R. Murray were planted on the eastern approach to the town by the Combined Ex-servicemen’s Assoc. of Burra. We regret the passing of two former office-bearers in Cyril Collins and Twist [Oliver] Ockenden.

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. give details in half a page of the sale at the Clare Town Hall on 17 March of the 2,320 acre property known as ‘Arranmore’ Hilltown.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell on instructions from Mrs S.M. Ley her excellent house property in Kingston Street, Burra, on 26 February. Land comprising 2 roods 28 perches.

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 February

Stewart Granger & Eleanor Parker in Scaramouche

Howard Keel & Jane Greer in Desperate Search

Plus special newsreel of the Final Day’s Play in the Davis Cup

Notice of an increase in admission charges from 6 March due to rising costs:

Dress Circler 3/6

Back Stalls, Adults 3/- and Children 1/9

Front Stalls, Adults 1/9 and children 1/-

[Previous charges are cited, but don’t make any sense, except that Front Stall charges seem to have increases by 3d.]

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 4

Burra Burra DC

The Council will co-operate with the Town Council in obtaining and distributing Royal Visit medals to school children.

A further special grant of £2,500 has been given for Main Roads.

The Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Assoc. has been granted a lease on the reserve at the northern end of Porter’s Lagoon for 1/- per annum.

Reserves, (Lots 1 & 10) Section 83 in the Hundred of Kooringa, as per LTO Plan 53 are opened as roads and St Ann’s Road & O’Brien’s Road on the plan are declared public roads. [Harrow Hill]

Actions of the Clerk & Cr J.H.J. Stevens re street lights in Farrell Flat were endorsed.

The matter of Booborowie street lights was deferred.

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 14-107 defeated Booborowie 6-69

Spalding 11-98 defeated Willalo 9-80

Ironmine 11-75 defeated Mt Bryan 9-76

Hallett 10-98 defeated Aberdeen 10-85

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 15-100 defeated Booborowie 5-70

Mt Bryan 10-81 defeated Ironmine 10-77

Aberdeen forfeited to Hallett

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 7

Bowls. Burra Gold 95 defeated Burra Green 84.

Cricket.

Buffs 9 for 133 declared v. Farrell Flat 60

Burra 4 for 198 v. Koonoona.

83, 7, 22 Feb. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council

Royal Visit medals have arrived and will be distributed early in March.

K.T. Borrough wrote asking for information about S.T. Gill paintings. To be advised there are four at the Burra Institute.

Particulars are to be obtained about the possibility of getting a new truck in place of the existing one.

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 1 [Note another change in volume number.]

Earthquake. The earthquake, which is said to have started in Kangaroo Island and which did considerable damage in Adelaide on Monday morning at 3.41 a.m., was felt in Burra at 3.42 a.m. It sounded like a large motor truck with solid tyres travelling over a corrugated road. No major damage was reported in the town and only isolated instances of minor damage. It is not expected there will be a similar occurrence for another 50 years. Burra had a worse earthquake in 1901 or 1902.

[XV, 532, 24 Sep. 1902, page 3

An Earth Tremor struck Burra on Thursday at 6.45 a.m. and rattled stuff on shelves. On Friday at 8.15 p.m. a second and more serious earthquake shook the town and seemed worse at Kooringa than in Redruth. Some crockery was broken in falling from shelves and a large pane in one window shattered. People ran into the streets and some stayed outside all night. Part of a ceiling collapsed where a woman had been sitting till a moment before. At the Institute a performance of Marionettes was not interrupted, apparently the audience was so rapt in the performance. There was a sound like thunder which seemed to travel from west to east. There was a third slight tremor on Sunday afternoon.]

Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Assoc. held its AGM on Saturday and drew a good attendance. The financial report was very satisfactory. Elected were: President, C.W. Knight; Vice-Presidents, M.J. Heinrich & L.W. Mann and Secretary & Treasurer, A.C. Heinrich. Past President A.G. Woodman was wished well at his new residence in Whyalla.

Buffs Cricket Club held a dance in the Burra Town Hall 26 February and netted c. £13. V. Preiss was the MC and Foster’s Band supplied the music.

Burra Golf Club benefited by c. £80 from a garden party held on Wednesday at ‘Stud Park,’ the home of Mr & Mrs A.L. Collins, Mt Bryan.

Wilhelmina Rogers Estate Sale

Mr Hedley B. Stockman paid £31 per acre for 8121⁄2 acres situated near his property.

J.S.B. Holmes of Burra paid £4,000 for the house.

T.R. Rogers of Hanson bought both the town allotments there for £32 each.

Burra Rifle Club members fired a practice shoot at the Dean Rifle Range, Pt Adelaide, on Saturday. Best results were from J. Brown, W. Holman and C. Edwards.

Porter’s Lagoon Reserve will be improved by the Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Assoc. They intend to have conveniences, dressing sheds and rain water tanks installed by next summer. It is a popular picnic spot on Sunday afternoons and the swimming is not too bad. Some years ago facilities and sports were organised there by a group based at Farrell Flat, but dry seasons dried up the water [in the 1930s] and then WWII brought an end to the scheme.

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 3

Notice. By order of the Department of Lands, Adelaide, an auction at the Mongolata Battery 10 miles northeast of Burra on Wednesday 10 March at 11 a.m. will dispose of surplus plant and materials, including wood and iron buildings, tanks, Lister Engine and bore equipment, tools and an 11-ton Hawke Weighbridge etc.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 March

Bob Hope & Jane Russell in Son of Pale Face

John Litel & Marie Windsor in Two Dollar Bettor

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 4

Burra Hospital Board meeting 19 February

Plumbing in the morgue had almost been completed.

Dean W. Berry & Gilbert submitted the 6th progress certificate for £3,700 plus £111 for professional services. The total contract sum is now summarised as £23,949.

Sister Bartholomew submitted her resignation, effective from 17 February. (She is getting married.)

Nurse Moxham has commenced duty as a nurse attendant.

The overdraft at 19 February was £6,077-18-7.

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 5

Cricket

Burra 4 for 198 declared defeated Koonoona 100.

Buffs 8 for 131 declared defeated Farrell Flat 60 & 50.

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 6

Marriage. Spalding Methodist Church, 20 February

Joan Nancarrow of Spalding married Leslie Taylor of Booborowie.

St Peter’s Cathedral Adelaide. The Divine service on 21 March will be attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. St Mary’s Burra was allotted three places in the congregation and will be represented by Clem Davey (organist), Mrs H. Wilson (a very regular attender) and Mrs Lenthall (mother of the incumbent.)

84, 8, 2 Mar. 1954, page 7

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 10-95 defeated [unstated] 10-85

Kooringa 10-92 defeated Spalding10-88

Booborowie 11-92 defeated Willalo 9-87

Hallett 14-105 defeated Mt Bryan 6-76

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-95 defeated Mt Bryan 9-82

Aberdeen 14-105 defeated Ironmine 6-59

Spalding defeated Kooringa.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 1 [Note yet another change of volume number.]

Road Grants

The State Government has made £400,000 available in Special Road Grants. Because any money received must be spent by 30 June, most Councils will be unable to make use of large grants. The Burra Burra DC is considering getting a heavier grader to enable it to use more of the funds available. It has 1,100 miles of roads, including 123 miles of main road.

With the Government giving preference to Councils bituminising heavily used roads, the Burra Town Council is better placed to get and use a fair share of the £400,000. Materials account for almost two thirds of the total cost for such roads and thus getting rid of a large grant is easier. It is likely they will seek a grant to re-bituminise the road under the railway bridge and past the ballast quarry.

Mr J. Wohlers, second-in-charge at Elder, Smith & Co., has been transferred to Pinnaroo as branch manager. He has been in Burra for three years. He has been President and Secretary of the Burra Progress Assoc. and President of the Air Force Assoc. while here. Mrs Wohlers is Secretary of St Mary’s Guild and of the Welfare Club.

Mr Neville Butler will take over Mr Wohler’s position in Burra.

Manganese has been discovered four miles west of Hogback Station by Messrs Dave and Albert Morrison.

Bruce Stockman has won the Zone Final in the Rural Youth Competition. If he manages to be in the last five contestants he will get a trip to Sydney as the guest of Junior Farmers of NSW.

The Horse Trough at Sara’s in Burra North is to be removed as an eyesore. It has not been used for some years. It was erected by the late F.T. Sara.

Pastor & Mrs Ashdown have been transferred to Plympton. Rev. Ashdown has been in charge of Kooringa Methodist Church for only a little over twelve months. Pastor M. Martin from Wudinna will take his place.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. A whole page of advertisements deals with the sale of the property of ‘Arranmore’ Hilltown and the consequent clearing sale.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 3

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Advertisement for the clearing sale at ‘Glenburnie’ Hallett, 29 March.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 4

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its 16th AGM 2 March. The Treasurer’s report showed a balance of £314. Elected were: President, Mrs Lott; Vice-Presidents, Mrs M. Kellock & Mrs Satchell; Secretary, Mrs Phillips; Treasurer, Mrs G. Kellock.

It was decided to hold a ball on 28 May. I. Wohlers, the Secretary for 1953 reported there were 45 members for 1954 and that funds raised in 1953 were to buy a £300 broadcast receiver and following several events, £400 had been raised. At that stage a Bell & Howell Sound Film Projector had been bought for £315. Tenders for the broadcast receiver were let in November and it should soon be installed. A number of other useful purchases were also made during the year and a request has been made for a shed to accommodate 30 bikes. In August Mrs H. White was transferred to Adelaide after 17 years in Burra and a presentation was made to her. At the December meeting Mrs T. Williams, President of the Club for two years, was farewelled. The year ended with the usual Christmas party for children.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 5

Marriage. Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, 27 February

Maureen Halliday, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Don. Halliday of Burra, married

Robert Brown, only son of Mr & Mrs A. Brown of Centennial Park.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the annual trophy. Best scores were from K. Phillips, C. Edwards and D. Bernhardt.

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 March

Clifton Webb & Ginger Rogers in Dreamboat

Vincent Price & Ellen Drew in The Baron of Arizona

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 7

Bowls

Saddleworth 98 defeated Burra Green 75

Burra Gold 113 defeated Saddleworth Gold 65.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 13-97 defeated Hallett 7-79

Spalding 11-87 defeated Leighton 9-91

Mt Bryan 12-93 defeated Willalo 8-80

Aberdeen 10-100 defeated Ironmine 10-83

‘B’ Grade Spalding 12-82 defeated Mt Bryan 5-64

Aberdeen 12-104 defeated Kooringa 8-79

Ironmine 11-96 defeated Booborowie 9-78

85, 9, 9 Mar. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 1 March

Mrs Sara requested the removal of the water trough outside the Burra North Post Office, erected years ago by the late F.T. Sara, but no longer used and an ‘eyesore.’

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 1

Mongolata Goldfield

The Government Auctioneer sold the equipment at the field last Wednesday and the once thriving field is now only a relic. In the early 1930s the field had a boom and stories of easily won gold held hope of wealth for the miners and the district. A good deal of Burra and other money was sunk into the field, but gold was found only in isolated pockets and the field was deemed one for prospectors only. The largest nugget found, called Pexton’s Nugget, weighed 183 oz, valued at £10 an ounce. The companies at the field pulled out leaving only optimistic miners, who gradually gave up. All the Government supplied tools, shed, ladders, etc. were sold on Wednesday for fairly low prices. The battery and big shed that housed it were not sold and will be transferred elsewhere.

Accident. Miss Vera Wilkinson was knocked down by a car at 8.30 p.m. on 10 March, while crossing the Commercial St Bridge. She was walking diagonally across towards Dr Mellor’s in poor light. The car was driven by Peter John shearing of Marion. Her injuries were painful, but not serious.

Cricket

In the Burra Association at the end of the minor rounds:

Best Batsmen Innings Not Outs Runs Highest Score Average

Burdon 8 4 303 130x 75.7

Wuttke 12 2 439 75x 43.9

Radford 11 3 290 65x 36.2

Best Bowlers Wickets Runs Average

Kotz 50 340 6.8

V. Kellaway 56 397 7.0

R. Cooke 28 213 7.9

Adelaide Wool Sales last week. Top district price was 100d by J.Y. Woollacott of ‘Kingswood’ Burra. [Other district prices are printed.]

The Buffs’ Pleasant Sunday Afternoon in the Town Hall was poorly attended for a high standard performance. About £5 was raised for the Hospital.

Bruce Stockman (son of Mr & Mrs M.G. Stockman) won the State Final in the rural Youth Competition and now goes to Sydney for the Australasian final on 14 April. While in Sydney he will be the guest of the ABC and will visit the Royal Show.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Mr W.H. Lloyd has decided not to continue as President after about five years service and as no one else will accept nomination, at present the society is leaderless.

The Dog House Club Ball in the Burra Town Hall on Friday 12 March drew a fair crowd and made a profit of over £50.

Bowls. Hallett’s new bowling green is expected to be ready for play next summer.

Mr J. Wohlers was farewelled by the Burra Progress Assoc. and he was presented with a silver tray. He had been a past president and a secretary and goes to Pinnaroo as manager for Elder, Smith & Co. there.

Notice. Mrs Elder advises that her hairdressing salon at Burra North will close from 18-24 March.

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 March

Tyrone Power & Piper Laurie in The Mississippi Gambler

Howard Duff & Brian Donlevy in Shakedown

Bowls

Clare Green 98 defeated Burra Green 78

Burra Gold 93 defeated Clare White 78

Hallett Tennis Tournament of 9-11 March. Results are printed.

Burra Racing Club

After negotiations with Mr L.H. Thomas, the club has acquired a piece of land to enable the running track to be lengthened and so eliminate the steep grade that horses had to negotiate on the northern end of the track. Fencing of the new track is in progress. Arrangements are well in hand for the winter meeting, to be conducted at the Balaklava Racecourse 31 March 1954.

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 4

Burra Burra Show Inc. The AGM was held in Pearce’s Building 9 March.

Burra Rural Youth thanked the society for the use of the pavilion for its meetings.

Elected: Patron, Sir Philip McBride; Vice-President, I.E. Gare.

The 1954 show will be held on 9 October.

Mr W.H. Lloyd spoke of the work done by Mr L.R. Fuss in putting tables around the flower pavilion, valued at £45. Mr Fuss carried out this work free of charge.

A minute of appreciation for the work of the late E.C. Collins was recorded.

W.H. Lloyd read the President’s Report for the year.

The show on 10 October was very successful. It was opened by the society’s Patron, Sir Philip McBride, Minister for Defence. This year 128 cages for pigeons were constructed at a cost of £92-10-0. The shed previously used to house dogs was moved and used to house bantams. The Flower Pavilion was improved to take permanent tables erected on each side. Mr Fuss volunteered to do the work if the materials were provided.

Further seating was provided on the north end of the ring and more trees donated by Mr R. Humphrys were planted. Entries were very gratifying. There was a pleasing interest in sheep and wool and there was good support from Industrial Exhibits.

The society notes with regret the passing of supporters E.C. Collins, E. Jettner and E. Murray.

During the year Mr Fabian resigned as Secretary, but was replaced by Mr H.L. Foote, who put in an untiring effort.

[A list of individuals is then thanked for their help.]

The Badminton Club took charge of the Show Dance and realised £17.

The profit for the year of £256 reduces the overdraft to about £102, which is a splendid result.

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 5

Cricket. Conclusion of the preliminary round:

Burra 9 for 199 defeated Buffs 175.

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 16-105 defeated Mt Bryan 4-55

Willalo 15-106 defeated Ironmine 5-67

Booborowie 13-102 defeated Leighton 7-88

Hallett 13-98 defeated Kooringa 7-88

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 10-79 defeated Hallett 10-77

Aberdeen 15-97 defeated Spalding 5-68

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 7

Burra Golf Club held its AGM last Friday

Retiring President, R.J. Jeffery reported a very successful season and a sound financial position.

Elected: President, L.H. Thomas; Vice Presidents, J. Gebhardt & B. Bloomfield and Captain, B. Bloomfield. J. Gebhardt’s plan for improving the links was adopted in principle. Three holes will be altered and two added to make 14 holes.

85, 10, 16 Mar. 1954, page 8

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, last Saturday

Miss Dulcie Holman of Burra married Mr Peter McGuire of Willalo.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Annual Trophy. Best scores were from W. Hempel and E.C. Hopkins.

85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 1

Sale of ‘Arranmore’ Hilltown is reported.

The Mayor and Mayoress Mr & Mrs Carpenter have been invited to meet the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at a garden party at Elder Park tomorrow.

Cricket. Trophy winners for the Burra Cricket Association for the 1953-54 season:

Best batting average I. Burdon

Best batting aggregate R. Wuttke

Best bowling average W. Kotz

Most wickets V. Kellaway

Best junior player A. Baulderstone

Most improved junior P. Murphy

Best fielder G.L. Halliday

Special award to H. Lawn

St Patrick’s Day Dance in the Burra Town Hall on 17 March was well attended and a great success. Takings were £60. Ken Murphy as MC was assisted by R. Barratt.

The Aberdeen Croquet Club celebrated its Silver Anniversary on Thursday when President Mrs Riggs welcomed all present to afternoon tea. The Mayor represented the town, supported by the Town Clerk, Mr J. Fisher.

Mrs Sara recalled the origins of the ground. H.W. Tiver ploughed the ground. W. Irlam came with a cultivator. E. Finch came with a grader. T.M. Carey of Adelaide surveyed the site and found a two foot fall near the creek.

F.T. Sara and some hired help filled this up. Rev. W.O. Harris, with an army of lads, removed pepper trees. Then came fencing, the erection of sheds, laying on of water, etc. with the help of Messrs McWaters, Fairchild, Radford, Riggs, Thomas, Fuss, Pearce, Woollacott and Clode. Then a bit later Mr & Mrs Gare donated the hall and its block of land.

Showgrounds

The Flower Pavilion at the showgrounds has been greatly improved by the addition of tables right around the pavilion. These will relieve the committee of much trouble in getting and erecting trestle tables etc. Mr R. Fuss erected the tables free of charge and the society provided £40 worth of timber. He also carried out many minor repairs to the pavilion. Mr Fuss has now offered to donate the labour necessary to build tables down the centre as fixtures, 40 ft x 4 ft if some person or persons will donate the timber.

The Air Force Assoc. met on13 March and elected Mr John Riggs to replace Mr J. Wohling as President because the latter had been transferred to Pinnaroo.

Burra Rural Youth will re-kalsomine the Burra Show Pavilion as thanks for the use of the hall for meetings.

Obituary. Miss Edith Jenkin died 7 March at Burra aged 86. She was born at Burra and lived in the old home for over 80 years, until about twelve months ago when she sold it and moved in with her niece Miss D. Geake, in Queen St. Miss Jenkin was one of the first scholars to enrol at Burra School and was a member and worker for Red Cross in WWI and made a lot of comforts for the boys in WWII as well. She was a member of the Rechabite Lodge for over 65 years and of the Kooringa Methodist Church.

Page 6 has some additional information: she was the youngest daughter of the late John & Catherine Jenkins and aunt of Miss Doris Geake.

[Edith Louisa Jenkin born 8 January 1868 at Kooringa.]

85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 March

James Stewart & Jean Hagen in Carbine Williams

Plus Confidentially Connie

Bowls

Auburn 109 defeated Burra Green 79

Burra Gold 124 defeated Spalding 81

85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 4

Burra Hospital Board, 12 March

The overdraft on 12 March was £5,338-19-1.

The report of the meeting of the board extends for 13⁄4 columns, but deals with essentially routine matters.

85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 5

Burra Primary School Parents & Friends Assoc. held its AGM 15 March.

A presentation was made to the retiring secretary of the school committee, Mr J. Wohlers and one to the retiring secretary of the Welfare Club, Mrs Wohlers. Both were wished well at their new home in Pinnaroo. Mr M.G. Stockman was re-elected Chairman with Darrell Field as Secretary & Treasurer. The Chairman reported a successful year in which a major achievement was the remodelling of the old [condemned] classroom in time for the start of 1954. This had been a thorn in the side of various committees for 20 years or more. This enabled the classes to be withdrawn from St Mary’s Parish Hall. A film strip projector has been installed and arrangements made with the High School over its use. A contract has been let for installing a broadcast unit, which should be working in the near future. The Welfare Club ran a successful dance and an Arbor Day and assisted with the Coronation Day Sports as well as holding a Christmas Tree and Party at the end of the year. Work has also been done on the school garden. Thanks to R.C. Lott for running Guy Fawkes Night and to M. Tiver for having the old committee minute book bound so it can be read by future generations. We have erected a front fence and applied for more asphalt for the yard.

85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 7

Burra Town Council, 15 March

The Mayor and Town Clerk will go into the matter of roads needing repair and the Special Road Grant.

Tennis, 13 March

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 13-100 defeated Spalding 7-75

Kooringa 14-106 defeated Leighton 6-71

Hallett 16 defeated Ironmine 4

Booborowie 10-91 defeated Mt Bryan 10-89

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 17-109 defeated Booborowie 3-66

Kooringa 16-106 defeated Ironmine 4-59

Hallett 19-117 defeated Spalding 7-35

20 March

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen forfeited to Kooringa

Booborowie 14-98 defeated Ironmine 6-70

Mt Bryan forfeited to Leighton

Hallett 12-97 defeated Willalo 8-83

‘B’ Grade Spalding 14 defeated Booborowie 6

Hallett 15-106 defeated Mt Bryan 5-62

Aberdeen 12-99 defeated Ironmine 8-80

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 1

Aberdeen Tennis Club held a dance at the Lodge Hall on 27 March and drew a fair crowd. £10 was raised towards the Easter Tournament. Darrell Field was MC.

Burra Rifle Club. J.H. Schwier took the Championship for the second year in succession. Best shot on the day was Ken Heinrich.

Val Hirschausen of Adelaide, and formerly of Burra, won the Queen’s Cup when she knocked up the fastest 1,000 runs in Electric Light Cricket during the Royal Visit. She plays for Windsor and got the runs in 43 overs and 11 balls.

Mrs John Loutit, nee Margaret Jeffery, daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Jeffery, will receive a Master of Science degree (in absentia) at Adelaide University’s Commemoration Ceremony on 31 March. She worked at the Waite Institute and wrote her thesis on ‘Studies on the Microflora of Certain Mineral Deficient Areas of the Coonalpyn Downs.’ She now lives in Brisbane where her husband is a lecturer at the Medical School.

Senior Constable R. Chambers & Constable J. Barbary have returned to the town after duties related to the Royal Visit. Constable Barbary had duties in Adelaide and also flew to Whyalla for duty there, while S-C Chambers went by MV Minnipa to Pt Lincoln and by road to Renmark.

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 April

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in The Stooge

William Henry, Anthony Quinn & Virginia Dale in Parole Fixer

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 3

Bowls. At Spalding on 27 March: Burra green 109 defeated Spalding 85

At Burra on 27 March: Burra Gold 100 played Auburn [no figures printed.]

Tennis. Semi-Finals

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 13-101 defeated Aberdeen 7-65

Hallett 14 defeated Spalding 6

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-102 defeated Kooringa 7-75

Hallett defeated Spalding

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 4

Burra Football Club held its AGM in the RSL Hall on Wednesday. Mr K.J. Murphy took the chair. Elected were: President, K.J. Murphy and H.C. Jones as Patron. Stan Kellaway is the non-playing coach.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 20 March

Nelda Kleinig, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs B.H. Kleinig of Hanson, married

John Bruce, fourth son of Mr & Mrs C.A. Bruce of Booborowie.

Rev. C. Hoff, Lutheran, officiated.

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 5

Cricket. Burra Cricket Assoc. Final, First Day

Buffs 8 for 109 lead Burra 99 at the end of the first innings.

85, 12, 30 Mar. 1954, page 7

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM on 9 March.

The Assoc. began the year with £116-12-7 and raised over £150. In the year they bought a cover for the piano, over £50 worth of Library books, a picture of the Queen, gardening tools and shrubs. They also fenced off the plantation and laid necessary pipes for watering it. They bought wire netting for the tennis courts and a curtain for the stage among other minor items. There is now c. £150 in the bank. Elected were: President, Mrs Ellis; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Jennison & Mrs E.T. Baulderstone; Secretary, Mrs Pillar and Treasurer, Mrs Deer.

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 1

Burra Racing Club’s meeting at Balaklava last Wednesday was the biggest ever organised by the club. It was held there due to alterations being made to the club’s own track. Acceptances were high and the attendance large. In future Burra will have a very good track and, if there was a bituminised road to Burra, could expect to draw a large crowd. The bookmakers turned over about £67,500, about three times as much as at a Burra meeting. The main race was the Squatters’ Handicap over 11⁄4 miles, won by Dolcetto, ridden by W. Pyers and owned by Messrs W. Hill-Smith & C.A. Haigh.

The Chairman of the Burra Club is Gerald Gask and the Secretary is Reg. Davey. Andrew Tennant is the Patron. Mr Gask said work on the new section of track at Burra was well in hand and all should be ready for the October meeting.

Night Classes. Little interest has been shown in night classes at Burra in Woodwork and Commercial Studies.

‘Glenburnie’ clearing sale prices are quoted (selected) in the estate of R.F. Thomas.

‘Arranmore’ clearing sale at Hilltown attracted about 1,000 cars and about 2,000 people. Selected prices are quoted.

War Memorial Committee is seeking ideas on a food stall for the oval. The Burra CWA has donated £30 towards such a project.

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 2

Advt. Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd, on instructions from J.A. Scott, will offer his house and effects in Kangaroo Street on 15 April. Part allotments 41, 42, 48 & 49 with a stone residence of 7 rooms etc.

Notice. J.C. Goodridge announces he will cease to undertake refrigeration repairs from 5 April 1954, as he is moving to Crystal Brook to work for the E & WS Department.

Notice. Burra Town Council

Members retiring on 1st Saturday in July due to the effluxion of time:

Mayor: William Carpenter

North Ward: John Alfred Scott Fisher

East Ward: Edward Thomas Baulderstone

West Ward: William Eddy Douglas Young

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 April

Jean Peters & Jeffery Hunter in Lure of the Wilderness

Victor Mature & Patricia Neal in Something for the Birds

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 3

Fire consumed over 100 acres of grass on the southern side of ‘Belcunda’ Homestead at Mt Bryan on Thursday of last week.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving Service 28 March. Rev. G. Armstrong gave two fine addresses to good congregations.

Kooringa Methodist Church Sunday School held its Anniversary on 28 March. Rev. R. Vawser of Eudunda conducted three services. On Monday the Anniversary Tea was provided and on 4 April a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was held. [The Sunday school prize list is printed.]

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 5th stage of the Annual Trophy. Best scorers were M. Mitchell and W. Holman.

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 6

Cricket. Buffs have won the Cricket Final on the 1st innings.

Buffs 130 & 3 for 100 defeated Burra 99 & 7 for 132 declared. Buffs were just two runs short of an outright victory.

At the annual cricket social last Saturday night Mr M. Radford, President of the Burra Cricket Assoc. presented the Shield to the Captain of the Buffs, W. Kotz.

V. Kellaway of the Burra Cricket Club offered the club’s congratulations to the winning team, supported by Sgt T. McInerney.

Trophies as reported in the paper 85, 11, 23 Mar. 1954, page 1, were then presented.

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 7

Tennis. The Preliminary Finals:

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 12-98 defeated Spalding 8-73

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 16-113 defeated Spalding 4-49.

85, 13, 6 Apr. 1954, page 8

Redruth Methodist Guild held its annual meeting. Mrs Jennison as secretary reported on a very successful year. Membership was 47. Losses during the year were Miss Rogers through death and Mrs Betts & Mrs E.J. Reed through removals, while gains were Mrs Bamford & Mrs Ford.

[The report then goes on to detail the meetings held and the donations made.]

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 1

Burra District Council is concerned that insufficient action has been taken to destroy rabbits as required and the pests are in great numbers in the Gum Creek area.

Burra Burra Show Inc. held a general meeting on 6 April at which Rex. C. Warnes was elected President. A minute of appreciation was recorded for the work of the past president, W.H. Lloyd. The Governor will be invited to open the next show on 9 October.

The Secretary, Mr H.L. Foote, tendered his resignation.

Mr R. Fuss offered to further improve the flower pavilion with tables down the centre, his labour charges to be donated to the society.

The Society is seeking a date for Sheep Dog Trials.

The number of sections in Horses in Action will be reduced to conform with other shows.

Burra Burra DC has a huge job in keeping about 800 miles of district roads in order and it will be made easier by the approval recently granted for the purchase of a very heavy grader. A sum of £10,000 has been spent on district roads during the financial year. Forty miles of road have been formed in the Booborowie area. The Council has applied for a grant of £21,800 for 1954-55 to enable the upgrading of Main Road 45 between Burra and Black Springs, with second priority to the Lochiel-Burra Road and the main streets in Hanson & Farrell Flat to be bituminised. The cost of roads is very high. Work to bituminise the Mt Bryan main street cost £3,000, of which £1,100 was for the bitumen alone. The DC will sell some town allotments on which rates have been unpaid since 1940.

The Booborowie CWA is planning a children’s playground for an area adjacent to the hall.

Burra Bowling Club raised £17 from a street stall.

Burra Rifle Club at Burra on Saturday fired the 4th Stage of the No. 4 District Union Match. Salisbury 692 defeated Burra 684.

A Dance in aid of the Burra Institute on Friday was very poorly attended and takings were just over £10.

Burra Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc. has been granted the use of the northern end of Porter Lagoon on an annual licence or permit.

The Mayor Mr W. Carpenter will not seek re-election this year.

Burra North Red Cross has sent £40 to headquarters.

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 2

Burra Town Council. Members retiring due to the effluxion of time:

Mayor: William Carpenter

North Ward: John Alfred Scott Fisher

East Ward: Edward Thomas Baulderstone

West Ward: William Eddy Douglas Young.

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 3

Mr & Mrs John Ryan of Hallett were farewelled at the home of Mr & Mrs Patrick Ryan at Burra North on Monday. They are leaving the district to live at Victor Harbor.

Burra Burra DC. When the Council Chambers were occupied by the Commercial Bank the building had a verandah. The bank removed the verandah. The box gutters installed by the bank did not carry the water efficiently and the building now needs repair. A cantilever verandah is being considered.

Hallett Red Cross will send £100 to Headquarters for the March Appeal.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 April

Anthony Steel & Dinah Sheridan in Shed No Tears

Plus short features.

Monday 19 April

Loretta Young & Jeff Chandler in Because of You

Rock Hudson & Julia Adams in The Lawless Breed

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 4

Federal Elections 29 May

The seat of Wakefield will have three candidates:

Sir Philip McBride, Minister of Defence (Liberal)

Mr E.A. Harradine (ALP)

Mr Hector David Henstridge (Independent)

Burra Hospital Board, 9 April

Matron Tscharke will be taking accumulated leave from 15 April and Sister Morris will be relieving Matron. The overdraft at 9 April stood at £5,128-12-1.

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 6

Mid-North Bowling Assoc. Premiership this year went to Auburn. Out of 10 teams Burra Gold came 3rd and Burra Green 6th.

Tennis. Grand Finals

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-94 defeated Hallett 9-88

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-98 defeated Aberdeen 9-76.

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 7

Rev. & Mrs Ashdown were farewelled at the Kooringa Methodist Hall last Friday. They are moving to Plympton and Rev. & Mrs Martin will come from Wudinna.

85, 14, 13 Apr. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 5 April

A grant will be sought to seal Kangaroo Street.

Application will be made to the Burra Electric Supply Co. for a street light to be placed in St Just St.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 1

Bruce Stockman (16), son of Mr & Mrs Murray stockman of Burra, represented Sa Rural Youth Clubs in a nation-wide broadcast over the ABC from Sydney last Wednesday night. There was one competitor from each state and one from New Zealand. The winner was John Greig (20) from Queensland, followed by Ivor Price (20) of Victoria, then Geoff Hill (20) of New Zealand.

[The article cites Alfred Deakin as 1st P.M.!]

Rev. & Mrs Martin have arrived from Wudinna to take up the Kooringa Circuit. The three eldest children have finished school and two boys will attend Burra High School, Owen in Intermediate and Bruce in Second Year.

Easter Weekend saw many locals visiting the River Murray and fishermen were keen, though with varying success.

Mrs Tom Allen lost her engagement ring at Moonta at Christmas time in 1952. This Easter, while there again, she got the ring back from the police. Some honest discoverer handed it in.

Weather. Rain on Tuesday and Wednesday last week was a good opening fall for the season. More fell east than in the farming districts. Most dams got good intakes from falls ranging between 30 and 175 points.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 April

Esther Williams & Joan Evans in Skirts Ahoy

Gig Young & Keenan Wynn in Holiday for Sinners

26 April

Clifton Webb & Debra Paget in It Beats the Band

Rod Cameron & Adele Mara in The Sea Hornet

Advt. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from F.T. Marston, whose house they have sold and is leaving the district, to conduct a sale of household furniture and effects on his Kangaroo Street property on 14 May.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 3

Shooting Accident. David Stock of Campbelltown was lucky to escape serious injury over Easter while shooting on Flagstaff. A companion was unloading a .32 automatic pistol when it slipped and discharged. The bullet went through his wrist without doing much damage and came to rest in his pocket, lodged against a 12 gauge cartridge.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 4

Municipal Rating Systems

There is a three-column-length article on this topic by A.R. Hutchinson, Research Director of Land Values Research Group. He discusses the Assessed Annual Value System and the Unimproved Capital Value System (Site Value.)

The first was the only one used till 1887.

The second was used in 1887 in Queensland, where the Queensland Government decided the older system penalised ratepayers who were making good use of the land and favoured those with no development. The new system was almost universally favoured after a trial of five years.

From 1902 it became optional in WA for Road Boards – the equivalent of Victorian Shires, and has become the overwhelmingly dominant system there. From 1949 it became possible for WA Municipalities to adopt it.

From 1905 NSW Shires had to use the site value system for general revenue.

In SA it has been less widely used because it requires a local vote of 60% of voters to bring it in.

Victorian authorities had the option of site value rating from 1920 and it has spread to 25 Councils.

Tasmania is the only state where it has not been introduced at all.

Recently authority has been given for Councils there to make the change, but as yet none has exercised the right.

Only one Council in Australia has reverted to the old system.

[The writer then outlines ten arguments in favour of the Unimproved Capital Value system.]

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 5 April

A permit agreement will be drawn up concerning the licensing of Porter Lagoon Reserve.

The Local Government Department has approved the purchase of a heavy grader.

Council resolved to allow the Water Reserve adjacent to Section 175 Hd Kingston to revert to the Crown.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 6

Cricket. Burra visited Renmark where on Saturday Burra 106 defeated Renmark 141.

On Sunday Renmark 204 defeated Burra 197.

At Easter at Burra a combined Burra/Mt Bryan side 160 defeated Wallaroo 91.

Mr T.J. Corry, a teacher at Burra School for 8 or 9 years has been transferred. He has been an energetic worker for the football club and Mrs Corry has run tap-dancing classes and took an interest in the tennis and basketball clubs.

85, 15, 20 Apr. 1954, page 7

Burra Easter Tennis Tournament

Most of the finals are yet to be played, having been deferred to 24 April due to rain over Easter.

Junior Boys’ Final W. Sibly

Junior Girls’ Final Miss M. Terry

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 1

Bituminising the Adelaide-Peterborough Road

Representatives of the Burra Burra DC and the Peterborough DC met at Hallett to discuss this issue. Representatives will meet with the Minister to get the road bituminised. The road beyond Burra has a low priority for bituminising and most Government money is at present being spent on the road to Bordertown because of the heavy traffic it carries. Other roads with high priority are those linking the city with River Murray towns via the west and north sides of the river (to avoid building a costly bridge at Blanchetown) and the road through Snowtown leading eventually to Woomera. The cost of bituminising varies between £6,000 and £18,000 per mile. The Peterborough link would thus cost about £1,056,000.

Burra Oval has been let to the Burra Football Club for £4-4-0 for the season.

Municipal Elections

So far no one has come forward to stand for Mayor.

Cr Baulderstone is not standing again for East Ward and whether he can be persuaded to stand for Mayor is a moot point.

Cr Samuel of West Ward has resigned unexpectedly due to his removal from the town, creating an extraordinary vacancy.

Burra Town Council has decided to eliminate the cork elms in Chapel St that are causing big problems with suckers.

Field Days are in full swing in the district. At Collinsville on 20 April 143 rams were penned and a high price of 1,200 guineas was paid for one by Keith Richardson of Minnelup, WA. Others went for 1,000 and 800 guineas.

21 rams were sold by Messrs J.B. Rayner & Sons of ‘The Bluff’ Hallett at up to 150 guineas each.

Messrs Ashby of Ashgrove sold 66 rams at 20-200 guineas.

Koonoona Field Day is 27 April and Mr Murray Thomas of ‘Stradbroke’ has one on 29 April and East Bungaree will hold its on 30 April.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from F.T. Marston will sell his furniture etc. on the property in Kangaroo St on 14 May (the house property having been sold.)

Notice. Nominations are called by the Burra Town Council for the supplementary election of a Councillor for West Ward following the resignation of Cornelius William Samuel. Nominations by 14 May for a term ending 1st Saturday in July 1955, with an election on 3 July if required.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 May

Alan Ladd & James Mason in Botany Bay

Alan Baxter & Gertrude Michael in Behind Prison Bars

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church, 17 April

Avis Hempel, only daughter of Mrs A. Hempel of Spalding and formerly of Mt Bryan, married

Gordon Webster, younger son of Mrs G. Webster & the late H. Webster of Burra.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. The 16th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy was fired on Saturday over 200 & 300 yards. Six possibles were scored at 200 yards. Bill Corner was best off the rifle and with handicap. Other top scorers were R. Bernhardt, J.H. Schwier and W. Edwards.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 4

Wheat supplies are exceeding sales and by the time the 1954-55 crop is harvested Australia could have 90 million bushels in store.

Football. The program of matches for the year is printed.

Monthly Rainfall Figures for Burra 1880-1954 are printed.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 5

Burra Town Council, 20 April

A special grant of £1,100 was approved for Young & Watt Streets.

Use of the Memorial Oval was granted to the Burra Football Club for £4 for the season.

Cr Samuel submitted his resignation and asked for the fine to be waived. Accepted and a minute of appreciation for his work was recorded.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 6

Combined School Sports were held on 10 April at the Spalding Oval. A large crowd attended. The schools taking part were: Booborowie, Spalding, Willalo, Hilltown, Washpool, North Booborowie, Hanson and Gum Creek. [Results are printed.]

Anzac Day Commemorative Service was held at Market Square on Sunday 25 April. Attendance was lower than usual, probably due to the Monday holiday. A little drizzle as the march started soon cleared. About 60 returned men marched, led by local RSL President Mr H. Griffen and headed by the Marananga Band. W. Kotz and Mr Burt (for the Air Force) were flag bearers. Pastor M. Martin (Methodist) read the lessons and gave a short address. Rev. C. Christopher of Redruth announced the hymns and Captain Badenoch of the Salvation Army read the prayers and took the responses. Wreaths were laid by H. Griffen for the RSL, John Riggs for the Air Force Assoc., C.W. Knight for the Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc., Mayor W. Carpenter for the Town, E.E. Finch for the Burra Burra DC and A.B. Riggs for the Fathers’ Assoc.

The RSL entertained the band after the service.

Church Parade in the evening was at Redruth Methodist Church.

Mt Bryan CWA will plant trees in the hall allotment to commemorate the Queen’s visit to SA.

85, 16, 27 Apr. 1954, page 7

Council Rating System

There is an article of c. 11⁄3 columns reporting that the Clare DC held a poll on the unimproved land value system of rating on Saturday and the article points out its advantages and urges its adoption by Burra Burra DC.

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 1

Canopus Station, 120 miles east of Burra, held its annual effort to aid the Royal Flying Doctor Service on 24 April. A cricket match was arranged with a dance to follow. Rain prevented the visit of the Flying Doctor from Broken Hill. Play began in drizzling rain which continued till all players and the pitch were thoroughly soaked. Station players made 30 and Renmark 50. The weather cleared by the time the picnic tea by the woolshed came around. Dean Page’s Wildcats from Berri provided the music for the woolshed dance. Several competitions were held and in all £200 was raised for the Flying Doctor.

Harold Raymond’s Variety Show played at Burra on Friday night to aid the Brighton Home and School for Blind and Deaf Children. Takings were c. £93.

Bees. Between Bangor and Melrose is an area known as ‘The Survey’ where some 7,000 hives have been located to take advantage of the Grey Box (Eucalyptus Microcarpa.)

Mushrooms are plentiful at present.

Burra Football Club has elected Bob Seaford as Captain and W. Kotz as Vice-Captain.

Buff Cricket Club had a Victory Dinner at the Kooringa Hotel on Friday night. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 May

Susan Hayward & Rory Calhoun in With a Song in My Heart

Robert Lowery & Anne Gwynne in Arson Inc.

St Joseph’s School Sports are reported in c. 3⁄4 column. [Results are printed.]

Obituary. Mr Harry Douglas Jones of Bulyanninie Station via Nackara was accidentally shot dead on a daylight fox hunting trip on the property on Anzac Day. He was the eldest and only surviving son of Mrs Harry Jones and the late Mr Jones who died in May 1949 and a brother to Clair Mrs Vin Pfeiffer of Angaston and Joy of Nackara. He was a grandson of the late Mr & Mrs William Jones of Nackara and the late Mr & Mrs August Pohlner of Hallett. He was born at Peterborough 9 March 1925 and was privately educated with governesses till aged 11 when he went to St Peter’s College in Adelaide for three years. There he was known as Ernie Jones. He completed his education at Urrbrae Agricultural College, excelling in practical work. He was very strong physically and had a striking personality, being popular with young and old alike. On the well-improved station he was always willing to take his many friends on shooting trips. A recent visitor was Anthony George, a son of the SA Governor. [Died 25 April 1954 at Bullyaninnie Station. See further details on page 3 of this issue.]

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 3

Burra High School held its sports day at the Burra Racecourse on 30 April.

Senior Boys’ Cup Ian Allen

Senior Girls’ Cup Robyn Tattersall

Junior Boys’ Cup Keith Pulford

Junior Girls’ Cup Thora Allen

[Results are printed.]

Obituary. Harry Douglas Jones of Bulyanninie Station was accidentally shot on Monday 26 April. He was driving a buckboard and a man beside him was taking a film of a fox hunt. In the back another man was shooting foxes with a pistol. The pistol accidentally discharged as the vehicle passed over a saltbush and the bullet entered Jones’ right side, killing him almost instantly.

[See other details page 2 of this issue.]

Burra Comrades Basketball Club held its AGM and elected: President, Beth Pearce; Vice-President, Roma Gare; Secretary, Valerie Terry; Assistant Secretary, Joy Bourman and Treasurer, Josie Jennison.

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 5

Weather. Further light rain of 18 to 90 points followed the good opening rains for the eastern country. Most falls were between 40 and 60 points, though Balah got only 18 and Quondong 91.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the Annual Trophy. Best scores were from R. Bernhardt, W. Edwards, c. Edwards, I.L. Burdon, J. Brown and E.C. Hopkins.

Cricket. In the Mokota Association Premiership:

Mt Bryan 186 & 2 for 48 defeated North Booborowie 101 & 130.

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 6

Football. North Eastern Assoc.

Hallett 0-13 defeated Burra 5-4

Booborowie 15-19 defeated Spalding 6-15

Terowie 16-11 defeated Leighton 5-9

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 7

East Bungaree field Day, 30 April. The display of young rams was considered to be the best for the season. 15 stud rams were sold: one for 500 guineas and two for 400 guineas each.

85, 17, 4 May 1954, page 8

The Redruth and Kooringa Combined Methodist Sunday Schools Picnic was held at Red Banks on 26 April in perfect holiday weather. In the morning hot saveloys and rolls followed by cakes were popular. There was a brief Anzac Observance and Misses Joan Fairchild and Joy Pettet and helpers convened a brief sports session for the kindergarten scholars. R.M. Reed and S. Pearce organised sports for the older scholars. [A list of prize winners is printed.]

Mt Bryan School held its annual school picnic at Fisherman’s Bay on 2 April.

[Sports results are printed.]

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 1

The Black Springs or Hanson Road

Acting Minister of Roads writes to C.A.S. Hawker MP.

The distance to Burra via the Black Springs or via the Hanson Road is about 19 miles. The reconstruction of the hilly and twisting present road would be very costly. The route via Hanson is relatively easy going. The formation and sub-base via Hanson is completed. A difficulty has arisen in finding cover stone for the bituminous seal, but the offer of the Burra Burra DC to send plant and men to this road could only be to the detriment of other main roads in the district. As soon as a survey has been completed and plans and specifications prepared, considerations will be given to calling tenders for construction of the five miles south from Hanson – probably early in the new year.

Burra Children’s Playground. So far about £109 has been spent on equipment. 26 children were queued up for the slippery dip the day after it was installed. A double seesaw has been installed and the old swings repaired.

CWA. The Annual Conference of the Warnes’ Group was held on 28 April. Members from 16 branches met at Burra under Group President, Mrs Murray of Riverton and Mrs H. Jennison, President of the Burra Branch. The opening address was given by the President of the Lower Northern Division and the guest speaker was Miss Adelaide Miethke OBE BA, on the Flying Doctor Service, the School of the Air and the new Air Branch of the CWA.

Burra Hospital. The new wing is nearing completion. It had been hoped to get the Governor to open it on 25 May, but furnishings will not be completed by then and so he will only inspect the building.

Harold Lance Cullen, the present contractor, has won the tender for the Burra-Oakvale Mail Service for three years from 1 July 1954.

Basketball. Leighton 12 defeated Burra 9

Mt Bryan 15 defeated Terowie 7

The Booborowie v. Spalding match was abandoned due to rain.

Burra Golf Club opened its season on Saturday. President L.H. Thomas welcomed members and visitors and Mrs R. Jeffery, President of Associates, spoke in support.

The SA Governor, Sir Robert George, will visit the district from 24 to 30 May. While here the vice-regal couple will be the guests of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant.

Obituary. Stanley M. Lane died at Kadina Hospital on Sunday 9 May aged 73. He was born at Burra and held several public positions here, including being the youngest Mayor of the town. He was the youngest son of the late Mr & Mrs Philip Lane and received his education at Burra School and Prince Alfred College. He volunteered for WWI and served in France. On his return he continued in business as a saddler and ironmonger. He married Miss Helen C. Morrison, who survives. Later he acquired a business in Paskeville where he carried on for several years before eyesight forced his retirement. The couple had lived in Kadina for some years before his death.

[Stanley Monteith Lane born 23 February 1882 Kooringa. He was not the youngest Mayor. When elected in 1919 he was 37. At least two were younger: Edward Lipsett was probably 30 and Dr Nesbitt was 29.]

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 2

Advt. Ashton’s Circus and Zoo will be in Burra 20 May.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 May

Errol Flynn & Maureen O’Hara in Against All Flag

Conrad Veidt & Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 3

Mr & Mrs McRae have been farewelled from Hallett. They are moving to Woodville.

Mr A.R. Downer (LCL) has been re-elected unopposed to the House of Representatives for the District of Wakefield for another term.

Mt Bryan Cricket Club held a Victory Dinner at Mt Bryan Hotel on Saturday night. About 50 members of the Mokota Cricket Assoc. attended.

Burra Rifle Club. The Champion of Champions shoot was held at Clare on Saturday for No. 4 District Union. Clubs represented were Burra, Clare, Spalding, Hallett and Auburn. N. Solly of Clare came first with R. Bernhardt of Burra second.

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 4

Redruth Methodist Church held its Anniversary Services on 2 May when services were conducted by Rev. Lovell of Spalding. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 5

St Mary’s Church of England Fete was held on 7 May at the Burra Town Hall and was probably a success, although the article ends with ‘members wish to thank all those who assisted to make the function such a . . . ’

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 6

Arbor Day sports for Hallett & Willalo were held at Willalo.

Football. North-East Assoc.

Burra 11.7 defeated Leighton 3.12

Booborowie 10.15 defeated Hallett 8.5

Terowie 6.7 drew with Spalding 5.13

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 7

Mid-North High School Combined Sports were held on Friday 7 May. Burra came in 5th place. Competing schools were Balaklava, Clare, Burra, Kapunda and Riverton. [Results are printed.]

85, 18, 11 May 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 3 May

The Governor, Lady George, Miss George and Captain Scott ADC will visit Burra and District 24 to 31 May. They will stay with Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at Princess Royal.

The Governor will probably visit the schools, the hospital and an RSL Social Evening.

F.H. Pledge resigned as pound-keeper from 17 May.

Applications are to be called for a replacement.

Burra Electric Supply Co. advises the cost of installing a street light on the corner of St Just St will be £22-2-0. Consideration was deferred. [See 86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 4 for a correction by the company to £12-10-0 for this light.]

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 1

Ironmine Methodist Church held asocial evening on 6 May to celebrate the 83rd Anniversary of the church, in place of the usual tea meeting.

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School held its anniversary on 2 May. Mr Johnson from Canowie Belt gave a splendid children’s address. On 9 May the Anniversary continued with Rev. G. Armstrong giving the address. On Easter Monday the Sunday school held a picnic at Razorback in Mr Pettet’s paddock.

Noel Tiver, formerly of Hallett, has been appointed one of fifteen laymen to represent the SA Methodist Conference at the Australian General Conference in Brisbane this month. Mr & Mrs Tiver only recently moved to Adelaide and were accorded a farewell from the church. Mr Tiver has served as Church Steward, Circuit Steward, Conference Representative, Church Trustee and Secretary of the Manse Fund. Mrs Tiver has been an untiring Guild worker.

Bruce, Geoff & Rex Thomas, who are leaving Hallett district, were farewelled at the Hallett Methodist Church.

Burra Burra District Council Elections

All were elected unopposed.

Farrell Flat Ward F.H.J. Stevens

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward N.R. Earle

Mongolata Ward J.R. Barker

Burra Town Council Elections

All were elected unopposed.

Mayor E.T. Baulderstone

East Ward W. Carpenter

North Ward R.H. Campbell

West Ward: Supplementary Election E.J. Lehmann

West Ward Ordinary Vacancy had no nominations.

The new Mayor, Mr Baulderstone, has interested himself in Council matters for about eight years and for most of that time has been Chairman of the Finance Committee. He has rarely missed a meeting.

Korean War. Private Charles Martin was welcomed home to Hallett last week at a gathering in the RSL Hall on Tuesday night, at which Mr N.G. Tiver presided. His parents, Mr & Mrs S. Martin, attended. Mr S. Martin is a veteran of the Boer War.

[I can find no record of an S. Martin in the Records of Australian Military Contingents to the Boer War.]

Burra Rifle Club. In the Marksman’s Trophy (Princess Royal Trophy donated by Andrew Tennant) J.H. Schwier leads with 49 points from M. Kakoschke with 42. In the Kookaburra Trophy (Handicap) M. Kakoschke with 26 points leads R.G. Bernhardt 22 and J.H. Schwier 21.

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 2

Notice. A further call is made for nominations in the Supplementary Election for West Ward in the Burra Town Council. Nominations by 4 June with an election on 3 July if necessary.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 May

Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor & Debbie Reynolds in Singin’ in the Rain

Van Johnson & Patricia Neal in Target for Scandal

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 3

Football

Terowie 9.21 defeated Burra 11.6

Spalding 11.17 defeated Hallett 7.7

Booborowie 16.13 defeated Leighton 9.7 [from page 1]

W.F. Hopkins has won a renewal of the mail contract for the Braemar private bags run from Hallett.

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 5

Burra Burra DC

The agreement for the lease of Porter’s Lagoon Reserve is ready to be signed.

A tentative program for the Vice-Regal visit has been received.

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 6

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra

Valerie Jean Allen, daughter of Mr & Mrs Jack Allen of Burra, married

Allen Edgar Ireland, younger son of Mr & Mrs W.E. Ireland of Berri.

Messrs J. Beaglehole & Sons’ general store at Mt Bryan was broken into on Monday night for the 3rd time in the last four years. The value of goods stolen has not yet been ascertained.

Basketball

Spalding 18 defeated Hallett 15

Burra 27 defeated Terowie 25

Leighton 18 defeated Booborowie 6

85, 19, 18 May 1954, page 8

Buff Cricket Club held a dinner and social evening in the Buffalo Hall at Burra North on Saturday. The dinner was given by the Patron, Mr T.H. Villis to celebrate their winning of the shield for the second time. If they can win it next year they get to keep it. [Details in 1 column.]

86, 20, 25 May 1954, page 1 [Note another volume change.]

Accident/Obituary. Mr Hartley Collin McInnes of Broken Hill was killed when the car he was driving (a brand-new Holden) overturned half a mile south of Mt Bryan on Sunday. Dr L.G. Miller of Burra and Constable P.J. Barbary attended. A passenger, Leonard Lawrence Neil, received shock and abrasions. [Died 23 May 1954aged 29.]

Comrades Basketball Club’s court was renovated by Stan Woollacott and Mr Merv. Burt.

Harold Kakoschke & Clarrie Williams were promoted to the rank of Corporal at a recent CMF Camp and Harold received a trophy for most improved NCO B Coy. 27th Battalion.

Jack Bown ran into a mob of sheep at Ford’s Corner on 19 May and 8 had to be destroyed.

The Late Mr Max Morton was remembered at Redruth Methodist Sunday School when a new strip film projector was inaugurated as a memorial to his services at a special service on 9 May.

[Maxwell John Morton 1885-1952.]

Notice. From 31 May 1954 E.E. & R.E. Angel take over the business of the Burra Record from F. Teare Marston & Co.

Football

Booborowie 15.11 defeated Terowie 10.19

Burra 17.18 defeated Spalding 13.10

Hallett 10.12 defeated Leighton 10.6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy. E.C. Hopkins produced the best results and K. Spackman scored the only possible.

Basketball

Hallett 15 defeated Leighton 14

Mt Bryan 10 defeated Booborowie 3

Burra 21 defeated Spalding 11

Adelaide Wool Sales are reported. Top local prices were obtained by N.K. McBride of Kia-Ora and I.J. Warnes & Sons of Koomooloo.

86, 20, 25 May 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 May

Ray Milland & Jan Sterling in Rhubarb

Gene Barry & Lydia Clarke in The Atomic City

86, 20, 25 May 1954, page 3

Obituary. Thomas Williams, late of Ironmine, was buried at Burra Cemetery on 23 April. He was born at Jamestown almost 77 years ago and lived in that neighbourhood till 1917. In 1901 he married Harriet Ellen Barnett and until they left the district the family was connected with the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr Williams was a trustee at Belalie. When they moved to Clover Hill (Georgetown) they attended the Baptist Church and at Ironmine they went to the Methodist Church. They moved to Ironmine in 1927, taking up land now held by his son, Milton. Mr Williams was a keen rifleman at both Jamestown and Georgetown. Ill health forced him to go to live with his daughter Mrs Nykiel about seven years ago. There were eight children: Everard & Jean deceased, Violet Mrs Tucker of Kingscote, Julia Mrs Nykiel of Glenelg, Milton of Ironmine, Ethel Mrs Morgan of Seaton Park, Keith of Kapunda and formerly of Ironmine and Gordon of Muston Kangaroo Island. At the time of Mr Williams’ death he and his wife were staying with Keith at Kapunda.

[Born 9 June 1877 Belalie East: died 22 April 1954 Kapunda, residence Glenelg.]

86, 20, 25 May 1954, page 5

Riverton-Jamestown Road Service. Changes from Monday 4th inst.

[This is odd as 4 May was a Tuesday and 4 June a Friday. In any case the changes elicited protests to the General Traffic Manager of the SAR, Mr F.B. Harvey, via local MP, G.S. Hawker.]

The parcel service will continue as before, being carried by goods train on Mondays, Wednesday s and Friday s departing Riverton 4 p.m. for Spalding, OR by road bus to Clare or Spalding to transfer to goods train for Barinia, Hilltown and Andrews.

Assurances are given re fruit and vegetables service similar to parcels service.

On Sundays the road bus will connect at Hamley Bridge to make the same connection as the rail car now does.

This is not a first step towards drastically reducing services on the line to Spalding.

Four employees’ houses will be vacated at Spalding and invalidity employees will be transferred to them.

Subsidiary mail services will be introduced to maintain deliveries.

86, 20, 25 May 1954, page 7

Badminton

Kooringa Green 0-175 defeated Kooringa Red 7-168

Redruth 9-188 defeated Burra North Blue 7-193

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 1

First edition under E.E. & R.E. Angel

The Governor Sir Robert George & Lady George were in Burra on 25 May and were given a civic luncheon at the Kooringa Hotel [those present are listed] and then a civic reception at the Town Hall. Whilst here they were the guests of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at Princess Royal. On Tuesday morning they inspected stud stock at A.L. Collins’s property at Mt Bryan. In the afternoon the Governor visited Burra Primary and High Schools and after inspecting the classrooms the Governor addressed the assembled students, together with those from St Joseph’s Convent.

Lady George was meanwhile entertained by the ladies’ organisations in the town. Sir Robert and Lady George then visited the hospital. Back at Princess Royal Sir Robert turned his hand to water divining and the rod also acted in the hands of Lady George. In the evening Sir Robert attended Burra RSL Club where G. Stanley Hawker introduced the Sub-Branch President, C.H. Griffen and Vice-Presidents, V.A. Riggs and H. Cornelius as well as Secretary, J. Sorrell.

Burra Hospital received the Coronation Gift Humid Crib on 24 May in an attempt to save the life of a premature baby born that day, but the child lived only 20 hours. Lameroo and Maitland later received two other humid cribs. [Obituary: Paul Kemble son of George Kemble of Burra died 25 May 1954 aged 20 hours.]

Bicycles & Tricycles used after dark require red reflectors from 1 July.

Bowls Trophies were presented at the close of the season.

Singles Champion R. Harris

Consistency W.R. Patrick

Night Pairs V. Riggs & G.A. Heinrich

Singles Handicap E.L. McWaters

Championship Pairs 1952-53 season W.R. Patrick & S. Pearce

1953-54 season not yet finished

Football. Colts results from Saturday:

Burra 6.5 defeated Booborowie 2.1

Terowie 4.8 defeated Hallett 0.0

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday. It was a great social and financial success, with door takings of £105 and a further £160 added as the result of a Mannequin Parade organised by Mr A.L. Bence. Miss Elva Topsfield was chosen Belle of the Ball.

Mannequins were: Katrina (Mr K. Treleaven)

Fifi (Mr Ken Williams

Babette (Mr Alec Bevan)

Bunney (Mr Ben Kotz)

Rhonda (Mr Ron Chambers)

Heloise (Mr Hedley Jones)

Renée (Mr Ron Wuttke)

Betina (Mr Bert Beinke)

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council

In the Extraordinary Election in North Ward following the resignation of Cr Robert Henry Campbell, no nominations having been received, a further call is made for 21 June with an election 3 July if needed.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 June

Cary Grant & Ginger Rogers in Be Your Age

Jack Buetel & Mala Powers in Rose of Cimarron

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 3

Football

Booborowie 20.16 defeated Burra 9.9

Hallett 15.18 defeated Terowie 7.8

Leighton 9.21 defeated Spalding 9.11

Hallett DC changes of property reveal that L.R. Bell has sold sections 154, 155, 173, 174, 175, 177 & 178 in Hundred of Hallett, section 527 in Hundred of Anne, sections 160, 161, 162 & 163 and Block 3 in Hundred of Hallett.

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 4

Mrs Clara O’Leary of Hallett was farewelled from the town at the weekend. She was born there and lived there all her life.

The Catholic Ball at Willalo Hall last week was a great success.

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild celebrated its 29th birthday with a social at the Memorial Hall on Wednesday 26 May when 140 ladies assembled for the occasion.

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 5

RSL. Joe Nelson, ex-caretaker of the club rooms, visited at the weekend. He now resides at Myrtle Bank Soldiers’ Rest Home.

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 6

Badminton, 31 May

Kooringa Red 13-204 defeated Burra North Gold 3-113

Kooringa Green 8-200 defeated Redruth 8-163

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy. Bill Watts got his first possible over the 600 yards range. W. Hempel scored his first possible over the 700 yards range and at that range K. Spackman & M. Kakoschke also scored possibles. Best (with handicap) for the day were W. Watts, T. Lynch and J. Brown.

86, 21, 1 June 1954, page 7

Marriage. Grange Methodist Church, 22 May

Heather Morgan, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Alf Morgan formerly of Ironmine and now of Seaton Park, married Ronald Obst, only son of Mr & Mrs Obst late of Bower and now of Seaton Park.

Basketball

Booborowie and Burra drew with 15 goals each.

Terowie 31 defeated Hallett 11

Spalding 17 defeated Mt Bryan 11

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 1

Golf. Burra Gold Associates did well at the Crystal Brook Open. Miss Marcia Collins won the ‘B’ Grade Championship as well as the 27 Hole Handicap and the 18 Hole Handicap. The Burra Team came 2nd in the Teams’ Match. (Miss Collins, Mrs Frank Reed and Mrs Roy Jeffery.) Miss Pearce won the Stroke Competition.

Fire broke out in the kitchen of Mr & Mrs Norman Lihou’s residence in Chapel St on Thursday last. It was extensively damaged with a great deal of smoke damage in other rooms. Mr P.J. Byrnes, a neighbour, had almost extinguished the fire when the brigade arrived.

Accident. An unknown driver caused damage to the parked sedan of Edward S. Williams in Market Square on Thursday.

Obituary. Leonard Mark Jeffery aged 55 of Black Springs collapsed and died at his home there on Friday 4 June. He was trying to start his utility with a crank handle when he collapsed. Dr G.L. Miller attended. [Born 5 October 1898 Farrell Flat.]

Burra Town Council Elections

William Alfred (Bill) Nankivell has been elected to West Ward to replace the retired Councillor W. Young. A vacancy still needs to be filled for North Ward following the resignation of Cr R. Campbell who is leaving the district.

Golf. Ossie Tattersall scored a hole in one in a foursome match at Burra on Saturday.

Mr & Mrs Jack Goodridge and family left Burra on Wednesday to live at Crystal Brook, where Mr Goodridge has a position with the E & WS Department. The family came to Burra just after the war when he started the Burra Radio & Electrical Service, at first by himself and later in partnership with Bert Beinke. Later he retired from this to take a position with the Burra Electric Supply Co. and Bert Beinke and his wife took over the Burra Radio & Electrical Service.

Mr & Mrs M.B. Oswald have come to take up residence in one of the recently completed SA Housing Trust homes vacated by the Goodridges.

Obituary. Mr A.F. Daly, relieving teacher at Mt Bryan until the May Holidays, has died at a private hospital in Adelaide. Mr Kapler, the present teacher, took over after the holidays. [Augustin Francis Daly born 20 January 1905 Wilmington: died 1 June 1954 North Adelaide, residence Hindmarsh.]

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 2

Obituary. Amos (Jim) Voumard, husband of Louisa, died at Mitchell Flat on 1 June aged 83.

[James Amos Voumard born about 1871 Switzerland.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 June

Fred McMurray & Eleanor Parker in A Millionaire for Christy

Jennifer Jones & Charlton Heston in Ruby Gentry

21 June

Maureen O’Hara & Alex Nicol in The Redhead from Wyoming

Jeff Chandler in The Iron Man

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 3

Football

Burra 15.14 defeated Hallett 13.15

Terowie 5.9 defeated Leighton 4.7

Booborowie 16.15 defeated Spalding 9.8

Basketball

Leighton 32 defeated Mt Bryan 12

Spalding 8 defeated Terowie 6

Burra 62 defeated Hallett 10

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 4

Obituary. CWA members regretted the death of Mrs John Tennant, a foundation member of the branch. [Born Margaret Elizabeth Love 24 Feb 1867, Mt Wedge. Married and died with given names Margaret Barr. Died Margaret Barr Tennant 19 May 1954 North Adelaide.]

Obituary. Mr Arnold Edward Berriman [sic] died 22 June [sic] as a result on an accident on 15 June [sic]. For some years Mr Berriman has lived in Norwood. He was born in Burra in 1904 and received his primary education at Burra, Clare and Hill River schools. While living in this district he took a keen interest in horse riding and raced a horse named ‘Fleetway.’ He was a member of the Buffalo Lodge. He leaves a widow, one brother, Mervyn (Punch) Berriman of Hanson and two sisters: Violet and Rubelle, both of Adelaide. The funeral took place on Monday 24 June [sic].

[This item is a remarkable announcement for a paper published on the 8 June! The month in all cases should have been May.]

[Arnold Edward Berryman born 25 December 1904 Terowie: died 22 May 1954 Adelaide, residence Norwood.]

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 5

Mt Bryan Tennis & Basketball Ball was held 4 June at the Mt Bryan Hall. Gross proceeds were £57.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 29th stage of the Kookaburra Trophy. Jim Schwier scored 104 off the rifle to win the Princess Royal Marksman’s Trophy presented by Mr Andrew Tennant.

On 4 June 1949 Pat Hogan scored a record triple possible and Jim came within on shot of repeating this.

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 7

Mr Stan Woollacott has generously levelled a basketball court for Burra Girls Basketball Club at the Burra Oval. There was a fall of up to five feet across the area. Mr Woollacott donated his effort jointly to the Club and the War Memorial Committee; a donation in kind whose value exceeds £120.

Badminton, 7 June

Burra north Blue 8-189 defeated Kooringa Green 8-188

Redruth 11-197 defeated Burra North Gold 5-129

86, 22, 8 June 1954, page 8

H.J.B. Jennison has attended a conference in Sydney at the site of the former Victoria Park Racecourse. At this Nuffield Dealers’ Conference the New Morris Oxford Series 2 Car was launched.

Salvation Army. Captain Badenoch and his wife and family have been transferred to Millicent. In their place Burra has received the young officer Lieutenant Kirkham. He was welcomed by the Mayor W. Carpenter and Rev. C. Christopher (Methodist).

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 1

Accident. A car driven by Jim White of Faraway Hill Station was extensively damaged when he drove it into a road bridge about a mile north of Waterloo. He was not injured, but Mrs Betty White received a gashed forehead and was detained at Burra Hospital over night.

Accident/Obituary. Esther Rose Todd (18), daughter of Mr & Mrs A. Todd of Burra North was killed instantly on Wednesday evening [9 June]while riding home north on the Burra-Burra North Road. She was struck from behind by a car driven by Kenneth George Heinrich (18), who was travelling in the same direction. Miss Todd’s companion, Patricia Nourse, who was riding alongside her, was unhurt. Another car driven by Brian john Heinrich (20), brother of the above, crashed into the rear of the first car and was badly damaged in front.

Burra Town Council has received a special grant of £1,100 to resurface Young and Watt Streets.

The Council will sponsor a boy from the area for the Advertiser Youth Travel and the District Council will co-operate in raising the necessary finance. The cost will be £350. The tour will encompass England, Scotland and Wales. The cost is to be forwarded in stages: £10 on application, £100 on 1 September and £240 on 1 December.

Burra Rifle Club fired the final stage of the Kookaburra Trophy. A shoot-off was required for 1st and 3rd positions. J.H. Schwier and M. Kakoschke each had 26 points and in the shoot-off J.H. Schwier 93 defeated M. Kakoschke 83.

R. Bernhardt and Jim Brown each had 24 points and in their shoot-off R. Bernhardt 100 defeated Jim Brown. In the final stage W. Holman had the best score, ahead of Tom Lynch.

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 2

Obituary. Sarah Thredgold, wife of Ernest A. Thredgold, died on 8 June at Burra Hospital aged 77. She was the mother of Pearl and Roy and grandmother of Desmond and Lynette.

[Born Sarah Baker 10 February 1881 Eudunda: died Sara Threadgold 8 June 1954 Burra, residence Burra North and so aged 73.]

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 3

Football

Leighton 10.5 defeated Burra 7.17

Terowie 14.22 defeated Spalding 3.3

Hallett 11.10 defeated Booborowie 9.18

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 4

Burra Town Council, 8 June

Burra electric Supply Co. advises the cost of installing a light at the corner of St Just St would be £12-10-0 and not £22-2-0 as previously advised. Resolved to go ahead at the revised price.

A meeting has been arranged between Council and the Burra electric Supply Co. for 18 June to discuss the future electricity supply.

R.H. Campbell wrote to say he would be unable to honour his nomination for North Ward Councillor, as he had been transferred to Adelaide. His resignation was accepted without penalty.

The CWA has donated £5 for the purchase of crockery for the Town Hall.

Council agreed to sponsor a boy in the Advertiser Youth Travel Contingent as previously noted.

The Town Clerk announced the election of W.A. Nankivell as Councillor for North Ward, unopposed.

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 7 June

Permission was given for the erection of sale yards at Farrell Flat for Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd.

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 6

Kooringa Tennis Club held a Victory Dance at Burra Town Hall on Friday. Gross takings were £23.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 June

Stewart Granger & Wendell Corey in The Wild North

Ralph Meeker & Leslie Caron in Glory Alley

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 7

Burra Homing Club flew the first race for the season from Carrieton on Saturday. It was won by F. Brandt.

Accident. A car driven by Dave Morris turned over on loose gravel at 5 p.m. yesterday at a corner near ‘The Gap’. The driver and passenger, Norm Yoe, received minor injuries and were treated at the Burra Hospital.

Dr L.G. Miller has taken over the practice of Dr G.L. Mellor.

Council has nominated Dr Miller to replace Dr Mellor as Medical Officer for the Local Board of Health.

86, 23, 15 June 1954, page 8

Local Board of Health

Supplies of Triple Antigen (Whooping Cough, Diphtheria and Tetanus) are now available free of charge from the Central Board of Health.

Dr Mellor’s resignation as Medical Officer on his leaving Burra was accepted and the nomination of Dr Miller as his replacement was passed.

A letter wishing the former Medical Officer, Dr W.E. Steven a speedy recovery has been sent. Dr Steven has been very ill. [Walter Edward Steven died 17 October 1954 aged 59.]

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 1

Burra Hospital

The new Nurses’ Home is now completed. Hospital Board members inspected the building on Friday. The furnishings are expected to arrive in about three weeks.

The members of the board also farewelled Mr F.T. Marston, who has left the district. He has been Chairman of the Board for four or five years. A presentation of crystal comports was made. Mr M. de N. Lucas, as Vice-Chairman, will take over until a new board in inducted in August.

Burra Town Council

Mr [Martin Julius] Heinrich was the only nomination for the vacancy in North Ward and has been elected unopposed.

Farrell Flat Sheep Yards erected for Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards in tubular steel, will accommodate 7,000 sheep for periodic markets.

Booborowie CWA has celebrated its first birthday. President Mrs J. Drew welcomed visitors from Mt Bryan, Spalding and Leighton.

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 June

Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman in Just For You

Plus short features.

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 3

Football

Burra 14.15 defeated Terowie 8.15

Booborowie 17.16 defeated Leighton 4.4

Hallett 13.25 defeated Spalding 12.10 [From page 1]

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 5

Adelaide Wool Sales. Eastern pastoralists again topped local district prices. The top price went to A.J. & P.A. McBride of Braemar at 1151⁄2d per lb and K. Phillips of ‘The Gums’ at 115d per lb.

Basketball

Leighton 24 defeated Spalding 14

Hallett 24 defeated Mt Bryan 14

[This coincidence is suspicious.]

Terowie 15 defeated Booborowie 7

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 6

Burra Post Office can’t attract a lad 14-18 for postal work, despite offering the wage of c. £7 a week.

Burra High School visited Riverton on Friday.

Football: Riverton 13.11 defeated Burra 2.4.

Burra also lost both the A & B Grade basketball.

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Blue 8-173 defeated Burra North Gold 8-171

Redruth 10-162 defeated Kooringa Red 6-149.

Burra Humid Crib. Following the death of a baby despite the use of the humid crib, allegations have circulated that poor power supply from the Burra Electric Supply Co. was to blame. R.H. Campbell, secretary for the company, writes to say that on other occasions it has been possible to boost supply for particular purposes – though with caution due to the potential to damage the equipment of other users. On this occasion the company was not made aware of the emergency. Secondly the delay in obtaining operating temperature from 11⁄2 to 6 hours could have been overcome with a few minutes work changing the bulbs that supply the heat.

86, 24, 22 June 1954, page 8

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Carrieton for the season was won by A.H. Broad.

W. Kellaway has been issued with the title to allotment 23 Lostwithiel.

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 1

Senior Constable R.W. Chambers will be transferred to Spalding soon, to be replaced by Constable L.A. Kewell. Mr Chambers will be missed for his energetic work for the Burra Football Club, having been secretary on two occasions.

Mr Con. Samuel was given a farewell at the Commercial Hotel on Thursday evening. He is leaving Burra after 28 years because he feels Adelaide offers greater opportunities for his children. He was presented with a travelling rug.

Burra Homing Club ran its third race from Carrieton and the winner was P.J. Byrnes.

Burra Telephone Exchange will have a new system operating from 14 June. The new system makes two additional lines available to Adelaide and improves the volume and clarity of speech as well as speeding contact. The new system is a three channel carrier system. This enables four conversations simultaneously over one pair of aerial wires. (As many as 17 conversations could be accommodated over one pair of wires.) Five telephonists are employed at Burra, with three rostered for peak periods: 9 a.m. to noon and 6.30 to 9 p.m. Monday to Friday; 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday and 6 to 10 p.m. on Sunday. They work a 39 hour week. Burra Exchange is a switching station to Adelaide for the Booborowie, Mt Bryan and Farrell Flat exchanges and the parent station for the Rural Automatic Exchanges at Hanson and Gum Creek, which are locally automatic, but are connected manually through Burra for trunk calls. Burra has 305 subscribers, plus party lines. Booborowie has over 100, Mt Bryan 50, Hallett 90 and Farrell Flat 60.

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 July

Olivia de Havilland & Richard Burton in My Cousin Rachel

Dale Robertson & Joanne Dru in Return of the Texan

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 3

Burra Town Council, 21 June

Outgoing Councillors Samuel, Young and Fisher were farewelled.

Cr Samuel was absent due to ill health and the following day he was presented with a cigarette case, as he is leaving the district.

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 4

Marriage. Saturday 19 June at St Joseph’s Church, Burra

Margaret Preiss, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Sylvester Preiss of Burra, married

Dean Reginald Scholz, youngest son of Mrs & the late Mr Theodore Herman Scholz of Hallett.

Burra Rifle Club, Trophy Winners

Yearly Trophy presented by F.H. Reed (Kookaburra Trophy) J.H. Schwier

Marksman’s Trophy presented by Andrew Tennant J.H. Schwier

Championship Trophy J.H. Schwier

Handicap Trophy P. Marston

1st 7 matches M. Kakoschke

2nd 7 matches F.T. Marston

3rd 7 matches E.C. Hopkins

4th 7 matches Ken Heinrich

1st Half Year aggregate J.H. Schwier

2nd Half Year Aggregate J. Brown

Hard Luck Trophy W. Holman

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 5

CWA Mt Bryan Debutante Ball. £68 was taken at the door.

The debutantes were presented to Mr & Mrs T. Sobels (Mrs Sobels was Lower Northern Divisional President of the CWA.) The debutantes and their partners were:

Miss Margaret Edwards Keith Woodman

Miss Margaret Bristow Mick Beinke

Miss Doreen Clark Colin Hughes

Miss Heather Stolte Neil Prior

Miss Elizabeth Stolte Mr Mostyn Seigert [omitted and added 86, 26, 6 July 1954, p.5.]

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 6

Football. Inter-Association match at Burra Memorial Oval on Saturday.

Adelaide Plains Association 10.17 (77) defeated North Eastern Association 12.1 (73)

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 7

Obituary/Accident. Dennis Newton Miller (5) of Peterborough died yesterday when he fell from a car in the vicinity of Whyte Yarcowie. The door apparently flew open while he was standing in the back of the vehicle. He was dead on arrival at the Burra Hospital.

Mr & Mrs R.H. Campbell were farewelled from Redruth Methodist Church on Sunday evening, 27 June. They will live at Hamilton Park. There was community singing, a strip film on the blind man whose sight was restored by Christ and Mrs Satchell sang Will Ye No come back Again. Rev. C. Christopher presented Mr & Mrs Campbell with a silver tray purchased through donations (and the balance in cash.)

Badminton. Kooringa Red 12-217 defeated Kooringa Green 4-111.

86, 25, 29 June 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 21 June

Cr Fisher resigned as Council representative on the Burra High School Council. Accepted.

He agreed to continue as the representative on the Institute Committee.

Monthly Rainfall Figures 1880 to June 1954 are printed.

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 1

Ratepayers’ Meeting

28 people attended the meeting on 28 June. Though better than the 8 at the 1952 meeting, it is still only 6% of ratepayers.

The Mayor, Mr Carpenter, reported the completion of work on the Cemetery Road (Ayers St) and Smelts Road, which had been reformed and sealed, along with the road into the school. Work has been completed on resealing Young St at Burra North for which a special grant of £1,100 had been received. [There is no mention of Watt Rd, which was also supposed to have been covered by this grant.] The Aberdeen and Kooringa basketball courts have been bituminised. Thanks are extended to the Progress Assoc. for raising funds for the children’s playground equipment, which has been installed and for help in establishing the caravan park, which is now paying its own way. Thanks also go to Ron Murray for his gift of trees, which the RSL and Air Force Assoc. had planted on the eastern approach to the town. The CWA avenue on the Adelaide Road was doing well.

Recently the Governor and Lady George visited the district for a few days and the Mayor had also met the Premier, Mr Playford, who laid the foundation stone for the new building at the hospital.

The Town Hall Pictures had been taken over by the community about 31⁄2 years ago and was going along satisfactorily. Several repayments had been made on the original loan.

Thanks were extended to A.A. Davey for continuing to run the excellent library and best wished were extended to his, as he had not been in good health lately.

Thanks also went to the CWA ladies who now had about £170 in hand towards a modern supper room for the Town Hall.

Thanks were also extended to the Fire Brigade, the Town Clerk E.R. Davey and Cr Fisher for his work with the Town Hall Pictures, the Institute and the High School Committee. Also to the local MP Mr G. Stanley Hawker and to Mrs H.J.B. Jennison for her work for charity and the welfare of the town. A small presentation was made to retiring Cr Fisher.

Mr James Brady of Mt Bryan is presently in the Burra Hospital for treatment. He is between 90 and 95 years old and lives by himself in the old homestead of his parents. [1862-1956.]

Mrs W.H. Quinn, late of Mt Bryan, will celebrate her 98th birthday on 8 July. She now lives at Cumberland Park.

Obituary. Mr Charlie Pevitt, aged about 73, a well-known fisherman of Morgan, died on Tuesday 29 June while holidaying in Adelaide. He lived alone in a shack built right on the river, about five miles south of the town. [Charles Duncan Pevitt died at Kilburn, residence Morgan aged 68.]

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 July

Gregory Peck & Ann Blyth in The world in His Arms

Alastair Sim in Folly to be Wise.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Carrieton was won by A.H. Broad, but leading birds were 75 minutes overdue, for no known reason, since the weather conditions were ideal.

Basketball. Leighton 32 defeated Hallett 17

Booborowie 20 defeated Terowie 14

Spalding 29 defeated Mt Bryan 14

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM 26 June. Elected were: Captain, T. Lynch; Vice-Captain, K. Spackman; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt; Treasurer, D.H. Field; Armourer, J.H. Schwier and Handicapper, J. Brown.

The Captain reported on a successful year. During the war part of the range changed hands and is now owned by Mr Eric McWaters. He has generously allowed the club continued use. Four inter-club matches were fired in the Lower North Teams Contest:

At home v. Auburn and Salisbury

Away v. Tanunda and Eudunda.

There was a visit to Waikerie and a team entered the Country Teams Championship at the Dean Range. [The report then covers some of the trophies won, as already reported.]

Tribute was paid to the late member Cyril Collins who had died in the last 12 months. He was prominent in the club for many years and paid ‘possible’ money for many years. He was a life member.

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 5

Burra Rural Youth Club held its AGM 1 July.

Bruce Stockman as President reported on a successful year. Elected for the coming year were: President, Avis Stockman (the first female president in SA); Vice-President, Peter Murphy; Treasurer, Carolyn Warnes and Press Reporter, Bruce Stockman.

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 6

Football

Burra 18.15 defeated Spalding 9-10

Hallett 10.8 defeated Leighton 7.14

Terowie forfeited to Booborowie.

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 7

Badminton. Burra North Blue 12-209 defeated Redruth 4-171.

Burra Golf Associates Open Day

27 hole ‘A’ Grade Championship Mrs H. Robinson (Peterborough)

27 hole ‘B’ Grade Championship Miss M. Collins (Burra)

18 hole ‘A’ Grade Handicap Mrs D. Hurst (Crystal Brook)

18 hole ‘B’ Grade Handicap Mrs F. Laubsch (Eudunda)

Teams Match Crystal Brook

86, 26, 6 July 1954, page 8

Marriage. Goodwood Methodist Church

Mary Seigert, youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs A.D. Seigert, married

Roy Voumard, son of the late Mr & Mrs J.A. Voumard.

86, 27, 13 July 1954, page 1

Burra Institute Library is finding it increasingly difficult to maintain a decent supply of new books and magazines as prices have risen sharply in the last two or three years. An appeal for financial assistance is being made and new subscribers are solicited. The library contains about 7,000 volumes and costs subscribers:

20/- per annum for 2 books and 2 magazines at a time

24/- per annum for 4 books and 3 magazines

Juvenile rate is 4/- per annum for 1 book at a time

Burra Burra DC has applied to the Highways & Local Government Department for approval to purchase a new 6-7 ton truck with hydraulic tipper body.

On 5 July Cr M. de N. Lucas was elected Chairman for the coming year in place of Mr E.L. McWaters.

Burra Homing Club. The first race from Parachilna for the season was held on Saturday with a headwind all the way. A new flyer, H. Swinson, was the winner.

ETSA Power will be supplied to Booborowie in about a month, from a new transformer station at Spalding. There are 60 consumers in the township with others along the route and for an area about two miles north of the town.

The British & Foreign Bible Society met at Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison’s on Saturday night. The representative this year was Mr E.E. Kramer, who conducted a service at Redruth on Sunday morning and at Kooringa in the evening. The evening service was followed by an illustrated slide lecture Seedtime and Harvest.

Burra Burra District Council Elections

All nominees were elected unopposed.

Farrell Flat Ward J.H.J. Stevens

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward H.R. Earle

Mongolata Ward J.R. Barker

Burra Rifle Club. At the Pairs Shoot on Saturday the winners were M.E. Mitchell & I.L. Burdon.

Football

Booborowie 8.11 defeated Burra 7.9

Hallett 15.10 defeated Terowie 6.13

Leighton 8.16 defeated Spalding 6.6

Burra Colts 2.8 defeated Booborowie Colts 0.1

86, 27, 13 July 1954, page 3

Badminton

Redruth 9-186 defeated Burra North Gold 7-162

Burra North Blue 11-200 defeated Kooringa Green 5-157.

Basketball

Spalding 17 defeated Leighton 12

Burra 23 defeated Booborowie 10

Terowie 27 defeated Hallett 13.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 July

Marge & Gower Champion & Dennis O’Keefe in Everything I Have is Yours

Gilbert Roland & Glenda Farrell in Apache War Smoke

86, 27, 13 July 1954, page 5

Burra Town Council, 5 July

This was the first meeting of the new Council, with E.T. Baulderstone as Mayor.

The Mayoral allowance was set at £70for the year.

Cr Topsfield was appointed Council representative on the Burra High School Council.

Cr W. Carpenter was appointed Council representative on the Burra Hospital Board.

The contribution of Council to the Burra hospital for 1954-55 will be £410.

Miss Pamela Bourman has been appointed Clerk-Typiste.

86, 27, 13 July 1954, page 7

Advt. Full page advertisement for Bence’s Ltd Winter Sale.

86, 27, 13 July 1954, page 8

Football. Booborowie 8.11 defeated Burra 7.9.

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 1

Burra Homing Club flew a disastrous race from Parachilna on Saturday. It was won by A.H. Broad, but only two fliers clocked in, with no further returns.

‘Resident’ writes in, shocked to have found workmen erecting a headstone at the cemetery on a Sunday and hoping this can be stopped. The writer is also concerned that trees are destroying many beautiful headstones.

Accident. A Holden car overturned on the Mt Bryan Road about 5 miles north of Burra at 9 p.m. on Friday night. It was driven by Walter R. Riddiford of Broken Hill and sustained about £300 to £400 worth of damage. The three people in it were uninjured.

The Annual Buffalo Lodge Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday night. £60 was taken at the door.

Weather. Light rain in the last week provided some temporary relief to crops and feed. The east got about 50 points, while farming areas to the west received between 75 and 100 points. More is needed urgently.

Mrs V. Ockenden, while holidaying in Broken Hill, painted a stage scene in the new Methodist Sunday School in Thomas St. It took sixteen days to complete.

Burra High School has held a series of table tennis championships:

Junior Girls Marcia Terry

Junior Boys Michael Archer

Senior Girls Marie Gare

Senior Boys Don Reed

Football

Booborowie 29.15 defeated Spalding 5.4

Leighton 16.0 defeated Terowie 6.

[This score corrected on page 6 to read: Leighton 16.11 defeated Terowie 7.15.]

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 2

Advt. Oates Ltd will auction Pearce’s Building on 30 July, containing 10 offices and large assembly room, on instructions from the trustees of the estate of the late R.T.F. Rogers. And at the same time will auction two attached cottages in Thames St of 4 and five rooms respectively.

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 July

Burt Lancaster & Shirley Booth in Come Back Little Sheba

Jean Heather & Charles Quigley in The National Barn Dance

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 4

Burra North Red Cross secretary, Miss Claire Campbell, reported a busy year at the recent AGM. Former secretary Mrs E.J. Reed and the assistant secretary Mrs P. Betts had both resigned during the year, as they were leaving the district.

Burra Rural Youth Club members have painted the Burra Show Hall and supper room.

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 6

Football

Hallett 18.15 defeated Burra 17.10

Burra Colts10.6 defeated Hallett Colts 0.0.

86, 28, 20 July 1954, page 7

Basketball

Burra 43 defeated Hallett 15

Spalding 24 defeated Booborowie 14

Leighton 27 defeated Mt Bryan 20.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 1

Morgan Vale Station, owned by G.M. Howard & Sons for 28 years, is to be sold by public auction. It is a property of 277 square miles, 105 miles east of Burra and 80 miles north of Renmark. It has a good water supply and is of mixed scrub country of black oak, sandalwood and mallee, with bluebush, saltbush, Spinifex, speargrass, bindii and other natural grasses. There is a weekly mail service.

J. Carpenter, State Secretary of the Totally & Permanently Disabled Ex-Servicemen & Women’s Assoc., writes thanking the district for £79-16-3 contributed to its annual badge day appeal.

Mt Bryan Legacy Ball on Friday night raised £148 for Legacy.

Burra Homing Club. The most recent race from Parachilna was a great change from the previous one, with 100% returns in fairly good time. The winner was P.J. Byrnes.

Football. North-Eastern Assoc. 17.10 defeated Mid-Murray Assoc. 5.12.

Badminton. Cadell 14-258 defeated Burra North 11-222.

Burra Rifle Club fired the first stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best on handicap was Bruce Stockman, while best off the rifle was R. Bernhardt.

Public Tree Planting Meeting

A well attended meeting on Thursday night discussed the plan to plant trees in different parts of the town to commemorate the visit of HM the Queen to Australia. It was realised that young trees would need to be protected from straying stock in many places. A wide ranging number of groups and individuals were represented and the outcome was a decision to plant 80 trees this year in different sites.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures

Tyrone Power & Cameron Mitchell in MacDonald of the Canadian Mounties

Richard Widmark & Marilyn Monroe in Don’t Bother to Knock

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 4

Burra Branch CWA held its AGM 16 July. Elected were: President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mrs A. Tennant & Mrs J. Allen; Secretary, Mrs A. Ford and Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver.

The Secretary presented the 28th annual report. Membership was 66 with an average attendance of 19. The chief money raising activities had been, catering for the October Burra Race Meeting, supper for a picture evening, three trading tables and a street stall and the Gift & Garden Requisites Stall at the Hospital Fete. Each month two members attend the hospital and keep the mending up to date. The rest room now has a piano – a bequest from the late Miss Minnie Rogers. The passing of foundation member Mrs J. Tennant was noted with regret and Mrs Smith, a Vice-President, has left the district.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 5

Burra Methodist Order of Knights & Girl Comrades celebrated their birthday with a banquet at the Redruth Sunday School recently.

Burra Red Cross held its 39th AGM in the RSL Club Rooms 13 July. Elected: President, Mrs J. Hill; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Jim Rowe & Mrs R. Crewes; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield. 21 members were present.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 6

Basketball. North-Eastern Assoc. 10 defeated Mid-Murray Assoc. 7.

Miss Margaret Bittrill took the service at Ironmine Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon 18 July. And Mrs M. Martin of the Kooringa Methodist Manse took the evening service in the Redruth Church, to relieve Rev. C. Christopher.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 7

Football. Burra Colts 2.5 defeated Combined Colts 1.3.

86, 29, 27 July 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 19 July

There is a report of a transfer of title Vol. 1637 folio 160 from E.J. Davey to the Corporation of Burra.

Aberdeen Tennis Club sought the removal of a pine tree they said had roots disturbing the court.

Permission was granted.

R. Fuss wrote concerning the road abutting his premises and setting out a scheme whereby it could be widened. It was resolved that the shoulder there be graded to enable better drainage, and then sealed.

H.J.B. Jennison asks for the approach to his petrol pumps to be levelled, as the slope is misleading when motorists are filling their tanks. The site will be inspected.

Permission was granted for alterations and additions to the ANZ Bank.

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 1

Miss Joy Pettet was farewelled at the Burra Sunday School Hall. She is leaving to take up nursing at Mt Gambier.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club has raised £400 over the past two years, which with subsidy has enabled the purchase of a new wireless unit with pick-up, microphone and nine speakers. This enables outside use for rhythm and marching etc. and places a speaker in each room. This will enable classes to tune in to selected educational programs. Some time ago the club also raised money for a film projector. The next project is for some playground equipment. The last few years have seen the school transformed with bituminised yards, new rainwater tanks, extra classrooms and shelter sheds and new fencing.

Mr Jim Rowe, manager of the National Bank, has been transferred to Pt Pirie after about four years here. The new manager will be Mr John Jefferies from Pt Adelaide.

Pearce’s Building has been sold to P.V. Oates of Burra at an undisclosed price, following an auction that reached £2,950, which was below the reserved price.

Two Thames St Cottages were auctioned and were bought by W. Carpenter for £310.

Burra Rifle Club held a social evening and dance on Saturday. F.H. Reed presented the trophies during the evening.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School celebrated its 31st birthday on 23 July.

Methodist Church Overseas Mission work brought a visit from Mr Lene Milo, a Samoan schoolteacher, last month. He gave addresses on Samoan life and customs and spoke of the role of the church in Samoa. He spoke of the significant role played there by Rev. E.G. Neill, a former minister at Burra. He also gave addresses at Ironmine and Farrell Flat.

Burra Homing Club. P.J. Byrnes was the winner of the final race from Parachilna on Saturday.

Basketball

Terowie 13 defeated Mt Bryan 11

Booborowie 20 defeated Hallett 11

Leighton 18 defeated Burra 14.

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 2

Notice. The Registrar General of Land Titles advises that he intends to grant title to Glen Roy Finch of Burra, grazier, by right of possession, unless a caveat is lodged within two months, with respect to Allotments 2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13 of block 2 of Section 78 in the Hundred of Kooringa, of which the registered proprietors are Samuel Mutton of Kooringa, Minister; Matthew Henry Furniss of Burra Mine, Accountant; William Phillips of Kooringa, Miner and Robert Mutton of Kooringa, Miner.

[Block 2 of Section 78 was subdivided in 1859, probably by Matthew Henry Furniss. It was named Ashmore and was located west of Westbury and southwest of Copperhouse. The trustees were, of course, all dead by 1954:

Samuel Mutton ?-?

Matthew Henry Furniss c. 1825-1895

William Phillips: there were three or four of this name in the Burra area about 1859.

Robert Mutton c. 1792-1873 or according to BISA c. 1808-1873 (well actually it says 1973!)

Ashmore failed to develop as a town, though a handful of poorer houses were erected.]

Obituary. Evelyn Morton Flint, daughter of the late Mr & Mrs C.J. Pearce, late of Burra and sister to Annie, Nita, Millie, Lisle and Andrew, died at Kingston in the South East, 31 July.

[Born 23 March 1884, Kooringa.]

Obituary. Thomas Henry Villis died at Burra on 28 July. He was step-father of Betty, Brian and Josephine and father-in-law of Dudley and Keith. Grandfather of Judith, Warren, Jennifer, Christine, Susanne and Danny. [Born 22 October 1884, Kooringa.]

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 August

Robert Morley & Maurice Evans in Gilbert & Sullivan

Herbert Lom & Donald Wolfit in The Ringer

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 4

Booborowie CWA held its first annual meeting, which is reported in 11⁄3 columns.

Elected were: President, Mrs J. Drew; Vice-Presidents, Mrs E. Ashby & Mrs H. Phillips, Secretary, Mrs A. Pearce and Treasurer, Mrs G. Freer.

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 6

Football

Leighton 13.6 defeated Burra 13.5

Hallett 9.19 defeated Booborowie 10.12

Terowie comfortably defeated Spalding.

Mrs Gwen Blight was presented with £208-10-0 before she left Mt Bryan to live at Tumby Bay. Mrs Blight thanked all donors for the money and the help given to Clem during his illness and his term of office at Mt Bryan. [He had been the head teacher at Mt Bryan School, was a returned serviceman from WWII, and died in February 1954 after having a leg amputated.]

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Blue 11-207 defeated Redruth 5-169

Kooringa Red 13-215 defeated Kooringa Green 3-109.

Burra Open Golf Tournament

‘A’ Grade Championship S. Longford

‘A’ Grade 36 Hole Handicap B. Bloomfield

‘A’ Grade Morning 18 Holes G. Garrard

‘A’ Grade Afternoon 18 Holes F. Jeffery

‘B’ Grade Championship J.C. Harrison

‘B’ Grade 36 Hole Handicap J.C. Harrison

‘B’ Grade Morning Handicap L. McInnes

‘B’ Grade Afternoon Handicap R.J. Jeffery

Teams Match Watervale: I.G. Garrard, G. Garrard & K. Williams

86, 30, 3 Aug. 1954, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA annual meeting is reported in just over 3 columns. Elected were: President, Mrs Les Thomas; Vice-Presidents, Mrs F. Jefferies & Mrs Woodgate; Secretary, Mrs Holliday and Treasurer Mrs F. Edwards.

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 1

Weather. Useful rain is reported from the east for the past week. Most falls were 40-65 points, though Old Koomooloo got 115 and Mongolata only 14.

Burra Homing Club. The first race from Marree on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Burra Burra DC

The Clerk, Mr T.G. Perry, says work will soon start on the Hanson-Black Springs Road. While recently in Burra, the Minister of Local Government, Mr Jude, outlined plans for improving main road 45 from Marrabel to Peterborough. The new section will run from Hanson direct to Black springs. Grants received by Council are up several thousand pounds on those received last year.

The Annual RSL Ball was held on Friday and was one of the most successful balls ever held in Burra with over 300 dancers. Takings were £130. It was a fancy dress ball:

Best dressed Gentleman Mr Bob Angel (Pirate)

Best dressed Lady Mrs H. Griffen (Old English)

Most Humorous Mr R. Rooke (Three Sheets in the Wind)

Film Star Mr D. Kerin (Charlie Chaplin)

Book Title Miss J. Jennison (Puss in Boots)

Most Original Couple Mr & Mrs Len Bence (Eastern Rajah & Slave)

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. announce an important land sale at Burra RSL Hall 27 August. The 277 square mile Pastoral Lease of Morgan Vale. [Details are given in the equivalent of 1 column.] Morgan Vale has been held for 28 years by Messrs G.M. Howard & Sons. The station receives a weekly mail service and is connected with the Flying Doctor Service.

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 August

Kathryn Grayson & Red Skelton in Lovely to Look At

Peter Lawford & Dawn Adams in The Hour of 13.

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the second stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best scores were from T. Heinrich, W. Holman & T. Lynch.

Burra Town Council, 2 August

After inspection it was decided to lay concrete slabs over the water table in front of H.J.B. Jennison’s petrol pumps.

E.D. Reed applied to purchase a portion of streets in Section 2071, Hundred of Kooringa, on the south side of allotments 40 & 31, known as Victoria St [Hampton.]

The ranger is to be asked to pay more attention to straying stock.

A dozen flowering gums will be planted near the basketball courts. Kurrajongs will be planted on the west side of Paxton Terrace, opposite Mr Lott’s.

Flowering gums are to be planted near the residences of P.V. Oates and H.J.B. Jennison.

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 6

Football

Hallett 10.9 defeated Spalding 8.12

Terowie 12.20 defeated Burra 4.8

Booborowie 12.19 defeated Leighton 5.9.

Basketball

Spalding 30 defeated Hallett 8

Burra 28 defeated Terowie 13

Booborowie 15 defeated Mt Bryan 11.

86, 31, 10 Aug. 1954, page 7

Badminton. Kooringa Green 9-180 defeated Redruth 7-170.

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 1

A Youth Travel Committee was formed at a public meeting on 11 August to raise £100 by September to send a boy on the Advertiser Youth Travel Tour for 1955. The boy must be 14-16. The tour to the UK aims to strengthen the Empire ties, encourage migration from the UK to Australia and promote the ideals of citizenship. £350 has to be raised: £100 by the end of September and the rest by December. 20 youths at Burra High School would be eligible.

Basketball

Mt Bryan 25 defeated Hallett 22

Leighton 17 defeated Terowie 10

Burra 33 defeated Spalding 13.

Railway Accident. A head-on collision between two trains at Manoora yesterday morning delayed the passenger train from Adelaide by 3 hours. It reached Burra at about 1 p.m.

Ironmine Table Tennis Tournament, 11 August

Ladies’ Champion Mrs R. Turner

Men’s Champion Mr Don Lloyd

President of the Methodist Conference, Rev. Wellington, addressed a combined church service at the Kooringa Methodist Church on Tuesday evening. Beth Pearce and Edith Mounce sang a duet during the service.

Burra Homing Club. A.H. Broad won the second race from Marree.

Hanson School Committee staged a very successful ‘Superstition Ball’ at the Hanson Hall [on Saturday 13 August.]

Cycle Race. The Advertiser 400-mile Cycle Tour for professional wheelmen next weekend will come through Burra, which will be the overnight stopping place for the second stage. [Terminology here is confusing in the report. There were two stages on each of three days. Burra came at the end of day two or the end of the fourth stage, but the end of the second stage of the second day.]

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 2

Notice. Fluck Bronislawa, of Polish nationality, now resident in Burra, advises he intends to apply for naturalization.

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 August

Eddie Bracken & Cass Daley in Ladies’ Man

William Holden & Edmund O’Brien in The Turning Point

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club. At Burra on Saturday: Burra 678 defeated Clare 662.

Best results for Burra were from D.H. Field, J.H. Schwier and W. Corner. D.H. Field scored a possible.

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 7 August

Isabel Mabel Bampton, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Philip Bampton of Burra North, married

Joachim Wolfgang Hasse, son of the late Mr & Mrs Hasse of Germany.

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 6

Football

Burra 18.17 defeated Spalding 6.8

Leighton 17.17 defeated Hallett 12.6

Terowie 16.12 defeated Booborowie 13.16.

86, 32, 17 Aug. 1954, page 7

Hallett Basketball & Football Clubs’ Debutante Ball took £102-15-0. Six debutantes were presented to Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker. Little Lorraine Brooks presented a posy to Mrs Hawker.

Debutantes and their partners were:

Anne Lucas with Ashley Phin

Barbara Flower with David Flower

Beth Prior with Laurence Sullivan

Margaret Crisp with Stan Pycroft

Winsome Nutt with Mervyn Robinson

Elaine Reynolds with Fred Sparks.

Silver Spur Square Dance Club will hold a birthday ball on 24 September at Burra Town Hall. President is R. Bevan, Treasurer is Mrs F. Scroop and Secretary is Miss C. Ellis.

Badminton. Burra North Blue 8-201 defeated Kooringa Green 8-180.

Hallett Anglican Ladies held a social afternoon and raised £35-7-6 towards the new church, which members hope to have built in the near future.

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 1

Burra CWA donations and several working bees have resulted in a food stall being erected at the oval. The 40 ft x 10 ft shed has been divided into three creating a servery, a kitchen and a change room for basketball girls.

Burra Racing Club will run a six event race meeting in October.

Cycling Tour. Burra citizens gave a £25 trophy to the winner of the fourth stage. The concluding sprint in wind, rain and semi-darkness still saw a large crowd to witness the win of Eddie Smith. Due to the conditions the Mayor Mr Baulderstone presented the trophy on Sunday morning before the race re-commenced. The eventual winner was Hec. Sutherland of Victoria.

The Catholic Debutante Ball was held in the Town Hall last Friday night. It was deemed a great success. Music was provided by Mrs Preiss’s Four Star Band. The debutantes were presented to His Lordship the Bishop the Most Rev. Dr Bryan Gallagher.

Rite Cousins with Laurence Sullivan

Marlene Kakoschke with Martin Miller

Barbara Williams with John Broad

Margaret Fisher with Philip Telfer

Patricia Jenner with Tom Preiss

Margaret Carman with Peter Murphy

Ayleen Carman with Maurice Dempsey

Pauline Williams with Bazil Bampton

Doreen Jones with James Murphy

(Margaret & Ayleen Carman are twins)

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 August

Cornel Wilde & Constance Smith in Treasure of the Golden Condor

June Haver & William Lundigan in Love Nest

Obituary. Florence Mabel Emma (May) Walker, wife of the late Roy Gilbert Walker, died 21 July at Broken Hill aged 55. She was the mother of Charles, Cath and Edna and mother-in-law of Betty. Grandmother of Garry, Trevor, Marilyn, Lorin and Margaret.

[Born Florence Mabel Emma Matthews 4 February 1899 near Burra.]

Badminton

Kooringa Green 10-212 defeated Burra North Gold 6-138

Kooringa Red 11-203 defeated Burra North Blue 5-143.

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 4

Burra rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Baldina Trophy over double 500 and 600 yards. Best were W. Edwards, C. Edwards and W. Hempel. W. Edwards scored a possible at 500 yards.

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 5

Burra Homing Club. The race from Oodnadatta on Saturday was won by A.H. Broad from F. Brandt, by a few seconds. The Tailem Bend race failed to get any birds home in qualifying time.

Mr F.S. Tralaggan of Burra North celebrated his 88th birthday on 12 August with a party on 15 August.

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 6

Football

Hallett 10.26 defeated Terowie 2.6

Leighton 16.37 defeated Spalding 4.3

Burra 8.4 drew with Booborowie 6.16.

This draw results in Burra’s elimination from the contest for this year. A win would have placed them in the final four, with a better percentage than Leighton.

Ex-Servicemen’s Avenue on the eastern approach to Burra has 37 more trees planted by a working bee of the RSL, Demobilised Soldiers, air Force Assoc. and Fathers’ Assoc. There are now 70 trees, all donated by Ron Murray. A further 100 are planned. E.L. McWaters has given a strip of land in the rifle range 400 yards x 12 ft for a row of pines. The other side will comprise a small plantation, beginning with five rows of trees and narrowing to three rows at the top of the hill. Vern Riggs is in charge of the operations. [A list of donors is printed.]

Burra High School. Eudunda High School visited last Friday for sports.

Football: Burra 18.23 defeated Eudunda 0.0.

Girls’ Basketball ‘A’ Grade: Eudunda 17 defeated Burra 11.

Girls’ Basketball ‘B’ Grade: Eudunda 13 defeated Burra 7.

Basketball

Spalding 20 defeated Terowie 9

Leighton 9 defeated Booborowie 5.

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 7

Weather. Good rains have been general in the last few days. Eastern falls ranged from 50 to 110 points. Falls in the agricultural areas ranged from 75 to 159 points. Burra recorded 126 points.

Burra Memorial Oval

Progress continues. The refreshment kiosk on the northwest corner of the ground will be serviceable for the first semi-final of the football, next Saturday, though many fittings remain to be installed and the painting is yet to be done. The CWA donated £55. [Other donors and helpers are listed.]

86, 33, 24 Aug. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 16 August

Sides of the road from Market Square to Kingston St Bridge are to be sealed.

A general rate of 60d in the pound was declared.

Mrs E.D. Reed is to be asked for an offer for the piece of land applied for and a surety that all expenses will be met by her.

Mrs D. Carpenter applied to purchase William St, a portion of Quarry St and a portion of Thomas St. Council is prepared to negotiate, but wants to know if the adjoining land is covered by RPA titles.

[These are three roads in Hampton on three sides of a block of 12 allotments there.]

Cr Carpenter moved that necessary action be taken regarding property in the name of Thomas Richards, situated at Millerton, Burra North. Carried. [A sale for unpaid rates?]

Cr Nankivell moved the removal of the hoarding near the post office as soon as arrangements can be made for the display of picture advertising. Carried.

86, 34, 31 Aug. 1954, page 1

Burra High School Debutante Ball drew a crowd of over 300 to one of the biggest balls of the season. Fourteen debs were presented to Mr & Mrs G. Stanley Hawker.

Pamela Bourman with Robert Broad

Ruth Woodman with Frank Fennell

Fay Irlam with Neil Prior

Greta Martin with Alan Baulderstone

Wendy White with Adrian Johnson

Avis Stockman with Peter Stockman

Mary Cox with John Thomas

Valerie Terry with Malcolm Pettet

Shirley Broad with John Broad

Gloria Pettet with Ian Allen

Coralie Ellis with Bazil Bampton

Jean Watts with Ashley Phin

Pauline Jones with Robert Steele

Pamela Campbell with Allen Martin

Morgan Vale Station was passed in at auction at £47,000 when offered by Elder Smith on Friday in the RSL Hall. It was later sold by negotiation with the highest bidder, F.T. Heinrich of Eringa Park, Olary. Messrs G.M. Howard sold it after holding it for 26 years [28 years when the sale was advertised.] They had bought it from the Morgan family who were the original settlers.

Burra homing Club. The second race from Tailem Bend was won by Fred Brandt, which was a welcome change for him after being placed many times in the season.

86, 34, 31 Aug. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 September

Dirk Bogarde & Dinah Sheridan in Appointment in London

Dan Dailey & Diana Lynn in Meet Me at the Fair

86, 34, 31 Aug. 1954, page 3

Mr Lloyd Parks lost the top of his left index finger to the first joint in an accident at the Burra Motor Co. garage this morning. It got caught between the belt and the fan pulley.

The Youth Travel donation list has reached £71-6-0.

Obituary. Mr R. (Bob) Phillips died at Burra Hospital last Wednesday aged 71. He had not been in good health for the last three years. He was born at World’s End in 1883 and at an early age he and some of his brothers pioneered some of the country north of Morgan. In 1912 he married Miss Winter and they had four children: Joyce Sister Phillips of an Adelaide Hospital, Keith Phillips of Eudunda, Rita Mrs Johns of Adelaide and Lance Phillips who died in 1948. Mr Phillips stayed in the Morgan area till 1919 when he acquired the property known as Gandy’s Range, now known as Oakview. This is presently owned by his son, Keith. In 1927 he and his family went to live in Morgan, where he took great interest in civic affairs. He later acquired ‘Studholme’ where he lived from 1933 till his death. There he ran a successful Merino Stud, getting many ribbons and trophies at shows throughout the district and along the River Murray. [Robert Phillips born 29 July 1883 World’s End: died 25 August 1954 Burra, residence Baldina.]

86, 34, 31 Aug. 1954, page 6

Football Preliminary Final: Terowie 8.26 (74) defeated Leighton 10.6 (66).

86, 34, 31 Aug. 1954, page 7

Badminton

Kooringa Red 12-208 defeated Redruth 4-139

Burra North Blue 9-196 defeated Burra north Gold 7-134.

Basketball. Semi-Finals of the North Eastern Assoc.

Spalding 25 defeated Terowie 20

Burra 15 defeated Leighton 10.

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales. Robert C. Warnes ‘Parcoola’ topped the district wool prices at 103d in the 1954-55 opening series. [Other district prices are printed.]

Patrick Ryan, elder son of Mr & Mrs Pat Ryan of Burra north, has won the best and fairest player cup. He is attending Rostrevor College at Magill and was chosen to represent his school in the Athletics Team and at Intercollegiate Sports.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the club championship over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Ken Heinrich won the stage, followed by Jim Schwier & C. Edwards. In the handicap contest K. Heinrich was followed by Gordon Webster and T. Lynch.

The Burra Branch of The Stockowner’s Association of SA held its AGM in Pearce’s Building 30 August. The State President, A.J. McBride, visited from Adelaide. Branch President John Murray took the chair. Elected were: President, A.D. Radford; Deputy President, J.M .Gebhardt; Secretary, H. Binks-Williams and Assistant Secretary, J. Battye. Mr A.J. McBride gave an address after the election of officers.

V.A. Riggs, as Vice-President of the local RSL, thanks those who donated cash and materials to the planting of the eastern approach to the town and also Mr Eric McWaters for the portion of land made available.

Weather. Good follow-up rains fell last week. Light, but general falls are reported from the eastern stations; mostly from 20 to 60 points. Burra recorded 57 points.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Tailem Bend was won by F. Brandt.

Accident. A car driven by Frederick William McWilliams, a professional golfer, skidded and rolled over about 11⁄2 miles from Burra on the Hanson Road. The driver sustained a fractured left leg. He comes from Sydney. Three passengers (two golfers and a caddy) received minor injuries. They were on the way to Broken Hill to compete for a £200 purse after competing in the Adelaide Open. Damage to the car was estimated at £300.

The Air Force Ball at the Town Hall on Friday was successful, with £60 taken at the door and about the same amount in pre-sold tickets. Miss Avis Irlam was Belle of the Ball and Miss Marlene Kakoschke came second.

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 3

Basketball. North Eastern Assoc. Preliminary Final

Leighton 17 defeated Spalding 10 and will play Burra at Hallett in the Grand Final next Saturday.

Girls are requested to bring their own oranges.

Badminton. Kooringa Reds 9-198 defeated Burra North Blues 7-137

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 September

Mario Lanza & Doretta Morrow in Because You’re Mine

Van Johnson & Paul Douglas in When in Rome

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 4

Burra Benevolent Society held its AGM 20 August. In the last 12 months the society lost Lt Bloxham & Pastor Ashdown who were replaced by Capt.Badenhop for a short time and then Lt Kirkham and Pastor Martin. This year the society concentrated on supplying wood and Christmas cheer to needy persons. A legacy from the late Miss Rogers was invested to assist in coming years. To the end of June we had distributed 30 half-ton lots of wood. M. Riggs, Hon. Secretary.

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 5

Burra Racing Club Ltd held its AGM at the Burra Town Hall Wednesday 1 September.

Chairman Gerald Gask reported. In the 12 months we held two meetings. The October one had to be postponed and we decided to avoid that again. Some minor track alterations were needed. We were lucky to escape this meeting with a small loss of £34. The April meeting was held at Balaklava during the work on our track and it was a great success. The profit was £830 with a gate of £438. For the year the nett surplus is £712 and we expect to have nearly £700 in hand after paying for all improvements. Taxation is expected to be fairly high. The next meeting is in October. We have nearly completed the new track. Thanks go to Mr Lindsay Thomas for letting us purchase a portion of his paddock. This enables an extension to the track, removing the necessity of horses going down a steep incline. We have put in over 240 new posts and 900 yards of railing. Thanks go to Rex, Jim and Tom Warnes for generosity in supplying and delivering 200 posts and to Mr Andrew Tennant for a donation of £100. We have purchased the SAJC Judges’ Box and greatly improved the ladies’ toilet. We note with regret the death of our only life member, Mr Cyril Collins. Thanks also go to the CWA ladies for supplying a splendid luncheon and afternoon tea. Elected were: Patron, Andrew Tennant and Chairman, Gerald Gask. The next meeting at Burra will be on Wednesday 20 October when a six race program will be offered.

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 6

Football. Second Semi-Final at Leighton on Saturday: Booborowie 18.13 defeated Hallett 10.12.

86, 35, 7 Sep. 1954, page 7

‘Willinga’ the property of Frank Thomas & Sons at Mt Bryan East is to be sold on 24 September. Mr James Thomas Jnr acquired it from the Dare family. (William Dare had been the first to take it up.) Since then his son and grandson have lived on the property.

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 1

J.F. Rowe of the National Bank was farewelled on Thursday evening. He has been transferred to Pt Pirie. Mr Rowe has been treasurer of the Institute for some time.

The Youth Travel fund has reached £94-14-0. £100 had to be raised by 1 September, so the committee is out of pocket and there is still £260 to be raised.

Football. Frank Cousins of Booborowie won the Mail Medal for the 2nd year in succession, with K. Kleinig of Leighton second and K. Lane of Burra third.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tailem Bend on Saturday was tough with strong head winds and only two birds homed in the qualifying time. The winner was H. Swinson.

Basketball. Grand Final at Hallett on Saturday: Burra 23 defeated Leighton 10.

Fairest and Best Player in the Assoc. was Miss J. White of Spalding.

Burra Rifle Club. Members can now join at 14 rather than 16.

Senior constable R. Chambers gave a lecture to Burra Rural Youth Club on Monday 30 August on First Aid.

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 September

Bing Crosby, Bob Hope & Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali

Loretta Young & David Niven in The Perfect Marriage

‘Notice. I had absolutely nothing to do with the wicked vandalism of the Town Council in wantonly slaughtering six beautiful healthy trees near my property. I thank Crs White and Nankivell for their efforts to prevent this outrage. “Any fool can kill a tree, but only God can make one grow.”

R. Fuss

Burra North’

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 4

Burra rifle Club. At Burra on Saturday Tanunda 757 defeated Burra 726.

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 5

Burra Town Council, 6 September

Cr Carpenter moved that the cedar trees near Mr R. Fuss’s be removed. Carried.

An amendment by Cr White and seconded by Cr Nankivell, that the matter lie in abeyance until Mr Fuss had been consulted, was lost.

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 6

Football. Preliminary Final at Hallett on Saturday drew a large crowd and the gate takings were £70.

Hallett 15.10 defeated Terowie 9.3. Hallett will now play Booborowie in the Grand Final.

Salvation Army Annual Street Day will be held next Friday as part of its Annual Self Denial Appeal.

Advt. Kooringa Methodist Church. The 40th Anniversary of the present building will be celebrated Sunday 26 September. At 11 a.m. Pastor Martin and special singing by the Worshippers’ League.

3 p.m. Pleasant Sunday Afternoon with special singing by the choir and visiting soloist.

7 p.m. Pastor M. Martin and the choir conducted by A. Best.

86, 36, 14 Sep. 1954, page 7

Badminton. In the Grand Final Kooringa Red 9-169 defeated Burra North Blue 7-151.

86, 37, 21 Sep. 1954, page 1

Football. At half-time in the Grand Final trophies were presented. The Mail Medal and Phillips Cup were presented to Frank Cousins of Booborowie for the second year in succession. The Gask Trophy for the runner-up went to Kevin Kleinig of Leighton and the Howard Trophy for third place went to Kevin Lane of Burra.

Miss Avis Stockman came second out of six Rural Youth contestants in an ABC Competition at the Royal Shoe. The winner was Dawn Goulden of Mt Compass. Contestants were judged on: radio personality, agricultural knowledge and club leadership. The prize was an air trip to Melbourne.

The Youth Travel Scheme will hold its written examination on 24 November.

Arbor Day was held at the Burra Primary School last Friday. 20 trees were planted on the eastern approaches to the school. All were Australian natives. The secretary of the School Committee D.H. Field gave the address to pupils. A half holiday followed the plantings.

Air Force Day was commemorated at the Burra War Memorial in Market Square 15 September. It commemorates the 14th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Pastor M. Martin officiated.

Obituary. Cr E.M. Jenkins of Terowie has died and as a result Hallett DC will have its first election in eight years after Kevin James Mahoney and Samuel Eric Mattey nominated for Terowie Ward.

[The paper of 28 September, page 1 gives the date of death as 13 August.]

[Evan Morgan Jenkins born 21 May 1869 Murray Flats: died 13 August 1954 Terowie.]

Accident/Obituary. Lawrence William Partridge of Burra aged 47 was killed in a fall from a horse at Canopus Station on 14 September. Mr Partridge, who was employed as a station hand, went out on Tuesday afternoon to get in two horses, but failed to return. The proprietor Mr Colin McClure and his wife were in Adelaide at the time and the only people at the homestead were Mr ‘Butch’ Batty (60) and Mrs J. Rowe Sen. (76). Mr Batty began a search when night fell, but finding no trace had to give up for the night. Next morning he found the horse in the horse paddock and the body within a quarter mile of the homestead and 150 yards from the staff quarters. The deceased is believed to have died instantly. As neither person at the homestead could operate the radio, Mr Batty rode 22 miles to Morgan Vale to send a message to Renmark Police. Mr & Mrs Ross Mullins returned to Canopus from Morgan Vale. Constables R. Maple and L. McEvoy from Renmark, with coroner Mr F.S.W. Trigg, visited the scene. Death was due to a broken neck and an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Burra RSL formed a guard of honour at the funeral on Friday afternoon. The deceased leaves a widow and eight children: Keith, John, Barry, Raymond, Patricia, Roy, Vonnie and Dawn.

[Born 3 May 1908 Quorn: died 14 September 1954 Canopus Station, residence Burra.]

R. Fuss writes again complaining of the arrogance of the Town Council in dismissing the views of the ratepayer and proceeding to destroy trees in haste. He concludes: ‘There have been more trees destroyed in the last few years than for 50 or 60 years previously. This state of affairs calls for drastic action in protest from the ratepayers.’

‘A Ratepayer’ writes also complaining of tree destruction and suggesting a payment might be appropriate for every year of a tree’s life if a ratepayer needs to have one removed.

[The Editor clearly thought the above criticisms were excessive. He noted that in the past few years approximately 33 trees had been removed from the town area (presumably he meant by Council action rather than by vandalism and natural causes) and these are listed. The reasons were either because they were dangerous or damaging property or prevented the expansion of business. And he says that in the past nine years the Council had planted some 300 trees – not including some 200 planted by the CWA and the Ex-Servicemen’s Avenues.]

86, 37, 21 Sep. 1954, page 3

The Silver Spur Square Dance Club held a chop picnic at Red Banks on Tuesday evening 14 September. The full moon made the evening ideal for a picnic.

A Kooringa Methodist Concert in the Sunday school hall on Friday night raised c. £40 for the Circuit Funds.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 September

Gregory Peck & Susan Hayward in The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Dan Dailey & Constance Smith in Taxi

1 & 2 October

The Queen in Australia

86, 37, 21 Sep. 1954, page 6

Football. The Grand Final of the North Eastern Football Assoc. was played at Spalding on Saturday.

Booborowie 11.11 defeated Hallett 8.6.

In the Colts Grand Final Booborowie 3.0 defeated Burra 1.2.

Marriage. Grange Methodist Church, 4 September

Lorna Morgan, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.A. Morgan of Seaton Park & late of Ironmine, married Harold Godfrey, elder son of Mr & Mrs Godfrey of Henley Beach.

86, 37, 21 Sep. 1954, page 8

Football

The Rovers team in the Peterborough Football Assoc. completed the season on 11 September undefeated when they took out the Grand Final. This was last done in 1930 when Imperials got through the season undefeated. Rovers’ goal-sneak Charlie Kellaway, formerly of Burra, kicked 12 goals during the match, which was a record for the Assoc. He was presented with the ball as a memento. He passed it on to his small son Garry, the Rovers’ mascot.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales, second series. The top price for the district came from Messrs Reg. Warnes and Sons of Woolgangi at 1001⁄2d. [Other district prices are listed.]

Burra Burra Hospital held its AGM 22 September with W. Carpenter in the chair, as the Chairman F.T. Marston had left the district and Vice-Chairman M. de N. Lucas was absent.

The year had been a busy one for the Board due to the extra duties imposed by the new building.

On 2 October 1953 the Hon. the Premier T. Playford laid the foundation stone. Work then continued and is now finished, leaving the furnishing, which was undertaken by Mesdames Ashton & Tennant. Thanks are extended for the excellent work of the appeals committee. Arrangements are in hand for the opening on Friday 1 October by G. Stanley Hawker MP.

The financial position has improved and the revenue and expenditure account shows a profit of £525. This has mainly been due to a depleted nursing staff and therefore a lesser amount being paid in wages. One disturbing aspect of finance is the amount of unpaid patient fees. At the beginning of the year this was £2,419 and had increased to £3,748 by 30 June 1954. It is hoped to arrest this drift.

Care has been given to maintaining the old buildings. The roof has been painted and no major maintenance work is now expected for a long time.

The Board regrets the loss through removal from the district of the Chairman, Mr F.T. Marston, who had been a valuable member of the Board.

Dr G.L. Mellor, who had been the Medical Officer, left the town and the position has been filled by Dr R.B. Pitcher. Mr E.R. Davey has taken over as secretary from R.H. Campbell. The failure of subscribers and ratepayers to nominate three persons to the Board suggests people in the district are not hospital minded. The positions were filled only through the efforts of Board members and especially of Mrs Tennant.

[Dr Pitcher’s report dealt with statistics and outlined ongoing problems in getting and keeping trained staff.]

A vote of thanks went to retiring members Mrs Ashton and Messrs Marston and Lucas.

Mrs Tennant explained a drawing from Kemps’ Nurseries Ltd for beautifying the area in front of the buildings.

Deidre Snell of Booborowie has done well in Elocution Exams at the Academy of Arts after three years of study. She will sit for her degree in December this year. In December 1953 she topped the state. She is currently studying Leaving at Burra High School.

Deidre travels to Adelaide once a fortnight, every other Saturday, for a lesson with he elocution teacher Mrs E. Langsford, to whom she says she attributes much of her success.]

‘Wallinga’ has been sold for £8,250. The buyer was Mr E.S. Wilks of Mt Bryan East.

Robert Lott, as Burra’s first Cadet Riflemen, did very well on his first shoot on Saturday.

Hallett DC, Supplementary Election for Terowie War resulted in a tie last Saturday.

K.J. Mahoney 23 votes plus 5 postal for a total of 28

S.E. Mattey 16 votes plus 12 postal for a total of 28

The returning officer cast his deciding vote for Mr Mattey.

Voter turn-out was 56 out of 61 or 92%.

Sen. constable R. Chambers was farewelled on Wednesday before leaving today for Spalding. Speakers were the Mayor, E.J. Lehmann, W. Carpenter, E.R. Davey (for the Justices), Sgt McInerney, Ron Wuttke (for the Football Club – of the six teams in the Assoc. only Burra had hot showers, due to Ron Chambers efforts.) Mr Baulderstone then presented a sherry decanter and glasses.

Mr & Mrs W.G. Butler of Burra celebrate their Golden Wedding tomorrow.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 October

The Queen in Australia

Supporting feature, David Wayne & Tom Ewell in Up Front

Advt. Organ Recital at St Mary’s Church, 13 October 4 p.m. [corrected next issue to 8 p.m.]

Clem Davey with Betty Ashby (mezzo soprano) and Mrs Olsen (soprano). To aid the Organ Fund.

North Eastern Football Assoc. Dinner was held at the Burra Hotel on Thursday evening. Mrs Ern Hawke of the Burra Hotel provided a sumptuous meal. Toasts are reported in 11⁄4 columns.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 4

The Youth Travel Fund has reached £135-19-6.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 5

Burra Town Council, 20 September

The Imperial War Graves Commission advised that bronze plaques will be erected on the graves of deceased servicemen and it requests any fees be waived.

L. Day is to be requested to cut boxthorns back to fence level.

Cr Nankivell moved that the old cart near Holder Garden in Chapel St be removed. Carried.

R. Fuss writes again on the loss of trees in the town. He says there are a number of trees not on the editor’s list and he believes that (without having made a detailed count) the total would be closer to 60 – enough for a nice plantation. Formerly Mayors and Councillors looked on trees as almost sacred and resisted their removal. Requests for their destruction were seldom granted. No doubt there are rare occasions when removal is justified, ‘but those destroyed recently certainly did not harm property, did not restrict trade, were a beautiful shade in summer and did not obscure a street light. This road is straight, the light shines down the centre and the trees were on one side, growing in the footpath, so why remove them? I trust that my feeble protest will have at least a little influence on future actions.’

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 6

The Combined School Sports Day at Hallett last Friday is reported. Results are printed in 2 columns. Schools competing were: Mt Bryan, Hallett, Terowie (Blue & Gold Teams), Belalie North, Canowie Belt, Hundred of Whyte, Yarcowie and Willalo.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best scores were from R. Bernhardt, R. Pillar and J. Brown. R.G. Bernhardt scored the day’s only possible, over the 700 yard range.

86, 38, 28 Sep. 1954, page 8

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race from Tintinara was fast with 100% returns and was won by F. Brandt.

The Silver Spurs Square Dance Club held its 1st Birthday Ball in the Burra Town Hall on Friday last. Mayor Mr Baulderstone opened the ball and Mrs Baulderstone blew out the candle on the cake, which was then cut by the Secretary Miss Coralie Ellis, whose birthday was also on that day. The proceeds of the ball go to the Youth Travel Scheme and to wards crockery for the refreshment room at the Memorial Oval.

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 1

Burra Hospital New Nurses Quarters were opened on Friday afternoon by Mr G. Stanley Hawker MP. Mr M. de N. Lucas, on behalf of the Board, welcomed the MP. The move started 12 years ago when the late Mr C. Gebhardt left money in a bequest for the purpose. The hope was to build a new hospital, but as the cost rose to £75,000 it was decided to proceed in sections. The present new building realised about one third of the plan. Mr John Gebhardt, Chairman of the Fund-Raising Committee, said the new building and some repairs to the General Hospital had cost £10,750. Of the money raised, which attracted a £ for £ subsidy, £1,500 remains and he recommended its investment until the next stage could be realised.

Mr Hawker said an efficient hospital needed efficient staff and this required comfortable quarters for them. After declaring the building open a tour of inspection was made. Each room is painted in different pastel shades with a different coloured ceiling, and furnished to match. Red Cross ladies provided afternoon tea.

Guy Fawkes Night fireworks will again be organised by Mr R.C. Lott and he promises a better-than-ever display.

The Youth Travel Scheme. So far the district committee has 15 nominations. [They are listed.] About £200 is yet to be raised. Donations so far are £140-10-6.

Weather. Good soaking rain of 30 to 60 points fell in the district on Sunday, but although useful, much more is required. The total for the year to date is only 8.41 inches.

Burra Water Supply. Concrete Linings Ltd of Sydney are currently lining the 8 inch and 6 inch water mains, which is expected to improve the supply to the higher levels of the town.

High Octane Petrol (79) arrived in Burra over the weekend. This will give improved combustion and running, but motorists are advised to have their ignition timing adjusted.

Fire. A small fire in Terowie Railway Refreshment Rooms on Saturday night 2 October caused about £50 to £75 damage. It started in the bathroom.

‘Regular Patron’ complains of the rowdy behaviour of children in the front stalls, talking, stamping their feet, whistling and yelling. This is exasperating for other people and many prefer to stay home rather than suffer the noise from ‘the local hoodlums’.

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 October

Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr in The Prisoner of Zenda

Barry Sullivan & Arlene Dahl in No Questions Asked

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 4

Mr Gilbert Roach, who has just been made a life member of the Terowie Cricket Club, played for one of the Burra teams many years ago.

Burra Homing Club. F. Brandt won the 3rd race from Tintinara on Saturday.

Burra Rifle Club. In the 5th stage of the Baldina Trophy the bets scorers were J. Harris, V. Edwards and Tom Heinrich.

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 5

Football. Broken Hill Police Boys’ Club visited Burra last weekend. They defeated the local colts 5.7 to 2.5.

Burra Cricket Assoc. held its AGM in the Kooringa Hotel 29 September. Elected were: Patron, M.A. Radford; President, Hedley Jones and Secretary, Ross cook. Members this season will be Burra, Buffs, Koonoona and Farrell Flat.

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 6

Hallett Annual Flower Show on Saturday last was an outstanding success. It is reported in 21⁄4 columns.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Finch & J. Fisher; Secretary, Mrs R. Ellis; Treasurer, Mrs E. Steer; Captain, Miss M.V. Pearce and Vice-Captain, Mrs E. Finch. The year had been very successful with renovations to the hall and they were in a sound financial position. On 16 March the club celebrated its 25 anniversary. A successful dance was held in the Burra North Lodge Hall. Fortnightly bug afternoons were held through winter.

86, 39, 5 Oct. 1954, page 8

Eastern Districts Fire Fighting Organisation held its AGM at Koomooloo 28 September with a good attendance. A lecture was given by Mr F.L. Kerr, Director of Emergency Fire Services, on map reading as an aid to fire location. Chairman Rex C. Warnes reported no fires in the last season, good rains having turned much of the area green last summer. This year is drying out however, and fire is a real danger, especially in the south of the district. We regret losing Messrs Howard of Morgan Vale and H.L. Riggs of Bazentin, but welcome Messrs Klem Bros to Bazentin and Mr Heinrich to Morgan Vale.

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, page 1

The Burra Show on Saturday drew a record crowd. The weather was perfect. Gate takings were £206 and would have been more had passengers on the special railcar not escaped paying entrance fees. The points at the siding could not be moved and the passengers alighted some distance from the entrance gate and entered through the fence. Judges said the poultry and bird display was the finest outside the Royal Show. Sideshows were numerous, although young children missed the merry-go-round. Machinery, electrical goods and car exhibits were numerous and created much interest. Local displays of this nature were outstanding, by H.J.B. Jennison, Davies Motor Co., Burra Motor Co., Fiebig’s Service Station, E.A. Stacey Ltd and Oates Ltd.

Entries overall were about the same as for 1953.

President Mr Warnes was disappointed with the sheep entries.

Flowers were outstanding and the display much improved. ‘This reflects much credit on Mr R. Fuss who has put a lot of thought and work into this pavilion.’

The aggregate prize in that section went to Mrs H. Jennison.

The wool exhibit was much praised by the judge. Reed Bros exhibited the best fleeces in the show.

Competition in sheep was not up to the average, but the quality had been maintained.

Needlework was of a high standard.

Vegetables had some fine examples.

Arts & Crafts, Dairy Produce, Cookery & Fruit were sections where the number of entries fell.

School entries were quite good from the district schools, but were disappointing in that Burra High and Primary Schools were not represented.

Bruce Stockman won the sheaf tossing at 36 ft. Three feet better than his win last year.

Ring events were as popular as ever with 350 entries.

The Boxing Troupe of Major Wilson attracted great interest. Burra Rural Youth had an exhibit for the first time and it was truly remarkable.

The Gala Night at the Show Ground with the dance in the hall was well patronised and added £53 to the takings.

President Rex C. Warnes introduced the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. A. Christian MP who opened the show.

Burra Progress Assoc. AGM called for 6 October was a dismal failure. Attendance was so poor the meeting was adjourned to 27 October. Only eight people attended.

Booborowie School. A public meeting on 5 October considered a proposal to purchase a 16 mm talkie projector for the school. [Details in c. 11⁄3 columns.]

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have a large advertisement for the sale of ‘Willogoleche’ comprising 6,381 acres of freehold to be offered on 10 November at Hallett Institute, first as a whole and if not sold, then in 7 lots. Under instructions from the estate of Mr George S. Melrose deceased.

[Extensive details are given.]

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 October

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in Jumping Jacks

Edmond O’Brien & Yvonne de Carlo in High Vermillion

Advt. The Education Department of SA calls tenders for School Transport from Hallett to Burra Primary and High Schools.

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, pages 4, 5 & 6

Burra Show Prize List

[Personal interest: R. Fuss’s prizes in the Flower Section.

3 Anemones single 6 petals only 1st

3 Freesias 1st

6 Linarias 1st

3 Linarias 1st

12 Pansies 2nd

6 Pansies 2nd

3 Pansies 3rd

6 Ranunculi, semi or double 1st

3 Ranunculi, semi or double 2nd

3 shades Sweet Peas 2nd

6 tuberous, bulbous or rhizome Tulips 2nd

3 Violas of one shade 1st

New or rare flowering shrub 1st

Pot plant in bloom (mixed Freesias) 1st

Pot Plant (white & cream Freesias) 1st

1 Primula 2nd

Hanging Basket Plant 1st & 2nd

Pot plant(s) not specified in list 1st

Best pot plant for table 1st

Best exhibit in class F 1st]

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, page 6

Burra Golf Club. On the closing day of the season Mrs Thomas presented the trophies.

‘A’ Grade Club Champion S. Longford

‘B’ Grade Club Champion C. Davey

36 Hole Handicap S. Robinson

36 Hole Eclectic E. Wood

Holing out in 1 during competition O. Tattersall

Burra Golf Club Associates trophies presented by President Mrs R. Jeffery

‘A’ Grade Club Champion Miss M. Collins

‘B’ Grade Club Champion Mrs M. Archer

Laurel Wreath & silver spoon Miss E. Tiver

Grace M. Barker Memorial Trophy Mrs E. Jeffery

The Royal Flying Doctor Service benefited by c. £50 from a party at Koomooloo over the weekend of 2 October for Adelaide Office Staff from Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. The entertainment included a dance on Saturday evening and cricket on Sunday. Other visitors joined them from Burra.

Mr & Mrs W. Butler’s Golden Wedding celebrations are covered in a 1-column report. The couple lived at Belton in their young days and at Carrieton and Yongala, where they were married in 1904. Mr Butler had gone to Broken Hill in 1897 and worked underground in the mine and was also an engineer and electric motor driver on South Mine for several years and a motor driver for the Zinc Corporation. He left Broken Hill in 1916 for Whyalla and worked as a fireman on the B & W boilers and as condenser plant attendant and also as a switchboard attendant and engine driver in the powerhouse. He was first president of the Broken Hill sub-branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and of the Firemen’s Assoc. at Whyalla. He left Whyalla in 1922 with his family and they have since lived at Hornsdale, Booborowie, Copperhouse and Burra.

Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau Field Day was held on the subject of pasture management and is reported in 1⁄2 column.

86, 40, 12 Oct. 1954, page 7

Booborowie Football Club held its Victory Banquet on Saturday night. As Booborowie has won the premiership for three years they get to keep the Craig Shield. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Rifle Club held the Champion of Champions Shoot at the range on Monday. It was won by C.W. Edwards of Burra with 94 points from N. Solly of Clare on 93.

Burra Homing Club. The last race from Tintinara was flown on Sunday because of the Burra Show on Saturday. The exact time of release is not yet known, but the likely winner is F. Brandt.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 1

Elder, Smith & Co.’s Annual Off-Shears Sale went very well on Friday when 17, 736 of the 17,870 sheep yarded were sold.

Obituary. Dr W.E. Steven of Walkerville died on Sunday. Prior to his removal to the city several years ago he had been in Burra for about 25 years. For a number of years he was the Town Council’s Health Officer and Staff Doctor at the Burra Hospital. He was greatly respected and had the confidence of his patients and was a friend to all. He was greatly involved in the town’s tennis and golf in his younger days.

[Walter Edward Steven born 17 June 1895 Stirling West: died 17 October 1954 Walkerville North.]

Burra District Stud Sheep did well at the Perth Royal Show. Koonoona and Collinsville sheep set record prices. The top Koonoona ram sold for 2,000 guineas. Three special studs averaged £945 and the whole offering averaged £427-13-0. Collinsville’s top price was 1,700 guineas and the team average was £365-7-0. [Other sales are reported.]

Weather. Useful, but patchy rain was widespread on Sunday, with erratic falls varying from 12 points at Braemar to 120 at Old Koomooloo. Woolgangi recorded 61 points of which 50 fell in 15 minutes.

Guy Fawkes Night celebrations this year will aid Burra Institute Funds, not the Primary School as previously reported.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 2

Elder, Smith & Co. announce the clearing sale of Thomas Henry Villis, deceased, on 27 October.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 October

Clifton Webb & Barbara Stanwyck in Titanic

Louis Hayward & Patricia Medina in Lady in the Iron Mask

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 5

Adelaide Wool Sales are reported. Best district price was 1001⁄2d for G. Lines & Sons of Gum Hill. [Other district prices are printed.]

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 14-102 defeated Willalo 6-74

Kooringa 13-98 defeated Mt Bryan 7-81

‘B’ Grade Kooringa and Mt Bryan drew 10-91 each

Booborowie 12-85 defeated Hallett 8-82

The Youth Travel Fund has reached £274-1-6.

Burra Electric Supply Co. Ltd Annual Report by M.W. Bednall, Chairman.

Revenue had risen slightly, but rising cost of wages, fuel and maintenance saw profit fall substantially. The company had to employ at least five men over a 24-hour period, with holidays and sickness occasioning overtime rates. The ageing machinery made parts hard to get and very expensive. Line repairs were hard to attend to because of the constant attendance needed at the powerhouse. ETSA has made no approach in the past year on the question of supplying power to Burra. Nett profit for the year was £40 on which income tax of about £20 will be payable. There will be no dividend and consumers cannot expect any reduction in tariff. The Directors are attending to the completion of a new line as far as the hospital.

The Chairman was re-elected as a director, as was Mr F.H. Reed.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 8

Silver Spurs Square Dance Club held its AGM. Meetings were held on Mondays at 6d a night. A radiogram had been purchased and the last payment was made in June. On 26 December 1953 a dance was held in RSL Rooms. Mr Barratt resigned in January on leaving the town and was replaced by Ray Bevan. In June supper was added and the cost was raised to 1/6 and the evenings became social with square dancing. The club served afternoon tea at all home football matches. Miss C. Ellis replaced Mrs B.J. Bampton as secretary. £5 was donated to the Youth Travel Fund and £10 to the Memorial Oval Shed. Elected were: President, Ray Bevan; Vice-Presidents, J. Heinrich & W. White; Secretary, Miss C. Ellis and Treasurer, Mrs F. Scroop.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 9

Burra Rifle Club. Inter-Union Teams match at Gawler. Gawler 763 defeated Burra 753. Best Burra performance was from C.W. Edwards.

86, 41, 19 Oct. 1954, page 10

Burra Homing Club. The race from Wolseley was disappointing when only two birds homed by nightfall. P.J. Byrnes was the winner.

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 1

Burra Races. The weather was perfect on Wednesday for the six race spring meeting. Fields were fair. Four races had six starters, one had seven and one had four. The CWA ladies provided luncheon and afternoon tea. The main race was the LVA Handicap, which was won by Alardo, owned by C. Luke and ridden by B. Patching.

Weather. Further useful rains saw the agricultural areas get 17-64 points. Rain extended to the east, but few reports are yet to hand. Koomooloo got 52 points.

SAR advises that oil burning locomotives will be used on passenger services on the northern lines during the summer months.

Booborowie School’s Annual Pet Show is reported. Takings of £8-12-0 go towards the Projector Fund.

Bowls and Croquet Season opened on Saturday, but the day was marred by cold and windy conditions. President of the Assoc. J.B. Topsfield declared the greens open and Mrs H.J.B. Jennison declared the croquet greens open.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Wolseley was won by P.J. Byrnes.

Obituary. Alwyne John Pearce aged 25, late of Renmark, died in the Royal Adelaide hospital six days after a fall from a horse. He was one of the Riverland’s best known horsemen and was practising for pairs over hurdles at his home in Renmark, in company with another rider when the fall occurred. He suffered severe head and neck injuries and was transferred to Adelaide on Monday 18 October and died on Saturday 23 October. [Born Alwin John Pearce 11 July 1930: died 23 October 1954, Adelaide, residence Renmark West.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will auction ‘Willogoleche’ in the estate of the late George S. Melrose, at the Hallett Institute Wednesday 10 November, comprising 6,381 acres freehold, to be offered as a whole and then if not sold in seven lots. [Details of the seven lots are printed.]

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will auction Mullaby Station on instructions from I.E. Gare who is leaving the district. It comprises 6,360 acres freehold and will be offered in four lots at Burra RSL Hall 26 November. [Details of the four lots are given.]

Lot 1 ‘Mullaby’ 6 miles east of Burra comprising 4,000 acres

Lot 2 ‘Austins’ 400 acres 1⁄2 mile west of Burra

Lot 3 ‘Brewery’ 400 acres 1⁄4 mile east of Burra

Lot 4 ‘Rocky’ 1,560 acres 10 miles northeast of Mt Bryan

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 October

Marjorie Main & Percy Kilbride in Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Paris

Plus news and shorts.

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 4

Burra Town Council, 18 October

Mr M.W. Bednall is to be interviewed concerning a by-law for stands for street hawkers in Market Square and Best Place.

It was resolved the fee be £5 per day or part thereof with provision for a penalty not exceeding £25.

Burra Electric Supply Co. says street lights are checked regularly and asks for a list of lights that are ‘out’ with a date and position.

Approval was given for the ‘Austin’ neon sign to be moved from Mr L. Fiebig’s Garage to Mr C.N. Bushell’s Garage.

Alterations and additions to the premises of H.J. & J.B. Topsfield were approved.

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 5

Kooringa Tennis Club held a Fancy Dress Frolic in the Kooringa Methodist Hall last Friday. [Winners are listed.]

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 6

Hallett RSL Ball was held last Friday night at the RSL Hall.

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 7

Cricket. In the opening game of the season Koonoona 7 for 67 defeated Farrell Flat 57.

86, 42, 26 Oct. 1954, page 10

Tennis. 16 October ‘A’ Grade Hallett 14 sets defeated Leighton 6 sets.

Electricity Supplies

A meeting at Mt Bryan on 29th September discussed the electricity supply to that town and resolved that ETSA be asked to include Hallett in any further development in the northern areas. The work of erecting additional, aims at Terowie will begin almost immediately.

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 1

Spalding Rodeo on Saturday had a £516 gate despite rain. The ball that followed took a further £65 at the door. [Results are printed.]

Willalo will get an automatic telephone exchange, opening on 10 November. Initially 20 subscribers will be connected with two direct trunk lines to Hallett. [But see also 86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 1.]

The Burra Library Appeal raised £50-19-0.

The Booborowie School Projector Appeal has raised £136-14-11.

The Youth Travel Appeal has reached £303-6-9.

Burra Homing Club concluded the 1954 season with a race from Mt Gambier, won by F. Brandt.

Aggregates for the year: F. Brandt 92 points

P.J. Byrnes 80 points

H. Broad 71 points

Red Cross. Mrs E.G. Barratt of Burra North was presented with a Long Service Bar at Government House on 26 October marking 40 years of service with the Red Cross. She is an original member of the SA Red Cross, which was first formed in Adelaide in 1914. The presentation was by Lady George.

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best were: J. Harris, T. Heinrich and J.H. Schwier.

Gum Creek School held its Annual Pet Show on Friday 1 October. [Winners are listed.]

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 November

Spencer Tracy & Gene Tierney in Plymouth Adventure

George Murphy & Nancy Davis in Talk About a Stranger

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 7

Mokota Cricket Association, at Hallett

Leighton 189 defeated Hallett 68 on the first innings.

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 9

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed the Master Elect, Bro. E.L. McWaters on 27 October and a ball in the Town Hall followed the ceremony.

Obituary. Mr W. (Bill) Pettet aged 48 of Burra North died at Burra Hospital on 2 November after being in poor health for some time. He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Beckwith and family: Joy, Malcolm, Gloria and Anne. [William Charles Pettet died aged 50.]

86, 43, 2 Nov. 1954, page 10

Cricket. Farrell Flat v. Burra match was cancelled due to rain.

Buffs 3 for 48 defeated Koonoona 40.

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 1

Weather. A severe thunderstorm struck Burra North between 2 and 3.30 a.m. on Monday. The storm was felt in a strip from Booborowie to Burra North before continuing to the east. Burra North recorded up to 150 points while Burra recorded 80 points for the weekend. Booborowie had 109 points and Redcliffe reported nearly 200. Most local problems occurred along the small creeks running down from the old Reformatory area and at the reserve near the playground. Dick James had water and debris 2 to 3 feet high along the back of his home and his woodheap and other timber in the yard was carried away. Les Nourse lost 13 pullets drowned in the rush of water. Rex Opperman has silt about a foot deep over his garden. Mr Watts had his new pit for car maintenance filled with water and water rose to the doors of a car over it. Miss Jean Watts and her mother went to check on their animals etc. and found themselves in waist deep water in their back yard. Road and culverts near the Court House were severely damaged. Water over the Pig & Whistle Crossing was 4 to 6 feet deep and Firewood Creek also flowed strongly.

A bicycle rack for six bicycles will be placed in front of E.T. Baulderstone’s shop.

Porter’s Lagoon Project. Burra Branch of the Demobilised Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen’s Assoc. called a meeting to place conveniences and dressing and shelter sheds at the site allowed by the Burra Burra DC and they received considerable moral support. A busy bee has been called for 13 November.

Burra Town Council has called for an estimate of the cost of sealing the basketball court at the oval.

Guy Fawkes Night saw a disappointing interest in the production of Guys and only one was presented for the occasion. The fireworks display was spoiled when a spark set off a large box of the better fireworks and they exploded all together. The Institute Fund will benefit by £20 from the night.

The Youth Travel Scheme has reached £308-10-9 and a further £42 is required.

Adelaide Wool Sales in November saw a 21⁄2 to 5% drop from the previous prices and locally the top price was 90d by M.H. Tiver & Co. of Burra North. [Corrected on page 1 of the next issue to Mrs M.R. Ashton of Mt Horrocks at 913⁄4d.] [Other district prices are cited.]

Obituary. Ron I’Anson of Canowie Belt dropped dead when playing tennis last Saturday, to the shock of all concerned. He was a grand sportsman and citizen. He is survived by a wife and three young children. [Ronald Milton I’Anson born 17 May 1917 Petersburg: died 30 October 1954 Terowie, residence Canowie Belt.]

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a clearing sale at ‘Three Trees’ for I.E. Gare on Wednesday 1 December on the property two miles north of Burra on the Main Road. Details are given of cows, horses, farming plant, shearing plant, motor vehicles etc.

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 3

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell the shop premises on the corner of Morehead and Young Streets on Friday 10 December for the Misses Bentley. The property comprises shop premises and storeroom and is subject to an existing tenancy expiring on 1 October 1957.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell on 26 November the house property of H.G. & B.M. Wardle in Mt Pleasant Road, Burra, comprising one acre of land and a stone house of eight rooms etc.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 November

John Payne & William Demarest in The Blazing Forest

Ronald Reagan & Rhonda Fleming in Hong Kong

Advt. The Northern Café, under new management. Opening 11 November. F.E. Dainty, Proprietor.

Advt. Hallett Institute Fete, Saturday 13 November, to be opened by Mr N.G. Tiver at 7.45 p.m.

Items by Mavis Satchell and Clem Davey among others.

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 5

RSL sub-branch members visited Pt Pirie on Saturday. Included visits to a visiting freighter, club rooms, smelters, the trots, building projects and a chop picnic at Telowie Beach.

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the Baldina Trophy. E. Hopkins scored a possible over 600 yards and Tom Heinrich managed one over 700 yards. Best scorers for the day were E.C. Hopkins, T. Heinrich and G. Webster.

St Joseph’s held the annual Catholic Picnic at Gum Creek on Sunday. The weather was threatening at first, but perfect in the afternoon. Lehmann’s bus left Burra at 10.30 a.m. and other people came out after lunch. [Sports results are printed.]

86, 44, 9 Nov. 1954, page 8

Burra Town Council, 1 November

Council’s contribution to the Burra Hospital for 1954-55 will be £410.

A letter is to be written to Mr Richards about a property in Millerton, demanding unpaid rates and that the house be either repaired or demolished.

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 1

Hallett Strawberry Fete last Saturday took £184. The fete was opened by Noel Tiver. After about half an hour of trading business closed while concert artists provided entertainment. Clem Davey played two piano solos and Mrs Satchell sang two solos, the Youth Club performed two amusing sketches and school children sang two songs before business resumed.

Marriage. On 20 November at Rostrevor College Chapel, Magill, Mike Connors will marry Miss Aileen Young. They will afterwards live at North Booborowie.

Willalo Methodist Fete was held in the Willalo Hall on Friday 29 October. The nett returns will be about £60.

Burra Red. Cross members who will receive Long Service Medals at Government House are:

Mrs S.M. Sandland gold medal and 1 bar for 30 years’ service

Mrs Roy Jeffery gold medal and 1 bar for 26 year’s at Burra and then at Adelaide

Miss Muriel Barker gold medal and 1 bar for 30 years’ service at Burra & Adelaide

Mrs George Herbert gold medal and 1 bar for 30 year’s service at Burra

Mrs Alf Bown 20 years’ service medal, Burra

Mrs M. Ashton 20 years’ service medal, Burra

Mrs J. Kellock 20 years’ service medal, Burra

Mrs R. Crewes 20 years’ service medal, Burra

1st Class Constable Lionel Kewell of Burra has been promoted to Senior Constable.

Willogoleche was passed in at £130,000 at the sale at Hallett on Wednesday, but was sold within a few minutes at the undisclosed reserve price. The buyer was Miller’s Creek Pastoral Co., which has property in the far northwest of SA bordering on the western shores of Lake Torrens.

Birth. To Bruce & Pat Honan at Jamestown on 4 November, a son.

Farrell Flat Gymkhana on Saturday to aid the CWA raised £170.

Armistice Day (Remembrance Day) was observed in Burra on Thursday last, 11 November. Approximately 18 ex-servicemen and 8 members of the public attended the service at the War Memorial. Mr H. Griffen, RSL President, led the ex-servicemen and Rec.C. Christopher gave the address. H. Griffen laid the wreath for the RSL, W. Young laid one for the Air Force Assoc., G. Dollman for the Fathers’ Assoc and W. Knight for the Demobilised Servicemen’s Assoc.

Willalo Rural Automatic Telephone Exchange is expected to begin operations on Wednesday or Thursday this week.

Tennis. Willalo Tournament Winners:

Men’s Championship Singles D. Oswald

Ladies’ Championship Singles Mrs Smith (Georgetown)

Men’s Handicap Singles D. Oswald

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Mrs Smith

Men’s Handicap Doubles C. Lucas & E. Ashby

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles Mrs Murphy & Mrs Prior

Mixed Handicap Doubles Mr C. Lucas & Mrs Prior

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell a house and shop property in Napier St Farrell Flat for the Estate of the late A.R. Mickel. The property comprises a stone house of four rooms, and a bakery. Murray water is laid on and ETSA power connected.

Notice. Ranko Sedlarevich, of Yugoslavian nationality, gives notice he intends applying for naturalization.

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 November

Richard Widmark & Don Taylor in Destination Gobi

Richard Widmark & Joanne Dru in My Pal Gus

Electricity for Terowie. Mains are being erected. The supply comes from the SAR through the Hallett District Council.

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 4

Fodder Conservation Field Day at Hallett attracted 180 men to the property of Mr Frank Sumner on 4 November. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Rural Youth held a chop picnic at Redbanks on Wednesday. The Rural Youth Ball will be held in the Burra Show Hall 19 November.

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 5

Hanson & Gum Creek Schools held their second combined picnic at Gum Creek Station on 28 October. Games preceded lunch and then a treasure hunt was conducted for students, while the adults had lunch. Games and races followed and then ice creams and cool drinks.

Burra Rifle Club fired the second stage of the Championship, which was won by C.W. Edwards, who shot a double possible on the 600 yard range. In the handicap competition K. Spackman led, having also shot a possible on the 600 yard range.

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 6

Bowls. On Saturday Burra Gold 100 defeated Saddleworth Blue 94.

Burra Green 86 defeated Saddleworth Gold 78.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Willalo 14-97 defeated Spalding 6-83

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 16-106 defeated Kooringa 4-71

86, 45, 16 Nov. 1954, page 8

Redruth Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary on 7 & 8 November. Services were conducted by Rev. R.D. Vawser of Eudunda in the morning and afternoon and by Miss Edith Mounce of Kooringa in the evening.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 1

The Rural Youth Club Ball was held in the Burra Show Hall last Friday and was a great success, with people coming from a wide area of SA. Bruce Stockman was MC and Mayor E.T. Baulderstone opened the ball. Darrell Field’s Band played the music.

Elder, Smith & Co.’s second off-shears sale this year was held on Friday. About 18,000 sheep were sold. Approximately 34,000 sheep have been sold in their last two markets and 30,000 of them have left the district. [Results are printed.]

Booborowie WWII Honour Roll was unveiled at the Booborowie Institute on Tuesday night last. The ceremony was performed by Mrs W.J. Shattock and Mrs C.A. Bruce, who both lost sons in the conflict. The roll was delayed by the difficulty in finding the names of those who enlisted in WWI, as the roll contains the names of 130 who enlisted from Booborowie in both World Wars. It cost £85. Supper takings at the following ball are expected to bring the donations of £79 up to the total required.

Weather. Rain last weekend in the Burra area was about half an inch. Few reports from the east are yet in, but those few vary from 15 points at Koomooloo to 68 at Sampson’s Well.

Willalo Automatic Exchange. The new exchange has made every call to Hallett a trunk call, limited to 3 minutes and costing 5d. The old service used the Hallett Exchange and thus calls to Hallett were local and not limited in time, for half the cost. The two exchanges are only about seven or eight miles apart. In the Metropolitan Area local calls from a public phone can reach 20 miles for 2d.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will sell 543 acres freehold on 10 December in the Estate of the late Thomas Henry Villis.

Lot 1 94 acres ‘Copperhouse’ Section 54 Hd Kooringa.

Lot 2 62 acres 1 rood ‘Quarry’ Pt Section 4 and subject to a lease to SAR for quarrying only.

Lot 3 286 acres ‘Mine’ Part Sections 2276, 2277, 2281 & Part Block 14 of Section 1, all Hd Kooringa.

Lot 4 69 acres 2 roods ‘Fords’ Part Section1 Hd Kooringa, 2 miles east of Burra.

Lot 5 31 acres 25 perches ‘White Hut’ Pt Block 15 of Section 1, Hd Kooringa, 1⁄2 mile south of Burra on the Adelaide Road.

Lot 6 Homestead, allotments 117 & 118 Burra North, having a frontage to a bitumen road, and on which is erected a two storey stone house of five rooms and cellar, small wood & iron shed, old horse shed and yard. Electric light and town water supply connected.

[Near the Bon Accord Hotel on corner of Copperhouse St & Lake St (closed).]

Lot 7 Allotments 111 to 114 Burra North situated at the rear of Lot 6 with an old stone house (condemned) of five rooms with wood & iron shed and wood & iron room.

Lot 8 Allotments 108 to 110 and 119 to 123, Burra North, opposite Homestead. [Between Lake & Duncan Streets on Copperhouse St.] with a wood & iron shed 28 ft x 12 ft, petrol shed 15 ft x 12 ft, wood & iron shed 28 ft x 20 ft and wood & iron fowl houses 35 ft x 20 ft and 57 ft x 18 ft.

Lot 9 Portion Sections 111 & 112 with frontage to Lelant & Illogan Streets Burra North [Redruth] with four room stone house and enclosed kitchen, subject to existing tenancy.

Lot 10 Allotments 45 & 46 in The Crescent, Burra.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 November

Donald O’Connor in Francis Covers the Big Town

Ralph Richardson & Margaret Leighton in Home at Seven

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 4

A.A. Davey writes urging people to become subscribers and support the Institute Library.

Rate currently: £1 per annum of 6/- quarterly for 2 books and 2 magazines at a time.

£1-4-0 or 7/1 quarterly for 4 books and 3 magazines at a time.

The Library is open daily 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday 7.30 to 9 p.m.

He says he was appointed librarian 12 October 1903, when his father resigned through failing health, after 221⁄2 years’ service. A.A. Davey had come to assist at the library when aged 14.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 5

Cricket

Burra 5 for 174 defeated Farrell Flat 52

Koonoona 8 for 120 defeated Buffs 2 for 99.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 6

Bowls

Clare Red 105 defeated Burra Gold 100

Burra Green 107 defeated Clare Blue 86.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 7

Burra CWA held its 28th birthday on 19 November and its International Day meeting, which this year focused on Papua New Guinea. The speaker was Rev. H.K. Bartlett, who had lived there for many years.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, page 8

Booborowie School Projector Fund has closed at £184-8-11.

86, 46, 23 Nov. 1954, Supplement [A page about 3⁄4 size and confusingly numbered pages 4 & 5.]

Burra Rifle Club. Best for the day on Saturday were C.W. Edwards and V. Edwards. C.W. Edwards led both the marksman’s and handicap contests.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Willalo 11-87 defeated Booborowie 9-91

‘B’ Grade Spalding 14-104 defeated Kooringa 6-70.

Kooringa Methodist Church Guild held a Fair on the first Friday in November. It was opened by Mrs Stanley Hawker and raised £161-14-0.

Weather. Severe thunderstorms struck the district last Wednesday. In the Hallett area hailstones the size of pigeon eggs damaged fruit trees. Sudden falls of 10 points each minute saw creeks flow and dams get water. Dust Hole Creek flowed for the first time in over a year. Falls varied from 40 to over 100 points. Hallett received 109 points Wednesday and a further 51 Friday night.

The rain turned roads into bogs briefly, but they dried very quickly. Near Hallett Roger Nutt rescued six vehicles in half an hour from a slippery bit of recently regraded road. There was also trouble between Burra & Mt Bryan when the creek from Belcunda ran a foot deep over the road and restricted traffic to one lane.

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 1

Gare’s Land Sale

‘Austin’s’ sold to L.H. Thomas of Burra North for £35 per acre. (He has adjoining land.)

‘Brewery’ sold to H.J. & J.B. Topsfield of Burra for £25 per acre.

‘Rocky’ sold to A.B. & B.A. Riggs of Burra North for £10-10-0 per acre. (The have adjoining land.)

‘Mullaby’ sold to Murray Eberhard privately after being passed in at £7-5-0 per acre.

‘Three Trees’ was previously sold privately to Messrs L.W. Gare & Sons, Glenview, Hallett.

Mr I.E. Gare will now reside near Crafers, having acquired the property of Mr Charlick.

Bill Holman of the Burra Post Office has been transferred to Kilkenny. He has been in Burra for 13 years and in that time has supported the football, tennis, cricket and rifle clubs and has been secretary pf the football and tennis associations.

Cricket. Matt Carmody of Leighton took all ten of Mt Bryan’s wickets on Saturday at Leighton Oval at 10 for 102. Leighton ended by beating Mt Bryan by 30 runs.

Burra Progress Assoc. will sponsor a dance in the Town Hall on Christmas Eve. There will not be a pageant or other function. At the recent elections on 24 November H.J. Topsfield was elected Association President and there were no nominations for Secretary. Mr Ron Wickes will continue pro tem. Rumours for some time have said Burra is to get a new post office on the land next to the Billiard Saloon, with the present building remaining as the telephone exchange, but nothing has been done for some time, so the Federal Member, Mr Downer, will be asked to find out when the building is to be erected.

Burra Swimming Pool. The question has been raised at the Progress Assoc., but it would require a major effort. The Town Council has plans that were drawn up some years ago [before WWII] and has about £100 in bonds.

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 2

Advt. Peter Fox Studios will photograph at the Burra Town Hall 6 December.

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 December

Esther Williams & Victor Mature in Million Dollar Mermaid

Peter Lawford & Jane Greer in You for Me

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 4

Booborowie Strawberry Fete raised £176 on 20 November.

A new road is being constructed over the creek near Shattock’s four miles south of Hallett. A new road was built over Bell’s Crossing earlier this year.

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 5

Cricket

Burra 4 for 140 defeated Koonoona 8 for 112

Buffs 125 defeated Farrell Flat 84.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Cec. Edwards and Jim Brown scored possibles. Top scores for the handicap trophy came from W. Edwards, M. Mitchell, T. Lynch and D.H. Field.

86, 47, 30 Nov. 1954, page 6

Mr Ken McPherson, head teacher at Hallett, has been transferred to Ferryden Park.

Bowls. Burra Green 103 defeated Burra Gold 84.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Willalo 12-100 defeated Mt Bryan 8-77

Hallett 16-113 defeated Booborowie 4-63

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 17=109 defeated Kooringa 3-55

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 1

Burra & District Hospital Fete took £657, with some small amounts yet to come in. In 1953 the fete took £700. Lady McBride (the wife of Sir Philip McBride) opened the fete. [Details in c. 2 columns.]

The Willalo Telephone Exchange

Director of Posts & Telegraphs, Mr Fountain, writes pointing out that the automatic exchange is much more convenient. The charge is based on the radial distance between exchanges. He says the annual rental fee of £5-12-6 at Willalo compares with £10-17-6 (or £12-2-6 for businesses) in the Metropolitan Area, which represents a good many free telephone calls for Willalo users. Charges are uniform throughout the Commonwealth and local charges would be both illogical and unjustifiable.

Strawberry Fetes last year in the district raised about £1,700 and about the same this year.

Burra Hospital £657

Mt Bryan £275

Booborowie £176

Kooringa Methodist £161

Redruth Methodist £270

Hallett Institute £184

Adelaide Wool Sales. The top district price was 923⁄4d by A.C. & J.R. Ford of Basin Farm. Three others came in at 921⁄2d: D.E. Tiver of Hallett, J.M. Jacka & Co. of Gum Creek and L.G. Lines of Gum Hill. [Other district prices are printed.]

A Soap Box Derby organised by the Burra Air Force Assoc. to aid the Youth Travel Fund, raised £12. The Air Force Assoc. challenged the RSL, but it was the RSL which won on the machine built and driven by Mr J. Brereton. P. Williams drove for the Air Force.

Champion 14-16 years Robert Lott

Champion under 14 years Douglas Lott

Handicap 14-16 years Lorraine Brereton

Handicap under 14 years Terry Allen

Girls’ Open Noreen Moore

Decorated Pram Pauline & Marylin Hobba

Decorated Tricycle Barbary & ______ Lovegrove

Decorated Bicycle Robert Taylor

Special Prize Robert Perry

Weather. Some more light rain totalled 41 points at Burra Post Office by 9 a.m. Saturday.

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures,

Betty Hutton & Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth

Plus News & Shorts

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 3

Rev. A.S. Brown, for 15 years a missionary in New Guinea, has been the guest of Rev. C. Christopher of Burra North for a few days. He preached at Redruth on Sunday morning and at Kooringa at night and also attended a Youth Fellowship Tea.

Booborowie Tennis Ball of 26 November is reported.

Redruth Rainbow Fair organised by the Redruth Ladies’ Guild was held on 27 November. Mrs A.S. Barrett, the wife of a former circuit minister, opened the fair. An evening concert followed.

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 4

Mt Bryan Ladies’ Guild Fete raised £275 on Saturday 20 November. [About 1 column of detail.]

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 5

Burra RSL Annual Social was held last Saturday. [Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 6

Burra Cricket Assoc.

Koonoona 4 for 88 defeated Farrell Flat 67

Burra 150 defeated Buffs 69.

Bowls

Saddleworth Gold 104 defeated Burra Gold 74

Burra Green 84 defeated Saddleworth Blue 67

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church 27 November

Nancy Taylor married John Palmer.

86, 48, 7 Dec. 1954, page 7

Tennis

27 November

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 14-103 defeated Aberdeen 6-61

4 December

‘A’ Grade Hallett 14-98 defeated Kooringa 6-78

Ironmine 10-98 defeated Willalo 10-89

Leighton 12-99 defeated Booborowie 8-86

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 10-94 defeated Mt Bryan 10-86

Spalding 10-89 defeated Aberdeen 10-86.

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 1

Burra Primary School Concert & Morgan Concert Party put on a concert in the Town Hall on Wednesday night. Door takings were c. £70 and the nett profit c. £60.

[The concert is reviewed in c. 11⁄4columns.]

The Morgan Concert Party organises concerts in conjunction with other bodies for half the proceeds.

Burra Rural Youth held their Christmas Party at ‘The Gap’ the home of Miss Carolyn Warnes, on 6 December, before going into summer recess. The proceeds of c. £42 from the Rural Youth Ball have been donated to the Youth Travel Fund.

Weather. Good rains fell out east over the weekend, though they were patchy with falls of from 50 points at Woolgangi to 222 at Old Koomooloo and 191 at Oakbank.

Mr Lance Fiebig had his house partially unroofed by a strong gust of wind on Saturday. Damage to the western side of the house is estimated at £100 to £150.

Neville Butler of Elder, Smith & Co. has been transferred to Keith after about 8 months here. His replacement is Mr G. Higginson from Tailem Bend.

Ron Pascoe, an old Burra boy, is relieving Assistant Stationmaster at Terowie.

The Demobilised Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Assoc. Annual Social evening is reported. It was held at the Burra North Oddfellows’ Lodge Hall on 11 December.

T.H. Villis’s Land Sale

‘Copperhouse’ was sold to Peter Lockett of Burra.

‘Quarry’ was sold to R.J. & E.C. Gillett of Burra after being passed in at £20 per acre.

‘Fords’ was sold to Mrs M.E. Field of Burra at £12-15-0 per acre.

‘White Hut’ was sold to Mrs L.M. Carpenter of Burra North at £14-10-0 per acre.

The tenanted house at Burra North was sold to Mrs J.L. O’Brien of Burra North.

Vacant land at Burra North with sheds and fowl houses was sold to Mrs P.E. Richardson of West Croydon for £825.

Allotment with old house at Burra North was sold to G.R. Finch of Burra for £180.

Small vacant allotment at Burra North sold to M.J. Heinrich of Burra North.

The Mine Paddock and ‘Homestead’ at Burra North were both passed in, but are under offer.

The Misses Bentley Sale. The premises at Burra North were passed in at auction.

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 2

Notice. Mr Ferenc Fluck will be naturalized at Burra Town Hall on 17 December.

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 3

Tennis. 27 November

‘A’ Grade Hallett 16-113 defeated Booborowie 4-63

‘B’ Grade Hallett 18-118 defeated Kooringa 2-51

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 December

Marilyn Monroe & Joseph Cotton in Niagara

Maria Montez & Paul Christian in The Thief of Venice

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 4

Marriage. Rosary Church, Prospect, 20 November

Kathleen Barbara Aunger, second daughter of Mr & Mrs G.P. Aunger of ‘Koo-owie’, Burra, married

Allen John Munn, elder son of Mr & Mrs A.C. Munn of West Croydon.

North Booborowie Annual Christmas Tree was held 11 December.

Progress Certificates were awarded to:

Dennis Murphy, who will go to Rostrevor College

Arnold Mayfield, who will go to Urrbrae Agricultural College

Terry Brooks, who will go to Burra High School

Gillian Snell, who will go to Burra High School.

Mr W. Rucioch, Secretary of the School Committee, said the proceeds of the evening would be £20-15-0.

Burra Town Council

At the last meeting the Council voted to receive a recommendation from the Picture Committee that a small committee of five members be formed to conduct the pictures.

This would involve rescinding a motion of 25 September 1950 that set up a committee of 12 comprising the Councillors and Mayor (7), Town Clerk, 2 representatives of the Institute Committee and 2 members invited by Council.

Cr Lehmann gave notice of his intention to move to rescind the 1950 motion.

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 5

Burra Town Council resolved after inspection that the wall between the Town Hall and Dr Pitcher’s is to be repaired.

The SA Housing Trust advised that two timber-framed single unit houses will be constructed at Burra North for the SAR.

86, 49, 14 Dec. 1954, page 6

Cricket

The match Burra v. Farrell Flat was washed out.

In the match Koonoona v. Buffs, Koonoona was 1 for 106 when rain and poor light stopped play.

These were the first of the two-day games, but will now be played under the one-day ruling.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, page 1

Bitumen Road Broken Hill to Mildura

There are strong moves to seal this road and if it were to happen Adelaide would lose much trade and tourist visitors. A bitumen road from Adelaide to Broken Hill is needed if SA wishes to keep both the tourist and general trade.

Miss Ola Pearce has been transferred from Burra Primary School to St Morris Infant School. She has been at Burra for 30 years and some 900 pupils have passed through her classes. A presentation of a travelling case and travelling rug and a card table was made on behalf of pupils and staff, by the headmaster Mr Pattrick.

Dean Bernhardt caught the top of his left index finger in the power mincer at Mr Jim Waters’ bakery on Thursday night and Dr L.G. Miller amputated the damaged part at the first joint.

Buffalo Lodge Annual Christmas Tree was held at the Rotunda on Thursday night, preceded by carol singing. Father Christmas arrived on Mr E.T. Baulderstone’s gaily decorated truck. He first (Mr Ern Hawke) distributed gifts at the hospital and then at the Rotunda. 500 children received gifts. A dance followed in the RSL Hall.

Library Scholarship Winners for 1955 are listed.

Max Lockett & Judith James topped the Progress Certificate examinations at Burra Primary School.

Mr M.L. Archer of the ANZ Bank at Burra has been transferred to Pt Pirie after six years here.

Mr Ferenc Fluck was naturalized at a ceremony at the Town Hall on Friday. This was the first ceremony of this nature to be held in Burra. Mayor E.T. Baulderstone conducted the ceremony and G. Stanley Hawker MP gave an address on Australian topics.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, pages 1 & 5

Burra High School Speech Night was held in the Burra Town Hall on 14 December. The door collection amounted to £20.

Items and short plays were followed by an address from Mr C.A. Richards, Senior Inspector of High Schools.

The Headmaster presented the 42nd report of the High School.

Transfers in the year:

In February Mr Ron Walker transferred to Kapunda and was replaced by Mr Pillar.

Miss Inglis went to Nuriootpa High School to be replaced by Miss Miller.

Mrs Jeffery replaced Miss Hallewell.

Mr Pederick, the Headmaster, went to Unley High School after eight years here.

The opening enrolment of 68 was a slight decrease. Eleven left during the year as parents moved to other towns in search of better employment. Six transferred in.

It is hoped that 1955 will open with c. 80.

Last year 15 sat for Intermediate and 2 for Leaving.

They gained 11 Intermediate Certificates and 1 Leaving Certificate.

This year 11 sat for Intermediate and 4 for Leaving.

On 23 May the school visited Wayville Showgrounds to see the Queen and Burra High School had a very good position for a close-up view of the Queen and Prince Philip.

The Governor, Sir Robert George, visited the school with his aide Capt. Peter Samuels.

The High School Ball in the form of a Debutante Ball was a great success and 14 girls were presented to Mr & Mrs Stanley Hawker.

At the annual sports day on 23 April

Senior Girls’ Cup Robyn Tattersall

Senior Boys’ Cup Ian Allen

Junior Girls’ Cup Thora Allen

Junior Boys’ Cup Keith Pulford

The Mid-North High Schools Sports was an enriching experience, though Burra High did not do very well in the points scored.

Interschool sports were played against Riverton and Clare here and Eudunda away.

The school would be firmly behind any drive for a swimming pool in Burra.

Thanks go to the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. and to the High School Council for their enthusiasm and help throughout the year and to the religious instructors who gave their time each Wednesday morning.

The Senior School visited Pt Pirie.

Remembrance Day was observed in conjunction with the Burra Primary School.

15 boys sat for an examination to qualify for selection for a trip abroad under the Advertiser Youth Travel Scheme.

It would be most pleasing to see an increase in the wearing of the school uniform – especially among boys, as it adds to the tone of the school.

Mr H.J.B .Jennison distributed the prizes.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 December

Yvonne de Carlo & Rock Hudson in Scarlet Angel

Piper Laurie in No Room for the Groom

28 December

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Lost in Alaska

Edward G. Robinson & Peggy Cummins in My Daughter Joy

1 January

Leslie Caron & Mel Ferrer in Lili

Glenn Ford & Anne Vernon in Time Bomb

3 January

Fred Allen & Anne Baxter in O’Henry’s Full House

Stanley Clements & Peggy Stewart in Pride of Maryland

8 January

William Holden in Stalag 17

Robert Strauss in Prem

Fire. At c. 5 a.m. on Saturday fire broke out at the mess and shower rooms at the Terowie Tippler Plant. The Terowie EFS brought the fire under control, but the building was a total loss. Damages are estimated at £1,000. The building housed facilities for men handling the transfer of coal from Leigh Creek to Adelaide.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, page 4

Burra High School Banquet was held at the school on Wednesday afternoon.

Earthquake. On Thursday 16 December about 2 p.m. Spalding was shaken by an earthquake. Residences and the hotel were damaged. About £350 damage was done to the hotel where plaster fell from the walls. The Bank of Adelaide also suffered considerably and the roof and ceilings seem to have moved slightly. Many houses suffered cracks to walls. Lumpers at the wheat stack at Andrews leapt for safety as it quivered from the shock. At the Spalding quarry workers thought at first it was a premature blast from lately inserted explosives. The tremor was also felt at Jamestown, Gulnare, Booborowie, Andrews and Clare, but no record was noted at the seismograph in Adelaide.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, page 6

Cricket

Buffs 9 for 148 drew with Koonoona 4 for 210.

Burra 4 for 101 defeated Farrell Flat 34 & 5 for 32.

Bowls

Burra Green 100 defeated Auburn 80

Burra Gold 119 defeated Spalding 80.

Hallett School Christmas Tree was held on Thursday night and prizes were distributed. Mr McPherson received a presentation on his being moved to Ferryden Park.

86, 50, 21 Dec. 1954, page 8

Earthquake

Booborowie reported feeling the main shock at 1.55 p.m., followed by a milder tremor about 10 minutes later. In John Harris’s store groceries fell from shelves, and windows shook vigorously in the Bank of Adelaide. It was accompanied by a rumble like thunder. No damage is reported.

Burra Rifle Club held its Christmas Shoot, which was won by Gordon Webster, with Eddie Hopkins next best and then Bill Hempel. In the Ladies’ Shoot, postponed from the previous week on account of rain, Mrs Watts was the clear winner with 32 out of a possible 40, leading Mrs Broderick with 23.

Characteristics of the 1954 paper.

There was quite a reasonable coverage of local town events with good details of local meetings and Council activities. The news covered the area from Farrell Flat to Terowie.

Page 1

Devoted to news from the area mentioned above.

Page 2

Dominated by sales advertising, local government notices, church notices, advertising for pictures and other local events and activities. Some small business advertising.

Page 3

A number of larger local advertisements and a column or so of local news, but sometimes page 2 type material extends to this page.

Pages 4, 5 & 6

These tend to have large advertisements, mostly from district businesses and agencies with 1 or 2 columns of news.

Page 7

This is similar to the previous three pages but a Cash Column of small advertisements is an important component, though it is not always on the same page.

Page 8

Again this is dominated by a few large advertisements with a column or so of news. There is also a comic strip ‘Aussie’ by Goulding, notable for its stereotype representations of ‘True Blue Aussie’ rural types and of Aborigines and migrants, all quite politically incorrect 50 years later.

Numbering of issues in 1954

While there were no anomalies in the numbering of the issues in 1954, the numbering of the Volume was chaotic. The year began with:

Volume 82, Number 1 on 12 January, changing to

Volume 83, Number 6 on 16 February, and changing to

Volume 84, Number 8 on 2 March and to

Volume 85, Number 9 on 9 March and yet again to

Volume 86, Number 20 on 25 May, which then continued to

Volume 86, Number 50 on 21 December.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955

Page 2 Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

Oates Ltd Auctioneers etc.

M.W. & D.M. Bednall Solicitors

G.J. Kelly Painter (Kooringa Hotel)

E.T. Baulderstone Cash & Carry Groceries

Page 3 Advertisements

SAFU Auctioneers etc.

Carpenter’s Paint Specialists

George Price Well Boring

Matthews Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

M.T. Fuller Agent for A.C. Collins, Monumental Masons, Burra North

___________ Burra Pictures

L.L. Fiebig Ltd GMH Dealer

Page 4 Advertisements

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Carpenters, Joiners, Timber, Hardware & Paint Merchants,

Burra North

___________ Mid-North Car & Tractor Co., Agents for Austin, John Deere & Caterpillar

___________ Burra Meat Stores

Guy H. Dollman Burra Motor Co., Garage & Agent for Dodge, Plymouth & De Soto

M.T. Fuller Agent for A.C. Collins, Monumental Masons, Burra North

H.J.B. Jennison Agent for Morris Cars & Utes

Page 5 Advertisements

E. Carpenter Painter, Burra North

C.W. Knight Sub-Agent for International Harvester Co.

Davies Motor Co. Agents for Ford

Rasheed’s Commercial Hotel

C.J. Pearce & Son Cabinet Makers, Upholsterers, Funeral Directors, Glass, Commercial Street

A.L. Clode Carpenter & Builder, Burra North

Page 6 Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Merchants

D.A. Barry Garage & Modern Lubritorium, Thames St

Oates Ltd Agricultural Equipment & Supplies

Page 7 Advertisements

Kerr’s ServWel Store

H.J.B. Jennison Agent for Kelvinator

F.E. Dainty Northern Café

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Agricultural Equipment & Supplies

Bence’s Ltd Drapers & Clothiers

Page 8 Advertisements

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 1

Sheep Rustling has been reported in Hallett district, with 290 stud lambs missing, valued at £8,300. Two graziers are offering rewards. The estate of the late M.S. Hawker of Bungaree reports the loss of 200 stud lambs worth £31-10-0 each. At about the same time of year in 1953 Mr L.M. Rayner of ‘The Bluff’ Hallett lost 90 Merino lambs valued at £2,000.

Burra High School Speech Night Prizes

Dux of School Judith Wood

Intermediate Dux Keith Pulford

2nd Year Boys’ Dux Robert Bourman

2nd Year Girls’ Dux Marcia Terry

1st Year Boys’ Dux Arthur Simpson

1st Year Girls’ Dux Darelle Watson

Senior Sports Day Cup

Girls Robyn Tattersall

Boys Ian Allen

Junior Sports Day Cup

Girls Thora Allen

Boys Keith Pulford

Intermediate Certificates went to:

Anne Lucas Marie Gare Pam Bourmen

Judith Wood Lionel K. Cockrum Edmund Bag

Fire. A grass fire at North Booborowie on 6 January burnt out a strip 21⁄2 miles x 1⁄2 mile and destroyed c. 1,000 acres of feed and some fencing. Proprietors affected were: J. Davies, (‘Mundunnie’), Broad Bros and R.R. Baker.

Burra Town Hall Pictures. Following a motion in the Town Council a committee of five has replaced one of 12. Committee is now: E.T. Baulderstone, E.R. Davey, D. Halliday, H.C. Davies & J.A.S. Fisher.

Weather. Rainfall in Burra for 1954 was 12.27 inches; the lowest for 10 years. In the last eleven years the average has been 17.94 inches. Fortunately the 1954 falls were well distributed for crops.

Booborowie School held its Christmas Party with a huge tree as the centre piece. The school was much improved in 1954 with new paint and flywire doors and window screens and a new mill-head to supply water for a septic system, which is being installed over the holidays. Fifty-two children are on the roll. Electric light has been installed.

Burra Fathers’ Assoc. does not meet regularly, but has a membership of 26 and recently sent £7-10-0 for the annual Christmas appeal.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will conduct a clearing sale at Willogoleche Hallett on Wednesday 2 February on instructions from Mrs George S. Melrose and Bagot’s Executor & Trustee Co. in the estate of the late George S. Melrose. (The property has already been sold.)

Advt. Oates Ltd. will conduct a clearing sale for Miss M.V. Pearce at Burra North on 28 January.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 3

Advt. SAFU will conduct a clearing sale at Mt Pleasant Rd for S.E. Bown on 21 January.

Notice. S.E. Bown announces he will make no further wood deliveries as from this date, as he is leaving the district.

Bowls. Burra Green 99 defeated Spalding 74.

Burra Gold 106 defeated Auburn 97.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 January

Richard Widmark & Jean Peters in Pickup on South Street

Dan Dailey & Joanne Dru in The Pride of St Louis

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 4

Marriage. St Monica’s Church, Walkerville, 28 December 1954

Margaret Tohl, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs G.J. Tohl of Booborowie, married

A.M. (Johnnie) Beinke, fourth son of Mr & Mrs Phil Beinke of Booborowie.

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Leighton 16-111 defeated Kooringa 4-63.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 5

Cricket. (1st day of game)

Burra 152 v. Koonoona 1 for 74.

Buffs 72 v. Farrell Flat 71 & 1 for 9.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 6

Cricket. Booborowie Assoc. 109 v. Burra Assoc. 99

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Hallett 12 sets defeated Ironmine 8 sets.

88, 1, 11 Jan. 1955, page 8

Obituary. Mrs L.S. Penrose died at her home at Aldgate on 20 December. She was an old Burra girl, being a daughter of the late Mr & Mrs C.A. Lott and received her schooling at Burra Public School. She was an energetic worker for the Cheer-up Society in the Great War. Her husband worked for Drew & Crewes for many years. She is survived by her husband and one son, Alan (Aldgate) and one daughter, Clare Mrs Norman Jackson of Mt Gambier. Both of them are old Burra High School scholars. Another son, Ian, was lost without trace with the RAF in WWII.

[Born Henrietta Hermoine [sic] Lott 21 May 1888 Kooringa: died 20 December 1954 Aldgate.]

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 1

Obituary. J. Edgar Pearce died on Tuesday evening aged 75. He had worked to within a day or so of his death. He was born in Burra and educated at Burra School. He lived here all his life except for a few years in his youth when he went to Mount Gambier and the West Coast, before returning to Burra to start his own business as a carpenter and builder. He married Miss Maude Riggs on 8 June 1910. His main hobby was rifle shooting. He was a member of the club when it used muzzle-loading Martini-Henri rifles on the range at the cemetery flats.* He was a foundation member of the present club when it started using the .303 rifle. In over 30 years’ association with the club he was on the committee and held all offices. Some years ago he was made a life member. He was also greatly interested in football and played for the Burra Club. In later life he became a keen bowls player and won a Championship Trophy not so long ago. He was also a member of the Town Council for two terms and a director of the Burra Electric Supply Co. He was connected with the Methodist Church and a member of the choir for many years. He was head steward of the cookery section of the Burra Show for as long as anyone can remember. He leaves a wife, two brothers, Norman & Oswald and a sister, Nell, Mrs Archie Dearlove.

[*The new range came into use in 1901.]

[Born John Edgar Pearce 31 July 1879 Aberdeen SA: died 13 January 1955 Burra.]

Barry Allen, of Elder, Smith & Co., has been transferred to hawker from 25 January.

Railway Accident. The guard’s van of a goods train was derailed between Hallett and Ulooloo on Wednesday night. No great damage was done and no one was injured.

Judith Wood, who last year was head prefect at Burra High School, was given a farewell party at Booborowie last Saturday before her departure for Adelaide, where she has a job with the Bank of Adelaide.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The top price in the district for the 6th sale of the season was 89 pence, obtained by H.W. & D.M. Tiver of Flagstaff. [Other district prices are printed.]

Adelaide Hills Bushfire Relief. Mt Bryan residents have donated over £120 and 150 bales of hay and oats along with fencing materials.

Leaving Exam (1954) Results for Burra High School.

Name Number of subjects

Edward Bagg 1

Marie Gare 5

Deidre Snell 2

Judith Wood 6, with credits in Bookkeeping and Arithmetic (in which she was 3rd in the state.)

At Unley High School, Peter Samuel gained 5 subjects.

Women’s Firefighting Auxiliary held its AGM 17 December.

Elected: President, Mrs H. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. Ashton & Ashby and Secretary, Mrs A.C. Ford.

Mr & Mrs R.R. Reed (Reg.) & family will soon leave Hallett to live at Kingston S.E. For 14 years he has conducted the Hallett Motors Garage and the Hallett Electric Light Supply. The latter will be taken over by the Hallett DC. His brother, Hartley Reed, will take over the garage.

Mr W. Holman, who has been with the Postal Department in Burra for 13 years, has been transferred to Kilkenny.

Mr Brian Bloomfield, of the National Bank for the last two years, has been transferred to Whyalla, to be replaced by Mr E.S. Milne from the Hindmarsh branch. Mr Bloomfield has been connected with the golf, tennis and cricket clubs while here.

Earth tremors have continued in the Burra, Clare, Booborowie and Mintaro area. Some people felt as many as four, but others only the most severe one, which occurred at about 1.40 a.m. on Saturday. They were more severe on the east side of Burra Creek. At Burra North the home of Mrs E. Carpenter was extensively damaged, with bad cracking and a 2 ft square piece of plaster fell from a wall. Two windows were cracked.

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 2

Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant are presently touring England.

Notice. Matyas Falkai & Jolan Falkai, of Hungarian nationality, and residing at Belcunda Station, intend to become naturalised Australian citizens.

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 January

James Stewart & Joanne Dru in Thunder Bay

Ann Sheridan & John Lund in Just Across the Street

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 15 January

Beth Pearce, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W.L. Pearce of Burra, married

Fred Dean, second son of Mr & Mrs D.L. Dean of Blackwood. The couple will live at Gum Creek.

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 6

Bowls.

Burra Gold 89 defeated Clare Blue 85.

Clare white 92 defeated Burra Green 84.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best were C. Edwards, W. Hempel, J. Brown & G. Webster.

Members marked the death of J. Edgar Pearce with regret. He was a committeeman in 1900 and was made a life member several years ago.

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 7

Mt Bryan School Concert & Christmas Tree is reported in 3⁄4 column.

The Dux of School was Shirley Cockrum. [Other prize winners are listed.]

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School Christmas Party is reported.

88, 2, 18 Jan. 1955, page 8

Cricket. Conclusion of game: Koonoona 153 defeated Burra 152.

(Each side managed only one innings in the two-day game.)

Buffs 73 & 5 for 103 declared (176) defeated Farrell Flat 72 & 97 (169).

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 15-105 defeated Mt Bryan 5-57

88, 3, 25 Jan. 1955, page 1

Burra Progress Assoc. believes that Burra suffered a serious trading loss over the holiday period due to the poor state of the main road. Broken Hill traffic was the lightest for some years. It was felt that with only 60 of the 325 miles of road bituminised this road had not been treated proportionally with other main roads, such as those to Pt Pirie, Pt Augusta, Barossa Valley, or the Murray River towns.

A motion was put to get the Assoc. behind a move for a swimming pool. The National Fitness Council will be approached about a subsidy and a special meeting to consider a pool will soon be held.

Mr S. Garth Kappler, Headmaster at Mt Bryan School, has been transferred to Spalding. He will be missed as a wicketkeeper and batsman in the Mt Bryan Cricket Club.

Burra Rifle Club. In the marksman’s competition Jim Schwier leads with 26 points, ahead of C.W. Edwards with 22 and R.G. Bernhardt with 19. In the Baldina Trophy (Handicap) C.W. Edwards with 19 points leads Tom Heinrich with 16 and W.G. Edwards with 13.

Mr K. McPherson, Headmaster at Hallett, is moving to Ferryden Park High School. He will be replaced at Hallett by Mr Les. Schliebs from Willalo, while Mr Knight will move from Belalie North to Willalo.

Booborowie Pound will close, as it has been found impossible to get a pound-keeper.

Booborowie Institute held its AGM. For the past year running expenses of c. £165 exceeded income by about £5. The Project Account held £4,300 for building additions and was projected to reach £4,800 by the year’s end, with barley dividends and interest yet to come. The supper room has been delayed, waiting for specifications and to have used an architect would have added to the cost, which is already expected to be £5,000 to £6,000. Specifications are expected within a fortnight. The plans envisage two front rooms, each 12ft x 14 ft and a passage 8 ft wide, with a supper room on the north side about 38 ft x 24 ft with a new kitchen. Acting Chairman A.W. Pearce suggested another cropping project was probably the best option for raising the money required. He thought building should begin before approaching the public again. This provoked considerable discussion. A close vote approved getting the cropping plan going this season.

88, 3, 25 Jan. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 January

James Stewart & Janet Leigh in The Naked Spur

Howard Keel & Nina Foch in Fast Company

31 January

Jack Hawkins in Mandy

Don Harra in Forbidden Jungle

R.S. Norris writes urging farmers to sign up to become members of the SA Bulk Handling Company and not to let this opportunity to finance and control it pass through their fingers by inaction.

88, 3, 25 Jan. 1955, page 5

Burra Town Council, 17 January

D. Halliday is asked to attend to necessary repairs to guttering and flashing at the Town Hall.

88, 3, 25 Jan. 1955, page 6

Bowls

Clare Green 104 defeated Burra Gold 80

Burra Green 90 defeated Clare Red 78.

88, 3, 25 Jan. 1955, page 8

Tennis, 8 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 15 sets defeated Spalding 5 sets

15 January

Hallett 13-103 defeated Willalo 7-71

Kooringa 15-104 defeated Aberdeen 5-64

22 January

Aberdeen 10-93 defeated Willalo 10-73

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 1

Youth Travel Scheme. The final judging for Burra’s representative will be held on 4 February. The five semi-finalists are: Robert Bourman, Robert Lott and Allen Martin, all from Burra, and Arthur Pulford and Wayne Sibyl from Hallett. The secretary for the appeal for funds, H.J.B. Jennison, appeals again for promised donations to be sent in. The fund should have been finalised by 31 December.

Leith Pederick writes on discovering uranium. In the past ten years the Federal Government has offered large rewards for the discovery of uranium and the Mines Department in SA announced they had half a dozen Geiger counters, which could be hired out for a fee to those wishing to prospect. Competition usually meant quite a long wait to get one. A local grazier (E. Finch) who was a keen amateur geologist received a counter in July 1952 and he asked a friend who was my father, Mr H. Pederick, former headmaster of Burra High School, if he would accompany him on his explorations. He had samples from Mt Painter, which made the counter ‘talk’. We set out on a winter day to test an area about 20 miles from Burra in the direction of World’s End, but got no response. After a pleasant picnic we tried a huge collection of rocks set precariously on top of a steep gully. They were known as Wallaby Rocks and we tried them late in the day to no avail. However, on the walk back to the car over different terrain with deep gullies, we made a discovery. [Mr Finch] decided to make a final test in an old phosphate mine known as White Hill and it was there that the counter began ticking: faster and louder as we neared the cutting. It became deafening in areas where greenish-yellow rock was exposed. In the following week [Mr Finch] took two large pieces to the Mines Department and the officials there confirmed the radioactivity, but couldn’t decide on the actual mineral, saying it was worth further investigation. Later a Departmental Geologist and a visiting American Geologist came up to investigate. They decided that it was a significant deposit, which in places produced a count on the scintillometer of 800 per minute; well worth further investigation. They advised pegging a claim. Towards the end of the year a geophysicist and two geologists spent a fortnight there and presented a thick report. They said the phosphate rock contained uranium oxide at 0.3%. Unfortunately they also determined it was not very extensive, at about 25,000 tons, and not a commercial proposition. Despite a lot of further tramping over many miles and to many old mine sites, we found no other indication or uranium.

A Booborowie Younger Set is to be formed in the hope they can raise the additional income needed to cover the running costs and maintenance costs of the hall.

Mrs A. Tennant recently launched the ‘Parndana’ at Waterhuizen in Holland. It is a 350 ton vessel to replace the Kopoola on the Kingscote run.

Canopus Station, 60 miles north of Renmark, has been bought by Mr W. Snell of Copley.

Mr & Mrs Rucioch of North Booborowie were given a farewell in the North Booborowie Hall on 22 January. They are moving to Kingston SE and their property has been bought by Messrs J. & F. Sullivan.

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 February

Gregory Peck in Captain Hornblower

Alexis Smith in One Last Fling

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 3

Tennis, 29 January

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 19-119 defeated Mt Bryan 1-49

Hallett 14-100 defeated Leighton 6-77.

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 4

Cricket. (One-day Games)

Burra 0 for 140 defeated Buffs 4 for 134.

Koonoona 2 for 81 defeated Farrell Flat 63.

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle club fired the 12th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best were: J.H. Schwier, K. Spackman and W. Hempel. J. Schwier scored a double possible over 600 and 700 yards.

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 6

Cricket. Kings North from Adelaide played Burra over the holiday weekend at Burra. The match was drawn: Burra 168 and Kings North 9 for 154.

Mr & Mrs M.C. Abbott were farewelled from Terowie recently. They had carried on business in Terowie and are now going to reside at Brayville. The business had been started by the grandfather in 1880 and was taken over by his son Charles who operated it from 1921until 1938. Milton Abbott then took over. Charles Abbott was afflicted with blindness for many years, but took an active part in the business until his death in 1954. Milton Abbott was a leading tennis player and adherent of the Methodist Church, as well as a member of the Community Entertainments Committee and a past president of the Hospital Board. He was a JP for 12 years. Mrs Abbott was a leading tennis player and a great church worker.

88, 4, 1 Feb. 1955, page 7

Terowie Railway Crossing (North end of the town)

In the past 17 years there have been 26 accidents her, three of them fatalities. Following the recent death there of a Broken Hill youth on a motor cycle, the coroner, Mr M.C .Abbott, asked for an inspection of the site. It is hoped it will soon be renovated to make a better angle for road safety. In the meantime signage has been improved.

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 1

Youth Travel Scheme. At the examination in the Burra Town Hall on Friday, Wayne Sibly of Hallett [Sibley in the headline] was selected as the district’s representative to go to England. The runner-up was Keith Pulford of Hallett. The group of 60 boys from Victoria, SA and WA will leave on 11 April and travel via Suez to England and will return, leaving Tilbury on 28 June and arriving home on 1 August.

Willogoleche Clearing Sale of last Wednesday is reported.

Hallett Institute’s AGM for 1954 is reported in 1 column of detail.

Accident. Otto S.G. Hodges of Aldgate received concussion, shock and abrasions when his utility overturned near Bell’s Crossing south of Hallett on 29 January.

Mrs Walter Pearce of Burra will be 89 on 12 February.

W. (Bill) Holman & Oscar Bauer were farewelled at the RSL last Friday night.

Intermediate Examination Results

Burra High School

Name No. of Subjects Other comments

Ian Allen 6 No English

Joe Fillmore 7

Alan Martin 7

David McBride 7

Trevor Pietsch 2

Keith Pulford 8 Credits in double Maths

Donald Reed 9 Credit in Geography

Carletta Simpson 8 Credit in Arithmetic

Alan White 3

Keith Woodman 6

Nuriootpa High School

Barry McElroy 8 Credit in Physics

Pt Pirie High School

Peter Goodridge 8 Credits in double Maths and Woodwork

Mt St Joseph’s Jun.

Mary Hogan 5

Mercedes College

Helen Fisher 3

Judith Jenner 8 Credits in English & Chemistry

St Peter’s Girls College

Carolyn Dearlove 9 Credits in English, double Maths, Physics, History & Geography

Walford College

Rosalie Kellock 1

Private Study

Josie Jennison 1

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 2

Notice Under the Real Property Act 1886-1945

Title by Possession will be granted unless a caveat is lodged within two months to Emma Dorothy Reed over portion of allotments 11 & 47 Section 2071 Hundred of Kooringa laid out as Hampton.

[A similar notice is given for allotments 31 & 40.]

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 February

June Haver in Girl Next Door

Joseph Cotten in Steel Trap

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 4

Cricket. Burra (wrongly labelled Farrell Flat) 3 for 102 v. Farrell Flat 50.

Buffs 196 v. Koonoona.

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 6

Bowls

Burra Green 95 defeated Saddleworth Gold 87

Saddleworth Blue 103 defeated Burra Gold 89.

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 7

Mr & Mrs B.H. Henriks of Booborowie celebrated their golden wedding on 30 January at the home of their eldest son, Norman, at Clare. They have lived practically all their lives on their property ‘Maeno’ North Booborowie.

88, 5, 8 Feb. 1955, page 8

Tennis, 29 January

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 15-107 defeated Leighton 5-64

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 11-89 defeated Booborowie 9-87

88, 6, 15 Feb. 1955, page 1

Burra Primary School started 1955 with an intake of 39 from the town and district. The new students are listed.

Obituary. John Parker of Chapel St, Burra, died at Burra Hospital on 22 January aged 86. He leaves a wife and daughter, Mrs J. Collins of Leighton. He was born at Wildotta in 1869 and in 1890 he and Miss Hannah Irlam were the first to be married in the World’s End Church. The couple then went to live at Emu Downs before moving to Murkaby and later Baldina, where Mr Parker engaged in dam sinking, wool carting and contracting. In 1922 they came to live in Burra where Mr Parker was Overseer for the Burra District Council for 16 years, after which he retired. He took a keen interest in the Burra Show and for a number of years was head steward of the cattle section.

[John James Parker born 23 August 1868 Burra Creek: died 22 January 1955 Burra.]

Accident. Anne Lovegrove aged 2, daughter of Mr & Mrs John Lovegrove, broke her arm when she fell off the balcony at ‘Wahroonga’ Leighton on Tuesday last. She is progressing satisfactorily.

A.R. Downer MP writes that following representations to the Director of Posts & Telegraphs calls between the new Willalo automatic exchange and Hallett will be charged at 21⁄2d instead of the present trunk line charge of 5d for three minutes. Subscribers will be credited with the extra amount charged from the opening of the new exchange.

The 7th Adelaide Wool Sales for the season saw Eric Mitchell of Mintaro get top district price of 91d. [Other local district prices are listed.]

Weather: Storms

Four separate and severe rainstorms affected the World’s End area last Friday and Saturday and some parts received up to 5 inches for the week. Damage to fences and roads was considerable. Severe storms were experienced widely in the east, but Burra recorded only 99 points for the week, with most of it on Wednesday when 65 points fell.

Even with this much rain, follow-up falls will be needed or the new feed will burn off. Much of the potential grass seed blew away on Black Sunday 2 January.

Most dams in the east are now full and some were even destroyed when walls gave way. At ‘Studholme’ the flats were covered in swift-flowing water from one to two miles wide. The creek in this area running into Gordon’s Lagoon was in places 8 ft over the banks and the lagoon, about 17 miles from Burra, is filled to capacity, with water a foot deep over the roadway. It has never been known to fill so quickly or to be covered to such an extent. Where the Burra Creek crosses the Burra-Robertstown Road it ran 8-9 ft deep. The later falls came down the already strongly-flowing creek in a wall 4 ft high.

A.G. Heinrich and Rex Warnes at ‘The Gap’ both reported 3 inches for the week. The rains were extensive, but the heavy falls were localised. Many falls were in the 30-60 points range, but:

Oakbank 257 for the week

Oak Vale 208

Morgan Vale 200

Narkunda 400

Mallett 100

Gum Creek 150

As we go to press we are getting reports of torrential rain on Sunday in the Mt Bryan area. At about 4.30 p.m. a squall struck and 2 inches fell in 45 minutes. Dust Hole Creek came down in a real flood, but the fall was very localised, with places a mile away recording only 46 points.

88, 6, 15 Feb. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 February

Donald O’Connors & Janet Leigh in Walking My Baby Back Home

Plus Terror in the Jungle

G.S. Hawker MP writes advising that he and his wife are going to England during the Parliamentary recess and in his absence concerns of constituents should be addressed to the Hon. Sir A.L. McEwin MLC.

Weather. Rain has continued after the weekend storms and it is raining still as we go to press at 2.30 p.m. Tuesday

World’s End 112 points today

Hallett 49 points to 8.30 a.m. and 55 since

Mt Bryan East 90 points and still raining

Burra 79 points Monday to 9 a.m. Tuesday and 70 since.

Hallett Bowling Green was declared open on Saturday 5 February. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Cricket. At Jamestown, Jamestown 197 defeated Burra 77 and won the cup permanently, having won it previously twice to Burra’s once.

In other matches Koonoona scored 4 for 66 in its second innings, but rain prevented play in the Burra v. Farrell Flat game on Saturday.

88, 6, 15 Feb. 1955, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship and best for the day were: M. Mitchell, K. Heinrich and J.H. Schwier. Overall R.G. Bernhardt and J.H. Schwier share the lead with 263, followed by J. Harris and K. Heinrich on 262 and J. Brown with 261.

In the handicap section R. Bernhardt, J. Harris and K. Heinrich are all on 285, followed by Jim Brown 284.

88, 6, 15 Feb. 1955, page 5

Burra Institute Library AGM

Secretary W.R. Pattrick presented his report. The financial position has been helped by donations, Guy Fawkes display, books etc. from Mr & Mrs A. Tennant and Mrs J. Fisher’s three months’ honorary service at night through the winter months. The lack of interest displayed by subscribers at the AGM is disappointing. Attendance averages 11 out of 150 over the last 5 or 6 years. An appeal for funds a few months ago brought in £55. A Guy Fawkes function organised by R.C .Lott, assisted by Messrs P. & J. Carpenter and M. Pritchard raised £18-18-0. Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant donated books and magazines as well as financial assistance. When the librarian was ill in the winter the wife of the President, Mrs J. Fisher, took over his evening duties for about three months, without cost to the Institute. At the beginning of the year there were 140 adult subscribers

30 juveniles

30 scholarship holders

1 life member

201

The year ends in credit £63-13-8.

Some months ago the Treasurer J.F. Rowe was transferred to Pt Pirie. Mr J. Topsfield took on the task and Mr J. Watson was elected to fill the committee vacancy.

Burra Town Council, 7 February

It was resolved after inspection to grade a footpath and cycle track on the west side of Smelts Road from M.T. Fuller’s to the top of the hill.

Re A.S. Richards. Cr W. Carpenter moved that action be taken under the Local Government Act re the demolition of a house at Burra North.

Cr Carpenter reported on a property owned by A.S. Tillett at the corner of Kingston St & Bridge Terrace.

A. Sara resigned as an auditor for the Council due to ill health.

Cr Carpenter moved that Mr Aldam be requested to clear debris from his property at the corner of Kingston St and Smelts Road.

It was resolved to appoint a committee of three to investigate matters ‘pertaining to the improvement of the property contained in that known as the Town Hall.’

Bowls, Saturday

Clare blue 115 defeated Burra Green 83

Burra Gold defeated Clare Red 73.

88, 6, 15 Feb. 1955, page 8

Burra Racing Club. The next meeting will be held 30 March and will offer £620 in stake money and trophies. There will be a program of 7 races.

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, page 1

Weather

The recent rains have been the best for feed and water for 40 years in the Eastern Pastoral Country according to some station owners. All the water catchments in the area have been filled and the rains have also soaked in well. Oakbank received 4 inches and Canegrass 3 inches. P.J. Thomas of Ramara had a total of 740 points in eight days: 21⁄2 points more than for the whole of 1954. Mt Bryan east area has received up to 41⁄2 inches. Typical falls in the 36 hours to 9 a.m. Wednesday 16 February were between 150 and 200 points. Examples:

Woolgangi 147

Koomooloo 174

Quondong 185

Braemar 207

The Gums 150

Glenora 200

Booborowie School Welfare Club AGM is reported.

Mushrooms are plentiful after the rains.

Burra Serv-Wel Store. Mr & Mrs R.H. Sandercock of Adelaide have recently bought the store from D.P. Kerr, who took over from A.P. Rogers and has been in Burra for nearly 11 years. The transfer takes effect from 28 February.

Burra Institute Library, election of officers:

President, J.A. Fisher; Vice-President, E.T. Baulderstone; Treasurer, J.B. Topsfield and Secretary, W.R. Pattrick.

Burra Post Office

Burra Progress Assoc. enquired some time ago asking if and when the Director of Posts and Telegraphs intended to erect a new Post Office in Burra. The Department purchased a block of land near the Billiard Saloon some time ago and this would be an ideal site. The Department has now said that the inadequacies of the existing building and the need for a new one are well known, but the higher priority of other building projects and lack of funds has precluded any start. The project is on the 1955-56 program, but could possibly be delayed till the 1956-57 financial year.

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, pages 1 & 5

Burra RSL AGM

Elected: President, H. Bert Cornelius; Secretary, Bob Spackman and Vice-Presidents, C.E. Beckwith & R.C. Lott.

Retiring President Howard Griffen reported on a year of interest. The Royal Tour saw a large number on members attend the parade of ex-servicemen in Adelaide and others went to country towns included in the tour. The Governor was entertained on his visit to Burra. The Anzac Day service was conducted by the Ministers’ Fraternal and the Marananga Band led the march and played at the service. Remembrance Day was observed at the Memorial and there were addresses at Burra High and Primary Schools. There was also a service in Air Force Week. The Fancy Dress Ball was generously supported and the Annual Smoke Social was well attended. A combined Christmas Party with the Air Force Assoc. was very well organised and successful. Several successful badge days were run. We continue to support two Legacy Wards. Tree planting continues with trees donated by Mr R. Murray and they are being watered and fenced. Five office-bearers were farewelled during the year. The Ladies’ Auxiliary has continued to give valued support. The Burra Record is thanked for its publicity.

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, page 2

Notice. The General Store of Messrs B.E. & E.B. Olsen will finally close at 11.30 a.m. Saturday 26 February 1955. The business has been bought by Messrs J. Beaglehole & Son. [Mt Bryan]

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, page 3

Birth. At Burra Hospital on 18 February to Joan & Peter Williams, a son, Russell Peter.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 February

Stanley Holloway in The Titfield Thunderbolt

Anne Crawford & Peggy Cummins in Street Corner

Bowls. Burra Gold 102 defeated Burra Green 85.

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, page 6

Vandalism at Mt Bryan East on 17 February.

John Quinn’s Fordson tractor was moved, the oil drained and dirt and grass put into the fuel tanks and other minor damage was done. Insulators were shot from the main 20 ft telephone pole on the branch line to Messrs George Lomman and Les Thomas’s and the pole then pushed over, breaking the line. The Collinsville line and party line to Rol Dare’s was also put out of action for a time. The best part of a packet of 50 22 bore bullets was shot through the sides of the shelter shed erected for the convenience of children waiting for the school bus by Messrs G. Lomman & Rol Dare. Police are investigating.

Cricket.

The heading says Burra v. Koonoona, but the results are for Burra & Farrell Flat. The results are also rather jumbled, but probably say Burra 6 for 203 v. Koonoona 5 for 31.

Koonoona is favoured over Farrell Flat because the next game listed reports Buffs 139 v. Farrell Flat.

S. Mullen has been appointed head teacher at Mt Bryan.

J. Beaglehole & Son will take over the General Store at Mt Bryan from B.E. & E.B. Olsen on 1 March. Mr & Mrs Baxter Olsen and daughter will go to Adelaide. Mr & Mrs Jim Beaglehole and two children have left Mt Bryan and gone to Seaton Park. It is understood Jim will conduct a business near the city.

88, 7, 22 Feb. 1955, page 7

Marriage. Rostrevor College Chapel last Saturday

Frank Cousins, second son of Mr & Mrs Pat Cousins, married

Betty Dewhirst, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Ron Dewhirst of Boboorowie.

Frank is the winner of the Mail Medals for 1953 & 1954 and Captain of the Booborowie Football Team. It is understood he will live in future at Spalding and if he is available to play for that team in the coming season it will be a great gain by the Blue & Whites.

88, 8, 1 Mar. 1955, page 1

St Patrick’s Dance at the Oddfellows’ Hall Burra North last Friday drew 120.

Spalding & District War Memorial was opened by the State President of the RSL Mr A.J. Lee on Saturday 19 February, when 300-400 people attended. It cost c. £5,000 and takes the form of a set of gates, a building, a playground and a bowling green. The building is of Mt Gambier stone and comprises an RSL Club Room, CWA Rest Room, Kitchen and Bowlers’ Club Room. It is opposite the District Hall on the main street. The green has seven rinks.

Burra Rifle club sent a team to the Dean Range at Pt Adelaide for the Country Teams’ Championship. Port Pirie took the title.

Accident. A car driven by Robert R. Brooks, student of Woodville, overturned near the south crossing at Hallett on Friday night 25 February. Mr Malcolm G, Baillie of Kensington Gardens was a passenger. Mr Brooks suffered shock, concussion and abrasions.

N. Hiles Pearce writes in memory of the late J.J. Parker. He appreciated Mr Parker’s help as a salaried officer of the Burra DC for the 15 years that Mr Pearce was Chairman. Mr Parker was, he says, a kind and generous man and Pearce well remembers the excellent midday meals he so often shared with the family on Council days. He was truly one to whom the hackneyed phrase, ‘one of nature’s gentlemen’ could aptly be applied.

88, 8, 1 Mar. 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Talkies, 5 March

Cary Grant & Betsy Drake in Room for One More

Errol Flynn & Patrice Wymore in Rocky Mountain

Cricket

Koonoona 91 & 7 for 68 v. Burra 6 for 203

Farrell Flat 53 & 51 v Buffs 139

88, 8, 1 Mar. 1955, page 3

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 12-99 defeated Spalding 8-81

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 15-107 defeated Kooringa 5-71

Demobilised SS & A Assoc. AGM elected President, M.J. Heinrich; Vice-Presidents, C.W. Knight & E.L. Heinrich and Secretary & Treasurer, A.C. Heinrich.

88, 8, 1 Mar. 1955, page 5

Marriage. St Mary’s Church, Pt Adelaide, 12 February

Mary Fitzgerald, daughter of Mr & Mrs D. Fitzgerald of Hallett, married

John Telford, son of the late Mr & Mrs Telford of Peterborough.

88, 8, 1 Mar. 1955, page 8

Burra Town Council, 21 February

A.S. Richards is to be given one month to respond with a definite answer concerning the house at Burra North.

M.W. Bednall requested the Council to resolve that the Council will hold and forever stand possessed of the lands in Certificate of Title Vol. 1009 Folios 106 & 107 and Vol. 1006 Folio 77 for the purpose of a public cemetery. Passed.

A.L. Clode was granted permission to erect a house in St Just St.

A.L. Clode was granted permission to erect a house for B.L. Hirschausen in St Just St.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 1 CHECK CHANGE OF VOLUME NUMBER

Weather. Good follow-up rains continued through the whole district last Thursday and Friday. Steady rain over two days was particularly useful to the east. There the falls varied considerably, but 40-70 points were commonly reported. Old Koomooloo recorded 100, Kia-Ora 126, Braemar 138, Ketchowla 116, but Koomooloo got only 21, Redcliffe 35 and Oakbank 28. Falls in the agricultural areas were more consistently between 40 and 65 points. Burra reported 45 and Booborowie 74 points.

Mid North Local Government Assoc. held its half-yearly meeting at Angaston on Thursday 3 March and rounded it off with a visit to Penrice Quarry.

Mr Oscar Bauer was given a farewell at the Kooringa Hotel on Friday night before he left to live in Adelaide. His hosts Mr & Mrs Jones made a presentation of an ash tray. J. Fisher & J. Allen spoke and Jack Sorrell on behalf of the RSL remarked on Mr Bauer’s work as a committeeman of the branch.

Aberdeen Croquet Club held a dance in the Oddfellows’ Hall at Burra North on Friday. They netted £12-10-0.

The 6th Annual Stud Sale of Poll Shorthorn & Shorthorn Cattle was held at ‘Old Canowie’ Hallett on 3 March. Prices ranged from 140 to 325 guineas.

Rural Youth. The Zone Final Quiz for a trip to Sydney was held at Gladstone on Tuesday. Dean Dennis from Crystal Brook won the boys’ section and Avis Stockman, President of the Burra Club won the girls’ section. She now faces selection of one from the five zones.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. 2 March will hold a clearing sale at ‘Westbury’ 6 miles northwest of Burra on instructions from A.R. Simmons, who is relinquishing farming and leaving the district.

[Extensive details are given.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. 17 March will conduct a clearing sale at Mt Bryan on instructions from D.W. Morrison who is leaving the district. Farming plant, etc.

Advt. Robertstown War Memorial Community Centre Building Foundation Stone will be laid on Friday 11 March at 2 p.m. by Mr Glen Hawkes. A Grand Ball at night in the Robertstown Hall.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 3

Cricket

Burra 7 for 105 v. Buffs 60

Farrell Flat 64 v. Koonoona 5 for 70

Spalding Bowlers’ Club Room was opened on 3 March following its recent handing over by the Spalding & District War Memorial Committee.

Hallett School has had to close temporarily, due to the illness of the head teacher Mr Les. Schliebs, who recently injured his back. He has been granted a fortnight’s sick leave. The school has been closed since 2 March as no relieving teacher was available.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 4

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM on 1 March, marking the completion of 17 years of activity. Elected: President, Mrs E.T. Baulderstone; Vice Presidents, Mesdames R.C. Lott & D. Fisher; Secretary, Mrs C. Phillips; Assistant Secretary, Mrs J .Pietsch and Treasurer, Mrs R. Wickes. In 1954 the voluntary contribution scheme raised £40. The School Ball in May was a great success and was greatly helped by the Mannequin Parade organised by Mr A. Bence. This swelled funds to a further £250-4-3. This was spent on playground equipment.

A plan is being worked on with the District Council and the headmaster to level part of the old saleyards. Plans are also in hand to build a bike shed and a luncheon shed. Money is on hand for both. Various items of equipment were purchased through the year for the school. The Club also assisted in raising funds (£16-7-9) for the youth tour. Two of the oldest teachers left during the year: Mr T.G. Corry and Miss V. Pearce. A Christmas Party was held for students.

The balance in the bank is £168-18-6.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 5

The Combined Schools Sports this year will be held at Leighton and will be convened by the Hanson and Gum Creek Schools on 21 April. The competing schools will be: Washpool, St Joseph’s Convent, Willalo, North Booborowie, Booborowie, Hilltown, Gum Creek, Hanson and Spalding.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the Baldina Trophy. The best scorers were A. Heinrich, M. Mitchell & J.H. Schwier. On Sunday Auburn visited and Auburn 772 defeated Burra 756.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 March

Frederic March & Terry Moore in Man on a Tightrope

Dan Dailey & Anne Bancroft in The Kid from Left Field

Bowls.

Burra Gold 110 defeated Saddleworth 86

Saddleworth Blue 100 defeated Burra Green 77.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 7

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton16-109 defeated Booborowie 4-61

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-98 defeated Spalding 7-71.

83, 9, 8 Mar. 1955, page 8

Mt Bryan School Welfare Club reports a successful year in a 3⁄4 column report of its AGM.

83, 10, 15 Mar. 1955, page 1

Annual Hallett Tennis Tournament was played last week. [Results are printed.]

James (Jim) Chynoweth, an old Burra identity, turned 89 on 11 March. He left Burra many years ago and now lives with his daughter Mrs Exelby at Galway Gardens. Mrs Wicklein of Burra is his younger sister.

George Morgan of Burra recently shot a Teal Duck on a dam about 30 miles east of Burra and found a leg ring that subsequently showed it had been banded at Lara in Victoria on 30 April 1953.

Obituary. Thomas Winter, co-licensee with his wife of the Kingston Arms Hotel at Mt Bryan, died suddenly on Friday evening, 11 March, aged 56. He had taken ill on the previous night. He originally came from Wellington and has held hotel licences at Hoyleton, Manoora & Sellicks Hill. He is survived by a widow and eight children; the two youngest girls are at Mt Bryan School.

[Born 13 March 1899 Nalpa near Langhorne’s Creek.]

Hanson-Black Springs Road. A start has been made on forming the road from Hanson past Porter’s Lagoon to the main road at Black Springs Corner. It will be practically a straight run except for a slight curve near the Lagoon. It is hoped it will be bituminised during the next financial year.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Baldina Trophy with best results from D.H. Field, K. Phillips & M. Stockman. On the day possibles were scored by D.H. Field at 600 yards and by A.G. Heinrich and K. Phillips at 500 yards.

Football. At a meeting last Friday night at Booborowie a Junior Football Club was formed. President, G. Tohl; Chairman, Ron Dewhirst; Secretary, Richard Freer; Captain, Dean Pearce and Vice-Captain, Ken Bruce.

Hallett Methodist Church held its Harvest Festival last Sunday. Rev. E.C. Nicholls took the service.

Hallett School has re-opened with Mrs C.G. Lucas stepping in as temporary head teacher. She had been an assistant at the school prior to her marriage to Mr Cliff. Lucas. Mr Schliebs is expected to be in the Terowie District Hospital for about two weeks.

Ray Brown (who works at GMH) appeared on Australia’s Amateur Hour. He is the son of Mr & Mrs M.S. Brown of Burra. The show was broadcast last Thursday night from Norwood Town Hall. He sang one of Slim Dusty’s songs: To Live, To Love, To Die.

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM last Tuesday. Few except the committeemen attended. President Rex Warnes presented his report which was adopted. Mr T.G. Perry has replaced Mr E.S. Williams as secretary, due to the latter’s ill health. The next show will be on 8 October 1955. Elected were: President, Rex Warnes; Patron, Hon. Sir Philip McBride; Vice-Presidents, Messrs W.H. Lloyd & B.A. Riggs.

83, 10, 15 Mar. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 March

Donald O’Connor in Francis Goes to West Point

Jeff Chandler & Scott Brady in Yankee Buccaneer

Cricket

Koonoona defeated Farrell Flat and will now challenge Burra for the Premiership.

Koonoona 7 for 156 defeated Farrell Flat 64 & 35.

In the other match Burra 133 & 1 for 62 defeated Buffs 60 & 7 for 132 declared.

Leading batsmen for the season:

Name Innings Not Outs Highest Score Total Average

S. Kellaway 5 4 78 216 216

R. Broad 10 4 90 366 61

Wilden 11 2 71 327 36.3

Leading Bowlers

Name Wickets Runs Average

Duhring 17 157 9.2

S. Kellaway 15 143 9.5

V. Kellaway 26 274 10.5

Burra High School visited Clare high School on Friday

Boys’ Tennis: Clare 8 sets defeated Burra 1 set.

Boys’ Cricket: In a time limited game Burra 3 for 65 defeated Clare 8 for 56.

Girls’ Tennis: Burra won the doubles & in singles Clare 3 matches defeated Burra 1 match.

Girls’ Softball: Burra 29 defeated Clare 7.

83, 10, 15 Mar. 1955, page 4

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 16-109 defeated Kooringa 4-53

‘B’ Grade Booborowie forfeited to Aberdeen.

83, 10, 15 Mar. 1955, page 5

SA Methodist Conference

Rev. C. Christopher has been moved to Risden Park, Pt Pirie.

Rev. R.D. Vawser of Eudunda goes to Broken Hill.

Rev. C.L.H. Pitman of Gladstone, formerly a Redruth minister, goes to Broken Hill.

Rev. H.A. Rawlins goes to Eudunda.

The new Burra-Redruth minister will be Rev. D. Haydon.

Rev. Martin has been re-appointed to Kooringa.

Rev. & Mrs Brian Ashdown, who were at Burra for a year, will work in the Island [sic: Inland] Mission Department with headquarters at Meekatharra.

83, 10, 15 Mar. 1955, page 6

Bowls

Clare White 100 defeated Burra Gold 89

Clare Green 97 defeated Burra Green 91.

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 1

Mt Bryan School will hold its annual picnic on 25 March, when they will go to Fisherman’s Bay.

The Annual St Patrick’s Day Dance was successfully held in the Burra Town Hall on Friday last.

Robertstown DC is repairing its section of the Burra-Morgan Road.

The Lord Mayor’s NSW Floods Relief Fund has reached £86-2-6.

Mt Bryan School. The school oval was opened recently by Mr A.L. Collins in the unavoidable absence of Mr Lew Gare. The land had been donated by Mr Lew Gare and the cricket pitch and a cricket set was donated by Mr Collins. Busy bees erected the gates, fencing and posts. Mr W. Muller, the Head Teacher, thanked Mr Collins and Mr Gare for their generosity. Mr Bryan and Booborowie Schools played a game of cricket in the afternoon.

Cricket. At the weekend, at a cricket match being played at Mt Bryan, Peter Drew of Leighton was running late so he flew from Leighton and landed in the paddock adjoining the ground.

Booborowie 137 & 3 for 209 defeated Leighton 78. [Scores p.3.]

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 2

Notice. R. Garrard advises that from 13 March the price of milk will be 81⁄2d per pint.

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 3

Cricket. At Booborowie Burra Assoc. defeated Booborowie by two runs in a time-limited game.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 & 26 March

Jack Hawkins & Donald Sinden in The Cruel Sea

Plus The Royal Visit to New Zealand

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 March

Tenders are to be called for the erection of a convenience. [Probably at the Town Hall cottage.]

The Secretary of the Institute Library wrote pointing out the difficulties of maintaining the library and suggesting a mid-week picture show.

The bridge near the bowling green is to be repaired.

A letter is to be sent to Sir A.L. McEwin asking if advice could be given of the progress of plans to connect Burra with electric power from ETSA mains.

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 5

Burra Burra Show Inc.

The President’s Report

The annual show on 9 October was held in perfect weather and drew a big crowd. It was followed by a well-attended Gala Night. The show was opened by The Hon. A.W. Christian, Minister of Agriculture. A notable improvement in the flower pavilion was the installation of permanent tables by the show’s staunch supporter Mr R. Fuss, who gave generously of his time. F.M. Pearce & Son painted the ceiling of the luncheon room, free of charge, and the Rural Youth Club painted the walls. Entries were down slightly, but quality was good. Bird entries were up with no less than 720, of which 329 were pigeons. ‘Horses in Action’ was well supported. Industrial exhibits were numerous, but sheep entries were disappointing in numbers. During the year Mr H.L. Foote resigned as Secretary and was replaced by Mr E.S. Williams, who helped see through a successful show before being forced to resign in December due to ill health. Mr T.G. Perry was appointed in his place. The death of active supporters is always unfortunate and this year we record the passing of Messrs Edgar Pearce, W. Pettet, H. Thompson and J. Parker. The membership stands at a gratifying 300. Financially we have reduced the debit balance from £112 to £19.

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 6

The Burra Hospital Board is concerned at the desperate shortage of trained staff: a state-wide problem. An appeal is made for part-time help from anyone in the community who is trained in nursing.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th (postponed) stage of the Baldina Trophy on Saturday, when best scorers were W. Corner, D.H. Field, T. Heinrich and W. Edwards.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 16-108 defeated Mt Bryan 4-63

Willalo drew with Hallett 10-87 each.

Aberdeen 11-98 defeated Kooringa 9-78

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-101 defeated Ironmine 7-51

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 7

Bowls

RESULTS UNREADABLE

83, 11, 22 Mar. 1955, page 8

Burra Primary School Committee Annual Meeting

The Chairman, Mr M.G. Stockman, reported on a very successful year. The energetic work of the Welfare Club greatly assisted. The year saw the installation of the broadcast receiving set. A sand pit was constructed and quite a lot of playground equipment was obtained. The yard has been top dressed and partly bituminised. A contract has been let for a new fence on the eastern side and we should soon see a new bike shed, luncheon room and cricket pitch. Many young trees are thriving. The Governor, Sir Robert George, visited during the year.

83, 12, 29 Mar. 1955, page 1

Tennis Semi-Finals

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 12-94 defeated Aberdeen 8-79.

Accident. A truck driven by Brian G. Oates of Burra rolled onto its side on the Hallett-Mt Bryan Road at Bogey Flat. Oscar J. Oates was a passenger, but both he and the driver escaped injury.

Constable E.C. (Charlie) Hopkins, who comes from Burra, has been promoted to Constable First Class. He is the son of Mr & Mrs Ed Hopkins of Burra and is in the Criminal Investigation Branch, after serving a number of years as a plain Clothes Constable at Whyalla. His brother, Ron, is also in the police force in Traffic Branch.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its annual meeting on 9 March. Elected: President, Mrs Martin; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Baulderstone & Barrett; Secretary, Mrs L. Prior; Assistant Secretary, Mrs J. Barbary and Treasurer, Mrs A. Bown.

Mr & Mrs F. Lewis of the bakery in Hallett are leaving for a holiday in England. Mr Lewis came to Australia about 46 years ago and Mrs Lewis about 42 years ago. Mr & Mrs Bob Slatter will go with them. Mr Slatter came to Australia about 22 years ago and is a PMG linesman. Messrs Alf & Arthur Lewis will carry on the business in their parents’ absence.

Electricity Supply at Hallett

Both engines at the Power Station have failed and at present power is being generated from a David Brown tractor lent by Roger Nutt. The tractor’s pulley wheel has been attached to the generator and power is supplied between 10 a.m. & noon and between 5.30 p.m. & 10 p.m. daily.

J. Carpenter writes thanking Burra for the success of ‘our’ badge day, which raised £70-1-9.

[J. Carpenter worked for TPI Servicemen.]

Golf. It is a number of years since golf has been played at Hallett. Last year a couple of enthusiasts pertly cleared the links and made good use of them. Despite their disuse the links are in quite good order and could easily be put into playing order. It is expected a meeting will soon be called on this subject.

Wayne Sibly, Burra’s representative in the Youth Travel Scheme, will be given a farewell at Burra High School at 3.30 p.m. on 4 April.

Burra High School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its annual meeting. The Association had £155-14-9 in the bank on 1 March 1954. During the year equipment was bought for the school including gramophone records for typing, library books and an electric saw. A debutante ball was held and negotiations are underway with the Education Department for the purchase of a radiogram. The bank balance is now £117-6-1.

Gum Creek School Committee held its annual meeting on 14 March. Elected: President, G. Gask; Secretary, F. Arnold and Treasurer, Mr McDonald. Mr & Mrs Kleinig retired from the committee after many years, to be replaced by B. Scholz and F. Goodridge. [Details in about 3⁄4 column.]

83, 12, 29 Mar. 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from W.G. Kemble of Clarence Park [?] will sell on 15 April his property about 10 miles east of Burra, comprising sections 139, 142 & 143 Hundred of Baldina. (Perpetual Lease)

83, 12, 29 Mar. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 April

Errol Flynn & Ruth Roman in Maru Maru

Steve Cochran & Ray Teal in The Lion and the Horse

Bowls. Auburn 100 defeated Burra Gold 99.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 10-96 defeated Leighton 10-86

Spalding 12-96 defeated Willalo 8-69.

Mr & Mrs Alf McWaters are today celebrating their golden wedding.

83, 12, 29 Mar. 1955, page 6

Burra North Post Office will in future be closed on public holidays. Letters will be sorted to private boxes on days when letter delivery is normal.

Burra Post Office will open on public holidays 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. except Easter Saturday and Boxing Day when it will open 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Burra Rifle Club

REPORT UNREADABLE

83, 12, 29 Mar. 1955, page 7

Wayne Sibly was wished well for his overseas trip by Rev. G. Armstrong at the service on Sunday morning. A farewell will be held at Mrs T. Richards’ on 1 April and on 4 April the Hallett DC will tender a public farewell at the Hallett Institute. The whole contingent of travellers will meet at the Advertiser office on 5 April at 1.30 p.m. and leave by the Melbourne Express at 7 p.m.

Weather. Further good rains fell to the east in the last week. Falls were erratic, ranging from 4 points at Pine valley to 192 at Oakleigh.

Good Friday Tennis is opposed by Revs. L.R. Lenthall, C. Christopher, M. Martin & Gowan Armstrong, who write a long letter protesting the organisation of a tennis tournament on Good Friday. They do not imagine their protest will stop the event, but hope it will provoke thought in responsible people about their religious obligations at this season.

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 1

Burra Race Club held a very successful meeting last Wednesday. Gate receipts were £172; weather was perfect and there was good racing. The track was in excellent condition except for the new section on the northern side, but that will be remedied. The main race was the Squatter’s Handicap, won by Chesson. Mr G.R. Jesser who trains and races Chesson accepted the trophy. The jockey was W. Pyres. [Other results are printed.]

Mr Les Schliebs has resumed duty as head teacher at Hallett.

Rev. C. Christopher preached his farewell sermon at Redruth Methodist Church on 3 April and a gathering afterwards in the Memorial Hall wished him and his family well. A well-filled wallet of notes was presented. Rev. Christopher moves to Risdon Park.

Football. Burra Football Club met on Friday and appointed E.S. Milne as President, with D.H. Day as Secretary.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, Saturday.

Ellen Reed, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Jim Reed of Hallett, married ‘Alf’ Taylor.

Tennis. Preliminary Final.

‘A’ Grade Leighton 14-108 defeated Spalding 6-64 and so will meet Hallett in the Grand Final.

Bowls

In the Champion of Champions Tournament played at Burra on Saturday J. Goodenough of Clare defeated R. Harris of Burra in the singles final. Auburn won the Rinks Tournament.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 15th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best scores were from T. Heinrich, J. Brown & R. Bernhardt. Tom Heinrich leads overall and in the marksman’s contest J.H. Schwier is in the lead.

CWA ladies made £120 profit from the Burra Races luncheon and afternoon tea.

Obituary. Miss Elsie May Reeves aged about 50 was found drowned in a dam at Farrell Flat yesterday morning. She had been living with Mrs Jane Klem as a companion for a number of years.

[Born 19 November 1901 McLaren Vale: died 3 April 1955 Farrell Flat.]

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 2

Obituary. Sarah Matilda Mutton, formerly Mrs J. Nickles, late of Burra, died at her residence in Henley Beach on 27 March aged 70. She was the mother of Ellen, Ron, Dorrie and Lester.

[Born Sarah Matilda Mutton 26 November 1884 Copperhouse and married John Stanley Nickles in 1905. He died 14 January 1942 and she subsequently married Frederick Mutton who died in 1948 aged 82.]

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 3

Burra War Memorial Oval is looking better than ever at present. It has been cleared of all litter, rubbish, unwanted grass and horehound, and the shrubs are in good shape. The new afternoon tea shed is being painted today. Mr W. Wilksch has done an excellent job in bringing it up to scratch.

Burra Primary School held its first picnic for 15 years on 25 March, when the Welfare Club organised an outing to Gum Creek. [There was a series of sporting events in the afternoon for which results are printed.]

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 19 March. (Rev. O. Thiele.)

Ruth Kleinig, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs B.H. Kleinig of Hanson, married Norman Schutz, eldest son of Mr & Mrs H. Schutz of Morgan.

Burra Town Council

The swing bridge opposite the Town Hall has been closed pending advice on repairs.

A.S. Richards was granted an extension of time to enable him to arrange the disposal of the property at Burra North.

A further letter will be sent to A.S. Tillett re the property on the corner of Kingston St and Bridge Terrace.

Young St Footbridge will be inspected.

The old trough in Market Square is to be removed.

A letter will be written to the Burra North Police re ranking of vehicles in Merthyr St.

[Merthyr St was probably not open at this time, so the reference is most likely to be to Helen Terrace.]

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 5

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its AGM. The Secretary Mrs Jennison reported a membership of 48 in 1954 with a busy and financially satisfactory year. Details of the year’s activities are given in c. 11⁄2 columns.

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 6

Booborowie Football Club held its AGM, which is reported in c. 1⁄2 column. Elected: Chairmen, Frank Sullivan; Secretary, B. Dinham; Captain, Ray Affolter; Vice-Captain, Ron Thompson; Coach, K. Brooks; Assistant Coach, C. Treloar and Patron, Mrs Newton Collins.

Cricket

Burra Cricket Association Premiership

In a match played over four days Koonoona defeated Burra by 7 runs. [Actual scores are not given.]

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 7

Bowls. How the teams in the Mid Northern Bowling Association finished the 1954-55 Season:

Team Points

Clare White 25

Clare Green 24

Clare Red 22

Burra Green 21

Auburn 19

Saddleworth Blue 19

Burra Gold 18

Saddleworth Gold 14

Clare Blue 14

Spalding 4

83, 13, 5 Apr. 1955, page 8

Burra Rural Youth will enter a float in this year’s Grand Parade at the Royal Adelaide Show.

E.M. Crew of Mt Bryan CWA writes saying that the CWA is arranging a Pioneers day on 19 April and calling for any historical information people could contribute about early settlers or Aboriginal people who occupied the area before them.

84, 14, 12 Apr. 1955, page 1 CHECK CHANGE OF VOLUME NUMBER

The Burra District Council has applied for £19,250 to upgrade main roads. It wishes to bring the Burra Mt Bryan Road to 1st class, repair the Farrell Flat to Booborowie Road from the Flat to the Stone Wall and repair the Burra to Black springs Road. They also wish to re-form the Burra to Booborowie Road.

Slag Heap

Locks were recently removed from the Slag Paddock. They will be replaced. The slag is available only to the District Council, the corporation and sporting bodies.

Tennis. The ‘B’ Grade Final

Spalding 16-108 defeated Booborowie 4-58.

Booborowie School has been improved in the past 12 months with a new film projector, installation of electric light and a new septic system. Elected to School Committee were President, Mr Roy Harris; Vice-President, Mr E. Landorf and Secretary, Mr Cooker.

Booborowie Institute is presently being converted to ETSA supply.

Hallett has had its normal electricity supply restored.

Marriage. Laura Methodist Church Easter Saturday.

Barry Prior, eldest son of Mr & Mrs A. Prior, married

Cynthia Hollitt, only daughter of Mr & Mrs E.J. Hollitt.

Barry is a Hallett footballer and was club secretary for the 1953-54 season.

Football. Burra Football Club held its annual meeting at the Burra Hotel 1 April. Elected: President, E.S. Milne; Secretary, D. Dayman and Patron, H. Jones.

Mr & Mrs G.S. Hawker spent Easter in Spain and are enjoying a three week motor tour of England and will visit Scandinavia before returning.

Hallett has been unable to field a basketball team for the 1955 season.

Booborowie Institute, which has been supported by a scheme of donated land for cropping, will this year benefit from about 150 acres offered by ‘Anama’, of which nearly 100 acres is deemed arable. Volunteers will be called to work the land, from which it is hoped to raise £1,000 towards the new building. The project has in hand c. £4,300 and this addition should make it possible to build the new supper room, kitchen and cloak rooms, free from debt. Miss Rosemary Pearce has resigned as librarian and it is hoped that Mrs Basil Billing, in whose home the library is located, will consent to accept the position.

84, 14, 12 Apr. 1955, page 2

Advt. The Stage Shoe ‘The Sloggetts’ comprising 25 sensational Circus & Pantomime Acts.

Burra Town Hall 18 April.

Notice. Burra Burra District Council: Councillors retiring by the effluxion of time:

Hanson Ward M. de N. Lucas

Baldina Ward E.L. McWaters

Mt Bryan Ward T.D.J. Beckwith

Booborowie Ward W.J. Shattock

Nominations close 13 May with elections on 2 July if required.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 April

Tony Curtis in All American

Rock Hudson in Back to God’s Country

84, 14, 12 Apr. 1955, page 3

Mrs E.E. Byles of Burra is 80 today.

84, 14, 12 Apr. 1955, page 5

Colin Nankivell of the Burra Post Office staff is relieving at Hallett at present.

Burra Town Council, 4 April

A Highways Department engineer will be asked to make a report on the two swing bridges in Young St and opposite the Town Hall.

Officers retiring on 1 Saturday in July by the effluxion of time:

Mayor E.T. Baulderstone

Councillors E.J. Lehmann, L. White and J.B. Topsfield.

Nominations close 13 May.

84, 14, 12 Apr. 1955, page 6

Tennis: Burra Easter Tournament

Handicap Mixed Doubles B. Doc & Miss M. Terry

Men’s Handicap Singles R. Robinson (on a forfeit)

Men’s Handicap Doubles D. Oswald & R. Pickering

Men’s Championship Doubles R. Pickering & D. Oswald

Men’s Championship Singles D. Oswald

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Miss Joan Nelson

Ladies Handicap Doubles Misses M. Terry & J. Pickering

Ladies Championship Singles Miss Meryl Nelson (on a forfeit)

Ladies’ Championship Doubles Miss M. & J. Nelson

Junior Girls Miss J. Pickering

Junior Boys R. Baum

Hallett Football Club at its annual meeting on 5 April elected: President, Jim Murphy; Secretary, L. Schliebs; Treasurer, B. Brooks and Patron, Glen Williams.

Accident. Mrs D. McInnes was injured when the sedan in which she was a passenger rolled over about three quarters of a mile from Farrell Flat. The driver was Mr D. Mazar of Terowie and Mrs Mazar and Mr D. McInnes were also passengers, but they were all unhurt.

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 1

F. Bevan, manager of Braemar Station, has been appointed a JP.

Booborowie Basketball Club held its AGM on Sunday and elected Captain, Rita Cousins; Vice-Captain, Jacie Freer and Secretary, Heather Hogan.

Burra Rifle Club participated in the final stage of No. 4 District Rifle Clubs’ Union Shoot at Clare over double 600 yards. Burra 680, Clare 630 and Auburn 614.

‘A Mother’ asks whether the school bus could pick up Burra North children at Sara’s Corner and Watts’ during the winter months to save them a mile or more’s walk.

Mr Les Schliebs, the head teacher at Hallett, has had a relapse and is once again in the Terowie Hospital.

Burra North Red Cross held a street stall in March and took £20.

Obituary. Mr E.A. (Ted) Beckwith died at the Burra Hospital on Easter Sunday aged 81. He was born at Mt Bryan and was the son of the late John & Elizabeth Beckwith. In 1907 he married Miss Harriet Ann Dixon and went to live at Belalie North, where the couple made their first home. He took up farming there and later at Canowie until his enlistment in the First World War. After a severe illness in the army Mr Beckwith and his wife came to live in Burra where he became a contractor and dam sinker. This took him all over the northern and eastern parts of the state. He continued this work till 1930 when he left Burra to take up farming once more at Kangaroo Flat. In 1942 he retired to Burra where he remained till his death. He is survived by his wife, who is at present in a City Hospital and by two foster children: Mrs Moreland of Loveday and Mrs Stone of Gawler.

[Page 2 adds to the above, saying that they lived in East Street and that he was an uncle and foster father to Dulcie, Mrs Moreland and Joyce, Mrs Stone. Dulcie Patricia McDonald and Joyce Lorraine McDonald were the daughters of E.A. Beckwith’s youngest sister, Ethel Beatrice Florence Maud, who died in 1923 about two and a half years after the death of her husband William McDonald.

Edward Arthur Alfred Beckwith born 16 July 1873 Ulooloo: died 10 April 1955 Burra.]

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 April

Chips Rafferty & Ilma Adey in King of the Coral Sea

Peggy Cummins & Terence Morgan in Always a Bride

25 April

Jeff Chandler in East of Sumatra

Tom Ewell in Back at the Front

From 4 May pictures will screen on Wednesdays as well:

4 May

Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr & Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity

Lon McAllister & Wanda Henry in Montana Territory

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 4

Booborowie Younger Set has formed a club to assist in supporting the Booborowie Institute and at the same time improve local entertainment.

Wayne Sibly’s farewells as the district’s representative in the Advertiser’s Youth Travel Scheme are reported in 2⁄3 column. Farewells were tendered by Hallett District Council and the Burra High School Council.

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 5

Methodist Youth from the Mid North attended a camp at Burra over the Easter Weekend. The camp Chaplain was Rev. R.J. Nixon of Saddleworth. Each morning was devoted to study groups dealing with Easter-related subjects. Afternoons were occupied by social activities.

Friday: Visits were made to the Burra Mine, Burra North Waterworks, Aboriginal Rock Carvings at Stone Chimney Creek and Mongolata gold mines.

Saturday: A chop picnic and sports were held at World’s End Gorge.

Sunday: Dramatised Bible stories were staged for the benefit of Sunday school children.

Monday: A tennis tournament was played.

Evening entertainments included a sacred concert at Redruth and a social in the Kooringa Methodist Hall. The service was at Redruth on Sunday morning and in the evening it was at Kooringa.

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 6

Tennis. The Premiership

‘A’ Grade Hallett 14-95 defeated Leighton 6-81 at Willalo.

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-90 defeated Hallett 9-88 at Booborowie.

Bowls. At Burra: Burra 138 defeated Blyth 107.

84, 15, 19 Apr. 1955, page 8

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 26 March

Ellen Reed, daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Reed of Hallett, married

Gordon Taylor, youngest son of Mr & Mrs Taylor of Adelaide.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 1

Burra Golf Club held its annual meeting and elected President, Lindsay Thomas; Vice-Presidents, Messrs John Gebhardt & Lindsay Halliday and Treasurer, Clem Davey, who was also made a life member. Messrs Elder, Smith & Co. and Mr Ray Gillett offer the use of their paddocks again and the club is planning a further four holes to complete an 18-hole course.

The Very Rev. Dr B. Gallagher, Catholic Bishop of Pt Pirie, opened a new classroom at the Spalding St Joseph’s Convent on Sunday 17 April.

Burra Town Hall

Parking in front of the hall will be banned from 6 p.m. to midnight on Wednesdays & Saturday s to allow the bus to load and unload passengers.

Burra Town Hall. Parking in front of the Hall will be banned from 6 p.m. to midnight on Wednesdays and Saturdays to allow the bus to load and unload passengers.

Burra Town Hall Pictures Committee has arranged to show pictures on Wednesday as well as on Saturday and Public Holidays.

Burra Electricity. The Chief Secretary advises that ETSA is currently considering the question of supplying Burra and discussions with the Burra Electric supply Co. have taken place regarding the purchase of their distribution system in the town.

‘Just Passing Through’ writes regarding some unfavourable comments heard circulating concerning the nurses at the Burra Hospital. As a frequent visitor to both the hospital and nurses’ quarters the writer praises the work of the nurses and their love and devotion to duty displayed in the care of the elderly. Burra needs to ‘treat their nurses with respect and stop being so narrow minded.’

Anzac Services at Booborowie and Spalding are reported.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, pages 1 & 5

Burra Anzac Commemoration Service

The Marananga Band led the march on 24 April when approximately 50 returned men marched, led by Burra RSL President H.R. Cornelius and President of the Air Force Assoc. Burra Branch Mr John Riggs and the President of the Demobilised Soldiers Assoc. Mr C.W. Knight. The service at the Memorial was led by Rev. Martin of the Kooringa Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Hayden from Redruth Methodist Church and Rev. Lenthall of St Mary’s Anglican Church, who gave the address. [The address is printed.] The annual Church Parade of ex-service personnel was held in the Kooringa Methodist Church at 7 p.m. and was well attended. In the afternoon members of the band were entertained at the RSL Clubrooms. On arrival the band played at the Burra Hospital.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 3

Thefts. During the week three business premises were broken into in Burra and goods and money were stolen. Failed attempts at entry were reported from two other shops. Mr Smith of Paxton Square noticed signs of attempted entry at Ken. Murphy’s Tobacconist at 8.15 a.m. on Monday and investigations showed Jennison’s Tyre Service, Davies’ Motor Garage and Water’s Café had all been entered and an attempt had been made at W.E.D. Young’s office. The proprietors of each business were absent at the time of the attempts.

Fire. The Austin neon sign at Mid-North Car & Tractor Co. went up in smoke at 6.50 p.m. Friday evening. Constables Kewell & Barbary were on hand when it happened and Len Bourman of Burra Electric Supply was passing and he quickly removed the fuses so that all was under control by the time the brigade responded to the siren. Numerous people turned out to see where the fire was.

Bowls. At Hallett, Burra 121 defeated Hallett 62.

Burra Progress Assoc. will add a sandpit and seats to the Burra Playground.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 April

Kathryn Grayson & Gordon McCrae in The Desert Song

Gloria Swanson & James Warren in Three for Bedroom C.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 4

Advertiser Youth Travel Scheme

A full column article details the beginning of the group’s journey, taking them from Adelaide to Melbourne, where they boarded the Oronsay for the trip to Perth.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best shots were W. Hempel, C. Edwards & W. Watts.

Canopus Picnic Day raised more than £200 for the Flying Doctor Service. There was a cricket match and a dance in the evening. At cricket Renmark 118 defeated Outback Stations 91. The present owner of Canopus, Mr & Mrs Colin McClure, were given a farewell, having sold to Mr & Mrs W. Snell of Copley, who were welcomed.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 7

Basketball. With the withdrawal of Hallett and Mt Bryan teams from the North-East Basketball Assoc. Burra has decided to form a team to be known as the Burra Rovers. The other Burra Team is the Methodist Comrades’ Team. Captain of Rovers is Miss Joan Williams. Vice-Captain is Miss D. Broderick and the secretary is Miss C. Ellis. Other teams in the association are Leighton, Spalding, Terowie and Booborowie.

84, 16, 26 Apr. 1955, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA held a Pioneer Day on 19 April when papers from old pioneers were read. One paper came from Mr G.W. Williams of Ascot Park, whose mother Mrs J. Trelease, lived at Burra and Mt Bryan 92 years ago. Another was written by the late John Honan over 20 years ago, about life at Mt Bryan when he was a boy of 12. Unanswered questions of the afternoon were:

What came out of the two shafts at the back of Cartapo?

Where was the gold mine one mile north-east of the railway station?

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 1

Booborowie Institute. A public meeting recently discussed the building plans and the new land offered for cropping. The meeting unanimously voted in favour of the proposed additions. The plans are for two new cloakrooms each 20 ft x 14 ft, a supper room 25 ft x 35 ft and a kitchen 25 ft x 10 ft. The ladies asked for the kitchen to be 25 ft x 12 ft to better accommodate an electric copper with a canopy, a pie warmer and an additional urn. It was also resolved that septic conveniences be included. Final plans will now be prepared for the tendering process. [The rest of the article (about 1⁄2 column) deals with the arrangements for using the 100 acres made available for cropping.]

Hallett DC has now purchased the Power Supply at Hallett. This was previously run by Mr R.R. Reed, now of Kingston. It will continue to run the generator until ETSA power is available.

Mr James Judd has been sent to relieve at Hallett School in the absence of Mr Schliebs.

Accident. A car driven by Mr Macey of Adelaide overturned on Saturday on loose gravel about 13 miles south of Burra on the Black Springs Road. The driver and one passenger escaped injury.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 26 defeated Burra Rovers 25

Leighton 20 defeated Booborowie 2

Terowie 11 defeated Spalding 10.

Booborowie Football Club will install showers at a cost of about £200 including a 60 gallon hot water system.

Burra Cricket Assoc. held an end of season social at the RSL Hall on Saturday night.

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 May

From Here to Eternity

Montana Territory

7 May

Jeffrey Hunter & Michael Rennie in Sailor of the King

Betty Grable in Farmer Takes a Wife

11 May

Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck in Roman Holliday

Plus Shorts

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 3

Bowls. At Robertstown on Saturday, Burra 96 defeated Robertstown 74.

Cricket. Mokota Assoc.

Booborowie defeated Mt Bryan outright in the final.

Mt Bryan looked like it had a good chance of winning, but failed by 7 runs.

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 4

Burra High School Sports Day is reported with results. It was held on the Memorial Oval on 29 April on a rather cold and windy day.

Cup Winners:

Senior Girls’ Deidre Snell

Junior Girls’ Brenda Richards

Senior Boys’ A. Martin

Junior Boys’ T. Brookes

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best were W. Hempel, W. Corner and J.H. Schwier. For the trophy Tom Heinrich leads with 30 points, ahead of C.W. Edwards on 25. In the Marksman’s Contest J.H. Schwier has a 12 points lead.

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 5

The Advertiser Youth Travel Scheme. News traces the young travellers from Perth to Colombo, Aden and Pt Said, which was reached on 30 April.

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School on 23 April. The Misses Margaret Jefferies & Margaret Edwards were given a farewell. The former has been transferred to Nuriootpa Primary School and the latter goes to Teachers’ Training College. Keith Woodman was also given a small gift, as he has left the district. At the same social three old church members were given presentations in recognition of many years of faithful service:

Mrs Phillips: a member since the Town Church opened over 40 years ago.

Mr & Mrs G. Goodridge who had a long connection with the Old Church as well as with the Town Church.

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 6

Football. Terowie 18.22 defeated Spalding 3.10.

Booborowie 15.15 defeated Leighton 2.8.

Burra 13.11 defeated Hallett 11.15.

84, 17, 3 May 1955, page 8

The Combined Schools Sports were held at Leighton Oval on 21 April. [The occasion is reported and the results are printed.] It was opened by Hon. Sir Walter Duncan MLC. Twenty years ago, when the competition started, there were three schools and this year there were nine: Washpool, St Joseph’s Convent, Willalo, North Booborowie, Booborowie, Hilltown, Gum Creek, Hanson and Spalding.

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 1

Burra Rovers Basketball Club held a Bad taste Dance at the Oddfellows’ Hall at Burra North.

Hans Schultz’s utility was stolen from Terowie and recovered, undamaged, from Hallett.

CWA Playground & Autumn Fair was opened at Booborowie. The Ladies’ Club had transferred £194 to the CWA, which had then completed the task of equipping the playground. Mr Richard Hawker opened the fair.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th and final stage of the Championship on Saturday over 800 & 900 yards. Jock Bernhardt & C. Edwards each dropped only one point to score 99 each. Jock scored a possible at 800 yards and Cec. Edwards one at 900 yards. Dick Pillar and Bert Scholz both scored possibles at 800 yards. Overall R.G. Bernhardt won the Club Championship and in the Handicap Championship R. Bernhardt & K. Heinrich tied.

Cricket. Mokota Carnival Cricket Team won the Country Cricket Carnival for the third time in three years. Eighty cricketers attended a Carnival Dinner at Spalding on Wednesday night.

[Details of the event and presentations made are printed in 3⁄4 column.]

Ken Bruce, who works on North Bungaree, sustained concussion when thrown from his horse on Tuesday. He is recovering.

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 May

Roman Holiday

Plus Shorts

14 May

Jeff Chandler & Maureen O’Hara in War Arrow

Nigel Patrick & Valerie Hobson in The Changing of the Guard

18 May

Rock Hudson & Donna Reed in Gun Fury

Plus Bamboo Prison

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 3

Basketball, Saturday

Burra Rovers 28 defeated Terowie 8

Leighton drew with Burra Comrades 20 each

Spalding 27 defeated Booborowie 26.

Burra Badminton Assoc. held its annual meeting on 5 May.

Elected: Patron, W. Carpenter; President, S. Scroop and Secretary & Treasurer, P. Murphy.

Burra Golf Season was opened by the club President L.H. Thomas on Saturday. He declared the new 18-hole course open for play.

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 5

RSL Cricket Match. Booborowie 178 defeated Burra 143.

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 30 April

Patricia Fahey, fourth daughter of Mr & Mrs T.J. Fahey of Willalo, married

Patrick Maloney, son of Mr & Mrs J.T. Maloney of Mookra.

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 6

Football

Booborowie 16.17 defeated Spalding 10.8

Booborowie Colts 2.2 defeated Leighton Colts 0.5

Burra 14.8 defeated Leighton 7.4

Hallett 17.16 defeated Terowie 7.16

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 7

Mid-North High School Sports were held 6 May. Balaklava, Burra, Clare, Riverton and Kapunda competed. It rained heavily in the morning and the start was delayed till 12.30. Clare was the eventual winner.

84, 18, 10 May 1955, page 8

Basketball. A new bitumen basketball court was opened [WHERE ?] by Mr W.J. Shattock. Most of the £280 cost had been raised by the efforts of Mr W.J. Shattock and Mr Ron Dewhirst.

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 1

Burra Bowling Club. Closing of the season. Prize winners were:

Championship R. Harris CHECK

Consistency D. Jacka

Singles Handicap Hedley Pearce

Night Pairs L. Hood & C.L. Phillips

Championship Pairs L. Hood & N. Binks-Williams

Spoons Tournament J. Lloyd & A.S. Barrett

Burra Town Council Elections

The Mayor and all retiring Councillors were re-elected unopposed.

Burra Burra DC Elections

All retiring Councillors were re-elected unopposed except for the Booborowie Ward where there were two nominations: Mr [W.J.] Shattock

Mr D.T. Wedding

An election for Booborowie Ward will take place 2 July.

Farrell Flat RSL held its annual ball on Friday night. It was very successful.

Mr Jefferies of the National Bank in Burra is moving to Kellerberin WA and Mr Reg. Barty comes from Jamestown to replace him. Mr Jefferies has been in Burra for seven months.

Sister Marjory Dare, daughter of Mr & Mrs C.W. Dare of Mt Bryan East, came fifth in the state in the recent Midwifery Examinations held in Adelaide. She was educated at Burra High School, did general training at Memorial Hospital and did some months training at Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in Melbourne before returning to the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital in Adelaide to complete her course.

Miss Mary Birks has been farewelled from Booborowie Primary School on resigning to marry Mr Gil. Shattock.

P.H. Quirke MP has opened a new schoolroom at Spalding Primary School.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 33 defeated Booborowie 13

Leighton 22 defeated Terowie 16

Burra Rovers 28 defeated Spalding 21

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer on 20 May on instructions from E.J. & M.T. Ryan:

Allotments 186, 187 & 189 Township of Millerton, in Chapman St, including a partly constructed cement, brick and stone house of six rooms and a bathroom. Wood & iron laundry, etc.

Notice. A public meeting is called to discuss improvements to the Town Hall supper arrangements.

Notice. Burra Town Council Elections: all nominees re-elected unopposed.

Mayor: Edward Thomas Baulderstone

North Ward: Leslie White

East Ward: John Bremmer Topsfield

West Ward: Edwin Julius Lehmann

Notice. Burra Burra DC Elections.

Hanson Ward: M. de N. Lucas elected unopposed

Baldina Ward: E.L. McWaters elected unopposed

Mt Bryan Ward: T.D.J. Beckwith elected unopposed

Booborowie Ward: W.J. Shattock

D.T. Wedding

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 May

Dinah Sheridan & John Gregson in Genevieve

Patricia Roc & Anthony Steel in Something Money Can’t Buy

25 May

Leo Genn & Don Taylor in The Girls of Pleasure Island

Ronald Reagan & Rhonda Fleming in Tropic Zone

Burra Comrades Basketball Club ran a Children’s Fancy Dress Frolic at the Burra Town Hall on Friday 6 May and raised £14-10-0 towards the cost of the new basketball court at the War Memorial Oval. [Winners are listed.]

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 4

Mid-North High Schools’ Sports Day. Results are printed.

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 5

Burra Town Council, 2 May

Highways & Local government Department District Engineer, Mr Coburn, will inspect the swing bridges when next in Burra.

The Badminton Club was given the use of the Town Hall.

The Deputy Crown Solicitor advises that the land where the Burra Post Office is located was compulsorily acquired by the Commonwealth Government on 14 April 1955.

The Savings Bank of SA advises that a loan of £1,100 can be taken out by the Council under Section 424 (1) IV of the Local Government Act. It was resolved to negotiate for a loan of £1,500 on the security of a special rate of 4d in the £.

Rural Youth held a Mock Wedding in the Show Hall on 9 May. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 6

Football

Booborowie 13.14 defeated Burra 7.6

Leighton 12.16 defeated Terowie 10.12

Booborowie Colts 1.1 defeated Burra Colts 0.3

Hallett defeated Spalding.

84, 19, 17 May 1955, page 7

Weather. There was a fairly heavy fall of snow between 11 and 11.30 a.m. this morning in Burra. It was preceded by a heavy fall of hail. The snow lay inches deep in gutters etc. It soon melted when the sun came out. A heavy fall was also reported from Mt Bryan, with a light fall at Hallett.

Rainfalls to 9 a.m. Tuesday in the agricultural areas were generally in the range 40 to 70 points.

84, 20, 24 May 1955, page 1

Basketball

Spalding 20 defeated Burra Comrades 17

Booborowie 27 defeated Terowie 15

Burra Rovers 16 defeated Leighton 9

Mr Jim Isaac, a son of Mr Jim Isaac formerly of the E & WS Department in Burra, is returning to Adelaide after 23 years abroad. Mr Isaac Jnr was born in Broken Hill and received his primary schooling at Burra before being apprenticed to Perry Engineering at Mile End. At 21 he went to sea as 4th engineer and after 15 years became Resident Engineer for an English engineering firm, bit ill health drove him back to sea. He will return to Adelaide as Chief [Engineer?] of the MV Port Curtis sailing via S. Africa.

Wool Sales. In the 9th series of Adelaide Wool Sales I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd of Koomooloo topped local prices with 891⁄4d. [Other district prices are printed.]

Burra Town Council will borrow £1,500 for five years backed by a special 4d in the £ rate, in order to buy a tractor, trailer and accessories.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Baldina Trophy with best results from K. Spackman, J. Brown & M. Mitchell, although off the rifle J. Brown and J. Schwier led the field.

Mr & Mrs M.A. Radford were given a farewell at Koomooloo on 17 May. More than 60 friends assembled to wish them well before they leave to reside at Glenelg. Mr Jim Warnes welcomed the guests and then Mr Rex Warnes acted as MC. Mr Radford had been active in the Burra Show Society, Firefighting Organisation, the Stockowners’ Assoc., the LCL and the Dog Trials. Mr Arthur Kellock made the presentation of an inscribed silver tray. Mr Radford said he had been in the district for 64 years and was pleased to see so many families of the district present.

84, 20, 24 May 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 May

Ray Milland & Helen Carter in Bugles in the Afternoon

David Brain in The Great Jewel Robber

1 June

Humphrey Bogart & Jose Ferrer in The Caine Mutiny

Ron Randell & Amanda Blake in Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard

84, 20, 24 May 1955, page 5

Burra Town Council, 16 May

Permission was granted to subdivided sections 23, 24 & pt 33.

The engineer, Mr Cockburn, inspected the two swing bridges. He said the one opposite the town Hall was unsafe and should remain closed. To replace it with a similar type would cost about £3,000.

The Burra North Bridge was not safe either, but could possibly be made safe by adding concrete piers and using strong railway irons.

Marriage. Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide, 14 May

Mavis Doreen Broad, second daughter of Mr & Mrs W.T. Broad of Burra, married

Ernest Frank Russell, only son of Mr & Mrs J. Russell of Victor Harbor.

84, 20, 24 May 1955, page 6

Football

Terowie 14.16 defeated Booborowie 10.11

Hallett 19.16 defeated Leighton 5.10

Burra 14.16 defeated Spalding 4.13

Badminton

Kooringa Red 8-189 defeated Kooringa Green 8-160

Burra North Blue 10-192 defeated Burra North Gold 6-169

84, 20, 24 May 1955, page 7

Mr B. Casgrave, Headmaster of Peterborough High School, received severe head injuries yesterday when the car he was driving overturned 17 miles south of Burra. A blow-out is believed to have caused the accident. A passenger, Mr Clarence Ray Fullarton of Peterborough, was admitted to Burra Hospital for observation and Mr Casgrave is expected to be a patient for about two weeks.

Accident. A truck belonging to G.R. Norton of Spalding, and driven by his son Don, overturned when the edge of a newly-formed road gave way near Spalding on 19 May. No one was injured, but damage to the truck was c. £100.

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 1

Weather. In the last week the best general rain for years fell over both the agricultural and pastoral areas. It totalled four inches in some areas. After some good falls in February there had been three very dry months before rain began falling on Monday night last week and continued to the early hours of Thursday. Baldina recorded 329 points, Mongolata 373 and World’s End 317.

The rain seems to have ended a threat from grasshoppers as well.

Burra has recorded 423 points for the month and the average for May is 162. Collinsville area received 320 points and the mail contractor couldn’t get through on Thursday. Booborowie has had 322 points for the month and mushrooms are widely reported.

Figures from many stations are listed and range from 142 to 353, with most in excess of 250 points: Koomooloo 273, Mallett 300, Faraway 346 and Woolgangi 265. Quondong, though, got only 190.

The State-Wide Economy Trial, conducted by the Waymouth Group of Companies, announced that the average mileage for 14 cars in the trial was 46.9 m.p.g. The car driven by Mr Guy Dollman of Burra Motor Co. averaged 41 m.p.g. despite heavy rain, squally winds and slippery roads.

J. Sorrell, of the Burra Branch of the Savings Bank, has been transferred to Moonta. While here Mr Sorrell has been Secretary for the RSL and the Burra Cricket Assoc. and for one season was coach of the Burra Football Club and has played for both the Buffs and the Burra teams.

Stan Bown, formerly of Burra was struck by an incoming broad gauge train in the Terowie yards on Monday evening. He was not found till 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. His injuries included a fractured skull, fractured arm, splintered pelvis and the amputation of three fingers of his left hand. At the latest report his condition was said to be satisfactory. [Accident]

Jim Richards severely injured the palm of one hand when it was caught in the cogs of a winch while he was trying to move a car bogged in Gordon’s Lagoon on Thursday. He is making progress and seems likely to recover full use of it. The driver of the bogged car must have had a bad time, having been bogged for three days. He became bogged about midday Tuesday and tried all Wednesday to extricate the car, but the rain continued and the Government dam burst completely submerging the road through the lagoon. He got a lift into Burra on Thursday and returned with Burra Motor Co.’s breakdown truck, when the accident occurred. The breakdown truck in turn became bogged crossing Paine Creek and Mr Maurice Williams brought the men into Burra. The car was eventually freed on Friday morning.

Basketball

Leighton drew with Spalding 14 each.

Burra Comrades 35 defeated Terowie 17

Burra Rovers 27 defeated Booborowie 7

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 2

Advt. World Famous Hypnotist Van Loewe at Burra Town Hall Monday 13 June.

Advt. Burra Primary School Ball, Friday 3 June at Burra Town Hall with Daphne Wenham’s Band.

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 4

Wayne Sibly writes a 11⁄2 column report of his journey to England on the Oronsay with the Youth Travel Scheme. The account begins with crossing the equator and reaching Colombo and goes on to Aden, the Suez Canal and Pt Said.

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Baldina Trophy. Best were T. Lynch, W. Hempel & K. Phillips. Seven possibles were scored on the day in the unusually good firing conditions.

Over 600 yards by T. Lynch, K. Phillips and J.H. Schwier.

Over 700 yards by W. Hempel, E. Hopkins, R. Bernhardt and T. Heinrich.

Marriage. At the Rosary Church, Prospect, recently

June Billing, second daughter of Mr & Mrs H. Billing of Booborowie, married

Peter Bell, younger son of Mr & Mrs Lyle Bell of Cabra and late of Hallett.

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 6

Football

Booborowie 20.9 defeated Hallett 11.17

Leighton 14.16 defeated Spalding 9.9

Terowie 18.21 defeated Burra 6.6

Burra Colts 5.7 defeated Terowie Colts 3.1

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Gold 13-226 defeated Kooringa Red 3-99

Burra North Blue 12-217 defeated Kooringa Green 4-114

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 June

Jeanne Craig & Jean Peters in Vicki

George Bernard & Ben Bernard in Cruising Casanovas

8 June

Fernando Lamas & Arlene Dahl in Sangaree

The Marx Brothers in Monkey Business

84, 21, 31 May 1955, page 8

Cricket. Grand Final of the Mokota Cricket Assoc.

South Booborowie 161 & 359 (520) defeated Mt Bryan 207 & 306 (513).

84, 22, 7 June 1955, page 1

Burra RSL & Kindred Societies under the leadership of Vern Riggs will plant a further 120 trees along the eastern approach to Burra. Earlier plantings are doing well.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 28 defeated Burra Comrades 19

Booborowie 16 defeated Leighton 12

Spalding 27 defeated Terowie 11

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the Baldina Trophy, but it was unfinished before darkness intervened.

Booborowie Institute has begun its farm project on the land of the ‘Anama’ block. Seven truckloads of stone have been removed in preparation and the land is being harrowed and will have a second cultivation before being sown with barley.

Burra Primary School Ball is reported from last Friday night.

Weather & the Mail

The mail run from Hallett to Eastern Stations was delayed the week before last from Thursday to Friday, but even then Bill Hopkins only got as far a Bendigo Creek at 4.30 p.m. Friday. Stations to the east had to come in to meet the mail and he struggled back to Hallett at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Last Thursday Mr Terry Hopkins set out for Braemar in rain and was not hopeful of negotiating the roads, which are in a shocking state. Hallett recorded 61 points over last Thursday and Friday.

84, 22, 7 June 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 June

Joseph Cotton in Untamed Frontier

Charles Coburn in Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

15 June

Salome

Sunny Side of the Street

84, 22, 7 June 1955, pages 3 & 6

Football

Terowie 7.13 defeated Spalding 4.8

Booborowie 17.16 defeated Leighton 6.12

Hallett 13.6 defeated Burra 9.10

84, 22, 7 June 1955, page 4

South Booborowie Cricket Club Premiership Dinner is reported in 11⁄2 columns.

84, 22, 7 June 1955, page 7

Badminton

Burra North Gold 16-240 defeated Kooringa Green 0-115

Burra North Blue 15-236 defeated Kooringa Red 1-91

84, 22, 7 June 1955, page 8

Wayne Sibly continues his account of the Youth travel Scheme journey to England. This article goes from Naples to Marseilles and thence to Gibraltar and on to the Bay of Biscay.

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 1

Dogs Kill Lambs. Three sheep breeders in the Hallett district report the loss of lambs to dog attack. Tom Richards reports the loss of lambs to the value of £80. Mrs Ellen Tiver reports losses and injuries and Jack Pohlner also lost seven lambs.

Booborowie Institute. Final plans submitted by Mr E.J. Affolter for a kitchen etc. have now been accepted. Plans for sanitary conveniences have been deferred. The institute is now connected to ETSA power. An offer of a billiard table from Mt Bryan Institute was declined for lack of players, space and finance. Mrs Basil Billing has accepted the position as librarian. The farm land was ready for seeding; a further harrowing not being deemed essential. More stones have surfaced and another gang of stone-pickers was arranged.

Hanson CWA Hawaiian Ball on 17 June is announced.

Hallett School has a new German Kallmeyer piano.

Burra Town Council has ordered a set of bicycle racks to accommodate six cycles at £1 per bike.

Accident. A car turned over seven miles south of Burra on the Adelaide road at about 7 p.m. on Friday. It was driven by Leonard Milton Lambert of Broken Hill and there were three passengers, also from Broken Hill. The Holden car was extensively damaged, but the occupants escaped injury.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 21st and final stage of the Baldina Trophy on Saturday. Best scorers were V. Pearce, T. Lynch and E.C. Hopkins, while best off the rifle was C. Edwards.

Ross Cooke of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred from Burra to Jamestown after nearly two years here. While in Burra he has been a playing member of the local football, cricket and golf clubs.

Rural Youth Club

A one-column article outlines the nature and objectives of the Rural Youth Movement.

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from the Public Trustee will sell the furniture and household effects of the late N.M.M. Wilson at her former residence in Taylor St, Burra North.

[Obituary: Hercel May Mathilda Wilson nee Coad died 19 March 1955 aged 49. She had married Ellis Leslie Wilson 5 November 1925 in Adelaide and had come to Burra in response to the push to relocate people not engaged in war related work during WWII.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 June

Ronald Shiner in Reluctant Heroes

Valerie Hobson in Voice of Merrill

22 June

Allan Ladd in Shane

Plus News & Shorts

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 3

Burra Homing Club flew its first race of the season from Carrieton. [The winner was F. Brant, who was not named here, but was identified 21 June 1955, page 3.]

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 4

Burra Town Council, 9 June

Highways & Local Government Department advises that after inspection both swing bridges in the town were beyond repair from an economical point of view and, as reconstruction would cost several thousand pounds; the Department would not produce plans unless advised that finance was available.

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 5

Wayne Sibly writes an account of his trip. He was staying with a host family in Berkley Square and getting to know London via the Underground. He mentions almost daily rain and the smog and recounts visits to the Waxworks, Tower of London, the Zoo, the Shell Oil Refinery and Lord’s Cricket Ground. They also saw Windsor Castle and the account ends with their visit to Cardiff.

84, 23, 14 June 1955, page 6

Football

Burra 10.18 defeated Leighton 5.10

Terowie 12.15 defeated Hallett 10.7

Booborowie 18.20 defeated Spalding 5.12.

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 1

The Ex-Servicemen’s Avenue planting on the eastern approach to Burra has been completed.

Noel G. Tiver will retire from Hallett DC on 30 June after 26 years on Council. He began in 1927 as one of the three members for Anne Ward of the Booborowie DC. After eight years this Council was disbanded and Ayers Ward went to the Burra Burra DC and Anne Ward to the Hallett DC. Mr Tiver was initially defeated at the first election for Willalo Ward of the enlarged Council, but was elected in 1937 and has represented the Willalo Ward ever since. He has also been Chairman of the Council and has missed only one meeting. As a farewell he was presented with a travelling rug. Mr Eric Ashby has been elected unopposed for Willalo Ward.

Senior Constable H.K. Sparrow, formerly at Burra, is now transferred from Brinkworth to Willunga.

Adelaide Wool Sales. In the final series of the season the top price for the district was 88d for Messrs S. Lord of Balah, E.L. McWaters & Co. of Samson’s Well and Radford Bros of Canegrass. (H.J.C. Collins of Pulpara received 913⁄4d)

Burra Meat Stores will begin trading at completely new and renovated premises in Commercial St on 27 June. The store incorporates a smallgoods factory. The store and factory are provided with the latest mechanised equipment. The proprietors are H.J. & J.B. Topsfield.

The Shell Co. presented a film evening at the Burra Town Hall last Tuesday. The first half showed Building of the Shell Refinery at Geelong, an advertisement for Retinax Grease and a cartoon. The second half was The Back of Beyond, a film of the experiences of the mail driver Tom Kruse on the Birdsville Track. The show was repeated at Booborowie on Wednesday.

[84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 1 adds that it was also repeated at Hallett.]

Burra Town Hall

A plan was discussed at a public meeting on 30 May to provide:

Better supper room facilities.

Rooms where meetings could be held.

Additional office space.

Improvements for the library.

This would involve a new library building on the western side of the existing building with a main room approximately 45 ft x 25 ft with an entrance from the south side. The existing library room would be taken over, the walls removed, making a large room, which could be served by a kitchen, to be erected on the western wall. In the front section partitions to be erected to form a room that could be used by the CWA thereby making available the large room now used by that organisation for additional office space. This would leave the Council Chamber free. Another meeting is called to discuss the proposal and hear any other proposal on 1 July, and if a decision is then reached a committee will be formed.

The Hanson CWA Hawaiian Ball filled the hall to capacity on 17 June despite slippery roads, rain and fog. Darrell Field’s music kept the crowd happy and there was a generous poultry supper.

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 June

John Wayne in Big Jim McLain

Randolph Scott in Fort Worth

29 June

Pushover

They Rode West

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 3

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the Baldina Trophy, which had been postponed. Jim Brown scored a possible at 600 yards and one at 700 yards to be the best on the day, followed by T. Lynch and W. Edwards. Jim Schwier, Tom Heinrich and Cec. Edwards each scored possibles at 700 yards.

With the completion of the contest, Tom Heinrich won the Baldina (J.R. Barker) Trophy with Cec. Edwards second and Bill Hempel third. Jim Schwier won the Marksman’s Trophy by a big margin. Cec. Edwards was second and Jock Bernhardt third.

Burra Homing Club. The second race from Carrieton was won by Kev. Kellaway.

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 4

Booborowie CWA’s second birthday is reported in 3⁄4 column.

The RSL Ball at Booborowie had a nett profit of over £30 and is reported in 1⁄2 column.

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 6

Football at Cadell last Saturday:

North Eastern Football Assoc. 23.21 defeated Mid-Murray Football Assoc. 12.6.

84, 24, 21 June 1955, page 8

Wayne Sibly writes of a visit to Torquay.

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 1

Weather. For Burra the June rainfall has been 260 points and the average for 75 years is 217. These have been the best opening rains in the district for many years. The eastern country usually relies on rain from summer thunderstorms, so this year has been exceptional. In places like World’s End the soil is wet for feet down.

Obituary. A.J. (Jack) Berryman died at his Leighton home on 27 May aged 75. He was born at Yongala in 1880 and spent his childhood there. About 1905 he was married at Jamestown and came to this district to take up farming at Braefoot. There were seven children: Colin (Gawler), William (Adelaide), Phyllis Mrs Irvine (Adelaide), Francis (deceased), Donald (Melbourne), Elizabeth Mrs Leibie (Ardrossan) and Ross (Leighton). Mr Berryman’s only hobby and main interest was horse racing, at which he had considerable success. He won the first steeplechase held at Clare and another horse won nine out of ten handicaps entered there. ‘Chesteress’ owned by him, but raced by his brother F.M. Berryman, started three times in one day at a Burra meeting in about 1909, coming second in the hurdles, second in the ‘flying’ and won the ‘welter’. In 1912 he and his family moved to Hill River where he took up land. His wife died in 1941 and after 32 years there he then moved to live within a mile of his old home at Braefoot. He enjoyed good health till a fall from a horse about seven years ago, but he remained working on his farm till a few months prior to his death.

[John Wesley Berryman born 21 April 1880 Yongala.]

Vandalism or Accident? About 30 nails and large headed tacks were discovered in an area about three yards square at the Queen St & Commercial St corner at about 1 p.m. yesterday. They may have been accidentally dropped, but it didn’t look like it.

Burra Catholic Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall last Friday. It drew an excellent crowd despite the inclement weather. Mrs Preiss’s Five-Star Band provided the music. Mr K.J. Murphy was MC.

Obituary. W.H. Lines died suddenly on Saturday night at Oakbank Station, where he had been employed as a station hand. He was found dead in his bed on Sunday morning by another hand.

[William Henry Lines born 20 October 1895 Kooringa, died 26 June 1955 Oakbank Station.]

84, 25, 28 June 1955, pages 1 & 5

Burra CWA held its AGM. Mrs Jennison in her report said the CWA was not just a social club, but an organisation pledged to give service to the country and comfort to the sick and needy.

The Secretary, Mrs Ford, reported on the year’s activities. Membership was 63 with average attendance at meetings of only 22. The chief money-raising event was the luncheons and afternoon teas at the Burra Racing Club’s October and March meetings. Trading tables were also important in going towards helping the CWA stall at the Burra Hospital Fete, which resulted in a profit of c. £150. The chief ‘Neighbourhood Action’ involved making and care of the hospital linen and other support for that institution. International day had celebrated New Guinea and our 28th birthday. Rev. H.K. Bartlett was the guest speaker. [Other activities are detailed in a 11⁄2 column report.]

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 2

Obituary. Notice to Creditors reveals the death of William Alexander Stewart Dearlove of Ketchowla at Terowie on 13 April 1955. [Born 20 February 1871 Ketchowla. Note that the SA Deaths CD places the death at 30 April 1955 Terowie, residence Ketchowla.]

Obituary. Notice to creditors reveals the death of Sophia Mary Louise Pritchard 12 April 1955 at Tothill Belt. [Combining conflicting information in BISA and SA Births CD the evidence suggests she was born Sophie Marie Dorothea Blucher 4 February 1870 at New Mecklenburg (Gomersal since 1918) and married William Frederick Perrier Pritchard, as Sophia Mary Louise Blucher, 13 February 1889 at the Primitive Methodist Church Pancharpoo, District of Kapunda. Pancharpoo Chapel was between Steelton and Waterloo.] Her husband died 18 December 1934 at Riverton, residence Tothill Belt.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 July

Robert Ryan in Inferno

Ray Middleton in I Dream of Jeannie

6 July

Rosemary Clooney & Lauritz Melchior in The Stars are Singing

Richard Travis & Helen Westcott in Alaska Patrol

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 3

Burra Homing Club. The race on Saturday from Carrieton was won by R.W. Spackman.

Golf. In an inter-club match at Burra on Saturday, Burra defeated Jamestown 11 to 5 with 3 matches square.

Badminton on Monday night:

Burra North Blue 9-190 defeated Kooringa Red 7-173

Burra North Gold 10-169 defeated Kooringa Green 6-153.

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 4

Wayne Sibly writes about Dartmoor, Birmingham, Edinburgh and a little about Glasgow, with more to come of Stratford-on-Avon.

Marriage. Sacred Heart Church, Hindmarsh

Teresa Cousins, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs P.T. Cousins of Booborowie, married

Cletus Furst of Hallett.

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 5

Basketball

Spalding 30 defeated Burra Rovers 17

Burra Comrades 19 defeated Booborowie 4

Terowie forfeited to Leighton

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 6

Football

Terowie 11.16 defeated Leighton 7.3

Hallett 20.11 defeated Spalding 3.9

Booborowie 15.12 defeated Burra 9.5.

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 7

Hanson CWA elected at its AGM: President, Mrs J. Marchant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Mitchell & R. Wood; Secretary, Mrs S. Verrall; Deputy Secretary, Mrs E. Robinson and Treasurer, Mrs S. Robinson.

84, 25, 28 June 1955, page 8

Burra Rural Youth at its AGM elected: UNREADABLE

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 1: NOTE CHANGE OF VOLUME NUMBER

Booborowie Younger Set held their first Ball on Booborowie Memorial hall last Friday and it was judged Booborowie’s best post-war ball. The crowd including children exceeded 300.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Brian Oates’ property west of Burra has produced some large mushrooms of late. The largest was nine inches across, weighed 18 oz and was of good flavour.

First Class Constable E. Charlie Hopkins, son of Mr & Mrs Ed. Hopkins of Burra, has been appointed a Detective Constable 2nd Grade. He is attached to the Criminal Investigation Branch in Adelaide.

Burra Burra DC Election on Saturday for Booborowie Ward

D.J. (Donald Theodore) Wedding 54

W.J. Shattock 26

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race from Carrieton was again won by Kev. Kellaway.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 32 defeated Spalding 16

Burra Rovers 12 defeated Leighton 6

Terowie 19 defeated Booborowie 18.

85, 26, 5 July 1955, pages 1 & 8

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting

Twenty people attended, including all Councillors.

The Mayor’s Report

The Institute Committee comprised five members appointed by the Town Council [plus others] and it was not easy to find members for it. The Mayor appealed for subscribers to attend the annual meeting.

Cr W. Carpenter is the Council’s representative on the Burra Hospital Board.

The Town Council cares for 3,015 acres with 30 miles of main roads and 91⁄2 miles of district roads. [check]

The Council has to expend money on street lighting, the Hospital, fire station, maintenance, materials, wages etc. Financially it was sound, due mainly to the Town Hall Pictures project.

A special grant was obtained for work on Kangaroo St and another of £500 enabled the resurfacing of the road from the Kooringa Hotel to the cemetery. Most of the Main Road grant was expended on resurfacing part of Market Square, but poor weather has seen £375 carried over to next year (without affecting future grants).

Planting trees to celebrate the Queen’s visit was deferred due to the dry season last year, but they will be planted in the next two or three weeks. The Ex-servicemen’s Avenue of Memory consists of some 250 trees and the Association is commended on their effort. Large old street trees, particularly pines and cork elms with potential to damage property were being replaced with smaller trees and shrubs.

Though the Town Hall had maintenance work this year, the Mayor said it was his ambition to see it improved.

The Picture Committee now comprises five: The Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey and H.C. Davies, D.A. Halliday, J.A.S. Fisher and E.T. Baulderstone. A six month trial of Wednesday screenings is being held to raise funds to refurnish the hall. The overdraft on the Town Hall building has been reduced from £3,300 to £1,000, mainly through the Picture Project.

The Corporation undertook to carry out the clerical work connected with the Burra Hospital.

A superannuation scheme for Corporation employees comes into operation from 1 July.

The new Ferguson tractor and attachments should prove quite satisfactory.

A special rate of 4d over and above ordinary rates will not be required for this purchase.*

The overdraft of more than £2,000 of the previous year has been reduced to c. £500.

The swing bridge over the Burra Creek [opposite the Town Hall] has been closed, as it was unsafe and the opinion of the Highways Department was that repairs would cost £3,000 or more.

[The Mayor thanked the committee and all those who had helped raise funds for the Youth travel scheme.]

When questioned, the Mayor said that alterations to the Town Hall would not be financed from an increase in rates if finance was not available from the general public.

Mr A.B. Riggs asked about the bridge situation and the Mayor said it would have to be considered in the near future.

H. Jennison complained about stray stock in the town.

Mr Jennison moved the vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation.

[* This sentence may have an unintended negative in it. A special rate of 4d in the £ was passed at a meeting of Council on 4 July and announced in the Public Notices on page 2 of this issue. Since the Mayor said ‘No reduction in rates could be assured, but ratepayers would pay no more than the previous year,’ perhaps the general rate fell by the amount of the special rate.]

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer for sale a house, vacant allotment and furniture in East St on 29 July in the Estate of H.A. Beckwith and the Estate of E.A.A. Beckwith deceased. Pt Allotment 357 with stone house of six rooms etc. and allotment 351 (vacant) situated opposite the above house.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer for sale on 29 July on instructions from Mrs M.M. Pearce, allotment 355 East St on which is erected a stone house of 4 rooms with lean-to kitchen etc.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 July

Tony Curtis in Johnny Dark

Loretta Young in It Happens Every Thursday

13 July

Burt Lancaster & Jody Lawrence in Ten Tall Men

Lucille Ball & John Agar in Magic Carpet

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 3

Football

Hallett 17.19 defeated Leighton 5.7

Booborowie 15.17 defeated Terowie 10.8.

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 4

Wayne Sibly writes of his visit to Glasgow and also of visiting Oban, Loch Lomond, Loch Awe and the Isle of Mull.

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 5

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported in 3⁄4 column. Elected: President, Mrs Les Thomas, Vice-Presidents, Mesdames F. Jefferies & F. Stolte; Secretary, Mrs Holliday and Treasurer, Mrs H. Edwards.

Messrs J. Sorrell & Ross Cooke were given a farewell at Kooringa Hotel on Friday night by the Burra Cricket Assoc. Presentations were made.

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 6

Football. Burra 27.17 defeated Spalding 3.8.

85, 26, 5 July 1955, page 8

Burra CWA held its AGM on 17 June. Elected: President, Mrs A. Tennant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H.J.B. Jennison & H.L. Riggs; Secretary, Mrs A. Ford and Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 1

Should Council Rates be Higher?

A one-column article puts the case for higher Council rates in order to provide the Council with the income needed for projects that would improve the town and district.

Arbor Day was celebrated at Burra Primary School on Friday when a further 20 trees were planted in the school area. They were Bushy Sugars, Red Gums and Kurrajongs. Mr M.G. Stockman, Chairman of the School Committee, gave a short address. Trees were planted on the eastern side of the school, near the creek and along the old school yard wall. Spalding School also recently held an Arbor Day when Aleppo Pines were planted.

Mrs W .H. Quinn, late of Mt Bryan and now of Cumberland Park, is 90.

Burra Town Council. The motion to borrow £1,500 on the security of a 4d in the £ special rate, to fund a Ferguson tractor and attachments was passed at he meeting of Council on 4 July.

The Buffalo Lodge Ball was held in the Burra Town Hall last Friday. About 300 people attended and c. £90 was taken at the door. Mrs Preiss’s Five-Star Band played and D.H. Field was MC. In 1951 profits were shared by the Burra Hospital and the Memorial Oval. In 1952 the CWA Town Hall Improvements Fund benefited. In 1953 profits also went to various outside projects, but this year the profits will benefit the Lodge’s own building fund.

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race from Parachilna was won by Kev. Kellaway.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 July

Gregory Peck & Jane Griffiths in Million Pound Note

Plus The Big Top

23 July

William Holden & Nancy Olsen in Submarine Command

The Marx Brothers in Horse Feathers

Advt. Sole Brothers Circus and Zoo will play at Burra North Opposite Fiebig’s Service Station on Friday 15 July.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 3

Obituary. Helen Rowe died on Thursday 7 July at Burra Hospital.

[Born Ellen Owers 28 November 1877 Belalie. She was the wife of John Birkenhagen Rowe.]

Badminton

Burra North Gold 10-204 defeated Burra North Blue 6-106

Kooringa Red 12-200 defeated Kooringa Green 4-158

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 4 [Numbered 6]

Burra Town Council, 4 July

The Mayoral allowance for 1955-56 was set at £70.

Application will be made to the ANZ Bank for overdraft facilities up to £2,500 for 1955-56.

The Fire Brigades Board advised the cost of maintaining the Burra Fire Brigade for 1955-56 would be £603.

The special rate of 4d in the pound to repay the loan for the purchase of machinery was passed.

Street trees are to be planted in Queen St near the Trust Homes.

The Burra North footbridge is to be inspected by Council.

A further letter will be written to A.S. Tillett re the property on the corner of Kingston Street and Bridge St [sic: actually Bridge Terrace.]

The three flagpoles are to be taken down and painted.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, pages 5 & 10

Mt Bryan CWA. The year’s work is reported in c. 21⁄3 columns.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 6 [Numbered 4]

Advt. A Supershell advertisement reveals the recent introduction of super grade petrol.

Comrades Basketball Club held a table tennis tournament at Redruth Sunday School Hall 5 July.

Winners:

Men’s Singles: S. Rasheed

Ladies’ Singles: Coralie Ellis

Mixed Doubles: Julie Pearce & Charlie Tiver.

Coursing. The annual coursing meeting at Andrews was held on 29 June. Hares were plentiful and about 40 carloads of enthusiasts attended. [Results are printed.]

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 7

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM at the Fire Station. Elected: Captain, C.W. Edwards, Vice-Captain, J. Brown; Secretary, R. G. Bernhardt (he has been secretary for 18 years); Treasurer, D.H. Field and Armourer, J.H. Schwier.

Captain T. Lynch reported on the past year.

The standard of shooting was good at either end of the year, but fell off in the middle. The Baldina Trophy was keenly contested. It was won by Tom Heinrich with Cec. Edwards second. The Marksman’s Trophy was not such a good contest, in that it resulted in a runaway win to Jim Schwier with Cec. Edwards in second place. ‘Jock’ Bernhardt won the Club Championship with a brilliant 99 out of 100 off the gun in the final stage. Ken Heinrich won the handicap aggregate. In the Lower North Teams Contest, Burra recorded losses against Tanunda, Auburn and Gawler, but did better in the triangular match with Clare and Auburn, fired at Clare. It won this match by 50 points. In the Champion of Champions match fired at Burra on Labour Day Cec. Edwards won the 5 guinea trophy.

Burra Women’s Branch LCL held its AGM in the RSL Hall on 8 July. Elected: President, Mrs John Gebhardt; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames G.S. Hawker & R. Pitcher; Secretary, Mrs A. Tennant; Assistant Secretary, Mrs R. Ashton and Treasurer, Mrs J. Marchant.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 8

Football. Inter-Association match:

‘A’ Grade Adelaide Plains 18.18 defeated North Eastern 18.10

‘B’ Grade Adelaide Plains 9.7 defeated North Eastern 8.4

Hallett Red Cross AGM is reported in c. 1⁄2 column. President Mrs Owen-Smyth resigned after 18 years in the office. Elected: President, Mrs John Murray, Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Owen-Smyth, J. Goddard & R. Nutt.

85, 27, 12 July 1955, page 10

Super Petrol. A short article reveals the recent introduction of super grade petrol.

Wayne Sibly writes that he has returned to London after a few days in Edinburgh at the end of his Scottish trip. He travelled south on the ‘Flying Scotsman’. On the previous Friday he writes that they were introduced to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester at St James’s Palace. He is presently on the Otranto en route to Australia and is due in Outer Harbour on 29 July.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 1

Booborowie RSL is to purchase a town property from Mr G.H. Pryde. It has a wooden framed iron and asbestos building on it, which will be converted to a club room. It is hoped to have it ready for use in a month or so.

Mrs W.H. Quinn of Cumberland Park and formerly of Mt Bryan was 90 on 8 July and about 45 friends and relations gathered at her home on the 9th to wish her well. Among other calls was one from Mrs Cochshell, nee Annie Wilkins, sister of Sir Hubert Wilkins, who was once a neighbour at Mt Bryan East. Mrs Quinn is cared for by her youngest daughter, Miss Annie Quinn. Her descendants are seven children, 30 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

[Born Annie O’Mealley 8 July 1865 Kapunda: died 8 March 1957, Millswood, residence Cumberland Park.]

Gum Creek School held an Arbor Day, which is reported in 1⁄2 column.

It turned out to be too wet to plant the trees, but there were talks, a film Trees of Australia and coloured slides of Australian trees. A fortnight later, on 6 September [!], the trees were planted at Leighton Oval. Three gums were planted to complete a row of twelve red gums begun in 1953 and 15 Aleppo Pines were also planted.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 27 defeated Terowie 10

Burra Rovers 33 defeated Booborowie 22

Spalding 23 defeated Leighton 5.

Burra Homing Club. The Saturday race from Parachilna was won by Fred Brandt.

Mt Bryan Legacy Ball on Friday night defied bitter weather and a capacity house resulted in gross takings of c. £250 and £225 for Legacy.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 July

Doris Day & Gordon MacRae in On Moonlight Bay

Steve Cochran & Virginia Grey in Highway 301

27 July

The Big Heat

Slaves of Babylon

85, 28, 19 July 1955, pages 3 & 6

Football. The lost account of the Inter-Association games from last week is printed.

‘A’ Grade Adelaide Plains 18.18 defeated North Eastern 18.10.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 4

Robertstown Presentation Ball, which raised £55 for the Supper Room Building Fund, is reported in 2⁄3 column.

A North Bungaree Stud Ram has been sold for 2,100 guineas. E.C.L. Killen & Daughter, Miss Pat Killen of Warrawidgee Beneranbah, NSW, bought it from the estate of the late M.S. Hawker.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 5

Badminton. At Peterborough on 9 July Burra 10-217 defeated Peterborough 8-208.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 6

Football

Spalding 6.14 defeated Leighton 6.9

Burra 13.9 defeated Terowie 11.8

Booborowie 15.14 defeated Hallett 8.5.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 7

Wayne Sibly writes of another stage of the Youth travel Scheme. The Otranto, he says, is narrower than the Oronsay and pitches about more. He survived the tossing about in the Bay of Biscay. He reports going to Wimbledon before leaving England and was able to see Rosewall defeat Davidson on centre court. He then saw Rose and Wirthington play in a doubles game.

85, 28, 19 July 1955, page 8

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 6 July with President Mrs H .Jennison in the chair. Elected: Patroness, Mrs W.H. Gare; President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Clode, Ellis and Brazil; Secretary, Mrs C.W. Knight; Assistant Secretary, Mr E. Heinrich and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop. The secretary reported a membership of 103 with an average attendance of about 20. The year’s activities are reported in 1-column of detail.

85, 29, 26 July 1955, page 1

Burra Rifle Club Social Evening and Presentation of Trophies

Tom Lynch as Captain for the past season began the proceedings and the Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone presented the trophies.

Baldina Trophy (Handicap Contest) A.G. (Tom) Heinrich

Marksman’s Trophy J.H. Schwier

Championship R.G. Bernhardt

Handicap Championship K. Heinrich

1st stage of Championship T. Lynch

2nd stage of Championship C.W. Edwards

3rd stage of Championship M.E. Mitchell

1st seven matches J. Harris

2nd seven matches C.W. Edwards

3rd seven matches J. Brown

1st half-year aggregate C.W. Edwards

2nd half-year aggregate R.G. Bernhardt

Hard Luck Trophy D.H. Field

Basketball

Burra Comrades drew with Burra Rovers 18 each.

Leighton 30 defeated Booborowie 21

Spalding 23 defeated Terowie 13.

Leighton Mid-Winter Ball was held last Friday and was one of the most successful dances for many years. The gross proceeds [sic] of £100 will be used for hall improvements. [This was corrected 57, 13, 31 Mar. 1936, page 1 to read the nett profit of £100 will be used for hall improvements.]

Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna on Saturday was again won by Fred Brandt.

Burra Red Cross held its 40th AGM. The branch this year was able to donate £200 to the Burra Hospital Fete and £50 to Headquarters. Elected: President, Mrs J. Hill; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. Crewes & E. Rooke; Secretary, Mrs D. Davies; Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield and Assistant Treasurer, Mrs L. Miller.

85, 29, 26 July 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 July

Michael Rennie in Dangerous Crossing

Robert Hutton in Tropical Heatwave

3 August

Betty Hutton in Somebody Loves Me

Ralph Pellamy [sic] in Queen of the Mob

Badminton

Burra North Gold 13 sets defeated Kooringa Green 3 sets

Burra North Green 10 sets defeated Kooringa Green 3 sets.

[These results are defective. The other teams were Burra North Blue and Kooringa Red.]

85, 29, 26 July 1955, page 4

Burra Burra DC

Cr M. de N. Lucas was elected Chairman.

It was resolved that arrangements be made to allow the work of four men for two days a year to work in conjunction with the Town Council employees to clean up Burra Cemetery.

It was resolved that the rear office be let to the Burra Burra Show Inc. for £26 p.a.

RSL held a social evening last Friday.

Mr & Mrs Sorrell and Mr & Mrs Brereton were farewelled. Presentations followed speeches of appreciation.

85, 29, 26 July 1955, page 6

Football

Terowie 24.14 defeated Spalding 6.5

Burra 10.10 defeated Hallett 10.8

Booborowie 24.29 defeated Leighton 8.10.

85, 29, 26 July 1955, page 8

Wayne Sibly writes as they cross the Mediterranean towards Pt Said. He tells of their visit to Naples and Pompeii. A later letter described their crossing of the Indian Ocean towards Colombo under the influence of a storm due to a tropical cyclone, which caused flooding in many cabins. Despite the severe conditions he says he has not yet been sick. The storm means they will miss Bombay and may not be able to go ashore at Colombo, as they are already a day late.

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 1

Burra Benevolent Society has decided that in view of available finances, the cost of wood has made it necessary to curtail its distribution by the society.

Burra Homing Club. No pigeons returned in qualifying time in the race from Marree on Saturday.

Obituary. Mrs Helen Rowe, who died at Burra Hospital on 7 July, was born at Princess Town, two miles west of Burra on 28 November 1876. She was the daughter of the late William and Mary Owers. In her youth she worked at the Farrell Flat Hotel and the Bon accord Hotel in Burra. Later she went to Mutooroo Station as nurse maid to Ross and Keith Smith who later were the first to fly from England to Australia and who were knighted for their efforts. While at Mutooroo she met her late husband Mr John Rowe whom she married in 1904. From there she went with her husband to Alderman Station and then to Sturt Vale, where they lived for four years. After that they went to Kangaroo Island for employment and returned to take up residence at Hampton (Burra North). In the years that followed Mrs Rowe became noted for her catering for Burra Shows and other functions. She in fact catered for the first Burrs Show held on the new grounds in 1925. She was a very active worker till a few weeks before her death. Six children survive: Dorothy Mrs E.L. Scroops (Plympton), Jack & Alf (Burra), Flora Mrs Scriven (Ferryden Park) and Fan Mrs Ken Griffen (Brayville). Two children, Basil & Iris, predeceased her.

[Born Ellen Owers 28 November 1877 Belalie. Married and died as Helen.]

Leighton Mid-Winter Ball on 22 July produced a nett profit of £100.

Heifer Triplets born at Burra 12 May 1953 and owned by Mr R.H. Garrard are now all mothers. Each gave birth last week to produce two bull calves and a heifer.

Badminton. Eleven members of the Burra North Badminton Club visited Cadell to play their annual matches. The contest was even and each side won 9 sets, but Burra came out on top by one point.

[Page 6 results appear to read differently, although the print is a bit unclear it seems to say Burra North 9-237 to 9-208, but perhaps it is a misprint there.]

Basketball

Spalding 20 defeated Booborowie 19

Leighton 18 defeated Burra Comrades 17

Terowie forfeited to Burra Rovers.

Burra Golf Club

‘A’ Grade Championship S. Longford

‘B’ Grade Championship E. McWaters

‘A’ Grade 1st 36 Holes Handicap D. Oswald

‘A’ Grade 2nd 36 Holes Handicap D. Oswald

‘A’ Grade 72 Holes Handicap D. Oswald

‘A’ Grade Eclectic S. Longford

‘B’ Grade 1st 36 Holes Handicap J. Terry

‘B’ Grade 2nd 36 Holes Handicap L. Miller

‘B’ Grade 72 Holes Handicap J. Terry

‘B’ Grade Eclectic E. McWaters

Burra Primary School

The Welfare Club and School Committee are to have a £1,000 lunch room erected at the school. The committees will raise half the sum needed. The room will be 50 ft x 20 ft and be of concrete bricks with a wood and iron roof. It is proposed to place it in the northeast corner of the playing area. At present children only have use of an open shed, or in wet weather, a classroom, which prevents proper airing of the room. Actions to raise the money will begin at once.

Football. Hallett 12.13 defeated Terowie 5.5

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures 6 August

Alan Ladd & Richard Conte in Desert Legion

Edward G. Robinson & Marcia Henderson in The Glass Web

10 August

Jane Wyman & Ray Milland in Let’s Do It Again

Broderick Crawford & Wanda Hendrix in The Last Posse

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club opened the 1955-56 season on Saturday. The 1st stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy was fired. A former member, Herb Byles, has rejoined this year. He managed a possible at 200 yards. Best scorers were H. Byles, W. McWaters, W. Corner, R. Bernhardt & J. Brown.

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 6

Football

Burra 13.11 defeated Leighton 5.10

Booborowie 22.17 defeated Spalding 6.11.

ETSA has advised that due to the price asked by the Burra Electric Supply Co. for its distribution system in the town, ETSA could not take over the town supply of electricity.

Miss Avis Stockman has won a trip to the Royal Melbourne Show through a Rural Youth Movement Quiz run last Friday night. It will be rebroadcast on 5 August at 7.45 p.m. on 5CL and 5AN.

Badminton

Kooringa Green 10 sets defeated Kooringa Red 6 sets.

Burra North Gold 9 sets defeated Burra North Blue 4 sets.

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 7

‘Burraite’ writes saying the Mines Department must have records of the body of ore still in the Burra Mine and if it is not sure, why not spend £1,000 to drill and prove it – or does politics enter into it – especially when two Americans came for a few hours and then pronounced that ‘there is no copper there’.

‘I believe they are supposed to be rather clever, but not that clever that they can tell what is under the ground.’

‘Ratepayer’ writes on the revelation that ETSA will not take over the supply of electricity because of the price asked by the local company. He suggests it is time locals petitioned for a compulsory takeover, even if a few shareholders lose a few pounds.

85, 30, 2 Aug. 1955, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA birthday party is reported in c. 1 column of detail.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 1

Booborowie RSL has taken possession of its new clubroom purchased from Mr G.H. Pryde and the first meeting was held on Saturday. The building is of asbestos with a dividing partition. The larger part was previously used as a garage and it has been decided to lay a floor in it to make it suitable for entertaining.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School held its 32nd Anniversary. In the evening vocal items were given by Mrs Hayden and Mrs Satchell and the scholars of the Sunday school. Ray Lloyd played songs on his accordion.

The Burra-Morgan Road is now in good order, following work on it by the Burra Burra DC, Robertstown DC and the Morgan DC.

Asbestos deposits at Robertstown are to be investigated by the SA Department of Mines. On 29 July an area was reserved from the provisions of the Mining Act, which prevents others from pegging claims in the area. Senior Geologist L.W. Parkin thinks there is every possibility of large tonnages of payable economic grade asbestos being mined.

Football. Hallett played Spalding and the scores were 7.11 to 6.8 in favour of the red and white.

Burra Rifle Club. A storm interrupted the 2nd stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy, which then had to be postponed.

Burra Burra DC has increased its rates to the maximum: i.e. from 3/5 to4/- in the pound. This will increase the income by £1,700 to £12,000.

The Main Roads Grant is £10,000, with Council’s contribution £300.

The District Roads Grant is £2,000 with Council’s contribution £600.

Thus £12,900 is available to be spent on roads.

The Hospital contributions amount to £1,400.

There is still £6,000 unexpended for work on the Hanson Deviation project.

Burra School Lunch Room Project benefited by £67 from a street stall last Friday.

RSL Fancy Dress Ball on Friday saw door takings of £120.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 2

Notice. M.F. Carmody & A.W. Pearce call a meeting at Booborowie Memorial Hall on 11 august to consider transferring Booborowie and Leighton Wards from Burra Burra DC to Spalding DC.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 August

Alec Guinness in Malta Story

Pat Holt in 13 East Street

17 August

Thunder in the East

Notice. Assigned Estate of J.W. Bogisch of Burra North, Storekeeper.

Tenders are invited for purchase of the stock and plant. Shop premises are temporarily closed, but the existing lease with over two years to run may be taken over by arrangement with the landlord.

Tenders to the Trustee, Gordon Bails, by 15 August.

M.W. Bednall (as Director) writes to clarify the position of the Burra Electric Supply Company Ltd.

The company was established by means of money supplied by the people of Burra and almost all shares are still held by people with Burra interests.

The directors of any company are bound to protect the interests of their shareholders and would be failing in that if they sacrificed the company’s assets.

Despite any other statements, including the letter from the Hon. Sir Lyell McEwin, the Directors have not made an offer to the Trust, nor have they yet met to consider an offer from the Trust.

The Directors have good reason to believe that even if the Trust took over, the cost to consumers would at least equal if not exceed the amount charged by the company.

If the Trust took over, the present employees would not be required in Burra and a substantial amount of money now spent by the company would be lost to the town.

The shareholders have lost an appreciable amount of money already by sacrificing dividends to plant and line improvements and they should at least get back the value of their undertaking.

“Ratepayer’s” complete disregard for other people’s rights is to be deplored.

‘Knocked Back.’ Burra has knocked back the river water and now electric power. Should the Mayor start a petition to take over this very necessary and at present unsatisfactory public utility, he would find 90% of the ratepayers willing to support it. Could the present company supply power for the appliances as requested to the officials of the Trust? It is time a realistic view of the matter was taken and Burra ratepayers given the services they rightly deserve.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 4

At a ‘Dads’ meeting on 29 July, President John Riggs made a presentation to Mr J. Sorrell – a member who is leaving the district.

Burra Town Council, 1 August

Following a request from the Badminton Club prices will be obtained for fluorescent lighting at the Town Hall. The club would pay for one or perhaps two, depending on the cost.

The chief Secretary advises that at a conference held last week the Burra Electric Supply Co. set an excessively high price for the purchase of its undertaking, out of all proportion to its value to the Trust and unless the company reconsiders its offer, the Trust could not entertain the question of a supply to Burra.

Mr Hawker will be advised and be asked to meet the Council about this matter.

A letter will be written to the Commissioner of SAR about the continual late running of the Broken Hill express, asking that the timetable be adjusted.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 5

Burra Rural Youth Club will celebrate its second birthday next meeting. At the last meeting the debate, Women should work on farms, was won by the affirmative.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 35 defeated Spalding 14

Leighton 18 defeated Terowie 6

Burra Comrades 18 defeated Booborowie 17.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 6

Football

Booborowie 7.15 defeated Burra 8.8

Terowie 13.14 defeated Leighton 2.6.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 7

Obituary. Helen Hirschausen, wife of August H. Hirschausen, died on 1 August at Glenelg.

[Aged 76: check if this was a second wife. A wife of August Henry Hirschausen, nee Anna Eliza Voumard, died 3 March 1944 at Burra, having married him in 1901, probably at Broken Hill.]

Advt. Blue & Gold Photographic Studio will operate for 8 days in the Town Hall Supper Room.

85, 31, 9 Aug. 1955, page 8

Miss Avis Stockman has won a trip as a guest of the ABC to the 1955 Royal Melbourne Show. The competition took the form of a quiz in an ABC studio on 29 July between five girls representing five Rural Youth Zones in SA.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tailem Bend was won by F. Brandt.

85, 32, 16 Aug. 1955, page 1

Gum Creek School Welfare Club celebrated its fourth birthday on 3 August.

Syd. Riggs (Raggsy) has been transferred by the SAR from Terowie to Mile End after 14 years. He was given a farewell and a presentation.

Burra Homing Club. The race on Saturday from Marree resulted in 100% returns and was won by F. Brandt.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 9 defeated Leighton 6

Booborowie 18 defeated Terowie 16

Burra Comrades 15 defeated Spalding 8

Weather. Strong wind and rain dominated the past week.

Creeks are running strongly and on Tuesday morning last week the stream at Taylor Street ford was about 40 yards wide and at Young St Ford it was c. 4 ft deep. A NSW panel van tried to cross here and was washed across the ford and trapped under the bridge. The occupants escaped and the van was eventually recovered with the aid of the District Council tractors. (A photograph appeared in Friday’s Advertiser, but was wrongly described as at Gum Creek.)

Another vehicle was washed away at Gum Creek when Mr G. Brown tried to drive a buckboard across a creek near L.L. Martin’s property. It ended up 15 yards downstream with only its roof visible. Most roads in the Gum Creek area were impassable and on Tuesday Mr F. Dean, the Gum Creek schoolteacher, only had 2 of 18 students present.

Golf. In Burra Associates’ ‘A’ Grade Championship the winner was Mrs E. Jeffery with Mrs J. Oates winning the ‘B’ Grade championship.

Football. Hallett 14.26 defeated Leighton 5.9.

85, 32, 16 Aug. 1955, pages1 & 4

Burra Burra DC Ratepayers’ Meeting

At a meeting of ratepayers held in Booborowie on Thursday a majority supported the move to transfer Booborowie and Leighton Wards to the Spalding DC. About 100 people attended. The Council was represented by District Clerk, T.G. Perry, and Mr E. McWaters. Spalding DC was represented by Mr K. Trengove and District Clerk, Mr C. Swan. A.W. Pearce took the chair. He said the meeting was called because it was thought roads in the two council wards compared most unfavourably with those in the adjoining area of Spalding and it appeared that Spalding with its smaller road mileage would be better able to improve and maintain roads in the two wards.

Mr Carmody presented the case for the transfer:

BBDC covers 840 square miles with 123 miles of main roads.

Spalding DC covers 225 square miles with 24 miles of main roads.

The two wards concerned have 40 miles of main roads.

Last year Burra received a Highways grant of £10,000.

Spalding received one of £6,000.

For the Burra-Andrews Road Burra received £1,000 for 19 miles and Spalding £1,000 for its 7 miles.

Booborowie and Leighton paid one third of the rates, but were not receiving a similar proportion of the expenditure.

In a Spalding Council the two wards would get four out of eight Councillors, while in Burra they has two out of eight.

It was understood Spalding would station a plant in Booborowie to eliminate wasted travel time.

Mr Perry then quoted the actual amounts spent by his Council and Mr McWaters suggested that area alone was not a true comparison.

The Chairman, in answer to a question, said Burra’s rate last year was 3/5 in the £ on an assessed value of £60,489, yielding £10,323. [Check figure.]

Spalding’s rate was 2/4 in the £ on an assessed value of £60,028 yielding £7,000.

Mr Perry said the rate this year would be 4/- in the £. Council assets would have to be taken into account in any move. Spalding would need more plant in order to manage the extra road mileage, but would be able to borrow more with extra wards.

Burra Council had stationed a plant at Booborowie in the past and there was notice of a motion to do so again.

P.N. Collins asked whether Spalding would raise the rates on the two wards. Mr Trengove said he expected that the assessments would be likely to be raised, but in view of the lower rate the total payment would be about the same.

Mr Perry said Burra had applied for £5,000 for the Burra-Andrews Road, but had been reduced to £1,000 because priority was given to the Hanson Road by the Highways Department.

Mr Dewhirst said it seemed the Spalding Council could get money and the Burra Council could not.

Mr R. Banker or Barker? suggested that some part of Leighton Ward might prefer to stay with Burra and Mr R. Earle agreed because of its proximity.

Mr Pearce explained that if a change was favoured it would require a petition to the Governor with the signatures of a majority both in numbers and assessed values in each ward.

Only two dissented when a motion was put that the meeting favoured the transfer of Booborowie and all or such portion of Leighton Ward as shall be defined, to Spalding DC.

Since the boundary would have to be defined before any petition could be signed, a meeting is called in a fortnight to determine the area of Leighton Ward to be included in a transfer. A petition in conformity with the Local Government Act will be prepared incorporating any change decided on at the Leighton meeting. It was expected that any change would take several months to be approved and put into effect.

85, 32, 16 Aug. 1955, page 3

Notice. Tenders are called for the erection of two front rooms and a passage and a supper room in brick, of about 1,900 square feet to the existing stone Booborowie District Soldiers’ Memorial Institute.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 August

Gilbert Roland & Angela Clark in The Miracle of Fatima

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Jack and the Beanstalk

24 August

Alan Ladd in Hell Below Zero

Gary Merrill in Black Dakotas

Badminton

Burra North Gold 14 sets defeated Kooringa Green 2 sets

Burra North Blue and Kooringa Red 1 point each.

‘Ratepayer’ responds to ‘Mr Bednall’s vituperation’.

I have been told that the founders of the Burra electric Supply Co. never intended that there be profit sharing by shareholders, but it was to be handed over to the town when established. ‘Was Mr Bednall an original shareholder, or are his acquisitions just pickings?’

While directors must look after shareholders, Civic Authorities have a duty to protect the interests of ratepayers and encourage progress.

Why not clarify the position to the public and leave spite out of it?

See Schedule Zone 5 at any office of the Trust and enlighten the public as to charges to be made for electricity.

‘This statement does not come well from the Director of a Company that has previously appointed a married woman to the position of Secretary.’

Key men would no doubt be retained by the Trust.

I was told by a representative of a large electrical firm that when the Trust moved into a district the sale of appliances and the rate of installations seemed never ending, thereby creating further employment.

No one questions the right of shareholders to get value for their undertakings, but with the great rise in value of line and plant this should be realised now or never.

85, 32, 16 Aug. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy. Best were W. Watts, H. Byles and B. Scholz.

85, 32, 16 Aug. 1955, page 6

Football

Booborowie 16.8 defeated Terowie 10.11

Burra 17.25 defeated Spalding 6.11.

85, 33, 23 Aug. 1955, page 1

[Tom Kellaway features in an article by Allan Reval in a daily newspaper, an extract from which is printed.]

‘Kellaway was the most powerful knockout I have ever seen. It was not unusual for him to punch the ball well into the forward lines.’ This knocking was not aimless: it enabled Bob Quinn and Allan Revel to get mobile before their opponents. To what extent his work was capitalised upon can be seen in 1938 when Bob Quinn won the Magarey Medal with Allan Revel in fourth place.

‘I class him as the best rucksman I have teamed with in club football.’

‘All in all Tom Kellaway typified the enthusiasm and unselfishness of what should be a part of all footballers – truly a team man.’

[Born 29 September 1911, Tom Kellaway had a varied, but very successful sporting and athletic career as a youth in Burra and went to Port Adelaide FC in 1932.]

Burra Rifle Club postponed the 3rd stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy due to rain and squally winds on Saturday.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tailem Bend on Saturday encountered strong head winds and rain, but nevertheless was very satisfactory. The winner was F. Brandt.

Burra High School Ball was held at the Burra Town Hall on Friday. The Polonaise was led by Head Prefects, Edward Bagg and Thora Allen.

Burra Amateur Golf Championships

‘A’ Grade

Championship H. (Harry) McKeough

36 Hole Handicap T. Moll

Morning Handicap E. Moll

Afternoon Handicap D. Oswald

‘B’ Grade

Championship C. Moody

36 Hole Handicap T. Richardson

Morning Handicap C. Moody

Afternoon Handicap E. McKenna

Teams’ Match Gladstone No. 1

Associates’ Open Day

‘A’ Grade

Championship Mrs I. Trigwell (Burra)

27 Hole Handicap Mrs I. Trigwell (Burra)

18 Hole Handicap Miss I. Trigwell (Burra)

9 Hole Handicap Mrs Denton (Farrell Flat)

‘B’ Grade

Championship Miss Aileen McKeough (Peterborough)

27 Hole Handicap Miss Aileen McKeough (Peterborough)

18 Hole Handicap Miss Antoinette McKeough (Peterborough)

9 Hole Handicap Mrs Davis (Saddleworth)

Teams’ Match Peterborough (Mrs Scriven, Mrs Fullerton, Miss Aileen McKeough & Miss Antoinette McKeough

Ironmine Table Tennis Tournament 16 august raised £15 towards the Annual Christmas Tree and Party. Winners:

Men’s Championship Singles Don Lloyd

Women’s Championship Singles Miss C. Lloyd

Doubles championship D. Lloyd and D. Haydon

Hanson Primary School Zodiac Ball was held on 12 August and was a very enjoyable success.

Basketball

Burra Rovers v. Booborowie match was cancelled.

Terowie forfeited to Burra Comrades

Leighton drew with Spalding 4 each.

Leighton Hall is to get a new lighting plant. In the last two years the interior of the main hall and the supper room have been replastered and painted and new guttering erected. Exterior walls have been repaired and windows painted. All this cost over £300. Much had been raised by public subscription and the efforts of the Leighton Ladies’ Guild. This left the hall with only a small overdraft. Elected were: President, M. Carmody; Vice-President, C.A. McDonald and Secretary, T.B. Lynch. Because of insufficient use the existing lighting plant, which used batteries, did not work satisfactorily and the batteries soon deteriorated. It was decided to install a direct lighting plant that would not require batteries.

Football

Terowie 12.6 defeated Burra 7.1

Spalding defeated Leighton by 4 points.

‘Shareholder’ writes re the Burra Electric Supply Co. saying that Mr Bednall and his committee know what they have spent for machinery, equipment and the cost of upkeep, but they have evidently overestimated the present value of the same. They have done a good job, but the writer thinks shareholders are not prepared to do more than they have already and it would be well to have the plant valued by a consultant or qualified engineers and to sell now, because in a few months it will be of less value.

85, 33, 23 Aug. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 August

Richard Burton & Robert Newton in The Desert Rats

Judy Conova & Stephen Dunne in WAC from Walla Walla

31 August

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in Scared Stiff

Mr R. ‘Curley’ Sedlarevich, former stationmaster at Mt Bryan and now of Rudall on the West Coast, was one of 29 New Australians naturalised by the Lord Mayor of Adelaide at Adelaide Town Hall recently. He came from Yugoslavia five years ago and joined the railways. He is 29 years old.

Brian Fahey aged 14 has been awarded a certificate of Merit by the Royal Humane Society for stopping a runaway horse and jinker at Willalo on 31 March 1954. He is the son of Mr & Mrs T.J. Fahey of Willalo. Maxine Deer was driving the jinker home from school with her brother Graham, Dianne Schliebs and Graham Clapp when the horse bolted. Maxine and Graham fell out, but the others, both aged 5, remained in the jinker. Brian Fahey chased it on his bicycle and was able to stop it.

85, 33, 23 Aug. 1955, page 6

Football. Hallett 7.5 defeated Booborowie 6.10.

85, 33, 23 Aug. 1955, page 7

Badminton. Kooringa Green 7-153 defeated Kooringa Red 6-144

Burra North Gold forfeited to Burra North Blue.

85, 33, 23 Aug. 1955, page 8

Mr T.C. Stott OBE MP visited Booborowie today to speak on developments in the new SA Co-operative Company handling bulk wheat and also research into wheat and developments in wool, of importance to growers.

Hanson School held its Arbor Day on 5 August. Several Aleppo Pines and shrubs were planted.

Booborowie Institute. Tenders are called for the new cloak rooms, supper room and kitchen. Tenders are also called for the purchase of the engine and generator used to light the hall, now that it is connected to the ETSA supply. The barley on the ‘Anama’ block has germinated and is looking well.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 1

Sara’s opened new premises in Burra yesterday. They took over the premises next door to Elder, Smith & Co. recently vacated by the Burra Meat Stores. They have a complete stock of groceries and hardware. The premises have been completely renovated.

Weather. Burra recorded 93 points of rain in the past week.

Football

Kevin Lane (Burra) has won the Record Trophy with 8 points. D. Wilsdon of Spalding was the runner-up.

Burra Homing Club. F. Brandt was again the winner in the most recent race from Marree.

Basketball. First Semi-Finals

Spalding 17 defeated Leighton 8

Burra Comrades 23 defeated Burra Rovers 18

St Mary’s Anglican Fete was opened on Friday in the RSL Hall by Mrs A.G. Owen-Smyth.

The fete proved to be very successful and raised about £150.

[In the next issue this was corrected to £210.]

Ambulance. The Burra Burra DC and the Burra Town Council are to meet to discuss the purchase of an ambulance for the district.

Electricity for Burra

Mr Hawker MP has advised that power from ETSA would be facilitated if the Town Council passed a resolution desiring ETSA to extend its mains to Burra, saying that the Council does not intend to extend the franchise to the Burra Electric Supply Co. and that it suggests ETSA takes over the Company’s distribution system as soon as possible.

As a consequence a motion was passed on the above lines and another was passed to notify the Burra Electric Supply Co. of Council’s action, but requesting them to continue to supply power until ETSA is in a position to take over.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, pages 1 & 7

A Rural Youth Rally was held at Burra last weekend. Some 70 members came from Mt Remarkable, Gladstone, Jamestown, Crystal Brook and Clare for the annual rally.

Friday evening:

There was a dance in the Show Hall where the Mayor E.T. Baulderstone opened the rally.

Saturday:

At 10 a.m. at the Showgrounds Mr H.J.B. Jennison gave a talk on the history of Burra.

A Merino Ewe and Ram Judging Competition followed. At noon members went to Mr Dave Thomas’s property at Mt Bryan, where lunch was served in the barn.

A judging competition of AIS dairy cattle followed with a tour of the property after that.

At 8 p.m. there was a public speaking competition and a social in the Show Hall, in which dancing was interspersed with items.

Sunday:

A chop picnic was held at The Gorge and an open-air church service.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 2

Advt. Bullen’s: Australia’s Largest Circus will perform at Burra 6 September at 8 p.m. only in the Old Sale Yards near the School.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, pages 3 & 8

Football. Preliminary Final

Burra 11.21 defeated Terowie 9.15.

Colts Semi-Final

Spalding 10.8 defeated Hallett 2.2.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club members attended the Annual Northern Union Prize Meeting.

Gordon Webster won the ‘B’ Grade Aggregate Trophy.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 6

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society held its AGM.

The Mayor and Mayoress Mr & Mrs Baulderstone showed great interest in the society during the year. During the year the Chairman, Rev. C. Christopher, had moved to Pt Pirie. Rev. D. Haydon has taken his place on the committee. Lieut. Kirkham of the Salvation Army moved to WA.

One of our loans became due and £200 was converted to a long term, 14-year loan at 41⁄2%. Wood was delivered in half-ton lots in July and August 1954 and in July 1955. £1-5-0 grocery orders for Christmas cheer were given to some persons. In June circulars were sent to persons to let us know that if their circumstances were really bad because our finances were under great strain and we could only supply what was really essential. Elected: President, Mrs H. Jennison; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs and Treasurer, Mr Reg. Davey.

Burra Town Council, 15 August

SAR advises that the Broken Hill express timetable has been amended.

The Ranger will be advised of a problem with straying stock at Burra North.

The PMG is to be asked to move the Ludgvan St letter box to a better lit site.

H.J. Wilson to be asked to submit an opinion on the two swing bridges.

The Highways and Local Government Department will be asked for additional grant money for road R45, as was done for the 1954-55 year.

The Director of Emergency Fire Services is to be asked to transfer the trailer pump from the control of the Town Council to the District Council and to consider the removal of the electric siren from the Town Hall.

The Burra Library Committee is to be advised that electricity charges will be waived as the Library is only open one night a week.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 7

Badminton. Visit to Peterborough 20 August.

Burra 16-294 defeated Peterborough 5-170.

St Joseph’s School Sports were held in the Burra RSL Hall due to bad weather. [Results are printed.]

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 9

Notice. Nominations are called for two ratepayers for Booborowie Ward and two from the portion of Leighton Ward proposed for transfer to Spalding Council. They would represent the wards on the Spalding Council till 30 June 1956.

These names are required for the petition being prepared to authorise the transfer. Nominations by 15 September with an election if needed.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 10 September

Joan Myra Martin, daughter of Rev. & Mrs Martin, will marry

Mervyn Stuart Andrew, son of Mr & Mrs Vic. Andrew of Cootra East.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, page 10

Booborowie School travelled to Spalding for sports on Friday:

Football: Spalding 10.11 defeated Booborowie 1.7.

Basketball: Spalding 7 defeated Booborowie 3.

Booborowie and Leighton Secession

It is clear that the proposed secession is due entirely to poor roads. But poor roads are found in the whole of the Burra District, which lacks regular patrols and grading.

Noel G. Tiver, formerly of the Hallett DC writes blaming the change twenty years earlier that wiped out the Booborowie Council. At the time the Burra Council acquired all the assets. Burra did not make any money on the deal, but got all the plant, though later a grader was handed over to Hallett. The compact nature of Booborowie with its larger income made Booborowie a viable council and this problem would not then have arisen.

The Leighton Demarcation Line was fixed at a meeting of about 30 ratepayers at Leighton Hall on Thursday night. The motion was that the whole of Leighton Ward except the portion bounded by the road running north from Ironmine Church to Earle’s Corner and then east to the Burra-Booborowie Road and between sections 888 & 889 to the eastern boundary of the Ward, be transferred from Burra Burra DC to Spalding DC, with the western boundary [road] remaining with Burra and the northern boundary [road] going to Spalding. Carried without dissent.

The petition will also call for the transfer of the portion of road between the Leighton School and the Church, presently in Hanson Ward, to go to the Spalding section of Leighton Ward and a similar deviation in the southwest corner by section 580 also be included in the area to be ceded.

The petition will be prepared and circulated once the four ratepayers who are to represent the wards on the Spalding Council have been nominated/elected.

85, 34, 30 Aug. 1955, check page

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 September

Alec Guinness in The Captain’s Paradise

Sir Edmund Hilary in Conquest of Everest

7 September

Charles Boyer in The Happy Time

Dana Andrews in Assignment in Paris

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, page 1

St Mary’s Fete. When all income was finalised the profit was c. £210.

Burra Women’s Fire-fighting Auxiliary held its AGM 19 August. Elected: President, Mrs H. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Ashby & Ashton and Secretary, Mrs A. Ford.

Burra Homing Club. The third race from Tailem Bend on Saturday was won by F .Brandt.

Football

R. James (Jimmy) has won the Mail Medal for 1955. He had previously won it in 1950 and 1951. A couple of years ago a muscular ailment seemed to have ended his career, but he has come back and this year has been Captain of Burra and played a key role in getting the team into a good position for the finals. The runner-up was Kev. Cousins of Booborowie.

G. Stanley Hawker MP has returned from overseas and resumed duties. The Electoral Boundaries Commission has recommended a new electorate comprising the old Burra Electorate and the subdivision of Clare. Mr Hawker would stand for this electorate if the recommendation is followed.

Burra High School was visited by Clare High School on 26 August.

‘A’ Basketball: Clare 13 defeated Burra 5.

‘B’ Basketball: Clare 23 defeated Burra 15.

Football: Burra 6.2 drew with Clare 5.8.

On 29 August students and teachers went on an educational tour to Adelaide. They caught the 6.55 a.m. train and arrived in Adelaide at 10.30 a.m. On arrival buses took the girls to Motteram’s Biscuit Factory and the boys to British Tube Mills. The parties met for lunch at Pt Adelaide, after which they went to Outer Harbour and had ‘free run’ of the liner Stratheden for half an hour. In the afternoon a visit was made to the GMH works and an hour was allowed for shopping in the city from 4.30 p.m. before they joined the Broken Hill express, where the cafeteria car was the main interest for some time.

The High School Ball raised c. £95.

Basketball. In the Preliminary Final Burra Rovers 22 defeated Spalding 10.

Burra Rifle Club. Gordon Webster led both the marksman’s and the handicap sections in the 3rd stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy on Saturday.

Willalo Amateur Hour organised by the Willalo School Committee last Thursday night is reported in c. 3⁄4 column.

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, pages 1 & 8

Burra Burra Hospital held its AGM in Burra Council Chamber 26 August.

E.L. McWaters, as Chairman, presided.

Throughout the year getting trained staff has been a major problem. Only one trained person was available until recently when three double certificated Sisters joined the staff. Thanks go to G.S. Hawker who obtained the services of Sister E.J. Collins following the resignation of Sister Young and to Dr & Mrs Pitcher who obtained staff members Sister Krushell, Guymer, Wilkins and Smith.

Mesdames Collins and Gebhardt also assisted in this regard and also Sister Tucker’s call depot. Others who assisted in staff shortages were Mesdames Odgers, Lynch, O’Sullivan, Young, Jeffery, Edwards and Cox. Thanks also to members of Women’s organisations for assistance with cooking and the care of linen.

At present the hospital has three double certificated Sisters, five Probationers and eight domestics including the porter. During the year the Nurses Home was completed and declared open by Mr G.S. Hawker. The building cost £26,600, including furnishings and was financed by a Building Fund Committee and Government Subsidy.

A bathroom in the Maternity Wing was converted to a shower alcove and the other bathroom altered at a cost of £371 (also subsidised by the Government). A woodshed was erected and the old bathrooms that served the women’s ward became a more centrally located store room. No. 5 private room was converted to a duty room for staff. The isolation block has been redecorated and will become No. 2 Nurses’ Quarters. The roof of the general portion was painted. When further interior painting has been carried out major maintenance items will have been taken care of.

The fete this year raised £675-2-0, which went towards the £828 needed for painting the roof, redecorating No. 2 Nurses Quarters and the dining room and to new floor coverings for the same.

During the year 366 patients were admitted and the average occupancy was 11.16 beds at an average cost of £3-10-7 per bed [per day]. [A breakdown of costs is included.]

The overdraft remains very high at £3,568 on 30 June. Some progress has been made and the working account shows a credit for the year of £841. The hospital has been greatly helped by having the supervision of administration done by the Town Clerk, Mr E.R. Davey. Unfortunately he has indicated that this will not be possible in the coming year and this will have to be addressed.

[A statement of revenue and expenditure is printed.]

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, page 3

Obituary. Hulda Henriks died on 4 September at Booborowie aged 75. She was the wife of B. Henriks and mother of Elizabeth, Hulda, Corine, Maria, Emilia, Norman and John.

[Born Hulda Emelia Stenberg c. 1880. Married Birger Harald Henriks 6 March 1905 Adelaide.]

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, page 5

T.C. Stott’s description of the bulk handling system for wheat is reported in c. 11⁄3 columns.

In it he said the company expected to use the facility at Ardrossan this season and plans were on hand for a terminal silo at Wallaroo with depot silos at Paskeville and Bute. Finance for construction comes from a toll of 3d per bushel on wheat, rising to 6d in the second year. This will eventually be repaid, commencing in 12 years after the date of joining, with arrangements for deceased estates and those leaving the industry. Farmers join the co-operative voluntarily. Bagged wheat was becoming increasingly difficult to sell. Mr Stott also spoke on the International Wheat Agreement made in Washington. He was speaking at the Booborowie Hall last Tuesday night, when about 40 primary producers attended.

Obituary. J. Hedley (Ted) Edwards of Mt Bryan died on 19 August at the Burra Hospital aged 53 after a very short illness. He was the younger son of the late Ambrose and Mary Ann Edwards. He was a trustee of the Methodist Church and a keen supporter of the Cricket Club. He is survived by one brother and five sisters. [Joseph John Hedley Edwards born 7 July 1902 Kooringa.]

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, page 6

Football

Hallett 15.16 defeated Booborowie 12.16.

Colts Semi-Final

Booborowie 8.6 defeated Burra 2.4.

85, 35, 6 Sep. 1955, page 7

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 September

David Tomlinson & Diana Dors in Is Your honeymoon Really Necessary?

Jean Simmons & Trevor Howard in The Clouded Yellow

14 September

Danny Kaye in Knock on Wood

Plus Shorts and News.

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, page 1

Burra Racing Club held its AGM 7 September

Chairman Gerald Gask reported on a very satisfactory year. Two race meetings were held: a six event program in October and a seven event program in March. The combined surplus was £173. Membership was 154, which is an improvement, but still down on the record of 194 for 1951-52. The gate takings were also down to £338 from an expected figure of about £400.

Alterations to the track estimated to cost £700 attracted a grant from the Betting Control Board of £570. The new part of the track has been planted and there should be little dust from it in October. A new watering service has been installed with 1,000 ft of two-inch pipe on part of the track and water laid on to the grandstand. The Members’ Bar has been enlarged and with a Committee Bar the congestion has been greatly eased. Additional horse stalls have been erected. Thanks to the CWA Ladies who provided excellent luncheons and afternoon teas. The regretted death of Mr E.L. Steer removes a very willing helper at our busy bees. Elected: Patron, Andrew tenant and Chairman, Gerald Gask.

[Obituary. The reference in the preceding Burra Racing Club report is the only one to the death of Ernest Leslie Steer born 24 January 1886 Goolwa: died 30 August 1955 Burra North.]

A Letter to the Editor calls for the enthusiasm for a Burra swimming pool to be reignited. The writer suggests the site be the Drill Hall and saddling paddock. The Hall would be ideal for showers, locker rooms etc. and conveniences are already installed. The saddling paddock could be excavated for the pool.

‘With Army training revolutioned ti is [sic] extremely doubtful whether our local Drill Hall will ever be used again.’

The Air Force Assoc. advises that three or four Mustang Aircraft will fly over Burra on Wednesday as part of the Battle of Britain Commemoration Week. There will be the usual service at the War Memorial in Market Square on Thursday 15 September at 11.15 a.m.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Local district prices are printed.

Basketball Grand Final

Burra Comrades 15 defeated Burra Rovers 14. This is the third win in succession and so the shield is theirs to keep. [In the issue of 20 September this statement is corrected. The shield will be contested until it is filled up.]

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 September

Burt Lancaster in The Crimson Pirate

Kent Smith in This Side of the Law

21 September

William Holden in Boots Malone

Randolph Scott in The Hangman’s Knot

Advt. Organ Recital at St Mary’s Church, Wednesday 12 October, 8 p.m. by C. Davey assisted by Marjorie Forsaith, soprano. Collection to aid the Church Organ Fund.

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, page 4

Stockowners’ Assoc. of SA, Burra Branch held its AGM in the RSL Hall on 25 August. Elected: President A.D. Radford; Vice-President, J. Gebhardt and co-secretaries, H.B. Williams and J. Battye. The meeting was addressed by Mr A.J. McBride on the activities of the Australian Wool Bureau and by Mr D.C. Cowell on the functions of the Meat Board.

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, page 5

Burra Town Council, 5 September

Burra Electric Supply Co. confirmed that negotiations are in progress with ETSA and the company will continue to supply power until negotiations are finalised.

The Town Planner’s Office agrees that the trailer pump should be controlled by the DC and further advice will follow.

The PMG is considering the relocation of the street letter receiver in Ludgvan Street.

A.S. Tillett is to be advised that unless he amends the condition of the house on the corner of Kingston St and Bridge St [actually Bridge Terrace] Council intends to take action within the powers of the Local Government Act.

Cr Carpenter was appointed to represent the Council on the Hospital Board.

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, pages 6 & 7

Football. Burra 10.19 defeated Booborowie 9.19.

A gate of £88 means a crowd of about 700. Burra now faces Hallett in the Grand Final.

85, 36, 13 Sep. 1955, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the third stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy. Best scorers were G. Webster, K. Spackman and E.C. Hopkins. Three possibles were scored over 500 yards: one each by G. Webster, Herb. Byles and Ed. Hopkins.

Kate Cock’s Babies’ Home Badge Day on 2 September raised about £29.

Mrs S. Scroop’s birthday on 4 September is reported in 2⁄3 column. It was held at ‘Balcarres’, Meningie, home of Mr & Mrs Ross Earle. There is no mention of which birthday this was.

[But it was in fact her 50th.]

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, pages 1 & 6

Football. The Grand Final of the North Eastern Football Association drew a record crowd of 1.200 (excluding children) at Leighton on Saturday. The record gate was £148, beating the previous record of £120 in 1951. Trophies were presented.

The Mail Medal went to R. James (Jimmy) of Burra with 19 points, with Kev. Cousins of Booborowie second. Equal third place went to R. Reed and P. Sullivan

The Burra Record Trophy for Best Player 1955 went to Kevin Lane of Burra.

Runner-up for the Record Trophy was D. Wilsdon. Top goal-kicker trophy went to John Dewhirst who scored 91 goals in the minor rounds, 11 in inter-association matches against Mid-Murray and Adelaide Plains and 5 in the final rounds.

This was Burra’s first appearance at a grand final since 1949.

Hallett 12.13 defeated Burra 8.8.

In the colts grand final at Leighton Booborowie 3.3 defeated Burra 2.4.

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. There was no shooting on Saturday due to the prize shoot at Port Adelaide where Herb Byles was among the prize winners.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Tintinara was won by F. Brandt, who has won the last 9 races.

Methodist Church. The two Burra circuits are uniting for a Burra Mission to the Nation Week 26 September to 2 October. The Methodist Church is sponsoring this mission across the nation.

Monday 26 September Devotional Service at Redruth with the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.

Tuesday 27 September At 8 p.m. a Young People’s Squash (The Squash is a familiar meeting in many churches.

Wednesday 28 September 2.30 p.m. Women will meet at Kooringa.

Thursday 29 September The men will meet at Redruth for a tea, followed by sacred concert at 8 p.m. involving Burra artists and a combined choir.

Sunday 2 October Morning Service at Redruth and an evening Family Tea at Kooringa at 5 p.m. before the final service there.

The guest speaker at all meetings will be the Rev. R.A. Lovell L. Th. of Spalding and formerly of the RAAF.

In 1954 there were 193,234 in SA who called themselves Methodists or 24 to 25% of the population. Burra Circuits have about 400 families who call themselves Methodists.

‘This is not an attempt to proselytise, but to present the claims of God, through his son, by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.’

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 2

Advt. The SAFU will offer for sale a house and furniture at Burra North on 30 September in the Estate of Richard Nourse, deceased. Pt Section 111 with stone dwelling of five rooms etc. Also allotment 1 Survey of Millerton 50 ft x 125 ft with iron room on wheels.

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 September

Ezio Pinza in Tonight We Sing

Rod Cameron in Sea Harvest

28 September

Ray Milland in Jamaica Run

Jan Sterling in Alaska Sea

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 4

Royal Adelaide Show

The Grand Champion Merino Ewe was bred and exhibited by D.R. McInnes & Sons of Hallett. It was their only exhibit. The Jubilee Challenge Trophy for Best Five Merino Sheep again went to last year’s winner W.B. Ashby & Sons of ‘Ashrose’ Hallett. [Other winners are also listed.]

Booborowie cricket Club held its AGM 25 August. Fred Dinham was elected President and E.W. Wood continues as Secretary. It was decided to put down a new pitch for the coming season.

Hallett Cricket Club held its AGM 31 August. Elliott Bell was made a life member. Elected: President, K. Miller; Secretary, B. Dowling; Patron, A.G. Owen-Smyth; Captain, D. Miller and Vice-Captain, J. Honan.

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 5

Burra Golf season ended last Saturday.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 10 September

Joan Myra Martin, second daughter of Rev. & Mrs M. Martin, married

Mervyn Stewart Andrew, fourth son of Mr & Mrs T.V. Andrew of Cootra, Eyre Peninsula.

St Edmund’s Ball at Booborowie was a social and financial success. Takings and donations are expected to exceed £100.

Mokota Cricket Assoc. held its AGM at Willalo Hall 2 September. Elected: President, Matt. Carmody and Secretary, Garth Kappler. (Ron Mayfield, who had been President for some years, did not stand.)

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 6

A. (Tony) Ryan was 3rd in the State Shearing Championship conducted at Lake View on Saturday. Ahead of him were D. Rye and T. O’Loughlin.

85, 37, 20 Sep. 1955, page 8

Royal Adelaide Show Ram Sales are reported.

311 were offered and 243 were sold at an average price of £143-8-0.

On day 1 the top price of 2,200 guineas was paid by W.B. Ashby and Sons Ltd of ‘Ashrose’ Hallett for a ram from John Collins & Sons, Collinsville, Mt Bryan. On day 2 a top price of 1,800 guineas was paid by L.W. Gare & Sons of Mt Glen View, Hallett from the same vendors.

[Other local buyers and sellers are listed.]

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 1

Football. The Burra Football Club held its end of year dinner at the Burra Hotel on Friday. The evening is reported in 11⁄4 columns. Trophy winner:

Fairest & Most Brilliant Kevin Lane

Most Unselfish R. James

Most Effective Kevin Lane & P. Whimpress (tie)

Best Placed Man P. Whimpress

Best Forward Keith Treleaven

Best Utility R. Partridge

Best Backman D. Edwards

Best Uner-18 Ian Allen

Best Attendance at Practice Ian Allen

Weather. Heavy thunder storm rains fell in the last week. Some eastern properties reported between half an inch and an inch in less than thirty minutes. Some dams were filled and four to five feet of water put into others.

Spalding and Hallett and Mt Bryan East got between one and two inches in a short period on Thursday.

Falls at Burra totalled 30 points, but to the east falls ranged from 12 at Kia Ora to 232 at Lilydale. Other examples: Quondong 100, Morgan Vale 105, Old Koomooloo 75, Woolgangi 35 and Braemar 70.

Burra North Red Cross raised £60 at an auction sale on Friday afternoon. Mr Rex Pickering of Oates Ltd was the auctioneer.

Burra Burra DC at its last meeting expressed deep concern over the moves to transfer Booborowie and Leighton Wards. The Council deprecated the attitude of Spalding Council in having the area canvassed, starting a move to annex a large portion of the Burra Burra Council and making promises and endeavouring to whip up feelings of animosity towards the Burra Burra Council. They also felt the move would completely unbalance the Burra District by bringing the western boundary to within five miles of the town.

Advertiser Tour Bicycle Race

This passed through Burra on Saturday. Under present conditions 20-30 riders and a few officials arrive late on Saturday and all have left by 9.15 a.m. next morning. Compare this with the hundred or so riders, trainers, followers and officials that used to be here for a day or two prior to the start of the Burra-Adelaide Cycling Classic of the past. On Saturday mornings the departures of men from the limit men to those on scratch were spread over an hour to an hour and a half and drew a large interested crowd. Has Burra now been deprived of these happy occasions? We hope not.

Earth Tremor. Spalding was shaken by a tremor about 7.20 p.m. on Friday. It was also felt at Booborowie, Gulnare and Hanson.

Burra Rifle Club on Saturday saw Jim Schwier (70) equal the Club record of 21 bulls in a row, when he shot a triple possible to get 105 off the rifle over double 600 and 700 yards. The only other triple possible was by Pat Hogan in 1949 over double 500 and 600 yards.

Obituary. Mr A. Coverdale died suddenly at his home at Lower Mitcham on Friday aged 66. He came to Burra in his early days, when he took up employment with the firm of T.W. Wilkinson & Co. He married Miss Florrie Byles of Burra. After a number of years he started his own business (now occupied by Mr Ron Wickes), which he carried on for a number of years. While in Burra he was an active member of the RSL and a keen supporter of the Burra Bowling Club. He is survived by a wife and daughter, Rhonda (of Sydney).

[Arthur Coverdale born 30 July 1889 Whitby, Yorkshire, UK: died 23 September 1955 Lower Mitcham.]

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 4

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club wants new sheds at their court.

Elected at the AGM: Patron: J. Kellock; President, Rev. M. Martin; Vice-Presidents, Messrs I. Burdon & W. Carpenter and Secretary, Miss V. Terry.

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 5

Burra Cricket Assoc. has met and resolved on three rounds of two-day matches for the season, leaving three Saturday s before Easter to complete the finals. Clubs involved are Buffs, Burra, Koonoona and Farrell Flat. Elected: Patron, Reg. Warnes; President, Mr R. Pearce of Koonoona; Secretary, Mr L.A. Kewell and Assistant Secretary, Mr P. Whimpress.

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 October

James Stewart & June Allyson in The Glen Miller Story

Tony Curtis & Joanne Drew in Forbidden

5 October

Barry Sullivan in Miami Story

Johnny Weissmuller in Cannibal Attack

Hallett Red Cross Unit Flower Show was held on Saturday and is reported in just less than one column.

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 7

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy on Saturday over double 600 and 700 yards. The outstanding success of Jim Schwier has been noted on page 1. Other possibles were scored by:

W. Edwards 600 & 700 yards

D.H. Field 700 yards

M. Mitchell 600 yards

W. Corner 700 yards

C. Edwards 600 yards

Overall best for the trophy on the day were J. Schwier, W. Edwards and W. Hempel.

Burra & District War Memorial Committee AGM

President H. Jennison presented the first report of its activities since it was established in 1947. Elected: President, H. Jennison; Vice-President, K. Murphy; Treasurer, E.R. Davey and Secretary, C. Morrison.

85, 38, 27 Sep. 1955, page 8

Football

Booborowie Football Club held an end of season dance in the Booborowie Hall on Saturday. Trophies for the football and basketball seasons were presented.

Fairest & Most Consistent Rod Reed

Fairest & Most Brilliant Kev. Cousins

Most improved junior Peter Sullivan

Best Player in Preliminary Final P. Sullivan

Best Player in Semi-Final E. Willis

Basketball

Best Player Deidre Snell

Booborowie Colts

Most improved players Richard Freer, Toby Cookes & Dean Billing

Best in Semi-Final Ken Bruce

Best in Grand Final Richard Freer

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 1

Burra District LCL held its AGM in the RSL Hall 23 September. Elected: President, A.D. Radford and Secretary, John Warnes. G. Stanley Hawker gave an interesting address and outlined the proposed electoral boundary.

Silver Spur Social Club held its AGM and decided on fortnightly meetings on Tuesday nights from 11 October. Elected President, R. Bevan; Vice Presidents, P. Murphy & S. Scroop; Secretary, Miss C. Ellis and Treasurer, Mrs F. Scroop.

Grasshopper hatchings are being reported and Mr A.D. Radford says millions of small grasshoppers are on his ‘Glenora’ property.

‘Fed Up Ratepayer’ writes pointing out to Crs Beckwith and Finch that moves to transfer Booborowie and Leighton Wards to Spalding DC were begun by fed-up ratepayers and not by Spalding Council and to accuse the latter of whipping up animosity is completely false.

Must we go on wrecking our cars on ‘our unformed, neglected, pot-holed tracks’ just so the Burra Burra DC will not be unbalanced, he asks.

He also says it is useless to blame the wet winter, as they have put up with the same bad roads for many winter, both wet and dry.

Avis Stockman has now won the Australia-wide ABC broadcasting competition for girls of Rural Youth and Young Farmer Clubs at the Royal Melbourne Show. This seems to be the first time that a South Australian has been the winner. The first prize was a Phillips Mantle Radio. While staying in Melbourne contestants were guests of the ABC at the Victorian Private Hotel and were chaperoned by Mrs W. Simpson. There were several visits to the show and to films as well as to the Town Hall, the Olympic Games site and the Melbourne Botanic Gardens.

Burra Hospital Drive will benefit from the Kapunda Group’s production in the Burra Town Hall on 14 October of Kenneth Horne’s comedy Fools Rush In. Mr Horne is the well-known BBC producer of Much Binding in the Marsh and other programs.

Burra Rifle Club had four members visit Spalding on Saturday for the champion of Champions Shoot, namely J. Schwier, C. Edwards, H.H. Byles and W. G. Edwards. J. Schwier won the Champion of Champions contest with 94 off the rifle and the Burra Team took the Teams’ Contest with 349 ahead of Spalding on 339, Auburn 327 and Clare 312.

Burra Lawn Tennis Club held its AGM on Thursday and elected: Patron, M.W. Bednall; President, L. Halliday; Secretary, E.S. Milne and Treasurer, L. Bence.

Football

The Marlow Memorial Trophy of the SA National Football Umpires’ Association for A-Grade matches was won by Colin Schmidt of the Melton Football Club. He was previously a ruckman in the Booborowie Football Club.

The Eastern Districts Firefighting Organisation held its AGM at Koomooloo on 26 September. The attendance of about 40 was excellent. The organisation covers a huge area. The northern edge is the southern boundary of Mutooroo and the southern is the northern boundary of the Morgan DC and it runs from the edge of the District Councils in the west to the state border in the east. Among the visitors welcomed by Chairman, Rex C. Warnes, were Messrs P. Malpas and King of the EFS in Adelaide and G. Stanley Hawker MP. P. Malpas gave an interesting talk on general tactics and hints of control of fire fighting.

The Chairman’s 5th annual report said widespread rains had caused feed growth in this and adjoining areas, creating a very real danger this coming fire season. In the year Messrs A.M. Simpson & Sons donated 100 knapsack sprays and four have come to this organisation.

Obituary. Mr Arthur John Allen died in Burra Hospital on Thursday aged 75. He was born in Burra [Hampton] on 6 October 1880 and lived in the town until his death. He was educated at Burra School and later worked in the Burra North Ballast Quarry. In the 1890s he married Miss Edith Lihou and they had five children: Myrtle Mrs Hill, Jack, Ida Mrs Laidlaw, Fred and Jean Mrs Motherall (deceased). After leaving the quarry Mr Allen took up machinery agencies and was a wheat agent at the Railway Station for many years. In later years he was the Royal Mail contractor for the Eastern Pastoral Area. He was a keen and active member and supporter of the town’s football clubs. He was secretary to the Football assoc. for a number of years and was secretary of the Kooringa Football Club when that team won the premiership in 1920. Although in later years he did not enjoy the best of health, he was active until the time of his death. His wife predeceased him in 1945.

[Death is registered for 14 September 1955.]

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from L.J. Allen will offer for sale by auction the house property situated in the Hundred of Kooringa on allotment 348 of subdivision of Section 1 laid out as Burra with a stone house of five rooms etc.

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 October

Claude Raines in Man Who Watched Trains Go By

David Niven in Appointment with Venus

10 October

Bob Hope in Military Policeman

John Payne in The Vanquished

12 October

Charlton Heston in The Savage

Hubert Grigg in Speaking of Murder

Advt. St Mary’s Organ Recital 13 October 8 p.m.

Organist C. Davey with Marjorie Forsaith (soprano) and Lindsay Thomas (baritone).

Collection to aid the Church Organ Fund

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 4

Hallett Flower Show. The Prize List is printed.

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade, 24 September

Booborowie 10-90 defeated Hallett 10-85

Leighton 11-84 defeated Mt Bryan 9-72

Aberdeen 18-114 defeated Ironmine 2-53.

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 5

Boy Scouts. It has been decided to form a Boy Scout Troop at Booborowie.

[Details occupy just more than 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Bowling Club. President H. Jennison reported a successful season, even though Burra teams were unsuccessful in inter-team competition, with Clare taking the top three places. This year Burra’s secretary Mr J. Topsfield was President of the Mid North Bowling Association and the Mid North Championship Rinks were played on our greens on 2 April, with Auburn coming out victors. The Burra Club Tournaments were very well run. Trophies:

Club Champion R. Harris

Consistency D. Jacka

Championship Pairs L. Hood & Williams

Handicap Singles H. Pearce

Electric Light Pairs Hood & Phillips

During the year visits were made by Hallett, Robertstown, Peterborough and Blyth and we visited Hallett and Robertstown and individuals visited Riverton, Blyth, Renmark, Marrabel, Jamestown and Cummins. Thank go to Greens keeper Mr A. Bown, who unfortunately cannot continue next season. The committee hopes to purchase the present property from the debenture holders and this matter is presently with our solicitor, Mr Bednall. This will require incorporation, which is also in hand. Social games have been less successful and I hope some constructive suggestions about this might come forward. Elected: President, H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, H. Binks-Williams & G.H. Dollman and Secretary, J.B. Topsfield.

Gum Creek School held its Annual Pet Show on Friday 23 September and raised £16-14-6.

[A list of winners is printed.]

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 6

Burra Homing Club. The birds raced from Tintinara on Saturday in gales and rain. P.J. Byrnes was the winner.

Booborowie Junior Football Club Dinner is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Rural Youth. Twenty Clare members visited Burra on 26 September for a debate and dance evening. The debating topic was The Redex Trial is an asset to the Commonwealth of Australia. By a margin of just one point Burra won the contest in speaking for the negative. The team comprised Bruce Stockman, Julie Pearce and Ian Allen.

Freemasonry. Mr E.S. Statton has resigned after thirty years as secretary of Hallett Masonic Lodge, to be succeeded by L.S.F. Anderson. Mr E.J. effery [sic: E. Jeffery or E.J. Jeffery?] of Mt Bryan was installed as worshipful Master at Hallett Masonic Lodge on 22 September.

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 7

Burra War Memorial Committee, 26 September

The President H. Jennison presented the first report of the Committee, even though it had begun in 1947. The then President was Mr L. Hawke, Secretary Mr C. Morrison and Treasurer Mr Reg. Davey.

The project was to remodel Victoria Park and its surroundings as a War Memorial. Plans were drawn up by the late Mr Gunthorpe to alter and level the oval. A subscription list was opened in the Record and many functions were held to raise the finance required. The aid of the Town and District Councils was sought. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. were approached as to donating a portion of land near the Drill Hall, which they did and which was transferred to the Corporation and on this land we hope to have tennis courts at a later date, as finance permits. A proposal was put to ratepayers at a meeting on 9 March 1948 to borrow £1,200 and that the Committee aimed to raise £3,000 for the War Memorial. This proposal was authorised. Tenders were then called for levelling the oval and forming a cycle track. The successful tenderer was Mr F.L. Hogan of Booborowie for £850. Many of the trees then at the oval were topped and others removed to widen it by five feet. The dressing shed had to be halved to allow for the new cycle track and this was done by a working bee under the supervision of Mr Don Halliday, assisted by Messrs W. Carpenter, L. Kellaway, C. Pearce and members of the Committee. The Burra Town Council supplied and planted an avenue of trees outside on the west side of the oval and these are coming on nicely. The new oval was planted in cluster clover and couch grass. Unfortunately only the clover took and we have again planted Kentucky Blue and hope it will take. The general appearance of the oval today is quite good.

Mr Hawke resigned on 4 July 1950 on his transfer from the town. Mr H. Jennison then became the President from 19 July 1950. New trees and shrubs were planted on the inside surrounds of the oval by Mr E.T. Baulderstone and his Committee. One thousand feet of 3⁄4 inch pipe was laid by Mr J .Fisher to bring water to the oval and a new fence was erected around it. I.J. Warnes & Sons kindly donated the top cables for this. W. Carpenter & Son painted the posts, cables, gates and lavatories. Seats were erected and a grandstand to seat c. 100 was erected on one side of the dressing shed. The Corporation gravelled the track surrounding the oval and a plaque was cast and erected at the entrance gates. The Burra Football Club fitted out the interior of the dressing shed, which is in two sections and has electric light and hot and cold showers. Skylights have improved its lighting. A basketball court was constructed by Mr S.J. Woollacott at no cost to the Committee. Pipes were laid to the new court. A suitable shed to serve afternoon teas etc. was purchased from the Mines Department at Mongolata for £60, dismantled and re-erected at the oval by Mr D. Jacka, S. Scroop and helpers. It has been equipped by the Silver Spur Dance Club and Mr E.T. Baulderstone. It is 32 ft by 9 ft. Trees and shrubs have been planted by W. Carpenter around the new basketball court. C.W. Pearce & Son spray painted the new shed with donated paint and a 400 gallon tank was purchased and erected. There is still much to be done as finance permits.

[A long list of people who were thanked for their assistance is printed along with a balance sheet.]

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 8

‘Dullite’ writes seeking clarification on the town’s electric supply given that contradictory statements about the negotiations between ETSA and the local company have been published.

‘Is our Corporation on top of the situation?

Has our local company offered anything to the trust?

If so, is the price too high?

Has the Trust rejected the offer?’

If the local company carries on, can we have light and power without the high fluctuations in voltage we now get and can we have electric stoves and hot water systems at the price the Trust can supply?

Obituary. The death by accident at Mt Barker on Thursday of Mr Lewis Bluff Rayner of Hallett came as a great shock. He was born in 1881 at ‘The Bluff’ Hallett and remained on the property all his life. In 1911 he married Alice Honan and the couple had five children: three daughters and two sons. One son, Keith, was killed in the last war while a member of the RAAF. Mr Rayner’s life work was the sheep industry. The property was opened up by his late father William James Rayner in the 1860s and has been carried on by family members ever since. In recent years Mr Rayner has been a partner in the stud with his son Max. He took a keen interest in ‘showing’ stud Merinos and in the big Ram Sales of the eastern and western states. In his youth he took a great interest in sporting activities throughout the district. He was well respected by residents and known as a very fine gentleman. Mr Rayner was a member of the newly formed Hallett Bowling Club and of the Freemason’s Lodge.

[Born 11 January 1881 Canowie. The SA Deaths CD is clearly in error in giving his date of death as 29 September 1956 at Butler’s Crossing, residence Whyte Yarcowie.]

Burra Primary School will hold its visiting day on Friday 28 October. The ceiling badly damaged in winter storms has been renewed.

Burra Town Council, 19 September

The swing bridge opposite the Town Hall will be inspected by Council on 26 September.

A general rate of 56 d in the £ was declared.

A new tank will be purchased for the Burra Cemetery.

85, 39, 4 Oct. 1955, page 10

Adelaide Wool Sales are reported and local district prices are printed.

Burra Lawn Tennis Association. For the 1955-56 season the President is R. Affolter of Booborowie and the Secretary is Mr Laurie Anderson of Hallett.

Burra CWA will cater for the Burra Races on 19 October and for a wedding on 29 October.

85, 39 (2), 11 Oct. 1955, page 1

The Burra Show was held on Saturday last and the pavilion exhibits were said to be the best for years. The quality made up for any decrease in quantity. There was rain before 9 a.m. and the day was overcast, but the day was perfect for the show. Sideshows were numerous, but reported a bad day, probably there were too many of the same sort. The Boxing Troupe of Major Wilson created a great deal of interest.

Cars, machinery and electrical goods were more numerous than last year. Entries in some sections fell, but overall there was an increase: 2131 in 1953, 1978 in 1954 and 2300 in 1955.

Art had only 21 entries, but they were of good quality. Mrs O. Ockenden took all first prizes, but one.

Bird and poultry increased to 723 entries.

In pigeons the majority of birds showed the effects of over-showing, but local classes were excellent, where the major winners were A.H. Broad and P.J. Byrnes.

In cookery there were 104 entries. The Burra Show Prize for cake recipe went to Miss Avis Stockman and the aggregate trophy went to Mrs F.C. Stolte.

Flowers were again outstanding. The main prize winners were Mrs M.N. Tiver, C.R. Simon, R. Harris, R. Fuss, East Bungaree Ltd, E.J. Verrall (Petherton), Mrs H.A. Edwards, M. George and E.E. Rooke.

For grain and fodder C.H. Behn won the aggregate trophy.

The main exhibitors in horses in action were W. Meyer, L.C. Stott, T. Williams, M. McWaters, H.B. Chapman and R. Dohnt.

Needlework entries were up by 30. Mrs G.R. Finch won the aggregate prize for the CWA section and other main prize winners were Miss J. Ley, Mrs F.C. Stolte and O. Handke.

Sheep. In the strong wool section the Koonoona Trophy went to Murray Thomas.

The Champion Strong Wool Merino Ewe was shown by R. McInnes & Sons.

The Open Class Medium Wool Trophy also went to Murray Thomas.

Champion Medium Wool Ram was shown by Murray Thomas, who also exhibited the Champion Ewe.

In the 1000 to 2000 Class the Aggregate Trophy went to R. McInnes & Sons.

Under 1000 Class Champions were exhibited by J.L. Edmonds.

Wool. The Champion Fleece was entered by K.R. Phillips, who also won the open class for best fleece.

J.L. Riggs won the Hundreds Class.

Reg. Warnes won the Perpetual Lease Class Outside Hundreds.

The School Displays were impressive, with entries from Booborowie, Hanson, Mt Bryan, Gum Creek, Burra Primary and Burra High.

An excellent display was mounted by the Burra Rural Youth Club. The Clare Youth Club’s float was a feature of the Grand Parade.

Sir Keith Angas, President of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society was introduced by President of the Burra Show Rex Warnes and declared the show open. G. Stanley Hawker MP moved the vote of thanks.

The PMG Department has advised that owing to unfavourable circumstances they did not propose to move the Ludgvan Street letter receiver. Another letter will be sent to them pointing out that a move of 45 yards to bring it nearer a light might generate more use.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 September

Betty Dawn Brereton, daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Brereton, married

John Richard Robinson, son of Mrs R. Skelton of Opatiki, New Zealand.

Burra Town Council, 3 October

A committee will investigate the cost of repairing the swing bridge.

The Burra Progress Association’s help will be sought in raising funds to erect additional ladies’ conveniences within the municipality.

A.S. Tillett is to be advised that the Council will take action under section 616 and section 617 of the Local Government Act unless a definite reply is received within seven days.

Action will be taken to remove the horse from the area near the Memorial Oval.

Grasshoppers

On Wednesday the Advertiser reported a meeting of pastoralists at Burra on the grasshopper plague. It says some 120,000 square miles are infested, extending from 25 miles northwest of Terowie down to the area of the Morgan DC. Mr Hawker MP asked the Minister of [Local?] Government whether, as in the case of a fruit fly plague, some assistance might be given, as they were beyond the capabilities of individual landholders to control.

The Hon. A.W. Christian replied that the Government was not prepared to go beyond the supplying of free poisons or baits, as provided for in the Act. Landholders must apply themselves to the destruction of pests wherever they appear on their properties.

Mr Hawker said that was a physical impossibility.

Hon. A.W. Christian said Government Officers were inspecting the area to check on reports. He also thought some of the reports were exaggerated. Landholders were obliged to pinpoint egg beds and notify the appropriate authorities and then to start destruction programs.

The Minister also said the Government would see that the Waite Research Institute did research into onion weed and Cape Tulip.

85, 39 (2), 11 Oct. 1955, pages 4, 5, 6 & 7

Burra Show Prize List is printed.

[Personal interest: R. Fuss’s prizes in the Flower Section

3 Freesias 1st 1 Fuchsia Double 1st

6 Linarias 2nd 1 Primula, Obronica 2nd

6 Pansies 1st 1 Primula, any other 1st

6 Verbenas (different shades) 1st & 2nd 1 Pot plant not specified in list 2nd

3 Tulips 2nd 1 Pot plant new or rare 1st

3 Verbenas (different shades) 2nd Best pot plant for table 1st

Unenumerated 6 of 1 shade 2nd Basket plant hanging on tripod 2nd

Unenumerated 3 of 1 shade 2nd Basket plant unenumerated 1st & 2nd

1 New or rare flowering shrub 1st & 2nd Basket plant new or rare 1st

Freesias, mixed, 1 pot 1st Floral Art: Window Box 1st]

85, 39 (2), 11 Oct. 1955, page 7

Burra Show. The Gala Night featured a dance, which realised £54. The side shows did not remain open except for the Horse-o-Plane and one dart game.

85, 39 (2), 11 Oct. 1955, page 8

Birth. To Avis and Gordon Webster at Burra Hospital on 16 October, a son, Andrew Gordon.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 October

Gary Cooper & Phyllis Thaxter in Springfield Rifle

Inside the Walls of Fulsom Prison

19 October

Robert Francis & Donna Reed in They Rode West

Millard Mitchell & Gilbert Roland in My Six Convicts

85, 39 (2), 11 Oct. 1955, page 10

Hallett & District Schools’ Sports results are printed.

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 1

Mr W. (Bill) Voumard is 80 tomorrow, 19 October.

Church of England Boys’ Society

Twenty-eight members from St Peters & Kensington in Adelaide visited Burra on the Labour Day Weekend. Rev. Lenthall has begun a branch of CEBS in Burra with 19 members. On Sunday the visitors were taken to the Gorge. On Monday they visited the Burra Mine and other places of interest before going home.

Obituary. Mrs Mary Reed, widow of the late Richard Reed, died at her Burra North home on Sunday 16 October aged 93. [Born Mary Williams 9 September 1862 Tiparra SA.]

St Mary’s. The organ recital on Thursday night by Mr Clem Davey, supported by soprano Marjorie Forsaith and baritone Mr L.H. Thomas, raised £30 for the organ fund. Mr R. Sandercock took a tape recording from which it is hoped records can be cut to aid the cause. The organ needs an overhaul after 40 years of service and about £60 [£600?] is needed. To date about £150 has been raised.

Grasshoppers. To date few hatchings have been reported in the Burra DC area. The Council has supplies of gamexane free of charge, to help fight the menace. The Bure area reports a serious outbreak.

The Kapunda Theatre Group presented Fools Rush In at the Town Hall on Friday evening and half the proceeds of £44 will go to the Burra Hospital.

Football

The North Eastern Football Assoc. wound up its season with a very successful dinner at the Spalding Institute supper room on Thursday evening. About 65 attended. [The report extends for 13⁄4 columns.]

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Annual Off Shears Sale will offer 15,000 sheep at the Burra Market on 21 October.

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 4

Booborowie Institute. Subject to approval by the subscribers the committee has accepted the tender of E.J. Affolter & Son of £6,475-10-0 for the addition of two cloak rooms, a supper room and bio room to the Institute. The other tender from a city firm was much higher. Funds on hand are about £4,500 and enquiries are being made for bank finance. The barley crop is growing rapidly and it was decided to take out fire and hail insurance. It is hoped the crop will realise about £1,000. The electric light engine was sold to Mr G.R. Shattock for £82-10-0. The Younger Set has donated £50.

A special meeting of subscribers approved the above. It is thought that since the contract does not included lighting or furnishing and possible stage improvements, a further £1,000 may be needed. The State Bank cannot grant a loan, but the Bank of Adelaide is expected to grant a short term loan of £2,000.

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 5

Adelaide Wool Sales. The third sale of the 1955-56 series is reported. [Local district prices are printed.]

Burra Burra DC: Booborowie & Leighton Wards Secession

Two representatives for each ward have been appointed and the petition can now go ahead. Mr M.F. Carmody & Mr G.J.M. Tohl will represent Leighton. Mr R.F. Mayfield, Mr H.B. Quinn and Mr D.Y. Wedding nominated for Booborowie, but as only two were required, the last named withdrew.

Burra Rifle Club. A disappointingly small field turned out for the first stage of the Championship. Herb Byles led the first stage, ahead of Darrell Field and Captain Edwards. In the handicap section D.H. Field led from R. Bernhardt and W. Hempel. Possibles over 500 yards were scored by W. Edwards, W. Hempel and C. Edwards.

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 6

Hundred of Whyte School held a successful dance in the Willalo Hall on Saturday night. £23 was raised for the transport fund.

Obituary. Harold Williams died in Adelaide Hospital on Monday 10 October aged 60.

[Harold William Kingsley Williams born 17 January 1895 Hampton, Burra: died 10 October 1955 Adelaide, residence Burra.]

Advt. Burra Pictures 22 October

Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Havana Rose

26 October

Jean Barry in War on the Worlds [sic: for War of the Worlds]

George O’Brien in Denver on the Rio Grande

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 7

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-96 defeated Kooringa 8-86

Ironmine 11 sets defeated Hallett 9 sets

‘B’ Grade Hallett 12-94 defeated Ironmine 8-81

Aberdeen 14-98 defeated Kooringa 6-73.

85, 40, 18 Oct. 1955, page 8

Spalding Nigger Minstrel Party made a successful debut at Spalding last week and gave an entertaining performance at Booborowie on Monday 3 October, when attendance was poor. The troupe comprises 17 ‘niggers’ and 6 ‘dinahs’. The troupe is part of a quest for funds for the projected Spalding Swimming Pool.

85, 41, 25 Oct. 1955, MISSING

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 1

Burra Primary School held its visiting day on Friday when a record number of parents attended to inspect the work, etc. At least 60 parents and the Mayor & Mayoress Mr & Mrs E.T. Baulderstone attended. Mr Pattrick was there as Headmaster to greet them. It was his first ‘day out’ since early May when he was suddenly taken ill.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Bro. B.A. Riggs as Worshipful Master on 26 October and after the ceremony a Masonic Ball was held at the Burra Town Hall.

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 17-111 defeated Leighton 3-66.

Farrell Flat CWA & Institute Committee organised a gymkhana at the Farrell Flat Oval last Saturday. Gross proceeds were £150 and the nett result will be shared between the two bodies. The Institute Committee will probably use their share for stage renovations. [Gymkhana results are printed.]

Marriage. Caltowie Methodist Church

Claire Cavenett of Caltowie married

William Sumner, only child of Mr & Mrs Frank Sumner of Hallett

Burra-Adelaide Road

In reply to a question in Parliament the Minister of Roads, Mr N.L. Jude MLC, said that at present bituminous roads run from Adelaide to Marrabel via Kapunda and from Adelaide to Saddleworth via Tarlee. A sub-base [for sealing] has been completed from Saddleworth to Manoora and from Burra to Hanson. Once reasonable lengths of sub-base have been made by Councils, the departmental gangs will seal the surface. The proposal is for a sealed road to Burra via Manoora, Black Springs and Hanson.

Naturalisation Ceremony

The first such ceremony in the Burra Burra DC area was held at Mt Bryan on Friday night. On the stage were Mr M. de N. Lucas, Chairman of the Burra Burra DC, G. Stanley Hawker MP, Hon. E.H. Edmunds MLC, the Mayor of Burra E.T. Baulderstone, Mr E. Willis President of the Mt Bryan Agricultural Bureau, Mr M. Falkai, Mrs J.E. Falkai and Lazzlo Falkai. The oath of allegiance was taken by the Falkai family. Mrs Falkai is already a member of the CWA. Mr Baulderstone spoke for the Burra Town Council. The Falkais are employed on Mr Hawker’s property at Mt Bryan and had waited until the Hawkers had returned from overseas before having the ceremony.

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 12,000 sheep on 4 November in their Annual Off-Shears Sale at Burra.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have instructions from Mr Crawford Webster to offer by public auction his 436 acre freehold property 4 miles west of Burra: section 115 Hundred of Hanson, comprising five paddocks with a four-roomed stone and iron house etc.

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 November

Ronald Shiner in Up to His Neck

Jean Simmons in Blue Lagoon

9 November

Cary Grant in Dream Wife

Gig Young in Arena

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 4

Burra Town Council

With no reply from A.S. Tillett, a copy of the last letter will be sent by registered mail.

Burra Cricket Assoc. will be granted use of the Memorial Oval for £2-2-0 for the season.

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the sixth stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy with best results from: W.G. Edwards, R. Bernhardt, K. Heinrich and H.H. Byles. Possibles were scored by W.G. Edwards (800 yards), R. Bernhardt (900 yards) and K. Heinrich (900 yards).

85, 42, 1 Nov. 1955, page 7

Burra Rural Youth had a hay ride on Mr T. Beckwith’s lorry to Baldina creek on Monday evening 24 October, where a chop picnic was enjoyed along with community singing. Members are preparing for their annual ball on 18 November.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 1

Sheep Stealing has been going on in the Eastern Pastoral Area and station owners are offering a reward of £500 for information leading to a conviction.

M.T. Kellock of Thistlebeds reports the loss of 21 Merino lambs worth £73 between 22 September and 1 October.

E.I. McWaters of neighbouring Drysdale lost 31 Merino weaners worth £116 in the same period.

Many others suspect serious losses from their flocks. The modern transport, the density of scrub, the isolation of the homesteads and the numerous outlets to Eudunda, Mt Morgan, Renmark, etc. make the police job very difficult. It is suspected that a shady butcher may be linked to the thieves, but kangaroo shooters could also be involved.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy with best results from W. Hempel, R.L. Pillar and W. Edwards. Herb Byles scored the only possible at 500 yards.

Willalo Tennis Tournament 1 & 2 November

Men’s Championship D. Oswald

Mixed Doubles Championship Mrs H .Affolter & D. Oswald

Handicap Singles J. McCauley

Men’s Doubles L. Sullivan & J .Furst

Ladies’ Championship Singles Mrs Smith

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Mrs Hayes

Ladies’ Championship Doubles Mrs Hayes & Mrs Smith

Mid Northern Methodist Synod at Auburn is reported in 1⁄2 column.

[There is nothing with particular reference to Burra.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 14-105 defeated Mt Bryan 6-68

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 13-95 defeated Mt Bryan 7-85

Spalding 11-84 defeated Hallett 9-87.

Burra Swimming Pool

The Burra Progress Assoc. decided at their AGM to leave any decision on a pool to a public meeting and the Mayor will be asked to call such a meeting.

A survey has shown that only about 10% of school children in the district can swim. The cost of a pool is expected to be about £3,000. Sites and water are not problems.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 November

Alan Ladd in Iron Mistress

Wayne Norris in House Across the Street

16 November

Jane Wyman in Magnificent Obsession

Advt. Nigger Minstrel Show, Burra Town Hall, Friday 11 November

Part proceeds will aid the School Lunch Room.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 4

Cricket. Annual Booborowie v. Burra Association game, 30 October

Booborowie 48 & 4 for 103 v. Burra 89.

Grasshopper Plague. Hatchings are reported in the Gum Creek, Booborowie and Mt Bryan areas.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 5

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 29 October

Elva Topsfield, daughter of Mr & Mrs J.B .Topsfield, married

Eric Clode, son of Mr & Mrs A.L. Clode.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 6

Mt Bryan CWA will soon move into its own room in the Mt Bryan Hall.

The Hall committee has disposed of the billiard table and when some minor repairs are completed the room will make a good home for the CWA, which recently contributed £30 towards the cost.

Quite a deal of money will soon have to be spent on maintenance of the hall. A large bonfire was held on Guy Fawkes Night in the school grounds and everyone enjoyed the fun, except for Guy, who was tossed unceremoniously on the fire to end the evening.

Mrs W. Carpenter Sen. is 87 today. She was born in Burra.

Grasshoppers. The Department of Agriculture is preparing to carry out aerial spraying for grasshoppers where swarms are large enough to justify it. The co-operation of landowners in reporting swarms is urged.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 7

Locomotives. The Commissioner of Railways advises that in the summer months the Adelaide-Terowie line will be worked by oil-burning 520 class locomotives.

85, 43, 8 Nov. 1955, page 8

Burra Primary School

Mr Pattrick has returned home and we hope his recovery will be swift and thorough. Mr Miller moves to Terowie: relieving there for a month. Mrs Pens and Mrs Williams will come back to help out here for that month.

Bowls

Burra Gold 100 defeated Clare Blue 73

Clare White 102 defeated Burra Green 83.

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 1

Remembrance Day was observed in Burra at 11 a.m. on 11 November when 29 ex-service personnel gathered at the War Memorial and paraded under the leadership of RSL Sub-Branch President H. Cornelius. Rev. L.R. Lenthall gave the address. Wreaths were laid by Mr Cornelius for the RSL, Mr E.T. Baulderstone as Mayor and Mr M. de N. Lucas as Chairman of the District Council.

The Nigger Minstrel Show at the Burra Town Hall on Friday evening provided some first class entertainment. The troupe from Spalding is raising money for their swimming pool, but half the takings of £36-14-0 will go to the Burra Primary School Welfare Club towards the new lunch room.

Accident. A car driven by Mr G. Williams, station hand of Princess Royal, collided with a mob of sheep being driven from Brewery Hill at about 7.30 p.m. last Wednesday. Five sheep were killed.

Security Loan. Burra has been awarded a pale blue pennant for exceeding its loan quota of £9,500. £22,800 was received.

Rubbish. Since the Town Council has been enforcing the by-law requiring householders to have a water-tight bin with lid and handles much more rubbish has been illegally dumped on roadsides. Action can be taken against offenders.

The Annual Booborowie School Pet Show was held on 4 November with a large attendance. [Details in just less than 1⁄2 column.]

Burra-Adelaide Road

After some twelve months of preliminary work, an all out effort is to be made on the new road via Hanson and Manoora to Saddleworth. The DC of Burra Burra and the Saddleworth DC are busy at present. Burra has seven miles to work on from Hanson. This is a new road from scratch, requiring much filling. Material for the road sub-base will come from Hogan’s quarry at Hanson. This new route is the shortest practicable route to bituminise. At some later date the Marrabel to Black Springs road will be sealed. The Highways Department takes over the job of bituminising.

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. announces a clearing sale at Burra North on Friday 25 November at Best Place for Mr E.G. McKenna of Burra North and Mr R.C. Simpson of Mt Bryan East (who is leaving the district).

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 3

Cricket

[In a strange report that fails to give total runs scored we are told that Farrell Flat batted and lost 3 wickets for no runs in the first over, to John Riggs, who took 4 wickets for 5 runs. Then L. Kewell took 4 wickets for no runs.

When Koonoona batted L. Simpson took 5 wickets for 15 runs before Peter Whimpress made 25 with sundries the next best score at 21.

‘Without these Koonoona’s position would have been desperate.’

This seems a strange conclusion given the Farrell Flat position as outlined, but then we don’t know what the remaining Farrell Flat batsmen scored!]

Burra 190 v. Buffs.

Advt. Burra Talkies, 19 November

Jean Crain & Dale Robertson in City of Bad Men

Muriel Lawrence & William Ching in Bal Tabarin

23 November

Clark Gable in Never Let Me Go

Victor Gassman in Cry of the Hunted

Tennis, 12 November

‘A’ Grade Hallett 12-97 defeated Willalo 8-70

‘B’ Grade Hallett 10-92 defeated Aberdeen 10-85.

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 4

Hallett Football Club held a victory dinner at Hallett Hall when 90 persons attended.

[Details in 12⁄3 columns.]

The Advertiser Youth Travel people intend to have a reunion of the three travel contingents next year on 27 January. Burra High School representative Wayne Sibly has been invited.

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy and best scorers were R. Bernhardt, E. Hopkins and J. Schwier. ‘Jock’ Bernhardt won both the marksman and handicap contests, including a possible at 700 yards. Jim Schwier made a poor start, but a brilliant finish with double possibles at 700 yards. Tom Heinrich also scored a possible at 700 yards. Possibles were also scored by W. Barker at 600 yards and J. Brown at 700 yards.

On Sunday Clare visited and Burra 538 defeated Clare 476.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies Guild held a Poppy Fair at the RSL on Friday.

[Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

85, 44, 15 Nov. 1955, page 6

Bowls

Burra Green 80 defeated Clare Red 79

Clare green 95 defeated Burra Gold 80.

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 1

Dalgety & Co. Ltd has taken over the 45-year-old livestock business of Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd in Adelaide, Burra, Kadina, Maitland, Minlaton and Yorketown as from 28 November.

Burra North Red Cross raised £18-10-0 for the Hospital Drive at a garden party at the home of Mrs H.J.B. Jennison.

Sheep Stealing reports continue to come in from eastern stations and from properties east of Robertstown as well. P.G. Mosey for example reports the loss of 110 sheep valued at £300 from his property in the Bundey area.

Terry Wilden, who has been transferred to Kalangadoo, was farewelled at the conclusion of the cricket match at the Memorial Oval on Saturday. [He had been the Burra stationmaster.]

Legacy has benefited by £226-14-7 as a result of an appeal made through the stock agents of the district. Thanks are extended to the stock firms and all who donated sheep and wool.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a wind-up social for the year, which about 50 ladies attended. In the past nine months they have raised £316-4-5 and the fete on 16 November raised £159-0-9.

Mr Archibald Donald McDonald of the Kooringa Masonic Lodge No. 6 reached 50 years in the service of Freemasonry on 15 August this year. The Grand Lodge acknowledged this with the presentation of a 50-year Jewel and an illuminated address. As he is at present in the Burra Hospital the gifts were presented to him by W.M. Bro Brian Riggs and other Brethren.

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from J.S. Pohlner will offer for sale on 13 December ‘Tooralie’ comprising 7,045 acres perpetual lease, 15 miles east of Hallett along with 420 acres of adjoining freehold and 342 acres situated one mile west.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 & 26 November,

Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson & Barbara Rush in Magnificent Obsession

Augie [sic: for Audie] Murphy & Lorie Nelson in Tumbleweed

30 November

Yvonne de Carlo & John Ireland in Hurricane Smith

Hal Wallis in Cease Fire

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13 sets defeated Leighton 7 sets

‘B’ Grade Hallett 18 sets defeated Leighton 2 sets

Kooringa 13-96 defeated Mt Bryan 7-72

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 3

Bowls

Burra Gold 114 defeated Saddleworth Blue 70

Saddleworth Gold 67 defeated Burra Green 49*

[*Corrected 29 November 1955, page 6 to: Burra Green 90 defeated Saddleworth Gold 67.]

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 4

Booborowie Methodist Strawberry Fete took nearly £130.

Rural Youth held its 3rd annual ball in the Burra Town Hall on Friday. It was a social and financial success, taking about £70, which will go to the Burra Institute Building Fund.

Burra CWA celebrated its 29th birthday in the Burra Town Hall on Friday and also celebrated International Day. Mrs G. Stanley Hawker gave an interesting talk on Ceylon.

Leighton Ladies’ Guild held its AGM recently and elected President, Mrs F. Lynch; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. White & M. Carmody and as Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs F. Dean.

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the second stage of the Championship over double 600 yards. Jim Brown scored the only possible for the day and was best off the rifle, followed by Jim Schwier, D.H. Field and Ken Heinrich. With handicaps D. Bernhardt led J. Brown and D.H. Field.

85, 45, 22 Nov. 1955, page 8

Cricket. The game sketchily reported last issue was concluded. Koonoona won outright when Farrell Flat were dismissed in their second innings for 34. L. Kewell took 5 wickets for 8 runs.

In Burra v. Buffs the former won on 1st innings when Buffs were dismissed for 101 in their second.

Mt Bryan Fire Fighting Assoc. meeting of 10 November is reported.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 1 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

[Check new volume number and issue number]

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a Butterfly Fete at the Memorial Hall Redruth on Saturday, which raised £265. Mrs Haydon opened the event. There was a concert in the evening.

[Personal interest: Mrs R. Fuss was on the Cake Stall.]

Mt Bryan Methodist Ladies Guild held a Fete on Saturday 19 November in the Mt Bryan Hall and raised £211. It was opened by the Burra Mayor E.T. Baulderstone.

Burra Shops will be open to 9 p.m. on Friday 23 December, but as a result will not open on Christmas Eve. Farrell Flat and Hanson stores we understand will open on Christmas Eve and not on Friday evening. Dinham Bros at Booborowie will be open all day Saturday and in the evening.

Booborowie School Welfare Club Christmas Party is reported.

LCL Combined Meeting was held on 11 November at St Mary’s Hall and was addressed by Senator Mattner. He outlined the LCL policy at the coming elections. G. Stanley Hawker MP also spoke in support.

Music Examination Results obtained by pupils of Mr Clem Davey are printed.

Burra Burra DC has ordered a new assessment to be done by Mr J.K.M. Cuthbertson of Glenelg.

Burra Air Force Assoc. has become the first branch in SA to have its own club room in Queen Street. Previously they have shared a room in the old Eastern Telephone building with other organisations including the stock firm Richardson, Kempe, Hogarth & Edwards Ltd. With only 40 members the purchase of the block in Queen St was quite an achievement. It is hoped that renovations with the aid of working bees will see the meetings held at the new room early in 1956. The change will greatly improve the section of Queen Street involved.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 2 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Obituary. Harriet Ann Beckwith, widow of the late Edward Beckwith of Burra and aunt and foster mother of Joyce (Mrs Colin Stone of Gawler) and Dulcie (Mrs Moreland of Loveday). Aged 80.

[Born Harriet Ann Dixon 6 November 1875 Hanson: died 25 November 1955 Eastwood, residence Burra. Edward Beckwith died 10 April 1955. Dulcie Patricia McDonald and Joyce Lorraine McDonald were the daughters of E.A. Beckwith’s youngest sister, Ethel Beatrice Florence Maud, who died in 1923 about two and a half years after the death of her husband William McDonald.]

Obituary. Charlotte Myrtle Denson died at Burra on 20 November aged 64. She was the wife of Bertie and mother of Lyall. [Born Charlotte Myrtle Smith 17 May 1891 Copperhouse.]

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 3 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 December

Gene Tierney & Leo Genn in Personal Affair

Time Gentlemen Please

7 December

Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon

Plus News & Shorts

Legacy. Further donations have brought the appeal to £250-10-7.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy in excellent conditions over double 200 & 300 yards. Jim Brown scored a triple possible. This equals the record of Pat Hogan and Jim Schwier. Next in the marksman’s was Herb. Byles. In the handicap the leaders were J .Brown, R.L. Pillar & M. Mitchell.

Booborowie CWA International Day was addressed by Mrs Stanley Hawker who spoke on Ceylon.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 4 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Mt Bryan CWA International Day was addressed by Mrs Hunte-Cooke, who is Divisional President.

Booborowie Younger Set held a picnic at Fisherman’s Bay. Twenty-five members attended. Most were transported by Ashley Woodgate’s truck.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 5 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Burra Town Council. First meeting in November.

The Town Clerk advises that the property of S.A. Tillett has been sold and that action to improve the site would be taken.

Users of the Town Hall are to be advised that taking containers of cool drinks or other liquids into the Town hall is prohibited.

Second meeting in November.

The footbridge at the top of Commercial Street near J.B. Parks’s residence is to be rebuilt with sleepers.

The Burra Progress Assoc. advises it is willing to assist in the project for the women’s convenience and requests more details.

A committee was appointed to go into the matter.

CWA forwarded a donation of £70 for the Town Hall Improvement Fund.

L.D. Gordon & L.G .Miller applied to have the unused roadway between their properties closed and disposed of in equal proportions to each of them.

Vacuum Oil Co. applied for permission to erect two kerbside petrol pumps in front of E.J. Lehmann’s premises in Commercial St. Granted.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 6 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Cricket. Burra v. Koonoona (1st day of play) Burra 127 v. Koonoona 4 for 78.

Farrell Flat v. Buffs (1st day of play) Farrell Flat 46 v. Buffs 8 for 69.

Bowls

Burra Green 102 defeated Clare Blue 83

Burrs Gold 100 defeated Clare Red 91.

Grasshoppers are swarming at Mt Bryan East in the vicinity of L. Gare’s property and planes have been spraying over the weekend. Latest reports place the swarms four miles east of Hallett on Mr Pohlner’s property. Though not yet in the Burra Township, they are in swarms just over the ranges.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 7 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Mr & Mrs Gordon Hurrell are leaving Hallett at the end of the year. The town will be sorry to lose their butcher and his family. Mr Hurrell will also be greatly missed as a member of the RSL and for his work on the annual gymkhana. Josie & Trevor will be missed by school mates. Mrs Hurrell has worked for the School Welfare Club, Red Cross, RSL Auxiliary and the Anglican Church. The family is moving to Gladstone. Mr R. Nutt has bought their property.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 19 sets defeated Mt Bryan 1 set

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 14-104 defeated Booborowie 6-68

Hallett 16 sets defeated Mt Bryan 4 sets.

86, 47 (2), 29 Nov. 1955, page 8 [2nd use of No. 47 with this volume number.]

Elder, Smith & Co. held their first market at Farrell Flat last Friday to an excellent attendance and strong demand.

At the RSL Hall in Burra on Friday 25 November over 60 people attended the sale of Mr C .Webster’s property, which was bought by Messrs M.G. Stockman & Sons (who own the adjoining land) for £38-10-0 an acre.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 1 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Fire. The first fire for the season in the Booborowie area broke out on Koonoona Station about four miles south of the town on Thursday, probably from a tractor spark. The fire was controlled in about two hours with losses of about 18 acres of oats and 40 acres of pasture.

John Carpenter has given his name to a new wing of the Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen’s Home on South Terrace, Adelaide. Mr Carpenter is an old Burraite and a foundation member of the Association, who had given life service to it. He is a son of Mrs Carpenter Senior of Burra North. The wing was opened by the Premier Mr Playford on Saturday afternoon.

Fire. A fire started in E.H. Weich’s wheat crop on Tuesday. The fire seems to have started from his tractor and was soon into his haystacks, just through the fence, but after two acres of crop were burnt the fire came to a wide break, where it was stopped. Mr Weich lost about 26 tons of oaten hay in the stacks.

An Old Letter has been found under lino in the shop occupied by Mr Jim Scott. The well-preserved document is from H.E. McNamara of Caroona to H. Dawson JP of Aberdeen and is dated 29 December 1879 and deals with an offer of 9/- per head for 600 four-tooth wethers.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The 5th series closed with prices firm. [Local district prices are printed.]

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 2 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Advt. H.J.B. Jennison calls tenders for alterations and additions to his garage in Commercial St.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 3 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Burra RSL Annual Dinner was attended by about 70 members on Saturday night.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 4 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Cricket. Conclusion of matches.

Buffs 72 & 2 for 43 declared defeated Farrell Flat 46 & 64.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 5 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Bowls. Burra Gold 86 defeated Burra Green 81.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 6 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy over 200 and double 300 yards. Best on the day were D.H. Field, W. Barker & R. Piller.

In the marksman’s contest ‘Jock’ Bernhardt led from J. Schwier & J. Brown.

Possibles were scored over 200 yards by R. Bernhardt, J. Schwier & J .Brown.

Grasshoppers. The town was invaded yesterday, after having the insects on the brink of the area for a week. Although they have settled on the bowling green and on gardens in their thousands, no great damage has been reported, though the bowling green is being flooded in an attempt to stop damage there.

86, 48 (2), 6 Dec. 1955, page 7 [2nd use of No. 48 with this volume number.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 December

Gary Cooper in Distant Drums

Joel McCrae & Yvonne de Carlo in The San Francisco Story

14 December

Ginger Rogers & John Payne in Forever Female

Cross Winds

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 1 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.]

ETSA Power

ETSA has advised the Town Council that due to delay caused by the Burra Electric Power Co. Ltd in deciding in the transfer, it will be at least two years before the Trust takes over. While the Burra Electric Supply has done a splendid job in maintaining a continuous supply, people have all dreamed of expanding their use of electric appliances, whether in the home, workshop or in industry and now it looks as if they will have to continue dreaming for at least two years. What makes it harder is that other and smaller towns in the near area are being supplied with ‘Trust’ electricity and have been for some time. Their residents are enjoying added electrical conveniences. The Trust now says that owing to financial constraints it will not be able to undertake the necessary extension of the distribution system for at least two years. The Trust will be asked to assist in maintaining electricity supply during that period.

Foxes are reported to have had a particularly heavy breeding season.

Ludgvan Street Letter Box. Local residents have petitioned for it to remain where it is and the Department has agreed to the request.

Burra Rifle Club. A match was fired at Burra against a team from Gawler (supplemented with some Burra members). Burra 705 defeated Gawler 617.

An Earth Tremor was felt at Burra on Thursday. The very brief slight tremor occurred at 6.55 a.m. No damage was reported.

Burra Town Council contribution to the Burra Hospital is to be £410.

Burra Primary School staged a very successful concert at the Town Hall on Friday night when £90 was raised towards the new lunch room. [Details of performances are given in 3⁄4 column.]

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 2 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 December

Joseph Cottten & Jean Peters in A Blueprint for Murder

Judy Canova in Oklahoma Annie

21 December

June Allyson & Arthur Kennedy in The Girl in White

Glenn Ford & Ruth Roman in Young Man with Ideas

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 3 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Mt Bryan CWA Christmas Party is reported in 3⁄4 column.

86, 49 92), 13 Dec. 1955, page 4 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Burra Burra DC, 5 December

A further grant of £2,000 has been received for Main Road 45.

Contribution to Burra Hospital for the year to be £1,380 and for Clare Hospital, £15.

Cricket. [First day of two-day matches.]

Farrell Flat 28 v. Burra 3 for 125

Buffs 127 v. Koonoona 3 for 55

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 5 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Grasshoppers

The pests invaded Booborowie last Wednesday, moving in from the north. They seem to have mostly affected lucerne being left for seed. Cereal crops were too ripe to be attractive. Despite spraying, ‘Anama’ has been largely stripped of lucerne. Old Bungaree has also lost lucerne. Grasshoppers have extended to Andrews, Stanley Flat and Clare where they forced the cancellation of bowls play on Wednesday night. Spalding has also been invaded and last Saturday’s bowls match was postponed. Not too much damage seems to have been done, as they ate mainly the native grasses and left the couch. Some invaded Hallett on Monday last week, but little damage was reported.

Burra Town Council, 5 December

ANZ Bank advises of an overdraft limit of £2,500 on the general account and £1,650 on the Town Hall Account.

The Chapel St footbridge is to be repaired.

The Council moved to recommend the appointment of Mr D.F. Sara and E.T. Baulderstone as JPs.

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 6 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Bowls

Burra Green 126 defeated Saddleworth Blue 72

Saddleworth Gold 109 defeated Burra Gold 95.

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 7 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Burra Rural Youth held its Christmas Party in the Burra Show Hall on Monday evening and drew a good crowd of about 30 members plus parents, friends and advisory members. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

86, 49 (2), 13 Dec. 1955, page 8 [2nd use of No. 49 with this volume number.

Burra Electric Supply Co. had a minor fault in the powerhouse machinery during the four day heat wave and there was a power failure on Saturday. It was rectified, but recurred in the evening, causing voting in the Federal Election to be completed by the light of candles and a kerosene lamp and a battery spotlight from the Burra Motor Co. The pictures at the Town Hall were delayed for some time.

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 1

Burra High School’s 43rd Speech Night and Banquet was held at the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday 13 December. Mrs G. Stanley hawker gave an address, which was a mixture of a travel talk, philosophy and advice to children. She encouraged the children to look for ideals and strive to reach them. Wayne Sibly, the Advertiser Travel Youth, gave an outstanding summary of his trip to and around the UK and anyone present who had contributed to the cost of Wayne’s trip must have felt very proud to have had such a boy representing us overseas.

Mr H.J.B. Jennison, as Chairman of the High School Council, presented the prizes and certificates. The second half of the program was a series of presentations by pupils.

Dux of School Keith Pulford

Leaving Class: Most Earnest Boy J. Fillmore

Top Girl Judith Kellock

Intermediate Top Boy Robert Bourman

Intermediate Top Girl Marcia Terry

Second Year Top Boy A. Simpson

Second Year Top Girl Valmai Williams

First Year Top Boy Max Lockett

First Year Top Girl Pam Kowald

Senior Boy’s Cup Allan Martin

Junior Boys’ Cup Terrence Brookes

Senior Girls’ Cup Diedre Snell

Junior Girls’ Cup Brenda Richards

Intermediate certificates went to:

Keith Pulford Francis Fillmore Allan Martin

Carleeta Simpson Deidre Snell David McBride

Donald Reed Keith Woodman

Leaving Certificates to:

Marie Gare Judith Wood

On Wednesday afternoon the annual banquet was given by the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. in the school hall.

On Thursday Burra Cold Stores (Mr Bob Cummins) has 22 dozen icy cold bottles of drink delivered to the High and Primary Schools to celebrate break-up day: a much appreciated gesture.

Mr H. Binks-Williams, local manager of Elder, Smith & Co., recently addresses the Clare Rural Youth Club on Community Service.

Burra North Red Cross held its Christmas party at which it was announced that £107-10-0 had been raised for the Burra Hospital Drive.

Hanson School Visiting Day was held on 13 December and drew a good attendance of parents, considering harvest is in full swing. A program of items and a Devonshire morning tea were presented. Progress Certificates had been obtained by:

Lorna Braddy Roger Humphrys Gerald Wood

Lorraine Brereton

Burra Primary School held a break-up party on Thursday morning. The Secretary of the Primary School Committee, Mr D.H. Field, welcomed visitors.

Peter Battye was Dux of the School with Judy Field runner-up.

Burra’s Electricity Supply

After long and difficult negotiations an agreement has been signed between the Burra Electric Supply Co. and ETSA.

Negotiations started on 22 August 1950, when the Council asked Mr Hawker MP to take up the matter of ETSA power supply for Burra.

In May 1952 Mr Lea, then manager of ETSA, wrote to Mr Hawker pointing out the difficulties of supplying Burra and saying it would have to wait the connection of Port Augusta Power station and the construction of mains through Waterloo. The lines at other places that terminated at Farrell Flat and Booborowie were inadequate to supply as large a town as Burra.

In February 1952 the General Manager of ETSA said the Trust would not be able to supply Burra for five years and had been advised that the local company could meet expected requirements for several years. As this was not the view of the Town Council, information was needed that required the co-operation of the Council and the local Company.

This further investigation followed a discussion between Mr Drew, Chairman of the Trust, the Premier and Mr Hawke on 23 June 1954.

On 10 December 1954 Mr Lea informed Mr Hawker that he was recommending to the Trust they supply and reticulate electricity for Burra and work would begin as soon as money was made available, depending on satisfactory arrangements with the local Company to take over their system. Unfortunately Mr Lea died two days later.

Early in 1955 valuations were made by the Trust and the Company, but when submitted in July they were far apart. Mr Hawker then took up negotiations again and subsequently the Company decided to continue negotiations, but on 29 September the Premier informed Mr Hawkes the Trust had not heard from the Burra Company and, as another town was negotiating, Burra would lose its priority unless he knew immediately Burra’s position. Despite urgent discussions unfortunately it was not until the 11 October that Mr Bednall saw Mr Colyer, the Manager of ETSA. Since then negotiations have continued and a recent letter of ETSDA to the Council announced that the negotiations had been completed. The supply of ETSA power is still dependent upon establishment of the Port Augusta Power Station and sub-stations and negotiations with the local Company.

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 2

Notices announce that Ken W. White has taken over the agencies previously held by Mr M.T. Fuller.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 December

Marjorie Main in Ma & Pa Kettle at Home

John Payne in Rails into Laramie

28 December

Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh in Houdini

Plus News & Shorts

31 December

Norman Wisdom & Margaret Rutherford in Trouble in Store

No Trace

2 January

Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame & Broderick Crawford in Human Desire

Frankie Laine & Billy Daniels in Rainbow Round My Shoulder

4 January

Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon in Scandal at Scourie

Ralph Meeker & Elaine Stewart in Code for Two

7 January

Montgomery Clift & Anne Baxter in I Confess

Randolph Scott & Adele Jergens in Sugarfoot

11 January

John Payne & Arlene Dahl in Caribbean Gold

Alan Ladd in The Great Gatsby

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 3

Obituary. A public notice reveals that Clarence Percy Turner, farmer and grazier, late of Burra, had died intestate on 10 December 1955. [Born 24 December 1885 near Black Springs: died at Burra Hospital.]

Booborowie School held its Christmas Party and annual concert on 15 December in the Institute. Door takings were £10 and the sale of drinks and ice cream earned £3-17-6.

[Prize winners are listed.]

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, pages 4 & 5

Burra High School: Headmaster’s Report

The School opened with an enrolment of 70 and there was an average attendance for the year of 62. There was one change of staff during the year. Mrs Kowald replaced Miss Miller as Domestic Arts Assistant when the latter was transferred to Naracoorte High School at the start of the year.

In last year’s Intermediate Exams 11 sat and 8 gained full certificates and the other 3 gained enough to enable them to add on subjects in future years. Outstanding results were:

Keith Pulford: 8 subjects with 2 credits

Donald Reed: 8 subjects with 1 credit

Carleeta Simpson: 8 subjects with 1 credit.

Two of the three Leaving candidates gained certificates and Judith Wood passes 6 subjects with 2 credits.

Sports have been well catered for this year as usual. At the Mid-Northern High School Sports at Riverton, Allen White broke the high jump record by clearing 5 ft 2 inches.

Our own sports day was held on the Memorial Oval instead of at the racecourse and drew a larger attendance of parents than usual. We continue to hope that something will be done to enable swimming lessons to be undertaken in Burra. The Minister of Education is strongly in favour of establishing swimming pools.

The Parents and Friends’ Assoc. has again done a great job and the addition of a radiogram and pick-up costing £200 is due to their efforts.

Library books to £40 have also been bought.

The Association also sponsors the High School Ball and Annual Banquet.

The High School Council under Mr H. Jennison as Chairman has carried out its duties very effectively.

Religious Instruction providers are thanked for their work throughout the year.

The whole school visited Adelaide in September, when various industrial firms were visited and an overseas liner was inspected at Outer Harbour.

The Intermediate Class went to a performance of The Merchant of Venice at the Theatre Royal in Adelaide and Wayne Sibly was chosen as the Advertiser Youth Travel representative for the Burra District.

Most students now wear the school uniform and local stores stock supplies of it.

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 5

Burra Rifle Club held the Annual Christmas Shoot over double 300 yards on Saturday. Best shots were Dean Bernhardt, from D.H. Field and R.J. Kellock. D.H. Field was best off the rifle.

In the Ladies’ Section Mrs D. Taylor was best. Other good shots were Mrs D. Broderick, Mrs Spackman and Mrs Kellock.

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 6

Hallett School Break-up Concert and Christmas Tree is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Progress certificates went to:

Janet Wood Jeanette Prior Anne Wurfel

John Sibly Michael Brooks

Swimming lessons for Hallett school children continue under the control of Mr L. Schliebs, Mr B. Dowling and Miss Nutt.

Burra & District Hospital Fete Committee has raised £760 throughout the year.

86, 50, 20 Dec. 1955, page 8

Bowls

Burra Gold 101 defeated Clare white 73

Clare Green 100 defeated Burra Green 85

Cricket

Koonoona 7 for 172 defeated Buffs 127 & 4 for 59.

Burra defeated Farrell Flat outright when Farrell Flat were all out for 27 in their second innings.

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 1

Advertisements

E.E. & R.E. Angel Printers

__________ Kooringa Hotel

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 2

Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Ron Wickes Chemist

Dalgety & Co. Auctioneers & Agricultural Supplies, Electrolux Refrigerators (Electric or Kerosene)

Mons McMahon & Sons Opticians at Mr Ron Wickes, Chemist

E.T. & D.M. Baulderstone Burra Food Traders, Greengrocer & Fruiterer, Serve Yourself Groceries

[Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.] [Auctioneers, etc. Regular advertisers, but not in this issue.]

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 3

Advertisements

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co. Garage, Electric & Oxy-Welding, Agent for Dodge-Chrysler, Vanguard Cars & Utilities, Triumph & Standard Cars. Filed Marshall, Ferguson and Twin City Tractors

G.J. Kelly All Classes of Painting c/o Kooringa Hotel

Oates Ltd (R.J. Pickering

& H.L. Foote) Farm Supplies

Matthews Matthews Emporium, Drapers and Furnishers

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 4

Advertisements

E. Carpenter Painter, Carpenter & Decorator, Burra North

W. Carpenter & Son House & Car Painters, Spraying & Sand Blasting a Specialty

Rasheed’s Commercial Hotel

W.E.D. Young Burra Electrolux Agent

Ken Murphy Gift Shop, Watches & Jewellery [Hairdresser]

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

__________ Northern Café

D.A. Barry Car & Truck Repairs, Lubritorium, Thames St

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 5

Advertisements

H.J.B. Jennison Morris Agent

W.H. Watts Motor & General Engineer, Burra North. Agricultural Machinery, Arc & Oxy Welding, David Brown & Case Tractors

__________ Burra Hotel

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 6

Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Merchants

L.L. Fiebig Ltd General Motors Holden Dealer

__________ Burra Radio & Electrical Service

Sandy’s Serv-Wel Store

J. Hill Tailor

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 7

Advertisements

C.W. Knight Sub-Agent for International Harvester

T.A. Brazil 4 Square Store, Burra North

H.J.B. Jennison Kelvinator Refrigerators

Bence’s Bence’s Ltd Drapers & Clothiers

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 8

Advertisements

__________ Burra Meat Stores

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Painters & Paint Merchants

Davies Davies Motor Co. Burra Agents for Ford and Zephyr Cars

A.L. Clode & Son Carpenters, Builders & General Hardware Store

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 1

Burra Hospital

Last Year instead of an annual fete the Women’s Organisations decided to raise money by individual branch efforts throughout the district. As a result £763-3-0 was handed over to the Chairman of the Board of Management, Mr S.J .Woollacott, on 20 December. Mrs Jennison said in making the handover that this result was better than anticipated and without the huge effort required for a fete. The Chairman then invited the representatives of the organisations to inspect the work of repair and re-painting carried out. The Isolation Block, which is to be used as the Nursing Sisters’ Home, has been painted and new rubber laid in the passage. The nurses’ dining room has been re-painted and has new curtains. The Men’s Ward was re-painted and has new curtains and the passage was re-painted. The old bathrooms were demolished and converted into a storeroom. New operating instruments were purchased and new linen and cutlery. Early this year the operating theatre will be re-painted as well as the casualty room, duty room, passages and front hall and a new hot water system will be installed. Matron Herbert, the new matron, was welcomed on the same day. Contributions:

Burra CWA £200

Mt Bryan CWA £112-7-0

Booborowie CWA £100

Hanson CWA £20

Farrell Flat CWA £10-9-0

Black Springs CWA £10

Burra Red Cross £160

Burra North Red Cross £107-10-0

Leighton Ladies Guild £42

Donation 10-6

Total £763-3-6

(Note that some organisations had to divide their efforts between other hospitals in their districts.)

Silver Spur Social Club held a Christmas Party on 20 December in the Oddfellows’ Hall Burra North. A delicious tea was followed by dancing and games, including a scavenger hunt.

ETSA has replied to the Council’s letter concerning what would happen in the event of a breakdown in the local company’s supply. ETSA will assist the present supplier if necessary, but it was the local company’s obligation to maintain a satisfactory supply until the Trust takes over.

Christmas Shopping in Burra. Shops were open to 9 p.m. on Friday 23 December. A dance sponsored by the Progress Association in the Town Hall followed the closure of the shops and a large crowd attended.

Booborowie Younger Set New year Ball was held in the Booborowie Hall on 2 January and drew a large crowd. John Dewhirst gave everyone a treat with his impression of Johnny Ray. Mrs S. Fairchild and Mr T. Cookes were lucky spot winners. Net profit was about £50 will aid the Institute Funds.

Savings Bank of SA. Mr R.W. Goodenough of Clare will demolish the [former Primitive Methodist manse] residence next door to the Masonic Hall in Chapel St [sic: error for Thames St] and build there a new residence for the manager of the Savings Bank. The present bank building in Market Square will also be modernised.

Smelts Chimney Demolished

The chimney finally fell at c. 1.15 p.m. last Saturday after considerable effort and blasting equipment. Messrs C.P. Thamm & Sons of Burra North did the job on behalf of Mr J.G. Carpenter, on whose property it stood. Over a number of years the Council has demanded its demolition because of the danger to children playing around its base. Originally it was believed to be about 100 ft high, but according to measurements taken on Saturday it had fallen away to 70 ft. For years it belched smoke when the smelts were active, but for many years now the furnaces have been cold and the chimney has been the home to thousands of pigeons. About three years ago preparations were made to demolish the chimney and some 200 bags of pigeon manure were then removed. Now Mr Thamm said there would be practically as much in the base of the ruins. When the Smelts began there was a low chimney with a short draft and a good proportion of the copper was being lost. The company then got the services of a German engineer who built a higher chimney, fed by a draft tunnel of about 100 yards. The base of the chimney was 14 ft square and the foundations are about 10 ft deep with the base walls being 3 ft 6 inches thick. The bricks inside the base were a special fire resistant brick made from a white kaolin. All these are particularly hard and stood up to the elements well. Some of them are branded as being made in 1846. The kaolin is believed to have come from a plastic kaolin deposit at ‘Motherall’s’ 18 miles east of Burra. The red bricks came from brick kilns in the Burra creek near the cemetery.

Demolition commenced on Saturday morning when considerable effort was needed to drill holes in the base to take the charges. A portion of the southern base was blown out and then the northern. A part of the east wall followed, leaving only the western side solid and the corners on the south and north-eastern sides. Both the corners had to be blow out before it fell. It fell to the earth before breaking up and landed with an enormous explosive sound and sent up a mushroom-like cloud of black dust. Pigeons flew out as it fell and some emerged from the debris, but some died in their resting place of many years. Many of the bricks were broken, but thousands remain in perfect condition. A goodly number of these will, in the near future, find their way into additions to the residence of Mr Thamm. An estimated 1-2 tons of one inch square iron bars were used to reinforce the chimney.

Burra’s rainfall for 1955 was 20.93 inches, which was 8.66 inches higher than for 1954.

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 2

Obituary. Albert Edward Gare died at Seacliff 9 January 1956. He was the husband of Ruby and father of Edith, Laurence and Kathleen and brother to Alf, Frank, Ada, Wesley, George, Willy, Alice, Ernest, Laurie, Louis and Stanley. [Born 22 May 1864 Cudnowie, Mt Arden SA: died 9 January 1956 Malvern, residence Seacliff.] [I cannot find a birth for a Laurence/Lawrence Gare in either generation.]

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures 14 January

Susan Hayward & Robert Mitchum in White Witch Doctor

Estelita in The Fabulous Senorita

18 January

Jane Powell & Farley Granger in Small Town Girl

Edward G. Robinson & Vera Ellen in Big Leaguer

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 4

Cricket. Farrell Flat 136 v. Koonoona 0 for 19.

Buffs 69 & 8 for 29 v. Burra 46.

Bowls. Burra Green defeated auburn by 38.

Spalding defeated Burra Gold by 7.

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 5

Burra Town Council, 19 December

Burra Rural Youth forwarded a donation of £50 to the Burra Town Hall Improvement Fund.

Burra Motor Company was granted permission to make certain alterations to its property on the corner of Kingston St and Bridge Terrace.

87, 1, 10 Jan. 1956, page 6

G. Stanley Hawker MP was able to intercede with the SAR to get much needed corn sacks to Burra to prevent a delay of one week in harvesting. On 22 December SAR said they could only load for Burra on Monday and Wednesday and as Monday 2 January was a holiday they could not load until Wednesday 4 January to reach Burra on 5 January, creating a week’s delay. After contacting the Secretary of the Railways, Mr Hawker was able to get the bags on the cabbage train on Friday 23 December. [This only makes sense if you realise that the other public holidays in the intervening week would have been Monday 26 December and Wednesday 28 December.]

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 1

Fire. A fire occurred on Saturday afternoon in the back portion of 27 Paxton Square. The house is occupied by Mr H.R. Nourse and family. His daughter, Laura, had lit a fire under the copper in the laundry and while she briefly left it, a stick fell onto the floor and ignited the uprights of the wall. Mr Norm. Pens Sen. and the occupier had the fire semi-controlled when the brigade arrived and some charring of the back wall and of the beams in the roof was the only damage.

Accident. Helen Collins, elder daughter of Mr Murray Collins, was severely burned on Friday 6 January. She was lighting the fire with the aid of what she believed to be kerosene, but which was methylated spirits. This exploded, setting fire to her clothes. Mrs W. Winchester heard her screams and was able to smother the flames, but the girl was severely burnt and so were Mrs Winchester’s hands. Helen is recovering in hospital.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The series from 10-12 January saw a top price for the Burra District of 741⁄2d by Don Tiver & Co. of Hallett. [Other district prices are printed.]

The Murray Floods. The River Murray flood levels are now dropping rapidly and work on replacing weirs at locks 5, 6 and 9 has begun.

Leaving Exam Results

Burra High School

Edward Bagg 2 subjects

F.A. Fillmore 4 subjects

Judith Kellock 1 subject

Diedre Snell 3 subjects

Others:

Carolyn Dearlove of Hallett 7 subjects (6 credits) (PGC)

Teresa Hogan of Booborowie 1 subject (St Dom. Priory)

Judith Jenner of Spalding 7 subjects (2 credits) (Mercedes College)

Heather Thomas 1 subject (private study)

Barbara Williams of Hanson 4 subjects (Riverton HS)

Fire. A fire on the property of Koonoona Proprietors on Monday 9 January burnt 400 acres of mixed pastures valued at £2 per acre. It started on the property of J.A. & E.D. Fisher & Son of Black Springs, where it burnt 90 acres before entering Koonoona land. A lot of fencing was also destroyed, along with 15 poles of the private telephone line and two trolleys.

Redruth Methodist Sunday School is to be repainted inside and tenders are called.

Cricket. Buffs 69 & 40 defeated Burra 46 & 54.

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from Mr E.L. McWaters, will offer for sale on 10 February in the RSL Hall, Burra, the property ‘Drysdale’ of 7297 acres freehold and leasehold. The property lies 16 miles east of Burra on the Burra-Morgan stock road and comprises 2619 acres freehold and 46781⁄2 acres perpetual lease with solid stone house, etc. Also the property known as the Rifle Range, adjoining the town of Burra. Burra Town water supply is laid on and it comprises 43 acres freehold disposed as one sheep-proof paddock.

Advt. Private sale by W. Carpenter. Having decided to go out of business the whole stock is available for sale at reduced prices, or as a going concern. Also two houses in Thames Street, each of four rooms, kitchen and bathroom; subject to a weekly tenancy.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from the trustee in the estate of Helen Rowe deceased, will hold a house, land and furniture sale on 20 January on the property in Bridge Street. Allotment 308 on which is erected a stone house of six rooms with two enclosed sleep-outs and an enclosed back verandah, laundry, cellar and stone shed. Also block 14A comprising 6 acres 10 perches, situated behind the Convent and adjoining the Mine Paddock.

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. A shoot between the Captain’s and the Vice-Captain’s teams over 300 yards produced low scores generally. Captain’s team 381 defeated Vice-Captain’s team 375.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 January

Jack Hawkins & Elizabeth Allan in Front Page Story

Ann Sheridan & Sterling Hayden in Take Me to Town

25 January

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in The Caddy

Joan Fontaine & John Lunn in Rendezvous

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 4

Diocesan Examinations for first and second year students. Results of district scholars are printed.

Bowls. Burra Green defeated Spalding by 10.

Auburn defeated Burra Gold by 4.

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 5

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 21 January

Trenna Kellock, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A.L. Kellock of Burra, will marry

Gilbert Penna, son of Mr & Mrs C.J. Penna of Chicerloo Station, West Coast.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 4 February

Marjory Dare, daughter of Mr & Mrs C.W. Dare of Mt Bryan East, will marry

Robert Broad, son of Mr & Mrs W. Broad of Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 11 February

Maureen Martin, eldest daughter of Rev. & Mrs M. Martin of Burra, will marry

Max Hagger, son of Mr & Mrs A.T. Hagger of Jamestown.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 25 February

Joan Williams, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs E.T. Williams of Burra North, will marry

Ray Bevan, only son of Mr & Mrs R.A. Bevan of Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 3 March

Joy Bourman, daughter of Mr & Mrs Roy Bourman of Burra, will marry

Colin Nankivell, son of Mr & Mrs Wilf Nankivell of Burra.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 March

Marjory Villis, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs T. Villis of Burra, will marry

Maurice Farrelly, son of Mr & Mrs M. Farrelly of Booborowie.

Miss Heather Thomas of Gulnare, Grade 2 teacher at Burra Primary School, has been transferred to Spalding. She has been a member of Kooringa Methodist Girls Comrades Basketball Team and of the local Rural Youth Club.

Mr E.W. H. Wood, schoolteacher at Booborowie for four years, has received notification of his transfer to Tea Tree Gully.

87, 2, 17 Jan. 1956, page 6

Fire. A second fire within a week has affected Koonoona. This one is believed to have been started by a match or cigarette butt from a passing vehicle. It started about seven miles south of Burra on the main Adelaide Road and was noticed by Jeff Neale of the Burra Motor Co. at about 3 p.m. He and the occupants of another car tried to extinguish the flames, but without success. Mr R.E. Mason of Koo-owie raised the alarm in Burra. It was controlled by about 5 p.m. after burning about 200 acres of sparsely grassed land.

Cricket. Koonoona 5 for 188 defeated Farrell Flat 136 & 19.

Tennis. Jacynth Pickering, daughter of Mr & Mrs R. Pickering of Burra North, won through to the finals of the girls’ age tennis championships at Memorial Drive and in the singles finals she lost to S. Langrehr 9-2. In the doubles Jacynth Pickering and F. Harris defeated J. Haren & B. David 9-3.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 1

Weather. 41 points of rain fell on 17 January and 36 on 19 January, followed by 5 on 20 January. The monthly total is 98 points.

Cr E.L. McWaters’ resignation from Council has been accepted with regret.

Burra Burra DC proposes to borrow £900 by means of a debenture loan on the security of the general rate, so they can buy a Holden utility to transport workers to and from their place of employment and for the use of the overseer and foreman.

Burra Motor Co. is preparing a site for the display of second-hand vehicles on the corner next to the DC Depot in Kingston St. The site was previously in a very dilapidated condition, which the Council made several moves to have corrected.

Salvation Army. Lt & Mrs R.J. Cutts have recently taken up residence in Clare and Lt Cutts will take command of Salvation Army work in Burra and Clare districts. Burra has been without any Salvation Army Leaders for some time.

Mr Stanley Hawker recently asked in Parliament when the northern line was likely to see diesel trains. The reply was that there was a delay in the arrival of diesel locomotives, which are allocated to lines on the basis of traffic density. The Minister said he would enquire if the northern line qualified. The Railway Commissioner has since said that consideration will be given to the use of the new type of railcar in the Adelaide-Terowie service. At present a service is being run to Burra with a new railcar and trailer.

[The 250 Class railcars, known as ‘Bluebirds’ began service with two units in late 1954. Three were added in 1955 and two more in 1956, three in 1957 and one in 1959.]

Burra Rubbish Dump. Haphazard dumping of rubbish at the site in the mine is causing trouble and over the Christmas period hot ashes caused a fire which fortunately was quickly controlled. The Mayor seeks the co-operation of the public in this matter.

Crutching. Six schools are to be conducted in agricultural areas in February and March to train young farmers in crutching sheep along with lectures on blowfly control and other sheep related subjects.

Mr & Mrs R.C. Winfield of Nailsworth and formerly of Booborowie celebrate their golden wedding

Today. Some years ago Mr Winfield kept a store at Booborowie and was later in partnership with Mr A.W. Pearce.

Brian Sheridan has been appointed District Representative for the Shell Company and will reside in Burra. Bert Reilly will continue as the representative in the Jamestown area. Mr Sheridan is a keen sportsman and while in Adelaide played Amateur League football and cricket as a fast bowler in the Adelaide Turf Association.

SA egg production has fallen by 750,000 dozen for the six months to 31 December 1955 due to the high cost of production and changed marketing conditions. [This was particularly due to a decline in exports to the UK.]

Burra Rural Youth Club has donated £20 to the Contributions Fund of the Rural Youth in Adelaide.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 January

Anthony Steel & Jack Warner in Albert RN

Barbara Kelly in Love in Pawn

30 January

Paul Douglas in The Maggie

Gordon Jackson in Death Goes to School

1 February

Lana Turner in Green Dolphin Street

Plus News and Shorts

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 3

Federal Elections, 10 December 1955

Final results for the Division of Wakefield

Bruce, R.I.A. (Labor) 12,671

Henstridge, H.D. (Ind.) 2,095

McBride, P.A.M. (LCL) 24,283

A majority of 9,517 votes for Sir Philip McBride.

In the Senate two LCL candidates and two Labor candidates were elected first for SA and the fifth position then went to Nancy Buttfield (LCL), who becomes the first woman Senator.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 4

Burra rifle Club shot the 11th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy on Saturday. For the trophy W. Watts led A. Heinrich and C. Edwards, while off the rifle the best were Tom Heinrich, followed by Herb Byles and Captain Edwards. Five possibles were scored, one each by: W. Watts, A. Heinrich, C. Edwards, R. Bernhardt & W. Corner.

Burra Burra DC calls for nominations to replace Cr E.L. McWaters, who has resigned owing to his leaving the district. Nominations close on 3 February, with an election to follow if necessary.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 5

Bowls Clare Blue defeated Burra Gold by 25

Clare White defeated Burra Green by 38.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 6

Cricket. Koonoona 7 for 61 declared v. Burra 37 & 6 for 29.

87, 3, 24 Jan. 1956, page 8

Cricket. [The article starts describing Burra v. Farrell Flat, but as the scores indicate, it was Buffs v. Farrell Flat.] Buffs 4 for 76 declared v. Farrell Flat 32 & 1 for 40.

87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 1

Mr & Mrs Tom Fuller were entertained at a farewell dinner at the Kooringa Hotel, given on Monday 23 January by Mr P.A. Kumnick, Northern District Manager for the Shell Co. Mr Fuller has retired from the Shell Co.’s Burra Branch and now resides in Adelaide. The Shell Co. was represented by R. Shepherd (deputising for the General Manager), H. Morphett (Consumer Sales Manager SA), Mr Kumnick, Mr Bert Reilly (Jamestown) and Brian Sheridan (Burra). The Mayor and Mayoress & Mr E.R. Davey represented the Town Council and Mr E.L. McWaters and his wife and Mr T.G. Perry represented the District Council. Mr Shepherd said Mr Fuller and he had joined the Shell Co. in 1928 when Tom was Superintendent at Burra, the first bulk store in SA. He continued till 1933, when he took over the Shell Agency on a commission basis. Mr Hurtle Morphett was a Shell Co. representative in Burra in the 1930s and he supported Mr Shepherd’s remarks in thanking Tom for the hard work he had put in for the Burra Branch. Mr E.T. Baulderstone and Mr E.L. McWaters also thanked Tom and Mrs Fuller for their parts in town and district activities. A presentation of a silver tray was made by Mr Shepherd. Members of the Bowling Club also held a farewell for Mr Fuller (a long-time member) during the Christmas period.

Hanson Main Street was sealed by the Highways Department last week, greatly reducing the dust nuisance there.

The Governor, Sir Robert George with Lady George, made a private visit to Burra over the weekend as guests of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant at Princess Royal.

Burra Institute Library tried to hold its annual meeting last Tuesday, but it had to be postponed to 13 February for lack of a quorum.

Spalding RSL has bought a new full-sized billiard table.

SAR’s new timetable does not allow residents south of Burra to come to Burra and return the same day, which is unsatisfactory for those seeking medical advice, or conducting business. The Town Council will complain to SAR.

Road improvements between Spalding and Jamestown will provide yet another route for Broken Hill traffic to by-pass Burra. If the 30-mile connection is sealed between Jamestown and Peterborough is sealed before the Main North Road, Burra will be completely by-passed.

Rev. K.B. Leaver writes recommending the facilities of the Brougham Place Congregational Church in North Adelaide to the young people of Burra District who come to Adelaide for vocational study or other reasons.

Spalding Swimming Pool plans are discussed in a little over one column of detail.

87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 2

Obituary. Edward Oates, husband of the late Maggie Oates, died at Adelaide [Evandale] on 30 January aged 92. [Born 30 December 1863 Upper Wakefield District of SA. See extended obituary 87, 6, 14 Feb. 1956, page 1.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 February

Ray Bolger in Where’s Charlie?

Dennis Morgan in Cattle Town

8 February

Bing Crosby in Little Boy Lost

Ann Richards & Ann Gwynne in Breakdown

87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 4

Farrell Flat Cricket Club organised a Miniature Debutante Ball that drew about 300 people. It is reported in 3⁄4 column.

Fire. On Thursday at 9.25 p.m. a fire occurred in the shed-laundry on the property of Mr C.D. Wilkinson in Hill Street, Burra. Mr Fred Allen, who lives nearby, noticed the fire, which was soon extinguished by the brigade. Damage was estimated at £50-£60. The fire seems to have started in a heap of cut mallee and stumps stored alongside.

87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy over 600 & 700 yards, with best results from J.H. Schwier, C. Edwards and E. Hopkins. In the marksman’s competition the best were J. Schwier, C.W. Edwards & J. Brown. Herb Byles, ‘Jock’ Bernhardt, E. Hopkins & R. Kellock scored possibles over 600 yards and J. Brown & W. Edwards did so over 700 yards.

Mr Fred Dean, the teacher at Gum Creek School for the past four years, has been transferred to Tothill Creek. Mrs Dean has been secretary of the Leighton Ladies Guild for about six months. Mr T. Hogarth will be the new teacher at Gum Creek.

Intermediate Exam Results for Burra High School (Number of subjects and credits)

Thora J. Allen 6

Robert P. Bourman 8 (3)

Jeremy E. Cookes 9 (1)

Richard G. Freer 8 (1)

Margaret R. Hopkins 8 (1)

Raymond C. Kotz 4

Patricia C. Kowald 8 (1)

Robert J. Lott 9 (1)

Jillian R. Lucas 7 (1)

Ann Pettet 7

Marcia F. Terry 8 (1)

The teachers were: Mr R.G. Jeffery (Head), Mr I. Burdon, Mr J. Deer, Mr R. Pillar, Mrs Jeffery and Mrs Kowald.

87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 8

Burra Town Council, 16 January

The Vacuum Oil Co. applied to install two petrol tanks under the footpath in front of the Northern Café. Granted subject to the normal approvals.

L.G. Miller & L. D. Gordon offer £10 for the land adjoining their properties in Commercial Street. [A closed road.] They will be advised the land is valued at £20 and Council will consider an offer of that amount.

A Tender of £20 for the stall at the Town Hall Pictures for twelve months was accepted from Burra Food Traders.

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool

A public meeting will be held in the Town Hall on 2 March to decide on a swimming pool. The Progress Association believes it is beyond the handful of men in the Association and is calling on the public. If the decision is in favour no doubt a committee will be formed. Parents with children are particularly urged to attend.

Mrs Wood has been farewelled by the Booborowie School Welfare Club. Mr Wood has been transferred as headmaster of Tea Tree Gully School.

The Advertiser Youth Travel Scheme members held a reunion on the Australia Day Weekend in Adelaide. A film of the 1955 tour of the UK was shown. Wayne Sibly, the Burra representative, attended and had a happy time renewing friendships.

Mr Topsfield of Burra is now supplying meat to Hallett on Mondays and Thursdays, following the removal of Mr Gordon Hurrell to Gladstone. The increase in the variety of meats available is being appreciated by customers who previously got only mutton, except on special occasions.

Miss Margaret Tiver of ‘Banbury’ Hallett and Miss Eunice Tiver of ‘Abberton Park’ Burra were guests of honour at a farewell party given by Margaret’s sister, Mrs Keith Hanlin, prior to their departure in the Neptunia on 16 February. They will be accompanied by Mrs H. Jones of Nackara and Mrs B. Hogan of Wirrabara.

The Hundred of Whyte School has been closed and children from the Canowie district will be sent to Whyte Yarcowie by bus. Mr Brian Brooks of Hallett, who had been headmaster at the closed school, will now be in charge of Wandearah North, about ten miles south of Port Pirie.

Grasshoppers are hatching in large numbers on the eastern boundary of Burra Township.

Miss Nancy Pearce, who has been teaching at Kapunda High School, has been transferred to Gladstone High School.

Merven and Clem Kleinig were farewelled recently by Leighton Football and cricket Clubs. Clem has left the district and Merven leaves shortly for Victoria where they will both soon be married.

Booborowie Institute AGM is reported in 12⁄3 columns.

A.W. Pearce was re-elected chairman. The foundations for the new rooms to cost £6,475-10-0 are presently being laid. 1084 bags of barley have been reaped from the 110 acres made available by Anama Pastoral Co. Ltd. The first payment has been received, which netted £474, to bring project funds to £4,974. Arrangements to borrow the balance are being made.

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 2

Advt. Oates Ltd will hold a clearing sale for Mr Crawford Webster on 24 February at the rear of Burra RSL Hall.

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 February

Donald O’Connor & una Merkel in I Love Melvin

Carleton Carpenter & Jan Sterling in Sky Full of Moon

15 February

Googie Withers & James Donald in White Corridors

Jack Warner in Those People Next Door

Marriage. Yongala Methodist Church last Saturday

Mrs Leila M. Lommon of Yongala married Mr Harold C. Earle of Port Lincoln.

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 4

Teachers’ transfers have been delayed by the shipping strike. Mr Eric Wood’s transfer to Tea Tree Gully has been delayed because the teacher at Tea Tree Gully cannot move to Parndana on Kangaroo Island. Mr Goss at Blewitt Springs near McLaren Vale is uncertain when he will arrive at Booborowie.

Cricket. Burra 2 for 115 v. Farrell Flat 61.

Koonoona 114 v. Buffs 9 for 98.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 11-96 defeated Mt Bryan 9-86

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 17-112 defeated Mt Bryan 3-45

Miss Teresa Hogan, daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Hogan of Booborowie has been appointed a junior teacher at Hallett School. Miss Winsome Hutt, previously a junior teacher at Hallett for three years, has taken up nursing at Jamestown Hospital. Hallett School has about nine new Grade I pupils this year.

Obituary. Mr L.E. (Charlie) Herewaine died at home on 25 January. He was born 25 October 1880 in New Zealand. It is understood he was awarded the Military Medal and the DCM & Bar for services in WWI. He was a member of the Burra RSL. A military funeral was conducted by Mr H. Cornelius and the bearers were V. Riggs, W. Player, W. Nankivell, W. Wilks, V. Preiss and J. Williams. He is survived by a widow, three sons and three daughters.

[Leigh Elijah Herewane. Death registered as 26 January 1956.]

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 5

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church last Saturday

Marjory Dare, third daughter of Mr & Mrs C.W. Dare of Mt Bryan East, married

Robert Broad, third son of Mr & Mrs W.T. Broad of Burra.

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 6

Bowls

Clare Red 117 defeated Burra Green 72

Clare Green 98 defeated Burra Gold 75

87, 5, 7 Feb. 1956, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship over double 700 yards. Off the rifle Darrell Field was followed by Jim Brown and Herb Byles and with handicap the leaders were E.C. Hopkins, D.H. Field and J. Brown. Possibles were scored by Herb Byles and Ken Heinrich in the second round.

Mr Len Phelps has bought the garage owned by Mr Reg Reed at Hallett. Mr Reed has taken up land near Kingston and he and Donald left Hallett on Friday. The rest of the family is already at Kingston. Mr Phelps is a returned man who learnt his trade in the Air Force and since then has worked for Cliff Lucas. Harold Prior has bought the house next to the garage, previously owned by Reg Reed. Mr Jim Meers is building a garage opposite the Hallett Railway Station.

87, 6, 14 Feb. 1956, page 1

Burra Primary School had an intake of 34 children last Tuesday. This is five less [sic!] than last year when 29 commenced. [New students are listed.]

St Joseph’s Convent in Burra has three new students. [New students are listed.]

Obituary. Edward Oates died 31 January 1956 aged 92. Mr Oates sold a small farming property at Leighton in 1902 (owned many years later by Mr R. Wigley) and purchased a property at Mt Barker. Sub clover and super were not then known and the pastures were so unproductive that he sold up and returned to live in Aberdeen and rented a 2,000 acre grazing property ‘Munjibbie’ east of Terowie. Later he bought 600 acres at Baldina, which he sold to take up a portion of South Booborowie when it was subdivided. After WWI he sold the Booborowie land and lived in semi-retirement at Bridgewater. About 1924 he bought a small farm at Kapunda, which he sold in 1928. He then retired to Burra. After the death of his wife, sixteen years ago, he lived with his daughter, Mrs H. Shearer, at Sefton Park. Until being confined to his bed about two months ago, he had remarkably good health and retained all his faculties, including a good memory and could read newspapers. He is survived by two sons and one daughter: Rupert, Horace and Eunice. While in Burra he and his wife were actively associated with the Methodist Church. He was for a short while a Councillor for Baldina Ward of the District Council. [Born 30 December 1863 Upper Wakefield District of SA.]

Accident. On 8 February a furniture van travelling to Burra ran into a tree on the Black Springs-Burra road, ran through the fence and brought down the private telephone line serving ‘The Gap’ and ‘Koo-owie’. The vehicle was severely damaged, but the driver was unhurt, though a passenger sustained lacerations over the right eye.

Mr G. Hambour, a well-known businessman of Eudunda, has been elected by the LCL to contest the seat of Light in the state elections on 3 March. He is strongly tipped to win the seat vacated by the resignation of H.D. Michael.

Mr Stanley Hawker, son of the late E.W. Hawker of East Bungaree, (A former Member for Stanley in the House of Assembly) has represented the Burra Electorate since 1947. He is the LCL candidate for the new seat of Burra. He and Sir Lyell McEwin MLC (the LCL candidate for the Northern Division of the Legislative Council) will address electors at the Burra Town Hall on 27 February. Mr Hawker is a part owner and managing director of East Bungaree Merino Stud. He has pastoral experience in three states and after WWI studied Agricultural Science at Cambridge. In WWI he served in France, was wounded and awarded the MC. In WWII he commanded the Burra VDC and later joined the Royal Australian Artillery. He was President of the Burra RSL for five years and has been a State Councillor and on the State Board of the RSL. He has served on the District Councils of Mt Bryan and later of Burra.

Fire. Another roadside fire has broken out at Koonoona, probably from a match or cigarette butt. Sixty acres of pasture were lost and thirty fence posts before it was controlled. The fire was noticed by Mr J. Lawrie, fire control officer of the Manoora area.

Kay Gare, aged 3, was rescued from a dam at ‘Glen View’ Hallett on 9 February, by his mother, Mrs Keith Gare. She had wandered away from home at about 6.45 p.m. and hearing a cry, her mother found her floating in the dam, waded out up to her neck and managed the rescue. Kay recovered after artificial respiration.

Hallett School Welfare Club AGM is reported in 3⁄4 column.

87, 6, 14 Feb. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 February

Charles Laughton, John Mills & Daphne Anderson in Hobson’s Choice

Ralph Richardson in Holly and the Ivy

22 February

Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart & William Holden in Sabrina

With News and Shorts

87, 6, 14 Feb. 1956, page 5

Burra Burra DC, February

No nominations were received for the vacancy in Baldina Ward. A supplementary election will be held with nominations to close 24 February.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 11 February

Maureen Lettia Martin, eldest daughter of Rev. & Mrs M.S. Martin of Burra, married

Maxwell Ross Hagger, second son of Mr & Mrs A.S. Hagger of Jamestown.

87, 6, 14 Feb. 1956, page 6

Burra Primary School enrolments have reached 257 and as a result a severe staff shortage is being felt. There are only five teachers following the transfer of Mr Miller to Point Pierce [sic] and Miss N. Thomas to Spalding. Mrs Pens is the only new teacher. Mrs R.J. Jeffrey of Burra North has agreed to relieve to the end of this week.

Bowls

Burra Gold 104 defeated Saddleworth Blue 93

Burra Green 95 defeated Saddleworth Gold 82

Burra Rural Youth were addressed by Mr Binks-Williams, Manager of Elder, Smith & Co. at their last meeting at the Burra Show Hall on 13 February.

Cricket. Burra 2 for 115 defeated Farrell Flat 61 & 44.

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, page 1

Adelaide Children’s Hospital Badge Day at Burra raised £27 on Friday.

St Joseph’s Welfare Club held its first meeting for the year on Tuesday.

Booborowie School Welfare Club held its AGM on 16 February. Elected: President, Mrs Freer; Vice-Presidents, Mrs L. Bailey; Secretary, Mrs Basil Billing & Treasurer, Mrs B. Dinham.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 13 sets defeated Willalo 7 sets

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 20-120 defeated Kooringa 0-9

Burra Burra DC is concerned at the dumping of rubbish including old car bodies in Deep Creek on the Main Eastern Road. The rubbish is carried away in floods and damages fences.

Burra Hospital Board has been advised to collect outstanding debts or face the prospect of losing some of its Government subsidy. In future patients will be billed on discharge, with an account rendered notice at the end of the following month, after which arrangements will be made to recover the amount.

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, pages 1 & 8

Burra RSL held its AGM last Saturday and elected: President, C.M. Beckwith; Vice-Presidents, J. Battye & R.W. Nankivell; Secretary, Don Higginson. Outgoing President H. Cornelius reported on a busy year for 1955. A bottle drive made a lot of work, but built up funds far in excess of expectations, which will enable renovations to the clubrooms. The Anzac service was conducted by the Ministers Fraternal and attended by the Marananga Band with a good turnout of citizens. November 11 Remembrance Day was also observed, as was Air Force Week. The Annual Ball was another success. The Christmas Party was a very successful combined meeting with the Air Force Assoc. Badge days were conducted for Legacy, Poppy Day and Anzac Day Appeals. The local RSL continues to support two Legacy wards. RSL members and others planted a number of trees in the RSL Plantation, but the very wet weather saw nearly all die. In future they will be potted for the first year. Three members were farewelled and one, Tom Fuller, was made a life member. Thanks were extended to members of the House Committee, Burra Record and all others who have helped throughout the year.

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 & 25 February

Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlov & Kenneth Moore in Doctor in the House

Terrence Morgan & Joan Rice in Steel Key

29 February

Richard Widmark & Carleton Carpenter in Take the High Ground

With News & Shorts

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, page 3

Bowls. Burra Green 95 defeated Burra Gold 76.

Burra Rifle Club held a self-handicapping shoot over 200 and 300 yards. Best were M. Mitchell, E.C. Hopkins and H. Byles.

St Mary’s 11 a.m. service next Sunday will be broadcast over radio 5AN.

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, page 6

Stanley Hawker’s speech at Hallett on 20 February is reported in 3⁄4 column.

Burra Institute Library held its deferred Annual Meeting on 13 February, just managing to get a quorum. Elected: President, J.A.S. Fisher; Vice-President, F.W. Atkins; Treasurer, J.B. Topsfield & Secretary, P.J. Byrne. On 1 January 1955 the library held 6,837 books and on 31 December 1955 there were 6,305. 675 had been culled. The little use of the library in the evenings has seen the hours changed to: Monday-Friday 2.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 7.30 to 9 p.m. On 1 January 1955 there had been £63-13-8 in the bank and on 31 December 1955 the sum had been £54-13-11.

Obituary. H.W. (Bert) Swift died in [North] Adelaide this morning 21 February. Many years ago he was a member of the staff of Elder, Smith & Co. at Burra. He leaves a widow.

[Herbert Wright Swift born 18 February 1894 Orroroo. He was a WWI soldier from Burra and was briefly Burra RSL Vice-President in 1919.]

87, 7, 21 Feb. 1956, page 8

Marriage. Pirie Street Methodist Church

Verna Hancock, only daughter of Mr & Mrs W.I. Hancock of Kensington Gradens and formerly of Andrews, married Francis Slatter, elder son of Mr & Mrs F. Slatter of Willalo.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 1

Need for a Burra Pool

Only 14% of Burra School Children can swim. The acting supervisor of Physical Education Mr C.A. Brooks will attend the public meeting on a swimming pool on Friday and will show a Learn to Swim film. Some fear that the burden of maintenance would fall on the ratepayers, but the admission charges will cover that and it would be kept clean.

St Laurence’s Homes for the Aged benefited by £34 from a collection made by 15 boys of St Mary’s on Sunday evening.

Lindsay Halliday of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred to the Willunga branch as manager, after spending three years in Burra. Ted Orchard of the Naracoorte branch will transfer to Burra. He had about nine months here with the firm before the war. Mr Halliday has been a member of the Golf Club and Tennis Club and played cricket with Koonoona. He was also a member of the RSL and Air Force Assoc.

Booborowie Bus. A meeting was held to improve discipline on the school bus. Parents support reporting to the headmaster any unduly rough behaviour and expressed satisfaction with the drivers, Mr H. Billing and latterly with his son Mr Ron Billings.

Mr R. Fuss has several thousand gallons of rain water in surplus and has offered it to those whose own supply has been exhausted in this dry spell.

Shearers’ Award. The old awards included a prosperity loading to be a fluctuating amount according to the wool market. In 1948 and twice in 1950 upwards adjustments were made, but since prices began to fall in 1952-53 from 851⁄2d to 60d average at present, no comparable fall has occurred in the shearers’ award. A new award has now been made using a different formula (which is printed), which reduces the payment to shearers from £7-6-0 to £6-18-6 per 100 sheep. If the old formula had been used the award would have fallen to £6-3-0 per 100.

Miss Geake in Queen Street noticed a rustle under the settee in her sitting room on 18 February and then saw a large snake. It rapidly vanished down a hole in the skirting board, which she then plugged up. Later she saw the snake emerge from a hole near the outside wall on the footpath. She kept watch, but was unable to catch the snake. On Friday morning Mr Hawson-Clark set a rabbit trap at the hole and on Friday evening Miss Geake found a thrashing reptile in the trap. Mrs Bill Woodman soon despatched it. It was measured at almost four feet: not a pleasant companion to have for six or seven days.

Mr Crawford Webster’s clearing sale went well with good prices and a total clearance.

Mr & Mrs Frank Sumner of Hallett had a tame kangaroo around their house. It came up to be fed and they even presented him with a red bow tie. On 22 July 1955 it disappeared to their disappointment. Mr Sumner was therefore much surprised when the kangaroo reappeared on 13 February 1956 and resumed its old habits. It was still wearing its bow tie, even if it was a little crumpled.

Fire. The fourth fire in two months occurred on Koonoona on Saturday at about 6.45 p.m. in a gully off the Old Koonoona Road, north of the homestead. Fire fighters attended from Burra, Booborowie, Hallett, Mt Bryan, Clare, Hanson, Manoora, Robertstown and Saddleworth. It was very difficult in the windy conditions to burn breaks, but the blaze was finally halted at 10.30 p.m. 1,250 acres of paster were lost, with much fencing, telephone poles and 15 sheep. Mr S.J. Woollacott, an adjoining landowner, also lost 60-100 acres of pasture and half a mile of fencing. It seems strange that of five fires this season four have been on Koonoona Proprietors’ property: four at Koonoona and one on their Booborowie property. Altogether they have lost about 2,500 acres of rich pastures.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC gives notice that one nomination was received in the Supplementary Election for a Councillor for Baldina Ward and as a result James Fullarton Warnes is declared elected.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 3

Hallett Institute. The projection room, which is being enlarged and fitted out to allow the showing of motion pictures in Hallett, is nearing completion.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 March.

James Mason & Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

David Tomlinson & Margaret Rutherford in Castles in the Air

7 March

Bob Hope, Tony Martin & Arlene Dahl in Here Come the Girls

Rosie Drago in Ninth Commandment

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of a daughter of Mr & Mrs W.G. [William George] Winchester of Mt Bryan. [Margaret Rose Winchester died 24 January 1956 in Adelaide, residence Mt Bryan aged 14.]

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 4

Election Speeches at Burra

Monday Night: Mr Stanley Hawker LCL

Primary products provide 69% of SA’s exports and the other chief export is the concentrate from Broken Hill, exported through Port Pirie. SA primary production had greatly increased with improved pasture and higher yielding cereals and improved land fertility. For Burra a sealed road from Adelaide was in sight and ETSA power was coming. Details of the duplication of the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline were now being worked out and included a branch line to Burra. Burra School had been improved and a new Nurses’ Quarters at the Burra Hospital had been subsidised. Burra was an important centre with a good rail service and an excellent climate.

Hon. Sir Lyell McEwin said the Playford Government had carried out practical decentralisation and the Northern Areas were benefiting from the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline and Leigh Creek coal developments. Mineral resources were being developed, such as uranium, pyrites and barytes.

Mr P.H. Quirke, Independent, will speak tonight and will mention his disappointment that sixteen seats in the House of Assembly are not being contested and there is only one contest in the Legislative Council. That 165,000 electors on 3 March will not have a vote is a fantastic wrong and it owes its origin to the electoral system. Only Independents can cause a vote to be taken in the circumstances. The vote is the first loss under totalitarian rule. A powerful opposition is vital for Parliament and its power is best used to improve legislation through criticism and not just to oppose because a proposal comes from the other side – something both parties are guilty of. The presence of Independents in the SA Parliament has been important in championing the rights of electors. Having represented Clare, Saddleworth, Riverton and Hamley Bridge areas for fifteen years, he felt that the Burra, Jamestown and Spalding areas had no markedly different needs. He promised in return for their votes to give close attention to matters affecting individual electors and to give care and attention to his Parliamentary duties.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 5

Mr Stanley Hawker’s scheduled meeting at Black Springs on Saturday night was cancelled. Most people were at the Koonoona fire and Mr Hawker spent the evening at the homestead, where he handled all the phone messages from the Fire Controllers, remaining till the fire was under control.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 6

Cricket. On Saturday Buffs 108 & 1 for 139 defeated Burra 159 & 7 for 86 declared.

On Sunday at Peterborough Burra Buffs 156 defeated Peterborough 107.

Mr E.W. Wood, head teacher at Booborowie for four years, left last week to take up duties at Tea Tree Gully and was given a farewell at the hotel lounge before his departure.

Mr Goss the new Booborowie head teacher arrived from Blewitt Springs on Friday.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 7

Burra Rifle Club took part in a 24 teams’ match at the Dean Rifle Range at Pt Adelaide on Saturday. Only four teams made the limit of 1050 and Burra was among those to fail in the tricky condition, by eight points. Langhorne’s Creek Team won the contest.

‘Burra Ratepayer’ writes in favour of building a swimming pool, but suggesting that the Minister of Education had earlier in the year opened a learners’ pool in one of the suburbs that had cost less than £1,000 – half of which was Government subsidy. Local resources should be pooled and the construction done at the school. It should then be handed over to the Education Department, which would be responsible for maintenance, otherwise the ratepayers would be left to ‘carry the baby’.

87, 8, 28 Feb. 1956, page 8

The State Election. Political apathy at Booborowie saw both the LCL and Independent candidates draw poor audiences. Mr Stanley Hawker managed to attract about fourteen and Mr Quirke only eight.

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool Public Meeting

The meeting on Friday night was well attended. It was resolved to go ahead with pool construction, with the management to be in the hands of a committee. About 170 people attended and the Mayor presided. Mr Baulderstone said he was in favour of a pool, which would be greatly to the advantage of the town. He felt that a lack of community spirit in the town was a problem he had noticed over many years. The War Memorial Park and the Town Hall Library both provided examples of this apathy. The swimming pool committee would have to provide evidence that it would not become a liability to Council.

Mr Topsfield, from the Burra Progress Assoc. also said the matter had been brought up many years ago, money had been raised and plans drawn up, but the matter then lapsed. The Progress Assoc. thought it was too big a project for its members and needed the support of the whole district. He supported the venture and said a Government subsidy could be obtained up to £1,500 for an approved plan. The Council had £175-5-0 vested with it for swimming pool purposes and also had the plans previously prepared. It was thought the Mt Barker Pool was the best model. It was 100 ft x 30 ft and cost £2,900 including £750 for a bore, pump and switchgear. It also included £1,500 subsidy and 9% voluntary labour.

The national Fitness Council advised that not more than £50 could be given in any one year. Mr C.A. Brooks, Acting Supervisor of Physical Education was strongly in favour and showed a film Learning to Swim. Mr R. Jeffery, Headmaster of Burra High School, also supported the idea, saying no education was complete without being able to swim. He felt if half the town’s money raising efforts went to it £600 would be raised for a pool in a year. Mr I. Trigwell, local manager of the ANZ Bank said that though he was just a ‘blow-in’ he would give it his every support. Mr H.J.B. Jennison, who was President of the old Swimming Pool Committee, said that body did get a start, but the depression and limited Government input meant it did not get far. In answer to questions Mr Cummins said the idea was for a community pool, not just a children’s pool. A committee was formed of nine members with Mr H. Topsfield as Chairman.

Spalding Swimming Pool. Work has begun on construction of the pool in Mundunney St. It is hoped to have it completed by next summer.

Burra Rural Youth held a successful dance in the Burra Show Hall on 2 March. Takings were about £24.

Weather. Thunderstorms in the past week have brought patchy rain. Burra got 35 points on Saturday night and 10 on Sunday. To the east Oakbank has received 109, but most other falls were small and patchy, varying from nil to 33 points, but the phones were down on Monday, so the reports are incomplete.

State Elections. Counting continues, but at this stage Mr P.H. Quirke is leading Mr S. Hawker in a fairly close race with 2,732 votes to 2,531. It is thought postal and absentee votes will favour Mr Hawker. In the Legislative Council A.L. McEwin has 1,389 of the 2,073 votes counted to date.

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 March

William Holden, David Niven & Maggie McNamara in The Moon is Blue

Rita Moreno in The Ring

14 March

Esther Williams & Fernando Lamas in Dangerous When Wet

Cara Williams & Red Skelton in The Great Diamond Robbery

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 3

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 16 sets defeated Mt Bryan 4 sets

‘B’ Grade Aberdeen 10-94 defeated Spalding 10-85

Burra North Boys Cricket Club

A meeting on 3 March under Sara & Co.’s back verandah saw the formation of this club. Mr Fiebig has given permission for use of the land opposite the Courthouse. Captains are Geoffrey Williams and David Stockman. Secretary is Maurice Perry and Caretaker is Desmond James.

Cricket. On 12 February Burra RSL 135 defeated Booborowie RSL be a few runs.

Burra 157 v. Koonoona 1 for 60.

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church 25 February

Joan Williams, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs E.T. Williams of Burra, married

Raymond Bevan, only son of Mr & Mrs R.A. Bevan of Burra.

Marriage. Knoxville Congregational Church, 11 February

Sister Mary Martin, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs S. Martin of Hallett, married

Graham Blackwell, only son of Mr Blackwell of Milang.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church, 18 February

Norah Reed, daughter of Mr & Mrs J.G. Reed of Hallett, married

Rodney Fisher, son of Mr & Mrs Fisher of Carrieton.

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 6

Weather: A very severe thunderstorm at Kia-Ora.

Mr S.A. Irlam was at Kia-Ora on Sunday morning to bring a load of wool to Burra. He had taken five of his children with him for a day’s outing. Just before 3 p.m. a sudden storm was noticed when clouds began rolling in a frightening manner and with a terrific roar the rain was upon them. Three inches of rain fell in 30 minutes. Within a few seconds the wool carters were standing in a foot of water. With the rain came jagged lumps of ice as large as hen’s eggs. One struck Teddy Irlam on the head, momentarily stunning him and leaving a large lump on his head. The single bladed Freelite exploded in a shower of sparks and became a mangled heap of iron. Dams that were half full were overflowing within 15 minutes. The stream through the flume into the dam was shooting half way across it with terrific force. The homestead gutters were completely blocked with ice, which then built up on the roof. The blockage caused water to get through into the ceiling and some 2 to 3 inches of water covered the floors, damaging carpets and furniture. Trees in the area were stripped of leaves and small twigs and some were uprooted, while large branches were torn from others. Windows were smashed in the house and shearing shed. The phone lines were down and the truckload of wool completely bogged. Mr Irlam returned to Burra by motor cycle to notify his wife of the children’s safety. At Hogback, 8 miles away, only 15 points were recorded.

Bowls. Burra Green 99 defeated Clare Blue 72 at Clare.

Clare Red 90 defeated Burra Green 79 at Burra.

[Sic: but the second game probably involved Burra Gold!]

State Elections

Counting to 12.30 p.m. today has narrowed the gap, but it now looks as though Mr Quirke will win. Mr Hawker is trailing by 166 votes with 582 to be accounted for.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy over 600 and double 700 yards. Best were R.L. Pillar, T. Heinrich & J. Brown. In the marksman’s contest R.L. Pillar was followed by Jim Brown and Jim Schwier. Possible were achieved by R.L. Pillar, T. Heinrich, W. Corner, H.H. Byles and E. Hopkins over 700 yards and by W. Hempel over 600 yards.

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 7

Tennis: Mid North Zone Tennis Championship Finals

Singles to R. Hopgood

Doubles to K. McDonald & B. Carrell

Women’s Singles to Mrs E. Williams

Women’s Doubles to Mrs W. Hansen & N. Slattery

87, 9, 6 Mar. 1956, page 8

Combined School Sports will be held at Hilltown 6 April

Competing schools will be: Booborowie, Gum Creek, Hanson, St Joseph’s Convent, Hilltown, North Booborowie, Spalding, Washpool and Willalo.

‘Permanent Resident’ writes calling for a hairdresser at Burra North. Since the death of O.H. Ockenden Burra North has been without a barber and the service is sadly missed.

Mrs J.A. Cousins celebrated her 80th birthday at the RSL Hall in Thebarton. She lived at Booborowie for many years before moving to the city. The entire family is intact and was able to be there. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, page 1

The Swimming Pool Committee held its first meeting last Thursday with H.J. Topsfield as President. B. Gryst of the Savings Bank was elected Treasurer and R.G. Jeffery (High School Headmaster) became the Secretary. Mr D. Bednall will draw up a constitution and rules. The public will be asked to submit suggestions for a site, which should take into account proximity to the school, water supply, drainage and accessibility. The committee will visit other pools to get ideas. The need to include the Councils in the resolution is because their ultimate control of the project is necessary if a Government subsidy is to be paid, but this does not mean that either Council will be responsible for any of the finance involved. All donations will be acknowledged in the Record and should be sent to the Treasurer c/o the Savings Bank.

Burra North Boys’ Cricket Club has had a working bee to prepare the playing area and another will be needed. The match between the club and Burra will continue at the oval next Saturday.

Mr Lindsay Halliday was farewelled by the RSL on Friday before his transfer to Willunga.

G. Stanley Hawker thanks all who voted for him in the recent election and those who have given support in the past.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Prices are reported. Mr R.R. Bartholomaeus of Farrell Flat topped local district prices with 781⁄4d. [Other local district prices are listed.]

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, pages 1 & 4

RSL Mid-Northern Sub-Branch Conference was held at Burra on 10 March. The conference is reported in about 13⁄4 columns. A dinner followed the conference on Saturday evening. That is reported in 1⁄2 column.

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 March

Kathryn Grayson in The Grace Moore Story

Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray in The Moonlighter

21 March

Charlton Heston & Rhonda Fleming in Pony Express

Plus Shorts.

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, page 5

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs Baulderstone; Vice-Presidents, Mrs D. Field & Mrs Bob Radford; Treasurer, Mrs Wickes & Secretary, Mrs C. Phillips. The club had a membership of 33 and put into the school almost £200 worth of equipment in 1955. The children were given a picnic at Gum Creek. The remainder of the playground equipment was installed. We hoped to have made a start on the lunch room by now, but our plans were rejected by the Education Department and we are waiting for an amended scheme. The school ball was a happy and successful event. We bought this year a new sewing machine, a sand tray, globes, library books, free work materials, door scrapers, footballs, skipping ropes and a typewriter for staff use.

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, page 6

Bowls. Saddleworth Blue 121 defeated Burra Green 82

Burra Gold 111 defeated Saddleworth Gold 89.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Best scorers were D.H. Field, R. Watts & W. Edwards. In the marksman’s competition D. Field led Herb Byles and Jim Schwier. Possible over 500 yards were scored by W. Edwards and W. Watts.

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 3 March

Joy Bourman, third daughter of Mr & Mrs R.J. Bourman of Burra, married

Colin Andrew Nankivell, fourth son of Mr & Mrs W.H. Nankivell of Burra.

87, 10, 13 Mar. 1956, page 8

Fathers’ Assoc. A summary of the distribution of gifts from the headquarters of the Association for the period 1946-54 is given. W. Carpenter is the local branch secretary and there are 16 members in the Burra Branch.

State Election. At the declaration of the poll for the Burra District in the House of Assembly, at the Burra Town Hall on Friday, Mr P.H. Quirke (Independent) was declared the winner. At 2 p.m. Friday Percival William Quirke had a majority of 139 and this was the basis for the declaration.

[Oddly, despite all sorts of other statistics in over a column of material, the actual final figures are not reported.]

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 1

Hallett Tennis Tournament of 13, 14 & 15 March is reported.

Rev. G. Armstrong of the Methodist Mt Bryan-Hallett-Terowie Circuit has been transferred to Pt Augusta after four years. Rev. Wilton is his replacement.

Adrian Johnson. In September, while shearing at Mt Pleasant, Mr L. Martin, Burra contractor, could not obtain a wool classer and Adrian Johnson, who has been with him as a shed hand for two years, classed the wool. At a recent Adelaide Wool Sale the wool topped the market. Adrian has never had any tuition in classing and has picked up the skill himself.

Hallett Electricity. The supply has been rather erratic in recent weeks and on 10 March the engine finally gave up. Mr R. Nutt came to the rescue with his tractor to give power for a few hours in the morning and from 7 to 11 at night. Hallett had a meeting on Thursday to try to solve the problem, but Hallett cannot get ETSA power until Burra takes power from the Trust. Mr Nutt has had to reclaim his tractor for farm work, but Mr John Murray came forward with a tractor. The old engine meanwhile has been sent to Adelaide where ETSA will overhaul it in the hope it can be kept going until Trust lines reach the town.

St Patrick’s Dance in Burra Town Hall on Tuesday night was well prepared for and Reg Scarborough’s Rhythm provided excellent music, but the move from Friday night seems to have resulted in a disappointingly small crowd.

Weather. On the weekend of 4 March Mulga Hill Station, between Collinsville and Braemar received four inches of rain from a thunderstorm and the creeks ran ten feet deep. Collinsville received only a few points.

Burra Swimming Pool Committee has visited Mt Barker and Nuriootpa to inspect pools. The former pool is most impressive: 100 ft x 30 ft and 3 ft deep for 40 ft before sloping to 9 ft. There is also a wading pool. Discussion at Nuriootpa taught the committee about purification and filtration and pool cleaning costs and drainage. The conclusions to be drawn will be discussed at the next committee meeting on Thursday.

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called for the renovation of the Burra Burra DC Offices in Commercial St, Burra.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 & 24 March

The Kidnappers

River Bent

28 March

Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer & Rita Gam in Saadia

Dorna Corcoran & Ward Bond in Gipsy Colt

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 3

Burra Rifle Club: at Clare on Saturday Burra 705 defeated Clare 630.

Miss S. James has taken up duties as the infant teacher at Burra Primary School. She was previously at Clare. Mr W. Pattrick will retire in May as headmaster.

Mrs W. Voumard was 81 on 8 March. She was formerly Mrs Allan McLennan of Oodlawirra and moved to Burra 38 years ago and her family of eight sons and two daughters is now widely scattered. Members of her family have served in two world wars. In her first ten years here she lived in a number of places, but since marrying W. Voumard 28 years ago, she has lived in Roach Street. Her daughter, Mrs A. Collins of Broken Hill, visited her over the weekend. There are 36 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 4

‘Ratepayer’ [R. Fuss] writes concerning the swimming pool. He is concerned that the ratepayers will eventually be dragged into supporting the pool financially. The remodelling of Victoria Park is cited as a previous example where assurance was given that ratepayers’ money would not be involved. But the next that was heard was that ratepayers were burdened with a debt of £800 at about 31⁄2% to be repaid in ten years. To ease this and other matters the Council has jacked up rates to the limit allowed by the Act. The writer’s rates rose 240%. These debts are a first charge on the rates, leaving little for authentic Council work. Is it any wonder, he says, that ratepayers object to any possible further encroachment on Council’s real work? Council will be well advised to study the rates and absolutely refuse to accept any more responsibility without adequate safeguards. Since the scheme cannot possible be a financial failure the committee should elect themselves guarantors for, say, £2,000, which the Council could draw upon to keep the rates intact. Under the circumstances this would be a mere formality. The guarantors cannot lose and the Council and ratepayers would be saved any anxiety. At the recent meeting the Bank representative urged people to support the scheme. At the same time the Council has a request from the bank to reduce its overdraft.

The Editor attaches a comment to say that had the ratepayers wished to avoid the £800 debt referred to, they could have done so. Notice of intention to borrow was given in the Burra Record 21 & 28 September 1948. Had the ratepayers objected a petition could have been lodged calling for a poll, which could have prevented the Council from borrowing the money. At present the Council is in the best financial position for twenty years. Since having taken over the pictures, the overdraft has been reduced and the assets have increased.

Booborowie Methodist Church held a meeting last Wednesday to discuss the problem of Sunday school accommodation. With 50 children divided into four classes, it is difficult to instruct the two junior classes in the small ex-storeroom used for the lessons. R.E. Dewhirst outlined the teachers’ request for an additional room. Some members considered a room at the back of the church that could also serve as a vestry and serve Guild purposes might serve better. The estimated cost of a prefabricated room 27 ft x 12 ft adjoining the back of the church and extending out on the south side, would be £600, perhaps reduced to £500 by some voluntary labour. The area will be canvassed for support and another meeting held on 28 March to make a decision.

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 5

Burra Rural Youth raised £18 at a Mock Court held at the Burra Show Hall on 12 March.

Spalding St Patrick’s Sports are reported in 3⁄4 column with results.

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Aberdeen 12-103 defeated Spalding 8-87

‘B’ Grade Leighton forfeited to Aberdeen

Spalding 19-114 defeated Booborowie 1-46

The semi-finals will be played next Saturday.

87, 11, 20 Mar. 1956, page 7

Cricket. Farrell Flat 139 (1st innings) v. Mintaro 160 (1st innings)

The Burra North boys turned out for a practice game on Saturday.

‘The older boys with the spring handled bat presented and repaired by Mr R. Fuss, the handle bound by Mr Hunt and the cricket ball presented by Mr David Sara, all had a good game.’

The younger boys played with a smaller bat on another part of the field. The match played against Burra on the oval resulted in a draw.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 1

Burra Rifle Club. Five members visited Gawler on Sunday for the No. 4 District Union Prize Shoot. 55 competed and Burra won the Teams Shoot with 178 from Tanunda with 173.

At the 500 yard range Herb Byles was the winner on a count back.

At the 600 yard range he was second.

In the Grand Aggregate J.W. Barker on 123 edged out H. Byles on 121.

Tennis semi-finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11 sets defeated Spalding 9 sets at Hallett

Leighton 12 sets defeated Aberdeen 8 sets at Booborowie

‘B’ Grade Hallett 10-85 defeated Spalding 10-80 at Willalo

Ironmine 12-92 defeated Aberdeen 8-82 at Aberdeen

Burra Swimming Pool Committee met on 22 March. H. Topsfield was officially appointed President when the Constitution and Rules were formally adopted. It was decided to build a pool on the lines of the Mt Barker pool. A site has now to be selected.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 March

Alistair Sim in Laughter in Paradise

Andrew Ray in Yellow Balloon

2 April

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Abbott and Costello go to Mars

Ann Sheridan in Steel Town

4 April

Norman Wisdom in One Good Thing

Jimmy Hanley in Radio Cab Murder

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 3

Burra Primary School Picnic was held at Gum Creek. An excellent crowd of parents provided transport. Results of sporting events are printed.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 4

Roy G. Jeffery, as Secretary of the Burra & District Swimming Pool Committee responds to the concerns of ‘Ratepayer’

I repeat for Ratepayer’s edification that the financing of the swimming pool project is entirely in the hands of the Swimming Pool Committee and the Town Council will not be required to advance, lend or give one penny to the scheme unless it desires to do so. We hope to show him what can be done with a little co-operation and good wishes from the community. We do not ask for financial help from ratepayers as financially burdened as ‘Ratepayer’ apparently is. None of his rates will be used for this purpose. The Swimming Pool Committee will have sole control over all receipts and expenditure. The fund will not even be incorporated into the Council books of finance. I was amazed at ‘Ratepayer’s’ statement about an address given by a Bank representative at the public meeting. He had the welfare of the town and children at heart and is only too willing to show his interest in a practical way.

‘It is about time we all sat up and said “Burra CAN do it” and forget the old slogan – “This is Burra – it can’t be done.”’

‘Ratepayer’ responds to the Editor, accusing him of trying to induce the public to believe the Council is in control of plenty of money and therefore the acceptance of the possibility of another heavy commitment is of no importance.

He says, ‘I have it on good authority that . . .the Bank is jittery on the Council’s overdraft.’

‘Ratepayer’ says he thinks the Council is doing well under adverse conditions. As for the £800, he thinks ratepayer apathy on that occasion allowed the debt to be incurred and he hopes to stir them to be more awake this time, whereas the Editor seems keen to lull them into a false sense of security.

The Editor again adds a comment to the effect that he was merely trying to see there was a true statement of facts in fairness to the Council. The Council can be controlled by the ratepayers in such matters, if it is their desire. The only role of the Council as far as the Editor can see in the swimming pool case is to seek a grant from the Government, which is made available through the SA Government Tourist Bureau. To receive the £1,500 the Swimming Pool Committee would have to have (or the equivalent of) £1,500 in hand.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 5

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 24 March

Marjorie Villis, third daughter of Mr & Mrs John Villis of Burra, married

Maurice Farrelly, son of Mr & Mrs M. Farrelly of Booborowie.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 6

Booborowie St Patrick’s Sports are reported with results in c. 1⁄2 column.

Marriage. St Paul’s Church of England, Frankston, Victoria, 3 March

Valerie Lake, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs W. Creasy of Crib Point, Victoria, married

Clem Kleinig, third son of Mr & Mrs B.H. Kleinig of Hanson.

Booborowie Junior Football Club AGM is reported in 1⁄2 column. Chairman Mr R.E. Dewhirst welcomed players and supporters. Elected: Chairman, Terry Brooks and Secretary, Richard Freer.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 7

Booborowie Football Club AGM is reported in 1 column. Elected: Patron, G.S. Hawker; President, Frank Sullivan; Secretary, Barry Dinham; Captain, Kevin Cousins; Vice-Captain, Colin Treloar and Coach, Frank Willis.

A proposal to install showers in rooms adjoining the present dressing rooms was deferred as a quote suggested a cost of over £400. It was thought better to wait a year or two and build new dressing rooms in a grandstand.

87, 12, 27 Mar. 1956, page 8

Weather. On 20 March between 7 & 7.30 p.m. a heavy thunderstorm with torrential rain struck Mt Bryan East. At Old Mt Bryan Sheep Station 110 points fell very quickly. On the southern edge of Mt Bryan East 70 points were registered, but on the northern edge Mr C.W. Dare recorded only 2 points. Dusthole Creek carried a moderate flood. There were heaps of hailstones in the flood rubbish for the following 42 hours, despite the heat. A week before the storm 35 points in the southern end of the district soaked into the soil.

A Garden Party at Booborowie at the home of Mr & Mrs Allen Pearce raised £97 for the manse fund for maintenance purposes. [Details in c. 1⁄2 column.]

Booborowie Primary School annual Parents’ Meeting is reported, with the new headmaster, Mr E.T. Goss in the chair.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 1

The Burra Race Meeting on Wednesday was quite a successful day’s racing, but gate takings were down at £130. The track was in fair order. The CWA ladies provided a wonderful spread for lunch and afternoon tea and made about £90 on the day. The main race, The Graziers’ Handicap, was won by Siluna, owned by J.R. Browne and ridden by W. Pyers, from only four starters. The jockey was presented with a whip given by Mr J.M. Gebhardt. This is the fourth whip he has won at Burra. Pyers also won on Penarta in the Gum Creek Flying and on Green Bat in the Kooringa Handicap.

A. & V. Moorny’s store at Spalding was burgled on 26 March and £43 was stolen from the safe.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held its Harvest Thanksgiving service recently, when Rev. D. Haydon of Burra North conducted the service. (Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Mt Bryan Red Cross annual effort on 23 March raised £10-12-0 at a slide show of Mr & G.S. Hawker of his recent trip abroad.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 April

Elsbeth Sigmund in Heidi

Yvonne de Carlo in Fort Algiers

11 April

Kathryn Grayson in Kiss Me Kate

Plus Shorts.

Weather. A wonderful rain from the east came as an Easter gift. Up to 225 points were recorded on Good Friday and most soaked into the soil. Most dams are now full. Early feed can be expected and ewes with lambs will benefit as following two previous rains in March seeds have germinated. Samples of the falls: Koomooloo 128 points, Woolgangi 127, Braemar 208, Hogback 111, Mt Bryan East (Dunstan’s) 233, Princess Royal 90, Burra 107 on Saturday with 3 points since.

R. Fuss alias ‘Ratepayer’ responds to the Pool Committee Secretary.

In the first half of the letter he condemns the secretary for attacking ‘Ratepayer’s’ lack of intelligence and for defining temerity as timidity, when it actually means rashness, recklessness or audacity. He goes on the say he does not fear his rates being increased because they are now as high as the Act allows. But it was made quite clear at the meeting that unless the project is handed over to the Council there will be no Government subsidy – as the Spalding Committee was told a short time ago and as the banker knew. Furthermore it is a fact that he has access to any information on the hands of the Council, as does any ratepayer who cares to attend Council meetings or enquire from the Clerk. The financial scheme of the Council is to gradually reduce the rates and get the overdraft into a reasonable condition over the next five years, but they will be loath to accept any further commitments extraneous to the general working of Council. ‘As for the parrot cry “It won’t cost the ratepayers one penny” it is used so often that dogs in the street are barking it.’

‘All I want is guarantors to protect the rates “just in case” and as the promoters have no confidence in their own convictions, no guarantors will be forthcoming, of that I am fairly sure.’

‘As for the ‘timidity’ charge – some of the most intelligent people in the world write articles and books using assumed names and only a few nitwits sneer at them.’

So to put this poor fellow out of misery here goes.

R. Fuss, alias Ratepayer.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 3

Burra Burra DC, March meeting.

James Fullarton Warnes was welcomed as the new Councillor for Baldina Ward.

Application is to be made for a fire hydrant to be stationed at Robinson’s store at Hanson.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 4

Redruth Methodist Ladies Guild held its AGM. In the last year there were 49 members and an average attendance of 28. The year’s activities are summarised in 11⁄4 columns.

The major event of the year was the fete, which raised over £280. Donations made in the year included £10 to Overseas Missions, £5 to Native Teacher Training, £50 to the Manse Trust plus £20 after the fete, £50 to the Manse Fraternity Committee, £100 to Circuit Funds plus £100 after the fete and £25 to the Ladies’ Manse Committee.

Another important service was the Christmas Party for elderly folk on 21 December.

Burra Show date this year has been moved to 13 October instead of the 6 October, to avoid clashing with the Kapunda and Orroroo Shows.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 5

Burra Primary School Parents & Friends Assoc. held its AGM and elected: Chairman, M.G. Stockman and Secretary/Treasurer, D.H. Field.

Improvements at the school in the past year included extending the yard and the erection of a new eastern fence. Negotiations are being held to have much of the yard asphalted in the coming year. Existing asphalt has been top dressed. Arbor Day was held and the school has many young trees being cared for by the children as part of their education. The first picnic for many years was held at Gum Creek and was voted a great success. During the year the school staged a fine concert.

The first tender for a lunch room was rejected as unsuitable by the Architect-in-Chief, but we are pursuing other tenders. There is practically enough money in hand for this project. Following the illness in April of the headmaster, Mr Pattrick, staffing has been unsatisfactory with teachers coming and going. Mr Morrison has done an excellent job as acting Head Teacher despite the staff shortages. We thank the ex-teachers who returned to assist in this crisis. A Junior Teacher has been appointed and we are due for a permanent Headmaster after May holidays. The enrolment of 270 means we are due for a seventh teacher and have applied for a further classroom.

87, 13, 3 Apr. 1956, page 6

Rev. & Mrs Martin were farewelled at the Sunday School Hall on Tuesday night. They are leaving soon for Lucindale. He will not immediately be replaced, instead Kooringa, Farrell Flat and World’s End will come under the supervision of Rev. Haydon and a student from college. Apart from the speeches of appreciation, items were presented by Mrs M. Satchell, Mrs Bob Crewes, Mrs Klem, Mrs F. Atkins and Mrs H. Binks-Williams. Mr L. Thomas and Miss P. Denton were accompanists and Misses Val Terry and E. Mounce played a piano duet. A presentation was made of a travelling rug and a cheque.

Whyte-Yarcowie Gymkhana held its first meeting on Easter Saturday, with an attendance of c. 400. The club was only formed last November. [Results are printed.]

Burra Tennis Tournament had play delayed by weather on Friday and Saturday, but all events were completed.

Men’s Singles Championship D. Oswald

Men’s Doubles Championship R. Pickering & D. Oswald

Women’s Singles Championship Miss C. Ellis

Women’s Doubles Championship Mrs Nicholls & Miss Ellis

Men’s Singles Handicap A. Murray

Men’s Doubles Handicap T. Day & M. Marshall

Women’s Singles Handicap Miss J. Pickering

Women’s Doubles Handicap Misses Pickering & Terry won on a forfeit.

Mixed Doubles Handicap M. Marshall & Miss Kellock

Junior Boys B. Eberhard

Junior Girls M. Eberhard

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 1

Rev. G. Armstrong was farewelled at Hallett recently. [Details in 12⁄3 columns.]

Football. SANFL trial games.

Two Booborowie footballers took part in SANFL trial games. John Dewhirst had a run with Port Adelaide and Peter Sullivan had a game with South Adelaide. Kevin Lane of Burra played in Sturt’s trial game and Frank Cousins of Spalding played in the South Adelaide trial game.

Burra Golf Club held its AGM recently and elected: President, J. Gebhardt; Vice-Presidents, L. Bence & L.H. Thomas and Secretary/Treasurer, C. Davey. The new season opens on 5 May. The retiring President, L.H. Thomas was thanked for all the work he had put in to the club.

The Hanson Tennis Club met on 28 March to celebrate its winning the 1955-56 Premiership. A victory dinner will be held, offered by Mr& Mrs T. Norman of Farrell Flat. A Victory Ball will be held 22 June and two rows of pine trees will be planted on the north ends of the courts.

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 2

Burra Town Council Elections. Members retiring on the first Saturday in July:

Mayor Edward Thomas Baulderstone

North Ward Martin Julius Heinrich

East Ward William Carpenter

West Ward William Alfred Nankivell

Nominations are called for the 11 May with elections on 7 July if needed.

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 3

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club held a table tennis tournament on Thursday in the Sunday School Hall to raise money for their Queen: Miss Pan Campbell.

Mixed Doubles Miss S. Broad & Mr M Piesch

Ladies’ singles Miss Val Terry

Men’s Singles Robert Bourman

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 April

Guy Madison & Frank Lovejoy in The Charge at Feather River

Broderick Crawford & Claire Trevor in Stop, You’re Killing Me

18 April

Bing Crosby in White Christmas

Plus News and Shorts

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 4 & 5

21st Annual Combined School Sports was held at Hilltown Oval 6 April when about 350 parents attended. Participating schools were Gum Creek, St Joseph’s Convent, Hanson, Booborowie, North Booborowie, Spalding, Willalo, Washpool and Hilltown. [Results are printed.]

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 5

Burra Swimming Pool

The Committee met on 26 March and inspected sites including the old mill and the Drill Hall, the flats near the High School and the [Kooringa] Children’s Playground. Taking into account the water supply, drainage, nearness to the school and accessibility, it was decided to choose the playground site. They hope to see the playground equipment suitably relocated. On 9 April the committee waited on the Town Council with all the information concerning the obtaining of a Government subsidy and expressed the hope that the Council would sanction the Committee’s request for the site and its application for a subsidy. Once the Council’s sanction has been obtained there will be an all-out drive for finance.

Obituary. Mr Horace J. Dunn died at Glenelg on 31 March after a very brief illness. He was 83. He was born at Black Springs and lived there until retiring in 1947, though he retained a keen interest in the property until his death. Throughout his life he was prominently associated with public life in the community. In 1903 he became a member of the Waterloo DC and was elected Chairman in 1906. When it amalgamated with Saddleworth DC he was re-elected Chairman of the new body and only retired from this office in 1953, with a record 53 years as Councillor and 47 as Chairman. He received an MBE in 1947. He was made a JP in 1916. He was Chairman of the Red Cross in both World Wars and a member of the Riverton Hospital Board, Presiding Officer of Federal and State elections, a Trustee of the Black Springs Methodist Church and Chairman of the Black Springs Hall from its erection in 1912 to his retirement. In 1928 he founded the Barton Hill Merino Stud, which has been a very successful exhibitor at the Royal Show. He has been a member of the Adelaide, Burra and Saddleworth Show Committees. He took a keen interest in sport and was an enthusiastic Glenelg supporter in the SANFL and attended their trial game only a few days before his death. His wife died five years ago and he is survived by two sons, three daughters and ten grandchildren.

[The birth does not appear on SA Births CD, though 9 probable siblings are listed in the area to Henry and Elizabeth Jane Dunn nee Snow.]

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 6

Burra Football Club held its AGM at the Burra Hotel where Mr L.A. Beinke (elected temporary Chairman) presided.

Elected: President, K. Murphy; Vice-President, R.J. Hill; Secretary, John Byrnes; Assistant Secretary, A. Baulderstone and Patron, H.C. Jones.

W.G. Butler of Ayers Street celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday with a tea given by his daughter Mrs Arch. Bevan.

North Eastern Football Assoc. held its AGM at Booborowie 28 March and elected: President, J.T. Jenner; Secretary & Treasurer, R.W. Chambers & Patron, A.L. Collins.

87, 14, 10 Apr. 1956, page 8

Tennis: Preliminary Finals

‘A’ Grade Spalding 16-110 defeated Leighton 4-62

‘B’ Grade Spalding 12-97 defeated Ironmine 8-83

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 1

The Hallett Learn to Swim Campaign sponsored by the Education Department has been a success. It was conducted in the private swimming pool of Mr John Murray of Cappeedee and as a result seven non-swimmers have now gained certificates.

Booborowie Methodist Sunday School. A second well-attended meeting decided to proceed with the erection of an additional room to the church. It will be a timber framed room 27 ft x 12 ft covered with asbestos and lined with gyprock. It will be attached to the back of the church. The estimated cost is c. £550 with promises and donations in hand of about £300.

Mr E.P. Cookes, manager of the Bank of Adelaide at Booborowie for the past 21⁄2 years, has been appointed manager at Currramulka. Mr G.F. O’Connor from Woodside will replace him at Booborowie. Mr O’Connor was educated at Marist Brothers College and has four young sons.

Burra Swimming Pool

The Mayor E.T. Baulderstone and the Chairman of the District Council Mr M. de N. Lucas have both endorsed the building of the pool. Each has contributed £5 to start the subscription list. Last week a deputation from the committee asked the council to consider two questions:

Will the Council apply for a Government subsidy of £1,500?

Will the Council approve the site selected by the committee for the pool?

On the subsidy issue Mr R. Jeffery tables the necessary information obtained from the SA Government Tourist Bureau, which handles such matters. The town stands to gain a £3,000 asset for £1,500.

The committee guarantees not to draw on any of the subsidy until both it and the Council are sure the project can be completed. Mr Topsfield spoke on the question of a site. He said they had held negotiations with the Minister for the Army about the use of the Drill Hall site with its buildings and the Minister of Defence, Sir Philip McBride, has indicated he is interested in the proposal and will contact the Minister for the Army about the proposal. If this site were freed it would save about half the cost of the proposal, but the committee asked the Council to approve the playground site, if the Drill Hall is not released. The playground site has advantages for water supply, centrality, good access to schools and for tourists and for the beautification of that part of the town.

The Councillors said they were favourably impressed with the proposal and would inspect the area at an early date and indicated a favourable response was likely.

[The response of the Tourist Bureau to questions put are printed and essentially they said the Government subsidy had to be paid through a local Government body, but did not require a formal guarantee and could be paid in instalments as work proceeded, though that was not their preferred option, because in the unlikely event that the project was not completed, the subsidy would have to be refunded., which was of course an argument against drawing upon the subsidy in instalments.]

Voluntary labour could be valued for the purpose of calculating the subsidy. The maximum Government contribution would be £1,500.

A subscription list has been established and donations will be acknowledged in the Burra Record. Investigations into the old [pre-WWII] subscriptions showed that about £184 had been subscribed and of this about £60 had been expended in plans etc. leaving about £112, which was held in trust by the Burra Town Council and with interest had grown to c. £180.

Some people thought the sum placed in trust was c. £400, but they be confused with the Centenary Celebrations Fund, which was about that amount.

L.W. Gare & Son held a field day at Glen View on 11 April and a large crowd of sheep men attended.

Ironmine Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild held its annual meeting. Meetings had been held quarterly with a social afternoon in May. £70 was donated for the year to Circuit Funds, which is a creditable amount for a Guild with 16 members.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 2

Notice. Burra Burrs DC Annual Elections. Councillors retiring due to the effluxion of time:

Farrell Flat Ward J.H.J. Stevens

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward H.R. Earle

Mongolata Ward J.R. Barker

Nominations are called by Friday 11 May with elections on 7 July if required.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 3

Tennis: Burra Tennis Assoc. Grand Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11-89 defeated Spalding 9-87 at Booborowie

‘B’ Grade Spalding 12-94 defeated Hallett 8-71 at Willalo

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 April

David Tomlinson & Petula Clark in Made in Heaven

Anthony Steel & Jack Warner in Emergency Call

25 April

James Mason & Kirk Douglas in Story of Three Loves

Plus News & Shorts

Spalding Football Club held its AGM recently

Elected: Patron, H.V .Walpole; President, K.L. Gill; Secretary, A.E. Goodridge and Finance Secretary, Mr D.L. Malycha.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the last stage of the Championship on 7 April.

On aggregate the position was: H. Byles 371, D.H. Field 370 and J. Brown 369.

The 16th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy was fired on Saturday when the best scorers were C. Edwards, W. Corner and M. Mitchell. C. Edwards scored a possible at 300 yards and Tom Brazil one at 200 yards. Best marksman’s scores were by C. Edwards, W. Corner & H. Byles.

Booborowie Basketball Club AGM elected Secretary, Miss Rita Cousins and Captain, Jacie Freer. Mr W.J. Shattock will be invited to be President and Mrs Tohl and Mrs Drew will be invited to be joint Patrons.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 5

Dave Fitzgerald, line foreman for the PMG at Hallett for 17 years, has been invalided out and was given a farewell. He and his wife live at Spalding. His daughters Pat and Mary had spent several years as telephonists at the Hallett exchange before being married.

The Hallett Gymkhana on Easter Monday raised £192. [Results are printed.]

Burra Primary School. The Headmaster Mr Pattrick and his wife were farewelled by parents and staff on 5 April, prior to his retirement.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 6

Cricket. Burra Association Premiership

Koonoona 232 and 0 for 2 defeated Buffs 69 & 164.

Bowls. Burra went to Hallett on Saturday, but the games were washed out by a rainstorm and ended in a draw.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 7

Burra North Boys’ Cricket Club has been discussing ways of raising money for next season. One member has 20 key rings to be sold for 1/- each and another was writing a play to be performed. Mrs Satchell, a committee member, said she would help with this if every boy worked hard.

87, 15, 17 Apr. 1956, page 8

Mt Bryan Hall committee is planning a drive for funds to enable exterior painting and repainting inside the supper room and kitchen. In the last year or so a considerable amount of replastering has been done. Collectors will canvas the district. The CWA Room is ready for redecorating.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool subscriptions reach £121-10-0.

Hallett Electricity Supply

For the whole of last month Hallett has relied on Mr John Murray’s tractor. The repaired engine was returned, but after only a few hours was found to have a cracked head and had to be returned to Adelaide. It returned on 15 April and the outlook seemed brighter, but last week it broke down again, requiring further adjusting by ETSA experts on Thursday and Friday. Hopes are held that this has fixed the problem.

Adelaide Wool Sales. 8th series 17-19 April.

Top district price of 77d was achieved by Mrs S.M. Ley. [Local District Prices are printed.]

Weather. Rain fell every day last week to total 74 points locally. Burra has had 94 points so far for April and 391 for the year.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 April

Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn in The African Queen

Vittorio Manunta in Never Take No for an Answer

2 May

Clark Gable, Ava Gardner & Grace Kelly in Mogambo

Plus News and Shorts

Bowls. Burra 138 defeated Robertstown 93 at Burra.

Burra North Boys’ Club has cleared the ground of stone and with a few more stones removed they will have a good playing area for football in the winter months.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 4

Burra Cricket Association held its annual dinner at the Kooringa Hotel last Saturday. Details occupy almost three columns. Trophies:

Premiership Shield Koonoona (to be presented at their Victory Dinner next Saturday)

Best batting average L. Kewell 57.5

Best batting aggregate L. Kewell 344

Best bowling average John Riggs 7.5

Best bowling aggregate W. Kotz 46

Best all-rounder L. Kewell

Highest score D. Edwards 76

Fielding Trophy A. Moxham

Most improved junior John Rowe

Wicket Keeping (most stumpings) Ron Pearse

Most catches 3-way tie: A. Moxham, C. Hobba & W. Kotz (9 each)

Most ducks John Mitchell

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 5 [Pages 5 & 6 were a supplement of 5 instead of the usual 6 columns.]

Burra Town Council, 9 April

SAR responded to the letter of 25 January that the timetable for the Adelaide Quorn train had been examined and would not be altered.

The Highways & Local Government Dept. suggested transferring unspent balance for Smelts Road and Ayers Street to Railway Terrace. Resolved that application be made for this to be done.

Burra & District War Memorial Queen Competition

Queens in the competition to raise money for the War Memorial [Oval] are:

Miss Pam Campbell for the Kooringa Tennis Club

Miss Coralie Ellis for the Burra Football Club

Miss Julie Pearce for the Burra Rural Youth Club

The drive ends with a Grand Ball on Friday 4 May, when the winning Queen will be crowned.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 6

Football. Three North Eastern assoc. players have been included in SANFL lists:

John Dewhirst of Booborowie for Port Adelaide

Peter Sullivan of Booborowie for South Adelaide

Kevin Lane of Burra for Sturt

Rev. G. Armstrong preached his farewell sermon at Mt Bryan Methodist Church on Sunday 1 April. Afterwards he received a presentation gift of cash and two fireside chairs.

B.A. Cole, President of the Wool and Meat Producers’ Federation, writes strongly condemning the position of the AWU in rejecting the principles of conciliation and arbitration in the present shearing industry dispute.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 7

Hallett & District Schools’ Sports AGM was held at Hallett School 18 April. This year’s sports will be held 28 September at Hallett Oval. Schools taking part will be:

‘A’ Division: Hallett, Mr Bryan, Terowie Blue, Terowie Gold & Whyte Yarcowie

‘B’ Division: Belalie North, Canowie Belt & Willalo

Booborowie CWA held its fete on Saturday evening and raised £57.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 8

Burra Rifle Club visited Gawler where the home team with 748 defeated Burra 739.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 9

East Bungaree held a field day on Tuesday 17 April in very unpleasant conditions. 300 attended with about 500 sheep penned for inspection. Sales were made for 14 rams to 600 guineas.

87, 16, 24 Apr. 1956, page 10

Marriage. Hastings Methodist Church, Victoria, 2 April

Ivy Haddock, youngest daughter of Mrs & the late Mr W. Haddock of Hastings, Victoria, married

Merven Kleinig, second son of Mr & Mrs B.H. Kleinig of Hanson.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy with best scores from J.H. Schwier, T. Heinrich and R. Kellock. Possibles were scored over 200yards by W. Corner, C. Edwards, D.H. Field & H. Byles and over 300 yards by J.H. Schwier.

Football

Leighton 14.7 defeated Booborowie 6.6 (Though Booborowie could field only 14 players, of whom 6 were from the Colt’s team, because the Booborowie Cricket Team was in the Grand Final.)

Hallett 19.15 defeated Burra 10.8

Spalding 15.8 defeated Terowie 6.9

Burra Swimming Pool donations reached £179-7-6.

Burra Primary School held a Mock Debutante Ball on Friday. Those presented were:

Colleen O’Morris & Edward Kelly (Mr & Mrs Colin Morrison)

Luella Kuella & Patrick Meadow (Lionel Kewell & Mrs Patricia Field)

Edwina Plum & Henry Ford (Edgar Pietsch & Mrs Helen Jones)

Wilhelmina Pencil & Ben Holt (Mr & Mrs William Pens)

Persephone Cutwood & Louis Armstrong (Mr & Mrs Percy Carpenter)

Matilda Cattlelady & Stanley Ludlow (Mr & Mrs Murray Stockman)

Hortense Icecold & Darby Munroe (Mr & Mrs Harold Kowald)

They were presented to Lord and Lady Ugh of Uggville (Mr & Mrs Mal. Kellock), who were preceded by two ‘dainty’ flower girls:

Jacqueline Sawcut & Rhonda Candle (John Carpenter & Ron Wickes).

As a result the Burra Primary School Welfare Club netted over £94.

Mr Homes, the proprietor of the Whyte Yarcowie Hotel is in the Terowie Hospital after splitting a kneecap in a fall from the roof of a shed at his home.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, pages 1 & 8

Anzac Day was commemorated in Burra on Sunday at the Market Square War Memorial. About 80 returned men marched, led by local RSL President, Mr C.M. Beckwith, Mr Ross Humphrys, President of the Air Force Association and Mr C.W. Knight, President of the Demobilised Soldiers’ Association. The march left the RSL Rooms and proceeded to Kangaroo Street before returning to the Memorial where the service was conducted by Rev. L.R. Lenthall and Rev. D. Haydon. The music was provided by the Marananga Band under Bandmaster Roenfeldt and afterwards they played at the Hospital. Members of the Church of England Boys’ Club were helpful in assisting with the parking of cars and the distribution of hymn sheets. Wreaths were laid by C.M. Beckwith (RSL), C.W. Knight (Demobilised Soldiers) and Ross Humphrys (AFA), W. Carpenter (Fathers’ Assoc.), The Mayor (Town Council) and E. Finch (Burra Burra DC). A band member played Last Post and Reveille.

Rev. Haydon’s address is printed.

The Annual church Parade this year was held at St Mary’s, conducted by Rev. Lenthall.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 2

Notice. Tenders are called by the SAR for the purchase of the land at Burra on which is located the old Railway Reservoir, comprising 11 acres 1 rood 17 perches freehold, part section 2068 with easements over part sections 2067 & 2068 and a closed road between these two sections for access, and a catchment drain.

Advt. Harold Raymond 1956 Pleasure Parade

Burra Institute Friday 11 May in aid of Townsend House Brighton for Blind and Deaf Children.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 May

Robert Stack in Sabre Jet

Lawrence Tierney in Hoodlum

9 May

Robert Taylor & Ava Gardner in Ride Vaguero

Van Johnson in Remains to be Seen

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 4

Burra Burra DC, April meeting.

A letter from the Institutes’ Assoc. with title on Hanson Property and a cheque for the residue of funds from the Hanson Institute. [Presumably this is the final act in ending the Hanson Institute after which it continued as simply a hall.]

Booborowie Institute. Anama Pastoral Co. has offered half shares in 120 acres of cropland for the coming season. (Last year’s crop produced over 1,000 bags of barley on adjacent land from Anama.) The proprietors will find all the seed and half the super, half the bags and do the carting. The Institute will be responsible for all the work and sew all the bags. The cereal to be 2 row barley.

The Institute accepted the offer at a public meeting at the Institute on Tuesday night. Volunteers were called for and obtained.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 5

Basketball

Burra Comrades 43 defeated Hallett 14

Booborowie 19 defeated Leighton

Spalding 29 defeated Terowie 4

Burra Rovers 43 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 10

Obituary. John Theodore Schuppan was born 6 October 1884 at Emu Downs, the only son of the late Frederick Schuppan. He was educated at the Lutheran School at Emu Downs and was a member of St John’s Lutheran Church at Emu Downs, serving it as a Treasurer and a Trustee. For six years he was a member of the old Apoinga DC and except for four years at Lyndoch, was an Emu Downs resident all his life. He died suddenly at home on 7 April aged 71 and is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters: Clem (Whyalla), Mervyn (Emu Downs), Kenneth (Adelaide), Ivy Mrs R. Hartman (Whyalla) and Esther Mrs M. Mickel (Farrell Flat). There are seven grandchildren and one sister.

87, 17, 1 May 1956, page 7

The Royal Flying Doctor Service benefited by some £200 from the annual cricket match and woolshed dance held at Canopus Station on 21 April. This year it was arranged by the new owners Mr & Mrs W.G. Snell. Mr & Mrs Colin McClure, who started the event three years ago, travelled from Broken Hill for the occasion. In the cricket Canopus 102 defeated Renmark 73.

Mr Don Higginson, secretary of the Burra RSL Sub-branch, has been transferred to Yorketown by his company.

87, 18, 8 May 1956, page 1

Burra District War Memorial Queen Competition was finalised at the Wind-up Ball on Friday last. At 10 p.m. Mr H. Jennison, President of the War Memorial Committee, announced that £213-18-10 had been raised by the competition and that the Queen of the War Memorial Ball was Miss Julie Pearce of Burra Rural Youth (£89-6-10) with Miss Pamela Campbell of Kooringa Tennis Club (£66-13-3) and Miss Coralie Ellis (Burra Football Club) (£57-18-9) as runners-up. Door takings of about £65 took the gross takings for the evening to c. £300.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations reach £217-11-0.

Burra Golf Club season opened last Saturday.

CWA has been active of late with 120 ladies attending a festival at Hanson, with a Disney theme. Mt Bryan CWA is preparing a flower show in the Mt Bryan Hall on 16 May and Burra CWA recently met at Princess Royal.

87, 18, 8 May 1956, page 2

Advt. Rabbits Wanted. 4/3 per pair. Burra Cold Stores.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 May

Burt Lancaster & Joan Rice in His Majesty O’Keefe

Glenn Ford in Plunder of the Sun

16 May

William Holden & Barbara Stanwycke in Executive Suite

Marjorie Main & James Whitmore in Mr O’Malley & Mr Malone

87, 18, 8 May 1956, pages 3 & 6

Football

Booborowie 10.11 defeated Spalding 10.10

Terowie 9.16 defeated Hallett 10.8

Burra 11.25 defeated Leighton 2.5

87, 18, 8 May 1956, page 4

Burra High School Sports Day was very successful.

Senior Boys’ Cup Robert Bourman

Junior Boys’ Cup Max Lockett (who won all eight events he contested)

Senior Girls’ Cup Helen Lines

Junior Girls’ Cup Marie Eberhard

Other results are printed.

Cricket Premiership Match

Booborowie 249 & 2 for 156 defeated Mt Bryan 281 & 121. Top scorer was Ken Brooks for Booborowie with 106 n.o.

87, 18, 8 May 1956, page 5

Basketball

Leighton 14 defeated Burra Rovers 8

Burra Comrades 47 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 1

Terowie 13 defeated Hallett 8

Spalding 20 defeated Booborowie 18.

87, 18, 8 May 1956, page 7

Spalding Catholic Ball on 2 May aided the Spalding Convent.

Spalding Methodist Sunday School opened its new hall, vestry and kitchen 28 & 29 April.

Burra Rifle Club fired the deferred stage 15 of the Horsley Dene Trophy and best scorers were Tom Brazil, R. Bernhardt & G. Webster. R.J. Kellock scored a possible over 800 yards and T.A. Brazil, J. Brown & Ed Hopkins scored possibles over 900 yards. Best in the marksman’s contest were T.A. Brazil, R. Bernhardt & G. Webster.

Football. Booborowie Colts 5.11 defeated Spalding Colts 2.8.

Mr Cookes & his family are moving to Curramulka. He has been manager of the Bank of Adelaide at Booborowie for two and a half years. The family was given a farewell by the Booborowie School Welfare Club at its April meeting.

Obituary. A minute’s silence was observed for the death of C.A. Bruce at the Cookes’ family farewell. [Clarence Andrew (Billy) Bruce born 27 December 1891 at Hemmington, District of Hindmarsh SA: died 3 May 1956 North Adelaide, residence Booborowie.]

87, 19, 15 May 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool Committee has been advised that the Minister has approved a £ for £ subsidy to a maximum of £1,500. Military Headquarters in Adelaide has advised that the Drill Hall has not been completely abandoned by the military. Parades of 27th Infantry Batt. Scottish Regiment SA were still held regularly. The request of the Swimming Pool Committee will be placed before the Minister.

The donations have reached £246-13-6.

Hanson School Arbor Day saw speeches made and items performed before 20 Aleppo Pines and 6 oleanders were planted near the tennis courts along with three shrubs at the school.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The 9th sale for 1955-56 season saw firmer prices. [Local district prices are listed.]

Accident. A panel van driven by Kenneth James Clutterham of Cumberland overturned at Tommy’s Gap on the Hallett-Jamestown Road. The driver suffered abrasions, concussion and shock.

Singer Sewing Machine Co. has established a mobile dress-making class at Burra from 14 May at the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Hall. 40 of 50 applicants were accommodated.

Mr Oscar Oates brought in a 21 inch diameter mushroom weighing 17 oz on Friday, from his son Brian’s property.

Combined High School Sports were held at Kapunda on Friday. Burra took four records:

Jill Lucas open high jump 4’ 61⁄4”

Donald Broad open high jump 5’ 23⁄4”

Gillian Snell junior girls’ broad jump 14’ 61⁄2”

Robert Bourman open shot putt 40’ 2”

Overall Clare won the open shield and Balaklava the handicap shield.

Basketball

Leighton 18 defeated Terowie 13

Booborowie 31 defeated Burra Comrades 15

Spalding 23 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Hallett & Burra Rovers drew 13 each in a rough game

Football

Booborowie 9.15 defeated Burra 6.9

Hallett 13.15 defeated Spalding 8.13

Burra Colts 3.4 defeated Booborowie Colts 3.3

Terowie 6.16 defeated Leighton 7.8 [Terowie 6.18 on page 6, but a statement that it was a win by 2 points suggests 6.16 is correct.]

Burra Burra DC. Elections: all nominees for Council were elected unopposed.

Farrell Flat Ward J.H.J. Stevens re-elected

Kooringa Ward E. Finch re-elected

Leighton Ward James Francis Hogan replaces H.R. Earle

Mongolata Ward A.D. Radford replaces J.R. Barker

Burra Town Council Elections

The Mayor, E.T. Baulderstone was returned unopposed.

[The other results are garbled on page 1, but reported correctly on page 3]

West Ward W.A. Nankivell

North Ward M.J. Heinrich

There were no nominations for East Ward, from which W. Carpenter was retiring.

A supplementary election was called for East Ward.

87, 19, 15 May 1956, page 4

Spalding Methodist Sunday School opened its new Sunday school hall, vestry and kitchen and it is reported in 2⁄3 column.

River Murray Floods

A very big flood in the River Darling is moving towards the Murray. Readings at Bourke reached 45’ 1” on 1 March compared with 46 ft in the big flood of 1950. Stations downstream have exceeded the 1950 levels because the Warrego enters below Bourke. Menindie is recording 31’ 8” and rising. The 1950 peak of 32’ 4” seems likely to be exceeded. Below Wentworth almost all locks are fully open and levels are set to rise.

87, 19, 15 May 1956, page 5

Black springs Miniature Debutante Ball on Friday 27 April is reported in 3⁄4 column. It was sponsored by Black Springs Welfare Club.

87, 19, 15 May 1956, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy on Saturday. Best were H. Byles, D.H. Field & I. Burdon. H.H. Byles & J. Brown scored possibles at 600 yards and J.H. Schwier scored one at 500 yards. Marksman’s points went to H. Byles, D.H. Field & J. Brown.

Attempted Shooting

James Maxwell Little, a shearer of Mt Bryan was charged with unlawfully assaulting Geovanni Mancini of Burra North and shooting at Audrey Mavis Little with intent to maim or disfigure, and has been remanded to Adelaide Jail. Little has been separated from his wife since February and noticed her car in her mother’s yard on Sunday. He and Mancini were out driving together. He saw Mrs Little leave with the car and asked Mancini to follow it to see where it went. After getting petrol at the Burra Motor Co., Mrs Little took the Adelaide Road. When Mancini refused to follow, Little held a rifle in his back and forced him to drive at up to 80 m.p.h. A few miles down the track they passed Mrs Little and Mancini was then forced to stop and lift the bonnet and hail Mrs Little as she approached. She did not stop and when the car passed her further on, she knew something was wrong. She speeded up and as she tried to pass the other car she heard a rifle shot. Five miles further on she came to a house, where she phoned police. After the shot Mancini grabbed the rifle because he knew the ejector did not work and the spent shell would have to be removed with a knife or similar. There was a struggle and Mancini drew a knife and forced Little out of the car and returned to Burra. It was found that the bullet had passed through the offside rear mudguard of Mrs Little’s car. Little was arrested yesterday by Detective O’Malley and Senior Constable Kewell, at a farm at Mt Bryan.

Obituary. Brian Dearlove, formerly of Hallett, was fatally injured on Friday at Worumba Station, twenty miles from Hawker, when a horse he had been riding rolled on him. An emergency operation was needed. Dr A.N. Turner of Quorn called for help from Dr G. Gibson of Quorn and surgeon O.W. Leitch of Adelaide. Two inches of rain had brought creeks down and jeeps had to be used to get the doctors through. The operation was performed at Hawker Hospital, but the patient suffered a relapse and died late on Friday afternoon. He was the second son of Mr & Mrs Dearlove of Ketchowla Station. [Brian John Dearlove born 21 December 1923 Norwood: died 11 May 1956 Hawker, residence Worumba Station.]

87, 19, 15 May 1956, page 7

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 May

Anthony Steel & Sheila Sim in West of Zanzibar

Frankie Howard & Margaret Rutherford in The Runaway Bus

23 May

Esther Williams, Van Johnson & Tony Martin in Easy to Love

Shelley Winters & Keenan Wyn in Tennessee Champ

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool. Funds have not been flowing in as desired and the total has reached just £267-1-0, with only a few donations recently. Past footballers are planning a match with present players to boost the fund in a match next Sunday.

Farrell Flat RSL Ball was held last Friday.

Obituary. [Leon] Trevor Truscott aged 18, son of Mr & Mrs Stan Truscott of Waikerie was killed on Sunday afternoon when he was a passenger in a panel van that crashed into the back of a truck near Truro. Another passenger Leslie Victor Douglas (30) was also killed and the driver was admitted to Angaston Hospital. A few minutes after the accident a utility struck the wreckage, overturned and struck a car travelling in the opposite direction.

[Leslie Victor Alexander Douglas born 5 December 1926Adelaide. Both deaths are registered as occurring 20 May 1956 near Blanchetown.]

Mr James Brady of Mt Bryan East, now an inmate of Burra Hospital for nearly two years, turns 96 on Saturday 26 May. He enjoys fairly good health. [Died 24 September 1956.]

Basketball

Leighton 30 defeated Burra Comrades 20

Booborowie 30 defeated Terowie 18

Spalding 36 defeated Burra Rovers 5

Hallett 43 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 7

[Elsewhere on the same page Hallett 47 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 7.]

Birth. To Mrs Moss Hallett of Spalding a son.

Birth. To Mrs Tom Sommerville of Spalding a son.

Football

Leighton 10.6 defeated Hallett 8.9

Burra 13.16 defeated Spalding 7.11

Terowie 16.11 defeated Booborowie 9.10

Mark Sage (14) of Wentworth, a St Peter’s College student, left Hallett on Friday for Wentworth on horseback. He expects to complete the 250 miles next Saturday. He rode from Wentworth to Hallett during the summer vacation. He will be camping out during the trip.

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. on instructions from Mr Edgar Schutz will conduct a house and furniture sale on the property: allotment 63 of Burra, in Commercial Street.

4 chains 531⁄2 links on the east side next to Sall Street [sic: Gall St]

2 chains 3 links on the south next a road 4 chains 38 links

2 chains 16 links on west side next to Commercial St

An old stone house of four rooms with wood and iron lean-to room and verandah.

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 May

John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara in The Quiet Man

William Henry & Linda Stirling in The Mysterious Mr Valentine

30 May

Vivien Leigh & Robert Taylor in Waterloo Bridge

Dorothy Darbridge, Philip Hepburn & Harry Belafonte in Bright Road

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 4

Mt Bryan CWA Flower Show is reported in 11⁄4 columns.

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 5

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy over double 600 & 700 yards in good conditions and 12 possibles were scored – a new record.

Best were C. Edwards D.H. Field & W. Corner.

Possibles over 600 yards were scored by C. Edwards (2), D.H. Field (2), W. Corner, J. Brown, I. Burdon & T. Brazil. And over 700 yards by: W. Corner, G. Webster, J.H. Schwier and H.H. Byles.

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 7

Obituary. Mr Frank Pledge died at his home on Sunday aged 80.

[Frank Harold Pledge born 31 December 1875 New Glenelg: died 20 May 1956 Burra.]

87, 20, 22 May 1956, page 8

Burra Town Council, 7 May

Highways & Local Government Dept. approves the transfer of surplus funds from Smelts Road, Young Street and Ayers Street to Railway Terrace.

SA Government Tourist Bureau advises the Minister has approved a subsidy of up to £1,500 for the Burra Swimming Pool.

The Manager of the Savings Bank of SA sought approval for the removal of a large pine tree in front of the Bank’s residence in Thames Street. Approval granted and other trees will be planted in that vicinity.

The footbridge near the Bowling Club will have its decking repaired and the footpaths approaching it will be gravelled.

A letter of appreciation will be sent to Mr R. Fuss for his advice and assistance in moving the shelter shed to Market Square.

Cr Lehmann moved that shrubs near the shelter shed be trimmed to a smaller size.

Cr carpenter reported on inspections and suggestions about the swing bridges.

87, 21, 29 May 1956, page 1

Burra Air Force Association

The Association has received considerable help towards renovating and improving their newly acquired club room in Queen Street. A new fence between their block and that of Mr J. Kellock has been completed and Mr Kellock paid three quarters of the cost. Mr John McBride has donated the cost of the front fence – low brick with a cyclone top. Mr J. Kellock will also pay half the cost of the back fence, which runs north-south. Mr John McBride is also arranging for repairs and renovations to the building. Mr W. Carpenter has donated paint and has volunteered to do the interior re-decoration and members are doing the external painting. R.C. Lott offered the timber for fences at cost. T.R. Rogers donated half the two-inch pipe for the fence. The Town Council will assist in tidying up the creek area at the rear of the block. The rest of the block will be grassed and have playground equipment for the children. The proceeds from the Annual Air Force Ball on 1 June will go towards this project.

CWA members heard a talk by Mrs Andrew Tennant about her visit to the West Indies, at their May meeting.

Mark Sage (14) arrived safely in Wentworth NSW and was quite unconcerned with his 250-mile ride. He is now back at St Peter’s College, having travelled to Adelaide by bus yesterday.

Burra North Boys’ Club has continued to improve their playing area by removing prickly bushes and stones, after which, last Saturday, they played a game of football with a ball presented to the club by Mr R. Fuss.

‘Citizen’ writes wondering why money was transferred from Young St to Railway Terrace, when near the Burra North Post Office in Young Street you have either to park very carefully between the pot holes or park in front of the Post Office and negotiate about three feet of water.

Burra Swimming Pool Funds benefited by about £53 from the Past & Present Football Match on Sunday. Donations now total £353-19-9.

Football

Burra 11.14 defeated Terowie 6.14

Spalding 7.14 defeated Leighton 4.5

Booborowie 8.13 defeated Hallett 8.7

Booborowie Colts 8.10 defeated Hallett Colts 1.1

Basketball

Booborowie 28 defeated Hallett 19

Spalding 31 defeated Leighton 4

Burra Comrades 28 defeated Burra Rovers 19.

87, 21, 29 May 1956, pages 1 & 8

James Maxwell Little appeared at Burra Police Court on Friday on assault and shooting charges. He pleaded not guilty to both. Inspector Hudson of the Pt Pirie Police said Little had threatened to kill his wife on a number of occasions and had attempted to choke or strangle her. Fearful of her life, she left him on 4 February this year. They had been married in 1945 and had four children. They lived first at Mt Gambier and later at Mt Bryan. Geovanni Mancini was questioned through an interpreter. He has been working at Mt Bryan for thirteen months and before that at Burra. He knew the defendant for about one month. Little came to his camp on Sunday 13 May and wanted to go rabbit shooting on a farm about sixteen miles away. On returning from this they passed a farmhouse where Little saw his wife’s car. He asked Mancini to stop and they waited for about three-quarters of an hour. When Mrs Little’s car left he told Mancini to follow it to Burra, where he would stop and pay for the petrol. The rifle used for the rabbits was Mancini’s and was unloaded in the back compartment of the car. While they were at the Northern Café another car went past [presumably the one they had been following from Mt Bryan] and Little forced Mancini at gun point to follow the car, saying he wanted to talk to his wife. After passing the car for some distance, Little told Mancini to stop, open the bonnet and hail Mrs Little as she approached. Mrs Little did not stop and Little then forced Mancini to follow, again at gun point. After driving at up to 75 m.p.h. they again overtook the other car and Little told Mancini to pull across the road to stop the other car. Mancini wouldn’t do this and was again threatened. As they approached a bend Mancini said he heard a shot. Little had been sitting in the back with the left hand door open. On hearing the shot Mancini pulled up and the other car kept going. There was then a scuffle and Mancini grabbed a knife from the front seat and got possession of the rifle, made Little get out of the car and then drove home to Mt Bryan. When questioned he said he tried to tell people about what had happened, but failed due to his poor English, but the people at the Mt Bryan Hotel asked his to ring the police.

Audrey Little said her husband had threatened to kill her several times. She then proceeded to recount one such occasion from the previous June, when he threatened her with a knife and in February he threw a kettle of boiling water, which landed at her feet. He threatened to shoot her again in January this year or to cut her up, or strangle her when he couldn’t find any bullets. She had left him when her brother-in-law came to visit in February. She then recounted her version of the events above, which agreed with Mr Mancini’s account.

Mervyn James Little (9) and Daisy Simpson (57) of Mt Bryan also gave evidence. After evidence of the arrest from Detective Edward Ambrose O’Malley, Little was committed for trial in Adelaide. He pleaded not guilty to both charges and reserved his defence. Bail was granted on a personal bond of £200 and two separate sureties of £100.

87, 21, 29 May 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 June

Gary Cooper in High Noon

Robert Preston in When I Grow Up

4 June

Robert Donat & Kay Walsh in Lease of Life

John Gregson & Joan Rice in The Crowded Day

6 June

Lana Turner in Flame and the Flesh

Janet Leigh in Fearless Fagan

Obituary. Charlotte Ann Beckwith died 28 May at Burra Hospital aged 75. She was the wife of Thomas Beckwith and mother of Stella, Mavis and Cecil. [Born Charlotte Ann Best 4 June 1880 Mt Bryan East: died 28 May 1956 Burra, residence Burra North.]

87, 21, 29 May 1956, pages 3 & 7

Football. Game to aid the Burra Swimming Pool Fund, played on Sunday last.

Past Players 10.12 defeated Present Players 10.8.

87, 21, 29 May 1956, page 7

Badminton. Kooringa Red 11 defeated Kooringa Green 3

Burra North Gold 9-187 defeated Burra North Blue 7-191.

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 1

Air Force Assoc. Ball was a great success on Friday evening and proceeds totalled £100. Marlene Kakoschke and Peter Murphy were chosen as the Belle and Beau of the Ball.

Mr Don Higginson was given a farewell by the RSL at the club on 25 May prior to his removal to Yorketown.

Burra Primary School

Mr A.A. Kies has been appointed headmaster. He comes to Burra from Marook [sic: Moorook?]. Since Mr Pattrick’s retirement Mr J.C. Morrison had been acting headmaster. Miss E. Mounce retired in May after 21⁄2 years at the school, prior to her marriage to Mr John Carpenter. Staff are now: Mr A. Kies, Mr J.C .Morrison, Mr H. Kowald, Mrs T.G. Perry, Mrs W. Pens and Mrs H. Kowald.

Miss S. James has temporarily been transferred to Booborowie and Mrs R. Jeffery & Mrs M. Williams have been asked to fill in.

Revs L.R. Lenthall, D.G. Haydon & A.S. Barrett write to condemn the playing of a football match on Sunday.

Spalding Football Club opened new dressing rooms on 26 May.

Weather. Rain in May totalled 314 points and the falls at the weekend totalled 41 points.

Accident. The power-line with coloured globes extending across the street from the rotunda, snapped in Wednesday evening’s wind. On her way home from the pictures Mrs Walter Nankivell unknowingly trod on the line lying in water on the road, producing sparks and a blue flame. Fortunately she was wearing rubber soles and was unharmed. Sen. Constable Kewell saw the incident and Len Bourman from Burra Electric Supply Co. soon repaired the line.

Adelaide Wool Sales on 29 & 31 May resulted in an excellent clearance with higher prices for fine wools and inferior wools unchanged. [Local district prices are printed.]

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 2

Burra Town Council Supplementary Election for East Ward.

At the close of nominations on 1 June Colin Harry Cummins was elected unopposed.

Burra Swimming Pool

The list of donations stands at £387-2-9, but this is less that half the amount needed, so please send your donations as soon as possible.

The Minister of the Army, through the Hon. Sir Philip McBride, has advised that the Drill Hall site would not be made available.

Proceedings can now get under way at the playground site and representations have been made to the Town Council for permission to remove certain trees etc.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 June

Doris Day & Gordon MacRae in By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Randolph Scott & Patricia Wymore in The Man behind the Gun

13 June

Robert Mitchum in Second Chance

Linda Darnell in Marry Me Again

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 4

South Booborowie Cricket Club’s win in the Mokota Cricket Association’s Premiership was celebrated with a Victory Dinner at the Booborowie Memorial Hall on 26 May.

[Reported in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 5

Accident/Obituary. Norman Charles Thiele, ganger of Eudunda, was fatally injured at Hallett 15 May. He was in charge of the Hallett Special Re-lay Gang. He was involved in turning a 240 ft length of line when he was thrown and struck the permanent way, resulting in a fractured spine. He was rushed to the Burra Hospital where Dr L. Miller pronounced him dead. On a report to the coroner W. Phin JP by F-C B. Dowling of Hallett an inquest was deemed unnecessary. Mr Thiele was 42 and is survived by a wife and two daughters. He had been in charge of the Special Gang at Hallett since it was formed. [Born Carl Norman Thiele 27 February 1914 Bower, SA.]

The Murray Floods

The river is continuing to rise at the rate of over one inch per day. At Renmark it is approximately at the 1950 flood peak of 20’ 6”. Last year the ferries at Kingston were thrown out of commission at 23’6”, which was reached about a fortnight after the present levels. This year’s rise seems to be more gradual.

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 6

Football: Inter-Association Match

On Saturday at Booborowie Barossa & Light Assoc. 13.15 defeated North Eastern Assoc. 13.7.

Burra-Hallett Colts 12.21 defeated Booborowie-Spalding Colts 3.1.

Rodney Reed played his last game with Booborowie on 26 May, as he is going to Victoria again to live.

Adult Woodwork Classes began at the High School last Thursday evening under Mr R.L. Pillar.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy on Saturday over 600 and double 700 yards. Best scores were from C. Edwards, G. Webster & M. Mitchell.

Possibles were scored at 600 yards by C. Edwards & G. Webster.

Possibles were scored at 700 yards by C. Edwards, G. Webster, R. Bernhardt, B.O. Scholz, J. Brown and H.H. Byles. In the aggregate for the trophy H. Byles and C. Edwards each have 24 points.

E.R. Davey, Town Clerk, writes that the money transferred from Young St to Railway Terrace was £1-7-7.

Weather. Rainfall figures from the east for Sunday & Monday vary from 25 to 65 points. Burra had 125 points, but Booborowie and Mt Bryan got only about half an inch.

87, 22, 5 June 1956, page 8

Burra Town Council, 21 May

The matter of fluorescent lighting in the Town Hall is to lie in abeyance till the next meeting.

Approval was given for the re-subdivision of Sections 23, 24 and part 33.

[These three blocks adjoin each other in Redruth on Trembeth & Ludgvan Streets.]

[Election results as previously noted were reported.]

87, 23, 12 June 1956, page 1

Burra Air Force Assoc. Three new iron fences have been erected on the Association’s club rooms property.

St Mary’s. On Sunday 3 June a new memorial window was unveiled. It was donated by Mr J.R. Barker in memory of his late wife. The central figure is St Francis of Assisi. Rev. R.S.T. Pettet, former rector of the parish officiated at the dedication and Mrs Hamilton, sister of the late Mrs Barker, unveiled the window.

Basketball

Leighton 20 defeated Hallett 7

Spalding 25 defeated Burra Comrades 21

Terowie 16 defeated Burra Rovers 12

Booborowie 25 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 4

Burra Red Cross raised £30 from a street stall on Friday and at their last meeting Mrs Andrew Tennant spoke on London and the English Countryside.

Football

Terowie 10.16 defeated Spalding 6.8

Burra 14.9 defeated Hallett 13.6

Leighton 12.6 defeated Booborowie 11.10

Hallett Red Cross met at Old Canowie Station, home of Mrs John Parker, on 6 June.

Booborowie School Welfare Club celebrated its 15th birthday 30 May.

Gum Creek School held a Pet Show and raised £14-18-0. [Results are printed.]

Burra Swimming Pool Subscriptions reached £416-17-9.

87, 23, 12 June 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 June

Jack Hawkins & Glynis Johns in The Seekers

Ronald Howard & Susan Shaw in Wide Boy

20 June

Tony Martin & Janet Leigh in Two Tickets to Broadway

Gig Young & Carla Balenda in Hunt the Man Down

87, 23, 12 June 1956, page 3

Burra Swimming Pool. After inspecting the site the Council has approved removal of all the pepper trees and five pine trees on the proposed pool site. Proceeds from the Shell Picture Evening at the Town Hall on 16 July will be used to augment the fund.

Badminton

Burra North Blue 10-186 defeated Kooringa Green 6-61

Kooringa Red 10-205 defeated Burra North Gold 6-179

87, 23, 12 June 1956, page 4

Football

On the holiday weekend at the Inter-Association Carnival four teams competed: Barossa & Light, Adelaide Plains, Gawler & District and North Eastern. The winner was Barossa & Light with a 33 point win over Adelaide Plains. The other two teams played a curtain-raiser for the final in which Gawler & District 11.15 defeated North Eastern 10.9.

87, 23, 12 June 1956, page 5

Marriage. Morgan Methodist Church 26 May

Wendy Byles, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.H. Byles of Morgan, married Karl H. Bauer of Adelaide.

87, 24, 19 June 1956, pages 1 & 4

Burra CWA held its 29th AGM on 8 June.

Warnes Group President Mrs Allen of Spalding attended, as did former Branch President Mrs R. Warnes. Elected were: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H.L. Riggs & A.D. Radford; Secretary, Mrs A.C. Ford and Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver.

The report extends for 21⁄4 columns. Membership was 62 and average attendance 25.

87, 24, 19 June 1956, page 2

Weather. Burra had 148 points of rain in the week and a total of 1087 so far for the year.

Farrell Flat CWA held its AGM 6 June. Elected: President, Mrs Stevens; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Denton & Aunger; Secretary, Mrs H. Cullen; Assistant Secretary, Mrs H. Torr; Treasurer, Mrs Phillips.

Burra Swimming Pool Fund reached £427-5-9.

Burra Rifle Club. The 21st and final stage of the Horsley Dene Trophy was fired on Saturday over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Best on the day were C. Edwards, W. Hempel and M. Mitchell. C. Edwards scored possibles at 300 & 600 yards and H. Byles one at 500 yards. [The report also says Bill Hempel scored a possible, but it does not seem to be reflected in the scores as printed.] C. Edwards won the trophy. And Herb Byles won the marksman’s trophy.

Hanson Public Meeting on 11 June resolved to form an incorporated body to take over the Institute from the District Council. A meeting has been called for 2 July to form this body.

Football

Leighton 5.7 defeated Burra 4.10

Booborowie 11.11 defeated Spalding 5.11

Hallett 19.15 defeated Terowie 7.17

Basketball

Leighton 39 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Booborowie 20 defeated Burra Rovers 4

Terowie & Burra Comrades drew 24 each

Spalding 17 defeated Hallett 0

Burra Air Force Assoc. acknowledges gifts of materials and donation of £92-6-6.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 June

Fred McMurray & Vera Ralston in Fair Wind to Java

Judy Canova & Eddie Foy Jnr in Honeychile

27 June

Cornell Wilde & Maureen O’Hara in Song of the Musketeers

Marie Windsor & Richard Denning in Double Deal

87, 24, 19 June 1956, page 3

Badminton

Kooringa Green 11-209 defeated Burra North Gold 5-156

Burra North Blue 8-165 defeated Kooringa Red 8-159.

Burra Homing Club. The first race of the season was from Carrieton on 9 June and was won by S. Kellaway. The second race from Carrieton on 16 June was won by P.J. Byrnes.

87, 24, 19 June 1956, page 5

Burra Branch if the ANZ is converting to mechanised book-keeping. It was installed on Friday by Specialist Machine Operator Miss L.M .Williams. In future statements will be available immediately on application and will always be typed in stead of hand written as in the past. The change in branches across SA would boost the number of congenial occupations available for girls, which will be particularly important in country towns, where work suitable for girls was often limited.

87, 24, 19 June 1956, page 7

Marriage. Clare Methodist Church 9 June.

Margaret Slatter, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Frank Slatter of Willalo, married

Ronald Cheffirs, second son of Mr & Mrs T.C.K. Cheffirs of Spalding.

87, 24, 19 June 1956, page 8

Booborowie RSL Debutante Ball was held in the Booborowie Hall 8 June

Six debutantes were presented to Sir Lyall and Lady McEwin.

Miss Mary Brooks with Mr Ron Billing

Miss Helen Hogan with Mr Ross Brooks

Miss Gwenda Brooks with Mr George Williams

Miss Pat Tohl with Mr Eugene Madigan

Miss Leonie Price with Mr Russell Harris

Miss Deidre Snell with Mr Ian Price

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales 19-21 June were the final for this season. Top district price went to A.J. & P.A. McBride Ltd of Braemar at 983⁄4d. [Other district prices are printed.]

Hanson Tennis Club celebrated their B Grade Premiership in the Cavandale association with a Victory Ball at the Hanson Hall 22 June.

Football

Burra 12.12 defeated Booborowie 4.13

Terowie 13.14 defeated Leighton 8.4

Hallett 22.23 defeated Spalding 7.7.

Golf. Burra visited Jamestown where they won 12 games to Jamestown’s 9, with 3 matches squared. The ladies won 2 to Jamestown ladies 3.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 44 defeated Hallett 9

Spalding 21 defeated Terowie 14

Burra Rovers 27 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 5

Booborowie drew with Leighton 21 each.

Mr J. Battye has become secretary of the RSL in place of Don Higginson. Mr B. Gryst has become treasurer.

E.T. Baulderstone writes to thank the 70 ratepayers who requested him to stand for another term as Mayor.

Dogs have been mauling sheep at Leighton. Mr Roy Humphrys had to slaughter two of six top stud ewes attacked in one paddock and valued at 40 guineas each. A mob of 150 ewes and lambs were attacked on Mr S. Pearce’s property, tearing wool and skin from the ewes and biting young lambs on the legs.

Mt Bryan Hall. An appeal for funds to repaint the Hall ended with a ball on 15 June and a total of £250 has been raised.

87, 25, 26 June 1956, pages 1 & 8

Burra Rural Youth held its AGM and reported a membership of 24 boys and 21girls and a very active and successful year. The Zone 2 Rally on 26-28 August was particularly successful. Avis Stockman’s winning of the nationwide ABC contest for girls was another highlight. Social activities included an Annual Ball, a hayride and chop picnic at Redbanks and a Mock Court. Elected: President, Miss Pauline Williams; Vice-President, John Byrnes; Secretary, Don Stockman; Assistant Secretary, Coralie Ellis and Treasurer, Miss Ann Pettet.

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 June

Tony Curtis in Beachhead

Plus Tale of five Women

4 July

Linda Darrell in Saturday Island

Charles McGraw in Narrow Margin

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 3

F. Francis Whitney, Hon. Sec. of the Australian Convention on Peace and War (SA Committee) writes 2⁄3 column letter condemning the suggested program of experiments with nuclear weapons on Australian Territory.

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 4

Burra Homing Club. The release of the birds from Belair on Friday instead of Saturday resulted in the cancellation of the race.

Booborowie School Arbor Day was held 22 June. Parents and children braved the cold so that each Grade VII child could plant a tree on the east side of the school gate.

Burra Town Council, 5 June

N.J. Baynes’ tender of £96-5-0 to install 12 x 40 watt fluorescent tubes in the Town Hall was accepted.

SA Chamber of Commerce advises the basic wage will rise 10/- to £12-1-0 a week from 4 June.

The Town Clerk reported the nomination of C.H. Cummins as Councillor for East Ward and he was declared elected unopposed.

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 5

CWA Annual Meetings for Booborowie, Hanson and Black Springs (12 financial members) are reported.

Accident. John Gordon was driving Mr John Brown in the latter’s MG Sports car on Leighton Road on Saturday evening when it rolled over several times. The driver suffered minor abrasions, but Mr Brown suffered neck injuries and was taken to Burra Hospital and later transferred to Adelaide for treatment.

87, 25, 26 June 1956, page 7

Badminton. Kooringa Red 10 sets defeated Burra North Gold 2 sets.

SAR: Changes to timetable

From 2 July the early morning train now leaving Burra at 7.05 a.m. will depart at 6.50 a.m. and reach Adelaide at 9.46 a.m.

87, 26, 3 July 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool Committee has arranged for the Pt Pirie Scottish Pipe Band to be present at the return football match Past v. Present Players on 14 July. It is intended that the band put on a street display also in Market Square at 1.45 p.m. It is also hoped to arrange a Football Sprint Championship with two runners from each club in the Association to compete in full football gear.

Burra Hospital. Matron Herbert has returned to Sydney and a previous member of staff, Sister Guymer, has accepted the position of Matron.

Mr W.H. Gare, who has been a director of Bence’s Ltd for about 26 years, is retiring due to ill health and was given a presentation of a travelling rug as a token of appreciation.

Weather. With a recording of 428 points June was the wettest June for 40 years, since 559 points in 1916. Creek have been running strongly and peaked on Thursday evening. The small creek that crosses the Adelaide Road near the end of the bitumen ran a banker and stopped traffic. The crossing at Gully’s Wharf was also running strongly and was still running well on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon a driver got into difficulties on the way to Terowie at the Gully’s Wharf crossing and Mr Stan Irlam was asked to help move the car through the water. Once it was across to the other side the driver went on without so much as a ‘thanks’.

Basketball. Rain disrupted play throughout.

Spalding 30 defeated Booborowie 21

Leighton and Burra Rovers took 1 point each.

Burra Comrades forfeited to Whyte Yarcowie

Hallett forfeited to Terowie.

Football

Burra 7.7 defeated Spalding 5.7 [figures from page 6.]

Hallett 17.18 defeated Leighton 3.2

Booborowie 10.10 defeated Terowie [figures omitted.]

Burra Homing Club. The race from Belair on Saturday was won by S. Kellaway.

Accident. Clarence W. Martin had an accident on his motor cycle on the main road at Hallett on 15 June and suffered a fractured skull.

Booborowie Movie Ball is reported as very successful despite lower attendance due to high creek levels. Jim Francis’s All Star Band was a special feature. Door takings were £65.

New Road Laws

Motor cycles are required to have rear vision mirrors.

It is an offence to cross a railway line where signals are operating unless directed to do so by an employee of the Railways Commissioner.

The speed limit within 50 yards of a railway crossing is 20 m.p.h.

All omnibuses and vehicles carrying explosive materials or inflammable gases must stop before crossing a railway line.

The speed past a stationary school bus is 15 m.p.h.

87, 26, 3 July 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 July

John Wayne & Geraldine Page in They Called Him Honbo

Frank Lovejoy & Joan Weldon in The System

11 July

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz in The Long Long Trailer

Peter Lawford & Richard Greene in Rogue’s March

Burra Church of England Boys’ Club spent the Queen’s Birthday long weekend at the Parish Hall of St Agnes, Grange and enjoyed outings, games, cooking and camping life in general. Joe Fillmore revealed assets as a chef and Peter Sandercock surprised by serving tea and biscuits in bed in the morning.

Badminton

Burra North Blue 11-221 defeated Burra North Gold 5-155

Kooringa Green 8-175 defeated Kooringa Red 8-164.

87, 27, 10 July 1956, page 1

Miss Margaret Tiver will arrive back in Adelaide on 18 July by plane from San Francisco after her world tour.

Weather. Thunderstorms which struck the Gum Creek area on Thursday delivered one inch in fifteen minutes at Peter Driver’s property and one inch in twenty minutes at Gerald Gask’s. Heavy hail accompanied the fall, damaging oats and barley crops. The creek came down within minutes. Burra recorded only 28 points. Over the ranges to the east some areas reported 80-90 points and creeks ran.

Football

Hallett 24.23 defeated Booborowie 6.11

Burra 9.11 defeated Terowie 5.13

Spalding 7.9 defeated Leighton 3.7

Hallett Colts 8.3 defeated Booborowie Colts 0.5

Basketball

Burra Rovers 19 defeated Hallett 10

Terowie 18 defeated Leighton 13

Spalding 31 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 13

Burra Comrades 29 defeated Booborowie 27.

87, 27, 10 July 1956, pages 1 & 5

Burra Ratepayers’ Meeting on 2 July attracted only 20 people including the Mayor, Councillors and Town Clerk. The statement of receipts and expenditures showed the Council had done a good job in completing works and in maintenance and ends the year in a sound financial position. The Council controls an area of 3,015 acres and within it are 30 miles of district roads and 9 miles of main roads. The major cost is the maintenance of roads and much effort has been put into sealing these roads to reduce maintenance costs. This year’s purchase of a small tractor and associated equipment has meant many small jobs have been carried out without having to obtain machinery from the DC. Tregoning [sic: for Tregony] Street was ripped and regraded. Railway Terrace was re-surfaced and Thames Street was completed. Parts of the main roads were also resurfaced. Council contributes about 26% of the cost of the Burra Fire Station, which is currently in a good state of repair. The two playgrounds are in good order, thanks to the Burra Progress Association and Mr Reed of Burra North for new equipment. Only a few trees were planted this year, but some were made available for the Ex-Servicemen’s Association for the ‘Avenue of Memory’. Council is concerned about noxious weeds in the area and is concentrating on eliminating horehound in certain areas, using expensive sprays. This aims to gradually eliminate the problem in time. Sprays have also been used to reduce weeds at the cemetery and efforts there will continue in the next year. Street cleaning and refuse collection has been undertaken on Friday each week and permission has been obtained to dump this in a section of the old mine site.

A major item this year was the clearing of the underground drain from the front of Bence’s to the creek in Chapel Street and as this might have been the first clearing since construction, many loads of silt were removed. Following this there were many complaints of bad odours from the drain, perhaps because the silt used to absorb liquids entering the drain.

Numerous cases of poliomyelitis have been reported through the year and it is to be hoped Burra will be an early inclusion in the itinerary of the Salk Vaccine Caravans. Children from 6-14 will receive three injections – the second one month after the first and the third seven to twelve months after that.

The Town Hall has had repairs and maintenance and a new convenience provided for the residence. A special fund set aside for Town Hall improvements has increased to £291 with £70 from the CWA and £50 from Rural Youth. Two public meetings called to address this matter had to be postponed due to no attendance. Another will be called in the near future.

The Burra Pictures have been doing well and the debt has now been reduced to below £1,000 and should be written off in about two years – three years ahead of the schedule set in 1950.

Negotiations are under way to obtain new seating for the dress circle. The estimated cost will be c. £500. The mid-week screenings were designed to finance the refurnishing of the hall.

‘Following a suggestion from Mr R. Fuss, the Council examined the possibility of removing the shelter shed from the main road to a position in Market Square and upon a decision being made the work was supervised by Mr Fuss and the shed transferred. This will be painted when the weather permits and should provide some shelter for those persons who travel to and from Burra North by bus. I extend my thanks to Mr Fuss for his interest in this matter.’

During the year a committee was set up under the chairmanship of H.J. Topsfield to see through the swimming pool project. This will be an excellent asset to the town in that everyone will be given the opportunity to learn to swim as well as providing healthy recreation.

The War Memorial Oval work has continued and there are plans by the committee for further improvements.

A looming expense for the next year is the repair of the bridges throughout the town, for which material is being obtained.

The ladies convenience near the Fire Station will be enlarged because of increased tourist traffic.

Concern was expressed at the failure of ratepayers in East Ward to nominate a Councillor, which resulted in the added expanse of a supplementary election.

Finance

The debit balance was the lowest it had been since 1949, at £262-5-11.

At the start of the year the debit had been £857. The improvement was largely due to the Burra Pictures.

Questions.

Mr Jennison was concerned about damage to trees in Fairchild Park, caused by straying horses. He also asked if the Burra North Swing Bridge was soon to be repaired, as the Red Cross meetings at the Croquet Hall were suffering in winter as women could not cross the creek. Mr Baulderstone said most of the material was now on hand and work should soon start.

In answer to another question he said that ATSA power was expected within two years.

87, 27, 10 July 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures 14 July

Gregory Peck & Win Min Than in The Purple Plain

Richard Conte & Rona Anderson in Little Red Monkey

18 July

Susan Hayward in The Lusty Men

Hans Hass (Documentary) Under the Red Sea

87, 27, 10 July 1956, page 3

Burra Primary School Welfare Club raised £50 from a trading table, which will allow the purchase of £100 worth of equipment when subsidised.

87, 27, 10 July 1956, pages 4 & 8

Mt Bryan CWA AGM is reported in more than three columns. Elected: President, Mrs F. Jefferies; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Woodgate & F. Stolte; Secretary, Mrs Holliday and Treasurer, Mrs Edwards.

87, 27, 10 July 1956, page 7

The Catholic Ball in Burra Town Hall last Friday night was an outstanding success. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Badminton

Kooringa Green 11-207 defeated Burra North Gold 5-149

Burra North Blue 15-236 defeated Kooringa [Red] 1-128.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool. The Past & Present Footballers match on Saturday attracted a large crowd and the gate takings amounted to £66-17-8, while tea proceeds increased this to £97. The Port Pirie Pipe Band was an added attraction. In the morning the band marched from near Queen Street to the RSL Hall, where a demonstration of figure marching was given before they returned to Queen St. At 1.30 p.m. they led a procession of cars to the oval. At the match Present Players 10.17 defeated Past Players 5.0. The band played at half time. In the Footballers’ Sheffield Run at three quarter time, A. Tiver of Hallett dead heated with R. Bourman.

The donation list now stands at £457-3-9.

The Swimming Pool Committee has arranged for Burra to be visited by Professor Lorin Harris of the State University Utah USA. He is visiting Australia as a Professor of Animal Husbandry to look at Australian practices. He will be accompanied by Mr John Lee, Principal Research Officer SA Branch of CSIRO and Mr D. Dewey, also of the CSIRO. Messrs Lee & Dewey were mainly responsible for research into sheep deficiencies in the South East and for the use of trace elements. Lectures of interest to farmers and graziers will be arranged.

Terowie Hospital has been forced to close due to the lack of trained staff. It is a private operation and it is attempting to raise funds and also to recover outstanding fees of about £1,000. Dr Ian S. Pugh, who has been at Terowie for seven years is leaving, to be replaced by Dr Taylor.

The Mt Bryan Legacy Ball was held on 13 July. Legacy will benefit by about £175.

The North Eastern Hogget Competition is reported.

Various branches of Agricultural Bureaus were represented.

The Mt Bryan Competition on 9 July resulted in:

Mr Dave Thomas selected to compete at Hallett in fewer than 1,000 sheep class

Mr E. Lines selected to compete at Hallett in the more than 1,000 sheep class

The Mount Bryan East Competition 11 July saw:

R. McInnes selected to compete in the fewer than 1,000 sheep class

W.G. Miller & Son selected to compete in the more than 1,000 sheep class

Booborowie Competition on 4 July resulted in:

R.G. & H.M. Mayfield winning the fewer than 1,000 sheep class

J.T. & M.E. Drew won the more than 1,000 sheep class

At the Whyte Yarcowie Competition on 10 July the winners were:

Mrs F. Flow in the fewer than 1,000 sheep class

Mr L.J. Stuker in the more than 1,000 sheep class.

Hanson Tennis Club held its AGM 10 July and elected: President, R. Page; Secretary, Miss K. Robinson; Captain, Mr S. Verrall and Vice-Captain, Mr W. Brook.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 2

Advt. One Night Only: Bullen’s Circus

Burra School Ground, 21 July. Tickets 6/-, 8/-, 10/-, 12/- and elevated chairs 14/-

Children half price.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 3

Weather. Eastern Areas rainfall figures for the week showed that most places had received between one and one and a half inches.

Notice of intent to secure the incorporation of the Hanson Soldiers’ Hall is given 10 July 1956.

Badminton. Kooringa Green 14 sets defeated Kooringa Red 2 sets.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 4

Burra LCL Women’s Branch held its AGM in the RSL Rooms on Friday 6 July and elected: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents Mesdames John Gebhardt, Andrew Tennant & R. Pitcher; Secretary, Mrs Bob Radford and Treasurer, Mrs J. Marchant.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 5

Accident. A truck carrying 1,400 pairs of rabbits and driven by Thomas H. McGlauchlan of Peterborough overturned on the main road at Hallett 28 June. Neither the driver nor his passenger, Leslie Carter, was injured.

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM 7 July. The Captain reported a successful year. During the year there was a record number of possibles shot and Mr J.H .Schwier and Mr J. Brown equalled the range record. There were return visits to Gawler and Clare and the club visited the Dean Rifle Range. J.H. Schwier was successful in the Champion of Champions shoot fired at the Spalding Range. H. Byles won the Marksman’s Trophy and the Club Championship, when he returned after an absence of some years. Ron Kellock also returned.

Elected were: Captain, J. Brown; Vice-Captain, M.E. Mitchell; Secretary, R.G .Bernhardt and Armourer, J.H. Schwier.

For the coming year Syd Williams has donated the trophy to be known as the Darton Cottage Trophy.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 July

Zsa Zsa Gabor & Colette Marchand in Moulin Rouge

Plus Shorts and News

25 July

Elizabeth Taylor & Vittorio Gassman in Rhapsody

Red Skelton in Half a Hero

Advertiser 1000 Mile Reliability Trial

The Burra crew of Lance Fiebig, Ron Osborne & Lindsay Auhl finished 5th overall out of 75 starters and 3rd in their class of over 3,000 cc. Last year Mr Fiebig’s crew finished 8th overall and 3rd in their class.

87, 28, 17 July 1956, page 8

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM on 4 July. It is reported in 11⁄4 columns. Elected were: Patroness, Mrs W. Gare; President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Ellis & Pearce; Treasurer, Mrs Scroop; Secretary, Mrs Knight and Assistant Secretary, Mrs E. Heinrich. Membership is about 80, but average attendance is about 16.

87, 29, 24 July 1956, page 1

North Eastern Hogget Competition Final was held at Hallett 18 July at Willogoleche Woolshed. Mr Len Anderson of Hallett was the judge. The Grand Championship went to W.G .Miller & Son of Hallett and they also won the Championship for owners of more than 1,000 sheep. Reserve Grand Champion went to L.M. McInnes of Hallett, who also scored the award for owners of fewer than 1,000 sheep. About 200 visitors attended. It is hoped that such events will improve the standard of sheep in flocks generally.

Burra Town Hall. The lighting has been improved by the installation of six fluorescent tubes on either wall in an upright position. The Council proposes to re-furnish the dress circle with new tubular steel chairs as soon as funds allow and in time the whole of the downstairs as well.

Burra Swimming Pool Subscriptions have reached £477-5-9. The committee has been advised that the Burra Burra DC will excavate the hole and work could start as early as this week.

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P.H. Quirke writes in response to a comment of the Mayor’s at the Ratepayers’ Meeting that he had not visited Burra since the election. Neither had he visited Mt Bryan or Hallett, but he has been to every other town from Black Springs to Jamestown some two or three times and nearly always because of invitations. The last two months have not been very conducive to travel over many roads, especially at night. He goes on to say Burra will have no reason to regret his election. He considers the lack of a bitumen road to Burra an anomaly that needs correction – the lack of decent water and ETSA power make for a set of circumstances he regards as unparalleled. If he achieved nothing for Burra it would hardly be worse than the record of the past 20 years. He will be prepared to be judged after three years.

87, 29, 24 July 1956, pages 1, 4 & 8

Burra Burra District Council: Chairman’s Résumé of the Year’s Work.

At the 1955 elections E.L. McWaters, T.D.J. Beckwith and myself were re-elected unopposed and Cr D.T. Wedding was elected to replace W.J. Shattock in Booborowie Ward. The non-retiring members being J.R. Barker, H.R. Earl, J.H.J. Stevens and E. Finch. Cr E.L. McWaters retired early in 1956. He had represented Baldina Ward and been Chairman 1950-53. Cr J.F. Warnes was elected unopposed to fill this vacancy. At the elections this year Crs J.R. Barker and H.R. Earle did not seek re-election and were replaced unopposed by A.D. Radford (Mongolata Ward) and J.F. Hogan (Leighton Ward). During the year the Falkai family became naturalised Australian Citizens. The Council has kept in touch with the Burra & District Swimming Pool movement and the Burra Hospital. The Total assessment was £60,489, representing a capital value of £1,209,780. This year a new assessment has to be made for the new financial year.

The year began in credit £1,025-6-6 and with a lot of works planned, it was decided to increase the rate to the limit of 4/- in the pound, to produce an income of £12,097-16-0. (An increase of 16%.)

This was to allow improvements to district roads, which unfortunately have suffered through two wet winters. The district has a debit of £711-2-5 at 30 June 1956. Special efforts were made to improve the Morgan Road and the Eastern Stock Road, as these are not eligible for main road grants. A total of £3,726-5-7 was expended using Federal Rural areas Grants and Council Contributions.

£10,000 was allotted by the Highways Department for main roads and an extra £2,000 was allocated specifically for the Kapunda-Peterborough main road 45. The Lochiel-Burra Main Road 46 also needed emergency work. The streets of Hanson and Farrell Flat were sealed before winter set in.

[Figures expended on individual roads are then listed.]

The relocation of the main road Hanson-Black Springs was a major project and it got under way in November 1955. Much has now been done with half a mile of seven miles of sub-base remaining to be constructed. It now needs three inches of screenings to be opened for traffic. Expenditure this year was £24,095-15-1. (An extra £5,000 was made available over the original grant.)

A new blue slate quarry near Booborowie shows promise.

[The report then deals with details of plant and labour expenditure.]

Cemeteries at Booborowie and Farrell Flat were attended to and aid was also given with the Burra Cemetery. There were two burials in the district for the year.

The move to have Booborowie and Leighton Wards transferred to the Spalding DC was not favoured by the Council. Reduction in size is not a progressive move and other remedies must be found. In some measure this has been done by increasing road work in the year in the wards, though further efforts will be needed.

The grasshopper plague was reduced to minor proportions by the use of insecticide, especially for Eastern station owners. Some landowners suffered unfortunate damage, but generally damage was kept to a minimum.

Fire fighters under the supervision of Mr Frank Reed have had a busy season with seven outbreaks. Burning off along the railway line again contributed to a big reduction in the fire hazard. Five cases of poliomyelitis were reported and one of infectious hepatitis. Early in the financial year the office assistant Miss C.B. Murphy resigned and was replaced by Miss M. Hopkins.

87, 29, 24 July 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 July

Harlem Globetrotters in Go Man Go

Dennis O’Keefe in Up in Mabel’s Room

1 August

Pictures as usual: program yet to be notified.

The titles are given 87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 2 as:

Robert Newton & Linda Darrell in Blackbeard the Pirate

Bill Williams in The Pace that Thrills

Obituary. Thomas Carpenter died at hospital 16 July aged 84. He was of Burra and late of Hallett. He was the husband of Fanny Ann Carpenter and father of Rose Mrs W.T. Jones; Alice Mrs E.E. Coleman; Eva Mrs A. Rosewall and Eileen Mrs M.C. Abbott.

[Thomas Henry Carpenter born c. 1872: died at Eastwood, residence Burra. There also seems to have been a son Thomas William or William Thomas who is not mentioned, though he lived till 1972.]

Obituary. Brassey Hamilton Woodgate died 14 July at ‘Kentish Hills’ North Booborowie aged 72. He was the husband of Nellie and father of Marian. Grandfather of Lorna, John and Malcolm.

[Born Hamilton Ernest Brassey Joseph Woodgate 20 September 1883 Terowie: died 15 July 1956 Burra, residence Booborowie North. Married as Brassey Hamilton Woodgate.]

87, 29, 24 July 1956, page 3

Basketball

Burra Comrades 28 defeated Leighton 11

Spalding 13 defeated Burra Rovers 9

Hallett 40 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 8

Booborowie defeated Terowie [Scores not printed.]

Burra Swimming Pool Committee. After the last football match and paying expenses and sharing the gate with the football club the committee will benefit by about £57.

And what a realistic mock fight that was between Keith Treleaven and Ivan Hirschausen. Most spectators thought they were ‘dinkum’ and even the police left their cars to intervene.

‘Be honest, what did you think?’

Badminton

Burra North Blue 5-136 defeated Kooringa Green 11-195

Burra North Gold 10 sets defeated Kooringa Green 6 sets.

[Sic: presumably one of the Kooringa teams was actually Red.]

87, 29, 24 July 1956, page 5

Salvation Army. Following six months in the Clare and Burra District Lieutenant J. Cutts has been moved to Pt Augusta to be replaced by 2nd Lieutenant E. Wilson who will also reside at Clare.

The Holden Ball organised by Messrs L.L. Fiebig Ltd to aid the Burra Hospital was extremely successful on Friday. Door takings were £95 and an auction raised £15. (All of which it is expected will qualify for Government subsidy.) Mr M. Lane of5KA was compere. Reg. Scarborough’s Rhythm Dance Band provided the music. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Burra Rural Youth has won the 1955-56 Club Service Shield for best support of town and district organisations. Presidents in this period were Avis Stockman and Malcolm Pettet.

87, 29, 24 July 1956, page 6

Football

Spalding 13.17 defeated Terowie 3.5

Hallett 17.21 defeated Burra 11.11

There is a reference to a match in which Booborowie defeated Leighton, but no scores are mentioned.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 1

The Swimming Pool Committee has confirmed the visit of Professor Lorin Harris who is in Australia on a Fulbright Scholarship. He will visit with Mr John Lee and Mr Doug Dewey as previously noted. Mr Lee will give an illustrated lecture on the development of the 90-Mile Desert of SA. Professor Harris will give an illustrated talk on sheep husbandry and nutrition as carried out in the USA. Mr Dewey will show several films including one on the Mules Operation and another on the effect of Myxomatosis inn SA. The trio will be in Burra on Friday 24 August.

Burra Rifle Club’s Presentation Night was held in the RSL Hall last Saturday night. Dancing preceded supper, after which the presentations were made by the Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone. (Except for the Horsley Dene Trophy, donated by D. Field and presented by Mrs Field.)

Weather. Burra had a total of 345 points for July and 1,534 so far for 1956. Seeding continues for some farmers, while others have wonderful looking crops. Some who began early have yellow crops in flat country due to excess water. Bush, clover and other grasses are doing well in the Eastern Country, which is having a good season.

John Carpenter writes at the Honorary State Secretary of the TPI Assoc. to thank the district for its response to their badge day on 20 July when £71 was collected.

Fire. A fire in the kitchen at Mr F.W. Reynold’s at Whyte Yarcowie on Wednesday caused about £150 damage.

Whyte Yarcowie Institute has, on application of the trustees, been dissolved and the Institutes Association of SA then offered the Hall to the Hallett DC. The Council decided that taking over the hall was not in its best interests and a public meeting of residents then decided to take over the hall as an incorporated body.

Burra Branch of the LCL held its AGM in Burra RSL Rooms 13 July. Mr Gordon Gilfillan took the chair. The last year saw successful campaigns for both State and Federal Elections generally, though the seat of Burra was lost [to an Independent.] Elected: Chairman, G.S. Hawker; Secretary, M.B. Oswald; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Murray & M.W. Bailey and Messrs G.J. Gilfillan, R.G. Hawker and A.D. Radford. The Hon. R.R. Wilson gave a short address on the last election and the Seat of Burra. Senator Mattner gave an address on the recent shearers’ strike, the Arbitration System and shipping freight charges.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from executors of the late C.P. Turner will sell on 7 August on the property, Block 117 Hundred of Hanson comprising 285 acres and section 866 and part section 867 containing 196 acres located about 43⁄4 miles southwest of Burra. Together with a stone house of four rooms, one iron room and enclosed verandah etc. Also plant, equipment, furniture etc. [Listed.]

Advt. Burra & District War Memorial Committee calls tenders for the construction of a small grandstand at the Burra Oval.

Obituary. Louisa Jane Voumard died 28 July at Burra Hospital. She was the sister of Jack, Charlie, Alice, Ethel, Rose and Minnie. [Born Louisa Jane Lines 18 November 1877 Kooringa.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 August

Anne Baxter & Richard Conte in The Blue Gardenia

Gordon McRae & Eddie Bracken in About Face

8 August

Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh

Plus Shorts and News.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 3

Burra High School held a Visiting Day 27 July in conjunction with the Primary School Arbor Day. A large number of parents and friends attended. The headmaster Mr R.G. Jeffery briefly addressed the visitors and asked the Chairman of the High School Council Mr H.J.B. Jennison to introduce the new members of the Council – Messrs D.H. Field, H. Lehmann, M. Heinrich, J. Finch and H. Cockrum (Secretary). Mr Jennison gave a thought provoking address on the necessity for hard work and determination before granting a half holiday.

Basketball

Buss Comrades 29 defeated Burra Rovers 15 [or perhaps 14 as on p.7.]

Booborowie 36 defeated Hallett 5

Spalding 21 defeated Leighton 9

Terowie 49 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 1

Badminton

Kooringa Green 13-230 defeated Burra North Gold 3-128

Burra North Blue forfeited to Kooringa Red

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 4

Burra rural Youth held a social and dance with a barbecue supper at the Show Hall. At the 9 July meeting Mr T.G. Perry, Secretary of the Burra Show, told members of proposed improvements for the 1956 Burra Show. On 17 July there was a debate at Clare that Selection by Competition for Rural Youth Trips is preferable to other methods.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 5

Black Springs CWA has donated £100 to the hall committee to help with the installation of electric lights and will work towards the erection of a new toilet and changing room.

Burra Swimming Pool

Pine trees on the site have been removed and excavation is to begin today. Nett proceeds of the Past & Present Players’ Football match on 14 July was c. £58, although £99 was taken. Despite the high costs, it was felt to be satisfactory and gave value for the money received. It had cost about £20 for the Pt Pirie Pipers, the local Football Club will benefit by c. £10 and other expenses were c. £10. Unfortunately the Shell Pictures drew only a small crowd on an evening of very inclement weather.

Marriage. Mt Bryan Methodist Church 21 July

Heather Jane Stolte, daughter of Mr & Mrs F.C. Stolte of Mt Bryan, married

Eric Robert Kilminster, son of Mr & Mrs L. Kilminster of Toorak Gardens.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 6

Football

Burra 24.18 defeated Leighton 12.8

Hallett 16.16 defeated Terowie 10.10

Booborowie 14.16 defeated Spalding 11.12 [from p.7]

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 7

Burra Homing Club. The race from Dimboola, Victoria, was declared no race when no birds returned within the time.

H. Jennison writes as a Legatee, asking for six legacy wards aged 8-10 to be placed in Burra and District homes for the school holiday period.

Phil Rule writes in response to a question of whether Hallett’s 12 goals in the first quarter against Booborowie is a record. He says it is not: he recalls a match when South Booborowie kicked 13.6 to almost nothing by his old team of Aberdeen. Much of the damage was done by Frank ‘Splinter’ Byles, who about that time won the Warracknabeal Gift and could make a swift dash from centre and nearly land the ball in the goal square, even if not scoring the goal himself.

Burra Red Cross held its 41st AGM on 8 July. President Mrs J. Hill presided over a good attendance. (The 1st meeting had been on Tuesday 25 October 1914 when Mrs E.W. Crewes was elected President and Mrs J.C. Sangster was secretary & Treasurer.) Elected: President, Mrs J. Hill; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. Crewes, R.B. Pitcher and E. Rooke; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs Harold Topsfield.

87, 30, 31 July 1956, page 8

Mt Bryan CWA held its 10th birthday party 18 July.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over 200 & 300 yards. Best were K. Phillips, T. Lynch & E.C. Hopkins. In the Marksman’s contest Herb Byles was followed by Captain Brown & Tom Lynch. H. Byles scored a possible at 300 yards and Cec. Edwards a possible at 200 yards.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 500 yards. A record three double possibles were scored J.H. Schwier, M. Mitchell and H.H. Byles. A shoot-off was needed to decide their order as above for both the Darton Cottage Trophy and the Marksman’s Trophy. Single possibles were scored by R.L. Miller, T. Heinrich, T. Brazil, C.W. Edwards, D.H. Field, J. Brown and T.B. Lynch.

Accident. Marilyn Kaye Hirschausen, 8-year-old daughter of I.M. Hirschausen, suffered concussion when she fell from the door of a car on the Eastern Road when she apparently accidentally opened it. She is recovering satisfactorily.

Potatoes have reached the price of £115 per ton, which is up from the normal price of about £60. As a result local fish shop proprietors have been forced to stop the sale of chips unless served with a meal in the café.

Football

Hallett 14.18 defeated Spalding 10.11

Leighton 11.12 defeated Terowie 5.9

Burra 23.24 defeated Booborowie 5.6

Hallett Colts 6.10 defeated Spalding Colts 1.0

Basketball

Terowie 18 defeated Burra Rovers 10

Booborowie 23 defeated Whyte Yarcowie 3

Leighton 33 defeated Hallett 11

Spalding 38 defeated Burra Comrades 15.

Accident. Adrian Johnson hit a telephone pole with his utility on the Farrell Flat-Clare Road on Saturday night when the tie-rod apparently disconnected. Damage done was minor.

RSL Ball was a huge success at the Town Hall on Friday night. Jimmy Watson’s four-piece band provided the music.

Burra Rural Youth meeting on 30 July drew 23 members from Burra, 10 from Clare and 4 from Jamestown. Public speaking and a debate were the main features. Malcolm Pettet was elected Vice-President in the pending absence of John Byrnes.

Burra Swimming Pool donations have reached £490-5-9.

River Murray Floods

The Mayor and Chairman of the DC appeal for bags to be sent to the River Murray towns to combat flooding as water levels continue to rise.

Brian Jefferies left on Thursday morning by air on the first stage of his trip to Uruguay at the request of the UN Food & Agricultural Organisation for experts to demonstrate wool classing, shearing and sheep husbandry. Two expert shearers will accompany Mr Jefferies on this tour. Brian has a Diploma of Agriculture from Roseworthy, is a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and holds a first class Woolclassing Certificate. He will be in Uruguay for about six weeks.

Security Loan. Burra has received a dark blue pennant with one star for exceeding its quota in the recent Security Loan. The quota was £9,500 and £10,000 was subscribed.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 2

Notice. Doxo and Elizabeth Barratt thank Burra for pleasant memories of the town as they leave their hotel after nearly 13 years there.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 August

Odile Versons & David Knight in The Young Lovers

Ronald Shiner & Anthony Newley in Top of the Form

15 August

Robert Ryan in Best of the Badmen

William Bendix in Girl in Every Port

Obituary. James Michael Murphy died at his residence in Booborowie 26 July aged 75. He was the husband of Ethel and father of Jack, and grandfather of James, Dennis and Michael.

[Birth not on SA Births CD. Father of Edward James (1910), James (1912), John (1913) and Ellen Mrs Clarence Brooks (1914).]

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 3

Robertstown

A 11⁄3 column article deals with what community effort has been able to achieve in a small town. Recently they have erected a War Memorial Community Centre which comprises:

A Woman’s Rest Room & kitchenette

A Doctor’s Consulting Room and Waiting Room

A District Council Office.

A lavatory block for both sexes.

The cost is estimated at £6,000.

Recently also the local hall has been extended with a new supper room and kitchen costing about £2,000 and a similar amount went into the new Club House at the Bowling Green.

The Star Maker Show of 1956 recently played to a capacity house. Its twenty-three item program raised £97, which lifts Community Centre Funds.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 5

Violet Day was held last Sunday to remember those who sacrificed their lives in war.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 6

Badminton. Burra North Gold 11-204 defeated Kooringa Red 5-138.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 7

The Moten Shield was won by B Coy 28 Battalion. The shield perpetuates the memory of Brigadier Moten who was Honorary Colonel of the Regiment at the time of his death. B Coy comprises the centres of Clare, Burra and Balaklava and it has won the shield for the three years since its inception.

The British & Foreign Bible Society

The deputation Rev. John Haynes visited Burra on Sunday 29 July and conducted services at the Anglican and Methodist churches. A public meeting was held at 8 p.m. £33 has been forwarded with collecting still going on in some churches. H.J.B. Jennison was again elected Chairman with F. Atkin as secretary of the Burra Branch.

87, 31, 7 Aug. 1956, page 8

Burra Golf Associates. Mrs E. Jeffery won the final of the club championship.

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool

The excavation is now well under way, though it has been slowed by inclement weather. The machinery was operated by Basil Taylor with experienced overseer Burton. Various money-raising events are planned over the coming months and among them is a series of bridge evenings at the school. Dances will be held and there will be an amateur Hour on 21 September, a Queen of the Swimming Pool Competition and a Miss Burra Ball.

Hanson Agricultural Bureau has conferred life membership on Messrs A.B. Riggs, J. Marchant and G.R. Finch.

Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence will leave for Melbourne on Thursday on the first stage of a trip to Hong Kong and Japan.

River Murray Floods. Some 800 bags have been collected by Burra Rural Youth for the flood relief effort and many others have been sent in as well. The CWA is making and collecting block cakes and biscuits for the Renmark flood workers. The Church of England Boys’ Society is collecting bags door to door in the town.

The Air Force Club Rooms work has been retarded by the wet weather, but some progress has been made.

Burra School Welfare Club has celebrated its 18th birthday with a meeting on 7 August.

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, pages 1 & 8

Burra Bowling Club has purchased the Green due to the generosity of Debenture Holders and a bequest from the late E.F. Marston. A complete new fence will now be erected around the green. At the AGM the elections returned: Patron, E. Finch; President, H. Binks-Williams; Vice-Presidents, Messrs G.H. Dollman & S.J. Woollacott and secretary, J.B .Topsfield.

The retiring President H.J.B. Jennison reported a successful year. The greens were in excellent condition. During the year there were official visits to Blyth (twice) and Hallett. Hallett and Robertstown Clubs visited Burra. The most important matters for the year were incorporation and the purchase of the greens from the Debenture Holders, an option made possible by the £500 bequest of the late E.F. Marston. The club’s financial position is sound and the committee is grateful for a donation of £50 from the Croquet Club Ladies. Greens man Mr F. Fillmore has done an excellent job, but unfortunately he is unable to continue. Winners for the last season:

Championship V.A. Riggs

Consistency J.B. Topsfield

Championship Pairs Les Phillips & Reg Barty

Handicap Singles Joe Lloyd

Electric Light Pairs Joe Lloyd & E. Finch

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, page 2

Notice. Burra Burra DC gives notice of a poll of ratepayers on 15 September (not 1 September as previously advertised) to decide the proposition ‘That Division III of Part X of the Local Government Act 1924 providing for rating land values only, shall come into operation as regards this district.

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. 3rd stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy was fired over double 600 yards. Best were R.L. Pillar, I.L. Burdon and K. Spackman. R.L. Pillar scored the only possible for the day. He led the marksman’s Contest as well, followed by Jim Brown and H. Byles.

Basketball

Burra Comrades 21 defeated Terowie 15

Whyte Yarcowie forfeited to Leighton

Spalding 18 defeated Hallett 12

Booborowie and Burra Rovers drew 12 each.

At the end of the minor rounds the points were:

Spalding 28 (unbeaten for the season.)

Booborowie 20

Burra Comrades 17

Leighton 16

Terowie 16

Burra Rovers 9

Hallett 5

Whyte Yarcowie 2

Badminton. First Semi-Final, 6 August

Burra North Gold 11-209 defeated Kooringa Red 5.138

Second Semi-Final, 9 August

Burra North Blue defeated Kooringa Green 8-175

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, page 4

Burra Jubilee Benevolent Society elected for 1956-57: President, Rev. R. Lenthall; Secretary, Mrs A.B. Riggs and Treasurer, Mr E.R. Davey.

The main source of income is interest on invested funds, which is not large. This year little has been done except for the distribution of clothing. Last year circulars were sent out and it was decided there were no bad cases of hardship needing attention. Two lots of wood were delivered in July 1955, but none this year. We have received some very nice parcels of clothing.

87, 32, 14 Aug. 1956, page 6

Football

Burra 14.13 defeated Spalding 8.15

Hallett defeated Leighton [No scores printed.]

Terowie defeated Booborowie [No scores printed.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 August

Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida & Jennifer Jones in Beat the Devil

Judy Canova in Carolina Cannonball

22 August

Gene Kelly in Seagulls Over Sorrento

Ronald Regan & Steve Forrest in Prisoner of War

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 1

Accident. Mr J. Murphy of Booborowie suffered burns to his face and right arm when petrol exploded while he was refuelling his tractor from a drum of petrol. The flames spread into the drum and blew the small bung out, scorching the back of the car standing in the shed and slightly burning the shed. The force tipped the drum over, but fortunately it fell out of and away from the shed. The fire was quickly extinguished.

Immunisations. Thirty-two children from Hallett and Willalo Schools were immunised for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus on Wednesday 15 August. For many it was the last needle in the course, but for others a further two needles will be given on 19 September and 17 October. Only one is needed if children were immunised as infants.

Burra Swimming Pool

Work stopped last week when the equipment was sent to Renmark area for urgent flood work.

River Murray Floods

Six employees of the Hallett DC took three trucks and an overhead loader to Renmark on Thursday to help in the fight against rising flood water.

The Burra Mayor Mr Baulderstone and the Chairman of the DC Mr M. N. de Lucas have received a request from the Lord Mayor of Adelaide to open a local appeal for victims of the Murray floods. They will officially do so in Market Square at the Rotunda at 4 p.m. Friday.

The CWA cake and biscuit appeal had an amazing response. Cakes came in from CWA ladies at Black Springs, Farrell Flat, Mt Bryan, Burra and Hanson, with only two days’ notice. Mrs Radford and Mrs Gryst travelled ahead of DC trucks and plant on the way to help at Renmark. At Morgan they picked up more from the Eastern People and the car boot and back compartment was loaded to capacity with hundreds of cakes. They were met by Renmark’s Mayoress Mrs James and entertained at morning tea and lunch and shown the danger points in the town’s defences.

Burra Library’s Leap Year Ball in the Town Hall on Friday raised about £55 to enable the library to carry on this year.

St Joseph’s Fete was held in the RSL Hall on Friday afternoon. Rev. P.V. Hughes introduced Mrs J.T. Quinn of Mt Bryan who opened the fete. The nett proceeds were £289-2-111⁄2.

Basketball. Miss Deidre Snell of Booborowie has won the North Eastern Basketball Assoc. trophy for best player of the season.

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, pages 1 & 4

Football

The Burra Record Trophy for 1956 has gone to Kev Cousins of Booborowie with 29 points, leading D. Wilsdon of Spalding with 26. The trophy is an inscribed silver tray with cut glass sherry decanter and six stem glasses, valued at £15. [The details of the voting carry on to page 4.]

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 2

Advt. The Annual Buffalo Review in Burra Town Hall on Saturday 8 September will aid the Burra Town Hall.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 August

Charles Chaplin & Claire Bloom in Limelight

Plus News and Shorts

29 August

Rosalind Russell & Paul Douglas in Never Wave at a WAC

Brian Donlevy & Gig Young in Slaughter Trail

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 3

Burra Golf Associates held their Open Day last Friday

‘A’ Grade Championship Mrs O’Callaghan (Crystal Brook)

‘A’ Grade 27 Hole Handicap Mrs O’Callaghan (Crystal Brook)

‘B’ Grade 27 Hole Handicap Miss Antoinette McKeough (Peterborough)

‘A’ Grade 18 Hole Handicap Mrs Robinson (Peterborough)

‘B’ Grade 18 Hole Handicap Miss Antoinette McKeough (Peterborough)

‘A’ Grade 9 Hole Handicap Mrs O’Callaghan (Crystal Brook)

‘B’ Grade 9 Hole Handicap Mrs Schoff (Eudunda)

Veterans Mrs Thomas (Crystal Brook)

Special Trophy 36 Handicap

18 Hole Mrs J. Oates (Burra)

Teams event Peterborough No. 1

RSL. A contingent of RSL Members will go to the River over the next weekend prepared to operate where required.

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 5

Mr Allen Baulderstone was accredited as a Local Preacher at the evening service in Kooringa Methodist Church on Sunday 12 August. He received an inscribed Bible and a letter of congratulations and encouragement from the President of the Conference.

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 6

Football

Burra 8.8 defeated Terowie 6.4

Hallett 6.8 defeated Booborowie 2.7

Leighton probably defeated Spalding, but no figures are printed.

Hallett Colts 2.5 defeated Booborowie Colts 2.0

Badminton Grand Final: Burra North Blue 9-170 defeated Kooringa Green 7-177.

87, 33, 21 Aug. 1956, page 8

Marriage. Cowell Methodist Church 7 July

June Maxted, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Gordon Maxted of Mitchellville and late of Mt Bryan, married Barry Neil Franklin, youngest son of Mr & Mrs J.H. Franklin of Mitchellville.

The Adelaide-Burra Cycling Classic

An announcement of the coming event carries a partial list of past winners:

1907 H.G. Williams (33) 1920 H.G. Reed (26)

1910 W.E. Grigg (18) 1921 G.A. Curtis

1911 W.E. Grigg (Scratch) 1924 P. Osborne

1912 S. Grivell (22) c. 1936 K. Thurgood

The best time recorded was by D. Kirk in 1919 with 4 hours 30 minutes 18 seconds.

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 1

The Burra-Adelaide Road Classic was revived on Saturday when the Goodwood Cycling Club conducted the race from Adelaide to Burra with a field of 24 riders. The race was won by J. Borden off a 13 minute handicap from K. Treloar (25 min.) and B.L. Green (9 min.). The time was 4 hours 41 minutes 45 seconds. Time honours went to D. Walton in 4 hours 41 minutes 17 seconds. [Further details of the race are given in a report of just more than 1 column.]

The presentations of prize cheques and a trophy from the Burra business people were made at the RSL Hall on Saturday night. The first prize was £30 and a trophy, 2nd was £10 and then there were prizes of £5, £4, £3, £2 and £1. The fastest rider got £10 and O’Loughlin of Bordertown got £5 as the fastest country rider.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations reached £572-6-9.

‘Land Starved’ writes condemning the system which allows big landowners to buy up fully improved agricultural land to the detriment of farmers’ sons and then let the improvements fall into decay and deliberately keep it out of production because they are already paying too much income tax.

The Church of England Fete on Friday in the RSL Hall was opened at 2.30 p.m. by Mrs James F. Warnes of Koomooloo and raised a splendid total of £168.

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, pages 1 & 5

The River Murray Flood Appeal in Burra was launched on Friday in Market Square by Mayor E.T. Baulderstone and the Burra Burra DC Chairman Mr M. de N. Lucas. The present total of £715 includes: I.J. Warnes & Sons Ltd £250

Mr & Mrs Rex C. Warnes £100

Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant £100

Mr J.R. Barker £100

Mr S.A. James, Mayor of Renmark, has made a further appeal for food, as there are presently over 400 volunteers to be served three meals a day. Burra CWA has promised help. Donations of fresh meat may be left at the cold stores. Spalding CWA is sending a truckload of food on Wednesday. Booborowie donations may be left at Dinham Bros’ shop.

Fourteen members from Burra RSL went to Renmark at the weekend and delivered 3,500 bags provided by Mt Bryan and Burra graziers. A considerable supply of foodstuffs was also delivered. [The page 5 article of some 2⁄3 column outlines what happened at Renmark.]

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 2

Notice. Offers are called for by the Department of the Interior for Part of Lot ‘G’ with a frontage of 92 ft to Paxton Terrace and a depth of about 150 ft.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 September

Jane Powell in Three Sailors and a Girl

Randolph Scott in Thunder Over the Plains

5 September

Robert Taylor & Eleanor Parker in Valley of the Kings

Dermot Walsh & Jacqueline Hill in The Blue Parrot

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 4

Basketball Semi-Finals

Burra Comrades 25 defeated Leighton 9

Spalding 28 defeated Booborowie 18

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 6

Football. Booborowie 14.13 defeated Terowie 13.13.

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 7

Fiebig’s Service Station in Burra North has been appointed the depot for sandbags. They will be taken to the River as soon as sufficient accumulate.

87, 34, 28 Aug. 1956, page 8

Stockowners’ Assoc. of SA Burra Branch held its AGM on 10 August. Retiring President A.D. Radford reported on the year. It had been a period of good seasonal conditions with good rain and feed growth. The experience of the grasshopper plague showed infestations could be controlled. Following the meeting on sheep stealing, which let the public know the Association and the police were determined to stamp it out, no further instances have been reported. Following the shearers’ strike we have an assurance from the AWU that in future they will abide by the rulings of the Arbitration Court. Present membership is 130. Elected were: President, John M. Gebhardt; Vice-President, Gerald Gask and H. Binks-Williams & J. Battye are Joint Secretaries.

Mr R.J. Mcauley, a state Vice-President, addressed members on the need for a strong Association and paid tribute to the capable handling of the affairs of the Association by President H.J. Bird, during his office.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 1

River Murray Flood Relief Appeal reaches £932-19-0.

Burra Air Force Club Rooms: further donations are acknowledged.

Football. The Second Semi-Final was played in very bad weather. Hallett suffered severe casualties and finished with only 15 players. Burra 10.4 defeated Hallett 6.12.

Players left the field simply done out with the extreme conditions. Severe cold with wind and rain prevailed for the whole game and at the end players were near exhaustion and barely able to talk.

Accident. A 1936 V-8 Ford apparently skidded on the wet surface, hit two guard posts, tore out several fence posts and then came to rest against a tree on Saturday afternoon. The accident occurred near the rail crossing near D.M. Short’s. Four young men who had been shearing at Gum Creek were injured and admitted to Burra Hospital. They were: Robert John Colley of Redcliffes, Mildura; Kerry Nobes (17), a shed hand of Launceston, Tasmania’ Carrie Hearn, a shed hand of St Georges, Adelaide and James Joseph Noonan (22), a shearer of Arrodia, Victoria.

Burra High school Ball on Friday night at the Burra Town Hall raised over £90.

[Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Burra Rural Youth Club was addressed by Mr P.H. Quirke MP on the subject of ‘State Government’ at its 27 August meeting.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, pages 1 & 5

Leighton Football Club held a Mock Debutante Ball last Wednesday:

Miss Half Back Bruce Stockman with Mr Trip Peter Bruce

Miss Half Forward Bob Williams with Mr Over the Shoulder Colin Lloyd

Miss Rover Bill Byles with Mr Shepherd Don Bruce

Miss Full Forward Frank Lynch with Mr Throw the Ball Ross Berryman

Miss Ruck Don Stockman with Mr Kick in it David Lloyd

Miss Full Back Phillip Tattersall with Mr Chopping Colin Ramm

Miss Centre Stan Beinke with Mr Pish in the Back John Bruce

Miss Back Pocket Ted Butler with Mr Hold the Man Rupert Kleinig

Miss Forward Pocket John Gordon with Mr Hanging On Jim Michael

Door takings were £42.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 September

Kay Walsh & Bill Owen in The Rainbow Jacket

Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon in Life with the Lyons

12 September

John Wayne & Robert Ryan in Flying Leathernecks

Brian Donleavy in Roadblock

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 3

Burra High School visited Adelaide on Monday. The party comprised 64 students and teachers. The boys left the train at Dry Creek, where a bus took them to the Metropolitan Abattoirs to inspect the processes involved in preparing animals and meats for export. Most of the boys showed a keen interest, especially in the slaughtering and freezing departments. Some, however, were a little shaky.

The girls went on to Adelaide and visited the GPO where they inspected the telegram and telegraph department and then the mail sorting section. The two parties met again at West Beach Airport where ANA officials were most co-operative. The air hostess showed the girls over a DC4 that was ready for take-off. The boys were shown over by one of the officers. Lunch was then taken at Glenelg before a drive through the hills to Mt Bold via Clarendon. On the way back a stop was made at Windy Point for a view over the city. The trip home saw the cafeteria car in great demand.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 3 & 6

Football Semi-Final

Burra 3.1 4.2 7.4 10.4

Hallett 3.7 4.10 4.11 6.12

The weather was atrocious and many players were forced off the field by severe cramps brought on by the cold. Neither team finished with 18 players. Burra lost James (injured early in the first quarter) late in the third quarter and within minutes Baulderstone left with cramp. At about the same time Hallett lost Warrior with severe cold shivers and in the third quarter they lost Furst with concussion, L. Sullivan, F. Brooks and R. Scott with cramp, N. Prior with concussion and Wanganeen with shivers. Burra were also weakened with Allen receiving a severe knock to the leg.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 5

Burra Town Council

The area in front of the Burra School will be scarified in preparation for planting in autumn.

In response to a question from the Swimming Pool Committee they were advised that the Department of Works will install a purification well at the Post Office so that only clean water will drain across the main road towards the Burra Creek.

The hoarding near the Post Office will be removed as soon as possible.

87, 35, 4 Sep. 1956, page 8

Football

The North Eastern Football Assoc. medal for the 1956 season went to Keith Warrior of Hallett. He has won the medal on two previous occasions and his previous football was played for the Yorke Valley Association, for the Point Pearce team. He was also best on ground at the match of the Association against Barossa & Light Association. The runner-up was Kevin Cousins, Captain of Booborowie. Frank Cousins of Spalding was third.

87, 36, 11 Sep. 1956, page 1

Burra Burra DC ratepayers will vote on the basis of the assessments on Saturday 15 September. The District Clerk T.G. Perry has set out the circumstances leading up to the proposal.

When the old District Councils were amalgamated in 1935 a new assessment of the district was made. Every seven years since then it has been necessary to appoint a valuator and have a new assessment made. Each time this seems to have been done by increasing assessed values by as little as could be arranged, which has resulted in the use of a high rate on the pound to generate sufficient income. On effect of a low assessment and subsequently low income is to reduce the assistance from State and Federal Governments. Last year it was found hat a new assessment would be needed and Councillors were divided, but finally decided to appoint a valuator to carry out the work under the annual values system, which is the one in operation at present. When this assessment was not available for the July 1956 meeting, Councillors resolved to put the case to the ratepayers to ask approval for a change to the land values system of rating. Under either system the income required will be about the same as in previous years.

If the ratepayers vote NO

The present annual value system will remain.

A new assessment will be necessary at a cost of about £800 for a valuer.

Assessments will be brought to a level of within 70% of present day values including all improvements. It is believed values of assessments will be at least treble and the rate in the pound will be able to be dropped a corresponding amount.

Every seven years the assessment will need to be renewed.

If the ratepayers vote YES

The land values system will be adopted subject to a petition being presented to the Governor.

The assessment of the State Land Tax Department will be available for adoption at no cost and as this is reviewed every five years, it would always be up to date.

Land would be rated on unimproved value and ratepayers will not be forced to pay rates on improvements. The figures for your property are available at the Council Office.

The standing of the Council would be improved because of its sound financial background.

The majority of Councillors approve the change.

Stray Stock are a problem at Hallett.

The Buffalo Review on Saturday night at the Town Hall drew a large crowd with door takings of £73. The nett proceeds from this will aid the Town Hall Improvement Fund.

River Murray Flood Relief Appeal has reached £1,009-2-0.

Basketball Preliminary Final: Booborowie 14 defeated Burra Comrades 13.

87, 36, 11 Sep. 1956, pages 1 & 5

Football. Hallett 12.10 defeated Booborowie 10.13.

Hallett Colts 6.12 defeated Booborowie Colts 6.5.

87, 36, 11 Sep. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 September

Joan Crawford & Sterling Hayden in Johnny Guitar

Jerry Colona in Music in the Moonlight

19 September

Robert Taylor & Stewart Granger in All the Brothers Were Valiant

Mickey Rooney & Eddie Bracken in A Slight Case of Larceny

87, 36, 11 Sep. 1956, page 4

The SA Three Day Cycling Classic was held over Friday, Saturday & Sunday and incorporated an overnight stop in Burra. The riders sprinted into Burra at about 4.47 p.m. Saturday, soaked to the skin and covered with mud. The leaders were Patterson (Victoria), Oliver (WA) and Hales (SA). They riders departed at 9.30 a.m. Sunday. The route had to be changed because the Hill River crossing was flooded between Clare and Farrell Flat and instead riders travelled to Balaklava via Waterloo, Manoora and auburn. The winner at 5.20 p.m. on Sunday was Patterson.

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 1

Football

Burra won the Premiership for the first time in eighteen years when it defeated Hallett by three points.

Burra 16.6 defeated Hallett 12.15.

The last Burra team to win a premiership was when it played in the Burra Football association in 1938. It too was against Hallett, but was then played at Booborowie rather than at Terowie as this year. In the last few minutes [in 1938] Joff Hill slammed the final goal to take the premiership by three points. [See 59, 38, 20 Sep. 1938, page 1: In the Grand Final at Booborowie last Saturday:

Kooringa 14.10 (94) defeated Hallett 12.19 (91).]

Before the start of the ‘A’ Grade Grand Final, after the Ashmore Shield had been presented to the Burra Colts Captain, Mr J. Jenner President of the Association presented the Mail Medal to Keith Warrior. This was his fourth Mail Medal, having won three while playing in the Yorke Valley Association for the Point Pearce team.

[Page 6 adds that Burra Colts 11.12 defeated Hallett Colts 7.7 to win the Ashrose Shield.]

Basketball Grand Final at Terowie last Saturday: Spalding 19 defeated Booborowie 18.

Spalding went through the season unbeaten.

Burra Burra DC Ratepayers’ Poll on the method of assessment on Saturday voted 89 to 40 in favour of Land Values Assessment. Although there are 716 on the roll only 131 voted.

Australia’s Amateur Hour will hold its semi-final on 27 September in Adelaide. Mrs B. Kilgariff of Alice Springs is a semi-finalist. She was formerly Aileen Canny, daughter of Mr & Mrs Tom Canny, late of Gum Creek.

L. Rossiter Lenthall, Rector of St Mary’s, writes seeking home stay visits for men of the RAF presently visiting Australia and anxious to see something of life on farms and stations.

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 2

Advt. Hallett Pictures, Grand Opening Next Saturday, 22 September

Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth Moore & Donald Siden in Doctor in the House

Rock Hudson & Barbara Rush in Taza, Son of Cochise

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 September

John Payne & Coleen Gray in Secret Four

Evelyn Keyes & Dennis O’Keefe in One Big Affair

26 September

Jean Simmons & Victor Mature in Androcles and the Lion

Stephen McNally & Alexis Smith in Split Second

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 5

River Murray Flood Relief Appeal reaches £1,064-7-0.

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 6

Accident. A car driven by Brian John Nankivell of Queen Street Burra ran into a horse and cart from behind at about 7 p.m. two miles south of Gawler on Saturday, 8 September. Nankivell’s car then lurched across the road and came to rest with its front section resting on the bonnet of a car travelling in the opposite direction. Nankivell’s car and the cart were almost totally wrecked and the other car extensively damaged. Amazingly none of the people involved was seriously hurt. The other car was driven by Maxwell George Cadd of Angaston and the cart by Sydney Clare Draper (90) of Gawler. The horse also escaped injury.

87, 37, 18 Sep. 1956, page 7

Birth. To Evelyn & Reg Scarborough at Burra Hospital on Friday 14 September, a daughter, Susanne Rae.

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool Committee promoted the Burraquatics Amateur Hour for 1956 at the Town Hall on Friday night, compered by Mr Ted Orchard. There were 18 contestants and outright winners were the Misses Jennifer Ryan and Patty Cummins who performed a piano duet. They had a clear lead over their nearest competitor Mr Bill McGarva who sang The Lord’s Prayer. [Other competitors are listed.] Proceeds are expected to benefit the Building Fund by c. £85.

Accident. A horse owned by Mr Cyril Irlam and valued at £15 was injured on Saturday night when hit by a car driven by Mr E.J. Lehmann of Burra. The accident occurred at 10.45 p.m. in Ludgvan St near the Redruth Methodist Church. The horse was severely injured about the head and was lying in the roadway. It was later struck again by a car driven by Mr Brian Sheridan of Burra North, no doubt due to the numerous vehicles obscuring the animal. It was later destroyed by Constable Clift of the Burra North Police. It was removed on Sunday morning. Damage to Mr Lehmann’s car was c. £10 and to Mr Sheridan’s c. £25.

Fire. A spark from burning rubbish seems to have ignited some cartons in the shed at the back of Sandy’s Serv-Wel Store yesterday morning. Mrs S. Johnson sounded the alarm and the store staff had almost extinguished the fire by the time the Fire Brigade appeared and finished the job.

Football. Burra played a visiting team from Yorketown and as a result the Swimming Pool Fund gained £25. Yorketown 10.15 defeated Burra 7.8.

Weather. The Burra rainfall for 1956 has reached 20 inches. In the last week falls to the east varied from 28 to 56 points.

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, pages 1 & 4

Burra Town Council, 17 September

P.H. Quirke MP submitted a report from the Assistant Manager of ETSA in reference to the negotiations to take over the Burra Electric Supply Co. These protracted negotiations were finalised in late 1955 when it was agreed that ETSA would acquire the undertaking on 1 July 1958. Mr Quirke said he would maintain a review to see that as far as he could the building of the transmission lines would cause no delay after 1 July 1958.

The Council approved several new by-laws:

Setting a maximum penalty of £10 for driving the wrong way in any street.

Making all traffic keep to the left hand side of the War Memorial and Garden.

Declaring a prohibited are north for 500 yards from the southern boundary of the Fire Station, one the east side of Market Street except for a vehicle drawn up parallel and close to the eastern alignment.

A law confining dogs in the street to being on a lead and banning dogs in shops. [Along with a series of complicated exemptions.]

Regulating street hawkers, setting out locations for stands and the fees to be paid.

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 3

Obituary. James Brady, late of Mt Bryan East, died 24 September aged 96.

[Page 6 adds ‘at the Burra Hospital’. Born 3 June 1862 Outalpa: so actually 94 at death. See extended obituary 87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 1.]

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 5

S.R. Treloar was fined £2 plus 10/- costs for failing to move on when requested to do so at the Memorial Oval football match on Saturday. He was also fined £3 for offensive language and £5 for resisting arrest.

Jennison’s Tyre Service in the last few months has installed up-to-date retreading and repair facilities. A 15 h.p. Clayton Steam Generator provides steam for full circle moulds and sectional repair moulds. Full steam pressure can be obtained in five minutes.

Matthews Furniture Emporium has been modernised and offers a display of furniture from a door may to the latest of kitchen cupboard units. Anything not in stock can be procured immediately.

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 6

Murray Flood Relief Appeal stands at £1,079-17-0.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 September.

Abbott & Costello in A & C Meet Captain Kidd

Dennis Morgan in Pretty Baby

3 October

William Holden & Eleanor Parker in Escape from Fort Bravo

Plus Shorts and News

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 7

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade: Ironmine 11-97 defeated Booborowie 9-86.

87, 38, 25 Sep. 1956, page 8

Accident. A truck driven by Gordon Kingsley Webb was parked near the Kooringa Hotel when apparently the brakes released and allowed it to roll into the centre verandah post, snapping it off completely.

Burra Rifle Club. In the 5th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy the best results came from W. Watts, Tom Brazil and W. Barker. Ron Kellock was best off the rifle.

Brian Jefferies contributes a letter of 12⁄3 columns from Uruguay.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool Donations have reached £726-13-8.

Mr P.H. Quirke MP opened the Burra Buffalo Lodge Ball at the Town Hall last Friday. Primo K. Williams welcomed the guests and introduced the Mayor who in turn asked Mr Quirke to open the ball. Mr & Mrs Colin Hancock of Spalding won the waltzing competition.

Burra Colts Football Team were entertained on Saturday night by the Senior Club at the Town Hall Pictures, followed by a pasty supper.

River Murray Flood Relief Appeal reaches £1,089-17-0.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, pages 1 & 8

Burra War Memorial Committee held its annual meeting on Monday. Elected: President, Ken Murphy; Vice-President, I. Burdon; Secretary, J.C. Morrison and Treasurer, E.R. Davey. The President reported a relatively quiet year. The major effort was the Queen Competition, which raised £288. Work at the oval was mainly maintenance. The main worry was the basketball court, which is on built-up ground and suffered subsidence in the wet winter. This will be rectified in the dry weather. Repairs and additions have been made to the afternoon tea shed. Experiments with grasses for the oval will continue. After receiving tenders for a three-tier grandstand to seat 40-50 people on the western side of the oval, it was decided not to proceed this year as we may be short of funds for the completion of the basketball court and general maintenance, but we have put aside £250 to be carried into next year to carry out the grandstand project. The stone wall needs repair and the floor of the dressing shed needs repair also. Thanks go to Mr R. Fuss for work done for no charge and to F.M. Pearce & Sons for preparation of plans and specifications for the grandstand.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, mort & Co. on instructions from W.G. Winchester, who is relinquishing his carrying business, will sell his trucks and plant at Mt Bryan on 16 October. [Details in 11⁄4 columns.]

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 4

Burra Rural Youth welcomed Joe Fillmore and Brian Thomas as new members at their meeting on 24 September. Members decided to run the cool drinks, ice cream and sweets stall at the Burra Show and following business there was a social evening for Miss Avis Stockman, who was presented with a box of silver teaspoons. [Avis Stockman and Joy Pettet were two past members who were about to be married.]

Hallett Pictures had a grand opening, which drew about 240 patrons.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 5

Burra rifle Club. The first stage of the Championship was fired. In the marksman’s contest Cec. Edwards did best followed by Jim Schwier and Gordon Webster. In the handicap section the best were Wally Edwards, T. Brazil and R. Francis.

Marriage. 23 September Terowie Methodist Church

Linda Hams, daughter of Mr & Mrs Bob Hams of Terowie, married

Kevin Ruddock, son of Mr & Mrs Ruddock of Tarlee.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 6

Booborowie Cricket Club has chosen K. Cousins as Captain and K. Brooks as Vice-Captain.

Booborowie Tennis Club elected R.J. Affolter as President with Secretary & Treasurer shared by J. Kemp & R. Harris. R. Affolter will captain the ‘A’ Grade and N. Cousins the ‘B’ Grade.

Tennis

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 16.105 defeated Leighton 4054

Spalding 16.111 defeated Ironmine 4-56

Burra Swimming Pool. Council equipment has returned from the River Murray and excavation at the pool should soon be completed.

87, 39, 2 Oct. 1956, page 7

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 October

Akim Tamiroff in You Know What Sailers Are

Larry Sparks & Constance Smith in Tiger by the Tail

8 October

Eight Hour Day – program to be selected.

10 October

Robert Young & Janis Carter in The Half Breed

Ida Lupino & Robert Ryan in On Dangerous Ground

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 1

Hanson Methodist Ladies’ Guild at its AGM elected President, Rev. D. Haydon; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames M.R. Humphrys & J. Mitchell; Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs S. Robinson and Assistant Secretary, Mrs Wood.

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM 29 September and elected: President, Mrs. H. Topsfield; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Riggs & J. Gebhardt; Secretary, Mrs D. Field; Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield; Captain, Mrs F. Reed and Vice-Captain, Mrs D. Field.

Tennis. Ironmine 16-105 defeated Mt Bryan 4-60.

Eastern District Fire Fighting Organisation held its AGM at Koomooloo 25 September. Members attending represented an area from Mutooroo to Balah. Supervisor Rex C. Warnes welcomed members and visitors. £50 from funds was voted to the Lord Mayor’s Flood Relief Appeal. The General Manager of Mutooroo Mr W.J. Findlay advised that 98 miles of fire breaks had been bulldozed to an average width of 30 ft. Mr F.L. Kerr, Director of Fire Emergency Services (Adelaide) gave an address on amendments to the Bush Fires Act and on powers given under it to Local Government and Fire Control Officers. Rex C. Warnes of ‘The Gap’ was re-elected Supervisor and James Warnes of Koomooloo and A.D. Radford of Glenora were elected Deputy Supervisors.

A demonstration of two way mobile radio use was given between Koomooloo and a truck driven to and from Woolgangi.

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, pages 1 & 8

Burra Hospital held its AGM on Tuesday night.

The Chairman Mr S.J .Woollacott reported major on-going difficulties in obtaining qualified staff and with book debts. The physical condition of the hospital was excellent. The Men’s Ward was completely renovated and repainted from floor to ceiling and three private rooms with adjoining passage were also repainted throughout. The Casualty Room, Theatre and Sterilizing Room, Duty Room and passage were also renovated and painted, as were the Main Entrance Hall, Secretary’s Office, Pantry, Kitchenette, Dining Room and most of the hospital’s furniture. A cheaper and improved sterilizing system was installed and a new dark room for X-Ray development was built and equipped and much new equipment was purchased. Getting and keeping trained staff and trainees remains a problem despite the new Nurses’ Quarters.

The amount owing on unpaid debts is a concern.

The loss this year of W.J. Thomas is sincerely felt for the years of self-sacrificing work that he did. The Chairman thanked the Board Members and the Ladies of the House Committee as well as the staff and the members of the various Women’s Organisations in the district who do so much to keep the hospital going.

The Medical Officer, Dr R.B. Pitcher, reported 340 patients for the year, with a daily occupancy of 12. 82 operations were performed, 63 babies were born and there were 13 deaths.

Dr Pitcher reiterated the Chairmen’s concerns over staffing. He regretted the way in which several very capable and suitable Matrons have come and gone in a short time because they could not feel happy in the position. He felt there was little awareness in the community of the high standing the position should carry. It was an arduous job with little enough financial reward and the community needed to look after and support hospital staff, who arrived in the community as strangers. If this is not done the hospital must close.

The meeting resolved to authorise the Board to call a meeting to form a Women’s Hospital Auxiliary.

It was also recommended to the Board that it be reduced in size by having each of the bodies represented by one instead of two persons and also that the number of positions declared vacant each year be increased from 3 to 6. It was also suggested the Board organise a wood day each year to reduce the cost of this item considerably.

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. advises that under instructions from G. & K. Finch, who have leased their property, that they will conduct a clearing sale of plant and equipment and household furniture etc. on the property four miles southwest of Burra on Tuesday 23 October.

[Details in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 4

Adelaide Wool Sales 25-27 September saw almost a complete clearance with firmer prices. [Local district prices are printed.]

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 5

Hallett & District Schools’ Sports were held on Friday 28 September. Schools competing were Terowie Blue, Terowie Gold, Mt Bryan, Hallett & Yarcowie. [Results are printed.]

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 October

Margaret Lockwood & Orson Wells in Trouble in the Glen

Mickey Rooney & Robert Strauss in The Atomic Kid

17 October

Spencer Tracy Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey & Robert Young in North West Passage

Notice. Kooringa Methodist Church Anniversary Services 14 October. Preacher Rev. D. Haydon.

87, 40, 9 Oct. 1956, page 7

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 11 sets defeated Aberdeen 9 sets

‘B’ Grade Spalding 18-111 defeated Mt Bryan 3-42.

Burra Rifle Club at Burra on Saturday: Burra 659 defeated Clare 654.

87, 41, 16 Oct. 1956, page 1

The Burra Show was held last Saturday. At 12.45 p.m. the President Mr Rex C. Warnes introduced the Director of the Royal Agricultural Society Mr H.J .Finnis, who opened the show. G. Stanley Hawker moved a vote of thanks. The official party adjourned to the main pavilion for luncheon. The weather for the show was perfect. The gate at £162-10-0 was slightly down. Sideshows were less numerous due to the shift from the holiday weekend. The flower display was outstanding, perhaps the best ever. Industrial stands were not quite as numerous as in 1955, but were very representative.

The school displays were bigger and better.

In Art entries were few, but the quality was good. The main prize winners were J.E. Zanker and M. Perry in the Children’s Section.

New ideas in photography hold promise for future interest.

New skylights greatly improved the poultry pavilion.

Cattle numbers were disappointing and except for the prize winners, lacking in quality. F.M. Jefferies took the aggregate prize.

Dog numbers were down, bur a reorganising of this section produced a better class of entries.

The whole of the pavilion was taken up by a magnificent flower display, probably the best ever. Much credit goes to the Chief Steward Mr R. Fuss, who has done much work on improvements to the display and offers every assistance to exhibitors in staging their entries. The main prize winners were: R. Harris, R. Fuss, Mrs H.A. Edwards, M. Falkai, L.G .White, A.C. Ford, R.W. Humphrys and Mrs W.H. Nankivell.

The judges said you wouldn’t see better in the Adelaide Show in the Floral Art Section.

C.H. Behn won the trophy in Grain & Fodder.

Horses in Action drew fewer entries because the Hamley Bridge Show was the same day. The main prize winners were W.G. Couzens, W.F. Meyer, M. McWaters & T. Williams, while locals to take prizes were G. Gask and Miss M .Tiver.

Needlework entries were of excellent quality. The Warnes Prize for a collection of fancy work went to Mrs P.V. Oates. Others who featured were Miss Jean Ley and Mrs G.R. Finch.

Sheep. Murray Thomas won in the Open Class strong wool section and Champion Strong Wool Rams. The Champion Strong Wool Merino Ewe was entered by C.R. McInnes.

The Open Class Medium Wool Trophy went to J.L. Edmonds.

In 1000-2000 Class C.R. McInnes showed the Champion Merino Ewe.

East Bungaree Ltd had the best collection of vegetables.

In Wool the Champion Fleece was exhibited by K.R. Phillips of ‘The Gums’.

Burra Rifle Club

The event is not described, but N. Solly of Clare was top off the rifle, followed by Tony Dohnt of Clare and H.H. Byles of Burra. In the Teams Event: Burra 373

Clare 370

Spalding 355

Auburn 353

Two possibles were scored: one by N. Solly of Clare and one by J. Brown of Burra.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations reach £777-1-4.

87, 41, 16 Oct. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 October

Robert Stack & Jean Taylor in War Paint

Tom Conway & Hillary Brooke in Confidence Girl

25 October

Dick Powell & Rhonda Fleming in Cry Danger

And Jungle Head Hunters

87, 41, 16 Oct. 1956, pages 4, 5 & 8

Burra Show Prize Winners

[Personal interest: Prizes won by R. Fuss

3 Cut Flowers 2nd Viola, 6 distinct shades 2nd

3 Distinct Annuals 1st Viola, 3 Distinct Shades 1st

3 Anemone 6 petals only 1st Pot Plant in Bloom, Freesia Mixed 1st & 2nd

6 Freesia 2nd Pot Plant in Bloom,

3 Freesia 2nd Freesia White and/or Cream 1st & 2nd

Sweet Peas 3 of 3 shades 1st Pot Plant in Bloom, Primula 1st

6 Tuberous, Bulbous or Rhizome 2nd Pot Plant in Bloom, New or Rare 1st & 2nd

3 Tuberous, Bulbous or Rhizome 2nd Pot Plant for Table 2nd

6 Viola, unenumerated 1 shade 1st & 2nd Basket Plant, New or Rare 2nd

3 Viola, unenumerated 1 shade 1st & 2nd Window Box 1st]

87, 41, 16 Oct. 1956, page 6

Hallett Flower Show on 6 October was an outstanding success. [Prize list next issue.]

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, page 1

Burra Racing Club was looking forward to a record meeting with the track in perfect order, but 30 points of rain during the day spoilt this. Between noon and 1 p.m. there were very heavy showers and a deal of hail. A crowd was present and the gate was £218. The CWA ladies did wonderfully for lunch, but the demand was so great that they were practically cleared out by 2 p.m. [Results printed.]

Burra Young Farmers were addressed by John Tarrant, a New Zealand Young Farmer, at their October meeting.

Burra Rifle Club. The 6th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy was fired over double 700 yards on Saturday and the best scorers were B.O. (Bert) Scholz, E.C. Hopkins & K. Phillips. Bert Scholz scored the day’s only possible. Off the rifle B.O. Scholz was followed by Tom Heinrich and T. Brazil.

Robbery. Forced entries were made to the Burra & Kooringa Hotels early on Sunday morning. £32 was taken from the Burra Hotel after the Saloon Bar window was forced. The Kooringa Hotel was entered via the cellar trap door and about £8 in silver was stolen from the bar.

Burra Bowling Club. The deeds to the ground were presented to the committee by Mr E. Finch, Chairman of the Ground Syndicate, at the opening of the 1956-57 Bowls Season. Mr N. Woodards, a former secretary, opened the season and Mrs Woodards opened the Croquet Greens.

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, pages 1 & 4

Football. The season was rounded off with 90 members, players and officials at the Annual Association Dinner at Spalding in the District Hall on Saturday. The Burra Record Trophy was presented to Kevin Cousins of Booborowie. The Secretary Mr Ron Chambers was presented with a beautiful dinner set in appreciation of his efforts for the Association. [Details of the evening occupy about 11⁄2 columns.]

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, page 4

Football. Terowie Football Club wind-up dinner was held on Saturday when about 60 people attended. [Details in a little more than 1 column.]

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, page 5

Hallett Flower Show Prize List.

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 October

Eddie Cantor in The Eddie Cantor Story

Stirling Haydon in City In Dark

31 October

Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso

Fred McMurray in Calloway Went That-Away

87, 42, 23 Oct. 1956, page 7

Obituary. Ainiello Tedesco aged 21, a packer of the Hallett Railway Camp, was accidentally killed at Hallett on 1 October. He slipped off a trolley on the line three miles north of Hallett and was run over. He had only been in Australia for six months and his parents reside in St Martino, Italy. An inquest was deemed unnecessary after police enquiries.

Tennis. Burra Lawn Tennis Courts will open on Saturday.

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-101 defeated Booborowie 7-47

‘B’ Grade Spalding 20-120 defeated Booborowie 0-32

Hallett Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary 14 October. Rev. Keith Smith from Largs Bay was the guest preacher.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 1

Burra Air Force Association

The State President of the Association Mr D. Orchard officially opened the Burra Branch Club Rooms on Saturday night. It is the first SA Branch to have its own club rooms. Representatives from around the state attended as well as from the district. The room has been beautifully furnished and redecorated, though weather has prevented the painting of the outside as yet. Ross Humphrys, Branch President, welcomed guests. Vice-President John Mc bride introduced Mr Orchard. Mr Orchard was accompanied by the Assistant State Secretary Mr Gordon Warhurst, the IPP of Port Adelaide Mr Sid. Jay and Mr Cyril Glasson, Secretary of the Prospect Branch. During the evening four members of the RAF arrived from Edinburgh Airfield.

Mr & Mrs W. Winchester were given a farewell at Mt Bryan on 19 October.

Mrs Sara of Burra North will be 92 on 31 October.

Obituary. Mr James Brady was born at Willamottey Station on 24 May 1840*, where his father was a shepherd. While he was still young the family moved to Mt Bryan East where he lived until the last couple of years, when he was an inmate of the Burra Hospital. One of his earliest jobs was as a shepherd for the late Mr Richard Reed of Wandillah near Burra. In his early 20s he went shearing at a time when they had to walk to the various sheds with their swags on their backs. He often used to speak of the long distances between sheds up north – distances of up to 100 miles. He was an outstanding walker in those days and more often than not he was the first to reach the shed. Some of his mates would arrive a day or two later on account of their feet. He used to shear at Koomooloo and would walk home to Mt Bryan East after knocking off at 1 p.m. Saturday and return to Koomooloo by Sunday night, a distance of 30 miles each way. He always brought his shearing cheque home to his mother so they could have more of the necessities of life. Throughout his life his work was always on the heavy side. He was a bullock driver, made dams and farmed with bullocks at Mt Bryan East. With his stepfather Mr Bill Phillips, in the early part of this century, he went share farming with the late Sir John Melrose at Ulooloo Station. Jim and Mr Phillips also did quite a lot of contract fencing in the back country. He was a good axeman and at their Newikie holding he had cleared about 400 acres of mallee scrub. Now that area is covered in pasture – a living monument to a grand pioneer. Until about six years ago he used to shear his own flock of about 400 sheep, with blades – probably the only man who ever lived to do it at that age. He loved hunting kangaroos and rabbits with his dogs. He had some outstanding sheep dogs and was very good with them. He was a good-natured and kind-hearted person. He never married and gave his life for his mother. James was the oldest of five brothers and as far as is known Jack, Tom, Will and Joe are all deceased. He also had four sisters: Eliza Mrs Regan, Lucy Mrs Carpenter and Mary Mrs Nelson, all of Broken Hill, and Mrs August Pohlner of Hallett. As far as is known only Mrs Nelson survives.

[The date 24 May 1840 is obviously nonsense: in fact James Brady was born 3 June 1862 at Outalpa: so actually 94 at death. He died 24 September 1956.]

Tennis. Burra Lawn Tennis Club season was opened by President R.G. Jeffery.

Colin Hogan, a Sturt Footballer and third son of Mr & Mrs Pat Hogan ran his first race as a professional on Saturday. He won the £30 Findon Sheffield over 130 yards.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, mort & Co. Annual Off-Shears Sale on Friday 2 November.

14,000 sheep will be offered.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from the executors in the estate of the late Mrs L.J. Voumard will offer by auction her house property on allotments at Mitchell Flat, being allotments 290 & 291 with a stone cottage of seven rooms etc. along with household effects.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 November

Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov & Robert Morley in Beau Brummell

Plus News & Shorts

7 November

Michael Redgrave & Dirk Bogarde in The Sea Shall Not Have Them

John Carroll & Virginia Bruce in The Reluctant Bride

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 800 yards. Best were J. Brown, W. Corner & R. Bernhardt. Possibles were scored by J. Brown, R. Bernhardt, T. Heinrich and C. Edwards. [And Ed Hopkins in the commentary, but he doesn’t appear in the scores.]

Best off the rifle were J. Brown, Bill Corner & ‘Jock’ Bernhardt.

Kooringa Methodist Church held its Anniversary on 14 October. Rev. Haydon took the services.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 5

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church 6 October

Joy Pettet, eldest daughter of Mrs & the late Mr W.C .Pettet of Burra North, married

Bill Schriever, fifth son of Mr & Mrs A.J. Schriever of Western Flat.

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church 6 October

Avis Jean Stockman, only daughter of Mr & Mrs H.B. Stockman of Burra, married

Geoffrey Neil Clarke, youngest son of Mr & Mrs R.P. Clarke of Melrose.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 6

Burra [Kooringa] Masonic Lodge installed Bro. D.H. Field as Wpl Master on Wednesday 24 October. After the ceremony in the Temple a Masonic Ball was held in the Town Hall where 300 people from various parts of SA, Victoria and NSW were present.

Mt Bryan Methodist Sunday School held its Anniversary recently with Rev. J. Wilton officiating.

87, 43, 30 Oct. 1956, page 7

Cricket. Opening game of the first round.

Buffs 179 versus Koonoona.

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade: Kooringa 12-99 defeated Hallett 8-87.

A.A. Davey, Librarian, urges more to come and join the library and thanks the Ball in aid of the library for the financial assistance enabling more new books to be added to the library.

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 1

Burra Town Hall Improvements

Last Monday representatives of the Town Council, Institute Library and CWA discussed and later approved plans for the improvements to the Town Hall, including the addition of a long wanted supper room. The Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone outlined a scheme for the improvements involving a reshuffling of usage of the present rooms. For years those using the present supper room have complained bitterly of the facilities. The plan outlined by the Mayor suggested:

Conversion of the present building on the south side adjoining the Council Chamber, to an office for the Town Clerk, leaving the Council Chamber as a reception and meeting place.

Using the rest of the south side for the library, which the Library Committee intend to modernise a great deal. The entrance to the Library will be on the left hand side – as at present used by the CWA.

On the north side the present Reading Room will become the CWA Room and the other library rooms will be turned into one big supper room with all facilities.

It is intended that this room will also be used as a meeting room for sporting and other bodies.

To effect these changes it will only be necessary to erect a kitchen on the northwest end of the present building, with an entrance on the right hand side of the Town Hall.

It is intended to move the film winding room to the dress circle next to the Bio Room. This will take up a little room, but with the new seating to be installed it is thought that more patrons will actually be accommodated than at present. Although this will be done at the same time, it will be financed from the picture fund.

The scheme was approved and will proceed immediately and a committee to implement it has been formed from the three bodies mentioned. An appeal for funds will be launched. The expected cost is about £1,500 of which about £1,000 will need to be raised. If the stage is no longer used for supper room purposes the screen, which is delicate and expensive, will not have to be moved at all.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies Guild held their fete in the RSL Hall on 2 November. It was opened by Mrs A.G. Owen-Smyth of Ulooloo and raised £175. [Details in about 3⁄4 column.]

Dalgety & Co.’s First Market in Burra was held on 24 October when 6,101 sheep of 6,300 yarded were sold.

At Goldsbrough, Mort & Co.’s Off Shears Sale on 2 November, 1,836 of 13,067 yarded were sold.

Peter Sandercock of Burra has won a trip to the Melbourne Olympic Games in a drawing and colouring competition sponsored by H.J. Heinz & Co. Pty Ltd in Chucklers Weekly. He wins a trip to Melbourne with chaperone, reserved seats at the games for 13 days and accommodation.

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, pages 1 & 10

Burra Football Club’s 1956 Football Premiership Dinner was held on Saturday night at the RSL Hall. About 150 attended. During the evening the season’s trophies were presented:

Fairest & Most Brilliant Keith Crouch

Best Forward John Byrnes

Captain of Burra Team R. James

Captain in Grand Final Keith Crouch

Best Placed Keith Crouch

Best Utility Player R. James

Most Improved Don Kappler

Most Consistent Allan Baulderstone

Most Attentive to Training Don Kappler

Best Backman Doug. Dayman

Most Unselfish R. James

Most Effective Keith Crouch

[The report extends for 13⁄4 columns.]

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd [Annual Off-Shears Sale] will offer 14,000 sheep, Friday 16 November.

Notice. Mr W. McGarva notifies customers of his departure to Port Lincoln and thanks them for their patronage. Shoes etc. should be picked up immediately and outstanding accounts finalised.

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 November

Jean Crain & Dana Andrews in Duel in the Jungle

Jack Warner & Barbara Mullen in You Can’t Beat the Irish

14 November

Dan Andrews in Three Hours to Kill

Broderick Crawford in The Mob

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 5

Burra Rural Youth held a divided meeting on 22 October. The girls visited Cooper’s Beauty Salon and the boys were guests at L.L. Fiebig Ltd, after which both groups met in the Show Hall. Twenty-four attended and welcomed new member, Don Barker.

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 8

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 12-100 defeated Aberdeen 8-87

Kooringa 12.86 defeated Ironmine 8-76

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 16-110 defeated Kooringa 4-57

Aberdeen forfeited to Spalding

Burra Swimming Pool

The architect will visit Burra next Sunday. Anyone wishing to discuss plans is invited to attend the site at 9.30 a.m. Carpenters are invited to attend to discuss problems of forming.

Booborowie Hall additions are nearing completion and it is hoped to open them by the New Year. They comprise a supper room and kitchen with ladies’ and men’s cloakrooms.

Spalding Rodeo on 27 October attracted 1,600 people and gate takings were £461-12-10. Other takings and donations along with a Ball in the evening brought the day’s total to £932-6-7.

87, 44, 6 Nov. 1956, page 10

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 900 yards. In the marksman’s contest the best were M. Mitchell, R. Pillar and W. Corner. In the handicap event W. Corner led M. Mitchell and R.L .Pillar.

87, 45, 13 Nov. 1956, page 1

Hilltown Soldiers’ Memorial Hall was opened on Saturday night. [Details in 11⁄4 columns.]

Hanson Ladies’ Guild raised £60 at a Gala Night at Mr & Mrs Mervyn Humphrys’ on 19 October.

Mr R. Fuss has suggested putting louvre windows at each end of the flower pavilion at the showgrounds. He is the Head Steward and Convenor of the Flower Section. If the Show Committee can collect sufficient money to purchase the materials at cost, Mr Fuss has offered to do all the necessary work. The suggestion would certainly improve both ventilation and light.

Archbishop Romolo Carboni STD, JCD, Apostolic Delegate to Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, will pay a short visit to Burra on 22 November at 10.45 a.m.

Mr & Mrs G.E. Leaney of Burra North celebrated their Golden wedding on 6 November. They were married at Waterloo Methodist Church 6 November 1906.

Burra Swimming Pool. Following the visit of the architect Mr Keith Shaw on Sunday, it is hoped to start construction within a month.

Ironmine Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a Salmagundi Afternoon on 7 November. Different games were played at nine tables. Total proceeds were £23-8-6.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 500 yards. Best were H.H .Byles, J.H. Schwier and J. Brown in both the handicap and marksman’s contests. Herb Byles scored a double possible and possibles were also scored by J.H. Schwier and R.J. Kellock.

87, 45, 13 Nov. 1956, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith and Co. Ltd have received instructions from M.T. Kellock to offer by auction on 30 November his house property situated at allotment 329 Ayers Street. A stone house of 4 rooms etc.

87, 45, 13 Nov. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 November

Program to be selected

21 November

Jeanette McDonald & Nelson Eddy in Naughty Marietta

Joseph Cotton, Leslie Caron & Barbara Stanwyck in The Man with a Cloak

87, 45, 13 Nov. 1956, page 7 but numbered 9

Cricket. Burra 9 for 159 v. Buffs.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 17-111 defeated Leighton 3-63

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 14 sets defeated Leighton 7 sets.

Railway Accident. The Broken Hill express ran into a mob of 800 stampeding sheep at the crossing just north of Hallett. Fortunately Mr Wes. De Caux and R. Wes. Miller managed to head off the majority and only eight were killed or had to be destroyed.

87, 45, 13 Nov. 1956, page 8 but numbered 10

Lord Mayor’s Flood Relief Appeal reaches £1,084-17-0.

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church, 3 November

Cath. Phillips, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Phillips of Booborowie, married

Lance Frick, youngest son of Mr & the late Mrs Frick of Croydon West.

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 1

Whyte Yarcowie is again asking for the main road through the town to be sealed. It was formed in anticipation of this and it was supposed to be sealed before summer. The dust is a real nuisance.

Burra North Croquet Green was opened for the new season on 17 November. President Mrs J. Fisher welcomed those present. Mrs Baulderstone declared the season open and Miss Bartholomaeus drove off the first ball. The roses at the front gate, planted by the late Mr M. Fairchild, were in full bloom.

Hanson School Children visited Adelaide on 13 November as part of their Social Studies course.

Obituary. William E.S. Symons, manager of the Branch Department of Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd, died suddenly at Elliston 15 November. He has worked for Elders at Kooringa in 1924-25 before being appointed manager at Angaston when aged only 23. He was manager at Kapunda from 1930-46 before supervising West Coast Branches from Pt Lincoln for the next five years. He leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter. [William Eldred Staker Symons born 1 June 1901 North Adelaide: died 15 November 1956 Elliston, residence Magill.]

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, pages 1 & 5

Centenary of Redruth Methodist Sunday School was celebrated 3-11 November. Each present scholar was presented with a Methodist Hymnal as a memento.

Saturday 3 November

At 3 p.m. Rev. Haydon gave a brief historical account of the 100 years. Speakers included Mesdames E.M. Sara, A.B. Riggs, D. Tame, M. Satchell, the Misses Bentley and Messrs N.J. Baynes and Bruce Morton. They told of anniversaries held in the Court House and of past teachers and their idiosyncrasies.

Sunday 4 November

Rev. F.V. Hansen, a former circuit minister, came from Blackwood and preached three services.

Monday 5 November

The annual tea began at 5 p.m. for the children and continued till after 7.30. A fireworks display was held after the children’s tea and before the annual meeting, at which the preacher was Rev. H.E. Rawlins, Chairman of the District. A cake made by Mrs H.B. Stockman had ten candles and was lit by the Misses Bentley as past teachers and extinguished by Mr E.W. Dunhill as past Superintendent, before the cake was cut by Mrs E.M. Sara, a former scholar.

Tuesday 6November

At 2 p.m. a scenic tour of Burra was organised for visitors.

Friday 9 November

A past Scholars’ Concert was begun in the Hall at 8 p.m.

The Hallett-Mt Bryan Wesley Guild put on the play Something to Talk About

Other performers:

Mrs H. McIntosh & Mr L.H. Thomas (duet)

Mrs Greta Schwerdt nee Jennison (recitations)

Rev. A.S. & Mrs Barrett (played the bells)

Howie McIntosh told two stories including The Pee Little Thrigs as told by Professor Spooner

Mesdames Dorothy White, Netta McIntosh and Mavis Satchell all sang solos.

Mrs Margaret Lehmann recited The Flying Doctor

Mr H.J.B. Jennison presented the monologue The Whitest Man I Ever Knew

Miss Val Terry & Mr John Carpenter played a piano duet

Mesdames M.R. Humphrys & R.M. Reed & H.J.B. Jennison were The Three Old Maids

Mrs L.H. Thomas was accompanist for the evening

[Who’s Who:

Mrs Greta Schwerdt nee Greta Teresa Jennison (sister to Horton Jennison)

Mrs Dorothy White nee Dorothy Woollacott

Netta McIntosh (Mrs Howie McIntosh) nee Minetta Joy Thomas

Mavis Satchell nee Mavis Fairchild

Mrs M.R. Humphrys nee Edith Jean McWaters

Mrs R.M. Reed nee Dorothy Joan [Martin?]

Mrs H.J.B. Jennison nee Reta Marion Thomas

Mrs L.H. Thomas nee Thelma Joyce Sumner]

Saturday 10 November

A picnic was held at Red Cliffs [Redbanks?]

Sunday 11 November

Rev. W.F. Hambly, Ex-President of the Conference and Master of Lincoln College, conducted three services.

Particular thanks are due to

Mrs M. Satchell as Superintendent who conducted the children.

Mrs Brian Thamm, who went through old rolls and drew up lists of students.

Members of the Ladies’ Guild for their catering services

Mr L.H .Thomas for keeping the books

Mr B.P. Thamm for duties as secretary.

Mrs E.M. Sara & Mrs W.H. Gare for lending photographs of earlier days.

The teachers and scholars.

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd on instructions from the executors of the estate of C.P. Turner will auction on 7 December the house property on section 78 & 87 together with a right-of-way over pt section 77, with a frontage to Crowan St Burra North.

A stone house of four main rooms and passage, 7 ft verandah on three sides, one side enclosed as a sleep-out and sunroom. Rear verandah enclosed as a kitchen, bathroom and lobby. Garage etc. Existing tenancy.

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 3

Notice. Burra & District Swimming Pool Committee calls tenders for:

50 c. yds Burra Creek Sand

45 c. yds 1 inch crushed rock to sample

45 c. yds 1⁄2 inch crushed rock to sample

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-96 defeated Kooringa 7-67

‘B’ Grade Kooringa forfeited to Spalding

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 6

Notice. A meeting is called in the Burra CWA Rooms Tuesday 11 December at 2.30 p.m. to form a Women’s Hospital Auxiliary.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 November

Doris Day & Howard Keel in Calamity Jane

Paul Christian & Paula Raymond in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

28 November

Irene Dunne in The Black Night

Gloria Jackson in The Glass Wall

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 7

Burra Rifle Club [9th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy] was fired over double 600 yards. Best were W. Hempel, E. Hopkins and D.H. Field.

87, 46, 20 Nov. 1956, page 8

Mr Brian Jefferies writes a 11⁄2-column letter from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Marriage, St Mary’s, Burra, 29 September

Carleen Moxham, daughter of Mr & Mrs G.C .Moxham of Burra, married

Dean McBride, younger son of Mr & Mrs C.J. McBride of Burra.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 1

Burra Town Hall

A committee has been formed to effect the changes to the supper room etc. and to raise the necessary money. It is anticipated the alterations will be completed by 8 March 1957.

Mintaro Catholic Church (St Mary’s) celebrated its centenary on Sunday 25 November. Over 400 past residents returned for the occasion. Bishop Hentschke of Wagga, who was born at Mintaro, celebrated a Mass. A poultry luncheon followed.

Booborowie Younger Set held a wool shed dance in Mr J.T. Drew’s new wool shed. Proceeds will aid the Booborowie Hall.

Tennis. Booborowie 13-102 defeated Leighton 7-67.

Burra Rural Youth Ball drew about 300 people to Burra Town Hall on Friday evening. Neville Hanlon’s Band played. Gross takings were c. £87. [Details in 1 column.]

Doug Potter, stationmaster at Whyte Yarcowie, has been transferred to Rudall on the West Coast.

The Apostolic Delegate to Australia, Archbishop Romolo Carboni and the Bishop of Pt Pirie, Rev. Dr Bryan Gallagher, visited Burra on Thursday morning. The Mayor & Mayoress Mr & Mrs Baulderstone and Rev. Fr P.V .Hughes met the visitors with a large crowd of parishioners at St Joseph’s Church. St Joseph’s Convent scholars formed two lines at the front of the church. After a short story and a Papal blessing the party left for Renmark.

Farrell Flat Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its Olympic Fete on 17 November and took £143-6-5.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from P.J. Ryan to auction the piece of land comprising allotments 186, 187 & 189 with a frontage of 40 ft each to Chapman Street Burra North and a depth of 122 ft 9 inches, on which is a partly erected 7-room stone and cement brick dwelling etc. [Millerton.]

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 December

Marlon Brando in The Wild One

Robert Montgomery in Fort Ti

5 December

Gene Kelly& Kathryn Grayson in Thousands Cheer

Plus News & Shorts

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 4

St Joseph’s School Annual Picnic was held on Mt Bryan Oval on Sunday 18 November.

[Results of sporting events are printed.]

Burra Lawn Tennis Club met on 14 November. It was decided to form a group for Sunday members only. Five courts in excellent condition are available for play.

The Lord Mayor’s Flood Relief Appeal has reached £1,096-13-4.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 5

CWA Branches celebrated International Day recently, when Italy was the country of the year.

At Burra on 16 November Mrs J. Gebhardt gave the talk.

At Booborowie on 8 November Mrs Owen-Smyth of Ulooloo gave the address.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 6

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade: Kooringa 14-103 defeated Aberdeen 6-73.

Richard (Dick) Pascoe was appointed manager of the Waroona Branch Westralian Farmers’ Co-op Ltd twelve months ago and now new offices and a new self-service section have been opened. Dick is the elder son of the late Mr Claude Pascoe and Mrs Pascoe (now living in Adelaide) and he was born in Burra in 1925. He was educated at Burra Primary and High Schools and when he was 16 the family moved to Adelaide. In WWII he saw service in the RAAF and while on service in WA he met and married a WA girl. After the war he joined the clerical staff of Chrysler-Dodge in Adelaide. On going to WA he was appointed to Westralian Farmers’ Co-op. and served in many departments at head Office before being assigned to the Korbel branch in the wheat belt. For a time he resigned to take on management of the Milling Co-op., but later rejoined Wesfarmers and became manager of their Carnarvon Branch for 31⁄2 years. He was then appointed to Waroona branch as manager. The branch’s activities extend from Keyesbrook to Yarloop and include a sub-branch at Pinjarra. Twenty-three are employed at Waroona and three at Pinjarra. He has been keenly interested in sport, previously playing football and cricket. He was treasurer of St John’s Ambulance Assoc. at Carnarvon and although he has had little time for sport in the last twelve months, he is President of Waroona Cricket Club. The drive and initiative of this popular young man can be seen in the rapid and extensive modernisation program he has undertaken.

Cricket. At the Burra Racecourse Burra 131 v. Koonoona 2 for 12.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 7 [A smaller page of 5 instead of 6 columns.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 12-94 defeated Leighton 8-89

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 17-115 defeated Leighton 3-75

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 8 [A smaller page of 5 instead of 6 columns.]

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild held a Floral Fair in the Memorial Hall on Saturday 17 November and raised £281.

Mt Bryan Methodist Fete was held in the Memorial Hall on 17 November and raised £190.

Booborowie Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its annual fete 17 November and raised £163.

Mr Stan McNamara, veterinary surgeon of Mintaro, who is well known in Burra and has been the vet. At Burra Races for many years, suffered a broken neck and concussion after being thrown from a jinker he was driving in a paddock. He is 75. It will be at least a week before the extent of his injuries is known. [Martin Stanley McNamara born 30 April 1881 Tothills Creek: died 2 January 1957 Adelaide, residence Mintaro.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over 200 & 300 yards. Best scorers were H.H. Byles, J. Brown & J.H. Schwier. H.H. Byles scored the only possible (at 200 yards).

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade: Aberdeen 10-94 defeated Kooringa 10-93.

Mrs A. Carpenter of Burra North was 88 on 89 November.

87, 47, 27 Nov. 1956, page 10

Marriage. Unley Methodist Church 17 November

Mary Best, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A.W. Best of Goodwood Park and late of Burra, married

Vic. [Victor Stanley] Kellaway, elder son of Mr S. & the late Mrs Kellaway of Burra.

Cricket. Second game of the 1st round.

Koonoona 74 & 3 for 83 defeated Farrell Flat 39 & 71.

Burra 161 defeated Buffs 60.

87, 48, 4 Dec. 1956, page 1

St Mary’s Organ Fund benefited by £81 from a party and frolic at Dr & Mrs R. Pitcher’s on Saturday. Fancy dress prize winners are listed. The Organ Fund now stands at £614.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations have reached £797-17-4.

Mt Bryan CWA held its International Day on 21 November when Miss Eunice Tiver was the guest speaker on Italy.

Clem Davey’s Music Students’ exam results are printed.

Burra Swimming Pool Committee organised for the talented group of male artists from Peterborough, who recently took part in the program Employees’ Playtime on Radio 5AD, to appear in Burra. They presented a three-hour high class program to a very small but enthusiastic audience.

Adelaide Teachers’ College Geography students will visit Burra on 12 December to carry out a geographical and historical survey of the town. They will investigate the present functions of the town as a service centre. They will be seeking the co-operation of local residents in questionnaires.

SAR advises it will use oil-fired locomotives as much as possible on the northern line in summer, but the Burra goods train is hauled by an RX class locomotive and this cannot be serviced with oil fuel on this route.

Hallett Institute held its Annual Strawberry Fete on 24 November and took £240. [Details in 1 column.]

87, 48, 4 Dec. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 December

Anna Neagle & Errol Flynn in Lilacs in the Spring

Gale Robbins & Allison Hayes in Double Jeopardy

12 December

Alec Guinness in Father Brown Detective

Plus The Harlem Globetrotters

87, 48, 4 Dec. 1956, page 4

Redruth Methodist Sunday School Centenary

The Wesleyan Methodist Church began in Kooringa in 1847 and in 1851 a chapel was built at Redruth. This was dismantled in 1854 and went to Spring Farm, where it became the head of the Clare Circuit. By 1856 many men had returned from the Victorian Goldfields and in 1857 the church was restored. The first mention of a Sunday school in Redruth is in 1856 when Mr Benjamin Preece started the school in a stable near a store owned by Mr Austin. In 1857 the church was rebuilt near the Police Station and the school was held there. Mr Edwards became morning Superintendent and Mr W. Pearce the afternoon Superintendent. Mr A.H. Forder was appointed the first Secretary. The 1st Sunday School Anniversary was held on 1 October 1857. In 1874 the present church was built and the Sunday school room was attached at a cost of £265. It later became the transept. In 1882 the Sunday school held a bazaar at the home of Miss Reed and raised £170 to enable the purchase for £200 of the corner block, where the Memorial Hall now stands. In 1879 the wall separating the church and the schoolroom was taken down to create the transept as at present. The Sunday school was then fortunate that the Lutherans permitted the use of the Lutheran Church that stood between the Police Station and the Creek. They met there for 23 years. In 1900 Methodist Union was effected and the Primitive Methodist Church was altered and renamed Jubilee Hall to become the Methodist Sunday school in Burra North. In 1915 Mrs Gare began to take collections in her Sunday school class for a new Sunday school. The Rev. E.M. Ingamells returned in 1924 to lay the foundation stone for the new school, which was built by T.H. Woollacott and F.M. Pearce. It was formally opened on Saturday 7 February 1925, when Mr James Reed opened the door. One week before opening £1,190 was owing. Before the celebrations had been completed, it had been paid off. Mrs W.H. Gare unveiled the memorial plaque and Mr Frank Reed was treasurer of the building fund. Early this year the building was repainted inside. Today a shortage of teachers has curtailed activities, but thanks to the people of Kooringa the Methodist witness continues even stronger than before. The success of the centenary celebrations was largely due to the untiring efforts of Mrs Satchell, Miss Reed, Mr L.H. Thomas, Mrs H.L. White and Mr & Mrs B.P. Thamm.

Lists (With some omissions due to missing records.)

Superintendents

1856 Benjamin Preece

1857 Mr Edwards (a.m.)

Mr W. Pearce (p.m.)

1863 John Pascoe

Augustus Johnson

1864-67 Augustus Johnson

1868 T. Goodrich

1869 James Tiver

1870 W. Carvosso

1871 James Tiver

1872 W.R. Ridgway

1873 Benjamin Preece

1875 W.H. Nicholls

1876-81 John Roach

1881-91 John Dunstan

1891-98 A.H. Forder

1899 W. Bentley

1900 A. Bartholomaeus

1901-09 H. Preece

1909-13 J. Kellaway

1911-13 H. Thomas

1913-16 M.J. Morton

1917-25 E.W. Dunhill

1926-34 M.J. Morton

1934-36 E.W. Dunhill

1936 M.J. Morton

1937-39 C. Fuller

1941-45 E.W. Dunhill

1945 Mr Blight

1946 O. Heinrich

1947 M.J. Morton

1949 M.J. Morton

1950-53 E.W. Dunhill

1953-55 C. Christopher

1955 D.G. Haydon

1956 Mrs M. Satchell

Secretaries

A.H. Forder (1st: for 14 years)

W. Davey

W. West

John Pascoe

John Dunstan (11 years)

Edwin Sara

Charles G. Tiver (8 years)

Edgar Tiver

A. Bartholomaeus

H. Preece

J. Bentley

Miss C.E. Reed (at least 15 years)

C.P. Thamm

E.J. Reed (7 years)

J. Oates

J.A. Reed

C. Fuller

R. Thamm

D.F. Sara

B.P. Thamm (from 1953)

Treasurers: position sometimes held by the Superintendent and sometimes by the Secretary.

A.H. Forder

A. Bartholomaeus (15 years)

Miss I. Bartholomaeus

John Roach

J. Kellaway

J. Sara

M. Morton

F.H. Reed

J.A. Reed

L.H. Thomas (from 1933 to present except for two years during WWII.)

Officers and Teachers at the Centenary

Minister Rev. D.G. Haydon

Superintendent Mrs M. Satchell

Secretary Mr B.P. Thamm

Treasurer Mr L.H. Thomas

Teachers:

Senior Department Mrs M. Satchell, Miss A.J. Stockman & Mrs Stolte

Primary Department Miss H.L. White (Superintendent), Miss C.A. Reed and Miss W. White

Kindergarten Department Miss S. Fairchild (Superintendent), Mrs J. Oates, Miss G. Pettet & Miss B. Salter

Beginners’ Department Mrs D. Tiver & Miss A. Pettet

87, 48, 4 Dec. 1956, page 5

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 18-117 defeated Mt Bryan 2-47

Kooringa 16 sets defeated Willalo 4 sets

‘B’ Grade Spalding 18-113 defeated Leighton 2-34

Kooringa [unreadable] defeated Mt Bryan [unreadable]

Bowls. Burra Gold 99 defeated Clare Red 81

Cricket

Burra defeated Koonoona on 1st innings: Burra [unreadable] Koonoona [unreadable]

Buffs defeated Farrell Flat outright. [Scores unreadable]

87, 48, 4 Dec. 1956, page 8

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th [apparently deferred] stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 700 yards. Best were T. Brazil, R.J. Kellock & D.H. Field.

In the marksman’s contest T. Brazil led J. Brown and R.J. Kellock.

J. Brown scored the only possible for the day.

St Joseph’s Convent Music Exam results are printed.

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, page 1

The RSL Annual Dinner was held on 1 December and drew ten official guests and 94 members. It was ten years to the day that the local sub-branch had acquired the premises and an immense amount of time had been put into improvements and redecorating. After the speeches and toasts the evening was passed in reminiscences, billiards, table tennis and darts.

Obituary. The well-known composer of music and lyrics Mr Frederick Woodrow died suddenly at Hallett on Tuesday last aged 62. He was a member of the TPI Assoc., being paralysed from the waist down since WWI. His most famous song was in honour of the Queen Mother: God Has Blessed Each White Gerdenia [sic]. He composed many ‘army’ or ‘marching’ songs during WWII. He was keen on horse racing and owned and raced many horses successfully. As the owner of Fruition (according to his brother) he boasted he was the only owner game enough to match his horse against the great Phar Lap. For the past twenty years he has practically lived in a car, being driven from town to town and state to state by a driver-secretary. He was en route from Broken Hill to Adelaide when his sudden death occurred. He was pronounced dead at Burra Hospital by Dr Miller and buried on Wednesday in the Burra Cemetery. [Died 4 December 1956 Hallett, residence Parkville, Victoria.]

Burra rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 700 yards. Best scorers were T. Brazil, C.W. Edwards & W. Hempel. Possibles were scored by C. Edwards and J.H. Schwier. Off the rifle, T. Brazil, Herb Byles and Jim Schwier were best.

Sgt ‘Tod’ McInerney, who has been in charge at Burra North for three years, leaves tomorrow for Victor Harbor with his wife and children, John and Moira. His replacement is Sgt H. McCallum.

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 December

Small World

[Edward G. Robinson & Paulette Goddard in] Vice Squad

19 December

Laslie Caron & Michael Wilding in The Glass Slipper

Jean Parker in Sequoia

Cricket

Farrell Flat 115 v. Burra 2 for 32

Koonoona 96 v. Buffs

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, page 5

Bowls

Burra Gold 97 defeated Saddleworth Gold 90

Burra green drew with Saddleworth Blue

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, page 6

Burra District Council conducted a naturalisation ceremony at the Burra Town Hall [on Monday 10 December]. The Chairman Mr M. de N. Lucas conducted the ceremony at which Mr Apolinaris (John) Kalendra became an Australian citizen. Mrs Kalendra and their young children were present. Others present were the Mayor E.T. Baulderstone, Town Clerk T.G. Perry, Mr Quirke MP and Minister of Defence Sir Philip McBride & Lady McBride. Sir Philip gave the address. About 60 people attended. Prior to his none years residence in Australia Mr Kalendra came from Lithuania. He and his wife have been resident in the Booborowie and Mt Bryan districts for the past five years. [They are currently at Woolana Station.]

Maude Hogan writes calling for greater family and community support for young people to succeed in sports. [Apparently spurred on by the Olympic Games.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 16-113 defeated Aberdeen 4-62

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 12-102 defeated Kooringa 8-91

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, page 8 but numbered 10

Burra Town Council

An invitation was received from the District Council to attend Mr Kalendra’s naturalisation ceremony.

Cr Lehmann, having given notice moved that the motion of Cr Fisher, seconded by Cr Baulderstone, that an offer of £ be made to the Registrar of Companies for all land in the name of the SA Mining Association with the exception of the section near the Burra Hospital, be rescinded. Carried.

Cr Lehmann moved an offer be made to the Registrar of companies for all land remaining in the name of the SA Mining Association. Carried.

The Mayor outlined proposals by the town’s businessmen that on Christmas Eve shops remain open till 9 p.m., amplified music be played, followed by carol singing and additional lighting be installed. The proposal was agreed to.

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, 1st Supplement in the form of a large sheet folded to make four A4 pages.

Apparently a supplement common to SA Country Newspapers.

Page 1. A map of SA and part of the NT with labels indicating local papers at: Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Streaky Bay, Pt Lincoln, Cowell, Whyalla, Pt Augusta, Orroroo, Broken Hill, Peterborough, Jamestown, Pt Pirie, Burra, Blyth, Clare, Kadina, Moonta, Maitland, Yorketown, Eudunda, Balaklava, Hamley Bridge, Renmark, Angaston, Tanunda, Gawler, Salisbury, Elizabeth, Murray Bridge, Pinnaroo, Mt Barker, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbor, Kingscote, Bordertown, Naracoorte, Penola, Millicent and Mt Gambier.

Pages 2 & 3. A series of short articles on the country presses of SA.

The Associated Country Newspapers of SA are listed. The oldest are:

Border Watch Mt Gambier 1861

Bunyip Gawler 1863

Southern Argus Strathalbyn 1864

Kadina-Wallaroo Times Kadina 1865

Northern Argus Clare 1869

Review Jamestown 1874

Herald Naracoorte 1875

Burra Record Burra 1878*

Courier Mt Barker 1880

[While 1878 was the first year for the paper under this title, the Burra paper began in 1876 as the Northern Mail and for 1877 and the first half of 1878 was known as the Burra news and Northern Mail.]

Page 4. Advertisements.

87, 49, 11 Dec. 1956, 2nd Supplement

Calendar for 1957

Compiled by the Burra Burra District Council and giving Fire Fighting information.

Note the interesting regulation left over from the years of WWII –

‘No vehicle which is wholly or partly propelled by means of producer gas, is to be driven in any part of the state during the period between 1 December and 28 February.’

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 1

Burra & District Hospital Women’s Auxiliary was formed at a meeting in the CWA room on Tuesday 11 December. Mrs Andrew Tennant, representative of Burra Women’s Organisations on the Hospital Board, took the chair. Mrs Tennant and Mr J. Gebhardt pointed out the importance of such a body in the efficient running of the hospital, especially in times like this when shortage of staff is a critical problem. A tremendous amount of money is saved by voluntary helpers who mend and renovate hospital furniture, manchester etc. and in preserving and jam making and the like. Elected were: President, Mrs H.L. Riggs and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs A.D. Radford.

Christmas Eve in Burra. Shops will be open to 9 p.m. in preference to opening on Monday 31 December. They will close for a tea break 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

A Dance was held in the woolshed at Mr J.T. Drew’s at Booborowie on 13 December, arranged by Tennis ‘Queen’ candidate Miss Pat Tohl.

Booborowie CWA held its Christmas meeting on Thursday 13 December. An £85 donation was forwarded to Burra Hospital.

Hallett CWA was recently formed and held a very successful International Day on 27 November. Miss Margaret Tiver, who recently returned from abroad, spoke on her visit to Italy.

Burra Primary School held only its second full length concert since the war on Friday night in the Burra Town Hall. Door takings were £109-1-0, indicating a large audience. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 December

Jane Wyman in So Big

Randolph Scott in Carson City

26 December

Ginger Rogers & Edward G. Robinson in Tight Spot

Broderick Crawford & Donna Reed in The Dark Page

29 December

Hugh Marlowe in Earth Versus the Flying Saucers

Phil Carey in The Nebraskan

1 January

Greer Garson & Robert Ryan in Her Twelve Men

Mickey Rooney in The Strip

5 January

Oscar Homolka in Mr Pott Goes to Moscow

John Gregson & Diana Dors in The Weak and the Wicked

9 January

John Hodlink & Robert Stark in Conquest of the Coshies

Judy Holliday in Phffet

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 3

Notice. Burra Library will close for alterations 29 December to 12 January.

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 5

Bowls. Burra Gold 99 defeated Clare White 88.

Burra Rifle Club. The Christmas shoot was fired in a strong wind over double 300 yards. Best on the day were J. Brown, K. Spackman and R. Bernhardt. J. Brown scored the only possible.

Burra Lawn Tennis Club held a tournament on 9 December that attracted 72 entrants.

[Results are not printed.]

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 6

Carols by Candlelight arranged by the Hallett Red Cross were held on the spacious lawns of the home of Mr & Mrs John Murray’s Cappeedee Homestead. About 200 attended. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Tennis

1 December

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-103 defeated Ironmine 7-84

15 December

‘A’ Grade Willalo 13-95 defeated Aberdeen 7-77

Ironmine 12-87 defeated Booborowie 8-77

Kooringa 17 sets defeated Mt Bryan 3 sets

1 December

‘B’ Grade Spalding 15-108 defeated Booborowie 5-64

15 December

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 20-120 defeated Leighton 0-43

Ironmine 18-108 defeated Aberdeen 2-42

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 9

Rural Youth has decided to hold a Christmas Eve Dance in the Burra RSL Hall to follow on from the carol singers in Market Square.

St Joseph’s Convent break-up and Christmas Party was held yesterday morning when Rev. Fr P.V. Hughes was present. Progress Certificates were presented to:

Terry Brennan Moira McInerny Maurice Lehmann

John Phillips John Ryan Bernadette Brown

Jennifer Ryan was given a small gift on leaving the school on completing both primary and secondary education there. Cool drinks were presented by Mr Bob Cummins, ice cream by Mr E.T. Baulderstone and lollies by Mr F. Dainty.

Results of the seven secondary students will be announced in the New Year. [Class leaders are listed.]

Burra Primary School

Headmaster Mr A. Kies thanked all teachers for their great effort in preparing the concert and paid tribute to Mr J.C. Morrison who after about eleven years at Burra Primary will next year transfer to the High School. He said Mr Morrison had also served his country well and was awarded the AFC for meritorious service and rose to commission rank while an airman. As a scholar he had gained an AUA at Adelaide University. Miss Rosemary Larcombe of Alford via Kadina has been appointed to Burra from Adelaide Teachers’ College.

Burra High School has been advised of the transfer of Mr I. Burdon, Mr J. Deer and Mr R.L. Pillar.

87, 50, 18 Dec. 1956, page 10

Burra Primary School Concert drew the largest crowd seen at the Town Hall for some time. 160 cars lined both sides of the road from Market Square to beyond St Joseph’s Church.

Hanson School. After four years there Mr S. Verrall has been transferred to Coomandook. Both he and Mrs Verrall have been active in local organisations including the Hanson Tennis Club, CWA, Methodist Guild and the School Committee. Mr Verrall was a member of the Burra Golf Club.

NOTE: THE HARD COPY DOES NOT CONTAIN PAGES 7 & 8

EITHER THEY ARE MISSING OR PAGES 9 & 10 ARE MISNUMBERED

Characteristics of the 1956 paper.

Page 1

Local news, covering the area from Terowie, Spalding, Hill Town and south to Black Springs and Robertstown. A couple of medium sized advertisements.

Pages 2 & 3

These are largely advertising, dominated by stock sales, real estate and clearance sales, public notices, small advertisements and entertainment. Births, deaths and marriages are rare.

Some news, mainly sports results, may appear on page 3 and page three also has some large local advertisements. The balance between the above components fluctuates considerably.

Pages 4-8

The layout of the rest of the paper was not very regular.

Of the six columns on each page, large advertisements commonly took up four to six and news one to two. On one of these pages there was commonly no news; its place being taken by a ‘Cash Column’ basically small classified-type advertisements. In the football season reports of the local teams took up at least one page in aggregate.

In general the paper gave a fair coverage of local events, but considerable space was devoted to the outlying parts of the district and errors in setting are not uncommon. While coverage may have been good, attention to detail seems to have slipped. Sports results sometimes seem sloppy with scores incomplete or wrong and reports sometimes confused or missing in part.

Supplements are quite rare, but on a few occasions there are ten rather than eight pages.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 1

Advertisements

Young CIC Agent

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 2

Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

G.J. Kelly Painter

____________ Burra Pictures

[Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc. A regular advertiser, though not in this issue.]

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 3

Advertisements

J. Hill Men’s Wear

Sandy’s Serv-Wel Store

Fred M. Pearce & Sons Paint Merchants etc.

Matthew’s Emporium Drapers & Furnishers

R.J. Pickering Oates Ltd Agricultural Supplies

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 4

Advertisements

Jennison’s Tyre Service

E. Carpenter Painter, Contractor & Decorator

Ken Murphy Hairdresser & Tobacconist

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Agricultural Supplies

P.J. Byrne Shoe Store

W.H. Watts Motor & General Engineer, Arc & Oxy Welding, Agent for David Brown & Case Tractors & Vengar Hydraulic Equipment

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 5

Advertisements

Ron Wickes Chemist

F.M. Pearce & Sons White Ant Specialists

____________ Burra Meat Stores – Burra, Burra North & Hallett

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 6

Advertisements

E.T. & D.M. Baulderstone Burra Food Traders

T.A. Brazil 4 Square Store, Burra North

Sara & Co. General Merchants, Burra & Burra North

____________ Burra Radio & Electrical Service - Radio and Electrical Goods

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 7

Advertisements

Jennison’s Tyre Service

Guy Dollman Burra Motor Co.

L.L. Fiebig GMH Dealer

Bence’s Ltd Drapers and Clothiers, Commercial Street

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 8

Advertisements

A.L. Clode & Son Paint Supplies etc. Burra North

C.W. Knight Auto Engineers, Agent for Humber, Hillman & Commer,

Burra North

Rasheed’s Commercial Hotel

F.M. Pearce & Sons Insulation Supplies

Dalgety’s Authorised Electrolux & Refrigeration Agents

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 1

Burra Hospital. As for the previous year the Annual Fete was replaced by individual fund-raising by the district women’s organisations. Some organisations share funds with other hospitals in the district. The result was a magnificent £692 for the Burra Hospital.

Burra CWA 200

Booborowie CWA 85

Mt Bryan CWA 52

Hanson CWA 20

Black Springs CWA 10

Burra Red Cross 175

Burra North Red Cross 110

Leighton Ladies’ Guild 30

£692

Christmas Eve in Burra was very busy, especially when shops reopened from 7-9 p.m. Streets were gaily decorated with coloured lights and were crowded with cars. Pavements and shops were thronged with people. A large silver tree occupied the lawn in Market Square. After the shops closed the combined Anglican and Methodist Choirs sang carols in Market Square. Mayor E.T. Baulderstone and Cr E. Finch of the District Council and Rev. Lenthall for the Ministers’ Fraternal, delivered Christmas and New Year addresses. The Rural Youth organised a dance afterwards in the Show Hall that netted £16-15-0.

Weather. Rainfall for 1956 was 23.55 inches, but only 4 points fell in December and many rainwater tanks are getting low or empty.

Burra Rural Youth held a Christmas Party at the Show Hall on 17 December. Six advisory members and eighteen visitors also attended. Father Christmas arrived in a Morris Minor Convertible.

Porter’s Lagoon. The Lagoon is presently a vast expanse of water and aquatic sports will be revived after a lapse of many years. Speedboats, water skiers and swimmers will be catered for. Sideshows and a paddy’s market etc. will also be features. Farrell Flat Carnival Committee is organising the event (Frank Phelps, Secretary). Funds raised will be divided between the Farrell Flat Institute and the Farrell Flat CWA.

Burra High School. Presentations were made to departing teachers on 18 December at the school speech night.

Mr Burdon is going to Port Pirie after 11 years here.

Mr Deer moves to Whyalla Technical High School after 9 years in Burra and so does Mr Pillar after 3 years here.

The new staff:

Mr C. Morrison comes from Burra Primary.

Mr J. Bowden comes from Riverton H.S. Mr G. Ireland comes from Snowtown Higher Primary.

Accident/Obituary. Wladyslaw Tomczak, a 42-year-old Polish migrant was killed when the car he was driving overturned on the Black Springs Road on Sunday [6 January]. He was an electrician employed at Radium Hill. The accident occurred about 16 miles south of Burra. The car rolled twice and landed on its head, inflicting severe and fatal head injuries on the deceased. A passenger, Guenther Friedrich Doepke (27) received a lacerated hand. Passing motorists Mr Charles F. Smith and F.N. Mattner lifter the car off the dead man.

Accident. A car driven by Alfred John H. Elliott of Hilton overturned about five miles on the Burra side of Braemar on Sunday when, it is thought, the tie rod broke. Alfred George Elliott aged 76, father of the driver, was a passenger and received a severely lacerated arm. The driver applied a tourniquet and Dr Miller attended. The injured man was brought into Burra Hospital by Mr Fred Bevan.

Vandalism. A tree was stolen from the avenue of pines planted by the CWA west of the Hospital: no doubt as a Christmas tree.

Fire broke out in a shed at the rear of Bence’s Ltd and Sandy’s Serv-Wel Store on New Year’s Day at about 7.55 a.m. The whole building and part of an adjoining fence were lost, though the fire was quickly brought under control by the brigade. There have been two call-outs in the town since, for minor fires.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, pages 1, 4, 5 & 8

Burra High School Speech Night.

[This report is badly mangled in the paper, with bits and pieces scattered through parts of four pages, but not in the right order; sometimes not even in the right order within a given page. I have assumed the right order to be:

Page 1

Page 5, bottom half of column 5 (Summary of year’s work)

Page 4, column 1 to bottom of column 4

Page 8, columns 3 & 4

Page 5, top part of column 4.]

The speech night was held in the Burra Town Hall 18 December. Mr P.H .Quirke MP was the guest speaker and was accompanied by Mrs Quirke. He gave a forceful talk on the stages of education for life.

Headmaster Mr Jeffery’s Report: the 45th Annual Report for Burra High School

The school began the year with an enrolment of 75. No staff changes occurred during the year. Of eleven candidates who sat for the Intermediate, ten gained full certificates and the other enough to add to in the future. Ten credits were obtained. In Leaving (after Supplementary Examinations) three certificates were gained out of a possible six.

[The report then cites the outstanding Intermediate results as:

Jeremy Cookes 7 subjects with 1 credit

Richard Freer 7 with 1 credit.

Robert Lott passed 7 with 1 credit

Margaret Hopkins 7 with 1 credit

Marcia Terry 7 with 1 credit

Jill Lucas 6 with 1 credit

BUT this does not agree with the results printed early in 1956 in 87, 4, 31 Jan. 1956, page 6:

Robert P. Bourman 8 (3)

Jeremy E. Cookes 9 (1)

Richard G. Freer 8 (1)

Margaret R. Hopkins 8 (1)

Patricia C. Kowald 8 (1)

Robert J. Lott 9 (1)

Jillian R. Lucas 7 (1)

Marcia F. Terry 8 (1)]

This year eight sat for Intermediate and five for Leaving.

School Sports were won this year by Steele House.

The Inter-High School Sports were held at Kapunda. Burra could not compete with the larger schools, but some individual results were excellent; notably Jill Lucas in the High Jump, Donald Broad in High Jump, Gillian Snell in Broad Jump and Robert Bourman in the shot put.

The School’s Annual Sports Day was held on Burra Oval. Cup winners:

Senior Girls’ Cup Helen Lines

Senior Boys’ Cup Robert Bourman

Junior Girls’ Cup Marie Eberhard

Junior Boys’ Cup Max Lockett

The School looks forward to the establishment of a swimming pool in Burra.

This year we regretfully accepted the retirement of Mr Jack Fisher as Secretary of the High School Council after 15 years, due to ill health. We extend out thanks.

The new High school Council saw H.J.B. Jennison re-elected as Chairman and Mr G.H. Cockrum became Secretary.

The Parents & Friends’ Association has given much assistance, including a new portable gramophone to aid in teaching typing, a lawn-mower, a record cabinet and about £30 worth of library books. Mrs Ellis continued as President and Mrs Binks-Williams succeeded Mrs Lott as Secretary.

The High School Ball was again a great success.

Religious Instruction has continued and all the churches in Burra are represented.

The usual school excursion was made to the city. In the morning the boys went to the Metropolitan Abattoirs and the girls to the GPO and in the afternoon the combined group went to the West Beach Aerodrome and the Southern Adelaide Hills and Mt bold Reservoir. The Leaving Geography Class visited Pt Pirie and toured part of the South Flinders Ranges.

Visiting Day introduced the new High School Council to the school and students.

Senator R.R. Wilson visited on another occasion.

Adult woodwork classes were conducted by Mr R.L. Pillar.

Remembrance Day was observed in conjunction with the Primary School, when Mr Wilf. Nankivell represented the RSL and gave an address.

School uniform has been pleasing to see in the past two or three years and this year it was decided to institute summer and winter uniforms for girls.

A school tie has been adopted for boys and I would urge greater uniformity in the boys’ attire. The uniform for them is grey trousers, blue or grey shirt, school tie and blazer.

For 1957 we are losing Mr Burdon, Mr Dean and Mr Pillar.

After the report the Second Year students presented the play Money Makes a Difference and the First Year Class performed Elegant Edward.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 January

Lew Ayres in No Escape

John Payne & Donna Reed in Raiders of the Seven Seas

16 January

Van Johnson & Walter Pidgeon in Men of the Fighting Lady

Donna Reed in Circumstantial Evidence

Hallett School break-up of 18 December is reported.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 5

Burra Bowling Club reports a very successful Christmas Party with more than fifty enjoying playing mixed rinks and eighty at the magnificent supper. The next day Hallett visited and Burra 139 defeated Hallett 95. Through the holiday period there were many visitors from Adelaide, interstate and elsewhere. About thirty members and associates enjoyed an informal New Year’s Eve Party.

Last Saturday Burra Gold drew with Spalding 97 each.

Burra Green 107 defeated Auburn 78.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 6

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade Ironmine 16-109 defeated Mt Bryan 4-62.

Booborowie School and District Annual Christmas Tree was held on 18 December. The school children presented a short musical program and Headmaster Mr Goss reported on the year’s work. Mr R. Harris as Chairman of the School Committee presented the prizes and certificates. Father Christmas came at 9 o’clock.

88, 1 (2), 8 Jan. 1957, page 7

Obituary. Mr S. McNamara (Martin Stanley) aged 75, veterinary surgeon, died on 2 January in Adelaide Hospital. This was six weeks after he had fractured his neck in an accident. For the past forty years he had charge of the Alex J .Melrose Percheron Horse Stud and he will be remembered by many animal owners throughout the district for his generosity and skill as a veterinary surgeon. He was also agent for COR and Dalgety’s wheat buying. He was buried at Sevenhill Catholic Cemetery. He is survived by a wife Margaret, son Frank (both of Mintaro) and a daughter Veronica (of Adelaide) and a brother Walter (also of Adelaide). There are six grandchildren. [Martin Stanley McNamara born 30 April 1881 Tothills Creek: died 2 January 1957 Adelaide, residence Mintaro.]

88, 2 (2), 15 Jan. 1957, page 1

Accident. Another car has turned over on the Black Springs Road. At about 8.30 a.m. on Saturday an Austin tourer being driven north by Harry E.M. Dally (54) of Broken Hill, overturned about six miles from Burra, when a steering arm came loose. Mr Dally saw two men stop and get out before passing out. When he came to moments later, they were driving off without offering assistance. Sgt McCallum and Constable M. Clift of Burra North were out on police work when they came across the accident. Mr Dally suffered lacerations to the left hand and scalp and abrasions to the hip, but was not seriously hurt.

Burra High School. The prize list for 1956 is printed.

Obituary. Wladyslaw Tomczak (42), who died in a car accident recently, was buried in the Burra Cemetery on Tuesday. He had no relatives in Australia, but quite a few friends and workmates from Radium Hill attended the service by the Catholic Priest from Peterborough.

Obituary. Mr C.W. Wilkinson (Charlie) of Burra died on Friday aged 87. The deceased was educated at Burra School and lived here all his life, except for a short period when he studied Chemistry with F.H. Faulding & Co. in Adelaide. He then returned to Burra to take a position with his father as a chemist. He later took over the business and carried on till his retirement a few years ago. He was an active member of the Bowling Club. In the 1920s he was a member of the team that was runner-up to Kapunda in the first Country Carnival. He also took a keen interest in the Burra Library. [Charles Drew Wilkinson born 15 January 1871 Kadina: died 10 January 1957 Evandale, residence Burra.]

Burra High School Banquet was held in the School Hall on 18 December and was attended by many members of the High school Council and parents. Mr & Mrs P.H. Quirke were guest visitors. Mr Quirke gave a fine talk. Mrs Deer was given a presentation in recognition of her work as Treasurer of the Parents and Friends Association. Mr Bob Cummins and Mr E.T. Baulderstone donated drinks and ice cream.

Miss B. Preiss was 86 last month.

Rabbits at Mt Bryan East are very numerous despite the heavy toll on numbers from myxomatosis. Some seem to be immune and others to recover from it.

The Mount Bryan East Road is in a very poor condition.

Burra Burra DC decided at a recent meeting to sign and seal a counter-petition against the proposal to transfer Booborowie and Leighton Wards to Spalding DC.

Fire broke out on the roadside at Koonoona on 9 January and it is thought to have been deliberately lit. It is the seventh since 1 December 1956 and the second for 1957. About 1,000 acres was burnt near Mr V. Gilbert’s property at Black Springs. Volunteers came from as far as Kapunda and Saddleworth. All fires seem likely to have been deliberately lit. There were also five fires on Koonoona Properties last summer. Those on 1 December 1955 and 9 January 1956 were caused by machinery, but the other three appear either to have been lit deliberately or to be due to cigarette butts from passing motorists.

River Murray Floods

Levels are now dropping upstream from Renmark. At Mildura the level has dropped 4 ft 1 inch in a week. Wakool and Euston saw falls of 8 ft in the week. Weirs upstream of Euston have been replaced and are operating. Euston is now 19 ft below peak level, Mildura 10 ft and Wentworth and Renmark are 6ft below the peak. The Blanchetown ferry was reported likely to re-open last weekend.

Burra high School Leaving Exam Results 1956.

Robert Bourman 7 subjects with 1 credit

Richard Freer 3

Patricia Kowald 7

Robert Lott 6 plus English Q

Jillian Lucas 5

88, 2 (2), 15 Jan. 1957, page 2

Advt. On instructions from the Trustee in the assigned estate of W. Carpenter, the following property will be auctioned on 23 January: a pair of attached cottages in Thames St on allotment 432 containing 20 perches with a frontage of 78 ft and a depth of 70 ft 7 inches. Each cottage of five rooms plus bathroom etc. and let to a tenant.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 January

Island in the Sky

Diamond Queen

23 January

Loretta Young in Davey My Son

Edward O’Brien in Man in the Dark

[Check page for this.]

Salvation Army. Advt. for 11 a.m. Holiness Meeting on Sunday.

[This appears to be the last advertisement for a Salvation Army Service in Burra and could indicate the end of services in Burra, or at least of regular services. Advertisements for Home League meetings continued till 30 July and they then also ceased. The last mention of a resident officer seems to have been in August 1955. In 1956 Burra was being serviced from Clare.]

88, 2 (2), 15 Jan. 1957, page 5

Bowls. Tribute is paid to the late C.W. Wilkinson, who was a life member and a foundation member and who had played until the last few years until ill health prevented him.

Burra Green 114 defeated Spalding 82

Burra Gold 98 defeated Auburn 92

88, 2 (2), 15 Jan. 1957, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 12-104 defeated Willalo 8-65

Spalding 15-112 defeated Leighton 5-69

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-93 defeated Kooringa 9-72

88, 2 (2), 15 Jan. 1957, page 7

Cricket. Burra 97 v. Buffs 2 for 76.

88, 3 (2), 22 Jan. 1957, page 1

Burra Show Flower Pavilion

Mr R. Fuss has completed work on the improvements to the Flower Pavilion at the showgrounds. He donated his labour (£50) and carried out improvements at a cost of £100 for which a subscription list has been opened. Patrons at the 1956 show will recall the wonderful display, but also the rather oppressive conditions, due to the lack of ventilation. We acknowledge the interest and energy of the man behind the flower section, Mr R. Fuss of Burra North. In the last months he has constructed frames to hold glass louvre windows and cut sections from each end of the Flower Pavilion, installed the windows and covered the frames with bird netting. This has greatly improved the ventilation and the frames are removable in the event of extensions to the building. As well as donating his £50 worth of labour, he has supplied materials at cost at c. £100. Donations are now called to meet this.

Accident. On 14 January a truck driven by Mr Alf Porter was carrying two rams to the property of Mr Ron Blight when it rolled over about half a mile south of Whyte Yarcowie. A passenger and the rams were injured and the truck damaged almost beyond repair.

Accident. An Ampol petrol tanker driven by Mr R. Nunn of Adelaide rolled over shortly after passing over the railway crossing at Yarcowie on Tuesday. The driver was only shaken, but damage to the vehicle was about £1,650. Petrol leaking from the valves was taken by passing motorists and two mobile cranes came from Adelaide and righted the vehicle by midday Wednesday.

Fire on Mr W.G. Gunn’s property at Booborowie destroyed about 30-40 acres of barley stubble and 130 bags of barley, some oats and fencing on 12 January. A spark from a tractor is the believed cause.

Burra Rifle Club. At Pt Pirie on Saturday: Port Pirie No. 1 876

Port Pirie No. 2 831

Burra 779

Best for Burra were J. Brown, W. Edwards and G. Webster.

Mr Dan O’Brien, remarkably agile for his age, has finally had to give up droving on doctor’s orders. He has for years been associated with Goldsbrough, mort & Co. and also Elder, Smith & Co. as a sheep drover. His horse, dogs and droving equipment will be sold by Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on 1 February. [Advt. on page 2 offers a 10-year Grey Gelding, Spring Dray & harness, a New 10 ft x 12 ft tent, 1 black Kelpie Sheep Dog ‘George’ 31⁄2 years old.]

[Was this the husband of Ida O’Brien: Daniel O’Brien born about 1886 (but not on SA Births CD) and who died 23 October 1969 at Burra?]

River Murray Floods

River level at Renmark fell 10 inches for the week.

Mildura level dropped 9 ft for the week.

Wentworth level dropped 5 ft 2 inches for the week.

Booborowie Tennis Club will benefit by about £200 from its Ball and Queen Competition. The Ball was held on 18 January and the Queen was Miss Diedre Snell who raised £79-15-11. Other contenders were Miss Rita Cousins (£53-2-2) and Miss Pat Tohl (£44-11-4). Door takings were about £60.

88, 3 (2), 22 Jan. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 January

William Campbell & Robert Campbell in Cell 2455 Death Row

Elizabeth Scott in Bad for Each Other

28 January

Jane Powell in Athena

Barbara Stanwyck in A Woman in Jeopardy

88, 3 (2), 22 Jan. 1957, page 5

Bowls

Burra Green 98 defeated Clare 93

Clare Blue 125 defeated Burra Gold 63

88, 3 (2), 22 Jan. 1957, page 6

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs M.D. Willis of Brompton and late of Hallett. [Mootie Dinah Willis nee Gribble died 18 November 1956 at Adelaide, residence Brompton aged 62. Her husband, Edward John Charles Willis had died in 1949.]

Cricket. Conclusion of game: Buffs 213 defeated Burra 97 & 5 for 80.

88, 3 (2), 22 Jan. 1957, page 8

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 15-96 defeated Booborowie 5-66

Ironmine 17-117 defeated Kooringa 3-54

‘B’ Grade Spalding 19-119 defeated Ironmine 1-42.

88, 4 (2), 29 Jan. 1957, page 1

Weather. The district has been going through a severe dry spell with no rain for 46 days and just 5 points in 71 days. There has been no significant rain since 15 points on 18 November. The driest spell for November to January was in 1905-06. Many people are now carting water for drinking and dams and creeks are very low. Gordon’s Lagoon east of Burra has been wet for the past two years, but is expected to be dry this week.

Adelaide Wool Sales. At the 6th series, 22-24 January, prices were up and the best in this district was 106d for Koo-Owie Proprietors. [Other local district prices are printed.]

Fire. A fire in a paddock of Mr L. Batersby [sic] near Canowie Belt c. 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday 22 January destroyed a truck, 40 bags of wheat and 3 acres of stubble. It is thought the truck’s backfiring started the fire. [Presumably Battersby.]

River Murray Flood Levels continue to fall. At Renmark the fall was 2 ft 2 inches for the week.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over 200 and 300 yards. Best were W. Watts, R. Francis & W. Hempel. Bill Watts scored the only possible over 200 yards. In the marksman’s contest Bill Watts led Jim Brown and Jim Schwier.

Whyte Yarcowie relieving stationmaster Duncan Cameron has been replaced after six weeks by relieving stationmaster Des. Laredo. A permanent replacement is expected in about three weeks.

House Sale. Two adjoining houses in Chapel Street on the account of the assigned estate of W. Carpenter were sold on Friday. They were passed in at £600, but sold later to Mr V.J. Dower.

[They were in Thames St when advertised for sale.]

88, 4 (2), 29 Jan. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 February

David Niven & Yvonne de Carlo in Happy Ever After

Edward Underdown in The Woman’s Angle.

6 February

Stewart Granger & Jean Simmons in Footsteps in the Dark

Scott Brady in El Alamein

Cricket. Koonoona 102 v. Burra 3 for 53.

88, 4 (2), 29 Jan. 1957, page 3

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 14-107 defeated Aberdeen 6-62

‘B’ Grade Spalding 19-118 defeated Aberdeen 1-29

Porter’s Lagoon Aquatic Carnival on 28 January attracted about 4,000 people and 1,000 cars for the Australia Day event. Gate takings were c. £380.

A crew of water skiers from Barmera Aquatic Club entertained visitors.

Several speedboats were present: Rock-N-Roll of Mr Tiver of Hallett, Lance Fiebig’s boat and Restless owned by Mr Boston of Jamestown.

Mr Mattschoss from South Kilkerran took people for rides in Kitty and Mr Peter Drew of Leighton flew over in his plane.

47 entries were received for four sections of the Bathing Beauty Contest. Winners:

Up to 5 years Jane Humphrys

5-11 years Helen Chigwidden

11-15 years Jennifer Burner

Over 15 years Deidre Snell

[Results of the swimming events are printed and organisers are thanked.]

Other entertainments included darts, skittles, a Paddy’s Market, a Hurdy-Gurdy and a Cheap Jack.

Cool drinks and ice creams sold well and many took the chance to go for a swim. Gross takings were about £500. This was the first carnival at the Lagoon since pre-war days.

88, 4 (2), 29 Jan. 1957, page 5

Burra Town Council, 21 January

The Burra electric Supply Co. advised that the line to the Burra Hospital had been completely rewired and there was no possibility of ETSA doing anything to the line prior to 30 June 1958. The agreement has been completed by the company and is in the hands of the Trust for signature.

The ABC advises that the SA Symphony Orchestra will visit Burra 21 August 1957, offering a free concert matinee for children and an evening concert for the public. It was resolved to make the Town Hall available.

Tenders are to be called for work on the new CWA room at the Town Hall.

[Page 2 tenders say for the replacement of a lath and plaster ceiling by a fibrous plaster one and painting.]

88, 4 (2), 29 Jan. 1957, page 7

Church of England Boys’ Society

Senior boys from Burra and Riverton branches attended a camp at Mt Gambier with boys from the city 4-14 January. Sixty-three boys attended. Rev. L.R. Lenthall attended as Chaplain and Commandant. Eight local boys attended. [Details of activities are printed.]

The junior boys had a camp at Christies Beach 19-24 January and three Burra boys attended. Robert Lott was a group leader.

88, 5 (2), 5 Feb. 1957, page 1

River Murray Floods. Levels at Renmark are back to normal. Lock 5 weir has been re-erected and the steamer Industry has gone to Lock 4 to re-install its weir. At Cobdogla the level fell 2 ft last week, making a fall of 15 ft 9 inches since the peak on 2 September. A fall of one foot on Monday left the river there 4 ft above normal.

Bowls

Burra Green 112 defeated Clare Red 90

Burra Gold 95 defeated Clare green 94

Marriage. St Edmund’s Anglican Church Booborowie, 26 January

Jacie Freer, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs G.M .Freer of Booborowie, married

Don Bruce, seventh son of Mrs J. & the late Mr C.A. Bruce of Booborowie.

Clem Davey was organist.

Tennis

Aberdeen 12-81 defeated Mt Bryan 8-65

[Grade not stated.]

F. Phelps writes as Hon. Sec. of the ‘Lake Carnival’ Committee, thanking all who supported it and all those who assisted.

Burra High School Intermediate Results [Subjects passed with number of credits in brackets.]

Lorraine Baulderstone 5 Wayne Sibly 5 (1)

Lloyd Goss 5 Arthur Simpson 7 (1)

Margaret Kellock 3 Raelene White 5

Elizabeth Pinyon 6 Valmai Williams 9 (2)

Part Course:

Annette Heinrich 2

Rev. D.G. Haydon 1 (Latin)

St Joseph’s Convent Intermediate Result:

Jennifer Ryan 4

88, 5 (2), 5 Feb. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 February

John Payne & Donna Reed in Raiders of the Seven Seas

Plus News and Shorts

13 February

Joan Crawford & Michael Wilding in Torch Song

Janet Leigh & Peter Lawford in Just This Once

88, 5 (2), 5 Feb. 1957, page 3

Cricket

Buffs 5 for 176 dec. & 1 for 21 dec. (197) defeated Farrell Flat 132 & 62 (194)

Burra 94 & 94 (188) tied with Koonoona 102 & 86 (188).

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 16-103 defeated Leighton 4-63

88, 5 (2), 5 Feb. 1957, page 7

Burra Rifle Club. At Eudunda, Burra 633 defeated Eudunda 610 over double 500 yards.

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 1

Burra Town Hall. The tender has been let and the work started.

The Library has been transferred to the old CWA Room.

The old Library is being converted to the CWA quarters and should be ready for the opening meeting for 1957, early in March.

Plans and specifications are almost complete for the new supper room and kitchen and the tender will be called as soon as possible.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship over double 700 yards. Tom Heinrich scored the only possible. Best with handicap were J.H. Schwier, C. Edwards and D.H. Field and best off the rifle were J.H. Schwier, C. Edwards and J. Brown.

Weather. Heavy rain fell to the east on Friday. Figures are not available, but falls of over an inch are understood to have been registered. The Eastern Mail was delayed until Saturday.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-80 defeated Aberdeen 9-73

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 13 sets defeated Aberdeen 7 sets

Spalding 15 sets defeated Ironmine 5 sets

Hallett 13 sets defeated Mt Bryan 7 sets

Cricket

Farrell Flat 93 v. Burra 1 for 90

Buffs 178 v. Koonoona 1 for 12

Burra Racing Club. The wet rack for the meeting last October has meant that damage to the track was severe and a portion will have to be reformed. As a result the nest meeting will be held at Balaklava on Wednesday 23 March.

Burra Flower Pavilion. Donations have been slow to come in and so far total only £12-4-0.

Obituary. Mr Edward Stanley Statton collapsed and died at his business premises in Hallett on 31 January. He was born in Kooringa 23 August 1883 and went to school at Burra for two years before the family moved to Koolunga and then to Hallett when he was 9. He worked in the business with his father and later took over the engineering business until his death. He was well known for his blacksmithing work, which was despatched throughout SA. He collapsed at the end of the day’s work as he was about to leave the shop. Dr R.G. Miller attended from Burra. He was a foundation member of Hallett Masonic Lodge and Secretary for 30 years, till last year. He was also connected with the Hallett Institute as a committeeman for many years and a trustee until his death. He was also a trustee of the Hallett Methodist Church and a JP for about 28 years. As a younger man he was secretary of Hallett Athletic Club. He was twice married and both wives predeceased him. He is survived by sons Robert, Gordon and Jack and daughter Edna.

R.H. Garrard’s Dispersal Sale of dairy cattle was held on 8 February.

St Mary’s. It is proposed to form a branch of the Girls’ Friendly Society in Burra.

Mr Robert Lott, who has been received as a cadet metallurgist with BHP at Pt Pirie, was given a farewell on 3 February.

Philip Tattersall has been transferred to an Adelaide Post Office – he was a House Captain of the local CEBS.

An organ builder’s representative will visit Burra soon to assess the needs of the organ restoration and give an estimate of costs. It is hoped to have this work done this year.

Hallett Church of England congregation has decided to go ahead with plans to build their church as soon as possible.

Booborowie Church of England congregation has decided to erect a new cyclone fence around the newly renovated church. They have farewelled Mrs C.A. Bruce and youngest son Ian, who plan to move to Gawler and also Mr Russell Hams, who is leaving to work in the city.

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 February

Ngaria Kunoth & Robert Tudawall in Jedda

Ricardo Montalban in The Saracen Blade

20 February

Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront

Paul Henreid & Patricia Medina in Pirates of Tripoli

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 3

Burra Institute Library held its AGM in the Council Chamber on Monday. The Library is now functioning in its new quarters.

Cricket. Buffs 179 v. Koonoona 1 for 12.

Farrell Flat 93 v. Burra 1 for 90.

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 4

Bowls. Burra Green 121 defeated Saddleworth Gold 80.

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 6

Burra Burra DC, 4 February

It was resolved to give notice to borrow £15,000 to buy

2 Medium Patrol Graders

1 5-ton V-8 Ford Truck

1 Bulldozer Blade and fittings for the existing D4 Tractor.

Cr Wedding moved and Cr Radford seconded: ‘that [the] overseer be relieved of his position, but continue to be employed at his present rate, a temporary overseer (Mr Moreland) be placed in the position, and the position of overseer be advertised.’

Cr Lucas recorded his opposition to the motion as drafted, and advised he would be ashamed to vote for the motion. It was lost on the casting vote of the Chairman.

Later Cr Wedding requested licence to resign as Councillor for Booborowie Ward. Not granted.

[It is not clear from the report whether there was a relationship between the request and the motion above.]

88, 6 (2), 12 Feb. 1957, page 7

Burra Rural Youth, 4 February

At the last meeting Mr Les Thomas gave an address illustrated with over 200 slides, on two trips to England. Russell Harris was farewelled.

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 1

Burra Primary School re-opened 12 February with an enrolment of 283 and an attendance of 255. In 1956 the enrolment was 253 and in 1958 it is expected to be 280 odd. Forty-eight enrolled in Grade I. This year there were four young New Australians in the intake. The lunch room was finished and painted and was expected to prove very beneficial for students in winter, but on the first day it was used to house Grade VI students. This was a very reluctant decision by the headmaster, but as it was unfurnished, it was the better option that crowding 70 students into one room to have their progress impeded and to impose unreasonable working conditions on the staff.

‘It was, he thought, reasonable to use the lunch room – until the mroning school resumed [sic], a course to which he was strongly opposed.’

[Even allowing that the word was ‘morning’, what does this mean?]

The question was discussed with the Chairman of the School Committee and the President of the Welfare Club.

In the holidays the Superintendent had told the Committee and the Head Teacher that a portable classroom would be erected as soon as labour was available and it was hoped that erection would begin at the latest by mid-April.

The Head Teacher was prepared to vacate the lunch room as soon as it was furnished, but even the respite of a week from teaching two [classes] in the same room is appreciated. The hiring of an outside hall was considered, but that poses difficulties and inconveniences. The Head Teacher appreciates the reasonableness and friendliness of the discussions with the Committee and the Welfare Club representatives.

Since then the Minister of Education has promised the Member for the District, Mr P.H .Quirke, the classroom will be finished by the end of April.

Some improvements were made in the vacation, with a new ablutions trough installed and lights put in four of the classrooms.

On Thursday the school was supplied with free milk from Golden North at Clare – it is railed to Burra Cold Stores. There being no train Sundays, milk will not be available on Mondays. 260 one-third pint bottles are delivered daily. We understand St Joseph’s has applied for the same service.

Hallett School enrolled 12 in Grade I and has a total of 59, but 5 are likely to transfer out in the near future. Miss Margaret Lewis of Largs Bay has been appointed assistant. Swimming lessons have re-commenced and Mr Dowling and Mr Schliebs appreciate the use of Mr John Murray’s pool.

Willalo School has no new enrolments this year and numbers have fallen from 14 last year to an initial 10 this year. Head Teacher is Mr Brian brooks, previously at Wandearah North near Port Pirie. Although a new portable building was to be ready for the opening, as yet no start has been made and the school continues as usual in the Hall.

St Joseph’s School has 39 on the roll, including 12 new enrolments [listed]. Sister (Superior) M. Maurice and Sister M. Joan have returned this year and secondary education and music are being taught.

Burra High School has an enrolment of 85 with 41 in First Year and 24 in Second Year, 17 in Intermediate and 31 in Leaving [sic: though total suggests 3]. The new staff is C. Morrison from Burra Primary, G. Ireland from Snowtown Higher Primary and T. Baudin from Riverton High. Last year in Leaving five candidates gained four certificates and in Intermediate eight candidates gained six certificates.

Booborowie North School has 20 on the roll with five new enrolments. The teacher is Mr A.A. Pye. Numbers are down, as two families have left the district and other children have completed Primary Education. Margaret Brooks and Ashley Sutton gained their Progress certificates and are now at Burra High and Ivon Garrard, who turned 14, has found employment. Mr W.J.M. Roberts, Chairman of the School Committee, has sold his farm and left the area. He was given a farewell at the school. The Twigden family have also left for Mt Bryan and the school lost Daryl, John, Kaylene and Pamela as a result. The Wilkes family have moved in, bringing Dorothy, Brian, Kae and Dean to the school. Stuart Catt will soon be a new pupil.

Farrell Flat School has 9 new enrolments in their total of 45 students. Head teacher is Mr C.R. Brereton, who has been at Farrell Flat for four years and Miss H.R. Battye has been appointed as assistant from Teachers’ College. Mrs G.E. Brereton teaches sewing.

Weather. On 7 February Burra recorded 2 points, making 7 points in the last 93 days. The last significant fall was 15 points on 18 November.

Burra hospital. The Chairman of the Board, Mr S.J. Woollacott, writes outlining the Board’s determination to reduce the overdraft. Firstly by actively pursuing debtors according to the law [which is printed in the paper] and secondly by making a wool drive – asking each sheep owner in the district for one fleece or a bal of locks, stains and crutchings, or the equivalent in money.

‘Reluctant Ratepayer’ writes expressing difficulty in understanding Cr Lucas’s statement that he was ashamed to vote in favour of the removal of the overseer. He says the Highways Department has left ratepayers in no doubt that they make money available to Council’s that spend it efficiently and do jobs of which their engineer approves. Spalding receives £6,000 for 23 miles of main roads and Burra £10,000 for 123 miles of main roads.

Burra Burra Council officers have admitted they cannot cope with our roads with the present grants. Spalding Council stated that they have been informed that as long as they maintain their standard of work the Highways Department will keep up the finance to do so. At least half of the Burra Councillors were prepared to find favour with the highways Department, but Cr Lucas, voting as he did, will ensure the taxes etc. we pay will find their way to other Councils in the form of grants.

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 3

Mrs J. Bruce and her son Ian were given a farewell at Booborowie on 8 February. They are leaving for Gawler. Mrs Bruce has lived in the district for 37 years and has been active in local activities. Presentations were made and Ian responded on behalf of his mother.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 February

Alan Ladd & Leo Genn in The Red Beret

Scott Brady in The law v. Billy the Kid

27 February

Robert Taylor & Janet Leigh in Rogue Cop

Ethel Barrymore & Van Johnson in It’s a Big Country

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 600 yards. Best scorers were Tom Heinrich, R. Kellock and D.H. Field.

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 5

Bowls. Burra Green 99 defeated Burra Gold 80.

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 6

Spalding RSL held a Motor Sports Day on Saturday in Mr K. Trengoves’s paddock, one and a half miles northwest of the town, to aid the Spalding Swimming Pool and Legacy. Gross takings were £213. [Details of events and results occupy c. 1 column.]

Cricket

Buffs defeated Koonoona on first innings.

Burra defeated Farrell Flat – results illegible

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 7

Tennis. [Note that for this season results were inconsistently reported with many not being handed in to the paper.]

9 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-99 defeated Mt Bryan 7-75

‘B’ Grade Spalding 15-110 defeated Mt Bryan 5-53

Last Saturday

‘A’ Grade Spalding 16 sets defeated Ironmine 4 sets

Burra 13 sets defeated Willalo 7 sets

‘B’ Grade Leighton 10-83 defeated Ironmine 10-68

Hallett 16 sets defeated Mt Bryan 4 sets

Booborowie forfeited to Burra

88, 7 (2), 19 Feb. 1957, page 8

Burra Town Council, 4 February

Tender of A.L. Clode for the renovations to the CWA Room at the Town Hall was accepted for £173.

Approval was given for removal of the tree in Best Place.

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales 19-20 February. Top district price was 112d by both L.G. & F.C. Woodman of Hallett and Koonoona Proprietors. [Other local district prices are printed.]

Emus have appeared in the town and seem used to traffic.

Weather. There has still been no rain, with just 7 points in 100 days. Many are carting water.

ETSA has announced two new high voltage transmission lines to connect Pt Augusta B Power Station with Adelaide. The Station is presently under construction and due to generate electricity in 1960. Foundation piles are presently being capped and floor beams being installed.

Fire. A potentially serious grass fire was soon controlled on Friday morning in Chapel St on the properties of Water’s Bakery and Mrs Nankivell Sen.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge held a special meeting on Saturday when c. 100 members attended. Among the visitors were 21 Masters of the Lodge.

New JPs. Four Hallett men have been appointed JPs:

Keith Grimshaw (District Clerk)

Patrick J.F. Mannion (Grazier)

Kenneth H. Seigert (Grazier)

Donald E. Tiver (Grazier)

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, pages 1 & 7

Burra RSL held its AGM on 16 February. Elected were: President, C.M. Beckwith; Vice-Presidents, J. Battye & E. Peitsch and Secretary, R.W. Nankivell. Mr Beckwith delivered the annual report.

On March 10 Burra hosted the Mid-North Conference, which was very educational and ended with a very successful dinner. On 29 September officers from headquarters gave a series of talks on League matters. The Anzac Day service was again conducted by the Ministers’ Fraternal and the Marananga Band attended and led the march. Remembrance Day on 11 November was also observed at the Memorial and with addresses at the school. The annual Ball was an outstanding success and the Annual Smoke Social also drew a full house. The Christmas Party was combined with the Air Force Association and was a great success. We thank helpers and purchasers for the success of badge days for Legacy, Poppy Day Appeal and Anzac Day Appeal. The branch continues to support two Legacy Wards and special thanks are due to the Mt Bryan Legacy Committee. Two cricket matches were played in the year with Farrell Flat and Booborowie Sub-Branches and two ladies’ evenings were held. In the year the Club Rooms and Hall have been redecorated and special thanks go to Jim Kelly for this. Various improvements to fittings were made and the verandah roof is being renewed by working bees. Lisle Pearce has repaired Honour Rolls and Tables. Mr V.A. Riggs has over 100 trees ready for planting next year. Part of the area of Servicemen’s Avenue has been lost due to circumstances beyond our control and we are seeking an alternative site for further planting.

Mr Arthur Bence and Mr Tom Fuller were created life members during the year. The Sub-Branch gave support to the Flood Relief Appeal on the Murray by financial assistance and the donation of 3,500 bags etc. The constitution was revised. Membership this year increased by 20 members to 128 financial members. In the year we farewelled Mr Don Higginson, Lindsay Halliday and Spen Verrall. Thanks are extended to all who assisted at functions and especially to the committee and the Ladies’ auxiliary.

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 March

Anne Baxter & Steve Cockran in Carnival Story

Robert Montgomery in Eye Witness

6 March

Apache

Country Fair

Advt. Organ Recital at St Mary’s Church, Thursday 28 February

Organist C. Davey. Proceeds aid the Organ Fund.

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 3

Spalding School has an enrolment of 102. [Staff and new students are listed.]

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 4

Cricket

Buffs 113 v. Burra 2 for 63

Farrell Flat 145 v. Koonoona 1 for 27

Bowls. Burra 158 defeated Hallett 111

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 5

Marriage. St Rose’s Church, Kapunda, 26 January

Peter John Brooks, eldest son of Mr & Mrs Ken Brooks of Booborowie, married

Thelma Margaret McElroy, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Ivon McElroy of Nuriootpa.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 17 sets defeated Leighton 3 sets

Spalding 13 sets defeated Willalo 7 Sets

Aberdeen forfeited to Ironmine

Kooringa 17 sets defeated Booborowie 3 sets

‘B’ Grade Hallett 15 sets defeated Kooringa 5 sets

Aberdeen forfeited to Ironmine

Spalding defeated Booborowie

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 6

Burra rifle Club sent members to the Country teams Championship at the Dean Rifle Range at the weekend. Pt Pirie won the event with 960 and Burra was well down the list on 879. Best for Burra were W. Corner, G. Webster and K. Phillips

88, 8 (2), 26 Feb. 1957, page 8

Burra Primary School staff changes.

C. Morrison went to the High school and was replaced by Miss M. Meier and Miss R. Larcombe from Teachers’ College. Returning are Mrs Perry, Mrs Pens, Mrs Marj. Jeffery, Mr Kowald and Mr Kies.

88, 9, 5 Mar. 1957, page 1

A.C.C. Lock, the Australian author of Destination Barrier Reef and Tropical Tapestry, visited Burra last week. He is preparing for a book tentatively entitled Splendid Heritage, in which Burra would feature prominently. He was much taken with the old swing bridge – currently deemed unsafe for use.

The Burra Burra DC’s work on the Mt Bryan East road has exposed razor sharp rocks that are ruining tyres.

RSL plans for an avenue of trees on the eastern approach to Burra cannot be realised because they can only plant on one side [northern] and so cannot create an avenue. Mr Vern Riggs has 160 trees: 160 sugar gums and 60 pines [sic] ready to plant out. Gaps in the row already planted will be filled as will gaps in the CWA planting of pines, but a place for the rest is still being sought.

Burra Rifle Club. Burra 570 defeated Balaklava 536.

‘Another Ratepayer’ writes to say he understands why Mr Lucas might have voted the way he did over the dismissal of the Overseer, but not understanding why he would have felt ashamed to have supported it. That is ‘hard to follow’.

‘It has been quite obvious that the present men and equipment are not being used to the best advantage.’

Burra Branch of LCL. At a meeting on 22 February the Hon. Norman Jude said every effort was being made to see the Burra-Adelaide Road was sealed as soon as possible. Bituminising costs had risen to £20,000 per mile and maintenance was as costly as for a metal road, though required less frequently. The work already done was an excellent base on which to lay bitumen.

Farrell Flat Institute AGM is reported in one column of detail.

88, 9, 5 Mar. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 March

Ann Magnani & Burt Lancaster in The Rose Tattoo

Plus Shorts and News

13 March

Clarke Gable, Jeanette MacDonald & Spencer Tracy in San Francisco

Plus Commando

88, 9, 5 Mar. 1957, page 3

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 22 February

Patricia June Nourse, youngest daughter of Mrs W.B. & the late Mr Nourse of Burra North, married

William Peyton McGarva.

Mrs Satchell was soloist while the register was being signed.

Cricket

Burra 175 defeated Buffs 115 & 8 for 107.

Farrell Flat defeated Koonoona on the first innings.

Tennis

16 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 16-112 defeated Ironmine 4-49

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-95 defeated Mt Bryan 9-93

23 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 15-101 defeated Willalo 5-73

‘B’ Grade Spalding 19-119 defeated Booborowie 1-38

The Hallett Anglican Church is going ahead with construction about to begin. Two wonderful donations from parishioners recently added £700 to the fund.

88, 9, 5 Mar. 1957, page 4

Birth. To Mr & Mrs K.C. Martin of Spalding, a son.

88, 9, 5 Mar. 1957, page 5

Bowls

Burra Gold 113 defeated Clare Red 96

Saddleworth Blue 97 defeated Auburn 89

Clare Green 107 defeated Saddleworth Gold 90

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 1

Terowie Water Supply

At a public meeting on Tuesday 26 February Mr O’Halloran, Leader of the Opposition, spoke on a water supply for Terowie. Alternative routes were suggested. Figures from him show that about 26 million gallons of water were carried by rail from Burra to Terowie each year and the cost from 1 January 1955 to 31 January 1956 was £20,653, not counting repairs, maintenance etc. on railways. Speakers suggested the mains should run from Hanson through Burra, Mt Bryan, Hallett and Whyte Yarcowie to Terowie, increasing the productivity of towns along the route. The meeting adjourned to 5 March when Mr O’Halloran could attend. He said the cheaper alternative would be for a six inch main from Belalie North to serve the 151 houses in Terowie, but he admitted the Hanson route, while much more expensive, would be better from a national development point of view.

[In addressing the question Mr Owen-Smyth of Ulooloo said the annual cost of transporting water from Burra to Terowie was c. £30,000.]

Weather. Fifteen points of rain fell on Friday/Saturday night, which helped tanks a little, but did little more than settle the dust.

Burra Town Hall

The renovations to the CWA Room are complete except for floor coverings.

The proposed new supper room for the Town Hall will, when completed, give much more room for the purpose than the section of stage currently used. The room will occupy the space previously used by the remaining two rooms of the Library. The proposal is to erect a kitchen on the western side of the new supper room.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations have reached £817-17-7. For the next six months the Rural Youth have undertaken to concentrate money raising efforts on the pool.

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. acting for the executors in the estate of the late E.S. Statton, will sell on 26 March:

The engineering business in the main street of Hallett on allotment 59 and part 50 with a large galvanised iron workshop 87 ft x 40 ft with annexes 22 ft x 21 ft and 16 ft x 14 ft and an engine room 18 ft x 11 ft enclosed in the main shop. Also separate timber store 24 ft x 20 ft and office 14 ft x 12 ft, with equipment.

Residence on the main road opposite Hallett Railway Station on Pt Section 132 with frontage of 100 ft and depth 283 ft. The house of 9 rooms with bathroom, cellar etc. built in concrete brick and weatherboard. With a timbered well, numerous tanks, windmill and tank on a 10 ft stand. 32 volt wind driven electric plant.

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 March

Joan Crawford, Jack Palance & Gloria Grahame in Sudden Fear

Plus Documentary The Sea Around Us

Plus Shorts

20 March

Humphrey Bogart & Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa

Plus News & Shorts

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 4

Bowls. Burra Gold 97 defeated Saddleworth Gold 85.

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 6

Booborowie Hall

For some years now a community effort has been under way to complete the hall, begun in 1921. To raise the large sum of money it was thought the usual means of sports meetings, entertainments etc. would be inadequate and borrowing would have placed an unfair burden on future generations and the hard-working ladies of the district. The solution was to get land made available for cropping. Mr M.S. Hawker of Anama Pastoral Co., through his manager P.C. Brook, made 33 acres available for 1952 and 120 for 1953, with the proviso that the equivalent of 10 acres in 1953 go to the Burra Hospital. Mr J.C. Hawker also gave 120 acres in 1955 and in 1956 repeated this on an equal share basis with the company. Results:

1951-52 33 acres barley 281 bags nett £37

1952-53 133 acres barley 1272 bags nett £2,306

1953-54 120 acres barley 928 bags nett £992 (plus £57-8-0 for Burra Hospital)

1954-55 no project

1955-56 120 acres barley 1084 bags nett £1186

1956-57 60 acres barley 643 bags nett £680

Interest has been earned of £281 to make a total of £5,815.

There is also £300 from Booborowie Ladies’ Club War Savings Certificates to make in all £6115.

Mr J.C. Hawker has extended last year’s arrangements for 1957-58.

The building has now been completed at a cost of a little over £7,000, which includes enlarging the stage and curtains and proscenium. It is hoped the 1957-58 harvest, together with the opening function on 22 & 23 March, will clear the debt. At the AGM elected were: President, A.W. Pearce; Vice-President, P.T. Cousins and Secretary, J.E. Dewhirst.

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 7

Cricket. Burra 7 for 222 v. Koonoona.

88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 8

Tennis. Semi-Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 12-99 defeated Spalding 8-88

Ironmine 13-108 defeated Kooringa 7-89

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 10-96 defeated Booborowie 10-84

Spalding 10-98 defeated Hallett 10-87

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 1

Burra Town Hall. The Committee for the improvements to the hall met on Monday and approved the plans for the kitchen. They have been despatched for blue printing and should be ready in April, when an appeal for funds will be made. It is expected the building will be completed by September.

Burra Branch of the Adelaide Children’s Hospital Auxiliary was formed several months ago. Mrs E.T. Baulderstone is President. The function of the body is to raise funds for the hospital, as 50% of cases treated are from the country.

Accident. John Wall of Burra North escaped serious injury on Saturday when the car he was driving hit a tree and rolled over at about 5 p.m. on Smelts Road near the Drill Hall. The car was a complete wreck.

Mt Bryan St Patrick’s Ball was held last Friday and netted £80.

The Oddfellows’ Lodge (MUIOOF) was visited on 14 March by the Grand Master of SA, Bro. E. Lord and Directors Bros Oxenham, Bartholomaeus and Anderson and the District Grand Master and his Deputy, Bro. C. Griel of Greenock and Bro. W. Carpenter of Burra. The Grand Master spoke on the benefits of joining the lodge.

Booborowie Pictures. A contract will be let to Mr Benbow to show pictures in the Booborowie Institute on alternate Saturday nights.

Weather. Some more rain has fallen to add to the 15 points on 9 March: 32 points on the 13th and 5 on the 14th. This year’s total so far is 54 points.

Redruth Methodist Church. On Friday night a portion of the ceiling collapsed, destroying on pew and damaging others. The electrical wiring was also damaged. Services will be held in the Sunday School Hall until repairs are completed.

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, pages 1 & 8

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM 12 March.

A.B. Riggs and W.H. Lloyd were made life members at the General Committee meeting before the AGM. President Rex C. Warnes reported that the 1956 show was held under ideal conditions on 13 October and a large crowd attended. The Gala Night was also well patronised. Mr H.J. Finnis, Director of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society, opened the show.

One of the outstanding features was the flower section, so ably convened by Mr R. Fuss and his helpers, and his influence was also seen in the Floral Art Section, where there were 172 entries. Entries overall were down a little, but the quality was high. Schools provided an excellent display in the Produce Pavilion. Industrial Stands were more numerous than ever. The pavilion for birds was extended on the western side and skylights installed to improve the display. Mr H.L. Riggs altered the angle of the shelves in the wool display for better presentation and the produce pavilion floor was oiled to reduce dust. Following the show Mr R. Fuss has given his time and labour to install louvre windows in each end of the Flower Pavilion to increase ventilation and lighting.

The financial position is sound, with an overdraft of £113 and expenditure on improvements and repairs far exceeded this. There are 300 subscribers.

[The financial statement is printed.]

Elections: Patron, Mr John Parker; Vice-Presidents, C.F. Pearce & T.M. Warnes.

The next show will be held on 12 October 1957.

[There is no mention of the election of a President, but the headline on page 1 says Mr B.A. Riggs is the new President.]

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd on instructions from Mr Walter Finch, who is giving up dairying, will conduct a dispersal sale on 4 April.

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 March

Red Garters

Lost Treasure of the Amazon

27 March

Dan Duryea & Jeff Richards in Marauders

Joan Bentley & Kathleen Byron in Profile

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 4

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 700 yards. Possibles were scored by J.H. Schwier and T. Brazil. Best scorers were J.H. Schwier, T. Brazil and W. Corner.

In the marksman’s contest the order was T. Brazil, J.H. Schwier and W. Corner.

A Booborowie Tin-kettling was given to Mr & Mrs Don Bruce on Wednesday 26 February. A bountiful supper was had before those present went off home.

Obituary. ‘Old Sport’ writes in tribute to the late John Kelly.

The late John Duncan Kelly was the best all-round athlete this district has ever known. I first knew him when he was at Prince Alfred College and as we lived in the village of Copperhouse, I knew him well. When he came home on holidays he would have us younger ones timing him with a stop watch as he ran on the side of the road. I believe he held several records while at college and afterwards was the best all-round athlete in the district. He broke the cycling record from Broken Hill to Adelaide and was one of the best footballers, playing in the Burra side that defeated Broken Hill.

‘One Boxing Day at Victoria Park after competing in most events he was feeling the strain. Before the three-mile cycle scratch race he sent for a bottle of beer, it did not arrive until the race was about to begin, but the starter waited for him to drink it. He took hurdles, sheffields, tossing the caber and high jumps equally in his stride. With his passing the district has lost one of its best sportsmen ever. He was known as the ever-green Jack Kelly – his colours being green with a black sash.’

[Born 14 July 1873 Mt Bryan: died 21 December 1955 Hallett.]

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 5

Burra Town Council, 4 March

The School Committee sought advice about repairs to the [Kooringa] swing bridge. They are to be informed that advice is being sought about the means of providing a crossing.

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 6

Booborowie Football Club held its AGM 6 March. Elected: President, F. Sullivan; Captain, Kev. Cousins and Vice Captain M. Farrelly. As the club is not financial enough to install showers in the club rooms, this matter was deferred for another 12 months. New Guernseys are to be bought.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held its AGM 6 March. Membership for the past year was 36 and average attendance 21. The big project was the erection of the luncheon room at a cost of £1,200 and we look forward to furnishing it and putting it to use. The school picnic was held at Gum Creek.

Mr Pattrick was farewelled in April and a very successful ball was held the same month. The year ended with a Christmas Party for the children on break-up day. The free milk scheme has started since school went back. This was one of the things taken up by the club. The boys from the Garden Club donated £50 towards furnishing the lunch room. We have purchased a tea urn.

The treasurer reported income of £334, expenditure of £670 and a bank balance of £170.

Elected: President, Mrs E.T. Baulderstone; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames D.H. Field & A.D .Radford; Secretary, Mrs C. Phillips and Assistant Secretary, Mrs J.C. Morrison.

Tennis. Semi-Final

‘A’ Grade Spalding Defeated Ironmine [scores unreadable]

88, 11, 19 Mar. 1957, page 7

Obituary. Return Thanks notice reveals the death of Mrs Vida Gare nee Thamm.

[Born Vida Phyllis Thamm 9 April 1910 Walloway: died 21 February 1957 Parkside, residence Rosefield.]

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 1

Booborowie Hall additions were opened last weekend. The well-decorated interior, extended stage and a dream kitchen are all outstanding. The Pre-Opening Ball took over £100 and netted £80 towards the fund. On Saturday at 3 p.m. Mr Alan Pearce, Chairman of the Hall Committee, welcomed the crowd to the front of the building. Tenders for the original building had been called in 1920 and it was opened on 21 September 1921 by Mrs I.J. Warnes, after Mr I.J. Warnes had laid the foundation stone on 29 March 1921. Mr Pearce outlined the generous donations of cropland that had financed the venture. [See 88, 10, 12 Mar. 1957, page 6.]

The Burra, Hallett and Spalding DCs had also been very co-operative. Mr B. Dinham, President of the Booborowie RSL was introduced and gave a moving address on the meaning of the memorial. The Hon. Mr Wilson MLC, State President of the RSL endorsed these remarks and Mr Quirke MP for the Burra District, spoke briefly. Mr Woodgate, 1st of the Hall Committee Presidents, said this was the third of the town’s red letter days. The first had been the opening of the Hall, the second had seen the installation of electric light and this marked the completion and dedication of the building.

Mr Bob Wingfield congratulated the Committee and said he had prepared and written the report on the foundation stone ceremony for the Record. Mr McEvoy said the only man in his day with any money was I.J. Warnes and he didn’t give it in a few pounds, but in hundreds. ‘He was a good man for the district.’ Mr Leo Gill and Mr E.J. Affolter, the building contractor, added their remarks and Mr Pearce then ran through the costs, which totalled £7,500.

On the previous Friday the debt had been £1,800 and Mr Hawker had said he would allow them to crop another piece of land this year. Mr Hawker then declared the building open. People inspected the building and made purchases from various stalls operated by CWA ladies. Funds raised of £80 were to offset the costs of new curtains. High tea followed and £54 was taken. In the evening 500 people attended the concert and door takings were £89. In total the weekend functions raised £626 [or £700 if the headline is correct.]

Accident/Obituary. A semi-trailer overturned five miles from Spalding on Thursday 21 March. The deceased driver was Robert Albert Oakes (22), of Hutt Street, Adelaide. He and his partner, Terrence David Ward (23) of the same address, had only acquired the semi-trailer the previous day and were taking a 10-ton load of groceries to Broken Hill. Mr Ward received minor injuries, but Mr Oakes was thrown from the cabin and died from head injuries soon after the police arrived.

River Murray Water

Mr Quirke MP has been advised by the Minister of Works that the route for the second Morgan-Whyalla pipeline is currently being investigated. A duplication of the existing line would rule out Wirrabara, Melrose, Booleroo Centre and Appila, but a more northerly line would pass within a practical range of these towns and of Burra. The present debate is whether to spend more if necessary to include these centres or to give better supplies to those already served. Until this is resolved, there is no point in considering a separate scheme to bring Murray water to Burra.

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 3

Tennis Grand Final

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13 sets defeated Spalding 7 sets

‘B’ Grade Hallett 11-102 defeated Spalding 9-101

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 March

Dick Powell & Debbie Reynolds in Susan Slept Here

Tim Holt, Richard Martin & Linda Douglas in Trail Guide

3 April

Robert Mitchum in Man with the Gun

Jan Sterling, Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in Africa Screams

Cricket. Grand Final: 1st day’s play

Burra 132 v. Buffs 1 for 10

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 4

Bowls. Burra Green 124 defeated Clare green 78

Burra Rifle Club fired the 15th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 800 yards. Best were D.H. Field, R. Kellock and E. Hopkins. Possibles were scored by R. Bernhardt & C. Edwards.

[The report of the marksman’s points doesn’t seem to make sense.]

Cricket. Farrell Flat RSL defeated Burra RSL. [Scores are printed, but unreadable.]

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 5

Burra High School Parents & Friends AGM was held on 19 March. Elected: President, Mr Ellis; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Jennison & Baulderstone; Secretary, Mrs Darrell Field; Assistant Secretary, Mrs R. Sandercock and Treasurer, Mrs Binks-Williams.

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 6

The Booborowie Pre-Opening Ball drew the largest crowd ever for a Booborowie Ball. A telegram from Mr W. Benbow said pictures could begin on 27 April if that date suited the Committee. Mrs Fred Catt, as representative of the previous Booborowie Ladies’ Club, declared the new stage and proscenium open for use.

‘The Booborowie Ladies’ Club was formed following WWII, during which time all funds went to the Comforts Fund. Prior to the culmination of the Ladies’ Club, which resulted in the formation of the CWA, the club raised money for a specific purpose for the hall.’

[This sentence may require words such as ‘the outbreak of’ after the word ‘following’ unless it was some other organisation that raised the wartime funds and ‘culmination’ appears to mean the ‘winding-up’ of the club. The origins of the club seem to lie in a volume not yet noted.]

Mrs Drew presented the green velvet curtains on behalf of the CWA, mentioning that they had cost £195. When opened the curtains revealed the seven-piece Yacka Melodians Orchestra.

Fire. A fire, which started on Mr Treweek’s property between Hallett and Mt Bryan, soon crossed the road to Mr Lines’ property and then burnt 400-500 acres of feed before crossing another road to Mr Willis’s property, known as ‘Stewart’s,’ which was burnt out except for 30-40 acres. 100 acres of lucerne in seed was lost and three stacks of compressed meadow hay. The fire then went over the hill to Jim Quinn’s, where it burnt one fair-sized paddock and part of another before it was stopped at the road. It was not realised that the fire was not just stubble for some time, which allowed it to get away. Miles of fencing went, but only one sheep was burnt, though a number of Mr Willis’s rams were singed.

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 7

Obituary. Mr A.A. Davey died at Burra Hospital on Sunday morning after only a short illness. He was aged 81. [Arthur Albert Davey born 27 January 1876 Kooringa, died 24 March 1957 Burra.]

88, 12, 26 Mar. 1957, page 8

Burra Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its AGM. The average attendance for the year was 33. [The report of activities extends for c. 11⁄4 columns.]

88, 13, 2 Apr. 1957, page 1

Fire. A fire on Saturday burnt 2,000 acres of grass at Mt Bryan. It started on Mr Wedding’s property and burnt from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., moving 11⁄2 miles on a 1⁄4 mile front. It then crossed the range towards Mt Bryan, almost under control, but a sudden wind gust took it rapidly down the eastern slopes towards Mr Gebhardt’s homestead and fanning out to the north. As it reached Gebhardt’s the wind changed and took it to Thomas’s homestead. It jumped the road on either side of the house, but the home and sheds were saved. About 100 units and several hundred men were by then fighting the blaze. It moved north on a 1 mile front in inaccessible country. Mr H. Prior’s unit with Messrs Disher Sen., Arthur Talent and Les Schliebs, was trapped between the fire, a break just started and a fence. They escaped when ‘Snip’ Prior reversed quickly through the fire, but unfortunately Arthur Talent fell from the vehicle and suffered extensive burns to arms, face and hair, while Les Schliebs had minor burns to the face. Talent is recovering in Burra Hospital. F.H. Reed, Superintendent from Burra also had a narrow escape. The fire burnt part of Ron Murray’s property and was close to his homestead. It also burnt about 10 acres on G.G. Lines & Sons’ property. It was controlled late in the afternoon.

Cricket. Final. Burra 132 in 1st innings v. Buffs 8 for 349 with the game to be played out.

Obituary. Mrs Annie Quinn died in Adelaide 8 March aged 91. She was the daughter of the late John and Bridget O’Meally and was born at Tothill’s Creek 8 July 1865. She was educated at St Joseph’s Convent Farrell Flat and resided with her parents at various places until marrying the late William Henry Quinn 2 December 1892 at Silverton. They lived at Mt Bryan East and later at Mt Bryan where they engaged in farming and grazing before retiring in 1933 to Adelaide. She took an active part in social activities and was a strong supporter of St Brendan’s church at Mt Bryan. In the last years of her life she was cared for by her youngest daughter Miss Annie Quinn at Cumberland Park. She is survived by three sons, four daughters, thirty grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren.

Gum Creek School Committee benefited by over £28 from a card evening on Friday.

A Song Recital at Burra for the 5AD Good Friday Appeal for the Adelaide Children’s Hospital featured Kevin Miller (Tenor), Peggy Fearn (Soprano & Mr Miller’s wife) and Mary Warnecke (piano). A large crowd attended at the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday. The Burra Auxiliary of the Adelaide Children’s Hospital report proceeds of £105-13-0 which will nett about £94. They intend to raise the gap to make it £100.

Burra Rifle Club. Eight members competed at Gawler on Saturday in the No. 4 District Union Prize Shoot. Tom Heinrich won a trophy for shooters aged over 60. Herb Byles came 2nd in the Grand Aggregate. Burra won the Handicap Section with 1907 to Gawler’s 1900. Gawler was highest off the rifle with 1714 followed by Burra 1706.

Mt Bryan Methodist Church held Harvest thanksgiving services on 17 March. Rev. John Wilton conducted the afternoon service and Mr Duncan of Adelaide delivered the evening address.

Burra Racing Club held its meeting at Balaklava last Wednesday in perfect weather. It was quite a successful meeting, though not for punters, with only one equal favourite being successful. Attendance was estimated at 2,600. The main race was the Grazier’s Handicap and it was won by the oldest horse, Toastmaster, ridden by the oldest jockey, M. Raven. The Chairman of the SAJC Mr Lapthorne presented the trophy to owner Mr H.H. Lehmann.

E. Statton & Sons. A public meeting has been called for Hallett and District residents on 4 April to consider a proposal to take over the business of E. Statton & Sons to continue the service to the community. An option to purchase has been secured from the vendors. A capable manager has been interviewed as a preliminary.

88, 13, 2 Apr. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 April

Bob Hope & Joan Fontaine in Casanova’s Big Night

Joan Fontaine & Jack Palance in Flight to Tangier

10 April

Glenn Ford & Dorothy McGuire in Trial

Lisa Daniely & Hugh McDermott in The Wedding of Lili Marlene

88, 13, 2 Apr. 1957, page 5

Burra Swimming Pool Committee AGM 21 March

Elected: President, H.J. Topsfield; Treasurer, B.E. Gryst & Secretary, R.G. Jeffery. On advice from Mr P. H. Quirke it was decided to approach the Government for a further subsidy.

President’s Report

On 2 March 1956 a public meeting voted almost unanimously to carry out the construction of a pool. A committee was elected comprising H.J. Topsfield as President and Chairman; R.G. Jeffery as Secretary and B.E. Gryst as Treasurer. Funds collected by various means now stand at c. £1,000, which was the goal aimed at by the end of 1956. Although not quite enough to complete the project, the committee felt it was enough to allow a start. Trees were removed from the site. The Burra Burra DC began scooping out the hole, but were interrupted by the Murray Flood Appeal and it was then decided that the project could not be completed by the end of 1956. Necessary ground work has continued. An architect has prepared plans and materials have been ordered and the cement should come any time now. Mr Milton Mitchell was hired to level the floor of the pool and a working bee in the next fortnight should get this to the stage that concrete can be put down.

88, 13, 2 Apr. 1957, page 6

Marriage. Robertstown Methodist Church, 23 March

Bryden Mosey, daughter of Mr & Mrs L.S. Mosey of Robertstown, married

Harry Ballantyne, son of Mr & Mrs C.D. & the late W.S. Ballantyne of Gladstone.

88, 13, 2 Apr. 1957, page 8

Burra Football Club held its AGM 23 March

Ken Murphy was re-elected President with E. Orchard as secretary and J. Fisher as Treasurer. Mr J. Hill is senior Vice-President.

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 1

Burra Town Hall

An appeal has been launched for £4,000 to enable the Town Hall to have a new supper room and kitchen. Following this will come the installation of Cinemascope equipment necessary for today’s motion pictures. The building was erected in 1874 since when additions and alterations have been carried out.

From 1874-1945 the building was conducted as an Institute and controlled by trustees. In that time a dress circle was added and dressing rooms built at the rear of the stage, which was enlarged at the same time. Finance for these changes was through the issuing of debentures.

In the early history of the building it is found that the Masonic Lodge, Foresters’ Lodge and other organisations conducted their business in rooms provided. The Horticultural Society conducted flower shows in the hall. The District Council of Burra had its first office in the building and the Corporation of Burra also. The property was transferred to the Corporation in 1945. To permit the proposed changes preliminary work has been completed. The Burra Library now occupies the rooms previously leased to the Burra Branch of the CWA and the room previously the public reading room has been repaired and had a new ceiling installed and painted, and it will be the future home of the CWA. It will officially be handed over on 26 April. The two rooms previously used for library purposes will form the supper room and a kitchen will be built on the western wall. Entrance from the hall will be through a door to be built beneath the window nearest the dress circle on the western wall. Plans and specifications have been prepared.

St Patrick’s Sports at Booborowie on 30 March raised £114-4-3, including High Tea and the Ball. [Results of the sports are printed.]

Rural Youth held a dance on 5 April and raised c. £30 for the swimming pool.

Adelaide Wool Sales 2-4 March saw a top price for the Burra District for S.J. Woollacott at 107d.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Burra High School Parents & Friends Annual Report

The Association held a sports day and ball in 1956 and a banquet was held as a Christmas break-up. Money raised paid for: a lawn mower, a gramophone and records, a record cabinet, cups and books for speech night, a Gestetner copying machine, and an electric urn (the last two items in conjunction with the Primary School).

Obituary. Francis Percy Pearce, son of the late Henry Pearce was born at Mt Bryan 23 March 1875 and died at his home 14 March 1957 aged 82. The family went to live at Baldina when he was young, but in 1884 returned to Mt Bryan, where the deceased received most of his education. He later took up farming with his father. After his father’s retirement, he and his brother Mr Tom Pearce carried on the farm, trading as Pearce Bros until 1929, when he purchased the property. He carried on with his son till 1938, when he retired to live in Burra. He is survived by a widow and two children: Mr Louis Pearce of Mt Bryan and Mrs F. Atkin of Burra. There are five grandchildren.

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 2

Burra Town Council: Annual Elections

The following retire by the effluxion of time on the first Saturday in July:

Mayor Edward Thomas Baulderstone

North Ward Leslie White

East Ward John Bremmer Topsfield

West Ward Edwin Julius Lehmann

Nomination are called by 10 May with elections if needed on 6 July.

Burra Burra DC: Annual Elections

The following Councillors retire due to the effluxion of time on the first Saturday in July:

Hanson Ward M. de N. Lucas

Baldina Ward J.F .Warnes

Mt Bryan Ward T.D. J. Beckwith

Booborowie Ward D.T. Wedding

Nominations are called by 10 May with elections on 6 July if required.

Obituary. A Notice to creditors reveals the death of Malcolm John Marchant, farmer of Hanson, on 8 February 1957. [Born 11 March 1883 Mannanarie.]

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 April

Robert Mitchum & Jean Simmons in Beautiful, but Dangerous

Yvonne de Carlo & Rock Hudson in Sea Devil

17 April

Olivia de Havilland, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford & Charles Bickford in Not as a Stranger

Tennis: Cavandale Association Finals 6 April

‘A’ Grade Preliminary Final: Brady Creek 11 sets defeated Farrell Flat 4 sets.

‘B’ Grade Grand Final: Kunden 9 sets defeated Hanson 6 sets.

North Eastern Football Association held its AGM and elected President, J.T. Jenner; Secretary, R.W. Chambers and Patron, A.L. Collins.

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 4

Bowls

Burra Gold 107 defeated Spalding 96

Auburn 120 defeated Burra Green 79

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 6

Burra Cricket Association: Grand Final

Burra 132 & 8 for 219 v. Buffs 359

Burra Rifle Club fired the 16th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy over double 500 yards

Best scorers were R. Francis, R. Bernhardt and T. Lynch.

In the marksman’s contest C. Edwards, R. Bernhardt & B. Scholz were the best three.

88, 14, 9 Apr. 1957, page 7

Burra Rural Youth held a chop picnic at Porter’s Lagoon on 1 April. On 6 April there was a tennis match at which Clare Rural Youth 13-91 defeated Burra Rural Youth 3-42.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 1

Spalding Football Club held its AGM. £497 of the £885 debt on the new clubrooms was paid off in the year. The rooms are the best in the North-Eastern Association. Elected: Patron, H.V. Walpole; President, Ken Gill; Senior Vice-Presidents, J, Jenner & A. Morony; Secretary, Chris Martin; Assistant Secretary, Arthur Goodridge and Financial Secretary, Don Malycha.

East Bungaree Field Day was held in perfect weather on 2 April under G. Stanley Hawker (Managing Director), Mr Charles O’Connor (Manager) and Mr Harry Robinson (Overseer). Over 300 people came to see 400 two-tooth rams. The four-tooth rams were also very attractive and 26 were sold with the top price 750 guineas and another for 450 guineas.

Burra Rovers Basketball Club Annual Meeting was held on 4 April. Elected: President, Mrs Joan Bevan; Secretary, Miss Helen Fisher; Captain, Miss Coralie Ellis; Vice-Captain, Mrs Joan Bevan.

Football. Last Saturday at Booborowie: Pt Pirie defeated Booborowie by about three goals.

Tennis. Cavandale Association

‘A’ Grade Grand Final: Black Springs 10-85 defeated Brady Creek 5-74.

Burra Football Club on 14 April elected Captain, Keith Crouch and Vice-Captain, Kevin Lane.

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association held its wind-up dinner for the season at the Kooringa Hotel. About 40 attended. The Bon Accord Shield was presented to the Buffs Cricket Club for the third and final time. It now becomes their permanent property. Trophies presented were:

Best batting average L. Kewell 321 average 64.2

Best bowling average J. Bogisch 29 average 6.82

Best batting aggregate C. Morrison 361

Most wickets C. Morrison 88

Highest score C. Morrison 101

Most catches P. Murphy 10

Most stumpings R. Pearse 5

Most improved junior D. Villis

Adelaide Wool Sales. Top district price is just to hand: R.W. Humphrys of Burra, 1083⁄4d.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 April

Luise Rainer & Fernand Gravet in The Great Waltz

Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas & William Powell in The Girl who Had Everything

22 April

Susan Hayward & Richard Conte in I’ll Cry Tomorrow

Plus Shorts

25 April

Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz in Forever Darling

Jack Watling & Susan Stephen in Dangerous Cargo

Burra Rifle Club fired the last stage of the Championship over 800 & 900 yards. C.W. Edwards won the day with a possible at 900 yards and he also took the Championship. Jim Schwier was second and Herb Byles and Jim Brown tied for third. R. Francis scored a possible at 800 yards and J. Brown scored one at 900 yards and so did T. Brazil and H.H. Byles.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 4

Burra High School

Valmai Williams has won the A.B. Riggs prize for most marks in the Intermediate Exam.

Yesterday the school went to Adelaide by train to visit the Adelaide Exhibition at Wayville. About 75 students were in the party.

The Poliomyelitis Mobile Unit will visit the school in the next few weeks to give the first injections to all children under the age of 15 years.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 5

Bowls

Auburn 95 defeated Burra Gold 85

Spalding 108 defeated Burra Green 97.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 6

Burra Primary School Parents & Friends’ Association AGM was on 28 March and elected Chairman, M.G. Stockman and D.H. Field as Secretary-Treasurer.

In conjunction with the Welfare Club we have achieved out object of building a special luncheon room for over £1,200. In the process the yard has been made more level and put in a better condition for asphalting. The room has yet to be furnished. After twelve months with acting headmasters, the Department finally appointed Mr Kies last May. This year, with increased enrolments, we have had a seventh teacher appointed. To relieve overcrowding at the start of the year, a class has been put in the luncheon room, but the Minister has promised to have a moveable classroom erected by the end of April and this building has actually begun.

Painting of the school is to be done soon and somehow the pigeons are to be destroyed. Visiting Day and Arbor Day were well attended and there was an excellent school concert in the Town Hall and a school picnic at Gum Creek. Free milk has finally been arranged. We have been negotiating with Council for repairs to the swing bridge. We wish to record our appreciation for the work of Mr Colin Morrison for his efforts as a teacher, an acting headmaster, in the Garden Club and in other school activities. He has moved to the High School.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 7

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association: Final

Buffs defeated Burra by 4 runs and 9 wickets.

Buffs 359 and 1 for 22 defeated Burra 132 & 245.

88, 15, 16 Apr. 1957, page 8

Burra Town Council

Burra & District Swimming Pool Committee asked the Council to make an application for a further subsidy of £1,500 for 1957-58 to enable completion of the swimming pool. An application will be made.

Mr P.H .Quirke submitted a copy of a letter from the Minister of Works about the possible duplication of the Morgan-Whyalla pipeline.

A minute of appreciation was recorded for the work of the late A.A. Davey during his 67 years of association with the Burra Library and Town Hall.

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 1 [The change from Volume 88 to Volume 86 continued until 15 October, when it just as inexplicably changed to Volume 87 for the rest of the year. The change to Volume 86 did not mean a repeat of Volume 86, 16 because the earlier Volumes 86 had also been irregular and began with 86, 20, 25 May 1954 and another began 86, 47 on 29 November 1955.]

Poliomyelitis Mobile Unit

The Department of Health advises that its mobile unit will be in Burra and District in May. School children will be immunised at their schools. Infants and expectant mothers can attend selected centres only. In Burra this will be at the Primary School. The units have a tight schedule and it is important people attend at the times specified. Such mothers who cannot get to selected centres will be accepted at schools, but only if they are ready when the unit arrives, so the schedules can be maintained. [These time are printed along with the times set aside for pre-school children and expectant mothers.]

Burra Burra DC had invited the Engineer of the Highways and Local Government Department to inspect and advise on local roads. He did so on 17 April with respect to Burra-Booborowie, Gum Creek, Farrell Flat-main road, the new Hanson-Black Springs road, the new Hanson-Burra road, the bridge at the bottom of ‘Breakneck’ and the bituminising of Booborowie main street.

Burra Burra Show Inc. The appeal for funds to cover the Flower Pavilion improvements has stalled at £21-15-0. A further £75 is needed.

Willalo School. Work has started on building the new school next to the Memorial Hall. It is thought it will be completed quickly.

The Swing Bridge opposite the Town Hall will be replaced. AMRCO Aust. Pty Ltd has quoted for two-ten plate multi-plate arches each 5 ft wide with a span of 25 ft, giving a rise of 12 ft 9 inches at a cost of £428-5-0 less 7% F.O.R. Sydney. It was decided to order the spans, which will be the basis for a solid construction bridge to be erected a little north of the old bridge, to serve as a crossing for the school and the swimming pool. The old bridge will later be removed.

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 2

Marriage. Sacred Heart Church, Hindmarsh, 27 April

Margaret Betty Hawkes, third daughter of Mrs G. Hawkes and the late Mr Hawkes of Burra, married

William Norman Leedham, third son of Mr A. Leedham and the late Mrs Leedham of Semaphore.

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 3

Tennis. Burra Easter Tournament (Aberdeen Tennis Club Courts)

Women’s Singles Handicap Miss J. Pickering

Ladies’ Championship Doubles Mrs Nicholls & Miss J. Pickering

Mixed Doubles D. Lloyd & Mrs Nicholls

Ladies’ Championship Singles Miss J. Pickering

Men’s Doubles Handicap D. Kellaway & A. Ettridge

Men’s Doubles Championship R. Pickering & D. Oswald

Ladies’ Double Handicap Mrs C. Kotz &Miss C. Neindorf

Men’s Singles Championship D. Walker

Men’s Singles Handicap D.R. Oaten

Advt. Booborowie Pictures, Grand Opening, 27 April

Jane Powell, Howard Keel & Jeff Richards in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Powell & David Farrar in Escape to Burma

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 April

June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor & Janet Leigh in Little Women

Plus Shorts and News

1 May

Cornel Wilde & Yvonne De Carlo in Passion

Joan Evans & Melvyn Douglas in On the Loose

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 4

Burra Town Council, 15 April

The Tourist Bureau advises that a submission for Swimming Pool Subsidy needs to be submitted not later than the last week in May and that an estimate of cost be lodged in reference to the claim for a further subsidy.

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 6

Combined School Sports were held at Spalding on 12 April and are reported with results. The competing schools were: Hilltown, Gum Creek, St Joseph’s Convent, Spalding, Booborowie, North Booborowie, Willalo and Washpool.

86, 16, 23 Apr. 1957, page 7

Gum Creek School had an excursion to the Adelaide Exhibition on 17 April. They visited the SA Museum in the morning.

86, 17, 30 Apr. 1957, page 1

An Anzac Commemorative Service was held at the Market Square Memorial last Sunday. A large crowd, including 60 returned men, assembled. The march was led by the Marananga Band under Bandmaster Roenfeldt and headed by local RSL President C.M. Beckwith, with Ross Humphrys President of the Air Force Association and M. Burt President of the Demobilised Soldiers’ association. Colour-bearers were B.H. Rogers & W. Kotz. Members of the Church of England Boys’ Society assisted with parking cars and distributing hymn sheets. Wreaths were laid by Mr C.M. Beckwith (RSL), Mr R. Humphrys (AFA), Mr M. Burt (Demobilised Soldiers’ Assoc.), Mr E. Finch (Burra Burra DC) and Mr E.T. Baulderstone (Town Council). Rev. D.G. Haydon’s address is printed.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy. Best scorers were J. Brown, W. Corner & T. Heinrich. J. Brown scored the only possible for the day on the 300 yards range and G. Webster the only one over the 200 yards range.

Booborowie Pictures had a very successful opening night with 300 attending. Pictures will be shown for ten successive Saturday s and then once a fortnight.

The Van Loewe Show returns to Burra 13 May. This great hypnotist is making his last tour of Australia.

St Joseph’s Fete was held on Friday afternoon in the RSL Hall. A large crowd attended. The fete netted £292. [Details occupy almost 2 columns.]

Football

Hallett 12.23 defeated Burra 11.15

Booborowie 14.17 defeated Leighton 7.14

Spalding 11.23 defeated Terowie 9.11

Basketball

Terowie 20 defeated Spalding 16

Leighton 12 defeated Booborowie 9

Yarcowie forfeited to Burra Rovers

Burra Comrades forfeited to Hallett

86, 17, 30 Apr. 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 4 May

Clark Gable, Lana Turner & Victor Mature in Betrayed

Plus Shorts and News

8 May

Gilbert Roland & Jane Russell in The French Line

Teresa Wright & McDonald Carey in Every Minute Counts

86, 17, 30 Apr. 1957, page 5

Bowls. Burra 115 defeated Robertstown 99.

86, 17, 30 Apr. 1957, page 6

Hallett Gymkhana & Dance raised over £300. [Results are printed.]

86, 17, 30 Apr. 1957, page 8

Whyte Yarcowie Gymkhana results are printed.

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 1

Burra Primary School Ball was held in the Town Hall on Friday last and drew a smaller attendance than previously. Takings were about £60.

Hallett Church of England. The new church walls are up and the foundation stone will be laid 2 June.

CWA. On 26 April members and visitors assembled at the Town Hall and Mr Baulderstone, in a brief ceremony, handed over the key of the new Rest Room to the President Mrs H. Jennison, and the State Treasurer Miss Blinman unlocked the door.

Mothers & Babies’ Health Association. A meeting is called by the Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone to consider forming a branch in Burra. Miss Richardson, Secretary of the Association, will attend on 13 May at 8 p.m. Dr Pitcher and Mrs G. Stanley Hawker have done the groundwork and now those concerned are asked for their opinion. When Burra Hospital Clinic was running the Health Train did not stop here and even though it has now closed, the train still by-passes Burra.

Burra High School Sports Day was held at the Burra Racecourse Oval on Tuesday last in boisterous weather. [Results are printed.]

Senior Boys’ Cup Barry Eberhard

Junior Boys’ Cup John Sibly

Senior Girls’ Cup Marie Eberhard

Junior Girls’ Cup Judith Field

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 3

Burra Rifle Club. On Saturday Burra defeated Morgan Small Bore Club by 13 points.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 May

Jane Russell in The French Line

Plus Every Minute Counts

11 May

Ernest Borgnine & Betty Blair in Marty

Ritchie Andrusco in Little Fugitive

15 May

Deborah Kerr & Stewart Granger in King Solomon’s Mines

John Bentley & Hubert Gregg in Final Appointment

Obituary. A Funeral Notice reveals the death of Miss Mary Dower with the funeral to leave St Joseph’s at 2 p.m. Wednesday 8 May.

[Born 31 January 1878 Mt Bryan Flat: died 6 May 1957 Myrtle Bank.]

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 4

Weather. Heavy, but erratic rain fell on Tuesday and Wednesday last: Burra 40 points, Woolgangi 8, Booborowie 55, World’s End 33 and Hanson 36.

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 5

Bowls. End of season games were played last week.

Singles Handicap Final was won by V. Riggs.

The Consistency Handicap Final went to J. Topsfield.

The Night Pairs Final was won by L. Phillips & L. Pearce.

The Mixed Pairs Final went to L. Phillips and Mrs Binks-Williams.

This year the club membership grew to 58 with 35 Associates.

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 6

Football. Burra 27.17 defeated Leighton 7.11

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 7

Football. Hallett 36.12 defeated Terowie 7.1

Obituary. Mary Dower died 6 May aged 76. She was the aunt of Rev. Fr L. Dower of Narellan NSW, Sister Lucy DC Carmelite Monastery, Glen Osmond and V.J. Dower of Burra.

[Born 31 January 1878 Mt Bryan Flat: died 6 May 1957 Myrtle Bank.]

86, 18, 7 May 1957, page 8

Basketball

Spalding 13 defeated Booborowie 4

Burra Rovers 20 defeated Leighton 14

Terowie 14 defeated Hallett 6

Burra Comrades 63 defeated Yarcowie 4

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 1

Adelaide Wool Sales. The top district price was 1161⁄4d by V.A. Riggs & Sons of Farrell Flat.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Mr Horace Oates, his son David, Mr Williams and Mr Lew Nutt (formerly of Mt Bryan) made a 7,000 mile trip in winter 1956 in a Land Rover: Pt Augusta – Alice Springs – Darwin – Mt Isa – Rockhampton – Brisbane – St Georges – Cunnamulla – Thargomindah – Tibooburra – Broken Hill – Adelaide. Mr Oates gave a talk illustrated with slides in the Hallett Hall on 6 May, for the Hallett Agricultural Bureau.

Hanson School held its Arbor Day on 10 May, when a tree planting ceremony was held in the township reserve.

Golf. Burra Golf Club held its opening day on Saturday.

Basketball

Spalding 59 defeated Hallett 13

Burra Rovers 20 defeated Hallett 13

Terowie 18 defeated Leighton 11

Burra Comrades 24 defeated Booborowie 19

Burra Rifle Club. J.H. Schwier won the 18th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy fired over 500 yards, with twenty consecutive ‘bulls’.

Football

Burra 15.15 defeated Booborowie 14.11

Leighton 22.18 defeated Terowie 7.9

Hallett defeated Spalding

Burra Burra DC Elections. Nominations received:

Hanson Ward M. de N. Lucas

S.T. Miller

T.R. Rogers

Mt Bryan Ward G.H. Cockrum

R.M. Gebhardt

Booborowie Ward D.T. Wedding elected unopposed

Baldina Ward J.F. Warnes elected unopposed

Elections will be held in Hanson and Mt Bryan Wards 6 July.

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer for sale at the RSL Hall Burra on 31 May 1957 on orders from A.C. Murray, the property known as ‘Cartapo,’ in three lots.

Lot 1 ‘Homestead’ 3 miles north of Mt Bryan comprising sections 100, 101, 270, 274, 275, 277 & parts of lots 122, 149, & 150 in the Hundred of Kingston. Containing 996 acres 10 perches. Homestead of 11 rooms etc.

Lot 2 2 miles north of Lot 1, comprising Part Block 531 Hundred of Kingston of 370 acres 2 roods.

Lot 3 Adjacent Lot 2 (separated by a road), comprising Block 535 Hundred of Hallett of 323 acres 3 roods.

[Details occupy most of two columns.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd will hold a land and clearing sale for E.S. Statton & Sons on the premises in Hallett Main Street. [Details occupy two columns.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. invite tenders on instructions from E.W. & L.H. Satchell for:

Section 5 Hundred of Baldina of 630 acres freehold.

Section 6 Hundred of Baldina of 491 acres perpetual lease.

Located about 14 miles southeast of Burra on the Robertstown Road.

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 3

Obituary. Alfred George Watt died suddenly at Broken Hill on 20 April. He was the eldest son of Mrs F. Watts of Black Springs and brother to Mrs E.P. Webb, Miss Elsie Watts, L.J. Watts (Waterloo) and S.A. Watts (Broken Hill). [Born 25 January 1895 Apoinga.]

Obituary. Nellie Pearson Woollacott, wife of Thomas Henry Woollacott, (Ex-Mayor and Mayoress of Burra) died in Adelaide 13 May. [Born Nellie Pearson Westmoreland 15 July 1879 Parkside SA: died 13 May 1957 College Park, residence Malvern.]

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 4

Burra Burra DC, May

It was resolved to close the road between sections 530 & 531 Hundred of Kingston except for 4 chains at the east end and to sell the closed road to J.V. Quinn for £20 per acre subject to his acceptance.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 20 defeated Hallett 13

Terowie 18 defeated Leighton 11

Burra Comrades 24 defeated Booborowie 19

Spalding 59 defeated Yarcowie 1

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 5

Woodville CEBS visited at the weekend and camped in the parish hall. 50 boys attended. There was a chop picnic on Saturday afternoon at Old Koomooloo. On Sunday they attended a sung Eucharist and visited the old brewery cellars on Mr Bill Young’s property. [Although the paper describes them as wine cellars.]

Obituary. Mrs Frank Fillmore died 25 April 1957 at Burra Hospital. She was born at Bunbury WA and came to this district at an early age, spending most of her life here. After the death of her first husband, Mr A. Brandt, she trained at the Queen’s Home and in 1931 gained her certificate with the Australian Nursing Federation as an obstetrics nurse. She did much nursing in the Burra District. In 1938 she married Mr Frank Fillmore at St Mary’s Church, Burra. Her three sons, one by her first marriage, all live in Burra and her two daughters live in Adelaide and Mt Gambier. Mrs A.J. Voumard of Hanson is a sister.

Obituary. Thomas Joseph Preiss of Spalding died at Calvary Hospital 23 March aged 25. He was the only son of Mr & Mrs Luke Preiss and brother of Pauline (Sr M. Bernadine), Margaret, Josephine and Jillian. He was educated at St Joseph’s Convent Spalding and Rostrevor College. He had worked on his father’s property and at the Spalding Quarry until forced by ill health to relinquish the position. He was active in the church and sports, being secretary of the Spalding St Patrick’s Sports for three years. He played tennis and was a crack rifle shot.

86, 19, 14 May 1957, page 6

Burra Town Council. Elections

Mayor Edward Thomas Baulderstone elected unopposed

East Ward John Bremmer Topsfield elected unopposed

West Ward Edwin Julius Lehmann elected unopposed

North Ward No nominations were received

A supplementary election is called for North Ward with nominations closing on 31 May.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 May

Robert Mitchum & Ann Blyth in One Minute to Zero

Armand Denis’s documentary film Below the Sahara

22 May

Martine Carol & Pedro Armendariz in Lucretia Borgia

Jane Night 7 John Archer in Rodeo

Football. Leighton 22.18 defeated Terowie 7.9.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy. Best scorers were J. Schwier, T. Heinrich and H.H. Byles.

Fr Kevin (Laurence) Dower CP of the Passionist Monastery Narellan, NSW was in Burra last week for the funeral of his aunt Miss Mary Dower, who died in Adelaide last Monday aged 79. She is also survived by Fr Dower’s brother Mr V.J. Dower of Burra and a niece Sr Lucy DC of the Carmelite Monastery Glen Osmond.

Fire destroyed the Railway Employees Hostel Kitchen and Dining Room at Whyte Yarcowie on Sunday 5 May. Fire fighters saved adjacent buildings. Damage to SAR property is estimated at £5,000 and to the property of Mr G.W. Stevens, the lessee, at c. £200.

86, 14, 21 May 1957, page 1 [Note the numbering of issues goes from 19 to 14, but due to earlier irregularities 14 is not a repeated number.]

Mothers & Babies’ Health Assoc.

A meeting in the Council Chambers on 13 May resolved to open a clinic in Burra. Elected: Patron, Mrs Hawker; President, Mrs R. Pitcher; Secretary, Mrs Jim Riggs and Treasurer, Mrs M. Odgers. Meetings will be held monthly in the CWA rooms. The first clinic will be on Saturday 29 June when Sister McMahon will attend.

Golf. Burra Golf association opened its new season on Wednesday 15 May.

Burra Swimming Pool progress report. The base has been levelled to depth and the floor covered with a six inch layer of sand. The necessary cement, fabric and non-prite mixture have been delivered. Forming boards are on site. A three inch water inlet has been connected and all seems ready for concreting to begin. Money is urgently needed so send contributions care of B.E. Gryst at the Savings Bank, Burra.

Eleanor C. Hall, who was born in Burra and visited recently, calls for trees to be planted on the bald hills. [Presumably born Eleanor Chrystal Moody 4 January 1889 Kooringa.]

Basketball

Leighton 26 defeated Burra Comrades 14

Spalding 19 defeated Burra Rovers 12

Terowie 15 defeated Booborowie 3

Hallett 30 defeated Yarcowie 3

Football

Burra 17.22 defeated Spalding 8.7

Booborowie 24.17 defeated Terowie 1.1

Hallett 13.19 defeated Leighton 4.3 [Figures from page 6.]

Burra Colts 6.3 defeated Spalding Colts 1.3

Lawn Tennis. The season ended on 5 May with an American Tournament when the winners were Mrs J.H. Brown for the ladies and Mr R. Crewes for the men.

‘Helped’ writes to pay tribute to the late Mrs Woollacott.

She and her husband gave great support to those who, during the war, were advised to move to the country to free the city accommodation [for war industry workers]. Despite the blow of losing their two sons, Noel and Roy, Mr & Mrs Woollacott kept on giving service. Mrs Woollacott will be remembered for her graciousness.

86, 14, 21 May 1957, page 3

Obituary. Emma Dunstan, wife of Mr Ben H. Dunstan and mother of Jack and Hugh, died on 20 May aged 83. [Born Emma Griffiths 10 December 1873 Charleston (Burra North): died 20 May 1957 Burra, residence Mt Bryan East. See also 86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 1.]

Notice is given that from 20 May 1957 Mr M.W. Bednall will carry on his practice as a Barrister and Solicitor at Mutual Life Chambers 44 Grenfell Street Adelaide.

86, 14, 21 May 1957, page 4

Inter-High School Sports were held at Burra recently. A crowd of about 1,000 attended. Competing schools were: Burra, Balaklava, Riverton, Kapunda and Clare. For Burra, Betty Launer was outstanding in winning the open 100 yards and open 75 yards. Marie Eberhard won the Intermediate 100 yards and 75 yards. [Other Burra results are printed.]

Clare won the major shield and Balaklava the junior shield. [Burra was apparently placed last.]

86, 14, 21 May 1957, page 5

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 20 April

Wendy White, second daughter of Mr & Mrs Les White of Burra North, married

Bruce Sanderson, son of Mr & Mrs A.E. Sanderson of Adelaide

86, 14, 21 May 1957, page 7

Marriage. Whyte Yarcowie Catholic church, 27 April

Patricia Joan Phillis, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Bob Phillis of Whyte Yarcowie, married

Neville Stanley Markey, youngest son of Mr & Mrs A. Markey of South Plympton.

New Farrell Flat Methodist Sunday School Hall was opened on 12 May at a service conducted by Rev. D.G. Haydon. Mr Glen of Pt Pirie, a former superintendent, opened the door. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 May

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis in Money From Home

Helen Hayes & Van Heflin in My Son John

29 May

Greta Garbo & Robert Taylor in Camille

86, 15, 28 May 1957, page 1

Mrs G. Parker of Queen St was 88 on 27 May.

Booborowie RSL Ball drew 250 people and £70 was taken at the door.

Obituary. Mary Dower, who died in Adelaide on 6 May aged 79, was the daughter of the late Maurice and Johanna Dower. She was born at Mt Bryan 31 January 1878 and was educated at St Joseph’s Convent, Burra and spent most of her life in Burra with her brother the late Patrick Dower. After the death of her brother’s wife she cared for his children, three of whom are still living: Sr Lucy DC of the Carmelite Monastery, Glen Osmond, Mr V.J. Dower and Rev. Fr L. Dower of Narellan NSW. As a result of an accident in 1952 Miss Dowd lived at ‘Lourdes Valley’ Glen Osmond.

Willalo Catholic Ball on 21 May netted £47.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 30 defeated Burra Comrades 9

Spalding 17 defeated Leighton 12

Booborowie 25 defeated Hallett 13

Terowie 52 defeated Yarcowie 4

Football

Leighton 15.16 defeated Spalding 8.10

Burra 15.24 defeated Terowie 5.13

Hallett 11.13 defeated Booborowie 8.11

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy. Best scorer was Jim Brown – and page 5 adds T. Lynch and R. Bernhardt.

Town Hall Footbridge. The multi-plate bridge arches will be delivered in July.

Mt Bryan School Welfare Club raised c. £50 at a Fancy Dress Frolic on 4 May.

Burra Air Force Association elected Mr L.A. (Bert) Beinke as President at a special meeting on Saturday following the resignation of Mr Ross Humphrys, who is leaving the district.

86, 15, 28 May 1957, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 June

Kirk Douglas & Dewey Martin in The Big Sky

Plus Secret Sharer

5 June

Heidi and Peter

Tony Dexter & Eva Garbo in Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

Burra & District War Memorial Oval Committee will hold a ball at the Town Hall on 21 June to raise money for improving facilities there.

86, 15, 28 May 1957, page 6

Burra Town Council, 6 May

Burra Bowling Club asked Council to consider closing a portion of Bridge Street West and to transfer it to the club and also to sell 13 ft of the Council Depot to them. An inspection was made on 7 May.

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Burra Swimming Pool

65 men turned up on Sunday to help. 45 gave most of a day’s labour and the others at least half a day, representing £120 worth of labour. They laid half the total floor in concrete six inches thick. The remaining half will be eight inches thick. Boxing and levelling etc. will be done in the next two weeks, with the next big working bee arranged for 23 June. More cement is needed to complete the job.

Statton’s Sale at Hallett on Tuesday saw high prices paid for machinery and tools.

Basketball

Spalding 21 defeated Hallett 10

Leighton 31 defeated Yarcowie 1

Booborowie 14 defeated Burra Rovers 11

Terowie 34 defeated Burra Comrades 19

Football

Hallett 15.13 defeated Burra 10.7

Booborowie 9.14 defeated Leighton 5.6

Spalding defeated Terowie

Hallett Colts 8.15 defeated Burra Colts 2.2

Lance Fiebig of Burra and M. Brian Holness of Gawler have entered in the 10,000 mile Mobilgas Rally around Australia.

Adelaide Wool Sales saw Balah Proprietors get top price for the local district, at 110d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Burra Town Council. Supplementary Election for North Ward:

William Henry Lloyd was elected unopposed.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 June

Elizabeth Taylor & Van Johnson in The Last Time I Saw Paris

Plus News and Shorts

12 June

Broderick Crawford & Ruth Roman in Down Three Dark Streets

Tab Hunter & Dawn Andrews in Return to Treasure Island

Obituary. John Elias Hogan died 3 June at his residence in Chapel Street aged 69. He was the husband of Maude Agnes and father of Jacqueline, Marcelle, Margaret, Peter, Mary, Michal and John (deceased). [Born John Hogan 6 August 1887 near Tarlee: died John Elias Hogan 3 June 1957 Burra.]

Obituary. May Moxham, the wife of the late William Thomas Moxham of Leighton, died 1 June at Burra North aged 71. She was the mother of six daughters and four sons.

[Born Fanny Mabel Joyce 3 September 1874 Chain of Ponds: died Fanny May Moxham 1 June 1957 Burra North.]

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy. Best scorers were K. Spackman, R. Bernhardt & E. Hopkins.

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Burra Town Council, 20 May

Cr White moved that the required action be taken to close an area of Bridge St West 33 ft by 306 links, from Thames Street end and that the same be sold to the Burra Bowling Club for £5. It was carried with the proviso that the corners be cut back not less than five feet along each boundary to permit access to the tennis court area.

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Badminton. Results are unreadable

86, 16 (2), 4 June 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 16 in this volume]

Obituary. The late Mrs C.L. Robins was the eldest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Joseph Arbery of Crystal Brook and was born at Wirrabara 29 September 1869 and educated at Wirrabara, Moonta, Blinman and Quorn and moved to Yunta in 1887, where she worked at the Railway Eating House when aged 12. [Note these dates do not add up: in 1887 she was 18!] In 1889 at Mannahill she married T.S. Robins of Cradock. Most of her life was spent around the Northeast and at Cradock. They had a family of ten children. In the 1891-98 drought she and her husband and three young children experienced severe hardships while dam-sinking etc. in the north with a bullock team. They moved to Copperhouse in 1921 and in 1930, after her husband’s death on 24 June, she moved to Burra. She was quite active till her final illness in the Burra Hospital from 2 February to her death on 19 May. She is survived by two sisters: Mrs Kendel (Largs North) & Mrs Miller (Adelaide). Four children are deceased. The others are: Mrs C. Cousins (Booborowie), Mrs S. Pearce (Quorn), Mrs J. James (Pine Creek Station), Mrs G. Hogan (New Hindmarsh), Jack Robins (Salisbury), Joe Robins (Mannahill), and 41 grandchildren, 83 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild.

[The relevant CDs give: Birth Clare Lear Arbury (though her siblings were Arbery) 1 October 1869 Wirrabara, Marriage as Leah Clara Arbery: died Clara Leah Robins 18 May 1957 Burra.]

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume]

Pioneer Coaches have withdrawn their service to Broken Hill via Burra, due to the bad road. They will now travel via Clare, Jamestown, Yongala and Peterborough. There are only twenty miles of gravel to Peterborough via that route. The Burra route was recognised in 1938 as the direct Broken Hill route, but bituminising has been pushed aside ever since. This detour means a significant loss to Burra traders. Burra is not the only loser. This bad road now encourages Broken Hill holiday makers to go to NSW or Victoria.

Basketball

Terowie 23 defeated Burra Rovers 14

Spalding 29 defeated Burra Comrades 21

Booborowie 30 defeated Yarcowie 6

Leighton 19 defeated Hallett 14

Football

Hallett 30.24 defeated Terowie 2.0

Booborowie 15.15 defeated Spalding 5.11

Burra 9.6 defeated Leighton 5.9

Spalding Colts 7.10 defeated Booborowie Colts 5.1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 21st stage of the Darton Cottage Trophy. The best on the day were C.W. Edwards, J.H. Schwier & M. Mitchell. This means that the trophy presented by Mr E.S. Williams goes to the club’s oldest member J.H. Schwier with 32 points, with J. Brown 25 and T. Brazil 22 as runners-up. In the marksman’s contest the Mongolata Trophy presented by J. Brown and J. Schwier was won by Herb. Byles with 44 points from Jim Brown 41 and Jim Schwier with 40.

Burra Burra Show Inc. Donations to help defray the cost of improvements to the Flower Pavilion are coming in.

The LCL Candidates for pre-selection spoke at the RSL Hall on Friday afternoon. They were:

A.D. Radford of Burra. He is a grazier of ‘Glenora’ Station and was born in Burra 29 May 1910. He is married with two sons. He was educated at Burra School and PAC and the SA School of Mines and received a Diploma in Wool in 1934. From 1940-46 he serves in the armed forces, reaching the rank of Lieutenant in the 2/9 Armoured Regiment. He has a long association with town and district activities, including the Stockowners’ Association, the District Council and the Burra Hospital.

C.G. Phillips of Clare.

G.J. Gilfillan of Jamestown.

The Air Force Ball at the Burra Town Hall on Friday was highly successful with gross takings of £90. Much was due to the organisation of the President, Mr Beinke, Secretary, B.H. Rogers and Past President R. Humphrys.

Mr I. Trigwell of the ANZ has been transferred to Mt Gambier from mid-July after arriving in Burra in January 1955. He will be replaced by Mr N.P. Sieber from Mitcham. Mr D. Ebsary of Burra ANZ goes to Hindley Street and Mr J.C. Hammer (formerly of Burra) has been appointed accountant here.

Television. A one day demonstration of TV equipment will be staged in the Burra Town Hall on 19 June. The equipment involves 129 valves. Members of the public will be able to see themselves on TV. There will be conventional 17 inch screens and large 21 and giant 24 inch screens. The demonstration will run from 2 to 4 p.m.

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will hold a furniture sale for Messrs G. & J. Statton of Hallett who are leaving the district. It will be 24 June at the residence opposite the railway station.

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 June

Jose Ferrer & Merle Oberon in Deep in My Heart

Plus news and Shorts

17 June

Glenn Ford & Ann Sheridan in Appointment in Honduras

Lex Barker & Joyce McKenzie in Tarzan and the She Devil

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Jose Jennison writes a letter to her parents, Mr & Mrs H.J.B. Jennison, describing a trip by motor scooter through Belgium and Holland. [Part 1 of 12⁄3 columns.]

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Cycle Races were held at half-time at the football on Saturday. There were two half-mile races: the first was won by Phil O’Day and the second by J. Cockshell.

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Hallett Church of England

On 2 June the foundation stone of St Catherine’s Anglican Church was laid by Mrs Owen-Smyth and over 200 people attended. The sermon was preached by Archdeacon Bulbeck of Adelaide and the service was conducted by Rev. L. Rossiter of Burra. Clem Davey led the choir and played the organ. There was a tea for 130 guests in the RSL Hall afterwards. £195-10-0 was taken in offerings and donations.

86, 17 (2), 11 June 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 17 in this volume.]

Burra Burra DC, 3 June

Road closure order form plan 20 is to be signed and sealed.

Cr Wedding moved for a deputation to the Minister urging him the urgency of completing the work on the main road from Manoora to Hanson, Burra and Terowie to Broken Hill. The deputation is to include the Corporation of the Town of Burra, Hallet DC and Burra Burra DC.

It was resolved to act as soon as the other Councils confirm their co-operation.

A presentation was made to Cr Beckwith for 10 years of service. [He had not stood for re-election.]

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Burra Swimming Pool. Forming and other preparations have been completed for the second big working bee next Saturday.

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Burra Burra DC elections on 6 July. Polling Booths:

Mt Bryan Ward at Mt Bryan Hall

Hanson Ward at Gum Creek School and District Office, Burra.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 June

Bill Williams & Jane Nigh in Blue Blood

Dale Robertson & Evelyn Keys in Top of the World

26 June

Mambo

Hell’s Island

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Jose Jennison. Part 2 of her letter of a trip through Belgium and Holland. [About 11⁄4 columns.]

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, pages 6 & 7 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Football. Inter-Association Match

Central Districts Football Carnival at Mallala last Monday.

The report is confused. North-Eastern 12-18 defeated Barossa & Light 11.7 and then

North-Eastern 9.17 defeated Adelaide Plains 6.11. Both games are described, but neither has the winning margin of 21 points mentioned in the introduction.

The B grade match was played at Booborowie where Adelaide Plains 8.6 defeated North-Eastern 7.4.

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club. Victorian rifleman Perc. Pavey created a record at the Mildura Queen’s Shoot over two days when he scored 294 out of a possible 300. Herb Byles of Burra scored 293 to come second. [Further details were given 86, 19 (2), 25 June 1957, page?.]

Accident. At 8 p.m. yesterday evening about three miles south of Rhynie there was a head-on collision on the return journey from the football at Mallala. Six passengers from Willalo and four of five in the other car were injured. Frank Sullivan Sen. of Willalo has an injured pelvis and internal injuries and is in the RAH. Also hurt were Mrs F. Sullivan, Maureen Sullivan, Miss Ruth Thomas, Mrs L. Furst and Mr Leo Furst. Of the four injured in the other car, one has a fractured pelvis.

[See also obituary 86, 20 (2), 2 July 1957, page 3.]

Obituary. Elizabeth Martha Lihou, wife of the late Thomas Lihou, died at Burra on 11 June aged 76. She was the mother of Mattie, Norman and Oswald (deceased). [Born Martha Elizabeth Stasinowsky 20 December 1881 Baldina: died Elizabeth Martha Lihou 11 June 1957 Burra.]

86, 18, (2), 18 June 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 18 in this volume.]

Burra Rural Youth had five Kapunda members at their meeting on 10 June. Their President John O’Brien showed 260 slides of his recent Queensland trip.

Hallett DC. At the June meeting the Council agreed to join the deputation of District Councils calling for the immediate sealing of Main Road 45.

86, 19, (2), 25 June 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 19 in this volume.]

Weather. General good rains of from one to two inches have fallen in both the agricultural and pastoral areas to give a good start to the season. Burra received 118 points, while to the East some figures are: Canegrass 223, Old Koomooloo 191, Quondong 203, Woolgangi 118 and Braemar 126.

Burra Rifle Club. [More details of Herb Byles’ great effort at Mildura are published in about 1⁄2 column.]

Basketball

Hallett 32 defeated Burra Comrades 23

Spalding 8 defeated Terowie 7

Burra Rovers 48 defeated Yarcowie 8

Football

Burra 13.10 defeated Booborowie 8.13

Hallett 11.23 defeated Spalding 7.6

Leighton 22.18 defeated Terowie 2.1

Golf. In a contest with Jamestown, Burra won by two matches.

Booborowie Methodist Sunday School Building was dedicated on 9 June. About 120 parents and children attended a special service conducted by Rev. Don Fuller of the Spalding Circuit. The building adjoins the church and was erected by Messrs E.J. Affolter & Son. The building and lighting cost £563 and donations have amounted to £388. Rev. Fuller opened the building.

The LCL Plebiscite to endorse a candidate for the next state election has resulted in Mr G. Gilfillan of Jamestown being successful over A.D. Radford and G.C. Phillips.

Burra Swimming Pool. Due to the wet weather the working bee scheduled for last Sunday has been postponed to 30 June.

Burra & District War Memorial Oval Annual Ball was held last Friday and drew a far smaller crowd than anticipated. The bad weather played a significant part in this. Gross takings were only £45.

The Television Display at the Town Hall on Wednesday last ran from 2 to 10 p.m. All the school children attended in the afternoon and the industrial displays were interesting.

Adelaide Wool Sales last week saw ‘The Gums’ get top price for this district at 1051⁄4d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

86, 19, (2), 25 June 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 19 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 June

Glenn Ford, Frank Lovejoy & Cesar Romero in The Americano

Carla Balenda & Elliot Reid in The Whip Hand

3 July

Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker & Kim Novak in The Man with the Golden Arm

Boris Karloff in Sabalka

86, 19, (2), 25 June 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 19 in this volume.]

Football.

[To add to the confusion of last week’s report a reprint of details of the Football Carnival at Mallala gives the final scores as North-Eastern 13.1 defeated Barossa Light 11.7, which is also not near the margin cited last week, and not the figures quoted either.]

Basketball

Hallett 32 defeated Burra Comrades 23

Spalding 8 defeated Terowie 7

Leighton 14 defeated Booborowie 12

Burra Rovers 48 defeated Yarcowie 8

In a lightning carnival at Booborowie on 15 June Terowie 11 defeated Booborowie 3 in the final.

86, 19, (2), 25 June 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 19 in this volume.]

Football

Burra 13.10 defeated Booborowie 8.13

Leighton 22.18 defeated Terowie 2.1

Hallett 11.23 defeated Spalding 7.6

Hallett Colts 12.9 defeated Spalding Colts 2.2

86, 19, (2), 25 June 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 19 in this volume.]

Jose Jennison. Third and final part of her letter of a trip through Belgium and Holland in c. 11⁄4 columns.]

86, 20, (2), 2 July 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 20 in this volume.]

Burra Bowling Club

Big scale improvements are planned following a bequest from the late E.F. Marston, through which the grounds were purchased. Negotiations in hand will allow the club to buy additional land for improvements.

From the Thames street side the club will remove the large pine trees and replace them with candle pines and lawn along the footpath edge.

A north-south fence beginning at the Council Depot block with a 10 ft gate and a smaller one for a side entrance will be erected. It will be cyclone and will run part of the way into Bridge Street with an appropriate corner gate memorial to E.F. Marston. This will be of brick and stone construction with a wrought iron gate and archway.

Fencing nearly completed on the south, east and bottom end of the north side will be of paling construction to provide a wind break.

The croquet green (with extra land) will be converted into four full length rinks for lady associates.

Two new rinks will be added to the north side of the present seven to give a total of 13 rinks.

The club house will be improved by almost doubling the width of the side verandah and enclosing it with a low concrete wall and louvres or sliding glass panels, for use as an afternoon tea area.

Recently boarding around the green has been renewed and water piping installed.

Shaded seats around the area will be paid for by money raised last year by the Lady associates.

Burra Homing Club

The first race for the season a fortnight ago was from Carrieton and resulted in no birds homing on the day of the race and quite a few are still missing. On Saturday the second race from Carrieton was won by P.J. Byrne.

86, 20, (2), 2 July 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 20 in this volume.]

Birth. To Bill and Norma Barker (nee Motherall), at Burra Hospital on 29 June, a son, Robert John.

86, 20, (2), 2 July 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 20 in this volume.]

Marriage. Gartrell Memorial Church, Rose Park, 22 June

Glenys Margaret Hepworth, daughter of Mr & Mrs E.W. Hepworth of Whyte Yarcowie, married

David Henry Dearlove, son of Mrs L. & the late Mr H. Dearlove of Ketchowla Station.

Obituary. About 50 players and officials formed a guard of honour at the funeral of Mr Francis Sullivan of ‘Greenfields’ Hallett, who died from injuries received in a road accident on the evening of the Queen’s Birthday Holiday. He was buried at Booborowie Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. About 200-250 cars formed the cortege. [Born 30 August 1902 Eurelia: died 27 June 1957 Adelaide, residence Hallett.]

86, 20, (2), 2 July 1957, pages 4 & 8 [2nd use of No. 20 in this volume.]

Burra Rural Youth. Annual Report

Average attendance for the year had been 25 with 58 on the roll.

[Details of the year’s activities are given in just over 11⁄2 columns on page 4 and almost 2 columns on page 8.]

86, 20, (2), 2 July 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 20 in this volume.]

Burra Catholic Debutante Ball was held last Friday in Burra Town Hall. Nine debutantes were presented to Rt Rev. Monsignor M.B. Clune VG PP of Spalding. A large crowd attended and gross takings were c. £111. Debutantes:

Miss Patricia Lehmann with Mr Peter Ingliss of Blyth

Miss Rosslyn Gage with Mr Eugene Madigan of Booborowie

Miss Jennifer Ryan with Mr John Quinn of Mt Bryan

Miss Ann Bampton with Mr James Murphy of Booborowie

Miss Maureen Landorf with Mr Ross Brooks of Booborowie

Miss Helen Fisher with Mr Don Barker

Miss Elizabeth Pinyon with Mr Maurice Dempsey of Clare

Miss Rosalie George with Mr Patrick Ryan

Miss Pauline Opie with Mr Peter Murphy

Basketball

Burra Rovers 11 defeated Leighton 3

Whyte Yarcowie forfeited to Burra Comrades

Booborowie forfeited to Spalding

Hallett forfeited to Terowie

Badminton. Burra North 14-185 defeated Rural Youth 2-128

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Pet Show, which is reported in 1⁄3 column.

The RSL farewelled Mr I.A. Trigwell before his transfer to Mt Gambier. The President C.M. Beckwith thanked Mr Trigwell for his services as Treasurer and sometimes Acting Secretary of the sub-branch. Mr H. Cornelius as Immediate Past President supported those remarks.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Deputation on Main Road 45

Burra and Hallett DCs and Burra Town Council presented a deputation to the Minister of Roads on 19 June. The Minister replied in writing. The impression in the district that the work on sealing the main road to Manoora was going to cease was incorrect. Work ceased temporarily as there was a long dry spell and much money would have been wasted. The next stage required much fine crushed rock to be added and when this had been done the road right into Burra will be sealed. Funds will not permit the sealing of both the Burra-Terowie Road and the Jamestown-Peterborough Road to be sealed at the same time and as the latter section is the only unsealed strip on that road, it will be done first. Funds will be provided to improve the road from Burra to Hallett and also the Burra-Booborowie road will be improved.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Carrieton on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrne.

Football

Leighton 6.12 defeated Spalding 3.11

Burra 39.26 defeated Terowie 6.1

Hallett 14.14 defeated Booborowie 12.18

Basketball

Burra Rovers 17 defeated Hallett 10

Leighton 10 drew with Terowie 10

Burra Comrades 22 defeated Booborowie 20

Spalding 38 defeated Yarcowie 7

Burra Town Hall

An appeal is being made for funds to improve the Town Hall and a series of functions will assist. A target of £4,000 has been set for a new supper room and kitchen. The building was first opened on 27 August 1857. Additions were made in 1874, when two foundation stones were laid and the front took on the appearance it has today. Further additions this century have seen the hall enlarged and the dress circle added, the erection of four dressing rooms and conveniences at the rear and the stage enlarged. The property was transferred from the Trustees of the Burra Institute to the Corporation of Burra in 1945. Plans and specifications for the kitchen and supper room have been completed. Donations to date total £725-11-7.

Burra Swimming Pool

On Sunday the third and final section of the floor was laid – an area 22 ft x 32 ft wide 6-8 inches thick. Altogether there is about 1,800 cubic feet of concrete in the floor. The next job is the walls and preparations are in hand. It is hoped the next pour will be on 28 July. Contributions of money in lieu of labour would be welcomed.

Obituary. Mrs Emma Griffiths, who was born at Charleston, Burra, in 1873, was educated at Burra State School. Her parents transferred to Broken Hill in 1886 and again in 1888 [?] and then went to Mt Bryan east in the early 1890s. There in 1899 she married Mr Ben H.K. Dunstan and lived at Mt Bryan East till her death 20 May 1957. In WWI she was a willing Red Cross worker. She is survived by her husband and two sons: John and Hugh.

[Born 10 December 1873 Charleston, Burra: died 20 May 1957 Burra, residence Mt Bryan East. She was married 24 January 1900 at the residence of Mrs John Dunstan, Mt Bryan East.]

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 July

Eleanor Parker & Charlton Heston in The Naked Jungle

Dane Clark & Kathleen Byron in The Gambler & the Lady

17 July

Frank Sinatra & Sterling Hayden in Suddenly

Don McGuire & Tracy Roberts in Sideshow

Advt. Wirth’s Circus is coming by special trains to Burra on Monday 22 July.

Wirth’s Zoo and Freak Sideshows open daily from 3.30 to 5.00 p.m.

Obituary. Ethel Buchanan, nee Hill, wife of the late George Buchanan, died at Broken Hill 29 June aged 77. She was the mother of Kezia, George and Ivy and was the youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs Thomas Hill of Burra. [Born Ethel Mary Hill 2 May 1880, Kadina.]

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Booborowie Younger Set held a Mock Debutante Ball and the gross takings were £61.

The ‘Debs’ were: Messrs R. Brooks, P. Brooks, R. Billings, K. Bruce, K. Cousins, N. Cousins, D. Drew, R. Freer, J. Harris, I. Price, R. Tepper and A. Woodgate. They were partnered by Mrs P. Brooks, Miss M. Brooks, Miss G. Brooks, Miss P. Callary, Miss W. Gebhardt, Miss M. Landorf, Miss J. Herdman, Miss H. Hogan, Miss R. Pearce, Miss L. Price, Miss D. Snell and Miss P. Tohl. The ‘Mayoress’ of Booborowie (Mr Don Wedding) introduced ‘Lady Clarevale’ (Mr Phillips of Clare) and Mr G. Fairchild announced the debs as Mr Don Bruce as clown flustered the composure of the ‘debs’. Master Dean Billings was a flower girl and Miss Margaret Brooks was a page.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Mt Bryan CWA held its AGM, which is reported in just over 1 column. Elected: President, Mrs F. Jefferies; Vice-Presidents, Mrs Woodgate and Mrs Hawker; Secretary, Mrs J. Holliday and Treasurer, Mrs H. Edwards.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Hallett CWA held its AGM, which is reported in 1⁄2 column. Elected: President, Mrs J. Pohlner; Secretary, Mrs B. Phin and Treasurer, Mrs C. Lucas.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Booborowie Hogget Competition on 3 July attracted ten entries. The best bred team penned was judged to be that of L. & C.J. Catt.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Badminton. Kooringa 9-188 defeated Burra North 7-170.

86, 21, (2), 9 July 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 21 in this volume.]

Burra Town Council, 24 June

Sympathy was extended to the T.H. Woollacott family on the recent death in the family.

A motion to erect a small porch to protect the back doors of the fire station was carried and the tank there is to be replaced.

St Mary’s Church. A branch of the Girls’ Friendly Society was formed at the church on 30 June with more than 20 members. The Rector of Riverton preached and the Riverton members attended the service to start the new movement. Eleven Burra boys were admitted to the Church of England Boys’ Society, four being from Hallett. Five Riverton boys were admitted and nine from Auburn.

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM 31 July [sic!]

Elected: President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mrs R. Ellis & Mrs A.L. Clode; Secretary, Mrs E. Heinrich; Assistant Secretary, Mrs J. Bogisch and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop. Membership is about 80 with average attendance a bout 18. [Details of the year are reported in a 11⁄4-column article.]

Mt Bryan Mothers & Babies’ Health Association held its AGM on 7 July and the report extends for c. 1⁄2 column. Elected: President, Mrs Heneker; Vice-President, Mrs K. Gare; Secretary, Mrs Crew, Treasurer, Mrs Ryan and Patron, Mrs Hawker.

LCL Burra Women’s Branch held its 24th AGM in the CWA Room on 5 July. Miss D. Wien-Smith was the guest speaker. [Details in 1 column.] Elected: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mrs A. Tennant, Mrs R.B. Pitcher & Mrs H.L. Riggs, Secretary, Mrs A.D. Radford and Treasurer, Miss Wendy Gebhardt.

Sister B. Ford is acting Matron at the Burra Hospital. She is the daughter of Mr & Mrs N.H. Ford of Burra and began her nursing career at Burra Hospital, where she spent two years training. From there she went to Adelaide Hospital for two years, and then returned briefly to Burra before going to Tasmania as a sister, to further her training.

Accident. A car turned over on the main Eastern Road on 12 July. It was being driven towards Woolgangi when about ten miles east of Burra a kangaroo leapt in front of the car. The driver, George Curtis Peters of Erindale, swerved and the car rolled. The driver suffered a bruised hip. Damage to the car is estimated at £200.

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM in the RSL Hall on 6 July. Elected: Captain, J. Brown; Vice-Captain, T. Brazil; Secretary, R.G. Bernhardt, Treasurer, R. Kellock and Armourer, J.H. Schwier. Mr A.G. Heinrich was made a life member. In the year the ‘Darton Cottage Trophy’ was donated by Mr Sid. Williams and won by the club’s oldest shooter Mr Jim Schwier, who is over 70. The Marksman’s Trophy went to Herb. Byles, who also came second in the Mildura Queen’s Shoot.

Norm Solly of Clare won the Champion of Champions’ Shoot at Auburn in October, where the teams’ event was won by Burra. In the Union shorts Burra came first in the handicap event and second in the Marksman’s. We lost two members in the year by transfer to other centres: Dick Pillar and Ivor Burdon. In the Country Teams’ Championship Burra was not among the winners this year. In the second match of the year a record of 13 possibles were scored and in all 60 possibles were scored in the year. In the Queen’s Prize Shoot at the Dean Range Tom Brazil failed by one point to win a Queen’s Badge. Thanks to Messrs Riggs Bros & George Morgan and to Mr & Mrs Carpenter for the use of their land as a range. [Report in 11⁄2 pages.]

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 July

Victor Mature &Piper Laurie in Dangerous Mission

Viveca Lindfors & Paul Christian in No Time for Flowers

24 July

Country Girl

Plus News and Shorts

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Obituary. Lillian (Lily) Wilks died suddenly 15 July at Burra Hospital. She was the cousin of Eva and Eddie Wilks.

[Born 15 April 1879 Mt Bryan East: died 15 July 1957 Burra, residence Burra North.]

Burra Homing Club. The race from Carrieton on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrne.

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Football. Peterborough Colts 8.6 defeated North-Eastern Assoc. Colts 3.5.

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Whyte Yarcowie Hogget Competition was won by Mr George Meiers of ‘Restonvale’ Whyte Yarcowie.

Mt Bryan East Hogget Competition on 10 July was won by W.G. Miller & Sons.

Badminton. Kooringa 16-240 defeated Rural Youth 0-101.

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Advt. Full-page advertisement for Bence’s Ltd Sale.

For Burra North Residents Mr Lehmann’s Bus will convey intending shoppers at our expense, departing the Royal Exchange Hotel at 8.45 a.m. and 1.15 p.m. on Friday 19 July.

86, 29, (2), 16 July 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 29 in this volume: note leap from 21 to 29]

Football. North-Eastern Association 16.16 defeated Peterborough 10.11.

86, 30, (2), 23 July 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 30 in this volume.]

Mothers & Babies’ Health Assoc. held a Children’s Frolic on 12 July. Gross proceeds £65.

Burra Red Cross AGM was held 9 July in the Air Force Club Rooms. Elected: President, Mrs J. Hill; Vice-Presidents, Mrs R.B. Pitcher & Mrs E. Rooke; Secretary, Mrs R.J. Jeffery and Treasurer, Mrs H. Topsfield. [Details in 1⁄3 column.]

Booborowie CWA held its AGM and elected President, Mrs J. Drew; Vice-Presidents Mesdames E. Clapp and L. Pearce and Secretary, Mrs A. Pearce. [The report extends for 11⁄3 columns.]

Weather. An inch of rain over the weekend gives promise of a good season.

Football

Burra 9.11 drew with Hallett 9.11.

Booborowie 7.17 defeated Leighton 7.5

Terowie 6.14 defeated Spalding 4.8 in an upset.

Basketball

Spalding 18 defeated Burra Rovers 13

Burra Comrades 23 defeated Leighton 7

Hallett 15 defeated Yarcowie 0

Terowie 12 defeated Booborowie 8

Burra Homing Club. Saturday’s race from Carrieton was won by F. Brandt.

[The race had been announced to be from Hawker, but train arrangements caused the change.]

Badminton. The players visited Cadell on 13 July where Burra 14-216 defeated Cadell 4-129.

86, 30, (2), 23 July 1957, pages 1 & 4 [2nd use of No. 30 in this volume.]

Burra Town Hall Improvement Fund donations reach £921-11-7.

86, 30, (2), 23 July 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 30 in this volume.]

Obituary. Francis Patrick Preiss died on 17 July as the result of an accident. He was a brother to Rene, brother-in-law to Norman and an uncle of Pauline, Ann and Terry.

[There is further information that is unreadable.]

[Born 31 August 1904 Whyte Yarcowie: died 17 July 1957 Adelaide, residence Portland. Rene was his youngest sister, Irena Mary Agnes and there were six other siblings.]

86, 30, (2), 23 July 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 30 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 July

Burt Lancaster & Gary Cooper in Vera Cruz

Don Defoe & Andrea King in 2 Southside 1-1000

31 July

Barbara Stanwyck & Ronald Regan in Cattle Queen of Montana

Victor Mature in Affair with a Stranger

86, 30, (2), 23 July 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 30 in this volume.]

Burra Burra DC, 8 July

Election results:

Booborowie Ward D.T. Wedding elected unopposed

Baldina Ward J.F. Warnes elected unopposed

Elections 6 July

Mt Bryan Ward G.H. Cockrum 31

R.M. Gebhardt 21

Hanson Ward S.T. Miller 35

M. de N. Lucas 22

T.R. Rogers 12

Cr A.D. Radford was elected Chairman for the ensuing year.

86, 31, (2), 30 July 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Football

Burra 13.18 defeated Leighton 7.11

Booborowie 12.14 defeated Spalding 4.5

Hallett 23.17 defeated Terowie 4.9

Basketball

Spalding 38 defeated Leighton 12

Burra Comrades 27 defeated Burra Rovers 13

Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna was won by F. Brandt.

Mt Bryan Hogget Competition on 11 July was won by Mr Dave Thomas.

Ironmine Methodist Sunday School celebrated the 34th birthday of the Sunday school building.

Burra & District Committee of the LCL held its AGM at Clare 16 July. Elected: President, G.S. Hawker; Secretary, M.B. Oswald; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames M.W. Bailey & J. Murray and Messrs R.G. Hawker, A.D. Radford, A. Bailey & J. Drew.

Weather. Another inch of rain over the weekend will ensure good germination following recent hard frosts.

86, 31, (2), 30 July 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Advt. Orchestral Concert by the SA Symphony Orchestra at Burra Town Hall Wednesday 21 August 8 p.m. Conductor Henry Krips and Tenor Fred Williamson. 10/-, 7/6 & 5/-.

86, 31, (2), 30 July 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 August

Dean Martin in Three Ring Circus

Plus News & Shorts

7 August

Sterling Hayden & Richard Carlson in Flat Top

Plus Bad Men of Tombstone

[Check page number for this]

Advt. Salvation Army. Home League meeting on Friday at 2.30 p.m.

[This is the last advertisement in the paper for regular Salvation Army activity in Burra.]

86, 31, (2), 30 July 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Burra CWA held its AGM and elected President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mrs H. Riggs & Mrs A.D. Radford; Secretary, Mrs A.C. Ford, Assistant Secretary, Mrs B. Gryst and Treasurer Miss E. Tiver. Membership was 65 with an average attendance of 26.

[Details of the past year’s activities in 11⁄2 columns.]

86, 31, (2), 30 July 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 31 in this volume.]

Accident/Obituary. A truck rolled over near Hanson about two miles south of the town on the new Adelaide road at about 12.30 p.m. yesterday. Emil Soder aged about 30, a Dutch migrant with a wife and two children was killed. The 5-ton truck was driven by Adrianus Maria Huntelmann and was going to Yunta with three tons of cement and steel cement moulding plates. The left hand bonnet blew up and against advice Soder climbed out to fix it. While doing so the wind caught the whole bonnet and threw it against the windscreen. Momentarily blinding the driver. The truck ran down a six foot embankment, turned over and crushed the victim. Police attended. The whole load had to be moved to recover the body. The truck was not badly damaged and was later driven into Burra North Police Station by Hantelmann. The driver and another passenger, Jacob Sudmeyer, were not injured.

[Emil Soder died 29 July 1957 near Hanson, residence St Marys West aged 31.]

Accident. A car driven by Robert G. Hill of Prospect and formerly of Burra overturned twice after skidding in mud on the road near Hanson on Sunday night. He escaped injury.

Leighton Ladies’ Committee Annual Ball was held last Friday at Leighton. Miss L. Price was declared Belle of the Ball. Takings were c. £45 to aid Hall funds.

Badminton. Burra North 10-183 defeated Rural Youth 6-130.

Advt. Free moving Pictures. Burra Branch of the ALP, at the RSL Hall Burra, 1 August.

The Wealth of Water

Snowy Mountains Scheme

Guthega Project

A Comedy for Children

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr M.R. O’Halloran MP will give a short address.

86, 32, (2), 6 Aug. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 32 in this volume.]

Education Week will be held in Burra this year from11 to 17 August. The aim is to:

Show people in SA what schools are doing.

Increase public interest in education.

Bring home to people what may be accomplished through education in the future.

Sunday 11 August Church lessons in various churches will have an education bias.

Monday 12 August Primary School Frolic in Burra Town Hall at 7.30 p.m.

Tuesday 13 August A Public Meeting in Burra Town Hall will be addressed by Mr H. Wesley-Smith on The University and the Community.

Wednesday 14 August Children of Leighton School and their teacher Mr T. [unreadable] will visit Burra School for the day.

Thursday 15 August Visiting Day at Burra Primary and High Schools 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

At the Burra High School Hall at 7.45 p.m. an evening of Music Through the Ages arranged by Mr Clem Davey and a Committee.

Friday 16 August 11.30 a.m. Arbor Day at the Primary School and possibly sports between Clare and Burra High School

Mr Wesley-Smith is the Assistant Registrar for Academic Affairs at the University of Adelaide.

St Joseph Convent students will perform on the same evening and educational and documentary films will complete the program.

St Joseph’s Convent will also observe the week:

Sunday 11 August Mass and a sermon on Education

Monday 12 August Participation in the Town Hall Frolic

Tuesday 13 August Visiting Afternoon and assist with an item at the Town Hall meeting in the evening.

Thursday 15 August Five children will make their first communion and the day will be a holiday.

Leighton School will have Visiting Day on 13 August, will visit Burra School on 14 August and have a Pet Show on 15 August.

The Holden Dealer’s Ball, organised by the staff of L.L. Fiebig Ltd, raised a gross £102-5-0.

[Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Basketball

Leighton 15 defeated Hallett 10

Burra Rovers 14 defeated Terowie 12

Booborowie 50 defeated Yarcowie 2

Burra Comrades defeated Spalding by 9 goals

Football

Hallett 15.20 defeated Spalding 3.11

Leighton 7.10 defeated Terowie 4.6

Booborowie 12.13 defeated Burra 8.9

Hallett Colts 1.7 defeated Spalding Colts 1.3

Burra Rifle Club Presentations

Annual Trophy – Darton Cottage Trophy J.H. Schwier

Marksman’s Trophy H.H. Byles

Championship C.W. Edwards

Handicap Championship D.H. Field

1st Stage of Championship W.G. Edwards

2nd Stage of Championship W. Hempel

3rd Stage of Championship J. Brown

4th Stage of Championship Ron Kellock

Best for 1st 7 matches R.L. Pillar

Best for 2nd 7 matches T. Brazil

Best for 3rd 7 matches R.G. Bernhardt

Best 1st half-year aggregate T. Brazil

Best 2nd half-year aggregate T. Brazil

86, 32, (2), 6 Aug. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 32 in this volume.]

Burra Homing Club. Race from Carrieton won by P.J. Byrne.

Badminton. Burra North 9-201 defeated Kooringa 7-162.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 August

Glynis Johns & Donald Sinden in Mad About Men

Derrick De Marney & Harriette Johns in Meet Mr Callaghan

14 August

Gene Kelly in Invitation to the Dance

Paul Douglas & Janet Leigh in Angels and the Pirates

86, 32, (2), 6 Aug. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 32 in this volume.]

Hallett School. Miss Margaret Lewis has resigned and Mrs Cliff Lucas has again taken a hand to relieve the shortage.

86, 32, (2), 6 Aug. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 32 in this volume.]

Town Hall Improvement Fund reaches £975-16-4.

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

A River Murray Bridge. The Eudunda, Morgan, Burra Burra, Saddleworth, Kapunda and Robertstown DCs and the corporations of Kapunda and Burra are urging that the contemplated next bridge over the Murray be erected at Cadell.

An Influenza Epidemic at Spalding has caused attendance at the school there to fall to fewer than 30 from an enrolment of 114. [The next section is unreadable] but the Minister of Education granted permission for the school to be closed. Whole families were affected at the same time. There were at least 80 cases in the town. Football and basketball teams have had to forfeit their games.

Hallett is to get a new Police Station. The existing building was opened on 26 June 1879 and closed 25 October 1893, only to re-open on 25 December 1928. The police have bought a block on the north side of the Masonic Hall in the main street.

Burra swimming Pool. Donations to the fund have reached £1,107-6-10.

The Burra RSL Annual Ball was held in Friday [in the Town Hall] and was preceded by a sherry party in the RSL Hall, which was attended by about 150 members and friends. Jimmy Watson’s Adelaide Band played. Gross takings were about £180.

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Mary Dixon.

[Born Mary Ann Martha Byles 23 May 1871 near Marrabel: died 28 June 1957 Burra North.]

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of an infant daughter of Mr & Mrs Ross Irlam.

[Suzanne Mary Irlam died 3 July 1957 North Adelaide, residence Burra aged 14 months.]

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 August

Charlton Heston in Secret of the Incas

Plus News and Shorts

21 August

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra instead of films

24 August

Official full length colour film of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

Basketball

Spalding forfeited to Hallett

Leighton 49 defeated Yarcowie 0

Burra Rovers 16 defeated Booborowie 12

Burra Comrades 34 defeated Terowie 32

Weather. Further rain fell in the last week – 79 points in four days.

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the Carpenter Trophy. Best were R.J. Kellock, T. Lynch and W. Watts. Gordon Webster was best off the rifle.

86, 33, (2), 13 Aug. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 33 in this volume.]

Football. Hallett 15.10 defeated Leighton 12.9

Burra Homing Club. On Saturday the race from Marree was won by Fred Brandt, who was the only member to clock in a bird on Saturday.

Badminton. Kooringa 11-178 defeated Rural Youth 5-145.

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

Football. The Burra Record Trophy has been won for 1957 by C. Hill of Terowie with Keith Crouch of Burra as runner-up.

Golf. Burra Golf Associates Open Day was on 16 August.

‘A’ Grade Championship Mrs J. Ridge (Eudunda)

‘B’ Grade Championship Mrs B. Baird (Peterborough)

‘C’ Grade 27 Hole Handicap Mrs D. Field (Burra)

‘A’ Grade 27 Hole Handicap Mrs K. Sinclair (Jamestown)

‘B’ Grade 27 Hole Handicap Mrs A. Leditschke (Eudunda)

‘A’ Grade 18 Hole Handicap Mrs K. Sinclair (Jamestown)

‘B’ Grade 18 Hole Handicap Mrs G. Baird (Peterborough)

‘C’ Grade 18 Hole Handicap Mrs K. O’Dea (Jamestown)

‘A’ Grade 9 Hole Handicap Mrs Tony McKeough (Peterborough)

‘B’ Grade 9 Hole Handicap Mrs M. Rayner (Burra)

‘C’ Grade 9 Hole Handicap Mrs A. McKeough (Peterborough)

The Teams’ Match was won by Burra No. 1 – Mesdames E. Jeffery, D. Field & J. Oates.

Basketball. Best player for 1957 was Diedre Snell of Booborowie who also won the title last year.

Town Hall Improvement Fund. Subscriptions have reached £1,045-10-10.

Burra Bowling Club improvements are coming on rapidly. The old pines have gone and the new cyclone fence is in place [in Thames St.]

The Associates’ bowling green of four rinks (formerly the croquet lawn) has been moved further north to allow for the expansion of the Club House. The concrete wall for the extension is in place and most of the floor and a new concrete floor has been laid for the front verandah. The kitchen is being lined and equipped with a sink. Shaded seats are being made. Surveying the new extension on the north side should happen this week. Working bees have been held each week for some time and will continue.

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

Burra Golf Club Open Tournament

A.A. Middleton of Grange created a Course record when he returned a score of 68 for the afternoon round.

‘A’ Grade Championship 36 hole H. McKeough (Marrabel)

‘B’ Grade Championship 27 hole L.A. Davis (Saddleworth)

‘A’ Grade 38 hole Handicap L. Bence (Burra)

‘B’ Grade 27 hole Handicap L.A. Davies (Saddleworth)

‘A’ Grade Morning Handicap L.D.C. Davies (Eudunda)

‘A’ Grade Afternoon Handicap A.A. Middleton (Grange)

‘B’ Grade Morning Handicap M. Odgers (Burra)

‘B’ Grade Afternoon Handicap R.J. Jeffery (Burra)

Veterans’ Event S. Robinson (Burra)

Diggers’ Event M. Odgers (Burra)

Teams’ Match won by Saddleworth Number 1.

[The L.A. Davis/Davies situation is not clear.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 August

The Olympic Games 1956

The Lyons in Paris

28 August

Those Red Heads from Seattle

Conquest of Space

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

L.W. Schliebs writes condemning road hogs – especially those with interstate plates who speed through country towns. One almost ran down two schoolgirls in Hallett on Saturday afternoon. Police action is needed.

Messrs F.M. Pearce & Sons have opened the Burra Paint Centre next to Mr R.J. Wickes, Chemist.

Burra Burra DC, August

It was resolved that Mr Burton be retired as overseer and be recommended to the incoming overseer for employment. Effective in four weeks.

Mr R.A. Moreland’s application for the position of overseer was made effective from 5 August with Mr Burton to be assistant for the month.

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, pages 6 & 7 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

Football

Hallett 18.11 defeated Booborowie 11.11 in an upset.

Burra 32.18 defeated Terowie 5.4

Leighton 7.21 defeated Spalding 7.2

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

Car Theft. Mr Joe Lloyd’s car was stolen from Commercial Street on Friday evening. It was recovered nine miles out of Peterborough, having been extensively damaged. The keys had been left in it. A man was arrested at Cockburn and charged with the theft.

86, 34, (2), 20 Aug. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 34 in this volume.]

Burra Benevolent Society held its AGM 13 August in the Council Chamber. It had been a quiet year with few calls upon it in these prosperous times. Rev. L.R. Lenthall was elected Chairman with Mrs H.J.B. Jennison as Secretary and Mr E.R. Davey as Treasurer.

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Burra Town Hall Centenary falls today.

The first section of the Town Hall, then called the Miners’ and Mechanics’ Institute, was opened on Thursday 27 August 1857 with a tea meeting at 4 p.m. at which hymns were sung by English and German choristers. The meeting was in the charge of Mr R.B. Robinson and Rev. D.H.J. Ibbetson as Secretary. Sufficient funds had been raised in sixteen months to warrant the erection of the building. They said at the time it was erected to meet the wants and increase the comforts of the poorest and humblest individuals in the district and was not, as some have supposed, intended for the exclusive use of those already possessed of ample means and who have received in early life a liberal education. With a Government grant the Institute Credit with the Union Bank stood at upwards of £1,400 out of which the building contractors had to be paid £920; leaving £480 to furnish the rooms, increase the stock of books and pay for lighting etc. There were present at the opening 74 subscribers at £1 each and the services of Mr W.H. Birbeck had been secured as a librarian. About 250 persons attended the opening. The Town Council intends to obtain a small plaque to be attached to the Town Hall to mark the occasion.

Basketball. Semi-Finals

Burra Comrades 22 defeated Burra Rovers 10

Spalding 14 defeated Terowie 11

South Australian Symphony Orchestra

In the afternoon a concert was given for the school children. They were introduced to the sections and instruments of the orchestra. The evening performance on Wednesday included Cleve Martin’s ‘Prelude to a Happy Occasion’ – the premier of a composition by an orchestra member. The final piece was Franz von Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture.

Leighton School Pet Show: results are printed.

Weather. A further 67 points of rain fell in Burra for the week.

Burra High School Ball was well attended on Friday and taking were approximately £106.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Marree on Saturday last was a disaster. No birds got home on Saturday and only about 5 of 19 have arrived since.

Burra-Adelaide Cycling Classic was held on Saturday over 108 miles. The winner was Dutch cyclist Joe Divisser from veteran Tom Perry of Renmark. The fastest time was by Malcolm Hicks of Kadina in 4 hrs 19 mins 29 secs. Divisser rode from the 16 minute mark as did Perry. The route was from Burra to Mt Bryan and back before going south to Black Springs and Manoora. The rough road between Black Springs and Manoora saw about half the field get punctures. Some riders had several punctures in the race. The field was comparatively small [though the number is not reported]. The largest ever start is believed to have been 126.

Burra Swimming Pool. Erection of the walls is to begin next Sunday and an appeal for workers is made.

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Obituary. Flora Kelly, wife of Alex Kelly, late of Booborowie, died at Victor Harbor 26 August [residence Mt Compass].

[Presumably born Flora Mary Gill 6 June 1926 Kooringa.]

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 August

Sterling Hayden & Arthur Franz in Battle Taxi

Jack Mahoney & Peggie Castle in The Overland Pacific

4 September

Glynis John & Robert Newton in The Beach-Comber

Joan Rice & Tim Turner in Police Dog

Burra Rural Youth celebrated its 4th birthday in the Show Hall on 19 August.

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Education Week Activities are reported.

St Joseph’s Convent

Sunday. Rev. Fr Hughes gave an address at Mass on ‘Education’.

On Monday the children listened to the Education week broadcast.

Tuesday was Visiting Day when the Diocesan Inspector Rev. Fr A.F. Kenny of Peterborough visited.

The children performed a program of items for their guests. In the evening at a function organised by the State School Patricia Cummins played a piano solo.

On the Feast of the Assumption Marilyn Hirschausen, David Lehmann, Peter Falkai, Brian Kakoschke and Bernard Fahey received their first Holy Communion.

The week ended with a concert.

Hallett School. The week’s activities are reported in 1⁄2 column.

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Burra Police Court

Francis George Baker of College Park was charged with unlawful use of a car of Dante Bonetti between St Peter’s and Tarlee and was sentenced to 12 months. On a charge of driving while disqualified he received 3 months and on the unlawful use of a car belonging to Joseph Lloyd of Burra, to a further 12 months to be served successively. The car was a total loss after being wrapped around a tree near Oodlawirra.

Whyte Yarcowie School celebrated Education Week during which a new classroom for Grades I & II was opened. Enrolment at Whyte Yarcowie in 1947 was 14 and in 1957 was 43.

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Football. First Semi-Finals

Booborowie 19.15 defeated Leighton 7.7

Spalding Colts 15.10 defeated Booborowie Colts 5.2

Badminton. Semi-Final

Kooringa 9-197 defeated Aberdeen 7-197

86, 35, (2), 27 Aug. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 35 in this volume.]

Hanson Tennis Club AGM elected President, T. Rogers; Vice-President, S. Robinson; Secretary, K. Robinson; Captain, W. Brook and Vice-Captain, M. Dempsey.

F.M. Jefferies writes expressing deep regret at the way the Burra Burra DC has dismissed the overseer after 32 years of faithful service. He does not accept their reasons for doing so – namely the need for a younger man and the lack of a certificate.

Mr Alex Burton has a wealth of experience and practical abilities and has never been absent from work for one day through sickness or other reasons. He has saved the Council thousands of pounds because (even without a certificate) he had the ability to repair engines of trucks, tractors, and other equipment. He is entitled to better treatment. ‘I understand Mr Burton was regarded by the Inspector of Highways as one of the most efficient overseers in the Northern area.’

86, 36, (2), 3 Sep. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 36 in this volume.]

Stockowners’ Association of SA – AGM of the Burra Branch 23 August in the RSL Hall. President J.M. Gebhardt reported on a quiet year with no great dramas. The immediate seasonal outlook is not very good, though late spring rains could yet give an average agricultural year. Wool prices remain sound. Elected: President, J.M. Gebhardt; Vice-President, G. Gask and Secretaries, H. Binks-Williams and J. Battye. Mr D.R. Hawkes, State Vice-President than gave an address on the Australian Wool Bureau and its role in promoting wool throughout the world.

St Mary’s Annual Fete was held on Friday in the RSL Hall and with takings of £199 and other donations and pre-fete efforts the final result was c. £230.

Hallett CWA celebrated its 1st birthday on 27 August.

Basketball. Preliminary Final

Terowie 25 defeated Burra Comrades 22.

Marriage. Colonel Light Gardens Methodist Church 23 August

Joyce Jefferies married Eddie Greig.

(The mother of the bride was in her 90th year.)

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM in Burra Town Hall 27 August. Elected: Patron, E. Finch; President, H. Binks-Williams; Vice-Presidents, G. H. Dollman & S. Woollacott; Secretary, J.B. Topsfield & Treasurer, F. Sims.

R. Fuss, Head Steward of the Burra Show Flower Section, contributes 3⁄4 column on what makes a perfect pansy.

86, 36, (2), 3 Sep. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 36 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 September

Bette Davis & Barry Sullivan in Payment on Demand

Gordon Scott & Vera Miles in Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle

11 September

Martine Carol & Pedro Armendariz in Lucretia Borgia

Howard Duff in Roar of the Crowd

Burra Swimming Pool. A number of factors forced the postponement of work on the walls, but this will now definitely take place next Sunday starting at 8.30 a.m.

86, 36, (2), 3 Sep. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 36 in this volume.]

Josie Jennison contributes an account of a trip in Germany (Part 1) extending for c. 11⁄2 columns.

86, 36, (2), 3 Sep. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 36 in this volume.]

Football. Second Semi-Finals

Hallett 17-18 defeated Burra 12.13

Hallett Colts 16.7 defeated Burra Colts 3.7

The Mail Medal winner for 1957 is Joe Furst, Vice-Captain of Hallett, in a count-back from Kevin Cousins, the Captain of Booborowie.

Burra Show Flower Pavilion donations have now reached £62-19-0.

Table Tennis Tournament at Redruth

Results are unreadable

86, 36, (2), 3 Sep. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 36 in this volume.]

Obituary. Walter George Edwards died at Burra 23 August. He was the husband of the late Hilda Edwards and father of Victor, Howard, Cecil and John.

[Born 4 November 1894 Huonville, Tasmania.]

86, 37, (2), 10 Sep. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 37 in this volume.]

New Hallett Anglican Church will be consecrated on 15 September by the Bishop of Adelaide. The church will honour St Catherine of Siena. In one week donations of £510 were collected to enable consecration to proceed. The consecration will be followed by Holy Communion and then luncheon and Evensong at 3 p.m. with Rev. L.R. Lenthall of Burra (also in charge of Hallett) as the preacher. St Mary’s Burra Choir and organist will attend.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st Series of No. 4 Union Shoot at Clare on Saturday.

Off the Rifle Handicap Total

Clare 545 111 656

Burra 576 55 631

Burra RAOB Lodge No. 104 Annual Ball on Saturday saw a reduced attendance this year, as it competed with football, the Adelaide Show, school holidays and an influenza outbreak. Takings were £48.

Burra Town Hall Improvement Fund has reached £1,229-8-9.

S. Mullen, Head Teacher at Burra School, writes thanking all involved in organising the visit of the SA Symphony Orchestra and for the concert for school children in the afternoon.

86, 37, (2), 10 Sep. 1957, pages 1, 5 & 7 [2nd use of No. 37 in this volume.]

Burra Burra Hospital, Annual Meeting last Tuesday.

Improvements for the year have seen the kitchen modernised, renovations in the staff quarters, installation of a central hot water system and the purchase of a new resuscitator. The water system is a circulating type allowing instantaneous hot water everywhere without any run-off. A Women’s Hospital Auxiliary was inaugurated under the Presidency of Mrs Herb. Riggs. The hot water system cost £4,078, half of which comes from a Government subsidy. The resuscitator was made possible by a donation from the Mosey family of £50 to perpetuate the memory of Sister Mosey, who joined the AIF in 1914-18 and was at one time a Sister in this hospital. The total cost is c. £130 and it will be subsidised. A sale of unwanted goods in the year raised over £400.

A shortage of trained staff remains a worry and the hospital is grateful for the assistance of those in the district with nursing experience. We were lucky to have Sister Pearse and Sister Greenhalg for over six months. Sister Betty Ford is now Acting Matron.

Report of Dr Pitcher.

Dr Pitcher was glad to report a more stable staff this year. 402 patients were admitted, 142 operations were performed and 63 babies were born. There was an average of 14 patients per day. There is a pressing need for an ambulance in the district – although this is not the responsibility of the Hospital Board. Thanks go to Mesdames Odgers, O’Sullivan, Young and others who have helped in times of staff shortages.

86, 37, (2), 10 Sep. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 37 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 September

Jane Russell & George Brent in Montana Belle

Joan Fontaine & Louis Jourdan in Decameron Nights

20 & 21 September

Peter Finch in A Town Like Alice

G. Jackson in Windfall

86, 37, (2), 10 Sep. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 37 in this volume.]

Basketball. Premiership

Spalding 16 defeated Terowie 14

Leighton Ladies’ Committee held a fete in Leighton Hall on Wednesday 4 September which raised £73-8-5 for the Burra Hospital.

86, 37, (2), 10 Sep. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 37 in this volume.]

Football. Preliminary Final

Booborowie 15.16 defeated Burra 10.15

Obituary. Johan Gracian (Jan.) Wroblewski aged 39, Stationmaster at Caltowie and formerly at Mt Bryan was killed yesterday when run over by an ore train in the Caltowie Station yards. After migrating from Poland he joined the SAR 14 March 1951 and after being stationmaster at Mt Bryan was transferred to Caltowie last December. He is survived by a wife and four children: Veronica, Gabrielle, Peter and David.

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Weather. Snow fell in Burra on Sunday. The first fall occurred at 8.20 a.m., but rain followed soon after and washed it away. A heavier fall at 9.55 a.m. lasted till about 10.30 and this snow was in evidence for some time. More fell at about 1 p.m., but rain again followed. Snow was reported intermittently throughout Sunday at Hallett.

In Burra the fire siren sounded at 12.45 p.m. for a minor chimney fire in Paxton Square. The familiar red of the fire brigade and the white of the snow combined to make an unusual sight as the call was answered.

Mt Bryan CWA room was opened on 28 August.

[This report is light on details of the room, even though about 1 column is devoted to the activities of the day. It is described as a ‘new room’ but donations were taken to renovate a fireplace. It would seem safe to infer that it was a renovated room in the Mt Bryan Hall.]

Ironmine Tennis Club held its AGM 26 August and elected: President, Don Lloyd; Secretary, Ron Gent; ‘A’ Grade Captain, Don Lloyd and ‘B’ Grade Captain to be elected.

The Advertiser Cycle Tour of SA. Stage 4 will finish in Burra on Saturday at c. 4.30 p.m. and riders will leave on Stage 5 at 8.30 a.m. Sunday morning.

St Catherine’s Anglican Church, Hallett

The new church was consecrated by the Bishop of Adelaide Rt Rev. T.T. Reed, who was on his first visit to the district as a Bishop. Despite a bitterly cold wind, rain and snow at least 120 people attended, of whom only about 80-85 could fit inside while the others sheltered in cars. Among those present were the architects Messrs Cheeseman & Brownell and the builder Mr R. Emery, all of Adelaide. The new altar of silver ash with maple backings was given by Mrs Woodgate of Booborowie in memory of her late husband Mr Brassey H. Woodgate, a former lay reader of Hallett. A luncheon followed in the RSL Hall. The whole congregation was able to be accommodated for evensong, which was conducted by Rev. L.R. Lenthall of Burra assisted by the Rector of Riverton.

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a sale for the Estate of the late T.H .Villis.

286 acres 28 perches known as the Mine Paddock, Pt Section 1 & Part Block 14 of Part Section 1 Hd Kooringa.

34 acres 1 rood 10 perches Portion Section 2277 Hd Kooringa adjoining the railway line 1 mile from Burra.

Sections 113 & 114 each of 1 rood in the Survey of Redruth.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will offer 14,000 sheep on Friday 20 September [in their off-shears sale].

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 September

Bill Williams & Jane Nigh in Blue Grass of Kentucky

Dennis O’Keefe & Margaret Sheridan in The Diamond

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Adelaide Wool Sales. Last week Mackerode topped the local district prices at 96d.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Accident/Obituary. Helen Joy Todd aged 4 and Gary Allan Todd aged 3 were found at 5.45 p.m. [11 September] in a 32 ft deep well on Old Bungaree Station where their father, Mr Allan Todd, is a station hand. There had been a search from 11 a.m. when the children were missed from their home on the property.

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

The National Bank in Burra has installed a Burroughs Sensimatic Machine, which enables both ledger cards and statement cards to be entered simultaneously, requiring only one entry on the keyboard and one operator. Up to date statements can be available on request. It is intended to mechanise all branches.

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Mr & Mrs R.C. Lott were given a farewell by the RSL at their clubrooms on Tuesday 3 September, prior to their departure to live in the city.

Badminton. Grand Final

Kooringa 10-205 defeated Burra North 6-155.

Football. Grand Finals

Hallett 5.13 defeated Booborowie 2.10

Hallett Colts 9.8 defeated Burra Colts 2.3

86, 38, (2), 17 Sep. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 38 in this volume.]

Burra & District War Memorial Committee celebrated its 10th birthday and reported steady if unspectacular progress. This year the girls’ basketball court will be completed and it is hoped to provide some extra seating around the oval. The committee this year took over afternoon teas and raised £75 for committee funds. The AGM will held in the Council Chambers on Monday 23 September at 8 p.m.

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Cricket. Burra Association. Elected for 1957-58: Patron, Reg. Warnes; President, A. Baulderstone and Secretary, E. Allanson. The Association is to comprise Koonoona, Burra, Buffs and Farrell Flat.

Elder, Smith & Co.’s Off-Shears Sale saw a very satisfactory clearance of 11,965 of the 15,613 yarded. About 10,000 of those sold have been, or will be trucked out of the district – about 90% to areas south of Adelaide; mainly to the South-East.

Burra Town Council, 16 September

Council voted to adopt the assessment of the E & WS Department. The assessment has been increased from £23,377-10-0 to £33,511. This will give the Council greater borrowing power. It is anticipated the rates to be collected will be approximately as last year.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the Carpenter Trophy. Best were G. Webster, W. Barker & J. Brown.

Burra Street Lights. Lighting will improve in 1958 when ETSA takes over. Market Square and Best Place will get seven mercury vapour lights – to be located at:

The corner near Dalgety’s

The corner near Elder’s

Near Matthews Emporium

The Fire Station

South of the Burra Hotel

P.J. Byrne’s Shoe Store Corner

Royal Exchange Corner.

Elders and the Royal Exchange Corner lights will burn all night and the others to 1 a.m.

Elsewhere the globes will be 100 or 150 c.p.

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, pages 1 & 5 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Burra Racing Club Ltd.

The AGM was held in the Town Hall 19 September. President Gerald Gask reported that despite a loss of £150 on the last October meeting they had made an overall profit of £474 for the year. They were in the best financial position ever and the track and other assets were in first class order. The club had a credit balance of £850. The October meeting was held in very wet conditions and the track was extensively damaged. Forty tons of earth was spread on the track to fill in hoof marks in winter and after rolling, it is in good condition. The March meeting had to be transferred to Balaklava and resulted in a profit of £593. Thirty-three of the horse stalls now have sleepers as flooring. In the last ten years the biggest income has been from the Betting Control Board; rising from £259 in 1947 to £1,787 in 1957. Gate receipts have been £5,130. Membership has fallen in the period from £193 to £151 and gate takings have also declined. A few weeks ago 800 ft of railings were replaced and about 80 posts. (Thanks are extended to Rex, Jim and Tom Warnes for the posts.) The new road through Tarlee should increase support from the south. A drive will be made to increase membership. As the Show Society made tables and trestles available without charge and the Corporation did not charge for the use of the Council Chamber, it was decided to donate £10-10-0* to the Burra Show Society and the Town Hall Improvement Fund. Elected: Patron, Mr Andrew Tennant and President, Mr Gerald Gask. The next race meeting will be Wednesday 16 October 1957, with a program of seven events.

[*Acknowledgements confirm that this meant £10-10-0 to each of these bodies.]

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a furniture sale on 11 October on account of Mrs A.P. Marchant and also one on account of Mr R.C. Lott.

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Aberdeen Tennis Club elected: Patron, Mr Frank Reed; President, Mr C. Davey; Secretary, Mr S. Scroop and Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop. The only team will play in ‘B’ Grade.

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Josie Jennison contributes an article on her trip in Germany, continued from a previous paper and ending here in mid-sentence after 11⁄2 columns.

Obituary. Herbert T. Heinrich, grazier of Oulnina Park near Mannahill, died suddenly in Adelaide 29 August when he was returning from a trip to Darwin. He was born at Baldina in 1892, the youngest son of the ten children of the late Wilhelm and Anna Heinrich of Dutton’s Trough, World’s End. He was educated at Point Pass Immanuel Lutheran College and at Kyre College, Unley. (Now Scotch College.) He joined the SA Education Department and taught at Qualco, Mannahill, Pt Vincent and Sturt Street Schools until he retired from the Department in 1920 with failing eyesight. He began farming at Rocky Dale near crystal Brook. Eight years later he bought Oulnina Park, thirteen miles southwest of Mannahill, which he occupied and managed with success until his death, although totally blind for the last 28 years. At Mannahill he worked to establish the Soldiers’ Memorial Playground, the Kenworthy Memorial Park and Plant Regeneration Reserve and the Tennis Club. He is survived by his widow, Mrs Mildred M. Heinrich of Oulnina Park and two children: Mr Felvis T. Heinrich (Eringa Park, Olary) and Mrs B.A. Burdon (Pt Pirie). There are five grandchildren.

[Herbert Theodor Heinrich born 18 September 1892 Baldina: died 29 August 1957 Adelaide, residence Oulnina Park.]

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Lance Fiebig and the 1957 Round Australia Mobilgas Trial

Driving Car No. 102, a 1957 Holden, Lance Fiebig of Burra and Brian Holness of Gawler did very well. They were the first Holden in the whole trial, second South Australian entry, third in vehicles over 2,000 cc and tenth in the trial overall. The only damage throughout the trial was a small hole in the petrol tank and slight damage to the nearside duco.

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Leighton Football Club: 1957 season awards.

Best and Fairest W. Byles

Best Placed Man K. Campbell

Most Improved Junior D. Stockman

Best Junior A. Johnson

Best Player D. Lloyd

Best Utility C. Lloyd

Most Unselfish Player S. Johnson

Most Consistent S. Beinke

Most Determined J. Bruce

86, 39, (2), 24 Sep. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 39 in this volume.]

Burra District Tennis Association. 1957-58 Season

Elected: President, Mr L. Matters (Spalding) and Secretary, Mr L.S.F. Anderson (Hallett).

‘A’ Grade Teams: Hallett, Willalo, Kooringa, Ironmine, Spalding, Mt Bryan, Leighton and Booborowie.

‘B’ Grade Teams: Aberdeen, Hallett, Ironmine, Kooringa, Mt Bryan, Spalding, Booborowie and Leighton.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 September

Chips Rafferty in Walk into Paradise

Walter Pidgeon & Ann Harding in The Unknown Man

2 October

Susan Stephen & Jerry Wayne in As Long as They’re Happy

Jimmy Hanley & Rona Anderson in The Black Rider

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Burra Town Hall Centenary Ball was held in the Town Hall on Saturday night when eleven debutantes were presented to Lady McBride. Door takings were £134. The official party comprised: The mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone and Mrs Baulderstone, The Minister of defence Sir Philip McBride and Lady McBride, The Member for Burra Mr P.H. Quirke MP and Mrs Quirke, Chairman of the Burra Burra DC Mr A.D. Radford and Mrs Radford and the Town Clerk Mr E.R. Davey and Mrs Davey. Mr Baulderstone outlined the importance of the Town Hall and the proposed improvements to it and welcomed the official guests. The debutantes were:

Miss Carleet Simpson with Mr Arthur Simpson

Miss Raelene Clark with Mr John Clark

Miss Mary Edwards with Mr Colin Hughes

Miss Raelene White with Mr Peter Murphy

Miss Valmai Williams with Mr Peter freer

Miss Ann Pettet with Mr Malcolm Pettet

Miss Margaret Kellock with Mr Don Stockman

Miss Maureen Watts with Mr Don Barker

Miss Jennifer Sieber with Mr Evan Allanson

Miss Claudia Rawlins with Mr John Quinn

Miss Margaret Hopkins with Mr Peter Nourse

Land Sale in the Estate of the late T.H. Villis

Lot 1 ‘Mine Paddock” was passed in at £7-5-0 per acre. Negotiations for a sale continue.

Lot 2 341⁄4 acres just south of the Burra Railway Station was sold to Messrs E.G. & A.W. Kellock for £40-5-0 per acre.

Lot 3 Two 1⁄2-acre allotments in Redruth were sold to M.J. & I.M. Heinrich of Burra North for £51.

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 October

Virginia Mayo & Dale Robertson in Devil’s Canyon

Linda Darrell & Rick Jason in This is My Love

9 October

John Payne & Evelyn Keyes in 99River Street

Plus Overland Pacific

Rural Youth Trip. 30 Rural Youth members from around the state are visiting the Burra District. They visited Mr Hawker’s property this morning and after lunch at Bevan’s they will visit the Burra Mines.

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Josie Jennison continues her European Trip with an article from Sweden. [13⁄4 columns.]

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Burra Rural Youth sponsored a talk at the RSL Hall on Monday 23 September, which drew c. 150 people to hear Mr H.G. Oates speak on two recent trips to Darwin via NSW and Queensland and back to SA. The talk was illustrated with coloured slides taken by Mr David Oates. £16 was raised and will be divided between the Australian Inland Mission and the RFDS.

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 5th stage of the Carpenter Trophy. Best were M. Mitchell, R.J. Kellock and W. Barker. Herb Byles was best off the rifle.

Hallett & District Schools’ Sports are reported.

86, 40, (2), 1 Oct. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 40 in this volume.]

Obituary. Charles Bevan, uncle of Alex and Archie Bevan, died at Broken Hill on 27 September aged 85. [Born 20 February 1872 Prince Alfred Mine, District of Frome, SA.]

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Football. Booborowie visited Curramulka on 5 & 6 October.

Curramulka 15.20 defeated Booborowie 12.11

Burra Rifle Club fired No. 4 Union Teams’ Shoot at Burra.

Burra 626 defeated Auburn 598.

Adelaide Wool Sales 24-26 September saw top price in the district go to ‘Gum Hill’ Mt Bryan at 1001⁄2d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

Accident. On Saturday morning a woman was injured when a utility crashed through the Bon Accord Bridge at about 4.30 a.m. It was a vehicle owned and driven by Mr Clarence Frederick Garrard of Broken Hill and formerly of Burra. The spot was where the railing was broken in an accident in August and had not been repaired. The vehicle landed on its hood in the creek bed. Mrs Garrard, the only passenger, suffered a fractured collar bone and left forearm. Mr Garrard suffered a suspected fractured rib, but was later able to drive the vehicle on to Adelaide.

Burra Bowls Associates held their 1st AGM as a separated entity on Thursday 3 October. President Mrs F. Sims took the chair. After one season they were in a good financial position. Eighteen women formed the club at a meeting on 30 October 1956. The season was very successful with much of that due to Coach Mr George Terry, assisted by Mr R.V. Riggs. Thanks are also due to Mr Binks-Williams, President of the Men’s Club. Two tournaments were held: the Championship Singles was won by Mrs Hood and the Pairs by Mesdames Scott and Sims. At the end of the season the membership was 35. Elected: President, Mrs F. Sims; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames D. Field & H. Binks-Williams and Secretary, Mrs E. Pietsch. This year the Burra Associates have affiliated with the SA Women’s Bowling Association.

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd will offer 18,000 sheep on 18 October at Burra.

Notice. Burra Town Council has declared a rate of 40d in the pound.

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Josie Jennison writes a concluding 11⁄2-column article on her European trip, this time from Norway.

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, Saturday 28 September

Coralie Dawn Ellis, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs R.F. Ellis of Burra North, married

Donald John Ebsary, only son of Mr & Mrs R.C. Ebsary of Urania, Yorke Peninsula.

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 17-11 defeated Booborowie 3-39

‘B’ Grade Booborowie forfeited to Leighton

Ironmine 12-94 defeated Kooringa 7-78

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 October

Betty Hutton & Howard Keel in Annie Get Your Gun

Leslie Dwyer & Lisa Danidy in Hindle Wakes

14 October (Labour Day)

Robert Mitchum & Jean Simmons in Angel Face

Richard Conte & Victor McLaglen in Bengazi

86, 41, (2), 8 Oct. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 41 in this volume.]

Booborowie Football Club has decided to erect showers at the back of the dressing sheds. The cost is estimated at £300 for materials and the erection is to be by voluntary labour.

86, 42, (2), 15 Oct. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 42 in this volume.]

Burra Rural Youth held a dance at the Burra Show Hall on 4 October to aid the Town Hall Building Fund. Door takings were c. £23.

Burra Golf Associates held their AGM 2 October and elected: President, Mrs J. Gebhardt; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H. Topsfield & J. Riggs; Secretary, Mrs D.H .Field; Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver and Captain, Mrs F. Reed.

Ethel I. Melrose of Danevale Lodge, Castle Douglas, Scotland writes to congratulate Hallett Church of England on the consecration of St Catherine’s.

Burra Swimming Pool Committee held a second successful Amateur Hour at the Burra Town Hall last Friday evening. Mr Ted Orchard was the compere. The outright winners were Burra Rural Youth with a series of short sketches. Other participants and winners are listed. The fund will benefit by over £60.

86, 42, (2), 15 Oct. 1957, pages 1 & 5 [2nd use of No. 42 in this volume.]

Burra Show 1957

The 1957 Show drew record entries and gate takings. It was opened by Mr Ewen Waterman, the Commonwealth Wool Adviser. He said that as the centre of the Stud Merino Sheep Breeding Industry, Burra was one of the world’s important places.

Early on Saturday it was windy, but it settled to be perfect weather for the show.

Gate takings were £245 plus £40 for the dance in the evening.

Side shows were fairly numerous with the boxing show, the merry-go-round and the horse ride the most popular.

Industrial stands were somewhat less numerous, but there were good displays of modern machinery, motor vehicles and household appliances.

Rural Youth put in a float that was most effective.

The display of schoolwork was commendable.

In the Art Section Mrs V. Ockenden took most prizes and in the Juvenile Section Maurice Perry took the special prize on points. R. Jennison had the best colour transparency.

Bird entries were numerous. Bantams were especially good. There was good variety on ducks and geese too. Champion Bird of the show was an Australorp male exhibited by C.A. Dunning. Pigeons were strongly represented. Champion Budgerigar was show by D. Storer.

Cattle numbers were small. M.C. Garrard had the Champion Jersey Cow and Bull. John Parker exhibited the Champion Bull, truest to breed.

A. Tennant took most prizes in the AIS Section.

Mrs F.C .Stolte took the aggregate prize in cookery.

Champion Dog of Shoe was J.G. Smallacombe’s Kelpie Bitch.

The quantity and quality of flowers was excellent and Iceland poppies, calendulas and ranunculi were outstanding. Best entry in flowers was by R. Harris. Champion Rose went to M. George and Champion Pansy to M. Falkai.

Best exhibit in Floral Art went to C. Lamb’s bowl of Iceland poppies.

C.R. Simon took the trophy in Grain & Fodder.

Entries for Horses in Action were high as usual.

Wildotta Cup for Maiden Hunters went to K. Bradock & R. Dohnt’s Blue Eagle.

Koomooloo Cup for Open Hunters went to T. William’s Silver Dollar.

McWaters Trophy for Hunters was won by Bradock & Dohnt’s Blue Eagle.

Best Lady Rider was Mrs G. Edwards.

Best Girl Rider was Jenny Meyer.

Best Boy Rider was Kim Afford.

Mrs P.V. Oates took the Warnes Prize for fancy work and the CWA Trophy on points.

Vegetable entries were up on 1956.

Wool was very good.

[Prize winners are generally just listed as winners without specific statements of the category; unlike the detailed results of earlier years.]

86, 42, (2), 15 Oct. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 42 in this volume.]

Hallett Flower Show Prize List is printed.

86, 42, (2), 15 Oct. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 42 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 October

Bette Davis & Ernest Borgnine in Wedding breakfast

Plus News and Shorts

24 October [Change from usual date.]

Robert Beatty & Anthony Steel in Out of the Clouds

Brenda De Banzie & Petula Clark in The Happiness of 3 Women

86, 42, (2), 15 Oct. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 42 in this volume.]

St Joseph’s Church. The Bishop of Pt Pirie, Rev. Dr Bryan Gallagher visited last Saturday and Sunday for the confirmation of about thirty candidates at St Joseph’s.

87, 43, (2), 22 Oct. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 43 in this volume. Note change of volume number.]

Burra Races were held last Wednesday. The attendance was slightly down and the gate was £190. Twenty-six horses ran, giving small fields, though still quite good. The track was in good condition. The non-bitumen road to Burra seems to be a major factor in attracting both horses and the public. Bookmakers’ holdings were £26,543, which returned to the club £189-10-0 and the return on Melbourne betting was £86-10-0. It is expected that the budget will at least balance.

C. Hartley Williams (for J. Carpenter) Hon. State Sec. of TPI Members writes to thank the district for its help and contributions in raising £73 as the result of badge days.

The Town Hall Improvement Fund reaches £1,372-11-9.

Adelaide Wool Sales saw G.G .Lines & Sons of ‘Gum Hill’ top the district prices at 90d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

Burra Rural Youth has again won the Cramm Shield for Club Service and Community Effort for the second year in succession.

87, 43, (2), 22 Oct. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 43 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will offer 6,500 sheep at their off-shears sale on 1 November.

87, 43, (2), 22 Oct. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 43 in this volume.]

Weather. Burra has recorded 76 points of steady rain and it is still falling as we go to press. H. White at Mongolata has reported 60 points to 10 a.m. with rain still falling. Koomooloo reports 50 points to noon today.

87, 43, (2), 22 Oct. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 43 in this volume.]

Marriage. Booborowie Methodist Church, 28 September

Miss Beth Billing married Mr Les. Norton.

Marriage. Hallett Methodist Church.

Winsome Nutt, only daughter of Mr & Mrs R. Nutt of Hallett, married

Mervyn Robinson, son of Mr & Mrs H.J. Robinson of Booborowie.

87, 43, (2), 22 Oct. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 43 in this volume.]

Burra Swimming Pool. There is a call for old sheets of corrugated iron, which are needed to complete the forming for the walls of the pool. It is hoped to complete the pouring of the walls for the deeper end of the pool next Saturday 27 October. A fortnight ago half the deep end walls were completed, but it is felt that the job is being left to the ‘few’. More iron, more cement, more money and more voluntary labourers are needed.

Burra Football Club’s wind-up social on Saturday night also saw the presentation of trophies.

Fairest and Most Brilliant Keith Crouch

Best Placed Keith Crouch

Best Backman Ken Heinrich

Most Consistent Keith Crouch

Most Unselfish Keith Crouch

Most Effective Kevin Lane

Best Forward Ray (Jimmy) James

Best Utility Kevin Lane

Most Improved Junior Barry Eberhard

Most Consistent Junior Pat Ryan

Most Attentive to Training Ian Allen

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 October

Edmund O’Brien & John Agar in Shield for Murder

John Agar & Rosemarie Bowe in The Golden Mistress

30 October

Glenn Ford & Donna Reed in Ransom

87, 44, (2), 29 Oct. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 44 in this volume.]

Burra Cricket Assoc. intends to cover the existing Burra pitch with a new composition ‘Semtex Flexima’.

Burra Bowling Club. The new season was opened by Dr D.M .Steele and the new room by the Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone. The beautification program for the greens was only half finished and most of that was on the ladies’ portion, but the rest should be completed by next season. The new sunshades donated by the Associates added to the setting. Dr Steele in opening the season recalled delightful memories of his 34 years spent in the town.

Kooringa Masonic Lodge installed Bro R.W. Chambers as Worshipful Master on Wednesday evening, after which a ball was held at the Town Hall attended by about 300 persons.

Leighton Ladies’ Committee AGM was poorly attended. Elected: President, Mrs B. Scholz; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames F. Lynch & M. Carmody and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs E. Butler.

Burra Town Council has received the title to a number of small pieces of land transferred from the Registrar of Companies representing the SA Mining Association Ltd. i.e. Pt Lots 1, 3, 26, 27, 19, 40, 70, 78, 80, 300, 68, 299 & Pt Section 1-2. For example Pt Lot 3 is Holder Garden.

87, 44, (2), 29 Oct. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 44 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Carpenter Trophy. Best were W. Hempel, R.J. Kellock and E.C. Hopkins.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 11-97 defeated Mt Bryan 9-89

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 14-95 defeated Leighton 6-71

Kooringa 18-116 defeated Aberdeen 2-44

Kooringa 12-95 defeated Willalo 7-55

[There is apparently some error here with the appearance of Kooringa twice.]

87, 44, (2), 29 Oct. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 44 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 November

Donald Sinden in Doctor at Sea

Plus Gilded Cage

6 November

Miroslava & Nancy Coates in Stranger on Horseback

Plus Operation Manhunt

87, 44, (2), 29 Oct. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 44 in this volume.]

Burra Lawn Tennis Club AGM was held at the Air Force Club Rooms 8 October and elected: President, R.G .Jeffery; Vice-President, L.A. Beinke; Secretary, R.B .Jennison and Patron, A.L. Bence. Courts will be open on Sunday 3 November.

87, 44, (2), 29 Oct. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 44 in this volume.]

Rural Youth Bus Tour

Margaret Kellock gives a 1⁄2-column report on the Northern Bus Tour by Rural Youth members. The tour encompassed Stradbrooke Stud, Clare, East Bungaree, Mt Bryan, Old Canowie Beef Shorthorn Stud, Golden North Dairies, Laura Honey Depot, Wirrabara State Forest, Mr Claire Scarfe’s apiary, Pt Augusta Power Station, Whyalla Dairy, Whyalla Shipyards and Blast Furnace, BHAS Smelters, Pt Pirie City, Pt Pirie Uranium Treatment Works, Burra and the Burra Mine Site.

87, 45, (2), 5 Nov. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 45 in this volume.]

Burra & District War Memorial Committee AGM was held in the Council Chamber recently. The President Mr K.J. Murphy reported that unless they got more support from the public the War Memorial Oval would come to a standstill. The work of afternoon teas at matches this year was very good and thanks must go to Mr & Mrs Scroop and Mr & Mrs Halliday and to Mr E.T. Baulderstone for supplying goods. Proceeds were about [illegible] which was the best money spinner for the year. The ball brought in [illegible]. Thank go to the Town Council for work done at the oval and to the District Council for what they had done at the basketball courts and to the Burra Cricket Association for their donation and to Mr C. Pearce for painting the oval fence. Elected: President, K.J. Murphy; Vice-President, D.A. Halliday; Secretary, Mr E.R. Davey had been Secretary to 23 October when Mr H. Kowald had been elected; Treasurer, E.R. Davey. The President reported on the final grading of the basketball court. Mr I. Hirschausen outlined a scheme for converting the present dressing shed into a club room, grandstand and dressing rooms.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 700 yards. Best were C.W. Edwards, R. Bernhardt and K. Williams. R. Bernhardt finished with a possible.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 11-90 defeated Mt Bryan 9-82

Ironmine 14-107 defeated Leighton 6-65

‘B’ Grade Ironmine 17-118 defeated Leighton 3-49

Mt Bryan 11-87 defeated Kooringa 9-79

Kooringa Methodist Guild held a Rainbow Fair in the RSL Hall last Friday. Takings were £168-2-0. It was opened by Mrs F.M. Jefferies of Mt Bryan.

Town Hall Improvement Fund reaches £1,500-16-9.

87, 45, (2), 5 Nov. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 45 in this volume.]

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs J. Fisher; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames E. Finch & A.B. Riggs; Secretary, Mrs R. Ellis; Treasurer, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Patroness, Mrs W. Gare; Captain, Mrs E. Finch and Greensman, Mr R. Ellis.

87, 45, (2), 5 Nov. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 45 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 November

James Cagney & Barbara Stanwyck in These Wilder Years

Fred Astaire & Vera Ellen in The Belle of New York

Wednesday 12 November [actually 13 November.]

Barbara Stanwyck & George Sanders in Witness to Murder

Plus Little Fugitive.

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Remembrance Day (39th) was observed in Market Square on 11 November. The address was given by Rev. L.R. Lenthall. Traffic was halted by the efforts of Sgt H. McCallum and Constable Martin Clift. The President of Burra RSL Mr C.M .Beckwith recited the Ode and then laid a wreath for RSL. Mr W. Young laid one for the Air Force Assoc., Mr W. Knight for the Demobilised SS & A, the Mayor for the Town Council and A.D. Radford for the District Council. A two minute silence was observed. The schools held an observation on Monday, when Mr Edgar Pietsch represented the local RSL.

Mt Bryan East. Weather: lightning struck the telephone line near the home of Mr & Mrs E. Wilks and Mrs E.M. Thomas. Tops were broken off two wooden poles and the poles splintered to ground level. Flames ran easily along wires for 200 yards and the wires were fused and broken where they entered the house.

Killer Dog(s) are still active in the Mt Bryan East area. Mr E. Wilks reports mauled sheep.

Burra Town Council is making a further application for a grant of £1,500 towards the swimming pool.

Booborowie Football Club has started work on improving its dressing room. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 97 defeated Clare Blue 92

Burra Green 101 defeated Clare White 80

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 7th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 800 yards. Best were D.H. Field, P. Nourse & W. Barker. Possibles were scored by H. Byles, E. Hopkins and D.H. Field.

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 November

Barbara Stanwyck & Paul Douglas in Clash by Night

Tom Conway in Barbados Quest

20 November

Dirk Bogarde & Donald Sinden in Simba

Wilfred Pickles & Petula Clark in The Gay Dog

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Burra Swimming Pool. Another successful working bee on Sunday will see the pouring of the walls completed. Three weeks ago the deep end was completed. The project still needs more cement, more money and more labour.

87, 46, (2), 12 Nov. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 46 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 15-109 defeated Booborowie 5-57

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 11-85 defeated Ironmine 11-84

Spalding 10-93 defeated Ironmine 10-82

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Burra Market on Friday saw Elder, Smith & Co. sell 17,768 sheep to end their off-shears season. A special train loaded with 10,000 sheep left by noon on Sunday en route for Mt Gambier. The train comprised 40 double bogie trucks. The yarding was 17, 871. Well over 100,000 sheep will be sold in Burra this year and most have gone to the South-East.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 900 yards in the worst conditions and every shooter missed the target on at least two occasions. The wind varied in strength from 12 to 26 degrees (9 inches to the degree). Best were R. Bernhardt, W. Barker and T. Brazil in the lowest scores ever recorded on the range.

Burra CWA celebrated its 31st birthday and International Day at the Town Hall on 15 November. Mrs A.L. Bence was the speaker on her recent visit to the Philippines, the country chosen for this year’s International Day.

Accident. Miss Janet Wurfel of Hallett Telephone Exchange suffered concussion, cuts and bruises when she was thrown from her motor cycle after running into sheep while coming to work on Saturday at about 12.30 p.m. She is in Burra Hospital for a few days for observation.

Burra Rural Youth held their 5th annual ball on Friday 15 November. Fourteen members from other clubs were billeted with members for the weekend. The ball was on Friday. On Saturday members were shown some of the cattle stud at Princess Royal by Mr E. Pietsch and Mr Lipschinski. In the afternoon they visited Mr A. Ford’s poll merino sheep. Saturday evening there was a social and a chop picnic was held at the Gorge on Sunday.

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Statton’s Blacksmith’s Shop at Hallett will re-open in about two weeks. Mr E.S. Darby will concentrate mainly on welding.

Advt. Oates Ltd announces an auction sale at the residence of Mr & Mrs A.L. Bence, Burra North on 5 December. Mr Bence has disposed of his residence and is going to live in Adelaide.

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Company will sell for Mrs H. Honan on 4 December the house property on allotments 7, 8, 17 & 18 in Hallett comprising 2 acres with frontages to John St & East Terrace with a 4-roomed wood and iron home etc.

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Marriage, Mt Bryan Methodist Church, 2 November

Elizabeth Ann Stolte, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs F. Stolte of Mt Bryan, married

Ralph Slee Oakley, 4th son of Mr & Mrs G.E. Oakley of Birdwood.

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 November

Paul Newman & Pier Angeli in Somebody Up There Likes Me

27 November

Rory Calhoun & Peggie Castle in The Yellow Tomahawk

Paul Muni & Joan Lorring in Stranger on the Prowl

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

The RSL will entertain members of the Bowling Club Thursday evening next week.

On Friday 29th a Ladies’ Evening will be held to farewell our life member Mr Arthur Bence and Mrs Bence before their departure to live in the city.

Bowls

Burra Green 116 defeated Clare Red 69

Burra Gold defeated Clare [?]

Tennis. ‘A’ Grade Spalding 11-101 defeated Leighton 9-75

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 9 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Adelaide Wool Sales. The best local price was 89d by Sir Walter Duncan of Hanson. [Other local district prices are printed.]

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 10 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Cricket

Farrell Flat 172 v. Burra 268 (1 innings each)

Koonoona 179 v. Buffs 140 (1 innings each)

Buffs 166 v. Burra 160 (1 innings each)

Farrell Flat 6 for 72 v. Koonoona 123 (1 innings each)

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 11 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

St Joseph’s Church held a picnic for Catholic parishioners from Burra, Mt Bryan, Hallett and Willalo at North Booborowie Oval on 3 November. [Sports results are printed.]

87, 47, (2), 19 Nov. 1957, page 12 [2nd use of No. 47 in this volume.]

Booborowie Football Ball aided their building fund. It was less successful than anticipated due to there being another ball at Hilltown. Door takings were £49.

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Burra Town Hall Pictures Committee has decided to install Cinemascope for the pictures.

[Column 1 of this article is mostly unreadable.]

Arrangements are also in hand for redecorating the interior of the hall and for providing new seating in the dress circle. As there is an opening either side it will not be necessary to have a central aisle as at present. It is hoped that Cinemascope and the redecoration and new seats will be installed by mid-February 1958.

Burra Red Cross held a successful Melbourne Cup Party at the home of Dr & Mrs R. Pitcher on 5 November and raised £110.

Burra High School is being repainted throughout. The Intermediate and Leaving Exams will begin in December and be held in the Methodist Hall under the supervision of Rev. D.G. Haydon.

Kooringa Methodist Guild held a social on 13 November to wind up the year and about 50 ladies attended. The Guild members have raised £328-4-5 during their nine months of activity this year. They now go into recess until March 1958.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the Championship over double 600 yards. Top off the rifle were J.H. Schwier, H. Byles and W. Hempel. In the handicap contest the top scorers were W. Hempel, H.M. Reed, J.G. Reed, J. Brown and J.H. Schwier.

Burra Swimming Pool held a very successful working bee on 17 November when 130 ft of wall 3 ft 6 inches high and 8 inches thick was poured by 1 p.m. to complete the walls of the project. Half the project is now completed. Phase III is the setting of the concrete surrounds. Tons of earth have been moved in to build up the surrounds. Concrete about 4 ft wide will be laid around the pool, with a small brick retaining wall at the edge. It is hoped to complete this in about three weeks.

Booborowie CWA held its International Day on 14 November in the Booborowie Hall. Guest speaker on the Philippines was Lower North Divisional President Mrs C. Murray.

St Mary’s Church Organ Fund will benefit from a Children’s Fancy Dress Party at the home of Dr & Mrs R.B. Pitcher on Saturday 23 November when about £84 was raised. [Results are printed.]

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 2 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Advt. Dalgety & Co. will sell 11,000 sheep at their off-shears sale on 29 November.

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. & Elder, Smith & Co. will combine to offer 15,000 (9,000 + 6,000) at an auction on Friday 6 December. [Increased in the advertisement of 3 December p.2 to 10,500 + 7,500.]

Advt. SAFU will auction allotments 44 & pt 45 with a frontage to Young St of 81 ft and a depth of 96 ft on which is erected a stone house of six rooms etc. in the estate of the late Lilian Wilks.

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 113 defeated Saddleworth Blue 93

Saddleworth Gold 99 defeated Burra Green 94

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will auction 4871⁄2 acres of freehold in the estate of the late R.J. Fairchild at the RSL Hall Burra, 13 December. The land comprises sections 432, 2269, pt427, pt 2270 & pt 471 in the Hd of Ayres and allotments 115, 116, & 117 (vacant land) in Illogan Street, Burra North.

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 7 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 November

Alec Guinness & Odile Versois in To Paris with Love

Gene Nelson & Faith Domergue in Timeslip

4 December

Gregory Peck & Jane Wyman in The Yearling.

87, 48 (2), 26 Nov. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 48 in this volume.]

Burra Town Council, 16 November

Cr Cummins asked if work had started on the new Town Hall Supper Room. The Town Clerk said Mr Clode was waiting on his co-contractor, but expected to commence Monday week.

The Town Clerk had been notified that the new sealed road would be entering Burra from Brown’s Corner and not by-passing through Burra North.

Hanson CWA celebrated its 12th birthday on 22 November.

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Burra Businesses are threatened by outside buying. The number of locals who buy goods outside the town is threatening local business. The practice also reduces the range of goods that can be offered in the town. Hawkers are also a threat.

Farrell Flat Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its annual fete and grossed £117-7-6.

G.W. Statton & J.A. Statton take issue with the statement that the business conducted by E. Statton & Sons at Hallett is to be re-opened. After their sale all that was left were empty sheds. The new business has no connection whatsoever with E. Statton & Sons.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 10-95 defeated Leighton 10-89

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 13-106 defeated Leighton 7-62

Ironmine 19-118 defeated Booborowie 1-38

Redruth Methodist Guild held a fete on Saturday 30 November with a Nursery Rhyme Theme and raised £234. [Personal interest: Mr R. Fuss loaned timber and erected the stalls. Mrs R. Fuss was on the cake stall.]

AMEB Music Examination Results for pupils of St Joseph’s Convent and Mr C. Davey are printed.

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Mr & Mrs J. Wooton of Mt Bryan have taken up residence on Kangaroo Island and a thank you letter for services rendered was sent to Mrs Wooton from the Mt Bryan CWA.

Mr Bryan CWA heard an address by Mrs Shannon, State International Secretary of the CWA on the Philippines for their International Day meeting. A recent street stall held in Burra raised £57-6-0 for the Burra Hospital.

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Bowls. Burra Gold drew with Burra Green 86 each.

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 15-101 defeated Kooringa 5-70

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 20-120 defeated Booborowie 0-42

Spalding 14 sets defeated Kooringa 6 sets

Ironmine 11-92 defeated Mt Bryan 9-91

Ironmine 20-120 defeated Aberdeen 0-29

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 December

John Payne & Lizabeth Scott in Silver Lode

Ida Lupino & Robert Ryan in Beware My Lovely

11 December

Glenn Ford & Geraldine Brooks in The Green Glove

William Lundigan & Peggie Castle in The White Orchid

87, 49 (2), 3 Dec. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Cricket, 16 November.

Buffs 129 & 2 for 78 v. Farrell Flat

Burra 268 v. Koonoona (1st innings in each case.)

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 1 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.] [CHECK NUMBER]

Burra RSL Annual Dinner

Visitors came from many areas of the state and locally from the Demobilised Soldiers Assoc., the AFA, Fathers’ Assoc. and the Town and District Councils. The main guest was Mr A.J. Lee, State President of the RSL. It was a great chance for a re-union of comrades.

Burra Town Council, 2 December

A letter is to be written to H.C. Davies concerning the poor state of the old Eastern Telephone Building. Iron blowing off the roof posed a danger.

Burra Hospital has arranged for a deputation to wait upon the Minister of Works Mr McIntosh tomorrow regarding the Murray water for the Burra Hospital. Murray water is required for the new hot water system recently installed.

Dalgety’s off-shears sale on 29 November cleared 8,788 sheep of the 11,756 offered.

Constable Brian Dowling who has been at Hallett for four years has been transferred to Pt Wakefield and will leave on 17 December.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. & Elder, Smith & Co.’s combined Burra Markets attracted little interest last Friday and of 10,474 sheep offered only 4,579 were sold.

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 2 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Burra Burra DC. Due to the resignation of Cr J.F. Warnes an extraordinary vacancy has occurred. Nominations are called by 24 December 1957.

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 3 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Mr Jim Scott.

[James Allen Scott died 15 November 1957 Burra aged 57.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the recent death of Mrs Nieman, mother of Lena Newman, Lou Baynes and Martha Bilney.

[Born Anna Louise Schulze 1866: died 25 November 1957 Burra, residence Booborowie.]

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 4 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Bowls

Clare Blue 93 defeated Burra Green 92

Burra Gold 84 defeated Clare Red 84

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 6 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 December

Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron in An American in Paris

18 December

Michael Redgrave & Sheila Sim in The Night My Number Came Up

Arthur Kennedy & Constance Smith in Impulse

87, 49 (3), 10 Dec. 1957, page 7 [3rd use of No. 49 in this volume.]

Booborowie Methodist Fete was held on 3 November and netted £147-0-9.

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 1 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club visited Morgan on Saturday and were entertained by Morgan Small Bore Club. In their first match shot under electric light Morgan defeated Burra by 27 points.

The Late R.J. Fairchild’s land was sold in the RSL Hall 13 December 1957. It was passed in when Messrs H.W. & D.M. Tiver of ‘Flagstaff’ had bid £31-5-0 per acre and was later sold to them after private negotiation. Messrs M.J. & I.M. Heinrich of Burra North bought a vacant allotment at Burra North for £137-10-0.

Burra Shops will open to 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve after a tea break from 5.30 to 7 p.m.

The A. Wroblewski Relief Fund [sic] set up for the family of the late Caltowie stationmaster has reached £67-7-0. Forward donations to Mr Shanks c/o Bank of Adelaide, Caltowie.

[The deceased was J.G. Wroblewski.]

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 3 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 December

Randolph Scott, Forrester Tucker & Mala Powers in Rage at Dawn

James Cagney & Barbara Payton in Drums in the Deep South

25 December

Claudette Colbert & Orson Wells in Tomorrow is Forever

John Justin & Eva Dahlbeck in The Village

28 December

Reach for the Sky

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 4 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Bowls

Saddleworth Gold 95 defeated Burra Gold 92

Saddleworth Blue 100 defeated Burra Green 89

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 5 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Mt Bryan Methodist Ladies’ Guild held their Strawberry Fete 16 November. It was opened by Mrs H. Jennison in the Mt Bryan Hall. £178 was raised.

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 6 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 16 November

Enid Mary Mitchell, daughter of Mr & Mrs J.O. Mitchell of Hanson, married Kenneth Howard Phillips, only son of Mrs A.I. & the late Mr E. Phillips of World’s End.

Hallett Red Cross held their annual Christmas break-up and Carols by Candlelight at Cappeedee Homestead and a trading table raised nearly £60.

Burra Swimming Pool. The inner walls have now been completed and the committee will soon fill the pool with water to test it. A temporary fence will be placed around the pool for safety.

87, 50 (2), 17 Dec. 1957, page 8 [2nd use of No. 50 in this volume.]

Tennis, 7 December

‘A’ Grade Ironmine 10-92 defeated Mt Bryan 100-91

Ironmine 10-85 defeated Mt Bryan 10-76

[Sic: that’s what it says!]

Burra Rural Youth has farewelled Vice-President Don Barton and appointed Ray Kotz in his place. Don was also Captain of the Rural Youth Badminton Team.

The annual ball showed a gross profit of £102.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, page 1

The Burra High School Banquet was held in the School Hall on Wednesday and was organised by the Parents & Friends’ Assoc. The district MP Mr P.H. Quirke and Mrs Quirke were guests and were happy to attend despite the terrific heat.

Adelaide Wool Sales saw A.W., M.R. & E.M. Mitchell of Mintaro top local prices at 82d.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

St Mary’s. On 19 December between 50 & 60 members of CEBS and GFS plus parents and friends attended the annual break-up function in which a social was followed by a party supper.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, pages 1, 5 & 8

Burra High School Speech Night was held in the Town Hall last Tuesday. A good crowd attended to hear the report of the headmaster Mr R.G. Jeffery. (The 46th annual report.)

The enrolment in February was 85 – 42 boys and 43 girls; an all time record enrolment. Average attendance has been 76. At the end of 1956 Mr Burdon, Mr eer [sic: for J. Deer] and Mr Pillar were promoted and transferred. They were replaced by Messrs Morrison, Bawden and Ireland.

Last year’s exam results in Intermediate and Leaving were very good. Six of eight Intermediate candidates gained certificates and all five Leaving candidates got certificates. In Intermediate Valmai Williams was outstanding with 7 subjects and two credits. In Leaving Robert Bourman passed six subjects with one credit. This year a record sixteen sat for the Intermediate and three sat for Leaving.

Sporting facilities at the school are readily available and all members of the staff join with students at their play. I would like to extend woodwork and Home Science, but teacher shortages prevent that at present. Instruction in dancing has been included this year and the results were seen at the last High School Ball.

The Annual Sports Day was held at the Racecourse Oval. Cup winners were:

Senior Boys’ Cup Barry Eberhard

Senior Girls’ Cup Marie Eberhard

Junior Girls’ Cup Judith Field

Junior Boys’ Cup John Sibly

This year Burra hosted the Mid-Northern High School Sports at the Racecourse Oval and the event was a great success, even though Burra finished a sorry last in the points list.

Once again the Parents and Friends’ Association has provided the school with many amenities and catered for lunches, afternoon teas etc. on Sports Day and will organise the annual High School Banquet tomorrow.

The High School Council has had another successful year and thanks go to Chairman H.J.B. Jennison, Secretary Mr G.H. Cockrum and Treasurer, S.J. Woollacott. Thanks to its efforts the Minister of Education has assured us that an additional two classrooms will be built at the school and be ready for the opening of the 1958 school year. These are needed because at present we have to use the Library and Woodwork Centre as class rooms. Thanks go to the District Council for levelling the area for the new rooms. The old building is now being painted.

In April the school went to Adelaide for the SA Exhibition at the Wayville Showgrounds. The Leaving Geography Class visited the Barossa Valley as part of their course. The school had an excellent display at the Burra Show. The annual High School Ball raised £90 for the Parents & Friends’ Funds. During the year most students received vaccinations against poliomyelitis and tuberculosis.

[The Prize List is printed.]

The guest speaker for the evening was Hon. R.R. Wilson MLC for the Northern District. Mr Wilson urged boys and girls to stay on at school, pointing out the advantages of a good education in days of progressive competition when seeking a job. He also stressed the need for charity all through the year.

Mr Jennison as Chair of the High School Council thanked Mr Wilson. After an interval the evening continued with a concert program, which is reported in 1⁄2 column.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 December

Kenneth Moore in Reach for the Sky

Philip Friend & Mary Mackenzie in Cloak Without Dagger

1 January

Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak & Barbara Bates in The Inspector General

Plus The Red Balloon

10 & 11 January

Richard Todd & Michael Redgrave in The Dam Busters

Randolph Scott in Riding High

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, page 3

Accident. At Hanson on 21 December a Mercedes Benz owned by William Richard Neave of Albert Park and driven by his wife, collided with a Ford Custom Sedan owned and driven by S. McGregor of Broken Hill. No one was injured, but damage amounted to c. £150.

Accident. On 15 December a car driven by Joan Edwards of Mile End overturned near Koonoona on the Black Springs-Burra Road after a tyre went flat. No one was injured, but damage amounted to £200.

Accident. On 20 December a Zephyr Sedan owned and driven by Graham Charles Wasley of Nailsworth (a teacher at Olary) collided with two guide posts about five miles south of Hallett.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, page 6

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, 14 December

Maisie Jean Phillips, only daughter of Mrs A.I. Phillips of World’s End, married

Robert Leigh Smith, grandson of Mrs Vasey of Loxton.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, page 7

Burra Buffalo Lodge held its Annual Christmas Tree 19 December at the Burra Town Hall. Father Christmas with the aid of Lodge Secretary Mr Frank Fillmore distributed presents at the Burra Hospital before visiting the Hall where 250 children up to 13 years of age received presents.

Rural Youth held its Christmas Tree at the Burra Show Hall and the club is now in recess till 3 February 1958.

Burra Rifle Club held a Christmas Shoot on Saturday when 26 members took part over double 300 yards. Best were B.O. Scholz, E.C. Hopkins and H.H. Byles.

87, 51, 23 Dec. 1957, Supplement

A 1958 Calendar compiled by the Burra Burra District Council and giving details of Fire Control Officers, location of hydrants, utility power fire pumps, quick filling points, water tanks and fire pumps, as well as some extracts from key legislation.

Characteristics of the 1957 paper.

Generally a good coverage of local news, but the area covered is a bit more extensive than earlier, with Spalding and Hallett getting more attention.

Page 1.

Local news with no advertisements.

Page 2.

Advertisements for sales, public notices, entertainment and some other small advertisements.

Page 3.

Often largely advertising. The sizes of the advertisements is quite mixed. An overflow of material from page 2 is not unusual and sometimes there is a little room for news.

Pages 4 to 7.

Some news, but at least two thirds is advertising and they are dominated by fairly large advertisements, characteristically two or three columns wide. On one of these pages the Cash Column of small advertisements will appear.

Page 8.

Generally largely devoted to advertisements, but there may be one to one and a half columns of news or general interest items.

The numbering of issues in 1957.

This year was quite bizarre in both its sequence of volume numbers and of issue numbers.

The year began with:

Volume 88, Issue No. 1 on 8 January 1957

And continued to

Volume 88, Issue No. 15 on 16 April 1957 (Numbers 1-8 having been used in 1954) when it changed volume number to

Volume 86, Issue No. 16 on 23 April 1957

And continued to

Volume 86, Issue No. 19 on 14 May 1957 after which the next issue was

Volume 86, Issue No. 14 on 21 May 1957. Oddly enough earlier irregularities in Volume 86 meant that the Numbers 14 & 15 had not previously been used with Volume 86.

With Volume 86, No. 16 on 4 June 1957 to

Volume 86, No. 21 on 9 July 1957 the issue numbers had previously been used: 16 to 19 in April and May 1957 and 20 to 21 in May & June 1954.

The issue number then jumped to

Volume 86, No. 29, 17 July 1957, after which it proceeded regularly to

Volume 86, No. 42, 15 October 1957; with all issue numbers having previously been used in 1954.

The volume number then changes again:

Volume 87, No. 43, 22 October 1957 and then runs fairly regularly through to

Volume 87, No. 51 on 23 December 1957 with just two irregularities:

No. 49 is used twice, for 3 December and 10 December and No 51 is the only number in this run of Volume 87 numbers that is not a repeated number. [Volume 87 having previously been used for the 1956 papers.]

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Porter’s Lagoon

A carnival has been arranged for 27 January organised by the Burra Demobilised Soldiers’ Committee and the Farrell Flat Committee. The state’s leading water skiers from Barmera will give demonstrations. Clarrie Wibley’s troupe from Adelaide will perform a water ballet and there will be clowns on water skis. Novelty car events are planned, arranged by Lance Fiebig and there will be speed boat races. A Bathing Beauty Contest will be judged at 1.30 p.m.

Burra Creek Bridge opposite the Town Hall. On Friday one of the approach walls for the partly constructed bridge collapsed. Councillors inspected the construction on Monday. The overseer Mr B. L. Hirschausen had a lucky escape, as he was working on the approach when it collapsed.

Weather. The rainfall total for 1957 off 11 inches is the lowest for 43 years, but is still 3.83 inches higher than the 7.17 inches recorded in 1914. The relatively good distribution of the rain in 1957 resulted in a relatively good harvest. The eastern pastoral country benefited by heavy falls over Christmas, ranging from 30 points at Baldina to 159 at Old Koomooloo and 170 at Parcoola. Falls exceeding 50 points were general and many received more than 1 inch.

Burra Town Council – Town Hall

Fred M. Pearce & Sons tender of £825 for painting the Town Hall was accepted and work will begin soon, to be ready for the opening of the Cinemascope Pictures on Saturday 22 February. The new seating for the dress-circle will also be installed for this occasion. Exterior work is due to be done by 18 March. The painting tender includes the exterior of the Town Clerk’s residence. The Hall ceiling is to be sapphire blue and dove grey. Doors will be dove grey and the balcony ceiling will be white. The proscenium will be samba blue and dove grey with white woodwork. The Foyer colours will be canyon rose, dove grey and regal blue. The colours in the Council Chamber will be lavender mist, dove grey and Camden green.

Work on the new supper room and kitchen began yesterday.

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 12 sets defeated Willalo 8 sets

‘B’ Grade Spalding 17 sets defeated Aberdeen 3 sets

Cricket. Spalding 5 for 236 defeated Hallett 181.

Accident. A Ford Prefect sedan owned and driven by Mr L.T. Hopkins of Hallett overturned near Mt Bryan East on Sunday at c. 2.30 a.m. on the Hallett-Mt Bryan East Road one and a half miles from Mt Bryan East. No serious injury resulted, but damage to the vehicle is estimated at £150.

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, pages 1 & 3 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Accident/Obituary. The body of a man was found on his bed at the railway camp at Hallett on Sunday. He was subsequently identified as Roderick Agnew Shannon aged 62, a member of the Relay Gang at Hallett.

[Born 5 September 1895 Adelaide. Single.]

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, page 2 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from F.C. Lynch will auction at the RSL Hall on 7 February 437 acres of freehold land:

Lot 1. Sections 994 & 995 Hd Hanson comprising 238 acres with a stone house of 7 rooms adjacent to the Leighton School.

Lot 2. Section 973 Hd Hanson comprising 199 acres.

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, page 3 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a clearing sale on 30 January on the property 31⁄2 miles southeast of Farrell Flat for Mr F.G. Klem, who is leaving the district. [Details in just less than 1 column.]

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Bowls, 4 January

Clare Green defeated Burra Green at Clare

Burra Gold defeated Clare White at Burra

11 January

Burra Green defeated Auburn at Burra

Spalding defeated Burra Gold at Spalding

88, 1 (3), 14 Jan. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 1 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 January

Gene Kelly & Barbara Laage in The Happy Road

June Allyson & Humphrey Bogart in Battle Circus

18 January

Touch and Go

The Broken Horse Shoe

88, 2 (3), 21 Jan. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 2 in this volume.]

Obituary. Mrs Clara Lindsay Ellen Voumard of Roach Street, Burra, died 15 December 1957 aged 82. She was formerly known in Peterborough and Oodlawirra as Mrs Allen McLennon. Her family of eight sons and two daughters were : Messrs James, Roy, William and the late Finley McLennon, Mrs A.H. Collins (Broken Hill), Messrs Allan & Joseph McLennon (Wilcannia), Percival McLennon (Ivanhoe), Alexander McLennon (Clare) and Mrs T. Kotz (Burra). She is survived by her husband, nine children, 38 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. [The surname McLennon is more often McLennan in other records. There is no record of this woman’s birth or first marriage in the SA CDs of Births and Marriages. The birth registration of some of the children give her maiden name as Bloomfield or Bloomfield-Patrick. Her husband Allan McLennan died at Oodlawirra 21 December 1915 and she married the widower Mr William Voumard in 1927 at Burra.]

Burra Burra DC

Result of the extraordinary election for Baldina Ward: Malcolm Teasdale Kellock was returned unopposed.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 300 yards. Best results were from W. Hempel, R. Francis and H.H. Byles.

88, 2 (3), 21 Jan. 1958, page4 [Third use of No. 2 in this volume.]

Bowls

Spalding defeated Burra Green at Burra

88, 2 (3), 21 Jan. 1958, page 5 [Third use of No. 2 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 10-90 defeated Ironmine 10-79

‘B’ Grade Spalding 11-95 defeated Ironmine 9-64

88, 2 (3), 21 Jan. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 2 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 January

Alec Guinness in The Lady Killers

John Slater in Johnny You’re Wanted

25 January

Peter Finch in Passage Home

Wayne Morris in The Master Plan

Monday 27 January

John Gregson in Value for Money

Paul Carpenter in Narrowing Circle

29 January

Richard Attenborough in A Ship that Died of Shame

Donald Sinden in A Day to Remember

Obituary. Leslie S. Macgowan was today found drowned in an overhead tank about six mile north of Burra. He had been missing since Sunday. A member of the search party Mr R.J. Jeffery noticed a pair of shoes on top of an overhead tank on the property of Mrs M.R. Ashton and about halfway up the windmill ladder he saw a pullover and hat. Police located the body with the aid of a length of wire. The tank is 200 yards west of the Mt Bryan Road and two miles from the Macgowan home. The tank is covered and the body was recovered through the two foot square opening only with some difficulty. The tank is about six and a half feet off the ground. The deceased was last seen by his wife at about 3.45 p.m. on Sunday. Mr Macgowan was a World War I veteran and was born in Burra. He was aged 66 and had not enjoyed the best of health for some months. He is survived by his wife and two sons aged 11 and sixteen. [Leslie Sampson MacGowan born 14 February 1891 Redruth: died 19 January 1958 near Burra North.]

88, 2 (3), 21 Jan. 1958, page 7 [Third use of No. 2 in this volume.]

Advt. Full page advertisement for Bence’s Ltd Sale of 24 January.

A free bus service leaves Royal Exchange Hotel corner Burra North at 8.45 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. and returns from Market Square at 10.45 a.m. and 4 p.m.

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Murray Water for Burra

Following a deputation in December to the Minister for Works, Sir Malcolm McIntosh, he promised an investigation into the position. The Town and District Councils and the Hospital Board were represented in the deputation. The arrival of ETSA power in the near future will enable the installation of domestic hot water systems and the ETSA power would enable pumping from Hanson. The existing town water supply is damaging for hot water systems and is unsatisfactory when washing glasses at the hotels as well as in the dry cleaning works and for laundry use. It is also unsatisfactory at the cool drink factory, where it leaves bottles smeary and when making ice it takes longer to freeze and does not last as long as ice. Domestically it is poor when used to wash clothes or in baths and leaves a heavy, hard-to-remove scum. It leaves deposits in cisterns, which prevent effective operation and the salts accumulate in garden soil, requiring the use of more vegetable matter as manure. The hospital required the better quality of Murray water to operate its new hot water system. Sir Malcolm said he would get a report, but this was the first occasion Burra had asked for Murray water and he had been under the impression that the local water was satisfactory.

Bring Out a Briton Campaign

At a public meeting called by the Mayor Mr E.T. Baulderstone on Thursday night, a committee was formed for the Bring Out a Briton Campaign. About twenty people attended. Chairman E.T. Baulderstone; Vice Chairman, A.D. Radford and Secretary-Treasurer, E.R. Davey.

R.H. B. ‘Dick’ Kearns has been appointed Assistant Accountant with North Broken Hill Ltd. He was educated at Burra Primary and High Schools and before joining North Broken Hill Ltd in 1938 he had worked for Drew & Crewes Ltd and for M.W. Bednall. He spent five and a half years in the RAAF and was one of a small party that escaped from Tulagi in the Solomon Islands when the Japanese landed there in 1942. He is married with three children. [Richard Hugh Bell Kearns born 8 November 1914 Rose Park.]

Booborowie Hall Project

When the extensions to the hall were opened in March 1957 an appeal was made for donations and it was said a list would be published in the Record. We regret not doing so before.

[The list is then printed with a total of £448-2-0 being acknowledged. A barley crop was sown on half shares with the Anama Pastoral Co. and those who gave help in that project are also listed.]

The cropping project of 100 acres yielded 424 bags (of which 9 were stolen from the paddock!) and the committee’s share is expected to be between £200 and £250, which will substantially reduce the overdraft, which at the end of 1957 stood at c. £700.

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 3 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 February

Kenneth Moore in Our Girl Friday

Jack Warner in Home and Away

5 February

Glenn Ford & Jeanine Crain in The Fastest Gun Alive

Shelley Winters & Ricardo Montalban in My Man and I

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Marriage. St Mary’s Burra, 7 December 1957

Doreen Joyce Clark, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs G. Clark of Mt Bryan, married

Arthur Colin Hughes, second son of Mr V.T. Hughes & the late Mrs Hughes of Mt Bryan East.

Marriage, Kooringa Methodist Church, 28 December 1957

Joan Lorraine Nelson, youngest daughter of Mrs E.M .Nelson and the late Mr J. Nelson of Burra, married

Donald Gordon Edwards, only son of Mr & Mrs C.G. Edwards of Mt Bryan.

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Australia Day Carnival at Porter’s Lagoon

The gate takings were about £350.

24 boats from the Largs Bay Sailing Club and the Pt Adelaide Yachting Club held 6 competitive races.

(The boats were 14 and 16 ft Sharpies and 12 ft Cadets.)

There were water skiing events and displays, 3 speed boat races, swimming races, 3 novelty car events, sideshows, a publican’s booth, cool drinks, an afternoon tea stall and a Bathing Beauty Contest judged by Mrs K. Bonython (Adelaide), Mr E. Lawrie (Manoora) and Mr Don Ellery (Adelaide).

[Results are printed.]

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 7 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Spalding 14-105 defeated Leighton 6-71

‘B’ Grade Spalding 13-93 defeated Leighton 7-61

Burra Rifle Club fired the 12th stage of the Carpenter Trophy and the best were T. Heinrich, T. Brazil and R. Bernhardt.

88, 3 (3), 28 Jan. 1958, page 8 [Third use of No. 3 in this volume.]

Burra Town Council, 20 January

It was resolved that the Town Clerk is to take the necessary action to get the Town Hall

1 pie warmer

1 milk heater

1 water heater for the sink

(Sufficient to cater for 250 persons at a sitting.)

The new footbridge opposite the Town Hall has had concrete pillars erected to save the spreading of the walls on the western approach.

88, 4 (3), 5 Feb. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 4 in this volume. Pages after page 1 are correctly dated 4 Feb.]

Burra Swimming Pool

The pool itself has practically been completed, but more cash is needed to complete the surroundings, dressing rooms, paddle pool etc. The filling of the pool will begin tomorrow. The earth surrounds are being settled and when this has been done the concrete will be laid and at the same time the foundations for the dressing sheds. The pool has been surrounded by a 6 ft cyclone fence. A toddlers’ pool will be placed at the northern end and will be separately enclosed. It will be approximately 12 inches deep.

Burra Rainbow Sailing Club

Moves are being made to form a Rainbow Sailing Club to operate on Porter’s Lagoon. Port Adelaide boat-builder Mr Harry Clausen advises the lake is quite suitable for racing rainbow class yachts. Anyone interested please contact C.W. Knight, Burra North.

Leaving Exam Results

Burra High School:

M.L. Goss 4 subjects

Lorraine Baulderstone 3 subjects

Wayne Sibly 3 subjects

Maxine Heinrich (Immanuel College) 4 subjects

Jacynth Pickering (MLC) 4 subjects

Rosemary Reed (Wilderness) perhaps 3 subjects, but irregularly set in type & thus speculative.

Australia Day Carnival at Porter’s Lagoon

Further details:

The crowd was estimated at c. 3,000

Gross proceeds were c. £725

Nett proceeds are to be divided between Burra Demobilised Servicemen’s Assoc., the Farrell Flat CWA and Farrell Flat Institute.

Further results are printed.

Weather. Thunderstorms have delivered some good falls to the eastern pastoral areas. Water has been running and all dams are reported full on Sturt Vale and the watercourse was in flood on Friday. The ‘inside’ country received patchy light falls. Burra received 15 points. Outside falls ranged from 20 points at Oakvale to 225 at Quondong.

Tennis. 25 January,

‘A’ Grade Spalding 13-101 defeated Kooringa 7-59

‘B’ Grade Kooringa forfeited to Spalding

1 February

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 13 sets defeated Ironmine 7 sets

Mt Bryan 13 sets defeated Willalo 7 sets

Leighton defeated Kooringa

Hallett 13 sets defeated Spalding 7 sets

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 11 sets defeated Ironmine 9 sets

Mt Bryan 11 sets defeated Aberdeen 9 sets

Kooringa 19 sets defeated Leighton 1 set

Hallett 12 sets defeated Spalding 8 sets

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the Championship over 300, 500 and 600 yards. T. Brazil was the winner.

Adelaide Wool Sales, 28-30 January. Top price around the district was T.R. & E.J. Rogers of Hanson at 821⁄2d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

88, 4 (3), 4 Feb. 1958, page 3 [Third use of No. 4 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 February

Pictures will not be screened 5 February

8 February

Cornell Borchess & Yvonne Mitchell in The Divided Heart

Ronald Shiner in Keep it Clean

21 February [sic: for 12 February]

Eleanor Parker & Richard Boone in Lizzie

Gene Kelly & Pier Angeli in The Devil Makes Three

88, 4 (3), 4 Feb. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 4 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 101 defeated Clare Red 82 at Burra

Clare Blue 96 defeated Burra Green 79 at Clare

88, 4 (3), 4 Feb. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 4 in this volume.]

Cricket

Burra 6 for 221 v. Farrell Flat 72 & 84

Buffs 97 & 61 v. Koonoona 31 & 111

88, 5 (3), 12 Feb. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

[Pages after page 1 are correctly dated 11 February.]

Burra High School: Intermediate results for 1957. Numbers indicate subjects passed.

W. Burton 5 Helen Lines 5

Shirley C. Cockrum 7 Max Lockett 8

P.M. Dinham 7 J.C. Lucas 5

Barry J. Eberhard 5 E.C. Nourse 5

Marrie L. Eberhard 5 Brenda E. Richards 7

Judith James 6 Gillian Snell 6

Pamela R. Kowald 8 Laurence O. Tattersall 8

Betty Launer 7 G. Wooton 1

Jeff D. Browne of Spalding (Rostrevor College) 8 (2 credits)

Patricia Collins of Gum Creek (Mercedes College) 6 (1 credit)

Annette Heinrich of World’s End completed a certificate with English

Michael Kelly formerly of Burra (Peterborough H.S.) 8 (2 credits)

Brian McNamara of Mintaro (Rostrevor College) 8 (2 credits)

Marie F. Smith of Mintaro (Mercedes College) 6

Burra Town Council, 3 February

Quote for a cyclone fence to replace the wooden structure was deemed too high. [Where?]

The present fence it to be repaired.

The footbridge opposite the Town Hall was inspected on 30 January. It was resolved to order another span for the part that had collapsed.

The quote for supply and installation of curtains and balance and all fittings from John Martin & Co. Adelaide was £161 less 21⁄2% for payment within 30 days. Quote deemed reasonable and accepted.

SA Government Tourist Bureau enclosed a cheque for £470 as part subsidy on the swimming pool.

It was resolved to remove the picture rail and hooks from the Council Chamber.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the Championship, which was won by R.G. Bernhardt.

Mrs Walter Pearce of East Street will be 92 tomorrow. She has lived in Burra all her life.

Accident. About 7.30 a.m. on Friday Mr Lloyd Turner was out trapping rabbits in the hills at the back of Wandillah. Somehow his Holden sedan rolled away and ended up in a creek, sustaining £300 damage.

Accident. A truck owned by R.J. Steele of Burra and driven by Darell Campbell overturned near Porter’s Lagoon about 5 p.m. on Sunday after the front wheel struck a stone. There were three passengers. Miss Kaye Lehmann suffered shock, John Kelly suffered a bruised leg and torn shoulder ligaments and Kevin Campbell incurred an injured hand. The driver escaped injury. All received cuts from broken bottles. Tony Ryan* drove them to the Burra Hospital. [*Corrected in the paper of 18 February to Roger Sawley.]

88, 5 (3), 11 Feb. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Green 94 defeated Clare Green 87

Clare White 108 defeated Burra Gold 77

88, 5 (3), 11 Feb. 1958, page 5 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 17 sets defeated Ironmine 3 sets

Hallett 16 sets defeated Willalo 4 Sets

Spalding 14 sets defeated Mt Bryan 6 sets

Leighton 11 sets defeated Booborowie 9 sets

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 12 sets defeated Ironmine 8 sets

Hallett 12 sets defeated Aberdeen 8 sets

Spalding 15 sets defeated Mt Bryan 5 sets

Booborowie 11 sets defeated Leighton 9 Sets

1 February

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-99 defeated Spalding 7-79

88, 5 (3), 11 Feb. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

Mr Les Schliebs who has taught at Willalo for 31⁄2 years and at Hallett for 3 years has been transferred to Mr Burr as an assistant. He has been active in town and district affairs. He played cricket for North Booborowie, but after his transfer to Hallett he injured his back and could no longer play sport. He had also played football for Hallett for five years, was Captain for one season and Secretary for two. Last season he umpired the Colts’ matches. Both Les and Mrs Schliebs were Sunday school teachers at the Methodist Church. Mrs Schliebs was Vice-President of the Methodist Guild and a Welfare Club member. They were tendered a farewell from the Methodist Church, the School Committee and the Football Club.

88, 5 (3), 11 Feb. 1958, page 7 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 February

Jack Hawkins & Dorothy Alison in The Long Arm

Armand & Michaela Denis in Under the Southern Cross

19 February

Doris Day & Louis Jourdan in Julie

Tom Ewell & Anne Francis in The Great American Pastime

88, 5 (3), 11 Feb. 1958, page 8 [Third use of No. 5 in this volume.]

Cricket.

Farrell Flat 61 v. Koonoona 3 for 121

Buffs 8 for 115 v. Burra 1 for 45

88, 6 (3), 19 Feb. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 6 in this volume.]

[Pages after page 1 are correctly dated 18 February.]

Constable J. Stillwell has been transferred to Adelaide after less than twelve months in Burra. He will be replaced by Constable D. Cameron of Pt Augusta on 26 February.

Burra Pictures will have Cinemascope facilities from next week. With this comes the redecoration of the interior and new stage curtains. New dress circle seats will soon be installed.

Burra Rifle Club visited Balaklava on Saturday where Burra 625 defeated Balaklava 596.

Mr & Mrs Doug Dayman will leave Burra tomorrow after three years here. Doug will take up duties at the Darwin Post Office. While here he was the Secretary of the Burra Football Club for a season and played for them consistently. He was a Primo of the Buffalo Lodge last year and played cricket for the Buffs. Mrs Dayman was a member of St Joseph’s School Welfare Club and their daughter Patricia was a pupil at St Joseph’s.

Sir Hubert Wilkins visited Burra on Friday. He was travelling from Antarctica to Alaska and was able to disembark at Sydney and make a visit to his birthplace at Mr Bryan East after a period of seventeen years. He spent two nights at the Wildongoleche Hotel at Hallett and visited Mt Bryan East. He visited old acquaintances including Mr Ben Dunstan and Mr Charles Dare and was disappointed not to find Mr E.S. Wilkes at home. He took movies of Mt Bryan itself, his old home and school and souvenired a piece of an old family plate from the homestead. He visited the Ulooloo gold diggings in search of specimens for his collection. He gave the two daughters of Mr Williams, the hotelier at Hallett, souvenir cards of his recent Antarctic expedition and said there was an Antarctic post called ‘Hallett’. In Burra he visited Mr & Mrs R. McWaters and the old Burra Mine to add to his collection of specimens. He took the afternoon train to Adelaide and then continued his journey via Alice Springs and Darwin, expecting to arrive in Alaska on Sunday 23 February before proceeding to his property in Pennsylvania. He intends to visit the Belgian Congo by 1 March. He is 70 years old and looking fit and well.

Burra Racing Club. Due to the hardness of the track and the very dusty state of the road to Burra, it has been decided to hold the next Burra Race Meeting at the Balaklava Track on 26 March 1958.

Fires on Kangaroo Island have produced a smoke haze that was very noticeable in Burra last week.

88, 6 (3), 18 Feb. 1958, page 2 [Third use of No. 6 in this volume.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will hold a clearing sale on the property of Mr R.E.G. Ormsby of Gum Creek on Wednesday 5 March. Mr Ormsby has sold his property and is leaving the district.

Advt. Burra Pictures

UNREADABLE

88, 6 (3), 18 Feb. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 6 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 112 defeated Spalding 73

Burra Green 99 defeated Auburn 83

88, 6 (3), 18 Feb. 1958, page 5 [Third use of No. 6 in this volume.]

Burra Library

In 1957 with the transfer of books from the present CWA rooms, the re-organisation of the library continued. The cataloguing of books continues. Early in 1957 we suffered a great loss in the death of Mr A.A. Davey who had been connected with the library for his lifetime. His death in the early part of the transfer set the committee a large task and many thanks are due to the Secretary Mr P.J. Byrne for handling a difficult position so well. Membership stands at 110. The balance sheet shows a loss of £11 – mainly due to re-organisation costs. Mrs Steer has taken over as Librarian. Twenty-four student scholarships were issued to school students.

88, 6 (3), 18 Feb. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 6 in this volume.]

Weather. Very patchy rain has fallen on Sunday and Monday. Pine Valley got 261 points in an hour, Woolgangi recorded 71 points, but Hogback only 2, Sturt Vale 15 and Quondong 106. Burra recorded 38 points.

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Schools Re-open for 1958

Burra Primary School re-opened with enrolments of 261 and an attendance of 241 – a decrease from 283 at the start of 1957. Average attendance last year was 236.5.

Grade I 37 Miss T.A. Hogan

Grade II 47 Miss M.E. Edwards

Grade III 43 Mrs B. Pens

Grade IV 33 Mrs M.O. Jeffery

Grade V 31 Mrs A. Perry

Grade VI 34 Miss R.M. Larcombe

Grade VII 36 Mr A.A. Kies

At the end of 1957 Miss M.E. Meier transferred to Gawler Infant School and Miss M.E. Edwards came from Clare. Miss T. Hogan of Mt Bryan was appointed from Teachers’ College. Miss Lorraine Baulderstone has been appointed a Junior Teacher. Mr H.E. Kowald has been appointed to Leighton School.

Of the 27 students who received Progress Certificates in 1957:

20 are at Burra High School, 4 are at City Schools, 1 is at another country school and 2 have left school.

Four buses bring in students from the district: 10 from Hallett, 27 from Booborowie, 13 from World’s End and 11 from Koonoona. The milk scheme delivers 180 bottles daily.

St Joseph’s Convent School has 31 students this year. Sister M. Gabrielle & Sister M. Paul replace Sisters M. Maurice and M. Joan. During the holidays new windows were fitted and the building was renovated and repainted.

Burra High School opened with 88 students (46 girls and 42 boys). There were no staff changes. Staff comprises Mr R.G. Jeffery (Head), Mr C. Morrison, Mr T. Bawden, Mr Ireland & Mesdames R.G. Jeffery & H. Kowald. First Year 35 students, Second Year 28, Intermediate 17 and Leaving 7. Of the 16 Intermediate students in 1957, fourteen gained certificates and another qualified with six subjects. Three Leaving candidates sat and one gained a certificate and two qualified with three subjects each. The painting of the building is nearly completed and the new buildings are in the course of construction.

Leighton School re-opened with 35 pupils (18 boys and 17 girls). Mr H. Kowald of Burra is in charge until a permanent appointment can be made. Mr T.A. Hogarth has been transferred to Oodnadatta. The floor of the newly erected shed has been cemented. [The names of the five new Grade I students are printed.]

Farrell Flat School. Mr C. Brereton is Head and Miss Barbara Williams has replaced Miss Helen Battye, who goes to Forest. Enrolment of 48 is up 3 on 1957. Grades II & III occupy the new classroom, which was completed in time for the re-opening. [6 beginners are listed.]

Booborowie School. The enrolment is 47 with Mr E.T. Goss as Headmaster and Mrs T.M. Brooks. [5 beginners are listed and 5 transferees.] Progress Certificates were gained in 1957 by Janiece Goold, Ellen Kemp, Shirley Hogan and Colin Landorf. The first three are now at Burra High School.

Dux of the school for 1958 [sic: presumably for 1957.]

Boys: Trevor Willis

Girls: Suzanne Harris.

R.J. Flower of Black Springs shot a banded duck at Porter’s Lagoon on Saturday night bearing the message ‘Write to Wild Life CSIRO Canberra Australia’.

Burra Rifle Club went to the Dean Rifle Range on Saturday for the Country Teams Shoot. They were well placed after the first round, but failed to handle the conditions over 600 and 700 yards.

Senior Constable Ron Chambers, presently relieving at Peterborough from his position in Spalding, has now been appointed Sergeant and expects a new posting.

Burra Town Hall Pictures.

Mayor E.T. Baulderstone opened the first screening of a film in Cinemascope at the Town Hall after interval on Saturday night. This coincides with new interior decoration of the hall, including new stage curtains. A slight increase in charges will be necessary. The new supper room has almost been completed and the new kitchen is well under way and both will be ready for the Civic Ball on 18 April. The first Cinemascope Film was Battle Cry, starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray and Mona Freeman.

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 2 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Obituary. Colin Bruce died 24 February. He was the husband of Violet and father of Margaret.

[Born 22 October 1896 World’s End: died 24 February 1958 Burnside, residence Burra.]

Obituary. Sydney Kuchenmeister died 18 February at the Repatriation Hospital, Springbank aged 49. He was the husband of Jean and father of Heather & John and a brother to Jack, Ivy, Horace and Nelly.

[Sydney Essington Kuchenmeister born 22 November 1908 Copperhouse: died 18 February 1958 Daw Park, residence Seacliff.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 February

Jack Hawkins & Joan Collins in Land of the Pharaohs

Edward G. Robinson in Illegal

28 February & 1 March

Ralph Richardson, John McCallum & ‘Chips’ Rafferty in Smiley

Mona Lester in John & Julie

5 March

All for Mary

Assignment Redhead

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Bowls

Burra Gold 98 defeated Saddleworth Gold 80

Burra Green drew with Clare Red 84 each

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 5 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Burra RSL held its AGM in the club rooms 15 February.

President C.M. Beckwith reported on a successful year. Membership rose from 128 to 142. The Ministers’ Fraternal conducted the Anzac Service at which the Marananga Band headed the march and accompanied the ceremony. The annual ball was an outstanding success. The Annual Smoke Social drew a full house. The combined Christmas Party with the Air Force Association was also very successful. Badge Days were conducted for Legacy, Poppy Day Appeal and Anzac Day Appeal. We continue to support two Legacy Wards. A cricket match was played against Farrell Flat RSL. In the year a fireplace was built in the club rooms and several rooms have been painted. About 100 trees were planted on land opposite the Rifle Club. Several graves have been attended to under the supervision of Pension Officer Mt Cornelius. During the year farewells were accorded Mr Trigwell, Mr & Mrs Lott, Mr & Mrs A. Bence and Mr Tom Wooton.

Thanks are extended to the members of the Ladies Auxiliary and to members of the Sub-Branch Committee.

Elected for 1958: President, E.C. Pietsch; Vice-Presidents, H. Griffen & T.G .Perry; Secretary, R.W. Nankivell and Treasurer, J. Battye.

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Mr Alex Burton aged c. 65 of Mt Bryan has decided to move to Adelaide in semi-retirement. In his early years he worked on various farms and station in the district and about 35 years ago he married and settled in at Mt Bryan township to become working overseer for the Mt Bryan DC, continuing in this role when the Council merged with the Burra DC. Mt Bryan residents showed their appreciation with a cheque for £21.

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 7 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

A.B. Riggs Scholarship for the best pass in Intermediate Exams has been won by Max Lockett.

88, 7 (3), 26 Feb. 1958, page 8 [Third use of No. 7 in this volume.] CHECK THE DATE

Willalo School. Mr Brian Brooks continues as the teacher and enrolments are 16 (10 at the same time last year). The three new pupils are listed – two of them are transferees. Parents, scholars and teacher all appreciate the new building.

Spalding School opened the year with 102 pupils; the same as last year and with the same staff. 14 beginners are named.

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 1 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Porter’s Lagoon. Two more banded ducks have been shot by N.A. [Unreadable] of Farrell Flat and [Unreadable] Broad of Burra.

Burra Rifle Club. Eudunda visited Burra on Saturday and Burra 609 defeated Eudunda 601 in the 4th stage of the District Union Team’s Shoot.

Burra Pictures had a record attendance on Friday and Saturday nights for the screening of Smiley and John and Julie.

Fathers’ Association President G. Dollman and Secretary W. Carpenter report a membership of 21; down from 37 in 1945. The Annual Christmas Cheer Appeal of the Association provides Christmas Gift Parcels for ex-servicemen in hospital. Burra Branch contributed £3-3-0 of the £320-9-6 for the state.

Cricket. Koonoona 148 defeated Burra 58 on first innings.

Buffs defeated Farrell Flat outright.

Burra Rural Youth have contributed £20 to the Burra Hospital towards the purchase of two new ramps.

Adelaide Wool Sales. J.F. & D.H. Keane of Farrell Flat topped local prices with 78d. [Other local district prices are printed.]

Royal Visit. Local people attending the Royal Garden Party at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens today are listed, as are guests at the Women’s Reception at the National Gallery at 10 a.m. tomorrow. SAR has provided inadequate transport for the Schools’ Rally at Victoria Park on Wednesday. Some will go by private transport.

[Visit of H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.]

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 2 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will auction furniture etc. on 7 March on the premises in Commercial St for J.K. Clemson who is leaving the district.

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 3 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 March

Kirk Douglas & Bella Davis in The Racers

Mickey Rooney & Coleen Gray in The Twinkle in God’s Eye

12 March

Doris Day & Robert Cummings in Lucky Me

Kirk Douglas & Virginia Mayo in Along the Great Divide

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 4 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 114 defeated Auburn 97

Spalding 111 defeated Burra Green 86

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 5 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Booborowie Institute. Yearly activities were reported at the AGM by Chairman A.W. Pearce.

The balance for the year shows a loss of £134. The year’s activities were marked by the completion and opening of the hall extensions with a ball on 22 March and the opening on 23 March, which generated a nett £650. Mr J.C .Hawker opened the hall. The hall now shows Cinemascope movies. Again a barley project was conducted and should realise £200 to £250. [Details in c. 12⁄3 columns including the balance sheet.]

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 6 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Burra School. The exterior has been painted, but an extra quote and approval is being sought to paint the bands around the building, which were not included. The roof has been painted red.

The colour scheme for each room is printed.

The job has used about 230 gallons of paint and as well as painting, a long list of maintenance jobs has been attended to by Messrs Horop of Adelaide.

88, 8 (3), 4 Mar. 1958, page 8 [Third use of No. 8 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Booborowie 13 sets defeated Kooringa 7 sets

Hallett 19 sets defeated Mt Bryan 1 set

Spalding 14 sets defeated Ironmine 6 sets

Leighton defeated Willalo

‘B’ Grade Hallett 14 sets defeated Mt Bryan 6 sets

Spalding 14 Sets defeated Ironmine 6 sets

Aberdeen defeated Booborowie

22 February

‘A’ Grade Spalding 15-106 defeated Willalo 72

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Accident. A woman passenger was critically injured when a car she was travelling in rolled over about one mile south of Burra on Saturday morning c. 7.50 a.m. The driver, George Brian Puckett, an electrical mechanic of Kilburn, sustained lacerations and shock. Rita McEllister of Salisbury was thrown out and sustained a compound fracture of the right leg, serious lacerations to the right ear, chest injuries and probable concussion. Mr Bill Nankivell took her to Burra Hospital and she was later transferred to the RAH where she remains in a critical condition.

Mr & Mrs Les Schliebs received some beautiful gifts from people of Hallett before their move to Mt Burr.

Burra-Adelaide Road

An article outlines Burra’s claim for prompt action on sealing the Adelaide Road. In 1938 Main Road 45 was recognised as the main route to Broken Hill and accorded No. 1 priority for bitumen, despite which it has frequently been pushed aside while other places seem to get bitumen overnight, and this despite Burra’s production of primary produce valued at £2,300,000 annually. [And other arguments.]

E.J. Sara writes re the bands on the Burra School building. John G. Sara used to say he mixed the mortar for the bands as a boy and later attended the school before becoming a pupil teacher there. G. & W. Sara were the contractors for the school and for the Anglican Church. [Contractors were G. & W. Sara & Dunstan. Stories of John G. Sara’s early education are varied and unreliable. He was born in 1863 and is rather unlikely to have attended the Burra Model School, which opened in 1878, as a pupil. He probably went there as a pupil teacher.]

Reg. Warnes writes re the ‘Falling of Trade in Burra’.

Closing for an hour for lunch is doing a lot of harm. He and others go straight through Burra rather than wait an hour for shops to open.

Weather. Rain fell steadily on Thursday. Burra recorded 55 points and many places to the east received from 60-90 points.

Obituary. Mr Cecil Beckwith of Mt Bryan died on Thursday in Dawes Road Hospital after a short illness. He was the only son of Mr Thomas and the late Mrs Beckwith and had lived all his life at Mt Bryan. As a lad he was educated there and was dux of the school. He later worked with his father on their property at Mt Bryan where they farmed and carried on Merino Stud breeding. At the outbreak of WWII he enlisted in the AIF and went to Malaya with the 8th Division where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and was for 31⁄2 years a POW and worked on the Burma Railway. He was one of the first POWs to be repatriated after the war. He took over the property from his father and built up ‘Rose Park’ Stud into a very successful business. He was a keen cricketer and played both before and after the war for the Mt Bryan team; in one innings scoring over 200 runs. He also played in the Country Cricket Carnival for the Mokota Association. He was a popular and respected citizen who took a keen and active interest in the social life of the district. He was a member of the Mt Bryan Soldiers’ Memorial Hall Committee, Secretary of the School Committee, a Member of the Methodist Church Trust and Secretary (in turn) of the Hallett District Schools’ Sports. He worked hard for Legacy and for the past two years was President of the Burra RSL and had been on the committee for a number of years. 140 cars attended the funeral at the Burra Cemetery on Saturday and over 140 RSL members formed a guard of honour. He is survived by a wife, his daughter Ann and son Peter.

[Cecil Melvin Beckwith born 15 March 1920 Kooringa: died 6 March 1958 Mt Bryan.]

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 2 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Bowls

Burra Gold 99 defeated Clare Red 86 at Spalding

Saddleworth Blue 97 defeated Spalding 71 at Burra

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 5 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Tennis. Semi-Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 15-105 defeated Spalding 5-75

Mt Bryan 12-110 defeated Ironmine 8-94

‘B’ Grade Hallett 12 sets defeated Spalding 8 sets

Mt Bryan 12-100 defeated Ironmine 8-82

Burra Town Hall. The wooden door into the Council Chamber is to be replaced to make it uniform with the CWA Room and so make the foyer uniform.

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 6 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Weather. Steady rain at Mt Bryan East area with falls from 107 to 200 points caused a small flood in Dust Holes Creek; the second this year after one on 19 February 1957.

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association Final

First day’s play: Burra 75 v. Koonoona 4 for 119.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 March

Humphrey Bogart & Gene Tierney in The Left Hand of God

Peter Finch & Addrienne Corri in Make Me an Offer

19 March

Peter Finch & Kay Kendall in Simon & Laura

Frankie Howerd & Stanley Holloway in Jumping for Joy

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 7 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Geoffrey Lambert, son of Mrs Edith Lambert.

[Died 3 March 1958 at Burra aged 13 months.]

88, 9 (2), 11 Mar. 1958, page 8 [Second use of No. 9 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 13th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 500 yards. Best scorers were R. Francis, K. Spackman & C.W. Edwards.

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

St Joseph’s Church Committee plans a Parish Fete to raise funds to build a new schoolroom to improve accommodation at St Joseph’s Convent School in Burra. Bishop Gallagher will be asked to open the fete on the afternoon of Friday 19 September and to crown the winner of the Queen Competition that evening.

St Patrick’s Ball at Mt Bryan on Friday 14 March was an outstanding social success and made a good profit of £56-6-0.

Kooringa Methodist Tennis Club held a tournament to wind up the 1957-58 season. The winners were Brian Thamm and Marie Eberhard. A trophy was also presented to David Stockman as most improved player.

Burra Town Hall. Sir Lyell & Lady McEwin will open the new supper room at the Civic Ball on 18 April 1958. The improvements to the Town Hall have included the relocation of the Library and the location of the CWA rooms in the building. The rooms previously occupied by the Library have been converted into a supper room to which has been added a kitchen. The Improvement Fund donations have reached £1,536-2-3.

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, pages 1 & 5 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Burra Burra Show Inc. held its AGM and elected: President, Brian Riggs; Patron, J. Parker [Check Barker?], Vice-Presidents, C.F. Pearce and T.M. Warnes. The show date applied for is 11 October 1958.

Mr R. Fuss donated the flagpole now in use at the Showgrounds.

The President’s Report

The 1957 Show was held on 12 October in fine weather. Gate takings were the highest for several years and a successful gala night was organised by the Rural Youth.

Mr Ewen Waterman opened the Show.

The poor season notwithstanding, the entries were a record for post war shows, at 2,459.

The Birds Section was outstanding with nearly 1,000 exhibits. Flowers were also outstanding. We thank all who have donated trophies and given other support through the year, including the Burra Record. The financial position is not as good as last year. The appeal to cover the cost of installing the louvres fell far short of its target and the cost of improvements in the lower pavilion [sic: flower pavilion?] is mainly responsible for the higher overdraft. An increase in revenue is essential for the smooth running of the show.

The statement of receipts and payments is printed and shows a bank overdraft of £128-19-2 at 31 December 1957.

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, page 4 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Bowls. Pennant Final. Burra Gold 98 defeated Saddleworth Blue 95.

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, page 5 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 1st stage of the Championship. Jim Brown scored the only possible. Top off the rifle was Ron Kellock and best with handicap were T. Kellock, K. Williams and E. Hopkins.

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, page 6 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 22 March

Julie Harris & James Harris in East of Eden

Broderick Crawford & Richard Conte in New York Confidential

26 March

George Baker & Belinda Lee in The Feminine Touch

Hans & Lotte Hass in Under the Caribbean

Cricket. Burra Cricket Association Final continued

Burra 75 & 9 for 136 v. Koonoona 170

Tennis. Finals

‘A’ Grade Spalding 11-103 defeated Mt Bryan 9-82

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 11-97 defeated Spalding 9-77

88, 10 (2), 18 Mar. 1958, page 8 [Second use of No. 10 in this volume.]

Marriage. St Peter’s Church, Wongan

Rosemary Jean Tucker, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Tucker of Konnongorring, married

Reginald John Siegert, second son of Mr & Mrs Siegert of Wongan Hills.

Mr & Mrs Siegert went to WA some years ago from Farrell Flat and guests at the above wedding included Mr & Mrs G. Dew who used to be neighbours at Burra and now live a few miles away from them at Konnongorring.

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Burra District LCL meeting of 18 February is reported in 11⁄2 columns. G.S. Hawker delivered his President’s Report for the past year. G.J. Gilfillan gave a brief address. The Hon. Sir Lyell McEwin was guest speaker. He spoke of his recent extensive tour of European and English hospitals. He also spoke on immigration. Hon. W.W. Robinson MLC also spoke briefly, as did Hon. R.R. Wilson MLC on the role of the Legislative Council.

Burra Swimming Pool Donations have reached £1,068-6-0.

North Eastern Football Association met at Booborowie on Thursday and elected: Patron, A.L. Collins; President, J.T. Jettner and Secretary, Ted Orchard.

Burra Football Club held its annual meeting on Friday. Ken Murphy retired as President and Mr W. Brown was elected to replace him, with Ted Orchard as Secretary.

Hallett Football Club elected Frank Brooks as President on 8 March, with Mr B. Brooks as Secretary and Mr B. Prior as Treasurer. Alan Dawes is Captain and Ted Wanganeen Vice-Captain. Life membership was conferred on A. Prior and C.D. Brooks.

Football. A meeting at Willalo decided a football club would be formed there and apply for admission to the North Eastern association, if the Terowie Club withdrew, as was feared. Terowie is carrying on and so Willalo will not form a club.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 14th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 800 yards. H.H. Byles scored a range record double possible. The previous best was held by Cec. Edwards and Jock Bernhardt with 99 over 800 and 900 yards.

Holy Week Music

On 1 April at 8 p.m. at St Mary’s a choir will present a devotional work entitled the Cross of Christ. It will be conducted by Mr Lindsay Thomas and the organist will be Mr C. Davey.

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 3 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28 & 29 March

Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor, Marilyn Monroe, Dan Dailey, Johnny Ray & Mitzi Gaynor in There’s No Business Like Show Business

Reginald Gardiner & Eddie Bracken in Mr Belvedere

2 April

Glenn Ford & Jennie Crain in The Fastest Gun Alive

Shelley Winters & Ricardo Montalban in My Man and I.

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 4 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Bowls. Burra 134 defeated Hallett 128 at Hallett.

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 6 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Redruth Methodist Ladies’ Guild

Mrs R. Jennison as Secretary of the Guild reported on the year’s activities in 3⁄4 column. There had been 41 members with an average attendance of 24. Each month from March there had been one business meeting and one social meeting for a total of 19 meetings. For the year the Guild had raised just over £400.

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 7 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Tennis. Grand Finals

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-111 defeated Spalding 7-95

‘B’ Grade Hallett 17-114 defeated Mt Bryan 3-68

Adelaide Wool Sales 18-20 March. Top price for the district was 761⁄2d for A. & G. Tennant, Redcliffe. [Other local district prices are printed.]

88, 11 (2), 25 Mar. 1958, page 8 [Second use of No. 11 in this volume.]

Burra Town Council

Resolved to erect a street light in St Just Street – the previous closest one being at the Court House and on the Main Road.

The stone wall at the oval near the dressing shed had fallen down. It was resolved to remove the stone rather than rebuilt it.

88, 12 (2), 1 Apr. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 12 in this volume.]

Burra Tennis Tournament will see240 matches played in three days.

Burra Open Bowling Carnival has attracted entries to fill all available rinks.

Spalding Football Club elected K. Gill again as President with Me A. Goodridge as Secretary and J. Pearce as Assistant Secretary. Mr H.V. Hughes is Patron, with Frank Cousins as captain and M. Bolt as Vice-Captain.

Burra Racing Club held a successful meeting at Balaklava where gate takings were c. £500. Bookmakers and Tot takings were down a little on last year, but the club expected to make a handsome profit overall. [Full details were printed on page 5.]

River Murray Bridges. In evidence given to the Public Works Committee the Commissioner of Highways Mr P.A. Richmond said a bridge at Swan Reach would cost £633,000 and one at Blanchetown £666,800, but the latter would cost £1 less on road works associated with it.

88, 12 (2), 1 Apr. 1958, page 3 [Second use of No. 12 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 April

Mickey Spillane in Ring of Fear

Ray Milland in Close to My Heart

7 April

Stanley Holloway & Kay Kendall in Cuckoo in the Nest

Elizabeth Sellars & E. Underdown in Recoil

88, 12 (2), 1 Apr. 1958, page 4 [Second use of No. 12 in this volume.]

Bowls. Burra 120 defeated Blyth 115 at Burra.

88, 12 (2), 1 Apr. 1958, page 7 [Second use of No. 12 in this volume.]

Burra Cricket Association Annual Dinner was held at the Kooringa Hotel 29 March.

A.D. Radford presented his donation of the ‘Glenora’ Shield to the Koonoona Club as Premiers of the 1957-58 Season. Trophies:

Best batting average D. Bednall 481 for 68.7

Best batting aggregate D. Bednall 481

Best bowling average D. Bednall 34 for av. 7.97

Best bowling aggregate D. Bednall 34

Highest score C. Morrison 121

Most catches A. Moxham

Most improved junior Barry Eberhard

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Burra Open Bowling Carnival

On Saturday the ladies served a knife and fork poultry luncheon for 130 bowlers and visitors in the Masonic Supper Room in two sittings. In the club house they provided morning tea for 100 and afternoon tea for 150 and tea for about 40 finalists and committeemen. About 150 to 200 onlookers attended and cars lined Thames Street from Market Square to the greens. On Monday with mixed rinks a further 100 men and women players took part. Next year it is expected the club will be able to improve on this outstanding success with accommodation for twice the players. [Results next issue.]

St Patrick’s Day Sports at Booborowie on 29 March are expected to show c. £100 profit. [Results are printed.]

Burra Town Council, 31 March

Council will inspect the site of the proposed Road House at Burra North where B.H. Rogers seeks permission to remove 34 ft of kerbing so the area can be graded back to the petrol pumps, located 8 ft inside the boundary. The area and about 100 square yards of the driveway are to be sealed later.

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 2 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 April

Richard Todd & Jean Peters in A Man Called Pater

Plus News & shorts

16 April

Paul Newman & Wendell Corey in The Rack

Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton & Mrs Harold Lloyd Jnr in A Yank in Ermine

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 3 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Burra Town Council

The following will retire due to the effluxion of time on 1 Saturday in July:

Mayor E.T. Baulderstone

North Ward M.J .Heinrich

East Ward C.H. Cummins

West Ward W.A. Nankivell

Nominations are called by 9 May with elections on 5 July if required.

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 4 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Bowls. Saturday’s competition. Harris’s Team 12 defeated Jennison’s Team 9 in the final.

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 7 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Tennis. Aberdeen Tennis Club, Easter Tournament

Men’s Singles Championship R. Kindler

Men’s Doubles Championship A. Murray & M. Codd

Women’s Singles Championship Mrs M. Nicholls

Women’s Doubles Championship Mrs Kotz & Miss Neindorf

Men’s Singles Handicap D. Lloyd

Men’s Doubles Handicap D. Kellaway & A. Ettridge

Women’s Singles Handicap Miss M .Klaebe

Women’s Doubles Handicap Mrs C. Kotz & Miss Neindorf

Mixed Doubles Handicap D. Lloyd & Mrs Nicholls

Junior Boys D. Kellaway

Junior Girls Miss M. Byrne

88, 13 (2), 8 Apr. 1958, page 8 [Second use of No. 13 in this volume.]

Marriage. Redruth Methodist Church, 29 March

Claire Lloyd married Athol Tiver.

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Burra Easter Bowling Carnival

Almost 100 men and women players took part on Monday and a large gallery observed till the last bowl at 10.30 p.m. Catering provided for morning and afternoon teas only, except for a light ea for about 30 players and committeemen. The final was between a Clare Team skippered by R. Scott and a Burra Team skippered by L. Phillips. The game was a draw after 12 ends. In the play-off on the 13th end the umpire could not separate the opposing shot balls and the Clare Team finally won by one shot on the 14th end.

Miss Mary Quinn of Mt Bryan received her BA degree at Adelaide University’s 1st Commemoration Ceremony for 1958 on 2 April.

Ray Kotz of Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. has been transferred to Loxton.

Mr Joe Fillmore of the ANZ Bank Burra has been transferred to Kadina.

Burra Rifle Club. In the 16th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over 200 and 300 yards Herb Byles & Cec. Edwards both recorded a possible and 47. Best after handicap were C. Edwards, B. Nourse & H. Byles. For the trophy so far H. Byles, R. Bernhardt and W. Barker each have 19 points, while in the marksman’s contest the leader is XXXX on 42 with Cec. Edwards next on 39.

Rural Youth arranged an excellent concert in the Town Hall on Thursday 10 April – said to have been the best for years. It was to aid their contestant in the Town Hall Ugly Man Competition. [The concert is reviewed in just over1 column with other details.]

Weather. Rain on Sunday and Monday has given a brighter outlook for the season. Falls are generally from c. 60-85 points and covered both the agricultural and pastoral country.

Accidents. There has been a whole series of road accidents, but fortunately no serious injuries.

28 March

A Holden ute driven by Georgios Sofianos of Peterborough skidded on gravel and overturned on the Hallett Road c. 15 miles north of Burra.

29 March

A utility driven by Peter R. Nourse of Burra North and a PMG cycle ridden by Mr Philip S. Bampton, postman of Burra North, collided at the corner of Kingston and Thames Streets at 10.20 a.m.

3 April

A Hillman car driven by Mr J.P. Galea of Goodwood skidded on gravel near Hallett and overturned. Dennis James Galea (10) was thrown out and fractured a jaw and suffered lacerations. Constance S.M. Galea, the driver’s wife, bruised her head, back and neck and Joseph Cremona of Goodwood strained a shoulder and lacerated his chest and nose.

7 April

A Holden sedan driven by M.E. Dempsey, a shearer of Clare, collided with a Vauxhall sedan driven by Mr R.F. Keister of Seaton Park at 6.30 p.m. on the Burra-Farrell Flat Road in dusty conditions.

13 April

An Austin A40 driven by Philip B. Leonard of Burra North overturned on the Burra North Road about 7.30 p.m. after swerving to avoid another car near the church and striking the gutter.

Car Stolen. A 1953 Morris Oxford sedan was stolen from Mr Murray Odgers of Burra from in front of his house in Kangaroo Street early on 8 April. Around the corner was found a 1936 Buick sedan that had been stolen from Barry Donald McVicar of Plympton Park and reported stolen at 7.30 a.m. the same day. The occupants of the Buick had been involved in a garage break-in and larceny at Marrabel and articles from there were found in the car. Police are investigating.

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, page 2 [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Burra Burra DC. Councillors retiring on 1st Saturday in July:

Farrell Flat Ward J.H.J. Stevens

Kooringa Ward E. Finch

Leighton Ward J.F .Hogan

Mongolata Ward A.D. Radford

Nominations are called by 9 May with elections on 5 July if required.

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, page 4 [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Bowls. Pennant Final. Spalding 104 defeated Burra Gold 79.

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, page 5 [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Cricket. Mokota Cricket Association Grand Final.

South Booborowie 1st innings 221 & 2nd innings 218 v. Hallett 1st innings 137.

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, page 6 [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 April

Spencer Tracy & Robert Wagner in Broken Lance

Clifford Evans & George Woodbridge in Scotland Yard Cases

23 April

Marlon Brando & Jean Simmons in Desire

Rod Cameron & Julie Bishop in Headline Hunters

88, 14 (2), 15 Apr. 1958, Supplement [Second use of No. 14 in this volume.]

Wool. There is a four page supplement on wool including an article on the new CSIRO process for permanent pleats and creases: ‘SI-RO-SET’.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, page 1 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

Burra Town Hall

The new supper room and kitchen were officially opened by the Chief Secretary Sir Lyell McEwin at a Civic Ball on Friday night.

The Ugly Man Contest raised £1,465 in a month. [Or £1,483 or £1,464-4-6: the breakdown of this is unreadable in column 1.]

Door takings were over £150.

CWA members served the first supper in the new room. The new supper room has white walls and cream woodwork and a surfaced pine floor with fluorescent lighting. The kitchen has a surfaced floor, Laminex-topped cupboards and servery, stainless steel sinks, a water heater, pie warmer and electric milk and coffee urns.

[Details of the opening extend for 2 columns.]

CWA Warnes Group Annual Conference was held at Spalding on 16 April. About 150 attended and it is reported in c. 1⁄2 column.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, pages 1 & 7 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

The Anzac Commemoration Service was held at the War Memorial in Market Square on Sunday last. Numerous ex-servicemen with 28 former Burra residents from Adelaide attended and were led in the march by a Scottish Pipe Band from Port Pirie. The service was conducted by Rev. D.G. Haydon assisted by Rev. L.R. Lenthall who gave the address. [Which is printed.] C. Davey was organist for the combined choirs of Redruth, and Kooringa Methodists and St Mary’s. Wreaths were laid by Mayor E.T. Baulderstone, E. Finch for Burra Burra DC, E. Pietsch for RSL, B.A. Riggs for AFA, R.J. Taylor for Demobilised SS & A and W. Carpenter for the Fathers’ Association. Last Post and Reveille were sounded by Bugler Brian Thomas.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, page 2 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from Mr James Beaglehole & Mrs K.B. Beaglehole will auction their 1,252 acre freehold property at the Mt Bryan Institute 15 May. It will be offered as a whole and if not sold then as three lots.

Lot 1. Homestead, 579 acres. Block C and portion Block L in Hds of Kingston & Hallett laid out as Mt Bryan Estate with 4-roomed cement bungalow house etc.

Lot 2. 399 acres comprising sections 144, 145, 146 & part section 454 Hd Kingston.

Lot 3. 274 acres: sections 448, 449 & 450 Hd Kingston

Also 13 Township Blocks including homestead and General Store in Mt Bryan.

Allotment 2 Pt Section 75, 85 ft to Railway Terrace x 132 ft with 6-roomed stone & concrete house etc.

Allotment 27, Pt section 75, 85 ft to East Terrace x 132 ft with double garage etc.

Allotments 17, 18, 19 of Part section 90 frontage of 300 links to Railway Parade x 250 links with stone General Store etc. etc.

Allotments Pt 13 & 14 of Part section 90 frontage 82 ft to Railway Parade (unimproved).

Allotments 16 & 17 Part section 75 each of 1 rood, corner of Kellett & Murray Streets (unimproved).

And on instructions from Messrs J. & W.J.A. Beaglehole:

Allotment 11 Part section 90 frontage 50 ft to Railway Parade x 165 ft with galvanised iron store with concrete floor and 18 ft x 10 ft concrete fuel depot

And on instructions from Mr R.B. Virgin

Allotment 30 of Part section 75 Mt Bryan frontage of 100 links to East Terrace.

Also a clearing sale next to the General Store after the land sale.

[Details fill 2 columns.]

Notice. Burra Town Council gives notice of intention to borrow £6,000 on the security of a special rate of 4d in the pound to carry out alterations at Burra Town Hall to provide Library facilities, supper room and kitchen, installation of a stage curtain, paint the interior and exterior of the building and have electrical wiring renewed to meet regulations. To be at £5-7-6 per centum per annum and repayable over 20 years in 40 half-yearly instalments of interest and principal of £246-12-6 each.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, page 5 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

North-Eastern Schools Sports Results are printed.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, page 6 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 26 April

Ginger Rogers& Van Heflin in The Black Widow

Arthur Askey in The Love Match

30 April

Doris Day & Louis Jourdan in Julie

Van Johnson & Paul Douglas in When in Rome

Cricket. Mokota Association Final

South Booborowie 221 & 218 (439) defeated Hallett 137 & 161 (298).

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, page 8 [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

Booborowie Methodist Guild Annual Report by Mrs M.E. Drew runs for 11⁄4 columns.

Elected for 1958: President, Rev. D.N. Fuller; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R. Harris & J. Lomman; Secretary, Mrs John Drew & Treasurer, Mrs L. Pearce.

88, 15 (2), 22 Apr. 1958, Supplement [Second use of No. 15 in this volume.]

Wool. The 4-page Wool Supplement includes a photo of the record sheep sale at Burra 27 September 1895 when 44,000 sheep were yarded and 36,000 were sold along with 750 cattle yarded and sold. In 1926 24,271 were yarded and 22, 108 were sold.

88, 16, 29 Apr. 1958, page 1

Pauline Williams writes a 1-column article about her experiences as one of the six representatives of SA Rural Youth at the Royal Agricultural Show Sydney Camp.

Accident. A Renault sedan driven by William R. Vardon of Hazelwood Park skidded on gravel about two miles south of Mt Bryan on Sunday and then collided with a Zephyr sedan driven by Colin Parker of Burra. No one was injured, but damage to both cars is estimated at £100.

Fire. A 1940 Dodge sedan owned by Mr David Norman Reuter of Kilburn was totally destroyed by fire outside the Mt Bryan Hotel on 20 April at about 1.15 a.m. He was staying at the hotel while employed in the district.

Hillview Speedway at Spalding held a successful motor sports meeting on Saturday 26 April. [Results are printed.]

Merino Field Days were held at L.W. Gare & Sons, ‘Mt Glen View’ and at Ray McInnes’s ‘Donara’ Studs at Mt Bryan East on 16 April.

Burra Town Council, 21 April

Priority will be given to bituminising East and Quarry Streets in 1958-59, with second priority to St Just and Sancreed Streets and The Crescent.

Burra Rifle Club concluded the Championship on Saturday over 800 & 900 yards. The Championship went to R.G. Bernhardt followed by J. Brown and T. Brazil. In the handicap contest J. Brown won from R.G. Bernhardt with D. Field and T. Brazil equal third. In the 4th stage of the Championship Ron Kellock had the best score with the only possible over 800 yards.

88, 16, 29 Apr. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 May

Dan Dailey & Cyd Charisse in Meet Me in Las Vegas

Renee Askerson & Patrick Barr in Time is My Enemy

7 May

Tyrone Power & Terry Moore in King of the Khyber Rifles

Raymond Greenleaf & Marjorie Millar in When Gang-Land Strikes

Advt. Burra Redruth Methodist Church Anniversary Services will be held on 4 May with Re. T.C.O. Patrick as the preacher. He will also be the guest speaker at the public meeting on Monday 5 May at 7.30 p.m.

CHECK THE PAGE NUMBER

88, 16, 29 Apr. 1958, page 5

Bowls. Trophy winners for the 1957-58 season:

Club Handicap Singles J. Lloyd

Club Consistency Handicap Singles E. Pietsch

Club Champion Pairs R. Harris & J. Topsfield

Club Night Handicap Pairs L. Kellaway & A. McWaters

Mixed Handicap Pairs F. Sims & Mrs L. Kellaway

Club Non-pennant Aggregate R. Earle

Most Improved Club 1st Year Player H.G. Wardle

Associate Champion Singles Mrs P. Field

Associate Handicap Singles Mrs J .Sims

Associate Handicap Pairs Mrs J .Sims & Mrs A. Arnold

88, 16, 29 Apr. 1958, page 8

Burra Primary School Parents & Friends’ Assoc. held its AGM 2 April. Elected: Chairman, M.G. Stockman and Secretary & Treasurer, Mr D.H. Field. Last April saw the erection of a new classroom allowing each grade a separate room. The school has moved up to a Class III. The school has been painted inside and out this year and the balance of the yard sealed and drainage has been improved. Completion of the furnishing of the lunch room should be done soon. We still need a staff room and a bike shed.

[88, 17], 6 May. 1958, page 1 [This issue carried no volume or issue number.]

Adelaide Wool Sales. Best district price was 72d by the Estate of the late N.F. McBride ‘Kia-Ora’.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

‘Dunara’ Hallett of 1,156 acres was passed in at auction on 26 March at £12 per acre and we believe it has since been sold to Mr Hugh Kelly of Whyte Yarcowie for an unknown figure.

‘Cartapo’. Mr R. McInnes has purchased the ‘Homestead’ portion of ‘Cartapo’ from Mr R. Murray and it is believed the remainder has been sold to Mr A.L. Collins.

Mr D.R. McInnes offered 47 acres at Booborowie for sale on 26 March and it was passed in at £101 per acre, but later sold to Mr Angus McInnes, the highest bidder at the auction.

Burra High School Sports Day was held on Tuesday last at the Town Oval, in good weather.

Senior Boys’ Cup Laurence Tattersall

Senior Girls’ Cup Betty Launer

Junior Boys’ Cup David Stockman

Junior Girls’ Cup Joy Kakoschke

[Other results are printed.]

Leighton School benefited by c. £65 from a ball at Leighton on Friday 2 May, when 10 miniature debutantes were presented to Mr P.H. Quirke MP.

The Debs were:

Raelene Broad, Elaine Butler, Beverly Collins, Janice Drew, Margaret Drew, Christine Finch, Jenny Kleinig, Elizabeth McDonald, Sandra McWaters, Mary Summers.

They were partnered by:

Philip Byles, Robert Butler, Geoffrey Collins, Allan Drew, Trevor Gent, Lindsay Gent, Dennis Miller, John Summers, Andrew Scholz and Michael Scholz.

[88, 17], 6 May. 1958, page 2 [This issue carried no volume or issue number.]

Advt. [Almost 2⁄3 page advertisement concerning the Beaglehole Sale at Mt Bryan as advised in the previous issue.]

[88, 17], 6 May. 1958, page 3 [This issue carried no volume or issue number.]

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will auction 340 acres freehold, situated 8 miles west of Burra, on 16 May, on account of Dr T.J. Ashton, Burra North. Comprises Block 64 in the Hundred of Hanson.

[88, 17], 6 May. 1958, page 4 [This issue carried no volume or issue number.]

Football

Hallett 14.14 defeated Leighton 2.3

Spalding 18.24 defeated Terowie 0.0

Burra v. Booborowie is not totalled, but the description suggests Burra 6.15 defeated Booborowie 7.6.

Burra Golf Club season opened last Saturday.

[88, 17], 6 May. 1958, page 6 [This issue carried no volume or issue number.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 10 May

Anthony Steel & Donald Sinden in The Black Tent

The Grove Family, Vera Day & Sidney James in It’s a Great Day

14 May

Robert Wagner & John Lund in White Feather

Diana Cilento & Lee Patterson in Passing Stranger

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 1

Burra Rifle Club fired the 15th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 900 yards. Best were J. Brown, W. Barker & R. Bernhardt. Herb. Byles scored the only possible on the day.

Burra Bowling Club is proceeding with the development of the new area. Areas are to be replanted and the new areas have to be ripped up, levelled and then planted. The old greens are to be lengthened and are being ripped and scarified. This area is being lowered and the material moved to the new area (formerly part of Bridge Street), which has to be raised and a further 100 cubic yards of filling will be needed. New turf will be planted in June/July. A new fence has been erected running east-west and the memorial gates have been erected at the northwest corner.

Willalo School. The new school was officially opened by the Minister of Education the Hon. Baden Pattinson on 7 May. Mr Eric Ashby Chairman of the School Committee gave a brief account of the school. It began in a private home and moved to the Willalo Hall in 1912 and to a new building in 1957. Mr Pattinson said he had intended to open the new school in 1957, but had been forced to postpone his visit. Mr Quirke MP was thanked for his efforts in getting the new building.

Burra Town Hall Charges

Hall, Room & Supper Room for Ball etc. £8-10-0 plus 30/- is Council has to have the cloths laundered.

Fetes etc. £4-10-0 for an afternoon and £6-10-0 for an afternoon and evening.

Concerts £6.

Use by schools etc. 30/-.

Political meetings £2-10-0.

Meetings by sports and other town bodies in the supper room, 2/6 per hour.

Burra Town Council, 5 May

Cyprus Pines in the Avenue of Memory at the school are to be replaced.

Goats eating trees in front of the school are to be reported to the ranger.

The school was given permission to level an area in front of the school to be graded and levelled to form a footpath to Brian Riggs’ residence.

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 2

Burra Burra DC. Elections: nominations received.

Farrell Flat Ward J.H.J. Stevens elected unopposed

Kooringa Ward E. Finch elected unopposed

Mongolata Ward A.D. Radford elected unopposed

Leighton Ward J.F. Hogan

M.F. Carmody

An election for Leighton Ward will be held 5 July at Booborowie Memorial Hall.

Burra Town Council. Elections: Nominations received.

Mayor Edward Thomas Baulderstone elected unopposed

North Ward Brian Thomas Sheridan elected unopposed

East Ward Herbert Cornelius elected unopposed

West Ward No Nominations

There being no nominations for West Ward a Supplementary Election is called for which nominations will be received to Noon 23 May with an election 5 July if required.

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 May

Alan Ladd & June Allyson in Tiger in the Sky

Randolph Scott, Peggie Castle & Dorothy Malone in Tall Man Riding

21 May

Betty Grable, Sheree North, Bob Cummings & Charles Coburn in How to be Very Very Popular

Marie Windsor & John Archer in No Man’s Woman

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 5

Football

Hallett 14.26 defeated Burra 12.9

Leighton 17.18 defeated Terowie 5.11

Booborowie 17.14 defeated Spalding 8.13

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 7

Badminton. Burra North 13-234 defeated Kooringa 5-137.

88, 18, 13 May. 1958, page 8

Basketball

Hallett 17 defeated Burra Rovers 10

Spalding 24 defeated Booborowie 4

Mt Bryan 30 defeated Burra Comrades 24

Terowie 31 defeated Leighton 4

Marriage. Kooringa Methodist Church, recently

Margaret Lois Bruce, only child of Mrs V. & the late Mr C. Bruce of Burra, married

Ray Alderson, third son of Mt & Mrs L.E. Alderson of Gawler.

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 1

Mr Keith Crouch of the National Bank and his wife have been given a farewell by the Kooringa Methodist Sunday School and Ladies’ Guild on 9 May and by the Burra Football Club on 15 May. Mr Crouch has been the Superintendent of the Sunday School, Captain/Coach of the Burra Football Team and also the Club’s delegate to the Burra & District War Memorial Oval Committee. He was also Captain of the Kooringa Tennis Team and played in the Kooringa Badminton Team. Mrs Crouch was a past Treasurer of the Kooringa Methodist ladies’ Guild. Mr Crouch is moving to North Adelaide.

Dr T.J. Ashton’s 340 acres of freehold was sold to Messrs B.O. & K.K. Scholz, adjoining landowners, for an undisclosed price after being passed in at their highest bid of £27 per acre.

Weather. In the last week Burra received 71 points and surrounding towns recorded more.

Mrs H. Cornelius and family of Burra have enjoyed meals from two outsized mushrooms that appeared in their hay paddock: one of 30 inches in circumference weighing 1 lb 6 oz and the other weighing 1 lb.

Mr Ron Sandercock has produced a film called Burra Burra, which will be screened in the Burra RSL Hall on 29 May. It gives the history of the town and covers the industries and beauty spots and many local identities are to be seen in it.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 19th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 300 yards. Best results were from R. Bernhardt, D.H. Field and M. Mitchell.

Mr Lance Fiebig began in the Ampol Trial on 18 May from Bondi Beach, Sydney. There are eight SA entries in the 161 cars. [Famous names among the drivers included ‘Gelignite’ Jack Murray and the radio & television star Jack Davey.]

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will conduct a dispersal sale for the estate of the late C.M. Beckwith of ‘Rose Park’ Merino Stud on 24 July. (285 rams and 885 ewes.)

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 May

Ava Gardner & Stewart Granger in Bhowani Junction

Terence Morgan & Anthony Oliver in They Can’t Hang Me

28 May

Trevy Moore & Robert Wagner in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Donald Barry in Untamed Heiress

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 4

Football

Hallett 11.16 defeated Booborowie 10.15

Spalding 6.5 defeated Leighton 4.13

Burra 27.25 defeated Terowie 5.7

Hallett Colts 5.4 defeated Booborowie Colts 1.3

Amateur Hour at Mt Bryan Memorial Hall on 9 May took £37-11-6 and is reviewed in about 1 column. [This appears to have been a CWA effort, but is not very clearly accounted for.]

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 5

Mr J. Angus Maitland of Fitzroy, Adelaide, Solicitor, will seek LCL pre-selection for the Seat of Wakefield following the announcement that Sir Philip McBride that he will retire at the end of this Parliament. Mr Maitland is a landowner at Rochester and Sevenhill.

Basketball

Terowie 15 defeated Burra Comrades 2

Booborowie 9 defeated Hallett 6

Spalding 13 defeated Leighton 11

Burra Rovers and Mt Bryan tied 13 each.

88, 19, 20 May. 1958, page 6

Accident. A Holden panel van driven by Arthur John Clark turned over on the Burra Road, about three miles south of Hallett at about 2.45 p.m. on Friday 16 May. He was not injured.

Mushrooms have been plentiful at Hallett and Mrs E. Carpenter has also brought in one weighing 1 lb 21⁄2 oz.

88, 20, 27 May. 1958, page 1

Mr J. Battye of Burra recently won a new Austin A55 car at a quiz organised by the Morgan RSL.

The Ampol Trial cars passed through Burra early today.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 18th stage of the Carpenter Trophy. Best scorers were T. Brazil, R. Francis and J. Brown.

Burra Town Council, 19 May

The Local Government Association advises that the Basic Wage is now £12-16-0 for males and £9-12-0 for females.

Advice was received that £500 grant can be obtained towards buying an ambulance and 6d a mile towards the running costs.

Crs Topsfield/Lehmann

‘Also asking that the Council investigate the possibility of turning the end room into a toilet block instead of building a new area.’

[This cryptic comment is quite unclear.]

A letter will be sent to the RSL offering them the [WWI] Honour Roll, so it can be kept in the RSL Hall.

Adelaide Wool Sales 20-22 May. [Some district prices are printed.]

Burra Town Council. Supplementary Election for West Ward: Nominations

Robert George Bernhardt

Colin Harry Cummins [Retiring Councillor for East Ward]

William Alfred Nankivell [Retiring Councillor for West Ward]

Election to be held on 5 July.

Weather. Light, but useful rain fell in the past week. Burra registered 91 points and Mt Bryan 75, Hanson 75, World’s End 40 and Baldina 35.

Willalo Catholic Ball raised c. £50 for the Willalo Queen Maureen Sullivan.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 12 defeated Spalding 8

Burra Comrades 35 defeated Leighton 12

Terowie 34 defeated Hallett 5

Booborowie and Mt Bryan drew with 22 each.

88, 20, 27 May. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 31 May

Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones

Documentary by explorer Lewis Cotlow Zanzabuku

4 June

Doris Day & Frank Sinatra in Young at Heart

Elroy Hirsch & Barbara Hale in Unchained

88, 20, 27 May. 1958, page 4

Burra Burra DC

The Highways & Local Government Department advises £1,000 grant for the Hanson-Gum Creek Road.

Roads between Sections 1019 & 124, 561 & 562 Hd Hanson are to be closed and sold to M.B. Miller at £12 per acre.

88, 20, 27 May. 1958, page 7

Accident. No one was seriously injured when on 21 May a car driven by Ido John Dello-Zoppo of Waikerie ran into the rear of a stationary tractor of Mr H.M. Kelly of Hallett about 8 miles north of Hallett.

Badminton. Kooringa 15-281 defeated Rural Youth 3-180.

88, 20, 27 May. 1958, page 8

Football

Burra 18.18 defeated Spalding 11.11

Booborowie 17.20 defeated Leighton 1.2

Hallett 27.43 defeated Terowie 3.4

Burra Town Hall. The 84 new chairs for the Dress Circle have arrived and are being installed. The chairs (Dunlopillo) with padded seat and curved back rests should be a great improvement.

88, 21, 3 June 1958, page 1

Naturalisation Ceremony at Burra Town Hall 30 May. About 40 people attended the ceremony when Mr Hugo Wilhelm Rost was naturalised. Mayor E.T. Baulderstone conducted the ceremony and Mr P.H. Quirke MP spoke. Mr Rost is married with two children and is a painter employed by F.M. Pearce & Sons.

Mrs George Parker, formerly of George Street and now living with her daughter Mrs Collins at Booborowie, is now enjoying better health and celebrated her 89th birthday on 27 May.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 17th stage of the Carpenter trophy over double 700 yards. H. Byles scored the only possible, but the best three on the day were Barry Nourse, M. Mitchell & R. Francis.

Spalding CWA held a Debutante Ball, which is reported in almost 1 column. The door takings were £11-4-0.

SAR work camp, which has been located at Hallett for three years while men worked on the permanent way welding rails from about Ulooloo to Mt Bryan, has now been relocated to Burra. The work will now continue south from Mt Bryan.

Accident. The driver Ernest Thomas Harris and a passenger were both uninjured when a 1955 Holden sedan owned by Cox Bros. of Rundle Street overturned on the Burra-Hanson Road 11⁄2 miles from Burra on Monday morning, when it slid on loose gravel on a corner.

88, 21, 3 June 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 7 June

Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters and Louis Jourdan in Three Coins in the Fountain

Thelma Ritter & Gene Lockhart in Christopher Bean

11 June

Robert Ryan & Robert Stack in House of Bamboo

Charles Coburn & Spring Byington in The Rocket Man

88, 21, 3 June 1958, page 5

Basketball

Burra Comrades 25 defeated Spalding 9

Burra Rovers 27 defeated Leighton 16

Terowie 28 defeated Booborowie 3

Mt Bryan 46 defeated Hallett 24

Burra Film. The R.H. Sandercock film Burra Burra along with two of his other films and some slides by Mr Dennis Nettleton were shown in a packed RSL Hall on 29 May, organised by St Mary’s Ladies’ Guild. Mrs Sandercock did the recorded commentary.

88, 21, 3 June 1958, page 8

Football

Burra 21.28 defeated Leighton 5.5

Booborowie 12.14 defeated Terowie 7.7

Hallett 31.29 defeated Spalding 1.7

88, 22, 10 June 1958, page 1

Burra Air Force Ball was held on Friday and was attended mainly by local people and the absence of many Air Force Members was disappointing. The Secretary reports door takings of £62.

Burra LCL Plebiscite for the Seat of Wakefield.

With the retirement of Sir Philip McBride announced for the end of this Parliament, the following have nominated for LCL endorsement:

H.D. Henstridge of Balaklava

J.A. Maitland of Fitzroy

C.R. Kelly of Tarlee

A.L. Philbey of Alford

H.C. Tralaggan of Victoria – but returning to SA

C.E. Allen of Andrews

Mr Allen is the only ‘Northern’ nomination. He has lived at Andrews for c. 40 years and is a farmer and grazier. He is well known in bowling circles and also played football in the North Eastern Association for 20 years or more. He is a JP and has for some years been Chairman of the Spalding DC and its Public Works Committee.

Burra Swimming Pool donations reach £1,080-1-9/

Burra Town Council, 2 June

Oates Ltd has asked permission to erect two Ezybuilt houses for a client on a block in Paxton Terrace. Cr Cummins wanted Council to seek advice from the Municipal Association about whether these houses had posed problems in other areas.

[In a later section J.R. Carpenter advises that his Ezybuilt house would be the rear portion of a house with a concrete brick and iron building to be the front portion within five years and for this permission was given.]

The Burra RSL writes accepting the transfer of the [WWI] Honour Roll.

A special rate of 4d in the pound was struck from 1 July to act as security for the £6,000 loan to cover Town Hall improvements.

Burra Hospital. The Matron entertained the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary at an afternoon on 10 May. President Mrs H.L. Riggs gave a report for the year and Mrs A.D .Radford gave the report of the Secretary and Treasurer. Both were re-elected. Mrs Jennison is Vice-President. Membership is 31 and there are three committees:

Jam & Preserves – the hospital has not made purchases of these items since the Auxiliary started.

Sewing – making and repairing the hospital linen and rugs etc.

Renovations – mainly repair and maintenance of chairs and blinds.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 20th stage of the Carpenter Trophy over double 600 yards and saw possibles by T. Heinrich & Cec. Edwards. Best on the day were T. Heinrich, C. Edwards & E. Hopkins.

88, 22, 10 June 1958, page 2

Notice. Burra Town Council.

Tenders are called for 97 chairs previously in the dress circle of the Town Hall. Cast iron uprights with padded seats and backs. E.R. Davey, Town Clerk.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 14 June

Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly & Frank Sinatra in High Society

Wayne Morris & Mary Germaine in The Green Buddha

16 June

Gene Kelly & Dan Dailey in Always Fair Weather

Plus News & Shorts

18 June

Robert Mitchum & Marilyn Monroe in River of No Return

Debra Paget & Jeffery Hunter in Princess of the Nile

88, 22, 10 June 1958, page 5

Burra Burra DC. Annual Assessment 1957-58 is £2,291,450.

88, 22, 10 June 1958, page 7

Basketball

Burra Rovers 26 defeated Booborowie 17

Terowie 23 defeated Spalding 11

Hallett 30 defeated Burra Comrades 13

Leighton 20 defeated Mt Bryan 14

Badminton. Burra North 16-294 defeated Rural Youth 2-131.

Burra Homing Club. The first race for the season was from Carrieton and was won by F. Brandt.

88, 22, 10 June 1958, page 8

Football

Hallett 24.17 defeated Leighton 3.3

Booborowie 13.18 defeated Burra 12.19

Spalding 11.4 defeated Terowie 9.10

Burra Colts 5.4 defeated Booborowie Colts 5.3

Badminton, 5 June

Burra North 11-250 defeated Kooringa 7-154

Burra 10-200 defeated Peterborough 6-174

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 1

Booborowie CWA celebrated its 5th birthday. [Reported in 1 column.]

Burra Bowling Club held its AGM on 6 June in the Club House. Elected: Patron, E. Finch; President, G.H. Dollman; Vice-Presidents, S.J. Woollacott & D. Jacka; Secretary, J.B. Topsfield and Treasurer & Assistant Secretary, F. Sims. Retiring President Mr H. Binks-Williams reported a busy and successful year. They had conducted their 1st Easter Tournament very successfully. Major additions and alterations to the property are now in their closing stages. This will require financial assistance from the bank and the main groundwork is under contract to Mr J.A. Giles, a professional expert from Adelaide at a cost of £800. Membership has expanded to 58 plus 7 night members. Associates have also increased in numbers to about 45. Finances are sound. Many thanks are due to Frank Fillmore as greenkeeper.

At a meeting on 9 June it was decided to form a second Bowling Association independent of the Mid-North Bowling Association (of which Burra and Spalding are members). The new Association is to be the North-Eastern Bowling Association and it will comprise two teams from Hallett and one each from Spalding and Burra. Each team for now is to comprise three rinks. Election of officers: President, George terry and Secretary, H. Binks-Williams.

[The paper explains why the new Association was formed, but it gives a reason which is the opposite of what would make sense. It reads:

‘The main object … is to ensure as far as possible that all member, [sic] paricularly [sic] with respect to Burra and Spalding, are unable to participate in pennant games either in the existing Mid-North Association or the newly formed North-Eastern Association.]

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 21 June

Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlov & Donald Sinden in Doctor at Large

Dermot Walsh & Jane Barrett in Bond of Fear

25 June

Jennifer Jones & Robert Stack in Good Morning Miss Dove

Wayne Morris & Yvonne Furneaux in Cross Channel

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 4

LCL Burra Men’s Branch held its AGM and elected: President, A.D. Radford; Vice-President, B.A. Riggs and G.R. Finch as Secretary. Mr Gordon Gilfillan addressed the meeting on LCL activities.

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 5

Mr J.J. Lynch, a Veterinary Officer with the Department of Agriculture, will be stationed at Jamestown from next week to advise on animal health problems and investigate sickness and mortalities in herds and flocks. He will not be available for the treatment of individual sick animals.

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 6

Mt Bryan Hall has a new lighting plant following the breakdown of the old one.

Jeremy Cookes (Piano) & Donald Best (Drums) now of Adelaide, but previously of Burra High School, appeared in the Amateur Hour broadcast from the Adelaide Town Hall on Thursday. Jeremy is the son of former Booborowie Bank Manager and Donald the son of Mr & Mrs A.W. Best.

88, 23, 17 June 1958, page 7

Football. Saturday at Booborowie:

North-Eastern Assoc. 23.16 defeated Gawler Association 7.11

On Monday Barossa & Light Assoc. narrowly defeated North-Eastern Assoc. at Gawler.

[The scores were given 88, 24, 24 June 1958, p.5: 13.13 to 11.14.]

88, 24, 24 June 1958, page 1

The Catholic Ball on 20 June was highly successful.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The top local district price was 79d by C.R. Thomas & Sons of ‘Hogback’.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Basketball

Terowie 37 defeated Mt Bryan 15

Leighton 14 defeated Booborowie 13

Spalding 34 defeated Hallett 27

Burra Rovers 16 defeated Burra Comrades 12

Accident. Three persons escaped injury when their car overturned near Burra on Wednesday. It was owned and driven by H. Jones of Burra and the accident occurred on loose gravel two miles from Burra on the Hanson Road.

Accident. A car owned and driven by Dennis P. Hanson of Kilburn rolled over on 14 June near Black Springs on the Adelaide-Burra Road. Two people received minor injuries and one a fractured skull.

88, 24, 24 June 1958, page 4

Mr & Mrs Jack Murphy and family and Mrs Murphy Sen. were farewelled at Booborowie 12 June after a family residence there of 70 years. R.G. Mayfield spoke on behalf of the school and said the Murphy family had shown great interest in it since its opening in 1911 with a Murphy always on the committee. P.T. Cousins recalled that Mr Murphy Sen. had driven the mail between Booborowie and Burra for many years. Ken Brooks spoke for the Booborowie Football Club of which Mr Murphy had been a player, umpire, coach, secretary and ardent supporter and had been made a life member. Several presentations were made. Mr Murphy responded.

88, 24, 24 June 1958, page 5

Football

Booborowie 16.21 defeated Spalding 6.4

Hallett 15.20 defeated Burra 13.14

Leighton 12.10 defeated Terowie 10.12

88, 24, 24 June 1958, page 6

Burra Bowling Club. D. Jacka Chairman of the Improvements Committee reported:

Last year we had a concrete floor laid and walls of the tearoom done and since then the building has been completed and painted for the opening of this season. The banks around Ni. 1 Green were re-formed and a flagpole erected, donated by E.R. Davey. Toilets were overhauled and a new noticeboard erected. New canvas blinds were bought for the tearoom and shades have been placed around the greens. The greens were top dressed. The last existing old fence has been removed and a new fence erected on the new boundary. Much work has been done by Bert and Ray Wardle and Bill Field in forming the new greens, saving about £150 in cost, before the job was handed over to an expert for completion.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 28June

Stewart granger & Rhonda Fleming in Gun Glory

Alex Nicol & Audrey Trotter in Champ for a Day

2 July

David Farrar, David Knight & Julia Arnall in Lost

Hildegarde Neff, Donald Wolfit & Terence Morgan in Svengali

88, 25, 1 July 1958, page 1

ETSA Takes Over Burra Electricity Supply

As from 1 July ETSA is supplying Burra’s electricity. Trust workers have been erecting new lines and considerable rewiring and attention to meters is still required. Rates are set out under Zone 5 of the Trust’s Tariff Schedules. There will be a single meter domestic tariff.

The first 40 units per quarter at 12d per unit.

The next 90 units at 4.1d and then at 2.25d per unit.

Special night water heating rate is 1.16 d per unit.

[Commercial and Industrial rates are printed.]

After 34 years of operation the Burra Electric Supply Co. handed over to ETSA. The local company was formed through the enterprise of several townsmen: Messrs E.W. Crewes, J. Reed, M. Collins, J. Gallagher, J.E.H. Winnall, W.H. Sandland and G.E. Dane. Formation of the company was decided on at a meeting on 29 November 1922. Directors were appointed at a meeting on 15 October 1923: Messrs J. Gallagher, E.W. Crewes, J. Reed, W.H. Sandland and M. Collins. The company was then formed with an authorised capital of £12,000. Power was switched on 27 March 1924. The company maintained a service despite sometimes great difficulties and blackouts were rare. Assets of approximately £25,000 were handed over today and the Burra Electric Supply Co. received only £10,000 for these assets. Power in Burra has not been cheap, but the shareholders did not greatly profit either. Dividends were often omitted and never exceeded 5%. Len Bourman joined the company as an engineer in 1925 and has since been responsible for keeping the wheels turning; being on call 24 hours a day as foreman. The present Directors of the company are Messrs M.W. Bednall (Chairman), F.H. Reed, A. Dane and K.R. Crewes.

Rural Youth. [There is a 13⁄4 column article on the purpose, importance and operation of Rural Youth Clubs, with special reference to Burra.]

Burra Hospital

Thanks to Rural Youth for £20 for a ramp as an entrance to the eastern side of the Hospital.

A fence in the northeast corner of the hospital has been erected by Messrs W.H. Lloyd, T. Beckwith, C. Webster, W. Nankivell, C. Earle and F. Atkin. [88, 27, 22 July 1958, page 1: delete the last two names in this list and substitute R. Earle and W. Lee.] Cement posts and strainers were donated by G.H. Cockrum, T. Beckwith and Koonoona Proprietors. A smaller one will later be extended past the Nurses’ Quarters. Thanks are extended to all who helped.

Mrs M.A. Dawson of ‘Heather Brae’ Booborowie will be 90 on 2 July. She has resided in the area since 1912 when she came from her birthplace at Finniss to take up a section of land formerly part of North Booborowie Station. She is one of the few remaining original settlers of this station. A party last Sunday was attended by her sons Jim, and Harry and daughters Violet, Janet, Grace and Kath and grandchildren Noeline and Kingsley. Mrs Dawson enjoys good health.

Weather. The last few weeks have produced a series of consistently severe frosts.

Rev. & Mrs L.R. Lenthall were farewelled at the Parish Hall on Sunday after a large congregation attended his final service at St Mary’s, before his move to Plympton. Clem Davey welcomed guests including Rev. Fr P.V. Hughes, Rev. D.G. Haydon and Lutheran representative Mr G.A. Heinrich and the Mayor. Mr Lines represented Mt Bryan, Mr Field the parishioners of Burra and Mt Bryan, Mr Nettleton the CEBS, Miss Pam Campbell the GFS and Mr L.S.F. Anderson St Catherine’s Hallett. Others to speak were Mrs H. Riggs for the Women’s Guild, Mr Clem Davey & Mr W.A. Field as Wardens and Mrs R. Sandercock as President of the GFS. Farewell evenings were also tendered by the RSL & Air Force Association.

88, 25, 1 July 1958, page 4

Spalding CWA held its AGM, which is reported in c. 1 column.]

Badminton. Cadell visited Burra for a match in the Town Hall on 7 June.

Burra North 21 sets defeated Cadell 7 sets.

23 June: Burra North 18-306 defeated Rural Youth 0-121.

88, 25, 1 July 1958, page 5

Booborowie CWA held its AGM, which is reported in 3⁄4 column. Elected: President, Mrs J. Drew; Vice-Presidents, Mrs C.J. Williams & Mrs L. Pearce; Secretary, Mrs E. Clapp and Treasurer, Mrs J. Quinn.

88, 25, 1 July 1958, page 6

Football

Hallett 17.11 defeated Booborowie 13.9

Burra 13.20 defeated Terowie 6.11

Leighton 13.13 defeated Spalding 10.10

Hallett CWA held its AGM, which is reported in 1⁄2 column. Elected were: President, Mrs J. Pohlner; Vice-Presidents, Mrs J. Murray & Mrs W. Miller; Treasurer, Mrs M. Rayner; Secretary, Mrs K. Miller & Assistant Secretary, Mrs B. Phin.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 5 July

John Wayne & Lana Turner in The Sea Chase

Randolph Scott in The Bounty Hunter

9 July

Richard Widmark & Bella Darvi in Hell and High Water

Scott Brady & Joan Vohs in And Suddenly You Ran

88, 25, 1 July 1958, page 8

Burra Town Council, 23 June

The Municipal Association advises there is no general ruling on the erection of [Ezybuilt] homes. Therefore Council approval was given for erecting two such homes in Burra.

The Fire Brigade Board advises the likely cost for 1958 will be £739 with cost to Council approximately 25%.

The Town Planner’s Office writes re the Housing Trust’s building of two further houses in Queen Street area.

Quotes were submitted for floor tiles in the Town Hall Foyer and one was accepted.

RAOB offered £30 for the old dress circle chairs. Accepted.

Basketball

Terowie 25 defeated Burra Rovers 12

Spalding 41 defeated Mt Bryan 20

Booborowie 24 defeated Burra Comrades 17

Hallett 23 defeated Leighton 18.

88, 26, 8 July 1958, page 1

Burra Town Council. West Ward Election.

R.C. Cummins 41

R.G. Bernhardt 20

W. Nankivell 12

R.C. Cummins, who has represented East Ward for the past two years, was declared elected.

Burra Burra DC. Leighton Ward Election

J.F. Hogan 39

M.F. Carmody 24

Badminton. Kooringa 17-277 defeated Burra Rural Youth 1-139.

Booborowie Institute will again benefit from growing c. 120 acres of barley for the 1957-58 season.

Hanson CWA held its AGM on 18 June and elected: President, Mrs Marchant; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Wood & Mervyn Humphrys and Secretary & Treasurer, Mrs Robinson.

Marriage. St Joseph’s Burra, 5 July

Joan Maries Fisher, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs J.A.S. Fisher of Burra North, married

Desmond George Laredo, third son of Mr & Mrs L. Laredo of Naracoorte.

Burra Swimming Pool

The next job is to clear the site of debris and erect a retaining wall so that filling for lawns and shrubs may be spread and grass planted. Plans for the erection of dressing sheds, kiosk, wading pool etc. have been drawn up and will be submitted to the Government Tourist Bureau for inspection. It is hoped to get a further £750 subsidy, but this means the committee must raise an equivalent amount.

Sheep Killed

Dogs have again been killing sheep in the district. Mr J.G. Carpenter has lost numerous sheep and so has the adjoining landowner, Mr G. Morgan. Their paddocks are on the outskirts of the town.

A new By-Law is awaiting the Governor’s seal. It prevents dogs in a public place except on a lead and they are not to be tethered within 8 ft of a shop. [Working dogs under control are exempt.]

Burra rural Youth AGM of 30 June is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Elected: President, Don Barker; Vice-President, Rex Stockman; Secretary, Margaret Kellock and Treasurer, Diedre Snell.

Hallett is seeking access to ETSA electricity.

88, 26, 8 July 1958, page 6

Football

Booborowie 15.16 defeated Leighton 5.6

Burra 18.19 defeated Spalding 7.11

Hallett 13.19 defeated Terowie 8.8

Advt. Burra Pictures, 12 July

June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray & Ann Sheridan in The Opposite Sex

Sean McGlory & Joanne Jordan in I Cover the Underworld

16 July

Tom Ewell & Sheree North in The Lieutenant Wore Skirts

Rossi Drago & Pierre Cressoy in Hell Raiders of the Deep

88, 26, 8 July 1958, page 8

Burra CWA held its AGM on 20 June and elected: President, Mrs H.J.B. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames H.L. Riggs & A.D. Radford; Secretary, Mrs S. Scroop, Assistant Secretary, Mrs Alderson & Treasurer, Miss E. Tiver. Mrs Jennison reported an active year and the Secretary Mrs J.R. Ford reported a membership of 74 with an average attendance of 27. She outlined the year’s activities in a report extending c. 3⁄4 column.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 1

Quarry Industries Ltd of Adelaide have set up a huge crusher on Mr Sid. Pearce’s property near Burra. It is thought it will process about 100,000 cubic yards of metal for the Adelaide and other roads.

[A description of the processes follows in an article of 3⁄4 column.]

Mr H.J.B. Jennison has been a JP for 25 years.

Hogget Competitions

The Mt Bryan Hogget Competition was won by Dave Thomas on 7 July.

On 8 July the Mt Bryan East-Hallett Hogget Competition was won by the Miller Bros.

[Details in 2 columns.]

The Booborowie Hogget Competition was won by Messrs J.T. & M.E. Drew.

Kevin Jacka, the elder son of Mr & Mrs D.T. Jacka, and employed by Messrs Fred. M. Pearce & Sons, has achieved outstanding success in three second-year trade subjects at the Adelaide Trades School; gaining credits in Trade Theory, Trade drawing and Trade Arithmetic. In his first year he achieved two credits and a pass and he was judged the best Second Year Country Boy in the state by the Trades School.

Spalding Rural Youth held a Topsy Turvy Ball, which is reported in 3⁄4 column.

A mothers & Babies’ Health Assoc. Clinic is well established in Burra. About 30 were present at the first AGM on 30 June held in the CWA Room. Elected: Patron, Mrs Stanley Hawker; President, Mrs L. Bence; Vice-President, Mrs M. Carmody; Secretary, Mrs J. Riggs; Assistant Secretary, Mrs V. Fennell & Treasurer, Mrs D. Broderick. The first President Mrs R.B. Pitcher welcomed those present and secretary, Mrs J.H. Riggs, reported on a successful year. The first clinic day was 29 June 1957 in St Mary’s Parish Hall when 11 attended. Since then numbers have increased to 29. Thanks go to the CWA for the use of their room. A children’s frolic raised £63-4-0 for the maintenance of the clinic. State President Lady Bonython paid a visit on 18 March and £34-4-3 was raised on that occasion.

Murray Water. It is understood that following a request for Murray water a supply has been granted, to be delivered by a spur line from tanks at Hanson. Work is expected to begin in 1960, or at the latest in 1961. The new line north of Hanson will serve those parts of SA suffering severe shortages of water and will run north along the ranges to near Booleroo Centre to serve the country east of the ranges.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will conduct a clearing sale on the property at Cartapo on instructions from Mr A.R. Murray. Located on the Main Road three miles north of Mt Bryan Wednesday 30 July.

(The property having been sold.)

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 3

Burra Burra DC, 7 July

Cr A.D. Radford was appointed Chairman of 1958-59.

A general rate was adopted of 11⁄2d in the pound.

A differential rate was adopted of 1/- in the pound for the Townships of Booborowie, Mt Bryan, Hanson and Farrell Flat.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Carrieton on Saturday was won by S. Kellaway.

Notice. Department of Lands. Tenders are called for The Old Copperhouse School, one mile west of Burra Railway Station. Pt Section 5 Hd Kooringa comprising 21⁄2 acres. CT Vol. 2562 Folio 123 with old stone building and outbuildings with an 800 gallon tank.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 4

Burra Town Council, 7 July

In view of an unfortunate incident at the Burra Cemetery it was resolved that Mr D. O’Brien replace Mr W. Broad as curator.

A pedestrian crossing is to be formed opposite the new footbridge across the creek.

ETSA advises that the 25% surcharge on Burra’s electricity has been reduced to nil.

An application was made for Sister S.G. Barnes to use Heathmont as a Private Hospital for the aged. The party concerned has a private hospital in Adelaide and would use Heathmont to relieve pressure of patients from the City Hospital. The application was tabled.

The War Memorial Committee requests the supply of material for the repair of the wall on the north side of the oval.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 19 July

John Wayne & Lauren Bacall in Blood Alley

Perry Lopes & Beverly Garland in The Steel Jungle

23 July

Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward & Richard Widmark in Garden of Evil

Kent Taylor & Jane Hylton in Secret Venture

Weather. Almost an inch of steady soaking rain has fallen in the district since midnight on Monday.

Burra Primary School Ball was held on 11 July to boost School Welfare Club Funds. A fair crowd attended and door takings were £61.

Basketball

Burra Rovers 19 defeated Hallett 15

Mt Bryan 31 defeated Burra Comrades 24

Spalding 20 defeated Booborowie 15

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 7

Advt. Full page advertisement for Bence’s Winter Clearance.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 8

Football

Burra Association 29.19 defeated Peterborough Association 10.8

Burra Colts 15.14 defeated Peterborough Colts 9.6.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 9

Advt. Full page advertisement announcing the availability of Porta-Gas in Burra from 23 July 1958.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 10

Burra Women’s Branch LCL held its AGM in the Burra Town Hall 4 July. Elected: President, Mrs G.S. Hawker; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames A. Tennant, J.M. Gebhardt & R.B. Pitcher. Senator Nancy Buttfield gave an address on Australia’s Responsibility in New Guinea, which is printed.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 11

Mt Bryan Branch of CWA held its AGM and elected: President, Mrs Jefferies; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Woodgate and D. Thomas; Secretary, Mrs J. Halliday and Treasurer, Mrs H. Edwards. The President’s and the Secretary’s Reports are published and details of the meeting run to 2 columns.

88, 27, 15 July 1958, page 12

Burra Rifle Club held its AGM and elected: Captain, T.A. Brazil; Vice-Captain, C. Edwards; Secretary, D.G. Oates; Treasurer, W. Barker and Armourer, B. Nourse. The retiring Captain Jim Brown reported on a busy and successful year. The annual trophy was donated by Mr & Mrs J. Carpenter and won by Herb. Byles. He also won the Marksman’s Trophy. The Championship was won by ‘Jock’ Bernhardt. In the No. 4 Union teams Shoot, Burra came second to Salisbury in both the handicap and championship contests, but did poorly in the Country Teams Championship at Pt Adelaide.

The ETSA changeover went smoothly and the rewiring needed and the erection of meters etc. was achieved with minimum fuss and inconvenience. Market Square is now brilliantly lit with mercury vapour lamps, which have greatly improved the appearance of the main street.

Advt. Full page advertisement for Jennison’s Tyre Service

BUT WHICH PAGE?

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 1

The Advisory Committee on Country Sewerage visited Burra to take evidence from the Local Board of Health and the Health Officer, Dr L.G. Miller.

Mt Bryan Ball on 4 July brought a close to the appeal for funds for the lighting plant. It raised c. £40 and with other promises and donations there is £150, which will pay for the plant and some other essential work.

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School held a Fancy Dress Frolic to raise money for new hymn books for the Anniversary Services and over £25 was raised. [The results are printed.]

Mr & Mrs les Bourman were farewelled at the Kooringa Methodist Sunday school Hall on 15 July. They are moving to Streaky Bay. On 16 July the Kooringa Tennis Club farewelled the couple at the home of Mr 7 Mrs Colin Morrison.

The Final of the North-Eastern Hogget Competition was held on 16 July and was won by L.J. Staker of Yarcowie. A Champion Hogget and Reserve Champion was next staged for the first time. The Champion went to J.T. & M.E. Drew of Booborowie and the second place to Pearce Bros. of Booborowie.

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 2

Advt. Dalgety & Co. will conduct an auction on account of Messrs R.C. & W.F. Johns in the RSL on 15 August, of 9,179 acres of perpetual lease known as Studholme Station.

Lot 1. 5,845 acres Hd Baldina comprising sections 13, 26-28, 37-39, 41, 52, 53, 248-254 with stone house of six rooms etc.

Lot 2. Located 7 miles east of the Homestead, 3,334 acres comprising sections 1, 2, 3, 24, 25, 26, 27, & 183 Hd King.

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 3

Ironmine Sunday School celebrated the 35th Anniversary of the Sunday school building on 19 July.

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 4

Football

Booborowie 26.23 defeated Terowie 2.2

Burra 18.25 defeated Leighton 4.4

Hallett 10.14 defeated Spalding 8.11

Basketball

Hallett 25 defeated Booborowie 16

Burra Rovers 22 defeated Mt Bryan 9

Spalding 33 defeated Leighton 25

Burra Comrades forfeited to Terowie

Badminton. Burra North 14-292 defeated Kooringa 4-162

Burra Homing Club. The race from Parachilna on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrne.

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 25 & 26 July

Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner in The King and I

Plus News & Shorts

30 July

John Mills in Above Us the Waves

Ruby Murray in Touch of the Sun

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 7

Burra Swimming Pool

The working bee for next Sunday has been postponed to 10 August when it is hoped to complete the wading pool. The contractors were unable to complete the forming work for Sunday next. The retaining wall has been completed and filling of the slopes will now proceed.

88, 28, 22 July 1958, page 8

Advt. Full page advertisement for Porta-Gas, which ‘Will be in Burra on July 23’.

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 1

Burra North Red Cross held its AGM and President Mrs Jennison reported on a successful year with a membership of 64, but an average attendance of 20. [Details in 1 column.]

Elected: President, Mrs H. Jennison; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Ellis & Clode; Secretary, Mrs E.L. Heinrich; Assistant Secretary, Mrs J. Bogisch & Treasurer, Mrs S. Scroop.

Weather. Further rain has benefited crops and feed. Falls in the agricultural areas were from 24 to 27 points.

The ‘Rose Park’ dispersal sale in the Estate of the late C.M. Beckwith is reported in c. 1 column of detail.

Burra Rifle Club. The new season started on 200 & 300 yards ranges. Gordon Webster took top place in both the handicap and marksman’s contests and possibles were scored over 200 yards by Tom Heinrich, H. Byles, J.H. Schwier & C. Edwards.

Burra-Adelaide Road. £110,000 has been allocated for the 1958-59 year and this should see the base constructed and sealed between Manoora and Hanson and in 1959-60 the Hanson-Burra road should be reconstructed.

Burra Red Cross held its AGM on 8 July and elected: President, Mrs H. Topsfield; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames R.B. Pitcher & E. Rooke; Secretary, Mrs Roy Jeffery & Treasurer, Mrs L.P. Bence.

Burra CWA has been presented with a handsome President’s Chair by Mr & Mrs Reg. Warnes and family at their July meeting. The CWA has decided at this meeting to work towards buying land and building their own room over a five to seven year period.

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have received instructions from Messrs J. & R.M. Finch, who are leaving the district, to conduct property and clearing sales. The sales will be on 20 August.

[This date was subsequently changed in 88, 29, 5 August 1958 to 30 August and again changed in 88, 30, 12 August 1958 to 20 August.]

Lot 1. Allotment 90 on the corner of Mitchell Flat & George St with stone house of 5 rooms etc.

Lot 2. Lease on blocks 18, 18a & 35 in Hd Kooringa comprising 1163⁄4 acres.

Lot 3. Lease on allotments 200, 201, 206-211, 215-216, 222-225 and 244-253 Hd Kooringa, laid out as Burra and situated opposite Rackham’s. [Blocks east and south of the cemetery in Kooringa.]

Lot 4. Lease of portion of section 1 Hd Kooringa comprising 301⁄2 acres and situated opposite Rackman’s.

Lot 5. Lease of allotments 333-338 Hd Kooringa comprising about 11⁄2 acres with frontage to Ayers Street and known as “Smith’s”.

[The east side of Ayers Street from George Street south.]

Notice. A public meeting is called at the Leighton Hall for Monday 4 August to hear an address by a representative of ETSA in connection with the reticulation of electricity in the area.

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 3

Basketball

Burra Comrades 17 defeated Leighton 13

Mt Bryan 31 defeated Booborowie 19

Spalding 22 defeated Burra Rovers 15

Terowie 30 defeated Hallett 9

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 4

Burra Burra DC. Cr Hogan was sworn in and A.D. Radford was elected as Chairman for 1958-59.

The previous year’s assessment was adopted with the necessary changes. Rates were declared as previously noted.

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 5

Farrell Flat CWA celebrated its 9th birthday, which is reported in 1⁄4 column.

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 2 August

Gordon MacRae, Dan Dailey & Sheree North in The Best Things in Life are Free

Dennis O’Keefe & Mara Lane in Angela

6 August

John Wayne & Claire Trevor in The High and the Mighty

Plus News & Shorts

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 7

Football

Spalding 17.20 defeated Terowie 7.7

Hallett 15.24 defeated Leighton 5.4

Booborowie 16.18 defeated Burra 14.16

88, 28, 29 July 1958, page 8

Advt. Full page advertisement. ‘Porta-Gas is Here Now!’

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, page 1

‘Cartapo’ clearance sale of 30 July is reported in 2⁄3 column.

Porta-Gas. A demonstration of over two hours was held in Elder, Smith & Co.’s office on Friday and the office was crowded. Practical cooking was shown and also the benefits of hot water heating and room heating.

Burra Golf Associates

‘A’ Grade Championship Miss E. Tiver

‘B’ Grade Championship Mrs R. Pearse.

Hallett Red Cross AGM is reported in 1⁄3 column. Elected: President, Mrs R. Nutt Sen.; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames Owen-Smyth, John Murray and Eileen Tiver and Secretary, Mrs D. Blight.

A Concert in the RSL Hall to aid the Burra Queen, Rosemary Brown, in the St Joseph’s Fete Competition was attended by a large crowd on 31 July. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Rifle Club held a dance and presentation night. Trophies Presented:

Carpenter Trophy (Year’s Handicap Trophy) H.H. Byles

Marksman’s Trophy H.H. Byles

Championship R.G. Bernhardt

Handicap Championship J. Brown

1st Stage of the Championship R.J. Kellock

2nd Stage of the Championship W. Hempel

3rd Stage of the Championship R.G. Bernhardt

4th Stage of the Championship R.J. Kellock

Best in First 7 Matches R.J. Kellock

Best in Second 7 Matches R. Francis

Best in Third 7 Matches Barry Nourse

Best First Half-Year Aggregate R.G. Bernhardt

Best Second Half-Year Aggregate R.G. Bernhardt

Best Yearly Aggregate R.G. Bernhardt

Hard Luck Trophy W. Barker

Marriage. St Joseph’s Church, Burra, 26 July

Mary Cecelia Quinn, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs J.L. Quinn of Mt Bryan, married

Geoffrey Schultz, second son of Mr & Mrs E.E. Schultz of Victor Harbor.

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 9 August

Robert Taylor & Richard Todd in D-Day to Sixth of June

Neville Brand & Christine White in Man Crazy

13 August

Ginger Rogers & Michael Rennie in Teenage Rebel

Cameron Mitchell & Anne Bancroft in Gorilla at Large

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, pages 4 & 5

Burra Rural Youth report on the year’s activities by President Don Stockman at the AGM, extending over c. 11⁄2 columns.

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, page 6

Football

Terowie 16.20 defeated Leighton 4.5

Hallett 13.17 defeated Burra 12.12

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, page 7

Obituary. Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mr Honeychurch, father of Miss Jean Honeychurch of Thames Street, Burra. [Philip Honeychurch born 28 May 1876 District of Kapunda: died 29 June 1958 Burra.]

Obituary. Mr Leo Hawke died on Sunday after a short illness. While manager of the National Bank in Burra, Mr White became the first President of the Burra & District War Memorial Committee and was also a member of the Bowling Club and Kooringa Masonic Lodge. He left Burra in 1951 and served at Moonta and Torrensville branches of the National Bank and was to have retired next December. He was aged 62 and is survived by a widow and two children.

[John Leo Hawke born 21 November 1896 Kapunda: died 3 August 1958 Millswood, residence Unley Park.]

Basketball

Burra Comrades 32 defeated Spalding 31

Burra Rovers 29 defeated Leighton 0

Terowie 26 defeated Booborowie 16

Mt Bryan 36 defeated Hallett 22

88, 29, 5 Aug. 1958, page 8

Advt. Full page advertisement. ‘Porta-Gas is here now!’

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 1

Burra ‘Diggers’ Ball was held on Friday night in the Town Hall and drew a large crowd. Door takings were £132-1-0. RSL President Mr E.C. Pietsch & Mrs Pietsch gave a sherry party at the clubrooms prior to the ball. Mr T.G. Perry was MC.

Weather. Light rain in the week added 47 points to Burra’s annual total. Crops and feed are presently in good condition.

Burra Primary School Welfare Club held a ball in July, which was less successful than in other years, but the club still benefited by £88 and a street stall on 1st Friday in August raised £32.

Burra High School has been reclassified as a Grade 3 school instead of a Grade 4 and it has been feared this might mean the removal of the present headmaster Mr R.G. Jeffery. As it is thought this would be detrimental to students in mid-year, the Burra Council has written to the Minister of Education urging that Mr Jeffery remain at Burra at least until the end of the year.

Burra Homing Club. The race from Carrieton on Saturday was won by P.J. Byrne.

Burra Burra DC has been advised of a grant of £15,000 for Main Road 45 in the Hanson area and of a £4,000 grant for bridge work. The Highways Department will be asked to cover the northern section of sealed road from Burra to Cobb & Co.’s Corner when the Hanson-Burra road is sealed.

Burra Town Council, 4 August

Council has offered two of the dressing rooms at the Town Hall to the M & BHA for a waiting room and clinic.

[They had been using the CWA Room, but Council had refused to allow the supper room to be used as a waiting room and the M & BHA were not prepared to use it as a clinic room only.]

A Public Meeting at Leighton with ETSA representatives was attended by 50-60 people. Mr Wallace for ETSA said that in general the Trust would consider servicing an area when there was not less than one customer per mile and then only if consumers would use sufficient electricity to make it economical. Accurate costs were not available for the Leighton area, but estimates for annual costs would be about:

Residence light and power £15

Electric range £12

Hot water service £18

£45 p.a. [The paper of 19 August says this excludes the surcharge.]

Initial costs:

Wiring for 16 lights, range & hot water £100

A medium priced range £100

Hot water service £130

Conversion of existing motors £60

£390

ETSA will complete a survey of the area. There was no satisfactory idea of a time frame for any supply to the area. A survey will also be done of the area around Hallett as far north as Ulooloo. If prospective customers there accept the Trust’s offer it will take about two years to complete installation unless a second gang of workmen is employed.

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 16 August

Jack Webb & Ann Robinson in Dragnet

John Garfield & Patricia Neal in Breaking Point

20 August

Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford & Rita Gam in Night People

Tommy Cook in The Vicious Years

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 4

Burra Rural Youth, 28 July. The speaker was Mr M. Glenn who gave advice on public speaking.

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 5

Mt Bryan CWA celebrated its 21st birthday. [Reported in c. 2⁄3 column and corrected in 88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 1 to 12th birthday.]

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 6

Football

Booborowie 14.15 defeated Hallett 13.9.

A note on page 1 pointed out that this was Hallett’s first defeat in 30 matches, although Burra drew with them on 6 July 1957.

Burra 16.14 defeated Terowie 10.9

Spalding 12.10 defeated Leighton 5.5

Basketball

Burra Rovers 16 defeated Booborowie 8

Hallett 32 defeated Burra Comrades 26

Mt Bryan 31 defeated Leighton 8

Terowie 24 defeated Spalding 22

Badminton. Burra North 12.267 defeated Kooringa 6.217.

88, 30, 12 Aug. 1958, page 8

Burra Rifle Club. A group of members visited Clare on Saturday for the presentation of the club trophies. One range of 10 shots was fired over 700 yards. Best were T.A. Brazil, W. Barker & E. Hopkins.

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 1

Weather. Good rains fell throughout the district with registrations between one and two inches. Burra had 199 points for the week.

Burra Town Hall foyer has been tiled in a simple pattern of dove grey and flamingo pink tiles. They are vinyflex tiles – a product of Commonwealth Sugar Refining – supplied and laid by H. Watson & Co. Ltd of Adelaide.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 2nd stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy. Best were David Oates, E.C. Hopkins and A.G. Williams.

Burra Bowling Club needs workers to complete the project for the opening in seven weeks time. The green needs to be top dressed. The cyclone fence was completed on 9 August. The paling fence in Bridge Street is still to be completed. The concrete wall under the new fence in Bridge Street needs to be poured.

Burra Golf Associates’ Open Day was cancelled due to inclement weather.

Burra Golf Club Open Tournament

‘A’ Grade 36 Hole Championship H. McKeough

36 Hole Handicap H. McKeough

18 Hole Handicap, morning A. Middleton

18 Hole Handicap, afternoon D. Bednall

‘B’ Grade 27 Hole Championship E. McWaters

27 Hole Handicap E. McWaters

18 Hole Handicap, morning D.A. Britza

18 Hole Handicap, afternoon G.G. Phillips

Teams’ Match Burra: S. Longford, J. Bogisch & R.J. Jeffery

Diggers A. Middleton

Veterans E. McWaters

‘Traveller’ writes condemning the state of the Burra-Mt Bryan Road.

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 2

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of George Warnes, late of Nolan’s via Burra, Grazier. Died 4 July 1958.

[Born James George Warnes 13 November 1881 near Kooringa: died George Warnes 5 July 1958 Burra.]

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 23 August

Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire & Anthony Perkins in Friendly Persuasion

Plus News & Shorts

27 August

Van Johnson & Vera Miles in 23 Paces to Baker Street

McDonald Carey & Fay Wray in In Times Like These

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 4

Rural Youth. There is a report of the 1956 Annual Upper North Zone Rally at Crystal Brook 1-3 August and of the August meeting in Burra.

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 5

Burra Burra DC, 4 August

The position of the [petrol] pumps at Mt Bryan is to be reviewed.

[There was a proposal to move them further back from the kerb.]

88, 31, 19 Aug. 1958, page 6

Football

Hallett 18.33 defeated Terowie 3.2

Booborowie 20.23 defeated Leighton 0.1

Spalding 6.9 defeated Burra 6.7

Basketball

Terowie 26 defeated Mt Bryan 7

Hallett 23 defeated Spalding 19

Booborowie v. Leighton: match abandoned

Burra Comrades v. Burra Rovers: match cancelled due to inclement weather

Weather. Rain in the Mt Bryan East area has replenished dams and Dust Hole Creek carried an average flood on Thursday – the first such for at least 12 months.

88, 32, 26 Aug. 1958, page 1

St Mary’s Fete was held in RSL Hall on 22 August and was successful in raising c. £200.

SA Stockowners’ Assoc. Burra Branch held its AGM and elected: President, B.A. Riggs; Vice-President, H.C. Radford and Joint Secretaries, H. Binks-Williams & J. Battye. The guest speaker, Mr H. Pick, State President, gave an interesting address.

Willalo Table Tennis Club held a ball in Willalo Hall on 19 August to raise funds for the new piano. With this and other efforts the Table Tennis Club has donated £52 towards this project.

Mr P.H .Quirke MP has been advised that Mr R.G. Jeffery, the Burra High School Headmaster, will not be transferred till the beginning of 1959.

J. & R.M. Finch’s land and clearing sale is reported in c. 1⁄2 column. The house property at the corner of George and Mitchell Streets was passed in at £1,400, but later sold to the highest bidder J. & S.J. Ryan of Burra for an undisclosed sum.

Football. The Record Trophy for 1958 has been won by K. Lawrence of Leighton Football Club from K. Cousins of Booborowie on a countback after each had polled 27 points. [The complete voting results are on page 6.]

M & BHA and Red Cross will equally share £50 from a spectacular Mannequin Parade held in the Town Hall last Tuesday and arranged by Bence’s Ltd. Mr Len Bence was compere. [Details in 1⁄2 column.]

Adelaide-Burra Road Race Classic

The cyclists are expected in Burra at about 3 p.m. after travelling via Gawler, Greenock, Kapunda and Black Springs on a course of about 90 miles. Leading professionals have nominated for the event.

[Details in 2⁄3 column, but strangely the race gets no follow-up coverage after it happened – presuming it did happen!]

88, 32, 26 Aug. 1958, page 2

Obituary. Francis (Fan) Farrelly died suddenly at her residence in Booborowie on 25 August aged 74. She was the wife of the late Michael Farrelly and mother of Max, Madge, Mavis and Dolas.

[Married as Frances Eliza McAvaney: birth not traced on SA Births CD.]

Advt. Elder, smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from Mr F.M. Jefferies, who is relinquishing dairying, to conduct a dispersal sale for ‘Lucernside’ Stud Jersey on the property adjoining Mt Bryan on 1 October at 2 p.m.

88, 32, 26 Aug. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 30 August

Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford & Machiko Kyo in The Teahouse of the August Moon

Plus Miracle on 34th Street

3 September

John Wayne, Dan Dailey & Maureen O’Hara in The Wings of Eagles

Leslie Nielson & Colleen Miller in Hot Summer Night

88, 32, 26 Aug. 1958, page 4

Football. End of Minor Round Matches

Booborowie 12.14 defeated Terowie 7.6

Burra 21.27 defeated Leighton 1.2

Hallett 30.20 defeated Spalding 4.10

Premiership Table:

Team Points

Hallett 28

Booborowie 24

Burra 18

Spalding 12

Leighton 6

Terowie 2

88, 33, 2 Sep. 1958, page 1

Football. Kevin Cousins of Booborowie has won the Mail Medal for 1958. K. Lawrence of Leighton was runner-up. [Full voting details see 88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 1.]

Semi-Final: Burra 24.23 defeated Spalding 8.11

Burra High School Ball on Friday 29 August at Burra Town Hall drew a capacity crowd and door takings were £127.

Table Tennis Tournament at Ironmine Memorial Hall on 28 August. Winners:

Men’s Singles Terry Welsh

Women’s Singles Mrs A.J. Broad

ETSA arranged a demonstration in the Town Hall on Tuesday 26 August: “Live Better! ‘Electrically’”

The demonstration covered cooking, hot water for the bathroom and laundry, various household appliances and entertainment and for the farm, the electric motor and lighting.

A Woolshed Dance at Messrs S.T. Miller and Son’s, Gum Creek, was held in aid of the Burra Queen Rosemary Brown in the St Joseph’s Parish Fete Competition on Saturday last.

88, 33, 2 Sep. 1958, pages 1 & 8

Burra Burra Hospital Inc. held its annual meeting last Thursday. Chairman Mr S.J. Woollacott reported that in the past year the hospital had maintained adequate staff. This year saw the introduction of the hot water system that has proved a great improvement. The boiler house in Burra bluestone is in keeping with the other buildings. In order to maximise the collection of rain water, the guttering has been renewed and altered and water can now be pumped between any of the storage tanks. Several rooms have been repainted. A new fence has been erected. [In the northeast corner.] A new glassed-in enclosure has been erected at the back of the hospital. A new Gothic washing machine has been bought for the laundry. Thank go to Rural Youth for £20 towards a ramp and the Women’s Auxiliary has given invaluable support. This year income has exceeded expenditure.

Mr Woollacott urged all to join a Medical Benefit Hospital Fund.

[Presumably because of the great financial benefit the hospital gained from assured payments of its accounts. He also thanked a range of individuals and the Burra Electric Supply Co. for its good service over many years.]

Burra Racing Club held its AGM 28 August. President Gerald Gask reported a successful year with one meeting at Burra and the other at Balaklava, when the Burra track had not recovered from a bad day in 1956. Efforts were made to repair the track in 1957, but eventually it had to be ploughed and cultivated and when it is ready grass will be sown. It is expected to be ready for a meeting at Burra in March 1959. Thirty-three horse stalls have been floored with sleepers and the rest will be done this year. The meeting for 15 October will be at Balaklava.

[The explanation for this is a little hard to follow, but it seems that the eight clubs in the Northern Racing Clubs Association agreed that each would give up one home race in the next eight years and instead hold it at Balaklava, where a good return could be expected. The profits from that meeting would be split with 80% going to the Association and 20% to the club concerned. The Association share would go into a fund to provide improved amenities for country racing. Burra’s surrendered meeting was to be the 15 October 1958 event.]

88, 33, 2 Sep. 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. under instructions from the executor for the late George Warnes will sell 26,481 acres of land comprising 354 acres of freehold and 26,127 acres perpetual lease.

Lot 1. ‘Nolans’ of 15,885 acres perpetual lease 30 miles east of Burra with a two-roomed wood and iron cottage and other improvements.

Lot 2. ‘Needs’ of 8,270 acres perpetual lease 50 miles east of Burra with a three-roomed wood and iron cottage and other improvements.

Lot 3. ‘North Chalk Cliffs’ of 2,326 acres (354 freehold and 1,972 perpetual lease) 20 miles east of Burra with a 12 ft x 12 ft wood and iron hut and other improvements.

[Details are in an advertisement 2 columns wide and 3⁄4 column deep.]

88, 33, 2 Sep. 1958, page 3

Obituary. A Notice to Creditors reveals the death of Peter Neylon of Willalo, pensioner, who died 29 June 1958. [Peter Sebastian Neylon aged 88. Birth not traced on SA Births CD.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 3rd stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy. Best were T. Brown, L. Kellaway and R. Francis.

88, 33, 2 Sep. 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 September

William Holden & Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Guy Rolfe & Lisa Daniely in Operation Diplomat

10 September

Van Johnson & Ann Blyth in Slander

Tom Ewell, Anne Francis & Ann Miller in The Great American Pastime

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 1

Burra Hospital. Medical Officer’s Report by Dr R.B. Pitcher for the year ended 30 June 1958.

In-patients numbered 378 with average length of stay 11.6 days and daily average of patients 13. 573 out-patients were seen. 81 babies were born and 57 major operations were performed. After some years of staffing problems in 1958 the hospital was fully and capably staffed.

Leighton Ladies’ Committee raised £86-15-6 for the Burra Hospital at their annual Hospital Fete in Leighton Hall on 3 September. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Football. Second Semi-Final

Booborowie 16.19 defeated Hallett 12.17.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Alexandriana Ltd ‘Sturt Vale’ topped the district prices with 661⁄2d.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Weather. Snow, shearing and the show’ contributed to a small attendance at the Hallett Red Cross meeting for September. [There is no other mention of the snowfall in the paper.]

Hallett CWA’s 2nd birthday is reported in 1⁄3 column.

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. will auction for Mr V.A. Riggs, the house situated on Allotments 407 & 417 Kingston Street. A substantial stone house of six rooms etc.

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 September

Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable & Lauren Bacall in How to Marry a Millionaire

Sally Forrest & Keefe Braselle in Not Wanted.

17 September

M-G-M Program to be Advised.

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 4

Marriage. St Joseph’s, Burra, 3 September

Mary Elizabeth Hogan, youngest daughter of Mrs J. Hogan& the late Mr Hogan of Burra, married

Stephen Anthony McInerney, son of Mrs M. McInerney of Prospect & the late Mr S. McInerney.

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 6

Advt. Oddfellows’ Social & Dance Saturday 20 September. Oddfellows’ Hall Burra North.

W. Carpenter, Convenor.

88, 34, 9 Sep. 1958, page 7

Badminton. Final. Burra North 12.265 defeated Kooringa 6.212.

88, 35, 16 Sep. 1958, page 1

Weather. A further 162 points fell in the last week.

Air Force Week was marked by the placing of a wreath on the War Memorial in Market Square by Mr L.A. Beinke, President of the Air Force Association. There was no service this year.

Burra Rural Youth. For the meeting on 8 September about 16 members visited the Burra Meat Stores where Mr J.B. Topsfield gave a talk on the butcher’s trade.

Football. Preliminary Final.

Hallett 19.7 defeated Burra 15.13.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 4th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy over 200 & 300 yards. Best were H.H. Byles, R. Francis and R. Bernhardt. H. H. Byles scored a double possible.

The Advertiser Three Day Cycling Tour. The tour will reach Burra about 5.30 p.m. next Saturday, having started at 7.30 a.m. from Murray Bridge. On Sunday they leave for the last leg to Adelaide via Clare and Balaklava. The inclusion of world champion cyclist Russell Mockridge (killed on Saturday) and Sid Patterson would have made this one of the greatest road races in SA. Mr Baulderstone has collected £15 for the prizes for the Burra Sprint. It is anticipated there will be 90-100 people connected with the event in town over the weekend.

Obituary. Mrs Ann Pearce, widow of the late Walter Pearce, died on 10 September aged 93 [92]. She was the elder daughter of the late Mr & Mrs John Rogers of Gum Creek, where she was born in 1866. The family moved to Baldina while she was quite young and there she was educated through a governess. In 1887 she married Walter Pearce of Baldina and from this marriage there were ten children of whom five survive: Ella Mrs A. Brown (Burra), Miriam Mrs W. Davey (Payneham), Vera Mrs Dolling (Pt Broughton), Hedley Pearce (Burra) and Edna Mrs J. Anderson (Mt Barker). Deceased are Stanley, Edith, Laura, Clem and Reg. Later the family took up residence in Burra where Mr Pearce died in 1945. Mrs Pearce lived alone and enjoyed remarkably good health until her final illness of eight weeks. [Born Ann Pearce 12 February 1866 Gum Creek: died 10 September 1958 Burra.]

88, 35, 16 Sep. 1958, pages 1 & 4

LCL District AGM was held at Jamestown. Elected: President, G.S. Hawker; Secretary, M.B. Oswald.

Mr Gordon Davidson was the guest speaker.

88, 35, 16 Sep. 1958, page 5

Advt. A full-page advertisement for Jennison’s Tyre Service.

88, 35, 16 Sep. 1958, page 7

Advt. Burra Pictures, 17 September

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Man is Armed

20 September

Gordon MacRae & Shirley Jones in Carousel

George Sanders & Dana Wynter in Laura

24 September

Dirk Bogarde & Jon Whiteley in The Spanish Gardener

Tommy Trinder, Mary Parker & Dora Bryan in You Lucky People

Basketball. Grand Final at Spalding 13 September

Terowie 36 defeated Mt Bryan 22

A presentation was made to Miss Joan White of Spalding as the fairest and most brilliant player of 1958.

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, page 1

St Joseph’s Monster Fete & Queen Competition was held at the Town Hall on 19 September.

Rt Rev. Monsignor M.B. Clune Vicar General of Pt Pirie Diocese crowned Miss Rosemary Brown of Burra the Queen. The Burra Queen raised £323-16-7 and overall £794-7-4 was raised.

[Details are reported in c. 11⁄2 columns.]

Booborowie Football Club Dance was held at the Booborowie Hall on Saturday night. [Details in 3⁄4 column.]

Football. The Grand Final of the North-Eastern Association at Leighton Oval on Saturday saw record gate takings of £157. In the Colts’ Premiership Burra easily beat Booborowie. [Actual scores not reported.]

In the ‘A’ Grade Grand Final Booborowie 12.7 defeated Hallett 8.7.

At Half time a Footballers’ 100 Yards Sprint was won by C. (Nip.) Kelly of Burra from S. Meyer of Spalding.

Australian Music Examination Board results are printed for pupils of Mr Clem Davey.

Advertiser Tour cyclists sprinted into Burra on Saturday. Sid Patterson won this stage from Nuriootpa, but Tom Perry of Renmark was in the overall lead. On Sunday by Balaklava his lead had been reduced to 8 minutes. In the end A. Murray of Tasmania won in 20 hours 24 minutes with Perry 38 seconds behind.

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, page 2

Advt. Steve & Pam Csoppu announce they have taken over the freehold of the Royal Exchange Hotel.

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 September

Felicia Farr in The Last Wagon

Peggy Mount & Cyril Smith in Sailor Beware

1 October

Guy Madison, Virginia Leith & Dean Dagger in On the Threshold of Space

John Carradine in C-Man

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, page 6

Burra Rifle Club fired the 5th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy. Best scorers were W. Corner, M. Mitchell & R. Bernhardt.

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, page 7

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Arthur Burton.

[Arthur William Burton born 6 July 1899 Mt Bryan: died 23 August 1958, Burra, residence Mt Bryan.]

88, 36, 23 Sep. 1958, Supplement [Perhaps: An included page numbered 4 & something unspecified is in addition to page 4 with the football results.]

Marriage. Central Methodist Church, Pt Pirie, 6 September

Shirley Margaret Stockman, eldest daughter of Mr M. Stockman & the late Mrs Stockman, married

Colin Keith Broad of Burra, third son of Mr & Mrs W.T. Broad of Burra.

88, 37, 30 Sep. 1958, page 1

Burra Rural Youth held a Debutante Ball on Friday 26 September when eight debutantes were presented to Advisory Board of Agriculture Member and Rural Youth Councillor Mr D.A. Cram & Mrs Cram of Yongala. Door takings were £116. Debutantes were:

Miss Raelene Edwards with Mr Terry Welsh

Miss Marlene Baker with Mr Gordon Wooton

Miss Patricia Wedding with Mr Eugene Madigan

Miss Gillian Snell with Mr Graham Kellock

Miss Kay Bown with Mr Barry Eberhard

Miss Shirley Baker with Mr Stanley Beinke

Miss Janice Parks with Mr Barry Nourse

Miss Beverly Phillips with Mr Peter Murphy.

Gross takings are expected to be c. £125.

[Details in 2 columns.]

Burra Homing Club flew the first race in its history from Alice Springs. The distance of 796 miles was covered by Fred Brandt’s bird, arriving on the 10th day. She has previously flown home from Oodnadatta on several occasions and from Mt Gambier. This concludes the year’s racing.

Miss Dawn Fraser will judge the Belle and Matron competitions at the Hallett RSL Ball on 17 October.

Burra Bowls Associates held their AGM on Tuesday 23 September. Secretary Mrs D. Pietsch reported a credit balance of almost £100 after expenditure of £159 on Club House amenities. Retiring President was Mrs J. Sims. Elected: President, Mrs P. Field; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames N. Williams & P. Sandercock and Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs D. Pietsch.

Badminton. Kapunda Badminton Club visited on 27 September. Burra 11-222 defeated Kapunda 7-205.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Top price for the district was 67d by A.J. & P.A. McBride of Faraway Hill.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Burra & District War Memorial Committee held its AGM and elected: President, D. Halliday; Vice-President, P.J. Byrne; Secretary, H. Kowald & Treasurer, E.R. Davey. This year the basketball court was completed by Hirschausen Bros. The back wall was pushed down for the parking of cars. Thank go to C. Pearce and I. Hirschausen for plans for the dressing sheds. An ongoing project in conjunction with the football club is the erection of dressing sheds etc. at the oval.

88, 37, 30 Sep. 1958, page 2

Obituary. Mrs C.A.H. O’Neil of 23 Paxton Square died 29 September at Burra Hospital. She was the wife of the late Daniel O’Neil and mother of Lorraine & Elaine and grandmother of Wayne. Aged 58.

[Born Christina Amelia Henrietta Rosenthal 4 October 1899 Bowden.]

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of George Morgan.

[George Brettle Morgan born 14 January 1880 Baldina: died 7 September 1958 Burra.]

88, 37, 30 Sep. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 3 & 4 October

Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Maureen Swanson & David McCallum in Robbery Under Arms

Jill Ireland & Jean Anderson in Once Upon a Time

8 October

Clark Gable & Susan Hayward in Soldier of Fortune

Dermot Walsh in The Floating Dutchman

88, 37, 30 Sep. 1958, page 4

‘A Resident’ writes asking who is responsible for the filth flowing into the creek near the bridge. The stench is bad now and will get worse when it gets banked up at the ford. And it will breed mosquitoes.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 1

Football. Burra Football Club staged a Lightning Carnival on Saturday afternoon. Six teams took part: two from Payneham and one each from Mylor, Farrell Flat, Leighton and Burra.

In the final Payneham I 3.0 defeated Leighton 1.2.

Burra Rifle Club fired a match with Hamley Bridge on Saturday. Burra 565 defeated Hamley Bridge 553.

Weather. Useful rain fell steadily in the eastern pastoral country in the last week. The heavier falls were to the east with 50 points at Kia-Ora and Braemar, but 112 at Quondong and 140 at Oakbank, Morganvale 132 and Canopus 120. Burra had 72 points for the week, but rain was still falling as we go to press.

Farrell Flat School Concert is reported in 2⁄3 column.

J. Carpenter, State Honorary Secretary of the TPI Soldiers’ Association writes to say he is coming to Burra on 10 & 11 October to conduct a badge appeal. Their membership is at an all-time high at 1,300 and building extensions costing £12,000 are planned. He appeals for donations.

‘Lucerneside’ Stud Jersey dispersal sale is reported in 1⁄4 column.

Football. On Saturday Curramulka 11.16 (82) defeated Booborowie 12.9 (81).

Booborowie Football Club held a Victory Ball on Friday Night.

Mr Dennis Nettleton was farewelled at St Mary’s Parish Hall after Evensong on Sunday. He was thanked for his work as Governor of the local CEBS Branch. He was presented with a slide box and a complete recording of Handel’s Messiah. He is going to Adelaide.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. have instructions from the Burra Electric Supply Co. to auction their property on allotments 8 & 9 comprising 3 roods 19 perches with improvements including the stone powerhouse.

RSL Hall 31 October.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 11 October

Richard Todd in Yangtse Incident

Plus News & Shorts

Monday 13 October

Jane Russell & Jeane Crain in Gentlemen Marry Brunettes

Edward G. Robinson & Joan Bennett in Woman in the Window

15 October

Dianne Cilento & George Baker in The Woman for Joe

Donald Houston & Patrick Holt in The Girl in the Picture

Advt. Burra hospital will benefit from a CWA Garden Fete at the home of Mr & Mrs Andrew Tennant: ‘Princess Royal’ Friday 17 October.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 4

Eastern Districts Fire Fighting Association’s Annual Meeting was held at the showgrounds on Wednesday last. A.D. Radford was elected Chairman. Messrs Rex & Les Warnes were elected Deputy Supervisors. The Chairman’s report said the year had not presented much of a fire hazard, but this year’s better season could see this situation reversed in the coming months. Three properties have changed hands: Bazantin, Neds & Nolans and had been absorbed by Association members. At the end of the meeting there was a demonstration of radio communications.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 5

Aberdeen Croquet Club held its AGM. President Mrs J. Fisher welcomed members. Elected were: President, Mrs A.B. Riggs; Vice-Presidents, Mesdames J. Fisher & E. Finch; Secretary, Mrs R. Ellis and Treasurer, Mrs J. Fisher. The President reported a successful year both socially and financially. Thanks were extended to Mr Reg. Ellis for green preparation, to Mr R. Fuss for making and donating the bug tables, and for cleaning and repairing gutters and downpipes without charge and to Mr E. Finch and Mr P. Oates for repairs etc. they carried out.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 6

Theft. A light grey utility stolen from Adelaide was found abandoned in Farrell Flat on Monday morning. On Sunday night a 1957 Zephyr car was stolen from J.O. Denton’s Garage in Farrell Flat, together with a variety of electrical appliances and a sum of money. Police are investigating.

88, 38, 7 Oct. 1958, page 8

Kapunda District MUIOOF held its annual meeting in the Burra Lodge Hall 20 Sept 1958. The Grand Master of the District Bro. W. Carpenter took the chair and the Grand Master of SA Bro. F.A. Wright from Whyalla attended and delivered a report. A social followed the lodge meeting.

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, page 1

Burra Lawn Tennis Club held its AGM at the Air Force Club room on Thursday 2 October. Mr R.G. Jeffery retired as President and was replaced by Mr A.L. Beinke. Mr A.L. Bence was re-elected Patron and Mr R.B. Jennison as Secretary and Treasurer. The last season had a profit of £82 giving a credit balance for the year of £70.

Theft. The car stolen from Mr J.O. Denton’s Garage at Farrell Flat on 5 October was recovered in Melbourne on 6 October. It is understood the driver was concerned in an accident and the police then discovered the theft.

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its birthday social in the form of an apron afternoon.

Accident/Obituary. Mary Hill, only child of Mr & Mrs John Hill of Burra, was killed instantly on Wednesday 8 October while cycling to school at about 8.45 a.m. She was involved in a collision in Market Square with the school bus driven by Mr A.T. Brandon. [Mary Louise Hill died 8 October 1958 at Burra, aged 7.]

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, pages 1 & 4

The Burra Show was opened by G. Stanley Hawker. Wet and windy conditions on Saturday morning caused a fall in attendance figures. The afternoon was sunny. [Mr Hawker’s speech is printed.]

The Rural Youth display in the pavilion at least equalled that of previous years. Burra Rural Youth organised a very successful and enjoyable Gala Night Dance with nett proceeds of c. £32.

The school displays were again commendable.

[The report in the paper is more limited than in the past. Major prize winners are named and then other prize winners are listed without details of what they were given prizes for. This continues a practice from 1957.]

Some special mentions:

Photography: Best transparency to Rex Warnes.

Birds: Duck, Geese and Poultry entries were down and so was quality. Champion Bird to R.J. Palmer.

Pigeons. A good display. Champion bird to J.L. Oehme & Champion Fancy Pigeon to Jungfer Bros.

Champion Budgerigar to D.L. Storer.

Aggregate prize in cooking to Mrs F.C. Stolte.

Champion Jersey Bull to M.C. Garrard.

A. Tennant won the McBride Cup for Truest to Breed.

E. Finch was the main winner in Fruit.

In Flowers Iceland poppies and marigolds were particularly noted.

Champion pansy went to Mrs Wilf Nankivell.

Champion rose went to Mrs W. George.

[R. Fuss was among the winners in the flower section.]

Champion Floral Art entry was by Miss B. Ford.

Horses in Action:

Wildotta Cup – Maiden Hunters – T. Williams

Koomooloo Cup – Open Hunters – W. Stott

McWater’s Cup – Hunters – K. Braddock & R. Dohnt

Gare Trophy – Best Lady Rider – Mrs Breynard

Best Boy Rider under 15 – Brett Afford

Best collection of needlework to O. Braum.

Champion bushel of wheat to C.R.E. Simon.

Best collection of vegetables grown within 15 miles to R. Angel.

Open Class Strong Wool: Champion Ewe to C.R. McInnes and Champion Ram to L.H. Langsford.

Open Class Medium Wool: Grand Champion Ram to S.H. & N. Wood

Grand Champion Ewe to C.R. McInnes.

Best Fleece in Show: K.R. Phillips

Best Fleece in Hundreds: K.R. Phillips

Best Fleece in Perpetual Leases: Reg. Warnes & Sons.

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, page 2

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd announce a clearing sale at ‘Nolans’ Station 34 miles east of Burra 29 October 1 p.m. on account of the executor of the estate of the late George Warnes.

Advt. Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd have instructions from the executors in the estate of the late George Brettle Morgan to auction on 31 October in Burra RSL Hall the leasing rights for a 5-year term for the following:

Lot 1. 641⁄2 acres Part Block 3, Part Block 2 of section 1 and other land in Hd Kooringa.

Lot 2. 313⁄4 acres Part section 1 allotments 202, 203, 205 and part 204 and closed roads in Hd Kooringa.

With town water supply. [Later cancelled: see 88, 40, 21 Oct. 1958, page 2.]

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 18 October

June Allyson, Clifton Webb, Van Heflin & Lauren Bacall in Woman’s World

Rory Calhoun & Corinne Calvet in Poder River

Wednesday 22 October – No Films

24 & 25 October

Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones & Frederic March in The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit

Plus News & Shorts

Advt. Kooringa Methodist Church Anniversary will be held on 19 & 20 October. The preacher will be Rev. A. Bell of Hallett. On Monday the public tea will be at 6 p.m. with the meeting at 8 p.m. when pictures will be shown taken by Mr L. Thomas of Mt Bryan East of Scotland and England and also local and humorous.

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, page 6

Notice. St Joseph’s Parish Church. Wednesday 15 October 7.30 p.m.

Requiem Mass for the repose of the Soul of the late Pope Pius XII.

88, 39, 14 Oct. 1958, page 7

Hallett Red Cross Flower Show on 4 October is reported in 1⁄2 column.

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 1 CHECK THE NUMBER: IS THERE NO ISSUE 40?

Elder, Smith & Co.’s 1st Off-shears Sale for 1958 yarded 12,777 sheep and sold 12, 101.

‘Heathmont’, previously the home of Mrs Sandland, is expected to be opened as a registered Private Hospital for the aged at about Christmas time, by Sister S.L. Barnes. She is a former Royal Adelaide hospital trainee with 20 years’ experience and several certificates gained overseas. At present she is at a similar institution ‘Preston’ Private Hospital at Semaphore. It will be all electric. A large American TV set has been purchased. TV was installed at the ‘Preston’ Hospital in March*. Burra Burra Dc had a population of 1,428 in 1954 of whom 263 were over 60 and 196 were 65 or over. [This is interesting as TV did not start in Adelaide until 1959 – and when did it reach Burra?]

Ironmine Tennis Club held a table tennis evening 15 October to aid the club. Winners:

Ladies’: Miss Valmai Williams.

Men’s: Mr Terry Welsch.

Burra Racing Club held a successful meeting at Balaklava on 15 October where the gate takings were £490. It is thought the profit will be c. £500 of which the club will retain 20%. The rest goes to a fund controlled by Northern Racing Clubs’ Association to improve amenities for member clubs. The first aim is to provide starting gates. The next Burra meeting is scheduled for 25 March when the re-sown track should be in order.

[The actual results of the races were not printed.]

Mr J. Carpenter, Honorary State Secretary of the TPI Assoc. thanks Burra for subscribing £81-12-0 in support of their recent badge day. Mr A.B. Riggs has since forwarded a cheque for £2-2-0.

Hallett RSL Ball is reported in 2⁄3 column. Dawn Fraser was the guest of honour and judged the Belle and Matron of the Ball: Miss Mary Neindorf and Mrs W.G. Sumner respectively.

CWA Garden Fete at Princess Royal raised over £100 on Friday.

Burra Rifle Club visited Yunta on Saturday where Burra 399 defeated Yunta 380.

Burra Show – some further results are printed from the dog show.

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 2

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. advise they will offer 14,000 sheep at their off-shears sale on 7 October.

Notice. Elder, Smith & Co. advise the advertised auction of land leasing in the estate of the late G.B. Morgan has been cancelled.

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 4

Mrs E.P. Sara aged 94 gained 2nd prize at the recent Burra Show for her entry in the cake recipe competition.

Accident. Two men were trapped in a Volkswagen Van which overturned at Denton’s Garage in Farrell Flat on 13 October. Raymond Harvey 42 accountant of North Glenelg suffered concussion and a fractured thigh and Bruce Watson 25 clerk of Kensington Park suffered concussion and a lacerated knee. After treatment by a Clare doctor they were admitted to the RAH.

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 October

Lana Turner, Richard Burton & Fred MacMurray in The Rains of Ranchipur

MacDonald Carey & Patricia Medina in Stranger at My Door

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 7

The Manoora-Hanson Road is being sealed at present.

88, 41, 21 Oct. 1958, page 8

Dennis Nettleton was given a farewell by Burra Rural Youth before his move to Adelaide.

Leighton Football Club had a dinner dance at the Leighton Hall on Saturday 18 October. Trophies were presented to:

Best & Fairest Player K. Lawrence

Best Placed Man Don Bruce

Most Consistent Player Don Lloyd

Most Unselfish Player Colin Lloyd

Most Determined Effort John Bruce

Best Junior John Stockman

Most Improved Junior J. Hoskin

Burra Football Club had a social and presentation of prizes at the Oddfellows’ Hall Burra North 10 October:

[The beginning is somewhat garbled, but I hope it says as follows!]

Most Improved Colt Max Lockett

Most attentive to Training T. Welsch

Most Consistent Junior C. Kelly

Best 1st Year Junior Peter Reilly

Best 1st Year Junior Don Villis [This can’t be correct, either they tied, or one is the runner-up.]

Most Consistent Player Pat Ryan

Best Backman Pat Ryan

Best Utility Player Kevin Lane

Best Forward Barry Eberhard

Best Placed Kevin Ayliffe

Most Effective Kevin Ayliffe

Most Unselfish Des Lubcke

Fairest & Most Brilliant Colt Graham Waters

Fairest & Most brilliant Player Des Lubcke

Max Lockett as Captain of the Colts accepted the W.B. Ashby & Sons Shield for the Premiership in the Colts’ Competition.

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 1

Burra Bowling Club

The opening of the 1958-59 season came as the culmination of a three year plan of improvement made possible by a £500 bequest from the late E.F. Marston. President G. Dollman and President of the Associates Mrs Field welcomed members and visitors. Mr Dollman thanked all those who had helped, especially the Town Council and Mr Dudley Jacka and Messrs Bert Wardle & Sons for their earthmoving equipment. He called on Mr A.G. Owen-Smyth to declare the greens open. He congratulated the club on the extension to the greens and their part in forming the new North-Eastern Bowling Association and for the help given to the new club at Hallett. Mrs Owen-Smyth then put down the first bowl. The Immediate Past President Mr H. Binks-Williams then unveiled the plaque on the Memorial Gate. Mr Binks-Williams had been the instigating force behind the major changes Mr Dollman said. Mr Binks-Williams thanked all who helped – a list too numerous to read out, But Mr Dudley Jacka had been of outstanding assistance and Mr Colin Parker had completed the Memorial Gate at about 50% of cost. The Mayor and Mayoress attended the ceremony.

[Photos of the opening, the unveiling of the Memorial Gate plaque and of the crowd at the club house.]

Mr Kevin Ayliffe, after six months in Burra with Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., has been transferred to Riverton. Besides being a star footballer for Burra, Kevin was elected Secretary of the Burra Cricket Association and was a member of several other organisations. His replacement is Mr Roger Jenkins from Blyth.

Wpl Bro. J.B. Topsfield was installed as the Worshipful Master of Kooringa Masonic Lodge on Wednesday 22 October. After the ceremony a ball was held in the Burra Town Hall.

Booborowie Football Club held a Victory Dinner at the Booborowie Hall on Thursday night. Kevin Cousins as Captain accepted the Shield. Barry Dinham was thanked for being instrumental in the £500 project for the club’s showers. The usual toasts were made and one in particular, to Mr George Harris, who has done so much for the club, and is leaving the district.

Football. A panel formed to discuss the future of the North-Eastern Colts competition has recommended it be replaced by a ‘B’ Grade Football competition. This would remove age restrictions and keep some men playing who would not continue in the ‘A’ Grade. Rules to prevent anomalies would have to be worked out.

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 2

Advt. Federal Election

L. Kreig Candidate for Wakefield

A. Drury Candidate for the Senate

L.C. Hughes MP

Will address electors at the Rotunda in Market Square on Friday 31 October at 3 p.m. and a meeting of the local ALP Branch will be held at 8 p.m. in the Burra North Lodge Hall, when Mr L.C. Hughes MP of Kadina will be the speaker.

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 4

Hallett Flower Show Prize List is printed.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 6th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy. Best were R.J. Kellock, M. Mitchell & K. Williams.

Bowls. With the bowling notes are two photographs. One of the plaque on the Memorial Gate and an interesting one showing the greens with the extension clear on the northern side and in the background there is an absence of trees along the creek immediately south of Bridge Street.

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 5

Tennis.

‘A’ Grade Hallett Country 11-96 defeated Spalding 9-95

‘B’ Grade Spalding 19-119 defeated Aberdeen 1-30 (18 October)

Ironmine 11-82 defeated Spalding 9-80 (25 October)

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 1 November

Marilyn Monroe & Tom Ewell in The Seven Year Itch

Bill Williams & Jean Porter in Racing Blood

5 November

Donald Sinden & Diana Dors in An Alligator Named Daisy

Paul Carpenter & Adrienne Corri in Behind the Headlines

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 7

Notice. Mr E.T. Baulderstone calls a Public Meeting in the Supper Room of the Town Hall on Thursday 13 November to discuss the possibility of an ambulance service for Burra & District.

88, 42, 28 Oct. 1958, page 8

Cricket. RESULTS ARE UNREADABLE

88, 43, 4 Nov. 1958, page 1

The National Bank celebrated its centenary last month. It has had a branch in Burra for 99 years. It established itself in Burra in 1859, before it had a branch in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney or London. The Adelaide Board of the bank decided on 1 April 1859 to send two directors to Kooringa to make arrangements for opening a branch. They procured ‘small but neat premises’ from Mr Joseph Parker for a three-year lease at £120 and they advertised that the branch would open on 25 April with Mr R.G. Prole as manager, at a salary of £300 p.a. with quarters in the bank premises. He arrived with an iron safe, sovereigns and banknotes. He offered security for the town’s money and interest on miners’ savings and overdrafts for those who were waiting for harvests etc. The bank identified itself with the district interests and while some banks in SA declined to lend money to farmers, the National encouraged wheat growers and pastoralists, who grew in importance as the mine declined. The first account in 1859 was opened by Gebhardt Pfanner, a musician and another was opened by the ‘German and English Burial Club’. The bank later moved from its rented premises and erected a solid two storey structure in the best nineteenth century manner, with stables for horses – needed for the manager making calls on customers living out of town.

The managers have been:

W.H. Rosman 1869-79

A. Loutit 1879-87

C. Furniss 1887-98

J.F.X. Moore 1898-1910

W.S. Thomson 1910-15

F.W. Dunk 1915-16

E.H. Davies 1916-17

H.E. Spencer 1917-18

A.C. Spence 1918021

J.P. Murphy 1921-26

F.W.G. Twist 1926-33

W.F. Pickering 1933-36

S.C. Genders 1936-46

J.L. Hawke 1946-51

J.F. Rowe 1951-54

J. Jefferies 1954-55

R.H. Barty 1955-56

F.M. Sims 1956-

Burra Rifle Club fired a match in the 2nd stage of the Lower North Teams Contest.

Burra 575 defeated Auburn 532.

George Warnes (deceased). Clearing sale is reported in 1⁄3 column.

Burra Town Council

By-Laws now approved include:

VIII A driver or rider of vehicles or horses must pass “silent cops” with them wholly on his or her right hand side.

One way traffic is to be observed in Market Square

There shall be no street hawkers in Burra except in Best’s Place or Market Square south of the Burra Hotel. Fee per stand is £5 per day or part thereof.

XXX Dogs must always be on a leash not exceeding 8 ft in the town’s streets or parks (unless a working dog under control of a capable person.)

[The By-Laws are set out in full on page 6 of this issue.]

Burra Swimming Pool

£500 is urgently needed to complete the pool by the end of the month. This will enable completion of sheds and surrounds. The actual pool and wading pool have been completed. The final stage is the erection of appropriate dressing rooms. A further subsidy of £750 has been granted provided we can match it in donations. Preliminary work has been carried out and the approximate cost is estimated at £900 to £1,000: i.e. £500 of our money and £500 of Government subsidy. The sheds would be concrete brick with roof, inside showers, toilets etc. The pool has been booked by the Education Department for 5-16 January 1959 for a Learn to Swim Campaign.

Send donations to Mr Ted Orchard c/o Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd.

[A summary of receipts and payments is printed.]

88, 43, 4 Nov. 1958, page 3

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. on instructions from the executors of C.M. Beckwith deceased will auction ‘Rose Park’ Merino Stud in the Mt Bryan Hall 3 December comprising 24281⁄2 acres of freehold and 994 acres leasehold. Sections 125, 86, 127, Pt 126 & Pt 141 Hd Kingston of 648 acres 2 roods 20 perches.

And sections 84, 77, 59, 76, 81 & 78N Hd Mongolata of 2,774 acres.

Advt. Burra Pictures, 8 November

Clark Gable, Jane Russell & Robert Ryan in The Tall Man

Paul Douglas & Alexis Smith in The Hefferan Family

12 November

Lara Morris & Belinda Lee in Man of the Moment

Terrence Morgan & Mai Zetterling in Dance Little Lady

Obituary. William Reginald Blott died at Burra on 1 November aged 71. He was late of the 27th Battalion and brother to Len, Frank & Eric and also of May and Millie deceased. [Born 27 September 1887 Kooringa.]

88, 43, 4 Nov. 1958, page 4

Bowls. Mid North Association

Burra Green 98 defeated Spalding 96

Burra Gold 127 defeated Clare Green 79

88, 43, 4 Nov. 1958, page 5

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 10-91 defeated Spalding 10-86

‘B’ Grade Booborowie 16-113 defeated Leighton 4-80

18 October Kooringa 12-97 defeated Leighton 8-75

25 October Mt Bryan 14-109 defeated Leighton 6-59

88, 43, 4 Nov. 1958, page 8

Bowls. North Eastern Association

Hallett Red 81 defeated Spalding 63

Burra 74 defeated Hallett White 69

Cricket

Burra 77 v. Buffs

Koonoona v. Farrell Flat UNREADABLE

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 1 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. in their annual off-shears sale on Friday 7 November sold 10,144 of the 12,222 sheep yarded and 64 rams of 83 offered. [Prices are printed.]

Kooringa Methodist Ladies’ Guild held its Spring Fair on 7 November in the RSL Hall. It was opened by the President of St Mary’s Church of England Guild Mrs H.L. Riggs. About £157 was raised.

Burra Rifle Club. The next stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy was fired over double 800 yards with Gordon Webster scoring the only possible for the day. Best scorers were W. Hempel, T. Brazil and K. Spackman.

Federal Election. On Tuesday night last week a fair attendance was at the Town Hall to hear Mr C.R. Kelly (LCL) Candidate for Wakefield and Senator R.W. Pearson (LCL Senate Candidate) address voters got the 1958 Federal Election. [Reported in 3⁄4 column.]

Burra Swimming Pool Appeal has reached £55-0-0 in the present appeal for £500.

Obituary. Mr Fred Wheatley died at Colac Victoria late in October aged 76. Mr Wheatley spent many years in Burra and was at one time employed by the late S.M. Lane as a saddler. He was bandmaster in 1911 of the band that was dissolved owing to WWI. He served in the original 10th Battalion as bandmaster and as far as can be ascertained his death leaves Mr H.P. Harris as the only ‘Burra boy’ who went through the Gallipoli Landing as an infantryman. [Frederick Wheatley born 11 February 1879 Kooringa and therefore aged 79.]

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 3 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. have instructions from Mr E.J. Woodman to sell his house, land and contents by auction in Thames Street 28 November at 2.30 p.m.

Allotments 257, 261, 262, 259 & 260 Thames Street with stone house of seven rooms etc.

[South of George St and the Pig & Whistle site.]

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 4 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

Bowls. Mid North Association

Burra Green 122 defeated Clare Blue 87

Burra Gold 114 defeated Saddleworth Blue 87

North Eastern Association

Hallett Red 85 defeated Burra 66

Spalding 94 defeated Hallett White 57

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 5 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 12 sets defeated Hallett Town 8 sets

Spalding 15 sets defeated Booborowie 5 sets

Willalo 13-99 defeated Mt Bryan 7-70

Leighton 13-95 defeated Aberdeen 7-79

‘B’ Grade Spalding 16 sets defeated Kooringa 4 sets

Ironmine 14 sets defeated Booborowie 6 sets

Aberdeen 12-86 defeated Leighton 8-81

Obituary. Maude Agnes Hogan died at her home in Chapel Street Burra on Tuesday 4 November after a long illness aged 65. She was the widow of the late John Hogan. Previously Miss Canny, she married John Hogan and lived at Hanson for some years before moving to Burra. She will be remembered for her charity and kindness. She was a great worker for her church and the welfare of the priests and Sisters. Mr Hogan died in May 1957. She was the mother of Jacqueline Mrs Gallafont, Marcelle Mrs Lemm, Margaret, Mrs Johnson, Peter, Mary Mrs McInerney and also Michael & John deceased.

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 6 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

Advt. Burra Pictures, 15 November

Clifton Webb & Gloria Grahame in The Man Who Never Was

Ronald Shiner & Greta Gynt in See How They Run

19 November

Robert Wagner, Terry Moore & Broderick Crawford in Between Heaven and Hell

Myron Healey & Karen Booth in African Manhunt

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, page 7 [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume.]

A Melbourne Cup Party at Dr & Mrs Pitcher’s has raised £108 through Red Cross for the Burra Hospital.

Obituary. A Return Thanks Notice reveals the death of Mrs Frank Foster.

[Born Eva Aileen Butler c. 1909: died 15 October 1958 Burra, residence Burra North.]

88, 4 (4), 11 Nov. 1958, Supplement [Number of issue an error for 44 & fourth use of number 4 in this volume. Supplement was a five-column sheet double sided.]

Burra Rural Youth recently staged a mock wedding:

The Bride: Davina Barker (Don Barker)

The Groom: Bertie Luke Williams (Barbara Williams)

The Bridesmaids were Peter Murphy & Terry Welsch

Wayne Goss was the Flower Girl

The Minister: Rosemary Larcombe.

[Details in 1 column.]

Mrs E.P. Sara was 94 on 31 October. Two granddaughters, Cynthia Mrs Brian Nicholls and Miss Ruth Sara, helped her in greeting sixty-nine family and friends. Beth Mrs McRae-Wood was unable to attend, but sent the birthday cake, which had been iced by Mrs Colin Fuller, late of Burra.

Mr & Mrs Reg Ellis of Burra North have been transferred to Balaklava after twelve years in Burra. Mr Ellis has been head ganger of the railways at Burra as well as greensman for the Aberdeen Croquet Club and the Burra Lawn Tennis Club. Mrs Ellis was Vice-President of the Burra High school Parents & Friends’ Assoc. and had been President for about seven years. She was also Vice-President of Burra North Red Cross, Handicraft Secretary of the CWA, CWA Warnes Group Secretary, Secretary of the Aberdeen Croquet Club and a Member and Past President of the St Mary’s Church Guild. Farewell presentations were made by the above organisations.

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 1

Willalo Tennis Tournament. Winners:

Men’s Championship Singles M.B. Oswald

Men’s Handicap Singles E. Chapman

Men’s Doubles F. Brooks & A. Tiver

Ladies’ Championship Singles Mrs Smith

Ladies’ Handicap Singles Miss P. Fahey

Ladies’ Handicap Doubles Mrs J. Fahey & Miss P. Fahey

Mixed Doubles F. Brooks & Mrs W. Phin

Burra North Red Cross held a fireworks display on 5 November at Mrs Woodman’s. Five ‘Guys’ were judged by the Mayor and £16-10-0 raised for the Burra Hospital.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 8th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy over double 900 yards. The best scorers were M. Mitchell, R. Francis & C. Edwards.

Burra Swimming Pool. The £500 Appeal has reached £130-0-0.

Burra Ambulance Meeting

St John Ambulance representatives and 22 locals met at the Town Hall to discuss an ambulance for Burra. A committee would have to be formed and affiliate with St John’s Ambulance Brigade. It was resolved to form a committee to discuss the possibilities of buying an ambulance. The Government will offer subsidies:

£500 on initial purchase

£150 towards the cost of a shed

6d per mile on the yearly mileage.

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 2

Advt. Dalgety & Co. Ltd will conduct a sale at ‘Studholme’ on account of Messrs R.C. & W.F. Johns on 26 November. [The details extend for 1 column x 2 columns wide.]

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. publish greater detail of the sale of the late C.M. Beckwith’s property on 3 December. [1 column x 2 columns wide.]

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 3

Advt. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. will sell a house and contents for Mr E.J. Woodman on 28 November.

Also under instructions from Mr D.R. & Mrs M.M. Scholz their house and contents in Smelts Road on Pt Section 1 Hundred Kooringa of 1 rood 7 perches with a stone house of seven rooms etc.

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 4

Bowls. Mid North Association

Burra Green 104 defeated Clare Red 74

Burra Gold 105 defeated Auburn 91

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 5

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Leighton 13 sets defeated Ironmine 7 sets

Booborowie 15 sets defeated Aberdeen 5 sets

Kooringa 15 sets defeated Mt Bryan 5 sets

Spalding and Hallett Town drew 10 sets each.

‘B’ Grade Kooringa 13 sets defeated Mt Bryan 7 sets

Booborowie 13 sets defeated Aberdeen 7 sets

Ironmine 11 sets defeated Leighton 9 sets

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures 22 November

Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward & Richard Egan in Untamed

Clifford Evans & Donald Houston in Stryker Strikes Twice

26 November

Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield & Dan Dailey in The Wayward Bus

George Baker & Harry Andrews in A Hill in Korea

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 7

Cricket

Koonoona 53 v. Burra

Farrell Flat 37 & 2 for 16 v. Buffs 64

88, 45, 18 Nov. 1958, page 8

Burra Rural Youth. Miss Mollie Williams presents a 3⁄4-column article on the Rural Youth Annual Bus Tour from 20-25 October. This year 36 selected members from across the state toured the River Murray. Burra was represented by Rex Stockman and Mollie Williams.

Obituary. Reginald William Blott, eldest son of the late William & Sara Blott, died on 1 November at home aged 71. He worked around Burra all his life except for overseas service with the 27th Battalion in the Great War. He was brother to Len, Frank and Eric and to Mrs Whitehorn and Mrs Parks and to Percy, Harold and Samuel, all deceased. A full military funeral was given and the bearers were H. Cornelius, R. Motherall, L. Kellaway and V. Riggs.

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool

The £500 appeal has reached £245-0-0.

The foundations of the sheds and kiosk have been completed and all is ready for a start on the walls. The building blocks are on site.

Accident. A truck owned and driven by Colin R. Earle suffered £150 damage when it collided with one of a group of seven horses being driven along the Andrews Road by Mr W.S. Ellery on 17 November. The horses had proved very troublesome and one broke away in the dark as the truck approached. The horse had to be destroyed.

Weather. Good rain in the pastoral country in the past week delivered varied totals, but up to 300 points at Mutooroo. Balah received 230 points in two hours on Friday. The inside areas got much lighter falls with Burra recording 46 points over the weekend.

Bushfire Control. The Burra Burra DC is installing a tw0-way radio for the fire season. One unit will be in Burra and the other will be despatched to fires. Landholders could add their own mobile units or install a converter on domestic radios to hear news of fires. (The cost of such a converter is c. £6 installed.)

The Women’s auxiliary has met and discussed catering problems for fire volunteers. Fire danger this season is expected to be extreme.

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 3

Burra Town Council calls tenders for the renovation and painting of the sleeping quarters at the Burra Fire Station.

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 4

Bowls. North Eastern Association

Hallett Red 68 defeated Hallett White 46

Burra 66 drew with Spalding 66

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 5

CWA News

Booborowie CWA held its International Day on 13 November. Guest speaker was Mrs A. Tennant who gave an address on Spain.

Farrell Flat for its International Day held a discussion on Spain led by Mesdames Aunger, Neill and A. Williams. Four double-sided records describing Spanish customs were played.

Mt Bryan CWA celebrated International Day on 19 November when Mrs G.S. Hawker gave a talk on Spain illustrated with slides.

Hanson CWA held its 13th birthday on 15 November.

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 6

Advt. Burra Pictures, 29 November

James Mason, Joan Fontaine & Joan Collins in Island in the Sun

Gary Merrill & Nina Foch in Yacht on the High Seas

3 December

John Gregson in True as a Turtle

Valarie Hobson in Background

Tennis

Booborowie 11 sets defeated Leighton 9 sets

Ironmine 11 sets defeated Willalo 9 sets

Aberdeen v. Kooringa was abandoned due to rain.

88, 46, 25 Nov. 1958, page 7

Hallett Police Court, 19 November

Edward Henry Chard formerly of Terowie was fined £15 + 10/- fees for driving a utility without due care, following a collision on 19 September with a car driven by Mrs H.M. Earle of Whyte Yarcowie.

Maurice Flanagan (21) of Mt Bryan was committed for sentence in the Supreme Court on a charge of three counts of shop breaking and larceny at the shop of Ethel Jean Ryan & Michael Thomas Ryan of Mt Bryan on 10 & 15 November. He pleaded guilty to having stolen goods to the value of about £62. A portion of the property was recovered, having been buried in the yard of a Mt Bryan house.

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool

The £500 appeal has reached £413-5-3. The contractors are going flat out to complete the walls so that the roof can be added before Christmas. Although the official opening will be later, it is hoped that swimming will be possible before Christmas. There is a monster working bee planned for next Sunday. The waders’ pool has to be painted and a few finishing touches are needed on the main pool. The waders’ pool has to be fenced off from the main pool. A number of clearing up jobs are to be done. The pool needs to be emptied, cleaned and refilled.

Adelaide Wool Sales. The top price for a local grower was 601⁄2d by K.A. Duncan of Gum Creek South.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Burra Rural Youth have decided on a colour scheme for the repainting of the Show Hall and work should begin soon.

Burra CWA’s 32nd birthday and International Day was held in the Burra Town Hall 21 November. Mrs A. Tennant was the guest speaker on Spain.

Redruth Methodist Guild held a Strawberry Fete on Saturday with a tea and a concert in the evening. Takings amounted to £245 and for the year they raised £320. [Details in 3⁄4 column. Personal interest: Mrs R. Fuss was on the Flower Stall.]

Booborowie Methodist Guild held their fete at Booborowie Memorial Hall on 22 November. Takings amounted to £190. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

Mr & Mrs T.O. Launer and Peter & Pattie of World’s End were given a surprise party at their home on Saturday evening last by about 60 well-wishers. A monetary presentation was made as a farewell gesture to the family, which is moving to live at Clare.

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 6 December

Dirk Bogarde in Ill Met By Moonlight

Ronald Shiner & Derek Farr in Little Big Shot

10 December

Gene Barry & Angie Dickinson in China Gate

Bruce Bennett & Richard Arlen in Hidden Guns

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 4

Bowls. Mid North Association

Clare White 118 defeated Burra Green 104

Burra Gold 94 defeated Saddleworth Gold 87

North Eastern Association

Burra v. Hallett White cancelled due to wet weather

Spalding 69 defeated Hallett Red 66

Burra Town Council

Armco Pty Ltd advised that the material for the bridge should be available for despatch in early December.

[Presumably the third steel arch for the footbridge.]

B.H. Rodgers applied for permission to erect a new verandah, remodel the garage and install a window on the western side of the café and to install a 78 ft concrete pipe and bituminise the whole area. Granted.

L.L. Fiebig applied to erect:

An open-air showroom 87 ft x 30 ft x 14 ft of prefabricated steel and iron. The fence to be 4 ft 6 in cyclone.

A Lubritorium and oil storage with office 51 ft x 14 ft of prefabricated steel and iron with a glass front.

A toilet.

Granted.

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 5

Mt Bryan Methodist Fete on 15 November raised £190. [Details in 2⁄3 column.]

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 6

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Hallett 13-97 defeated Aberdeen 7-81

Kooringa 14-108 defeated Willalo 6-68

Obituary. Sir Hubert Wilkins died in America last night aged 70. He was born at Mt Bryan East. Last February on his way from Antarctica to Alaska he visited SA after a 17 year absence and he visited his old home, spending several days at Mt Bryan East, Hallett, Ulooloo and Burra, where he renewed old acquaintances. At Ulooloo he collected stones from old mine diggings to add to his collection. After his trip to Alaska he went to his home in Pennsylvania USA. After that he anticipated visiting the Belgian Congo – one of the few places he had not been in 47 years of travelling. [George Hubert Wilkins born 31 October 1888 Mt Bryan East, but birth apparently not registered in SA: died 30 November 1958 Framingham Mass. USA.]

Burra Rifle Club fired the 9th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy over 200 and 300 yards. The best three were J. Brown, R. Bernhardt & M. Thomas.

88, 47, 2 Dec. 1958, page 8

Obituary/Murder. Mr Neville Lord of Pine Valley was shot through the head with a .303 rifle as he lay asleep in a bed at about 9.30 p.m. on Sunday 23 November. Mrs Lord was attending to her two-year-old son Andrew, in the next room, where her daughter Robyn (6) was also sleeping, when she heard the shot. Mrs Lord ran into the next room and a man ran past her saying: ‘Keep quiet or I’ll shoot you.’

She told police she recognised the man. Detective Sgt S.M. Jones was called from Renmark and Detective B.E. Kelly of Renmark with Sgt E. Sparrow of Morgan also attended along with a CIB squad from Adelaide. Early on Monday a tracker from Berri was called in and another two, Morgan Williams and Richie from Pt Augusta, were taken to Pine Valley early Wednesday morning by Constable M. Clift of Burra. Heavy rain over the weekend hampered tracking. The man being sought was John Whelan Brown alias Stone, who had been at Pine valley five days before he disappeared. Earlier in the year he had been employed on a nearby Station as a colt-breaker.

A.D. Radford was kept busy organising searchers. It was difficult to find men who knew the country in which the search was taking place. Mr John McBride helped with his plane. Brown left Pine Valley and headed northeast before turning south or southeast towards Renmark. To try to keep him within the area Mr Milton Mitchell and others were called upon on Friday morning to patrol the Canegrass to Yabalia Road. During this patrol Brown was found by Messrs Les and Charlie Warnes of Woolgangi in one Jeep and Messrs M. Mitchell and A. Hempel in another. He surrendered and was taken to Canegrass where he was turned over to the police and returned to Pine valley. It appears he had been camped in a hut for about two days and had caught and killed a sheep for food. Tracks indicated he had at one stage left the hut for the south, but heat and lack of water forced him back.

Mr Neville Lord was one of three sons of the late Mr Percy Lord and a grandson of Mr J.V. Lord who founded the ‘Lord’ Stations now operated by J.V. Lord & Sons. He was 31 years old and well known in the surrounding country and towns and popular with both owners and men. He had been managing Pine Valley for ten years. He and his wife were well known to many River folk, having played an important part in functions conducted at Canopus Station over a period of years to aid the Flying Doctor Service. He was buried privately in Adelaide.

[Neville Montgomery Lord born 4 June 1926 Adelaide: the death is wrongly recorded on the SA Deaths CD as 23 November 1959 Pine Valley Station instead of 1958.]

88, 48, 9 Dec. 1958, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool. The £500 appeal has reached £524-11-3. Sunday’s working bee was a great success. The waders’ pool was completely fenced. The inside walls of the pool were repainted. It is intended to use the pool for swimming this week, although at present the conveniences in the caravan park will have to be used for changing. Some swimming lessons for High School students will be given in the middle of the week and if it is hot the pool will be open from 4.30 to 7 p.m. for other swimmers and from 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 1/- adults and 6d children.

Burra Nurses Exam Results

The four nurses who sat for Anatomy & Physiology exams recently passed: Voumard (Credit), Follows (Credit), Lehmann (Pass) and Bevan (Pass).

Land Sales. C.M. Beckwith Estate Sale. ‘Homestead’ of 461 acres was sold to Mr T. Pettet of Mt Bryan at £37-10-0 per acre. ‘Old Station’ property of 187 acres went to Mr L.K. Cockrum of Mt Bryan at £38 per acre. ‘Mongolata’ property of 2,774 acres was bought by M.H. Tiver & Co. Ltd Burra North for £3-15-0 per acre.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 10th stage of the ‘Grassville’ Trophy over double 600 yards when the best scorers were G. Kakoschke, R. Kellock and H. Byles.

Burra RSL Annual Reunion Dinner was held last Saturday night and was a great success.

88, 48, 9 Dec. 1958, page 2

Obituary. Maria Hedwig Heinke nee Heinrich died suddenly at Calvary Hospital 28 November aged 67. She was the youngest daughter of the late Mr & Mrs J.G. Heinrich of World’s End and sister to G.C. & G.A. Heinrich of Burra and Joe of Rosewater and Mrs L. Wade of Winnininnie Station. Three brothers and five sisters predeceased her. [Born Marie Hedwig Heinrich 27 April 1891 Emu Downs: died 28 November 1958 North Adelaide, residence Kimba.]

88, 48, 9 Dec. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 13 December

Joanne Woodward & David Wayne in The Three Face of Eve

Bill Travers & Virginia McKenna in The Smallest Show of Eve

17 December

Anthony Steel, Odile Versois & Stanley Baker in Checkpoint

Dermot Walsh & Rona Anderson in Hideout

88, 48, 9 Dec. 1958, page 5

Bowls. Mid North Association

Clare Blue 103 defeated Burra Gold 74

Saddleworth Blue 101 defeated Burra Green 93

North Eastern Association

Hallett Red 69 defeated Burra 66

88, 48, 9 Dec. 1958, page 6

Cricket

Buffs 61 & 37 v. Koonoona 202.

Farrell Flat score unclear v. Burra 155

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 1

Burra Motor Co. (Proprietor Guy H. Dollman) which has been established in Burra for 35 years has been appointed agent for Sagasco bottled gas.

Emergency Fire Services meeting was held in the Burra town Hall on 8 December and was well attended. It was decided to form a Burra District Emergency Fire Organisation.

St Joseph’s Convent held a Christmas Party at the school on 11 December and a large crowd of parents and friends attended. A program of items was performed and supper concluded the evening.

Burra Swimming Pool. The £500 appeal has reached £582-17-0.

Obituary. Miss Philomena Tobin died 13 December aged 83 [85]. She was a daughter of the late Michael & Bridget Tobin of Burra and was an ardent worker for her church. In latter years she was cared for by the Sister at St Joseph’s House of Providence, Cowandilla, where she died. [Born Philemina Tobin 25 July 1873 Kooringa: Died Philomena Tobin.]

St Mary’s. The Rev. T. Drought of Woodville Gardens has accepted the Parish of Burra recently vacated by Rev. L.R. Lenthall. He will be accompanied by his wife and two children.

Mr & Mrs R.G. Jeffery were farewelled by a number of organisations this week. Mr Jeffery has been headmaster of Burra High School for six years and has now been transferred to Cleve. The Lawn Tennis Club and Golf Club farewelled them at a barbecue and social evening in John Riggs Woolshed on Friday night. And others farewelled Mr & Mrs Jeffery at a Christmas Dinner on Saturday night at the Commercial Hotel.

Redruth Sunday School held a Christmas Party on Friday 11 December for Senior and Primary students and on 12 December for beginners and Kindergarten.

Burra Rifle Club. The postponed First Stage of the Championship was fired on Saturday over 300, 500 & 600 yards. Off the rifle the best were R. Bernhardt, M. Mitchell and H.H. Byles and in the Handicap Championship M. Mitchell led R. Bernhardt and H.H. Byles.

A Carol Service will be presented in St Mary’s Church on Friday. The Combined choirs of Burra & District will be conducted by Mr L.H. Thomas.

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 3

Advt. Burra Pictures, 20 December

Spencer Tracy & Katherine Hepburn in Desk Set

Robert Arthur & Kathy Nolan in The Desperadoes are in Town

24 December

No Films.

Burra & District Hospital Fete Committee met on 9 December and members representing the various Women’s Organisations handed over cheques and bank receipts to the value of £630 to the Chairman of the Hospital Board.

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 4

Bowls. Mid north Association

Burra Gold 104 defeated Spalding 99

Saddleworth Gold 115 defeated Burra Green 106

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 5

Marriage, St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Spalding, 29 November

Patricia Anne Jenner, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs J.T. Jenner of Spalding, married

Francis Beinke, eldest son of Mrs J.O. Beinke & the late Mr Beinke of Burra.

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 6

Kooringa Methodist Sunday School Christmas Party was held on 11 December

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, page 8

Tennis

‘A’ Grade Kooringa 19-116 defeated Ironmine 1-44

‘B’ Grade Mt Bryan 17-107 defeated Aberdeen 3-55

Kooringa 12-89 defeated Leighton 8-72

88, 49, 16 Dec. 1958, Supplement

1959 Calendar

Giving the location of water tanks, fire pumps, quick-filling points, water hydrants, utility power fire pumps, fire control officers and reprinting some key legislation.

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, page 1

Burra Swimming Pool. The £500 Appeal has reached £622-19-1.

Mrs B. Preiss returned to Burra last weekend and celebrated her 88th birthday on Friday 19 December.

Adelaide Wool Sales. Top local district price was 58d on account of F.M. Jefferies of Mt Bryan.

[Other local district prices are printed.]

Two Pine Trees that had to be removed from the swimming pool site were taken to Market Square and Commercial Street and utilised to make the town look more festive.

St Mary’s CEBS & Girls’ Friendly Society enjoyed a Christmas Party in the RSL rooms on Friday night. Clem Davey was MC.

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, pages 1, 5 & 8

Burra High School Speech Night was held in the Burra Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Mr P.H. Quirke MP gave the address as guest speaker. He urged education as the way to counter the march to progress of the ‘hordes of the lands north of Australia’.

The Mayor Mr Baulderstone presented Mr Jeffery with a silver tea pot as a farewell gift. Other presentations followed. The second half of the program was devoted to items by the students.

Mr Jeffery’s Headmaster’s Report

The school opened the year with an enrolment of 90 comprising 47 girls and 43 boys. This was a record for Burra High School. During the year the enrolment reached 94and next year is expected to reach 100, due not only to more students coming on, but to greater numbers staying longer. No staff changes occurred this year. In public exams in 1957, sixteen sat for the Intermediate and 14 gained a full certificate. Three sat for Leaving and with supplementary examinations, two gained certificates. Max Lockett, Laurence Tattersall and Pam Kowald each gained 8 Intermediate subjects and Max Lockett won the A.B. Riggs Prize. On his Leaving Exam results Lloyd Goss was deemed Dux of the School for 1957. This year 17 sat for Intermediate and 6 for Leaving. Unfortunately Tommy Burns, a new arrival from Scotland, took ill just before the exams and was unable to sit. Some recent past scholars are doing well at their further studies. Robert Bourman, Jill Lucas and Pam Kowald are doing well at Teachers’ College and University. Marie Voumard gained a credit in recent Nurses’ Examinations.

Sport continues to be an important part of school life. The annual sports on the Burra Oval this year were very successful.

Boys’ Senior Cup Laurence Tattersall

Girls’ Senior Cup Betty Launer

Boys’ Junior Cup David stockman

Girls’ Junior Cup Joy Kakoschke

Burra was not very successful in the Mid Northern High Schools Sports against the much bigger schools. Next year a system of handicapping will be introduced in an effort the make the contest more even.

The Parents & Friends’ Assoc. has again given good service to the school. After several years of service Mrs Reg. Ellis resigned as President and was replaced by Mrs Darrell Field. Mrs Ross Day took on the duties of Secretary and Mrs Binks-Williams continued as Treasurer. The high School Council under the leadership of Mr H. Jennison with Mr Cockrum as Secretary has continued their good work for the school.

Two new rooms were added to the school buildings at the start of the year. One is used as a classroom and the other is divided to make a staff room and a separate girls’ rest room. This has permitted freer movement of classes and easier school organisation. The senior school visited Adelaide for the Queen Mother’s visit. The Leaving and Intermediate classes visited Pt Pirie and surrounding districts on their annual Geography excursion. Religious instruction has continued throughout the year. The usual Anzac Day and Remembrance Day ceremonies were observed. Mr Jim Battye represented the local branch of the RSL at the Remembrance Day ceremony.

It is with great pleasure that I can say that swimming facilities are now available to our boys and girls. Mrs Jeffery and myself thank you all for your esteemed co-operation during our five years of service in Burra and District. Special thanks to all those who held executive positions in the various school bodies and especially I would like to mention Mr Jennison for many years Chairman of the High School Council and Mrs Ellis, Past President of the P. & F. Association. Thanks are also due to the loyal members of my staff and to the Headmaster of the Primary School, Mr Kies.

[The reporter found the lack of any suitable backdrop at the Town Hall to be a serious distraction and the stage without any covering of the unsightly ceiling and lighting effects, left a lot to be desired. The Town Hall improvements have not gone far enough.]

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 27 December

Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield & Edmund O’Brien in The Girl Can’t Help It

Anna Neagle & Sylvia Syms in My Teenage Daughter

29 December

Laurence Harvey & Jimmy Edwards in Three Men in a Boat

Sterling Hayden & Vera Ralston in Timberjack

1 January

Robert Wagner & Joan Collins in Stopover Tokyo

Forrest Tucker & Mari Blanchard in Stagecoach to Fury

3 January

Michael Craig & Julie Arnall in House of Secrets

Benny Hill & Belinda Lee in Who Done It

7 January

Tommy Steele & Patrick Westwood in The Tommy Steele Story

Patrick Holt & Honor Blackman in Splendid Alibi

10 January

Richard Widmark, Trevor Howard and Jane Greer in Run for the Sun

Mark Stevens & King Calder in Timetable

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, page 3

Tennis. ‘B’ Grade Kooringa 12-81 defeated Aberdeen 8-71

Burra Rifle Club. The best results at the Christmas Shoot was from Herb Byles off the rifle and from R. Kellock and G. Kakoschke with handicap.

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, page 4

Bowls. Mid North Association

Burra Green 124 defeated Clare Green 74

Burra Gold 105 defeated Clare White 90

North Eastern Association

Spalding 68 defeated Burra 56

88, 50, 23 Dec. 1958, page 6

Burra Rural Youth held its Christmas Party in the Oddfellows’ Hall on 15 December.

Characteristics of the paper for 1958.

Generally a fairly patchy coverage of town and district news. There was little follow-up on items – for example the Adelaide-Burra Road Race was described as going to happen, but it was not reported when it did. Typographical errors and unreadable settings were not unusual. Page 1 carried most of the news and on subsequent pages there was very little if you took out sports, reports from the CWA and Red Cross and a regular article: The Christian Message.

Page 1.

Pretty much solid news.

Pages 2 & 3.

A mixture of small and large advertisements, but large advertisements were common. Stock firms often occupy much of page 2. Some news appears on page 3 in some issues, but often it is all advertising and notices.

Pages 4 5 & 6.

Generally dominated by large advertisements with less than 1 column of news.

Page 7.

Often this carries little or no news and the ‘Cash Column’ occupies much of the space. This, however, migrated to other pages at times depending on size.

Page 8.

Similar to pages 4-6.

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 1

Advertisements

W. Young CIC Agent

Minespa Soft Drinks and Cordials

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd. Auctioneers & Agricultural Supplies

Savings Bank of SA

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 2

Advertisements

Elder, Smith & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

Oates Ltd Auctioneers, etc.

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. Ltd Auctioneers etc.

N.J. Baynes Electrical Contractor

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 3

Advertisements

T.A. Brazil 4 Square Store, Burra North

F.M. Pearce & Sons Builders, Painters, etc. Timber, Paint and Hardware Merchants, Burra North

Burra Motor Co., Market Square

Sandy’s Serv-Wel Store

Mons McMahon Opticians at Ron Wickes Chemist

Matthews Emporium Drapers and Furnishers

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 4

Advertisements

G.J. Kelly Painter & Paperhanger, Market Square

Byrnes Shoe Store

Ken Murphy Burra Gift shop

Ron Wickes Chemist

J. Allen & Son Vacuum Oil Agent, Burra

ANZ Bank

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 5

Advertisements

Royal Exchange Hotel

H.J.B. Jennison Jennisons’ Tyre Service

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 6

Advertisements

Sara & Co. General Stores, Burra, Burra North

Burra Town Hall Pictures

Johnnies Road House

J. Hill Men’s Wear

L.L. Fiebig Holden & Vauxhall Dealer

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 7

Advertisements

Bence’s Ltd Drapers and Clothiers

Burra Radio and Electrical Service

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 8

Advertisements

Burra Meat Stores, Burra, Burra North and Hallett

A.L. Clode & Son Carpenters, Builders and Hardware, Burra North

Theo Ryntjes Painter & Decorator, Thames Street (previously occupied by G. Terry.)

Rasheeds Commercial Hotel

E.T. & D.M. Baulderstone Burra Food Traders

F.M. Pearce & Sons Agent for F.L. Bonney & Co. of Renmark – White Ant Specialists

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 1

Christmas Eve 1958 saw a large crowd of shoppers in Burra, but nothing had been arranged for them during the tea break from 5.30 to 7.00 p.m. or after closing time at 9 p.m. – apart from the distribution by Burra Food Traders of several hundred ice creams vis Father Christmas, to the children and some music courtesy of Burra Radio and Electrical Services. A large crowd attended the dance organised by the Burra Rural Youth at the Showgrounds.

The Mayor wants something to be organised for 1959 and so has called for a meeting of Burra Traders to discuss the matter.

Swimming Pool Donations

The Fiver Band has now donated a total of £495

The Pool Subscription list amounts to £155-12-4.

Burra Rifle Club fired the 11th stage of the Grassville Trophy.

Best with handicap were W.L. Barker, B.L. Neale and T. Heinrich.

Best for the marksman’s points were H.H. Byles, Tom Heinrich, W. Barker, R.G. Bernhardt and B. Neale.

Burra Burra DC at its January meeting approved the formation of the Burra District Emergency Fire Organisation. [Its members are listed.]

Burra’s new Swimming Pool has proved very popular with young and old over the Christmas-New Year vacation. Takings have averaged £20 a week. The Children’s Learn to Swim Classes have been held in the past week.

University of Adelaide Exam Results

J.C. Morrison English II to complete his BA Degree.

T.E. Bauden Psychology 1A for the Dip Ed.

R.P. Bourman Geography I with Distinction and History I

Patricia Kowald Psychology 1A with Credit

Jill Lucas Human Nutrition with Credit.

Accident. A car overturned about three miles south of Mt Bryan at about 9.45 a.m. yesterday. It seems that the steering mechanism failed and the car overturned twice. The driver and his daughter were uninjured, but his wife was treated at the Burra Hospital for a lacerated leg.

The BHS Prize List for 1958 is printed.

Dux of the school was Max Lockett.

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 4

Bowls. We regret that Mr A.T. McWaters had a heart attack on the bowling green last Wednesday and died soon after being admitted to Burra Hospital. [See obituary volume 89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 1.]

In the North Eastern Association 3 January, Hallett 64 defeated Burra 59.

On 10 January

Burra Green 106 defeated Auburn 88

Burra Gold 107 defeated Clare Red 84

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 5

BHS. The annual banquet was held in the Burra Town Hall before the Christmas vacation. Mr & Mrs Stanley hawker were the guests of honour and Mr Hawker gave a short stimulating address.

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 6

Advt. Burra Talkies, 14 January

Grace Kelly & Wendell Corey in Rear Window

Plus shorts and News.

17 January

Gina Lollobrigida & Anthony Quinn in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Rod Cameron & Lois Maxwell in Passport to Treason

21 January

Victor Mature in The Shark Fighters

Buster Crabbe & Ann Robinson in Gun Brothers

Notice. R. & E. Fuss of Burra North thank the Fire Brigade and all other willing helpers who put in such good work at the recent fire on our premises.

89, 1, 13 January. 1959, page 8

Burra Cricket Association. Koonoona versus Burra

Koonoona 1st innings 147

Burra 1st innings 4 for 20.

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 1

Australia Day Carnival at Porter’s Lagoon

There will be a carnival at Porter’s Lagoon on 26 January for the third year in succession. Attractions will include:

A Bathing beauty Contest (in 4 sections)

Mid North Skiing Championships

Handicap Speedboat Races

Novelty Car and Yachting events

Novelty Water Ballet

Trick Diving by Adelaide Artists

Merry-go-round, sideshow alley, a publican’s booth and afternoon tea. A diving tower is nearing completion.

Burra Cricket Association. Koonoona 147 defeated Burra 37.

Learn to Swim Campaign

154 enrolled and more than 100 Burra children gained certificates at the Burra Pool in this campaign sponsored by the Education Department. [Details with names are printed.]

Burra Rifle Club. The Third Stage of the Championship was fired over 700 yards.

The Championship section was led by R.K. Francis and F.C. Hopkins.

The handicap section was led by F.C. Hopkins and W. Barker.

Weather. It has been very hot across SA this week and Burra was no exception. Although Burra’s reading are unofficial, on Friday it reached 109oF [42.8oC], Saturday peaked at 114oF [45.6oC] and Sunday was 108oF [42.2oC].

Leighton School’s Christmas Tree is reported.

Burra Rural Youth visited the Burra Hospital and put on a short program of entertainment and distributed a box of biscuits to each patients, before Christmas.

Letter. L.P. Bence writes to praise the Pool Committee.

The Hallett-Mt Bryan School Bus is presently without a driver and an urgent meeting is called for 27 January to ensure transport for the students this year.

Leaving Examination Results

BHS

Dinham, P.M.B. 4 subjects

Kowald, Pamela R. 6 subjects

Lockett, W.M. 6 subjects

Mercedes College

Collins, Patricia R. 6 subjects

Immanuel College

Heinrich, Maxine results unclear, but she completed a certificate.

[The above gained a Leaving Certificate. Those below gained fewer subjects than needed for a certificate and though the context is rather jumbled, they were BHS students.]

Goss, M.L. 2 subjects to complete a certificate

Launer, Betty 3 subjects

Lines, Helen 1 subject

Tattersall, L.O. 3 subjects

Fires on the Mt Bryan property of C.J. & R. Simpson destroyed a haystack last Friday.

On Saturday a fire broke out behind the Mt Bryan Hotel and threatened fences and buildings south of there, but it was controlled without property damage.

Obituary. Alfred Thomas McWaters of Kingston Street, Burra, died at the Burra Hospital on 7 January, aged 78. He was the last surviving member of Mr & Mrs Stewart McWaters’ family of eight and had been educated at Leighton School before working on his father’s farm. He married Miss Frances Finch in March 1905and then took up property at Terowie and Mt Bryan, prior to settling on his father’s property at Leighton, where he remained until retiring to Burra in recent years. In his younger days he was a polo player and a keen cyclist and horseman – the latter being demonstrated at Burra Shows. He was also a keen committeeman of the Burra Show Society, a member of the Kooringa Freemasons Lodge and of the Stockowners’ Association. Since living in Burra, he has been a bowling enthusiast. He maintained an interest in his several properties in the district until his death. He is survived by his widow and son Roy of Glenelg. A daughter, Daisy, predeceased him.

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 2

Advt. Burra Pictures, 24 January

Olivia de Haviland & John Forsythe in The Ambassador’s Daughter

John Payne & William Bishop in The Boss.

26 January

Pat Boon & Terry Moore in Bernadine

Rex Reason & Marcia Dean in Badlands of Montana.

Notice. The Burra Burra DC will conduct a Naturalization Ceremony at the Mt Bryan Memorial Hall on 2 February for:

Irmgard Charlotte Osterhage

Ernst Richard Robert Osterhage

Maria Catrina Bakker

Leonardus Antonius Bakker

Advt. G. Baulderstone, having taken up residence in Burra, wishes to advise he has commenced business as a Registered Plumber of First Class Experience.

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 3

Advt. Full page advertisement for Matthews Emporium Sale.

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 4

Bowls. Saturday

Burra Gold 98 defeated Clare Green 81

Spalding 107 defeated Burra Green 85

Saddleworth Blue 104 defeated Clare Red 75

Clare white 110 defeated Saddleworth Gold 70

North Eastern Association

Spalding defeated Hallett White by 2 points.

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 5

Burra Tennis Association

A Grade

Ironmine 17 defeated Aberdeen 3

Spalding 11 defeated Kooringa 9

Leighton forfeited to Hallett

Hallett Town 15 defeated Mt Bryan 5

B Grade

Aberdeen forfeited to Ironmine

Leighton forfeited to Booborowie

Spalding 17 defeated Mt Bryan 3

89, 2, 20 January. 1959, page 7

Obituary. Madge Dare nee Stringer, late of Queen Street, Burra, died in Melbourne, aged 58. She was a daughter of William Stringer and the late Emlie Stringer.

Obituary. Ellen Fuss, wife of Lawrence Robert Fuss died suddenly at her residence on 18 January, aged 69. She was the mother of Clarence and Edmund.